Chapter 152: Medium-Grade Talisman Brush

"Forget about it, I'd better figure out a way to refine the Face-Changing Talisman first." With that, he dismissed the thought of whatever the Soul-镇 Talisman (Suppressing Soul Talisman) was.

"Linger, I haven't even managed to master low-grade talismans, let alone these mid-grade ones..." Lin Yanghao felt extremely unconfident. He could only craft a few simple low-grade talismans, and as for the other three that required the wisteria, he hadn't even attempted a single one. He truly had no faith in his ability to produce the Face-Changing Talisman.

"There's no time left. Believe in yourself, you can do it," Linger encouraged Lin Yanghao.

"Alright, I'll give it a try then. What should I do next?" Lin Yanghao asked, as he was completely clueless about how to use the wisteria.

"You just need to use your true essence to extract the energy from the wisteria, and then directly channel that energy into the talisman brush with your true essence," Linger explained to him.

"So it's that simple." Lin Yanghao nodded after hearing this. With a resolute expression, he took out a stack of talisman paper and began preparing to craft the talisman.

Following the methods recorded in the talisman-making manual, Lin Yanghao began to draw. The talisman brush danced across the paper, tracing out one curve after another.

Finally, under his careful carving, the talisman was formed!

"Quick, activate!" Lin Yanghao eagerly tried to use the Face-Changing Talisman, but for a long time, there was no reaction whatsoever.

"Could the refinement have failed?" Lin Yanghao thought awkwardly, though he didn't lose heart—after all, this was his first time.

Thus, Lin Yanghao repeated the process a few more times, but contrary to his wishes, the Face-Changing Talisman still showed no reaction at all.

"Linger, it's not working. What's going on?" Lin Yanghao asked anxiously. The enemy was practically at their doorstep; if he couldn't get this to work, he would really die here.

"This... I don't know either..." Linger said helplessly. Although she had watched her old master craft talismans many times, she didn't actually know how to make them herself.

Moreover, judging from the techniques Lin Yanghao had just used, there didn't seem to be any errors.

Therefore, Linger was completely baffled as well.

"Ah? You don't know? Then what should I do?" Lin Yanghao said, feeling utterly speechless. This was clearly setting him up for failure—was the hope he had just gained about to be shattered once more?

His mood instantly plunged into gloom.

"Why don't you try again? Perhaps it's just hard to succeed on the first try?" That was the only reason Linger could offer at the moment.

"Alright, I'll try again." With no other options left, Lin Yanghao had no choice but to keep trying to refine the talisman over and over.

Yet the reality was cruel. After numerous attempts without success, a sense of despair began to creep into his heart.

Where on earth was he making a mistake?

"Kid, what are you doing?" At that moment, Gushi walked in from outside and saw Lin Yanghao busy with something.

"I'm making a talisman," Lin Yanghao answered casually.

"You even know how to make talismans? Come on, let me see," Gushi said in surprise. Was Lin Yanghao omnipotent? How was it that he knew how to do everything?

"This is a mid-grade talisman, but for some reason, no matter what I do, I can't succeed." Lin Yanghao presented his problem to Gushi, hoping the older being might have a solution.

After all, Gushi was a veteran senior; perhaps he actually knew the reason behind this.

"Let me take a look... Pfft, Hahaha~." Gushi looked closely, could no longer contain his amusement, and burst into hearty laughter.

"If you know, you know; if you don't, you don't. What are you laughing at?" Lin Yanghao said angrily. He was already stressed enough; he hadn't expected Gushi to stand by and gloat.

"I'm laughing to see if you're actually a talisman master at all," Gushi continued to laugh.

"Of course I am! Is there a problem?" Lin Yanghao asked in bewilderment. Why would Gushi say such a thing?

How could he not be a talisman master?

"You're actually using a low-grade talisman brush to refine a mid-grade talisman. If that doesn't make you a fool, what does?"

Gushi slowly explained. Lin Yanghao was simply too funny; how could someone like him dare call himself a talisman master?

"So that's how it is. No wonder I couldn't succeed no matter what." Lin Yanghao let out a deep sigh of relief. With the mystery finally solved, a wave of lightness washed over him.

However, Lin Yanghao quickly stopped celebrating. A low-grade brush wouldn't work, but where in this barren wilderness was he supposed to find a mid-grade talisman brush?

Trouble never comes singly.

"Indeed. As long as you have a mid-grade talisman brush, I believe you can successfully refine this mid-grade talisman," Gushi said, picking up Lin Yanghao's masterpiece and offering a critique.

"Really? Quick, think of a way for us to get a mid-grade talisman brush! As long as we have one, we're saved." Having received praise, Lin Yanghao was still quite pleased.

"Haha, such a trivial matter. Do you not know what I do for a living?" Gushi was right; crafting a mid-grade talisman brush was an absolute breeze for him.

"What is it that you do?" Lin Yanghao asked with a puzzled expression. What did Gushi do? Wasn't he just a zombie before?

"I am a formation master—the number one formation master in the Spirit Realm." Gushi wasn't boasting; his mastery over formations was likely unmatched throughout the entire Spirit Realm.

After all, which other formation master could use formations to suppress Integration-stage or even Mahayana-stage cultivators?

Probably only Gushi could achieve such a feat.

"You mean you can make a mid-grade talisman brush?" Lin Yanghao slapped his thigh in realization, remembering that as a formation master, Gushi was naturally capable of crafting talisman brushes.

As it turned out, making a talisman brush required a formation master to weave numerous formations directly into the brush, and crafting one required nothing less than a superior-grade formation master.

This was because embedding formations inside a talisman brush was immensely difficult, requiring multiple layers of formations to interlock and complement one another.

Furthermore, compressing these formations down to the thickness of a talisman brush made the process even more arduous.

"Of course I can. Crafting this will take me just a few minutes."

"Great, then hurry up. Our lives depend on you now," Lin Yanghao said happily.

"Alright, wait a moment." Although Gushi was quite curious about what kind of talisman Lin Yanghao was trying to refine, there was no time to ask further.

Once Lin Yanghao finished crafting it, everything would become clear.

Gushi produced a piece of mid-grade spirit stone and directly molded it into the shape of a talisman brush.

Watching this, Lin Yanghao felt a secret jolt of astonishment; he had never imagined that a talisman brush could be forged out of a mid-grade spirit stone.

After that, Lin Yanghao could no longer understand what was happening, only seeing Gushi set up formations and carve intricate patterns inside the brush.

"All done." In just a brief moment, Gushi had actually finished crafting the mid-grade talisman brush.

This left Lin Yanghao filled with secret admiration.