Chương 58: Talisman

I had to wait for Zhen to massage my back, back to health, while resting my head on Nana's pillow-like boobs. Stronger soul or not, the flesh is weak.

"Zhen, be so kind and bring Lina Peng here. I have decided what to teach her." I said as a thought came to mind. Flute was something sweet indeed, but her old Ancestor mentioned calligraphy too. And in this world, writing nicely was the first step to become a talisman master. Nana helped me dress and sit at a table, while Zhen went to bring the innocent girl into the room.

"Hero Pef Tian... I am still pure. Do I have to sing for pleasure?" she asked in a reluctant voice. I waved a hand and pointed at my table.

"Only if you beg me really nicely. Let's test your calligraphy for now. Write some numbers and colors on these papers." I asked, placing writing utensils in front of her. Lina blinked, obviously confused. Then she nodded to herself, and began writing, flawlessly drawing on the papers with an ink brush. I selected the paper with 'one' and tapped the paper.

"On the sides, write small, fire, ball, and throw." I commanded with a glance towards Sect Master's ruined bed. Once the sides held the written word anchors, I picked up the paper and guided a bit of qi into it, and my intent towards the bed. A Fireball spell flew out, incinerating the bed, and the paper in my hand.

"Did you see that, Lina? Your first talisman! We'll split the cost of the bed between us. You're guilty for creating the weapon and me for using it." I said with Pef's scammy voice. Zhen giggled and sat in my lap.

"It did look very easy, husband. Can I learn too?" she asked with no ulterior motive. Lina just stared at her brush, then at the burning bed.

"How? Words do not create fire! They certainly don't burn a bed down." she stammered, likely overwhelmed by the paradigm shift.

"You are partially right, Lina. Take a thousand people, have them write the same words, and nothing will happen. However, the Dao is in everything. A few notes from a flute can shatter a mountain, if the singer is skilled enough. A few words can sink an island, if written by a talisman master. Bury a city, or raise a new forest... cultivation is a powerful force." I explained in a gentle voice, then tapped the paper with the 'two' on it. A sliver of intent, and the paper unfolded into two identical papers.

"This is why gold and other metals are worthless to stronger cultivators. Duplication is actually very easy. It won't work on spirit stones or rare herbs, unfortunately. Or at least not in the mortal realm. Immortals can easily copy anything." I said as a spark of intuition flashed into my brain. A similar flower... Did I say too much already? In a hasty hand, I wrote an oath and placed in front of Lina Peng.

"Hold two fingers up like this, and recite the Heavenly oath. I said that word aloud... and you heard it." I demanded with two fingers towards the ceiling. Zhen sighed in my lap.

"Hurry up, sweet girl. You still have eyes and limbs for a minute." she urged the confused woman. Nana looked up and held two fingers.

"O Heavens, I swear to keep what I learn from Pef Tian a secret, forevermore." she intoned in a Daoist voice, and the golden will descended to swirl around her for a second. Lina bowed towards me.

"As you wish, Hero." She then looked up and repeated the same oath, and gained the Heaven's blessing.

"I forgot. Using the world Immortal is kinda taboo and will get you unwanted attention from upstairs. We can use 'immoral' instead. Perfectly fine, like a secret code only we will know." I said with a wink. Zhen coughed and patted her chest.

"Immoral. Got it. So, can I learn this talisman trade too?" she asked and began writing the same Fireball talisman on paper. Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. I waited until she was ready, then examined the prototype. Well, it was only a Tier 0 talisman, so it should still work.

"Try it on that bed. But make sure you shield us first." I asked with a teasing voice. Newbies always got the first time wrong. Zhen mumbled something vile, then pointed her paper at the bed. The talisman activated, and promptly exploded in her hand. She blew on her burning fingers, and sobbed.

"No wonder you don't want to train disciples. Same mistakes, right?" I looked at my fingers. Tian got burned so many times, until he learned.

