“You idiot!” A cold scolding sounded behind Ye Shi while he stood in front of the sheer curtain, happily looking at the score.
Ye Shi turned around and saw Jing Chiyan with angry brows. Ye Shi felt guilty.
“Shifu.” Ye Shi called out with a smile.
Ye Shi rubbed his hands. When he went out yesterday, he had promised Jing Chiyan to come back soon. When something happened to Mu Chen, Ye Shi immediately forgot his promise to Jing Chiyan to return as soon as possible.
“You disappeared since yesterday. You promised to come back soon?” Jing Chiyan looked at Ye Shi coldly and said angrily.
Ye Shi looked at Jing Chiyan guiltily and said: “Sorry! Shifu, it was an accident. I should have come back earlier.”
Jing Chiyan snorted coldly and said: “Accident? That’s an excuse.”
Jing Chiyan gritted his teeth. He had accepted a few disciples before, but those disciples were afraid of him, Ye Shi was the first one who didn’t take him seriously.
“Shifu, don’t be angry, I really have something to do. Can you take me to see the talisman making test.” Ye Shi said with a flattering face.
Jing Chiyan laughed. Ye Shi did not apologize but also asked him to take him to see the talisman assessment. Why?
Jing Chiyan came from a martial arts school. The battle between martial school and art never stopped. Martial arts schools advocate strength first, but art schools focus on one specific skill. Jing Chiyan stood on the side of the martial arts school.
“Talisman-making assessment? Isn’t your fiancé an alchemist? Why do you want to see what a talisman maker does? Did you find a new fiancé who is learning talisman making? The accident you mentioned was that you dumped an alchemist, and then chose a talisman maker? Ye Shi, those people at the art school don’t practice well, and they play around all day. If you want a new fiancee, you should choose someone from the martial arts school.” Jing Chiyan said solemnly.
“No, I only have Mu Chen. Mu Chen was sent to the Talisman School and can only participate in the Talisman School’s assessment.” Ye Shi explained excitedly.
Jing Chiyan sneered: “You mentioned that your fiancé is very smart. That person can’t even fill out the form, and a level two alchemist actually brought himself to the Talisman School. I don’t think this person is very smart.”
Ye Shi gritted his teeth, blushed, and said: “It’s not like this. Mu Chen can’t be wrong. The people in the enrollment made mistakes.”
Jing Chiyan said disapprovingly: “The Academy can’t make mistakes. So, it must be your fiancé who made the mistake. You should dump him as soon as possible. This one is stupid.”
“No! Mu Chen treats me very well.” Ye Shi gritted his teeth.
Jing Chiyan smiled disapprovingly, and said: “You didn’t see many people before. In the future, you will find that there are better people in the academy than your fiance.”
Ye Shi said with a long face: “No, Mu Chen is the best.”
Jing Chiyan looked at Ye Shi, and said to himself, Mu Chen made his disciple so determined.
Ye Shi bit his lip, looked at Jing Chiyan with anticipation, and said: “Shifu, take me to see the assessment of the Talisman School.”
“It’s fine to take you to see it, but it’s not good for me to interfere with the Talisman School’s assessment.” Jing Chiyan thought for a moment and said.
“Okay.” Ye Shi nodded in understanding.
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“Speaking of that, the written test should already be over. Has your lover been expelled?” Jing Chiyan asked coldly.
“No, Mu Chen has passed. Although his score is not very high, he has passed.” Ye Shi said proudly.
“How did he pass?! He cheated?” Jing Chiyan said thoughtfully.
Ye Shi glared at Jing Chiyan angrily and said: “No. Mu Chen has an amazing memory.”
“Well, but there’s nothing to be proud of. Many people in the academy have outstanding memories.” Jing Chiyan nodded and said.
Ye Shi: “…”
…
The Talisman Assessment was to duplicate the Spring Breeze and Rain Talismans which were level two talismans. As long as there were no more than five mistakes, it was considered a pass.
When Ye Shi and Jing Chiyan arrived, the candidates had finished making talismans and their talismans were being tested.
When Mu Chen saw Ye Shi and Jing Chiyan coming, he was surprised. Ye Shi glanced at Mu Chen, and withdrew his gaze.
A talisman mentor took the talisman, and said in a cold voice: “Two mistakes, not bad.”
“Master Shifu, the Spring Breeze, and Rain Talismans are level two Talismans!” Ye Shi said with a frown.
Jing Chiyan nodded and said: “Yes!”
Ye Shi frowned and said with dissatisfaction: “Why is the level two talisman test so difficult? The level one talisman test is enough.”
Jing Chiyan held his hands behind his back, and said arrogantly: “Our academy wants to recruit geniuses, not mediocre talents. Level two talismans are difficult? Candidates should feel lucky that they don’t have to do the level three talisman test.”
Ye Shi gritted his teeth and said: “That’s too strict.”
Jing Chiyan looked at Ye Shi and said: “Are you nervous?”
“I… I’m not!” said Ye Shi.
When checking each talisman, the mentor would announce the number of faults first and then try to activate the talisman.
Ye Shi said suspiciously: “Master Shifu, how come some talismans with errors can still be activated? Some with more faults can be activated, and those with fewer faults cannot!”
