With the surge in orders, Chen Yi had no choice but to implement purchase restrictions.

"I'm sorry, due to time constraints, each person can only have me draw a maximum of two talismans. This is so that more students can learn valuable talisman knowledge from this!"

The reason for this is that some people have too many questions, so they keep asking Chen Yi to draw, causing those who come later to lose interest as they can't wait any longer.

Purchase restrictions would encourage more people to seek his services, thus allowing his reputation to spread more rapidly.

Once his reputation improves, even if the price returns to normal, plenty of people will still seek him out.

In this way, he would have a source of income.

It should be noted that of the money the principal gave, not much remained—less than 20,000—which Chen Yi used entirely to buy talismans.

He also wants to repair the armored golem, build his own spirit-gathering array, and so on, all of which require a lot of money.

Although he still had a ball of white phosphorescent fire in his hand, it was quite difficult to find a suitable buyer for that thing.

After all, the quality of white phosphorescent fire is somewhat low, and many people will look for other rare and precious materials to replace it. Even if someone's cultivation method is comparable to it, they will try to lower the price.

Chen Yi didn't want to sell it off cheaply, so he had to spend some time finding a suitable buyer.

"Look carefully, the force and trajectory of the immobilization talisman must be like this, and the connection here must be like this..."

If anyone asked Chen Yi to draw a talisman, Chen Yi would answer them as best he could.

The service attitude was top-notch.

This made those who followed even more eager to see what was to come...

Sun Yu and Hou Xiangheng stared blankly at the scene.

"Where did you give this to me?"

If you didn't know better, you'd think this was a shop specializing in freshly drawn talismans...

Although Zhao Manjin had gone to the canteen to eat with Yu Wanbai early on, he was aware of the matter.

He gripped the phone slightly harder, and a crack immediately appeared on the screen.

"What's wrong?" Yu Wanbai asked gently.

"nothing......"

Zhao Manjin smiled and put his phone away.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, what's there to be angry about?

He silently invoked the Zhao Manjin Victory Theory, which he had created, to solidify his resolve:

Chen Yi still has to work part-time to earn money, while he no longer has to worry about these things, which is one victory; he has a girlfriend, while Chen Yi is single, which is a second victory; he is the class monitor, while Chen Yi is not even a class officer, which is a third victory, in short—he's completely won!

He was simply a little taken aback by Chen Yi's sudden popularity, as if Chen Yi had stolen everyone's thunder...

"Wanbai, have you registered for the five-school joint entrance exam?" Zhao Manjin asked casually, trying to start a conversation.

Yu Wanbai nodded slightly: "Mm..."

"Based on our scores in the last monthly exam, I wonder if we have a chance to win the prize?" A hint of ambition flashed in Zhao Manjin's eyes.

"I don't know," Yu Wanbai replied casually.

Her gaze was fixed on her phone screen, where a photo filled the entire screen, depicting Chen Yi surrounded by a crowd. Her thoughts were somewhat hazy.

He not only returned alive, but also became a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator.

Why do I feel a pang of sadness in my heart?

What she resented wasn't that the other person had come back alive, but that there had once been a piece of imperial jade placed in front of her, but she had mistaken it for a rough gem and chosen to pick up a piece of gold instead.

As a result, the raw jade, after being polished a little, became dazzling and eye-catching, while the gold seemed increasingly vulgar.

"It's said that Cangyan High School and Jiuding High School are full of experts; I wonder if we'll have a chance to clash..."

Zhao Manjin spoke confidently, only to find that Yu Wanbai did not respond to him.

"Wanbai...Wanbai?"

"ah?"

Yu Wanbai snapped out of her reverie and replied, "Mm."

Zhao Manjin: "???"

......

Chen Yi continued drawing until afternoon classes started before he finally stopped.

Anyway, he ate something in the morning, so he can stay up until night without any problem.

At his speed of drawing talismans, he could draw no fewer than ten talismans in the time it takes to eat lunch.

However, when he checked the proficiency panel, his proficiency in was only 1 point.

