Chapter 44 Maintaining the Basic Qualities of a Cattleman

The quota for outer disciples of Tianyan Sect!

Such news and such rewards undoubtedly dropped a huge stone on the entire Andu City, causing waves.

Not only the talisman shops, but other shops in Andu City, such as the medicine shops, weapon refining shops, formation shops, etc., all received the notice. After the competition, the best team can get a place as an outer disciple of Tianyan Sect, and the other places will get some training resources needed by relevant "professional" cultivators. If the talisman shop can get talisman pens or talisman ink, etc.

Lin Xiaoman looked around and said, "This competition is pretty good. Even if I don't get first place, other participants can still get rewards."

Tang Chengchao glanced at Lin Xiaoman and said, "That won't do. We must get first place."

"ah?"

Lin Xiaoman didn't understand. She always felt that the shop she worked in was quite Buddhist. The last time she went to participate in the competition, she was not told that she had to bring back the results.

Tang Chengchao glanced around, then lowered his head and whispered to her and Li Ling, "I heard that Senior Song's son, Song Yi, still hasn't broken through to the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage this year. He's almost reached the maximum age of 15, the limit for Tianyan Sect to accept outer disciples."

"The maximum age limit can be 15 years old?"

Lin Xiaoman was surprised. If that was the case, she was only 6 years old this year, so she still had 9 years of opportunities. As long as she broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining Stage within 9 years, she would be able to enter the outer sect of Tianyan Sect?

"Yes, for locals in Andu City, as long as someone in their family has entered the Tianyan Sect, the age limit can be relaxed to 15 years old, but they still need to break through to the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage."

Lin Xiaoman lost interest immediately after hearing this. The locals were different from her, an outsider. She still had to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining Stage within three years.

Li Ling patted Lin Xiaoman's hand and said, "If our shop can take first place, the shop will give us a generous reward."

"What is it?"

There are rewards, Lin Xiaoman expressed great interest.

Seeing her like this, Li Ling smiled and said, "I'm not sure, but it should be better than a yellow-grade intermediate talisman pen. It could be a high-level talisman pen, or even something more precious."

After all, a place as an outer disciple of Tianyan Sect is really precious.

Lin Xiaoman was very interested and there was a reward, so of course she would give it her all.

I just don't know what the competition is about. There are a total of 5 talisman masters in their shop who meet the requirements.

The talisman masters who participate in this competition must be under 15 years old.

On Senior Yuan's side, Li Ling is over the age limit, and Tang Chengchao has not yet successfully drawn a talisman, so he is not considered a talisman master.

In addition to Lin Xiaoman, Senior Song’s son Song Yi also participated. Another one was Senior Song’s apprentice Zhou Yadong, as well as Senior Zhang’s apprentice Zhang Shanshan and Senior Li’s apprentice He Xiu.

On the way back after dinner, Tang Chengchao nudged Lin Xiaoman and said, "Senior Sister Lin, you must show that you are trying hard in this competition. Otherwise, if Senior Song remembers it, it will be over."

Lin Xiaoman widened his eyes in surprise, "Huh?"

"Shh!"

Tang Chengchao gestured for her to speak in a low voice and winked at her to remember what he said.

Lin Xiaoman nodded and returned to his seat in the room with a frown. Could it be that if he didn't get the first place, he would be hated by Senior Song?

She had to work in this shop for at least three years. If she offended the shop's senior talisman master, how could she draw talismans properly in the future? She would definitely be in trouble.

Therefore, no matter whether she can get the first place or not, she has to show that she has tried her best.

However, "Senior Sister Li, can I not participate in this competition?"

Although the reward is tempting, she still wants to stay in the shop and draw talismans, earning spirit stones while learning to draw talismans. She can also pet cats when she goes back every day. Or if she can bring Tuanzi to the shop, it would be so cool to pet cats while drawing talismans.

Li Ling was surprised, "Ah? Why?"

"Well, I'm just afraid that my strength is too poor and I'll hold everyone back."

Li Ling smiled and said, "You must have been scared by Tang Chengchao. It's okay. Even if you didn't get first place, as long as you tried your best, no one will blame you."

"Not really. I'm mainly afraid of dragging everyone down."

Lin Xiaoman naturally couldn't admit it and scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Don't worry, if you can get a good ranking, there will be many rewards. And if you perform well, you will be given more talisman drawing tasks in the future, which will be beneficial to you."

Lin Xiaoman had an idea. If she took on more talisman drawing tasks, she would get more free talisman paper and ink, and learn more talismans. In addition, there would be task rewards. Of course, she was willing to take them.

The most important thing is that the more she draws talismans, the better her talisman-drawing ability will be. Moreover, every time she uses up her spiritual power, the time it takes to recover it next time will be shortened a little bit, and the speed of absorbing spiritual energy and converting it into spiritual power will be faster. Over the years, she doesn't believe that her poor talent of having only four spiritual roots cannot improve her cultivation to the fourth level of Qi Refining Stage.

"Senior Sister Li, Lin Xiaoman, is Junior Sister Lin here?"

At this moment, a strange voice came from the door.

Lin Xiaoman and Li Ling both looked over and saw a pretty girl in a green dress standing at the door. She had big, round eyes and looked very energetic.

"Junior Sister Zhang, I'm here. Come here. This is Junior Sister Lin Xiaoman, and this is Senior Zhang's apprentice, Zhang Shanshan. Junior Sister Zhang."

Lin Xiaoman looked over and bowed to her, "Senior Sister Zhang." She was older than her and also at the second level of Qi Refining. She had entered the talisman shop before her. There was nothing wrong with calling her "Senior Sister." It was one of the rules of survival in the workplace, and there was nothing wrong with being polite.

"Junior Sister Lin."

Zhang Shanshan smiled and bowed to Lin Xiaoman. "I came to discuss the competition with you. Senior Brother Song and the others are here too. Are you free after work today?"

Lin Xiaoman wanted to say she was busy. Why did she have to work overtime? This competition was part of her job. Couldn't they discuss it during work hours? It was so busy, and they had to schedule it after work. Her little Tuanzi was still hungry at home. She wanted to go home and pet the cat.

"I'm free."

He was full of complaints in his heart, but he was smiling on the surface. He kept the basic qualities of a cow and horse man! It was all for the spirit stones and for cultivation!

Zhang Shanshan smiled and said, "Great, I'll come find you then."

"good."

Watching Zhang Shanshan leave, the smile on Lin Xiaoman's face faded.

Li Ling patted her shoulder and said, "Okay, you'll know when you go over there this afternoon. It's okay. You're the youngest and the last to come in, so just listen carefully. No one will make things difficult for you."

"Well, no matter what, I am still Senior Yuan's man, so I should give more consideration to the Buddha than to the monk."

"Hahahaha, you're right."

Lin Xiaoman returned to her seat and continued to draw talismans. Now that the task had been handed in, because she was going to participate in the competition, Yuan Zheng assigned Li Ling the task of drawing 500 basic talismans every month, but also gave her 1,000 talisman papers, asking her to practice drawing new talismans in preparation for the competition.