Rapidnovel Chapter 59: Xiyi Talismans
Chapter 59: Xiyi Talismans
Chapter 59: Xiyi Talismans
Tianyi, Daoyi, and Xi Ri sat facing each other. Their expression was incomparably serious.
“We have a serious problem at hand,” Tianyi said as the head of the trio. Daoyi and Xi Ri nodded in agreement.
It was a problem that would affect the proliferation of their creation to the broader realm. It was so crucial that if done incorrectly, no cultivator would use their creation.
“What are we going to name this... thing?” Tianyi finally posed the main issue at hand.
Both Daoyi and Xi Ri crossed their arms as they sunk deep into thought. Daoyi suddenly raised her hand and said. “Formation Tablet!”
“Rejected, sounds like a tool used to set up formations.” Tianyi immediately rejected the suggestion.
Daoyi lowered her hand and pouted, but she continued to think. In front of them, jade slates cut into rectangles of the exact same size, large enough to fit comfortably in a palm. Each one was half-finished with incomplete formations engraved on them.
“Sending Slates.” Xi Ri said, after a while.
“Better, but it still doesn’t quite sound right,” Tianyi said. “Most messages are sent through slips, but calling our creation a slip is a bit... yeah, no.”
“We need a term that appropriately identifies what kind of artifact it is first. ” Xi Ri said.
“What can it be classified as... ” Tianyi tapped the table as he began to think.
Daoyi suddenly raised her hand once more. “All-in-One Talisman! It’s perfect. It embodies everything about the All-in-One Talisman; it can send messages, connect two people with voice transmission, send videos, and even play music.”
“Talisman does indeed sound good. But All-in-One? I don’t think most cultivators would agree.” Tianyi said.
“Wireless Talisman?” Xi Ri suggested, both Tianyi and Daoyi gave Xi Ri strange looks.
“Brother Ri, aren’t all talisman wireless? Why would a talisman need a wire in the first place?” Daoyi said, her tone gentle.
Xi Ri awkwardly coughed into his fist. “It was just a thought, no need to dwell too much on it.”
“We need something like a brand, something that would automatically link the talisman with quality. Something like the Three Pure One or the Eight Immortals.” Daoyi said.
“We don’t need something immediately to be linked to quality.” Xi Ri said. “But we must have something that shows our uniqueness and eventually become famous. I don’t think any of us here have the capability to monopolize our creation, but we must leave a brand imprinted into the users’ minds.” Xi Ri analyzed, his tone peaceful and calm.
Tianyi grimaced, although he was skilled in formations, that didn’t mean that there was no one else who was better than. Just in the Buzhou Immortal Sect, many cultivators were more skilled in him, much less the whole Huang Realm.
“Xi and Yi Talisman, Xiyi Talisman...” Daoyi’s words were soft, but towards the end, they became incredibly loud and clear. Tianyi and Xi Ri both looked at Daoyi before sharing a glance and smile.
“Then it’s decided!” Tianyi said and then held his chin as he mouthed the words on the tongue; it flowed incredibly well and was catchy. The more he said it, the more pleased he became.
“Xi as in happiness and Yi as in will, just hearing the name will give the notion that it is a good thing to use.” Xi Ri analyzed.
Tianyi felt his body become petrify as he heard smothered laughter. He turned his head like it was on rachet to see Jiang Daoyi standing at the entrance. Her eyes were incredibly bright and filled with mirth. If medusa were to exist in the Huang Realm, then Jiang Daoyi would undoubtedly be medusa in Tianyi’s eyes. Her vibrant eyes seemed to petrify the very blood flowing through Tianyi’s veins.
“I-I-can e-explain!”
The next day Xi Ri was the met with the scene of Tianyi perpetually covering his face with his hands, while Daoyi hid the lower half of her face with her sleeves. Her shoulders continuously shaking, tipped Xi Ri off on her laughter.
“Did I miss something?” Xi Ri asked, confused.
“Nothing, senior brother just thought of a brilliant idea for the Xiyi Talismans,” Daoyi said.
“What sort of idea?” Xi Ri asked, seeing that Tianyi did not object; it was something plausible.
Daoyi didn’t say anything and passed the Formation Cards Tianyi had created to Xi Ri. Xi Ri picked them up and observed them, with his mastery of formation, he could discern that they didn’t have the same formations as the Xiyi Talismans. Xi Ri sent a questioning look at Daoyi and Tianyi.
Daoyi instructed to make the card face an empty space before uttering the activation phrase.
“Formation Card activate!” Xi Ri nearly dropped the Formation Card in shock at the sudden attack. After seeing the card dimmed, Xi Ri tried activating it again, but nothing happened.
“You need to replenish the qi inside of it,” Tianyi said from behind his hands.
Having come to an understanding, Xi Ri injected spiritual qi inside of it and activated it once more. “This is good! It’s not like normal talismans, although the power seems lacking, it more than makes up for it for being reusable. Only I don’t understand what this has to do with the Xiyi Talisman.”
“It’s made from the same material as the Xiyi Talisman. Whatever is engraved onto the Formation Card can also be engraved onto the Xiyi Talisman. Senior brother said the Xiyi Talisman can store a number of the Formation Card engravings, making it act like a versatile and reusable talisman. All you have to do is simply erase the old formations and download a new formation.” Daoyi explained.
Xi Ri’s eyes lit up. With this, as long as they kept producing Formation Cards only compatible with Xiyi Talismans, the people who used Xiyi Talisman will be returning customers and keep using it. Xi Ri gave a look of admiration to Tianyi for innovating such an idea, but Tianyi kept his face behind his hands.
“We have a guest,” Tianyi said. Tianyi was in control of the formations controlling Jade Peak Palace, so whatever happened inside Jade Peak Palace, it was simple as flipping through a book for Tianyi. Including whenever there was a guest outside the door.
“Greetings.” The guest was none other than Xia Yushan. He was slightly surprised by the presence of Xi Ri, who he had not seen before. Tianyi introduced the two, and then Xia Yushan looked at the jade talismans on the table in interest. “What are these.”
Xi Ri, as the principal director of the project, explained the concept behind the talisman.
Xia Yushan was inwardly dubious of the Xiyi Talisman. He was more interested in the Formation Cards created recently by Tianyi. “Junior brother Xi...Tianyi,” Xia Yushan added after realizing there was another person surnamed Xi in the vicinity. “How did you make these? Replicating the effects of techniques based on formations, you must have spent quite a bit of time on each one.”
“Not really,” Tianyi mumbled. “They were actually quite easy.”
Xia Yushan gave an impressed expression towards Tianyi. Tianyi wasn’t the first one to think of it, but the ease of Tianyi creating them was another matter. Most of the time, it wasn’t worth replicating the technique through pure formation alone. This was often why talismans were single-use items.
“Senior brother Xia seems interested in the Formation Cards?” Daoyi asked.
Xia Yushan nodded. “Using just these cards and some qi to attack, I admit I have never done such a thing before.”
Daoyi peaked at Tianyi, “Why don’t you and Senior brother Xi fight using the Formations Cards; we can see if there are any defects this way.”
Tianyi glared at Daoyi through his hands. Before Xia Yushan could say anything, Tianyi spoke. “It would be unfair. I am the creators of these Formations Cards, so I have an inherent advantage. Why don’t senior brother Xia and older cousin Ri spar with them? I’ll adjust the power so that they can only at most have the power of a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator who hasn’t formed their Spiritual Pillars yet.”
Xi Ri and Xia Yushan looked at one another before they both agreed. It didn’t make any difference to them. Despite having her plans foiled, Daoyi, was still happy to two people fight with the Formation Cards.