A few minutes later, Wu Lingyao finally received a reply.

"I'm sorry, Yao'er, it was just my turn to go on stage."

"You mean, your junior high school classmate reached the tenth level of Qi Refining?"

Wu Lingyao replied, "Mm."

"Okay, then it's definitely him. You know, my brother is always worried about the people I choose, it's so annoying!"

Looking at the messages complaining on the other end, Wu Lingyao helplessly turned off the screen.

Without a doubt, what follows is a barrage of complaints about their older brother...

All she needs to do is offer a few words of comfort after the other person has finished venting.

After completing the practical exam, Chen Yi went to find Liu Qing.

"You're leaving the training ground?"

"Um."

Since I've already finished the exam, there's no point in staying any longer.

Watching others fight doesn't offer much improvement for yourself.

“Okay, go ahead!” Liu Qing said readily.

In the past, he might have been suspicious and even furious, or rather, exasperated, because Chen Yi didn't buy medicine from him.

But now Chen Yi has proven himself with his strength. He just wanted to find a quiet place to cultivate. What bad intentions could he possibly have?

After leaving the training ground, Chen Yi went straight to the meditation room.

There are still a few hours until tonight's talisman exam.

During this time, he planned to continue practicing his internal energy cultivation and the "Bone Forging Technique" in the quiet room.

Three days later, we will head to the secret realm.

He wanted to see if he could advance his cultivation to the late stage of Qi Refining during this time...

......

Time flies when you're practicing.

When Chen Yi opened his eyes, it was already evening.

[Through your efforts, your skill level has improved; proficiency +1.]

【Technique lv.0 - Proficiency 67/100 (+1)】

"At this rate, in another three days, we should be able to reach the bottleneck of the late stage of Qi Refining. It will indeed take a lot of effort to cross from the middle stage to the late stage."

If others knew that the effort he mentioned taking was just a few days to go from the sixth level of Qi Refining to the seventh level, they would probably think he was showing off.

On the one hand, thanks to the "Mind Like Still Water" technique, his cultivation speed has greatly increased; on the other hand, he also relies on this Qi-gathering array.

Otherwise, even he couldn't have achieved the cultivation success that others took months to attain in just a few days.

He stood up, stretched his limbs, and then left the quiet room.

The talisman exam will be held from 7 PM to 10 PM, for a total of three hours.

It includes a written test and a practical test.

The written test mainly tested knowledge of talismans, which was nothing new for Chen Yi at the time.

In practice, it's a piece of cake.

So he planned to hand in his paper early and then find a place to draw talismans.

After all, he had used up all the Yi Wood Sword Qi Talismans he had during today's exam, so he naturally needed to spend some time replenishing them.

In addition, he had to draw some other talismans to make final preparations for entering the secret realm.

......

Talisman exam.

When Chen Yi arrived at the examination hall, everyone in Class 9 greeted him.

This examination room is very large, enough to accommodate one or two hundred people.

Four classes will participate in this talisman exam.

Those rows of long tables looked quite like the desks and chairs in a university classroom.

As for the issue of peeping and cheating, it became impossible under Fu Xin's "anti-peeping talisman".

Although everyone is only one person's width apart, they cannot hear the sounds from next door, nor can they see what the person next door is writing. This is the function of the "anti-peeping talisman".

However, for Chen Yi, it made no difference whether it was there or not.

He immediately entered a state of flow, and the answer appeared on the paper as soon as he finished reading the question.

In just half an hour, he finished writing more than ten pages of talisman test questions.

Then, they began to practice drawing talismans.

A total of 5 types of talismans need to be drawn: a communication talisman, an escape talisman, a fireball talisman, a body protection talisman, and a breath concealment talisman.

Chen Yi had reviewed the communication talisman and the escape talisman a few days ago, and he could draw them with ease.

The "Drawing with divine inspiration" attribute is active, increasing drawing speed by 20% and enhancing the effectiveness of drawn talismans by 10%.