"It's a two-step weapon, not a direct spell. You charged yours with a small bit of qi, which was smart. But you also need to direct it to target by intent, unlike spells formed inside your body, which are released after the intent is made. Anyway, do you want to spend decades to learn this, and make 2 spirit stones per talisman?" I asked with a teasing voice. Zhen's eyes flashed and the burning bed turned into purple sand.

"Right now, no. I need to cultivate and transform my soul. Sinking islands with one piece of paper does sound promising though." I held Lina's wrist to scan her meridians and looked into her eyes.

"So, do you want to learn talismans, Lina Peng?" The young woman nodded.

"I did take a Heavenly oath for that, Pef Tian. Plus, I also want to learn more about this immoral business. Only when you are free to teach me..." Lina said in a slightly more confident voice. As if she had joined my secret society or something.

"If you don't mind being naked in my presence, I can also help you form a Golden Core, instead of the normal one. In polite society we call that a False Core, because it's not very good." I offered in a kind voice. The young woman blushed again, since being naked was a big thing in this world. Prude people, in general. The rapists and the cannibals were exceptions. You couldn't eat someone if they still had clothes on.

"Nothing else... just sit there naked? I could do that, I guess..." Lina said with a tempted voice, and began undressing in front of me, and my wives. Nana smiled cutely at me, then took Zhen's hand and walked out, leaving me alone with my... something naked. A friend, let's say.

"We don't need to have sex, Lina. But... I do need to touch you. And get naked as well." I explained politely and undressed as well, standing dick up in front of her. Lina measured my youthful Core body from head to toes as few times, somehow managing to glance around my dick with her direct gaze.

"Uhm. This is a bit awkward, hero. My Ancestor wants me to marry..." she whispered while her ears almost caught fire. I nodded and went to sit on the reclining armchair.

"Come and sit in my lap, so our bellies are in deep contact. Ignore the rowdy bits, they are not important for our task." I asked and held a hand out. The Peak Foundation Realm woman blinked, then came to sit in my lap, carefully avoiding my dick as to not get accidentally married.

"Like this?" Lina asked as she hugged me tight, pressing her belly on mine.

"Very good. Now, close your eyes, and extend your qi into my own belly, and feel my meridians. Right above my navel, there should be a glowing ball. You need to duplicate it, into your own meridian system. It's quite easy, but also not. You cannot stop once you start, or you will die. So don't stop, okay?" I whispered in a gentle voice, and held my hands on her hips.

"I feel a bit hot, hero..." Lina answered in a horny voice, which was quite normal under the circumstances.

"It will get worse for a while, and then much better. Now keep quiet, and cultivate." I asked in a teacher's voice, and began to slowly run my method through meridians. The world went silent, only our rare breaths reaching my ears, and the beating of our hearts. I closed my eyes, and began to sink into my soul. Pef Tian was groggy by still awake, holding Pef and Tian by their flower waists. Should I risk it? Wait another year? What if the sleeper milkboy didn't awake for the next heels' week?

I raised my ringed hand and made the Cactus Fruit appear inside my mouth, then spat the fruit core out into my ring. The energy of a Tier 4 fruit is hard to digest, but luckily I also had this pretty woman in my lap. A sliver of intent guided some energy into her meridians, while the rest burned me from the inside. The vision of a blue lotus appeared in my mind, so I raised my hand again and ate a petal from the Blue Lotus. Couldn't hurt, or else the milk boy wouldn't have been guided to it.

Karma fixed itself in many ways, but mostly by providing opportunity. You still had to act on it. A pulse of Dao entered my soul, and the original Pef Tian opened his eyes.

"Pef and Tian? Mortal and immortal. This time... we will not die. And Qin Lin will join me in Heaven!" he proclaimed with a farm boy's naivety, which felt so familiar for some reason.

"My core! Is glowing so bright!" I heard Lina in the distance, but I was a bit busy guiding my ascension. A minute later, Quinhue entered my room and glared at the scene.

"Pef Tian... what kind of man did I marry?" she murmured in a softer voice, then took Lina away and closed the door. What? I was innocent, this time!