Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 6 First-Tier High-Grade Talisman Maker

The foundation building is complete.

However, in order to build the foundation, Li Ping also emptied his family's savings and the foundation fund.

The Foundation Establishment Pill he bought from the black market alone cost nearly 3000 spirit stones. In addition, there were expenses for renting a cave dwelling and buying other spiritual items to aid in Foundation Establishment. Li Ping was now completely broke.

Currently, he only has a mid-grade first-level talisman brush, several talisman papers, dozens of low-grade spirit stones, and some miscellaneous items.

In order to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, he even sold his commonly used first-grade high-quality flying sword, as well as several other low-grade magic weapons.

Fortunately, he successfully established his foundation; otherwise, Li Ping would have been devastated.

Next, he needs to work hard to earn spirit stones to buy second-tier magic artifacts and prepare the spirit stones required for this year's "Foundation Building Fund".

Fortunately, the spiritual lands and caves needed for cultivation, as well as the cultivation techniques, could be obtained for free from the Azure Dragon Mountain lineage, saving him a lot of spirit stones.

"Even after successfully establishing your foundation, you can't let your guard down!"

Of course, not having enough spirit stones was one reason, but the main reason Li Ping gave up on acquiring the leatherworking skills was that he was not prepared to pursue this profession.

Leatherworkers deal with the fur of monsters year-round, and the dirty and chaotic working environment not only affects their mood.

The products made are only the initial products. Before they are finally made into finished products and delivered to users, they still need to be processed by weapon refiners or talisman makers. They take the lion's share of the profits, while leatherworkers can only earn a small fraction.

With his cheat-like abilities, Li Ping was naturally unwilling to pursue a low-profit profession. If he were to do something, he would choose a profession like alchemist, weapon refiner, or array master—professions that earn a lot of spirit stones and offer promising prospects.

A talisman maker is acceptable, albeit barely.

As for professions even worse than talisman making, he wouldn't consider them.

……

Returning the peeler to Old Man Lin, Li Ping smiled and instructed Zhang Tie, "Second Brother, when you have time, go and find Third Brother, Fourth Sister, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, and Seventh Brother, and tell them that I have successfully established my foundation. We'll celebrate together later."

Zhang Tie chuckled and agreed, "No problem, brother. I'll go and inform them later."

After giving Zhang Tie his instructions, Li Ping turned to Old Man Lin and said solemnly, "Fellow Daoist Lin, the matter of the 'Fellow Daoist Association' is a secret among us. Apart from the seven of us, only you know about it. I hope you will be careful to keep it a secret and not let anyone else know about this. Is that alright?"

After Zhang Tie, in order to avoid troublesome situations such as parents coming to the door, Li Ping specially revised the oath of membership.

Every monk who joins the Fellowship must swear an oath to keep matters related to the Fellowship a secret and not tell outsiders.

Zhang Tie told Old Man Lin this before, so Li Ping couldn't say much and could only ask Old Man Lin to keep it a secret.

Hearing Li Ping's words, Old Man Lin confidently declared, "Senior, you can rest assured that not a single word will leak out of this old man's hands from now on."

Upon hearing this, Li Ping bought a stack of first-grade high-quality talisman paper from Old Man Lin and left satisfied.

After breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage, Li Ping's spiritual sense and magical power have greatly increased. With the guidance he received from Meng Qingyi, Li Ping felt that he was not far from reaching the first-class high-grade level in talisman-making skills.

I'll take this time to try things out more. Once I break through, I can save up spirit stones in advance and wait to buy that Fairy Meng's 'Original Talisman Brush'.

First-tier professions are just small fry; if you really want to earn spirit stones, you have to rely on second-tier skills.

……

After Li Ping left, only Old Man Lin and Zhang Tie remained in the messy leather shop.

After a long while, once he was sure Li Ping had gone far away, Old Man Lin spoke with an amazed expression: "I saw long ago that Li Ping was exceptionally talented and resilient, destined for greatness. Now he has indeed successfully established his foundation. My eyes have never misjudged anyone."

Zhang Tie nodded affirmatively, agreeing with his statement, seemingly forgetting how the old man had cricketed Li Ping not long ago.

"What's most commendable about him is his character. I thought that after he successfully established his foundation, he would throw aside the oath of the 'Fellowship of the Fellowship' and go off to enjoy himself. I didn't expect that he would actually be prepared to fulfill his oath and help you establish your foundation."

The cultivators made an oath, and if they broke it, they would be plagued by inner demons during their cultivation, making it almost impossible for them to break through their cultivation realm in the future.

But in Old Man Lin's opinion, what more could one ask for than a Foundation Establishment cultivator?

Could it be that you actually want to cultivate to become a Core Formation Ancestor?

Anyway, if it were him, he definitely wouldn't care about the oath of the "Fellowship of the Dragon" now. Giving away all those precious spirit stones to low-level cultivators is simply a sin.

Li Ping's decision not to break his oath but to help others build their foundations truly surprised him.

As Old Man Lin finished speaking, he squinted at his disciple and said, "You're a lucky fool. You'll have a Foundation Establishment cultivator as your backer and even receive his help. You might actually have a chance to reach Foundation Establishment in the future."

Zhang Tie is a cultivator with three spiritual roots, four years younger than Li Ping, and is currently thirty-six years old.

With the combined efforts of a Foundation Establishment cultivator and other members of the Fellowship, it wouldn't take more than ten years to gather enough spirit stones to purchase another Foundation Establishment Pill.

By then, Zhang Tie will be forty-six, which is the prime of life for a cultivator, and his chances of achieving Foundation Establishment will be quite high.

Zhang Tie grinned: "Big brother, you never lie to me."

……

Inside a quiet and elegant courtyard house in Zhuque Lane, outside the city.

Li Ping held the talisman brush in his hand, looking solemnly at the blue talisman paper spread on the table in front of him, carefully recalling the method of making a first-grade high-quality talisman called "Azure Thunder Talisman".

Making talismans is essentially storing a cultivator's power within the talisman, so that when needed, only a trace of magic power is required to activate it.

To create a particular type of talisman, the talisman maker must learn the corresponding spell. Then, they draw a mana circuit on a blank talisman paper to store the spell and solidify it.

Therefore, a talisman maker's level is closely related to their cultivation level.

For example, before Li Ping established his foundation, the strongest spell he could cast was only a first-order high-grade spell, so at most he could only create first-order high-grade talismans.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he can cast second-tier spells and then attempt to refine second-tier talismans.

Li Ping had already mastered the Azure Thunder Technique, and now, with his Foundation Establishment cultivation, using it was even easier for him.

For Li Ping, the most difficult part of making a first-tier high-grade talisman was drawing a mana loop that could store the "Azure Thunder Technique".

"That's about it."

After recalling everything and finding nothing missing, Li Ping dipped his talisman brush in spiritual ink and quickly began to write swiftly and powerfully on the spread-out talisman paper.

As he moved, an incredibly complex symbol rapidly took shape, but just as the mana circuit was about to complete—

"puff!"

A flame rose up, and the talisman paper spontaneously combusted without fire; the talisman-making had failed.

After extinguishing the flames, Li Ping frowned and pondered for a moment before continuing his attempt.

This time, without any unexpected incidents, he successfully drew a mana circuit on the blank talisman paper, and then quickly cast the Azure Thunder Technique to solidify the spell into the successfully drawn mana circuit.

As the spell solidified, the radiance on the Azure Thunder Talisman slowly faded.

Just as he finished doing all this, Li Ping's consciousness saw that the thin, short branch at the very bottom of the Tree of Inheritance in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly grew outwards a little.

[Talisman Maker: Tier 1, High Grade]