Chapter 11: White Light

With the experience from before, this time he succeeded in infusing the talisman with white light in half the time.

However, this time, although the rune on the Small Thunder Talisman also lit up, it was only for a moment, shorter than the first one.

"I still have three left."

Shen Luo gritted his teeth, grabbed another talisman...

A moment later, only two Yuan Stones were left in Shen Luo's hands, with just one Small Thunder Talisman remaining.

All of his self-made talismans had failed, with the best result being his first attempt, which at least activated the yellow paper with rune patterns and made the talisman glow for about a breath's duration.

The light lasted shorter with each trial, and the fourth one only activated less than a third of the patterns. Clearly, there was a problem with the rune patterns.

Even though Shen Luo had prepared himself mentally, he still couldn't hide his disappointment.

After all, he had prepared a lot and paid a considerable price for these attempts. If this was the result, it was somewhat disheartening.

At this point, his cheeks were flushed slightly sickly. Casting the talisman put a significant strain on him, and after four consecutive attempts, he felt somewhat exhausted.

"My constitution is really not up to par."

Shen Luo murmured to himself, put the talisman and the Yuan Stone aside, sat down cross-legged, and started to operate the Small Transformation Yang Skill, inhaling and exhaling.

A faint red light emanated from his abdomen, slowly circling around his meridians...

Time passed little by little, and half an hour later, Shen Luo opened his eyes. His flushed cheeks had faded, leaving a faint hint of color.

On second thought, Master Luo did not deceive him. After learning the Small Transformation Yang Skill, his recovery speed had indeed significantly improved. In just half an hour, he managed to regulate his Qi and blood, restoring his energy to its initial state.

If it had been the past, it would not have been possible to recover this quickly without a full hour.

Shen Luo got up, looked around, and took out the last talisman.

This talisman was slightly different from the previous ones as it was drawn with Black Dog Blood mixed with cinnabar.

"Please work as you should!"

Shen Luo examined the talisman in his hand, holding the last glimmer of hope, placed it on the giant stone, picked up a Yuan Stone and placed it on top, casting as before, one hand forming the seal, and the other operating on the stone.

If there was anything to be gained from his four previous attempts, it was his ability to store the Yang Gang power within his body through the Small Transformation Yang Skill and use it to operate the Yuan Stone.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. The experience of activating the Yuan Stone four times had not only improved his control over the Yang Gang power, but also made him understand how to use this type of stone.

Now, as long as he focused, he had a higher probability of activating the Yuan Stone.

With the familiar "crack" sound, the Yuan Stone shattered.

Soon after the white mist inside the stone turned into white light, a red thread formed in Shen Luo's right palm, then with a flash, took the white light and infused it into the talisman.

The entire process was done in one breath, without the slightest hesitation or delay.

Shen Luo held his breath, staring intently at the talisman with bloodshot eyes, not daring to miss any small changes.

However, after the white light entered the surface of the talisman, it vanished as if it had entered the sea, without causing a single ripple.

Shen Luo's face turned red again, feeling that time passed incredibly slowly, hearing his own rapidly beating heart's "thump, thump" sounds.

"It seems the method of mixing Dog Blood and cinnabar is not working. The 'Zhang Heavenly Master' appears to be quite unreliable. He's indeed leading people astray!" This thought flashed in Shen Luo's mind, and he couldn't help but bitterly smile.

But in the next moment, a sight that made him ecstatic appeared!

Out of nowhere, a bright white light suddenly lit up in the middle of the still talisman, and it spread rapidly along the rune patterns to both ends, filling the entire talisman in an instant.

Shen Luo stared at the dazzling talisman in front of him, his heart filled with excitement and anticipation, and quickly retreated seven or eight steps away from the talisman.

This was the Small Thunder Talisman, dreaded by demons and ghosts alike. If it activated successfully while he was too close, he would be out of luck.

The white light on the surface of the talisman had already submerged the talisman itself and was becoming brighter and more violent, casting light onto the surrounding area, ready to explode at any moment.

Although Shen Luo found the white light a bit dazzling, he kept his eyes on it, his heart inexplicably excited, his heartbeat in his throat.

"Is it going to succeed?"

Just as this thought crossed his mind, all the light in front of his eyes suddenly dimmed, and the talisman underwent another change.

All the white light surrounding the talisman suddenly receded and disappeared without a trace, leaving only the yellow paper with the Small Thunder Talisman rune lying silently on the giant stone.

Shen Luo stared blankly at what was happening in front of him, unwilling to believe it was real.

He rubbed his eyes hard and looked again. The Small Thunder Talisman was still lying there, as if everything that had just happened had never occurred.

Shen Luo's heart dropped!

All five talismans had resulted this way, it should not be an issue with the drawing of the talismans, but a problem with the talismans themselves, right?

No wonder, after all, the talismans were found in a travel novel, so it was very likely all smoke and mirrors.

"It's okay, I should think of another way to contact the magic, time is running out..." A few thoughts of unwillingness spun in Shen Luo's heart. He was about to clean up when...

A "hiss" sound.

The sound wasn't loud, but in the quiet back mountain, it was particularly noticeable, startling the somewhat dazed Shen Luo.

On the stone, the talisman, and the "雷" character in the rune suddenly activated.

Then, a soft white halo silently bloomed from the surface of the talisman, covering the surroundings in a radius of four or five feet, as if a full moon had suddenly appeared.

Shen Luo moved and "stomped" back ten steps. He was both surprised and delighted.

It seems that this Small Thunder Talisman is indeed mysterious, and not a fake talisman fabricated out of nowhere!

Zhang Heavenly Master, I misunderstood you before. Please don't take it to heart!

However, he quickly noticed something wrong.

The hissing sound from the talisman was incessant, like burning. The white light continuously emitted from the talisman indeed looked quite magical.

However, this spectacle did not seem like the effect a "Small Thunder Talisman" should have, right?

Shen Luo's face couldn't help but fluctuate between delight and worry.

As Shen Luo was thinking to himself, suddenly startled, he quickly looked around.