Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 2666  Learning From Mistakes

Seeing Meng Baiʼs doubt, Lin Mu wished to know more.

”And why is that?” Lin Mu asked.

”It would lead to the reinforcement formation becoming weaker,” Meng Bai answered.

”Correct again,” Lin Mu confirmed. ”But this is simply because it is not complete.” He revealed.

”Itʼs not?” Meng Bai tilted his head in confusion.

”Watch.” Lin Mu said as he began carving runes into the other walls as well.

In just twenty minutes, he had finished the entire room, and now all the runes were glowing.

Meng Bai watched as the distant peripheral nodes released another stream of Qi before connecting to the other nodes. In just a few seconds, the formations had all joined up.

”This… It turned into an array! Itʼs a Reinforcing Formation Array,” he recognized.

”Correct,” Lin Mu replied. ”Sometimes, what looks weak might not be weak in combination. The formation might have looked like a mistake, but through mistakes, you can discover new paths.” He explained.

Meng Bai pondered over it deeply and realized his own discoveries.

”Now that I think of it… thatʼs how I ended up making the Qi Obscuring Smoke Talisman as well,” he stated.

”How did that go?” Lin Mu wanted to know his thought process.

”Originally, I wished to copy the Qi Obscuring Smoke Formation as it was. Since it can be made just by drawing on the ground, I thought it would be simple enough. But no matter how many times I tried it, the formation would never work. My runes were either too skewed, or the spacing wasnʼt correct,” Meng Bai answered.

”What did you draw them with?” Lin Mu wondered.

”Well, I just drew them in the soil,” Meng Bai said. ”I used my fingers for it, though, so that I could still infuse Qi.” He added.

”Hmm… common soil does not have the needed conductivity for Qi to flow through it effectively,” Lin Mu replied.

”Yeah, I learned that. I was frustrated and kicked the soil around, destroying the runes,” Meng Bai said with some embarrassment. ”But when I did that, I observed that some of the runes actually started working.” He said, surprising Lin Mu.

”They did?” Lin Mu hadnʼt expected that.

”I had only destroyed the edge of the formation, so I tried it again. This time, I reduced the distance between the runes even more, and about a tenth of them began to glow,” Meng Bai replied. ”I thought I had figured out a solution, so I continued to reduce the distance until it was just a meter in area.” He added.

”And then you copied it to a talisman?” Lin Mu asked.

”Yeah, I tried with normal paper first, but they didnʼt work. So I spent a monthʼs earnings on buying some actual talisman paper and ink. It took me five attempts and wasted quite a bit of resources before it actually worked,” Meng Bai revealed.

ʼNow that I think of it, the Qi Obscuring Smoke Talisman he used did look to be better than the others, at least in terms of materials. So thatʼs how he did it,ʼ Lin Mu now understood.

”Still, writing a hundred runes down on a small piece of paper was hard. I could barely squeeze them in,” Meng Bai said with some frustration.

Hearing that, Lin Mu understood that Meng Bai was severely limited by his penmanship.

ʼPerhaps thatʼs what needs to be resolved first,ʼ Lin Mu thought to himself. ”Looks like we now know where to start off from,” he stated.

”Oh?” Meng Bai asked.

”Writing,” Lin Mu replied before taking out multiple stacks of paper.

Meng Bai saw the white paper and immediately realized they were high-quality papers used for official documents and manuscripts.

”Iʼll be using this?” Meng Bai was overwhelmed even by the slightest luxury.

”Yes. Itʼs better to use good-quality paper to learn—itʼll be faster,” Lin Mu replied. ”If you use low-quality paper, the ink can easily smudge or not be absorbed properly, leading to mistakes.” He explained.

”Thatʼs true,” Meng Bai nodded as he picked up one of the sheets.

The sheet had a grainy texture to it but was still smoother than any other paper he had used so far.

”And this time, youʼll also use a proper brush.” Lin Mu took out one of the thousands of brushes he had stored away.

He hadnʼt even collected them intentionally; they had just been obtained from storage rings and other places he had looted.

”Whoa…” Meng Bai held the brush and found it to be very handy.

It was made out of a metal rod that was tapered at the top and wrapped in a thin layer of beast skin, making it perfect to grip. Its tip was made from the tail hair of a Brown-Furred Mongoose, which was highly prized for its fine texture.

A brush like this could easily be sold for a few thousand spirit stones, even if it was not a Spirit or Immortal Tool.

While Lin Mu had Spirit Brushes as well, he reckoned it was better for Meng Bai to start from the basics. He could give him a Spirit Brush, but that would be like putting the cart before the horse.

One could only use a Spirit Brush effectively if they first knew how to write properly. Without that, even the Qi-infusing function of the Spirit Brush would be useless.

Besides, he wasnʼt writing runes for a talisman or formation right now anyway. He was merely learning how to write properly.

”What ink do I use?” Meng Bai wondered if it would be of the same high quality.

”Use this.” Lin Mu took out a small barrel.

Thud

The barrel had a volume of about fifty liters, which was a lot of ink.

”Isnʼt this… too much?” Meng Bai said, looking at the barrel.

”No,” Lin Mu denied. ”This is just the start,” he added.

”Start? What do you mean?” Meng Bai wondered if Lin Mu intended something else.

”It means youʼll continue writing until you finish all this ink,” Lin Mu stated, making Meng Baiʼs eyes go wide.