Chen Yi finished drawing the first two talismans in less than ten minutes.

The third fireball talisman is actually a talisman that seals the fireball spell inside, so it can be used whenever needed.

Chen Yi's fireball technique was already highly proficient, so this fireball talisman was incredibly simple in his eyes. He could easily draw it to a score of over 80, and with the help of the inscription, a score of around 90 was also a piece of cake.

Six minutes later, the fireball spell was successfully completed.

The power of this thing depends on the number and quality of the fireballs it contains.

Chen Yi's fireball talisman was just right in both quantity and quality, making it practically perfect.

One more would easily cause it to self-immolate, one less would weaken its power, three is just right...

He muttered to himself: After the exam, I can consider drawing some fireball talismans so that I won't have to worry about my magic power being consumed too quickly.

The fourth protective talisman, to put it simply, combines the principles of protective qi with talismans. As long as you know how to release protective qi and have thoroughly mastered the talisman, it's not difficult at all; it's an easy question.

Chen Yi spent another five minutes drawing the protective talisman.

The last one is the Concealing Breath Talisman.

This talisman can conceal all its aura and magical power fluctuations, disguising itself as a mortal or ordinary object for stealth and ambush.

Of course, if the other party has strong spiritual sense, they will still be exposed.

After all, this is only a level 1 talisman.

"This is quite useful. I've never drawn this before. I can prepare more later..." Chen Yi murmured to himself.

Although he had never drawn one before, he managed to draw one on his first try, thanks to his level 1 talisman skill, and the result was almost perfect.

Just an hour after the talisman exam began, Chen Yi got up and handed in his paper.

Many people looked up and stared at him blankly.

Fu Xin's lips twitched slightly. "There are still two hours left. Are you handing in your paper now?"

However, with just a casual glance, he knew that Chen Yi had done an excellent job.

"Holy crap! Chen Yi from Class 9 is a talisman genius!"

Students from the other classes couldn't help but think to themselves.

They had heard that Chen Yi had won first place in the Talisman Society competition, but not everyone had joined the Talisman Society.

Several other classes that studied talismans had renowned masters who had never joined a talisman society.

They felt inferior because the president and vice president of the Talisman Club were both from Class 9.

Even those talisman masters harbored resentment towards Zhao Manjin and Yu Wanbai.

But now, seeing Chen Yi hand in his paper early and Fu Xin's surprised expression, the others had to admit defeat.

After all, Zhao Manjin and Yu Wanbai had only just begun drawing talismans when Chen Yi waved his sleeves and left without a trace.

He only needs to make a slight move to reach the limit of this segment!

What's that saying again—genius is merely the threshold to his door...

The number one student of Xiande in talisman making is Chen Yi, the divine man Chen!

......

Chen Yi left the examination hall and found an empty study room.

Lay out the three-piece set on the table and begin drawing talismans.

"We must make thorough preparations for this trip to the secret realm. We need to have communication talismans, one for each person, no more than two, just in case."

Once inside the secret realm, ordinary communication devices become ineffective.

Therefore, he planned to prepare two communication talismans for Wu Lingyao, her friend, and himself.

"Then, we also need to prepare some escape talismans..."

As for what kind of escape talisman to draw, he already had a plan.

Previously, he didn't understand earth magic and could only draw wind escape talismans, but since he cultivated the "Rock-Solid Bone Forging Technique", he has gained some understanding of earth-type spiritual energy.

That was enough for him to draw the most popular Earth Escape Talisman.

After all, it is common knowledge that the Earth Escape Talisman is used in wilderness and mountains, and the Water Escape Talisman is used in rivers and lakes, as these two escape talismans have the highest survival rate.

In the practical question of the talisman exam just now, the escape talisman he drew was an earth escape talisman. Now that he has experience, his drawing speed will definitely be faster.

"Hmm, let's draw 10 to whet our appetites first!"