Chapter 551: The Way of Tattooing

Leaving Cuizhu Peak, he went straight to Mingxin Peak.

He hadn't paid a visit to Madam Yun yet after this trip, and it was time for him to buy a new batch of books. He had read the books that Madam Yun brought out last time many times, and he had already memorized them by heart.

Mingxin Peak was always so peaceful and tranquil. Although some disciples of the Bixue Sect could enter and leave the sect and the garrison freely, no one dared to set foot on Mingxin Peak at will. Only Lu Ye could come here at any time without notification.

Arriving at Mingxin Peak, he met Madam Yun under the guidance of the mute maid.

Lu Ye saluted respectfully.

Lu Ye respected Madam Yun very much. Although he embarked on the path of a spiritual pattern master because of his talent tree, strictly speaking, Madam Yun was his real guide on this road. Although there was no master-disciple relationship between the two, they were in fact master-disciple.

Madam Yun was undoubtedly very satisfied with Lu Ye's comprehension and talent. She even had the idea of ​​taking Lu Ye as her apprentice before, but she had no choice but to give up for some reasons.

Even so, Madam Yun did not hide anything when teaching Lu Ye. She truly treated him as her own disciple and taught him everything she knew.

In the hall, Madam Yun, as always, tested Lu Ye's recent practice in the way of spiritual patterns. Lu Ye answered one by one and demonstrated.

Although he did not receive any praise from Madam Yun, just looking at the look in her eyes, it was known that she was very satisfied with Lu Ye's growth in the way of spiritual patterns.

Afterwards, Madam Yun constructed some complex spiritual patterns for him to crack, and Lu Ye completed them all without any error.

This game of Madam Yun constructing spiritual patterns and Lu Ye cracking them is a means to quickly improve the spiritual pattern master's knowledge of spiritual pattern construction. In Madam Yun's words, a spiritual pattern master who knows how to construct spiritual patterns is just copying. Only when you understand how to quickly crack a spiritual pattern can you truly master it.

After the examination, Madam Yun smiled and said, "You are now a true spiritual pattern master, but humility brings benefits, while arrogance brings harm. Remember not to be proud and complacent."

"Yes." Lu Ye responded respectfully, thought for a while, and said, "Disciple wants to learn the art of tattooing from Madam."

"Oh?" Madam Yun was a little surprised, "Why do you suddenly want to learn this? You have some attainments in the art of formation, why don't you continue to study the art of formation?"

Lu Ye said, "Disciple will naturally not give up the art of formation, but in addition to this, disciple also wants to study the art of tattooing. At present, the sect is developing, but the time is still short, and the disciples have weak foundation. In the future, when they leave the Lingxi battlefield and enter the Yunhe battlefield, there will inevitably be some fighting and friction. If disciples can learn the art of tattooing, they can also help them tattoo some spiritual patterns and provide them with some help."

Madam Yun laughed when she heard this: "These should be considered by the old immortal, you just need to practice well."

The old immortal she mentioned is naturally the headmaster.

Lu Ye said: "Disciple also wants to do his part. Besides, more skills are better than less. Knowing more things may not be good, but it will never hurt."

Mrs. Yun nodded slightly: "Since you want to learn, then learn. Tattooists are a branch of spirit tattooists. You have tattoos on your body, so you should know what tattoos are."

Lu Ye nodded.

"But being able to construct a spirit tattoo does not mean that you can tattoo it on others. This requires very delicate techniques and control of your own spiritual power. In addition, some special materials are needed to assist. These materials are not limited to different animal blood, medicinal materials, etc. For each tattoo, the materials required are often different."

Since she agreed to teach Lu Ye the way of tattooing, Mrs. Yun directly began to explain to him all kinds of common sense about tattooing. Although Lu Ye already knew some things, he still listened carefully.

For anyone, it is a rare opportunity to listen to the teachings of a top spirit tattoo master like Mrs. Yun.

And through Mrs. Yun's narration, Lu Ye gradually had a systematic understanding of the way of tattooing.

Only then did he realize that the way of tattooing was not as simple as he had imagined, but for Lu Ye, he had some unique advantages in practicing the way of tattooing.

The control of spiritual power and the strength of mind and spirit were his advantages. No cultivator of the same level should be able to surpass him in these aspects.

Time passed slowly. Madam Yun taught seriously for several hours before stopping and calling Lu Ye, "Follow me."

Lu Ye got up and followed.

Not long after, the two came to the library.

Madam Yun glanced over and casually took a picture. Books of varying thickness flew out from the bookshelves around. There were about a dozen books. She placed these books in front of Lu Ye.

"These are all written by different tattoo masters. They contain their basic insights into the way of tattooing. You read them and I will teach you tomorrow."

"Yes."