[Symbolism lv.1 - Proficiency 171/200 (+1)]

That's right, this is the predicament he's facing now.

Practicing level 1 talismans has already had a negligible impact on his talisman skills, but he has no access to level 2 talismans for the time being.

Therefore, the only way is to accept a wide range of orders and win by sheer volume.

Ten talismans can only increase proficiency by 1 point, so he draws a hundred.

If three hundred isn't enough, draw five hundred!

Anyway, I don't have to make the talismans myself...

As your proficiency increases, you also get paid – pure profit!

......

The afternoon class is a magic class.

Chen Yi had not practiced magic for a long time.

Previously, due to limitations in his cultivation level, his mastery of techniques was stuck at the "Great Completion" stage for a long time.

Now, with the improvement of his cultivation, he feels that there is room for further refinement in those techniques.

"Free practice."

Rem continued to practice freely whenever he felt like it.

Chen Yi found a secluded training ground, but it wasn't long before the old training ground was filled with people.

He felt somewhat helpless.

Fortunately, Remu spoke up in time, which allowed everyone to disperse.

"laugh!"

Chen Yi condensed a fireball in his palm.

The next instant, the ordinary fireball suddenly changed color.

The originally orange-yellow fireball now had a touch of crimson, and the color was no longer dazzling, but much dimmer.

However, this dimness is not due to insufficient magical power, but rather to some inherent characteristic...

Surprisingly, there was no burning sensation around the fireball; instead, there was a slight coolness.

If he hadn't personally condensed it, Chen Yi wouldn't even have been able to sense its existence.

"This is... true spiritual energy?"

Remu raised an eyebrow, instantly recognizing the reason for the change.

Chen Yi used a fireball spell, but this fireball was very different from the one he was familiar with.

Logically speaking, someone his age who is still at the early stage of Foundation Establishment must have average potential and is building a very ordinary Human Foundation Establishment. In fact, the Foundation Establishment Pill he used back then was not of high quality. Given his background, he probably has no way of knowing about the Authentic Foundation Establishment.

Although he was not clear about the Foundation Establishment process, he had seen some genius students who had similar performances to Chen Yi.

Over the years, he has managed to gain some understanding of the mysteries of true spiritual energy.

To condense true spiritual energy, the quality of the cultivation technique, the environment, and the key materials are all indispensable. He might not meet a student who can do this even once every few years.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yi actually did it...

Could it be that he was blocked at the exit of the secret realm by the Guiyuan Sword Sect because of this true spiritual energy?

The more Remu thought about it, the clearer his mind became. No wonder Principal Ma went to great lengths to protect this student.

"I wonder if he can create a miracle in this joint entrance exam of five schools?"

Remu secretly looked forward to it.

"The true spiritual energy of the Nine Yin Earth Fire has changed the characteristics of my spells, and has also altered the Fireball spell," Chen Yi thought to himself.

The fireball spell is now much harder to detect, and although it appears dim and lackluster, it is actually more powerful than a regular fireball.

"I wonder what the Wind Control Technique will do?"

Thinking of this, he used the Wind Control Technique again.

The changes to the Wind Control Technique were alright. After incorporating true spiritual energy, the wind it produced became somewhat eerie, but otherwise, there weren't many changes.

After a little familiarization, Chen Yi was able to restore the spell to its normal state.

After all, the reason why spells change is because of true spiritual energy. As long as he controls the true spiritual energy in his body, he will not cause the spells to change.

This anomaly could even affect his Three Thousand Heavenly River Sword Formation.

After all, this thing is called a sword formation, but it is indeed a spell, only it is highly integrated with the formation.

Chen Yi guessed that if he also mixed the Nine Yin Earth Fire True Spirit Qi into the sword pellet when refining it, the final sword formation should also undergo corresponding changes...

This is merely a change brought about by a single strand of true spiritual energy. If all five types of true spiritual energy required for the foundation building of the Heavenly Dao were gathered, how powerful would it become?

It seems that the legend of a Qi Refining cultivator easily defeating a Foundation Establishment cultivator is no longer just a myth...