Jing Chiyan said lightly: “As long as the main structure has no faults, it can still be activated. Even if there are a few more faults, as long as it can be activated, it passes. However, generally, talismans with more than five faults cannot be activated.”
Ye Shi nodded and said thoughtfully: “I see.”
The mentor checked everything, and soon it was Mu Chen’s turn. Ye Shi’s heart suddenly rose to his throat.
“Seven errors, failure.” The mentor said. Ye Shi’s face sank.
“Wait a minute.” Ye Shi couldn’t help but scream.
Jing Chiyan frowned, glanced at Ye Shi, and didn’t say anything.
“Student Ye, what’s wrong?” Mentor asked.
“Master, why don’t you try activating it?” Ye Shi asked.
“Student Ye, there are too many errors in this talisman, and it can’t be activated at all.” Fan Li said coldly.
Ye Shi frowned and said: “Whether it can be activated or not, we won’t know until it is activated! Besides, you’ve also tried the previous one with seven mistakes!”
“Student Ye, I have devoted myself in talismans for decades. I can tell if this talisman can be activated, so I don’t need to try it at all.” Fan Li said gloomily.
“It was probably an accident. You probably made a mistake.” Ye Shi insisted.
Fan Li frowned and said: “Student Ye, the talisman…”
“Enough, Mentor Fan, just activate it. It’s not a big deal anyway. If the talisman cannot be activated, my disciple will let it go.” Jing Chiyan interrupted Fan Li.
When Fan Li heard this, his face turned red and he said: “Okay.”
Blue light flashed, the talisman in Fan Li’s hand flew into the air, a gust of wind blowing above. Boundless rain fell and a burst of vitality spewed out. Surprisingly, grass grew from the ground.
There was a sound of exclamation amongst the crowd. For a while, many students looked at Mu Chen, and Fan Li’s face turned pale.
Jing Chiyan was shocked: “Mr. Fan, you misjudged this time! The effect of this talisman is very obvious. There shouldn’t be many mistakes.”
Fan Li smiled awkwardly and said: “Yes. However, the talisman drawn by this student seems to be different from the original structure of the Spring Breeze and Rain
Talisman. It seems to be a new type of structure, so I…”
“In any case, since he can make such a talisman, he passed the test.” Jing Chiyan looked at Fan Li and said.
Fan Li nodded and said: “You’re right. He did pass.”
Ye Shi smiled.
…
Mu Chen looked at Ye Shi, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.
No matter how talented he was, but any conspiracy in the academy could kick him out of the game. Mu Chen shouldn’t have made many mistakes, but the structure of the Spring Breeze and Rain Talisman that the academy had given him was flawed.
Mu Chen had no choice but to only think of ways to improve the structure.
If Ye Shi wasn’t here…
Jing Chiyan glanced at Mu Chen, and interest flashed in his eyes.
Mu Chen looked at Jing Chiyan gratefully.
“Alright, disciple, there’s not much to see now, let’s go.” Jing Chiyan looked at Ye Shi, who was full of excitement.
Ye Shi nodded and replied: “Okay.” Quickly caught up with Jing Chiyan.
“You’re saying that Mu Chen never had contact with a Talisman Maker before and he just learned about it recently?” Jing Chiyan asked Ye Shi with interest.
Ye Shi nodded and said: “Yes!”
Although Jing Chiyan did not learn how to make talismans, he still had a basic understanding of how to make talismans. Historically, talisman masters who learned how to make talismans within half a month were already geniuses. Jing Chiyan had never heard that there were people who could make a level two talisman in one day.
Jing Chiyan looked at Ye Shi and said: “So, it took Mu Chen less than two days to learn how to make a level two talisman.”
Ye Shi nodded and said: “Yes! I told you before, Mu Chen is a genius, he’s amazing, right?”
Jing Chiyan looked at Ye Shi, and said: “That kid is a liar. He must be lying to you.”
“How could that be! Mu Chen studied alchemy, and it was because the academy put him into talisman making, so he went to study talisman making. I bought that talisman making book for him.” Ye Shi defended.
Jing Chiyan nodded and said: “Okay, in this way, that kid has some talent, and is almost worthy of my disciple.”
Ye Shi blushed.
“Mu Chen’s talisman is good for cooling the weather! It’s so cold.” Ye Shi said.
Jing Chiyan: “…Spring Breeze and Rain talismans are used to increase spiritual crop production, not to cool the weather.”
Ye Shi pouted and said: “Increase spiritual plant production? Is that worth a lot of spirit stones?”
Jing Chiyan nodded and said: “Yes Shi Tou, the people in our martial school don’t place spirit stones as a priority. We shouldn’t put the spirit stones before everything like those in the art school. Understand?”
“I understand.” Ye Shi nodded.
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Ye Shi’s mind is in the right place! You can’t get by without money! All that high-sounding stuff is just drivel.
Thank you for the update.
True, but it seems that following the martial arts path isn’t nearly as expensive as following an arts one… after all, a martial artist doesn’t need to buy ingredients and tools to cultivate their products
Martial artist just needs pills and artefacts directly.
Thank you for the chapter!!
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