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Chapter 34 Earth Armor Spell and Golden Light Spell! [New book, please read!]

"Brother Meng, are you interested in this? Let me take a look. Judging from its quality, the craftsmanship is quite mature... However, these kinds of low-level talismans are not very expensive, usually only one or two spirit stones."

"This is a Fireball spell talisman... It's worth one spirit stone on the market. Of course, you have to let me make a profit, because Fireball talismans rarely sell for more than one and a half spirit stones; most are worth one spirit stone," Bai Yunsheng said after carefully examining the talisman in Meng De's hand.

"Hmm...okay." Meng De nodded slightly upon hearing this. Bai Yunsheng hadn't lied to him; the market price for a Fireball Talisman was only one spirit stone. However, the cost of making a Fireball Talisman was generally around three tenths of a spirit stone. In other words, after deducting time and labor costs, the success rate of talisman making had to reach 50% to have any chance of making a living in the talisman-making field.

However, Mengde, having deciphered the underlying code of talismans, although slower in creating them, has achieved a success rate exceeding 90%! And this 90% figure includes the talisman paper wasted in previous experiments! With increased proficiency, Mengde has every possibility of raising his success rate to over 99%!

"I wonder if Senior Brother Bai has any other higher-level spells..." Meng De asked instinctively when Bai Yunsheng said that making talismans with high-level spells was more profitable.

Meng De's question inadvertently touched upon Bai Yunsheng, the magic manual vendor's area of ​​pretentiousness. Without a second thought, Bai Yunsheng pulled a magic encyclopedia from his storage bag and said to Meng De, "The 'Complete Encyclopedia of Elementary Magic'! It records five basic attributes, with three elementary spells for each attribute, covering attack, support, and defense types. It's an essential magic encyclopedia for monks, travelers, murderers, robbers, and novice cultivators! If you want it now, it's only ten spirit stones!"

Seeing a hint of hesitation on Meng De's face, Bai Yunsheng assumed that Meng De thought the price was too cheap, so he immediately explained, "Brother Meng, please don't think it's expensive. Spells are a bit more expensive if you want them individually. For example, normally ten spirit stones can only buy four basic spells, but if you buy the complete spell collection, then you only need ten spirit stones to take away fifteen basic spells."

"At gatherings of independent cultivators outside, there have been vendors who sell complete spell manuals for just two or three spirit stones. But with those manuals, you can practice them all without making a sound. If you're lucky, you might find two or three usable spells. If you're unlucky, you might even mess up your meridians and suffer a qi deviation." At this point, Bai Yunsheng couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"The complete manuals of spells from the sect are even more expensive, with a single copy potentially costing over thirty spirit stones. Why are they so expensive? Because they were personally compiled by a Core Formation senior, and they contain no errors; they are genuine original manuals."

Bai Yunsheng pointed to the beginner's spellbook in his hand and said seriously, "Although I dare not compare myself to a Core Formation senior, I can guarantee that all fifteen spells in this book have been copied without any problems. If any mistakes are made in cultivation, I can refund all the spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, Meng De couldn't help but nod slightly. Bai Yunsheng was right; the price of something like a cultivation technique, which can be infinitely copied, is actually finite. However, entropy inevitably increases during the transmission of information, leading to misunderstandings, punctuation errors, and even misspellings or omissions. The most terrifying thing is that if the person copying the text is unaware of the error, then that error will gradually amplify with repeated copying, eventually becoming a hidden bomb.

The reason why cultivation techniques and spells traded among independent cultivators are cheap is twofold: firstly, independent cultivators have limited ways to earn spirit stones, and secondly, the goods they possess generally do not have any so-called "quality guarantee".

Although Bai Yunsheng's cultivation manuals are more expensive, he offers a warranty and after-sales service, which makes them readily accepted by sect disciples with numerous ways to obtain spirit stones. It's no wonder Bai Yunsheng makes money.

"..." Meng De looked at the spellbook in Bai Yunsheng's hand, and suddenly thought of something. He then took out the "Fireball Technique" manual that Yunxi had sold him for five spirit stones.

"Senior Brother Bai, could you take a look at this..." Meng De placed the deluxe edition of the "Fireball Technique" manual in front of Bai Yunsheng. Meng De had previously suspected that Senior Sister Yunxi was trying to scam him, but he couldn't say anything at the time. Now that he had met Bai Yunsheng, a manual dealer, he could ask him some questions.

"Huh, this..." Bai Yunsheng's eyes lit up slightly when he saw the "Fireball Technique" in Meng De's hand, but his expression was strange as he said, "This is a good thing... If I'm not mistaken, this Fireball Technique in your hand should be... the original technique you obtained from the sect..."

"But these kinds of techniques are usually quite expensive and not something ordinary people can cultivate. Why would Brother Meng buy something like this?"

"Furthermore, I'm not lying to you, the 'Fireball Technique' you have is the original spell. In the hands of some cultivators who like to collect original spell manuals, it might be worth more than ten spirit stones!"

"..." Meng De was slightly taken aback. Yunxi hadn't tricked him; she had just given him a... luxury item that wasn't necessary for someone at his level.

Just like some people can easily afford a meal for 9.9 yuan, while others can easily spend over four figures on a single meal... People are different... Cultivators are also different from one another...

"Brother Meng, are you selling these? I also have a habit of collecting the original spellbooks you have." As a spellbook dealer, Bai Yunsheng has a natural interest in collecting these original spellbooks, which are almost the 'standard weight' in the spellbook world.

"No, thank you." Meng De shook his head slightly. He wasn't that short of spirit stones right now, so he didn't need to sell the 'Gilded Edition' of "Fireball Technique" that Yunxi had given him for the time being.

"Does Senior Brother Bai have any higher-level spells?" The highest-level spell Meng De currently possesses is the Blood Sword Technique, which can only be used as a trump card.

"Let me think..." Bai Yunsheng glanced at Meng De secretly, then said, "If Brother Meng is interested in talisman making, then the talismans in this spell will be very marketable." Bai Yunsheng took out a yellow manual from his storage bag, titled "Earth Armor Spell".

"The intermediate-level spell 'Earth Armor Spell,' if a talisman can be made, can withstand most spell attacks from late-stage Qi Refining cultivators." Bai Yunsheng suddenly noticed that Meng De's expression changed somewhat strangely upon seeing the "Earth Armor Spell," and asked curiously:

"What is it, Brother Meng? Is there something you'd like to say?"

"..." Meng De paused for a moment, then said helplessly, "Senior Brother Bai... I don't have an earth elemental root..."

The prerequisite for making the Earth Armor Talisman is that Mengde can learn the Earth Armor Spell, but... Mengde does not have the Earth Spiritual Root, so he cannot learn the Earth Armor Spell at all.

"Uh..." Bai Yunsheng was slightly taken aback, then immediately chuckled and pretended nothing had happened as he put away the "Earth Armor Spell" and took out a new spell manual.