Chapter 274 Getting a formal job
This puppet looks fine on its face, hands, and feet, but... it has no chest, no buttocks, and no legs!
It looked like a withered wooden stick, simply stuck with a human head and limbs. At first glance, it looked quite nice, but upon closer inspection, it resembled a prop from a horror movie. No wonder Shang Yanting dressed the puppet in such gorgeous robes; it was to conceal the puppet's terrifying state.
"Fellow Daoist Tong?"
Sharp's voice came from outside, "What happened, Fellow Daoist Tong? Are you alright?"
"I...I'm fine."
Jia Xitong replied that she had already transformed back into a raccoon.
In her current state, she could probably continue to participate in the selection process; her gaze fell upon the unfinished puppet.
The puppets are still controlled using soul power.
As a seasoned puppeteer, Jia Xitong handled it with ease. However, she suddenly discovered that she couldn't put the raccoon puppet away.
To be precise, there is no way to store the raccoon puppet into the talisman.
[Hello, quest taker. This is because the raccoon's attributes have changed from puppet to half-beast, falling into the category of living beings, and are no longer accepted by the Mystic Talisman.]
This change began when she became Shang Yanting's protector.
At first, he developed a sense of perception, then small dragon horns and dragon scales grew, and finally his soul could no longer return to Shang Yanting's sea of consciousness.
So she can now be considered a half-living being!
"Fellow Daoist Bucket? Fellow Daoist Bucket!"
The knocking on the door continued.
Jia Xitong picked up the raccoon, stood up, and opened the door, just in time to meet Sharp, who was about to ram it open. Their eyes met, and Sharp's gaze fell on Jia Xitong's face.
Her features were delicate and expressive, and her fair skin was so smooth as porcelain that no pores were visible. She was stunningly beautiful, impeccably dressed, and every gesture she made was captivating.
Seeing that she always covered her face with a veil, he assumed that she had a facial defect and was afraid to show her true face.
Unexpectedly, she was born exceptionally well.
He froze on the spot, unable to recover for a long time.
Jia Xitong hugged the raccoon, afraid that the puppet Shang Yanting had made would fall apart because of her weight. Only then did she realize that she hadn't put on her veil yet.
I'm sorry.
She turned around, picked it up, smiled and nodded at him. Sharp was preoccupied with this for the entire afternoon.
afternoon
The final round of selection is about to begin.
The academy gathered all the cultivators who had passed the two rounds of selection together and then divided them into four groups based on the content they had registered for: medicine, artifacts, talismans, and arrays.
The final selection is simply based on how well these four skills are practiced; the two most skilled will be hired as teachers.
Jia Xitong was standing in her line, about to stretch and warm up, when she remembered that she was a puppet and carefully sat down again.
It was their turn.
The academy produced a talisman that looked somewhat yellowed.
"This is an Earth Cone Talisman, an extremely rare offensive talisman."
The teacher in charge stood at the front and said slowly, "The rules are that all cultivators cannot use martial arts attack methods, cannot use any magic weapons, and cannot ask magical beasts for help. The first person to use the earth cone talisman to destroy the terracotta warrior in front will be a teacher of our academy."
The terracotta figurine is two meters tall and is made of solid clay filled with mud and sand. It is located a hundred meters away.
The earthen cone talisman was placed in front of them, and they were only given half an incense stick's time to observe it.
Half an incense stick later, the earth cone talisman was retrieved.
The competition has officially begun!
To shatter the terracotta figurine using a talisman attack that has never been used before, it requires not only skill in drawing talismans, but also talent, comprehension, and memory in doing so. This is no small feat for the cultivators who came to participate.
These repairs
Of those who practiced, one-tenth picked up a pen, drew half of the talisman's image, and then could not draw any more.
The remaining people had basically drawn the shapes of the talismans, but half an hour passed and no one had succeeded in drawing a single one. The fact that such people could participate in the teacher recruitment test speaks volumes about the decline of the talisman cultivation path.
Jia Xitong sighed, picked up his sleeve, dipped his brush in ink, and wrote five failed earthen cone talismans in one go.
Why.
The academy teacher who was looking at her shook his head and looked at the other cultivators.
Just then, Jia Xitong's sixth talisman was successfully cast.
The earthen cone talisman lit up instantly, transforming into a solid earthen cone the moment Jia Xitong threw it, piercing towards the terracotta figurine.
With a thud, the clay awl struck the terracotta figure, scattering upon impact. Although it didn't pierce the figure, it left a light gray mark on its surface.
As the first person to draw the earth cone symbol, everyone looked at Jia Xitong, including the disappointed teacher from before.
However, she tried to draw another talisman, but failed to do so on.
Is there a problem with her skills?
No, she did it on purpose.
She just wanted to remain a teacher, secretly helping the God of Talismans cultivate followers; she had no intention of rising to prominence. She wanted to keep a low profile, avoiding any unexpected troubles set up in the novel.
An hour has passed.
Finally, a cultivator with considerable skill successfully drew an earth cone talisman, and then other cultivators followed suit.
Bang--!
The first terracotta figure was pierced by an earthen spike and fell down, followed closely by Jia Xitong, who took second place.
"Congratulations!"
The cultivator's face lit up with joy as he cupped his hands in greeting to Jia Xitong.
Congratulations!
Jia Xitong returned the greeting with a cupped hand and accepted the token handed to her by the academy teacher. Shang Yanting had also had this token before, but it was taken back after he became the peak master and replaced by the peak master's token.
She is now a proper teacher.
He secretly found a job behind his host's back, and it actually felt pretty good.
"Fellow Daoist Tong!"
Before Jia Xitong could even warm up the token, she suddenly heard a familiar voice again. Turning her head, she saw Sharp jogging towards her.
He looked down at the teacher's certificate in her hand, a look of joy on his face. "You've joined too, so we can work together from now on."
"yes."
Jia Xitong nodded, watching him show his teacher's certificate, "From now on, we're colleagues."
“The college has allocated special housing for teachers, let’s go together.”
Sharp extended an invitation.
“I’m used to living elsewhere and I don’t plan to move to the teachers’ housing.”
"I see."
Sharp visibly became somewhat disappointed.
"Once you've settled in, you can come visit me."
The school building is large and spacious, and there are all kinds of delicious food and fun things to do around it.
As a wealthy young woman who is not short of money, Jia Xitong said generously, "I'll treat you to dinner then."
After saying that, she glanced at the time.
She arrived when the sun was just rising, but now it's almost setting; she's been out fooling around all day!
Jia Xitong suddenly realized it was getting late, so she hurriedly left Sharp behind and said, "It's getting late, I have to go!"
(End of this chapter)
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