Chapter 820: Chapter 819 Progress and Bottleneck
Listening to Yang Fei’s heartfelt praise, Tong Yunshu felt a sweet warmth inside her heart.
Apart from beauty and figure, being recognized in other aspects by a man made her very happy.
However, she didn’t dare to be proud, because Qin Yanyang was just too excellent and powerful.
"Not... not as exaggerated as you say, right?" Tong Yunshu said, "It took me seven days and nights to remember just the 108 characters after all."
Yang Fei laughed heartily, holding her hand and saying, "Do you know how long it took me to memorize these 108 characters?"
Tong Yunshu’s eyes lit up, and she blinked her big eyes, looking at Yang Fei and asked, "How long?"
"Three years and seven months," Yang Fei said with a bitter smile.
Tong Yunshu was truly shocked: "What? You’re... you’re not just saying this to trick me into being happy, are you?"
Yang Fei was speechless: "Why would I need to belittle myself just to make you happy?"
Tong Yunshu covered her mouth and laughed lightly: "What wouldn’t you men do to make women happy?"
Yang Fei thought of those men often seen online who would do anything for a woman, and chuckled.
Indeed, there are quite a lot of such men in this world.
"Cough cough, the key is not only did you memorize these 108 runes, but you also truly understood them." Yang Fei sincerely praised as he looked at the runes written by Tong Yunshu that contained certain Rune Tao mysteries.
Tong Yunshu blinked her eyes looking at him: "So, am I really excellent in Rune Tao?"
"Not just excellent, but a genius, a super genius," Yang Fei couldn’t help but give a peck on her smooth, fair with a hint of red cheek.
Tong Yunshu gave him a sidelong glance, and that glance was simply filled with endless charm and allure.
Yang Fei immediately reacted.
Tong Yunshu, seeming to understand his thoughts, blushed and scolded, "Don’t you dare think nonsense," as she pouted towards the door, reminding him that Hu Lizhong was still in the next room.
Yang Fei took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to immediately engage in Dual Cultivation with her, and said, "I’m not saying this to flatter you, but your displayed talent in Rune Tao is truly terrifying. Not only were you able to memorize these runes in such a short time, but you also comprehended the true meaning of each character of the runes. With this kind of talent, you just need to further your research for a period. Once you understand the special effects of combining these runes together, you will truly become a Rune Tao master."
Tong Yunshu joyfully said, "Really? I just saw you engraving runes alone, and thought I might be able to help."
Yang Fei laughed, "I initially didn’t have much hope, but now, you can really help me a lot. The Gathering Spirit Array I’m planning to set up this time is huge, requiring far too many talismans to inscribe. You might be able to help.
Let me teach you some rune combination techniques. Try to understand the meaning expressed by these few combinations and then attempt to write them on talisman paper, making talismans, as practice. After getting familiar, you can try inscribing runes on the Jade Token, and make talisman."
"Alright, I will surely learn with utmost dedication," Tong Yunshu said seriously, her eyes showing a resolute expression.
Immediately, in the afternoon, a large number of materials such as talisman paper and Cinnabar Dao Talisman Pens were sent to Yunwu Mountain.
Prior to this, Yang Fei informed Tong Yunshu of the rune combinations required to engrave on the Jade Token for setting up the Gathering Spirit Array this time, and made sure she remembered them.
Tong Yunshu caught onto these things very quickly, even deducing repeatedly on her own. With those 108 characters, she figured out some combination methods and explained the effects that these rune combinations would produce together.
Yang Fei delightfully found out that she was completely correct.
Regarding these 108 runes, she truly comprehended them.
It’s like how ordinary people recognize words.
The profundity of Chinese lies in how over a thousand common characters can be combined in different ways to form numerous beautiful phrases, expressing various different moods.
And talent in Rune Tao is akin to the use of Chinese characters.
Some people, faced with beautiful scenery, can only utter a vulgar phrase, while others can spontaneously compose poetry.
If talent in Rune Tao is compared to the ability to use Chinese characters, then Tong Yunshu is akin to the likes of Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Shi, etc., in this field.
Hu Lizhong, staying not far from the two of them, witnessed Tong Yunshu’s stunning talent in Rune Tao with his own eyes, and felt deep admiration for this woman in his heart.
At the same time, he envied Yang Fei greatly.
Brother Yang truly has extraordinary luck.
Not to mention Minister Qin, now this ordinary woman from the Tong Family is also exhibiting astonishing talent in certain areas.
How come all the good things are happening to Brother Yang alone?
He saw Yang Fei not engraving the talisman, but instead teaching Tong Yunshu how to draw runes hand-in-hand. Out of his duty, he silently took out his phone to capture the scene and sent it to the Minister.
It’s inevitable, as it is his primary work obligation.
As a member of the Military Department, he must comply unconditionally with Minister Qin’s orders.
Sorry, Brother Yang, but I, Hu Lizhong, have no choice but to betray you.
In the room, with his back to the door, Yang Fei was earnestly teaching Tong Yunshu some things to be mindful of while drawing runes.
When Hu Lizhong took photos, Yang Fei’s lips curled into a smile.
Old Hu really understands how to live wisely.
Though he couldn’t refuse Qin Yanyang’s orders, he also couldn’t betray his own principles, as shown in his previous actions when he openly photographed and compiled reports in front of Yang Fei without hiding anything.
At that time, Yang Fei understood.
Qin Yanyang was monitoring him.
Yang Fei found it amusing.
Far from being angry, he was secretly pleased.
Feeling anxious?
Ha, as long as you understand being anxious is enough.
I, Yang Fei, am also quite popular; if Qin Yanyang truly ignores me, isn’t finding another woman just a matter of curling my finger?
While you, Qin Yanyang, would be losing an outstanding treasure of a man.
Following this, after three days, Tong Yunshu finally drew her first talisman in her life.
The Gathering Spirit Talisman.
This type of Gathering Spirit Talisman is the basic rune needed for setting up a Gathering Spirit Array.
For Tong Yunshu to successfully write it on the yellow talisman paper, it meant she had truly stepped into the world of Rune Tao.
In the subsequent days, she practiced diligently every day, until she could write a complete Gathering Spirit Talisman without a single mistake each time, which took about a week.
By then, Yang Fei had already completed all the Array Foundation Jade Plates originally needed for the Gathering Spirit Array.
But this was far from enough.
For a vast Gathering Spirit Array capable of enveloping the entire Shennong Mountain, the number of jade plates required was simply too numerous.
The array at Yunwu Mountain’s Base was merely the Array Foundation for nine Gathering Spirit Arrays.
Of course, the specs of jade plates needed for the other eight Gathering Spirit Arrays could be reduced; otherwise, procuring just the jade material alone would be challenging.
Once Tong Yunshu’s proficiency in drawing Gathering Spirit Talismans reached almost 100%, Yang Fei began having her engrave runes on jade.
Naturally, the jade plates she used were not complete large pieces of jade but smaller pieces that Yang Fei had Hu Lizhong cut in advance, so that even if failure occurred, waste would be minimized.
As expected by Yang Fei, it was much easier for Tong Yunshu to write runes on talisman paper, but engraving them on jade was extremely difficult. Over several days, all thirty-seven jade pieces were shattered.
Moreover, up till now, Tong Yunshu had not managed to inscribe a single complete rune on the jade.
Compared to drawing runes, making talismans was indeed vastly more challenging.