Chapter 13: Sericulture and Silk Reeling
Fang Chen had anticipated this.

After all, making talismans is just one of the hundred arts of cultivation. If it were so easy to learn, talismans would not be worth much.

"The stability of mana transmission is fine, but the amount is a bit too much, exceeding the limit of the solid spirit fiber."

He quickly found out the problem, spread out another piece of talisman paper, dipped it in spiritual ink, and started trying.

This time it failed again.

"Is the amount of mana too small to form a stable rune?"

Find out the reason, spread out another piece of talisman paper, dip it in spiritual ink, and continue trying.

Still a failure.

"I dipped too much spiritual ink..."

"This talisman paper has a flaw..."

"I was distracted..."

……

"Success!"

After experiencing countless failures and summing up countless lessons, a talisman of the Earth Spirit Curse finally appeared in front of Fang Chen, so much so that he shouted out excitedly.

After the excitement, looking at the talisman paper that had been reduced by more than 300 pieces, he also sighed: "The cultivation of the 100 arts is really not easy. No wonder the basic inheritance market is everywhere, but not many people can really get started."

Even though Fang Chen was adept at controlling his magic power and had the assistance of spiritual thoughts, he failed more than 300 times. One can imagine how difficult it was to learn.

You should know that making talismans is the simplest of the hundred arts of cultivation except for cultivating spiritual plants.

For an average casual cultivator who wants to learn how to make talismans, it would probably take tens of thousands of talisman papers. Add to that the loss of spiritual ink, and the corresponding materials would cost thousands of spirit stones.

This is only possible if one has the talent for talisman making.

Your mentality must also be stable, otherwise if you give up after repeated failures, you will never succeed.

After the talisman of the Earth Spirit Curse was drawn, Fang Chen did not become proud and continued to learn other talismans.

This time he chose the golden thread technique.

This is a gold-attributed planting spell, which condenses a thin thread of magic power to kill the insects on the surface of or even inside the spiritual plant.

At the same time, this is also the only spell among the Five Elements Planting Spells that has attack capabilities.

In two months, Fang Chen also mastered the Golden Thread Technique, but in battle, the Golden Thread Technique at this level of proficiency was of little use.

It’s different when it’s made into a talisman.

Spells released through talismans have no pre-casting time and can be stacked up, which greatly increases the suddenness and power of the spell and can work wonders in battle.

When he leaves Lianyunfang City in the future, Fang Chen cannot guarantee that all the thief groups will give up on him because of his actions, so it is necessary to prepare some golden silk talismans for self-defense.

With the experience in refining the Earth Spirit Spell, the refining of the Golden Silk Talisman went much more smoothly. Only a few dozen pieces of talisman paper were damaged, and a complete talisman was successfully drawn.

While the feeling was still there, he continued drawing the golden thread talisman.

It didn't stop until the sun was high in the sky.

Looking at the more than one hundred finished talismans in front of him, Fang Chen couldn't help feeling a little proud.

"The success rate has stabilized at 30%. I can now call myself a first-class talisman maker."

After calculating the amount of talisman paper he had consumed, Fang Chen said with some pride.

One hundred pieces of first-level talisman paper plus a box of first-level spiritual ink cost two spirit stones, while the price of the Five Elements Planting Spell Talisman is ten pieces for one spirit stone. The Gold Thread Spell Talisman is even more expensive, and one spirit stone can only buy eight pieces.

A success rate of 30% means that refining talismans can be profitable, and it is also a sign of entry into the art of talisman making.

Fang Chen originally planned to use up all the talisman paper and spiritual ink before stopping, but this was obviously taking it for granted.

His magic power was used up first, and even his spiritual power was mostly consumed.

You should know that as a practitioner of the Five Elements, his magic power is five times that of a single-attribute practitioner at the same level. His own magic power can only be used to draw more than a hundred talismans at a time. This shows that it is not so easy for a low-level talisman maker to earn spirit stones.

Putting down the talisman pen, Fang Chen walked into the yard again, intending to meditate near the Moon Goddess Flower to restore his strength, and by the way, take a look at the spiritual silkworms in the wooden box.