Reading books was not torture for Lu Ye. Since practicing the way of spiritual patterns with Madam Yun, he has read at least hundreds of books on the way of spiritual patterns.

In the battlefields of Lingxi and Yunhe, he also liked to study a book in his spare time. This had almost become a habit of his.

Opening a book at random, Lu Ye read it carefully.

Madam Yun had already left.

Lu Ye finished reading those dozen books overnight. After all, these books were not very profound works, so it was not troublesome to read them, and he gained a lot in his heart.

On the second day, Madam Yun came directly to the library and continued to teach Lu Ye more knowledge about the art of tattooing.

In this way, Mrs. Yun taught by words and deeds during the day, and at night, Lu Ye read quietly in the library, and his life was uneventful.

Ten days later, after testing Lu Ye's theoretical knowledge on the Tao of Tattoo, Mrs. Yun nodded with satisfaction: "You already understand almost the basics of the Tao of Tattoo. All that's left is to get started. The way is focused on practice and involves great risks, which is different from other branches of spiritual pattern masters.”

No matter what, tattoos must be tattooed on a living person to be effective. If a tattoo artist is not skilled enough and his skills are not exquisite enough, failure to tattoo will be a trivial matter, and may even cause harm to the person being tattooed. causing some irreparable damage.

If so, things will be in trouble.

"Before you practice, you must have a set of tools of your own." Mrs. Yun said this, stretched out her hand, and a jade box appeared in the palm of her hand. She pushed it in front of Lu Ye, "This is what I used in the early years. A set of needles, which have not been used for many years, are given to you today."

Lu Ye took it respectfully: "Thank you, madam."

This helped him a lot. If Madam Yun hadn't given it to him, he would have had to find a way to find a set of needles. Maybe there were some for sale in the Tianji Treasure House, but it would definitely cost a lot of merit, and the quality would definitely not be as good as Madam Yun's. This is a gift set.

When I opened the jade box, I saw forty-nine needles of different lengths neatly placed in the box. I picked up one and found that the needles were hollow. This was mainly for the convenience of injecting some materials, such as animal blood and medicinal materials. mixture……

Moreover, these thorns are not only different in length, but also in softness and hardness. Some thorns are extremely hard, while others are extremely soft.

Each needle has its own place to perform. When tattooing a tattoo, the tattoo artist often needs to use many different needles.

"When you first practice tattooing, you should choose some spiritual patterns with simple structures. Continue to strengthen your practice and become familiar with the tattooing techniques. When you become more skilled in tattooing in the future, you can choose more complex tattoos."

"Yes." Lu Ye responded and asked curiously: "But madam, what should I use to practice?"

Mrs. Yun showed a meaningful smile: "The tattooist's initial training target is only one person, and that is yourself!"

Lu Ye couldn't help but twitch at the corners of his eyes. He originally thought about catching some wild beasts or monsters for practice.

"Only by doing it on yourself can you accurately grasp the essence of tattooing and become better familiar with the force of the needle. After all, the feedback from your own body is the most real and clear. When you first practice, don't If you want to reach the sky in one step and imprint spiritual patterns directly, you should start with the duality of yin and yang and treat yourself as if you are learning the spiritual pattern from scratch."

"Disciple understands."

Mrs. Yun smiled slightly, stretched out her hand, and a jade bottle appeared in front of Lu Ye.

"The bottle contains some concoction. Just use this to practice. Even if you fail, there will be no harm to you."

After a while, Mrs. Yun left. Lu Ye looked at the stinging needle and a bottle of concoction in front of him. After thinking for a moment, he lifted the sleeve of his right hand to expose his arm. He picked up a stinging needle with his left hand and dipped some concoction in it. He quickly He decisively stabbed himself on his right arm.

He has long been familiar with the key points of dropping the needle. It must be fast and accurate. At the moment when the needle falls, the material dipped in the needle must be injected into the body to form a basic element. Each needle can only form one basic element. In other words, if you want to print a spiritual pattern, you have to drop as many needles as there are yin and yang in the spiritual pattern.

This is undoubtedly a huge test for the tattoo master's control over his mind and spiritual power.

The first needle fell and failed without incident.

Using spiritual power to create the Yin-Yang duality, Lu Ye could do it easily, but using stinging needles to construct the Yin-Yang duality was not as difficult as usual.

Mrs. Yun said that Quan should just start practicing the spiritual pattern from scratch. This statement was not wrong.

Lu Ye felt like he was a beginner dabbling in spiritual patterns for the first time, and he had to start all over again.

The first failure, the second failure, the third time, the fourth time...

Thin pinpricks appeared one after another on Lu Ye's right arm. There was a light purple color in the pinpricks, which was the color of the medicinal juice.

It wasn't until more than an hour later, with the falling of Lu Ye's needle, that a basic element was completely constructed.

He raised his brows, immediately dipped the medicine in again, and dropped the second needle.