The inside of the wooden box is now divided into small squares by wood chips, and there is a spiritual silkworm in each square.

There were between thirty and forty silkworms in each of the six wooden boxes. Fang Chen bought fifty of each type of silkworm eggs, but not every egg was successfully hatched.

This is also normal, and Zhou Xingyun reminded him of it when he bought it.

The hatching rate of over 60% is sufficient to prove the quality of Lianyun Pavilion's goods.

Therefore, the items there are 10% to 20% more expensive than those outside.

When I came to the front of the wooden box, I saw that the small squares contained not individual silkworms, but colorful cocoons.

As early as a week ago, the spiritual silkworms raised by Fang Chen had entered the cocooning stage.

Due to the different foods they are fed, the color of the silk on the silkworm cocoons is also different.

Ordinary spiritual silkworms are fed with ethereal grass and other spiritual plants that have been endowed with the characteristics of a small space by Fang Chen. The silk they spit out is bright silver, giving people a mysterious feeling.

The silk of the Fire Spirit Silkworm is red, the Gold Spirit Silkworm is golden, the Earth Spirit Silkworm is yellow, the Wood Spirit Silkworm is green, and the Water Spirit Silkworm is blue.

Six boxes surround the Luna Flower, reflecting different lights under the illumination of the spiritual light, adding some color to the Luna Flower and making it look more noble.

However, Fang Chen was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery. He was more concerned about these silk cocoons.

According to experience, silk can be spun seven to ten days after the silkworms have spun their cocoons.

"It's better to choose a different day than to hit it, so let's do it today."

Looking at the silk cocoons hanging in the wooden grid, Fang Chen was extremely excited. With this batch of silk, he could start refining spirit beast bags.

It can also be said to be the beggar's version of the immortal palace that he has been dreaming of.

As for whether it will succeed, it depends on whether this batch of spiritual silk can achieve the effect he wants.

Releasing his spiritual thoughts, Fang Chen found the spiritual silkworm cocoons that he had marked in advance in each wooden box.

These are the strongest pair of female and male silkworms in each species of spiritual silkworm. He plans to keep them for breeding, and use the others for reeling silk.

As a descendant of the Chinese nation, he had some understanding of the silk reeling process. He knew that this process would kill the silkworm pupae inside, so he had to keep a pair of breeding silkworms, otherwise he would have to buy silkworm eggs later.

After collecting the cocoons of the six kinds of spiritual silkworms, Fang Chen took the cocoons into the kitchen.

After using the spiritual rain technique to fill the pot with water, he threw all the spiritual silkworms into the water.

Light a fire and boil water.

As the water temperature rises, the messy cocoons spread out in the water.

With the help of spiritual thoughts, Fang Chen easily found the thread end of a cocoon, grabbed it, and then wrapped it around a chopstick.

In this way, the originally tangled cocoon becomes a neat and orderly strand of silk.

After successfully processing one cocoon, he followed the same method and performed the same operation on other cocoons.

In the end, more than 200 silk cocoons were processed into silk threads wrapped around six chopsticks, and a pot of silkworm pupae that could no longer break out of their cocoons.

"Spiritual silkworm pupae are also very beneficial to cultivation, so they can't be wasted."

Looking at the silkworm pupae in the pot, Fang Chen was also very hungry.

This is high-quality protein, not to mention that the silkworm pupae contain spiritual energy, which is also very helpful for the practice of cultivators in the Qi training stage.

Especially the Five Elements Spirit Silkworm, which matched the properties of the martial arts he was currently practicing and would be of great benefit to him.

As for whether he would feel uncomfortable eating insects, he had no psychological burden in this regard, as he loved eating silkworm pupae in his previous life.

Put a pot of silkworm pupae into a basin, Fang Chen took out some spiritual rice, put it directly into the water, covered the pot and started steaming.

While doing this, some seasonings were added to the pot of silkworm pupae.

"Spiritual rice combined with spiritual silkworm pupae is much better than the fasting pill."

Ten minutes later, Fang Chen, holding the bowl of rice, sighed sincerely.

Although the fasting pills can fill you up, they can never compare to the enjoyment brought by real food.

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