Chapter 27 Super Genius
Instructor Chang finally understood why this child could drive all the talisman pens crazy.
It's like a sword genius who, after entering the Sword Tomb, can cause ten thousand swords to resonate in unison.
If any other talisman-making masters saw this child, they would surely be just as eager as those talisman pens to snatch up this once-in-a-century talent!
At this point, Professor Chang even considered simply announcing his admission.
However, since the exam said it would cover three items, it cannot break its promise.
His mind was already wandering, and the talisman he was teaching the child to draw was the most basic fire talisman, so the last stroke was drawn rather hastily.
Ah Chen followed the strokes to the last one, but something felt off. So he guided the brush with his intuition and completed the last stroke.
Then, with a "whoosh," flames shot out from the mentor's talisman, and it burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.
The talisman he drew himself lay there quietly, only faintly emitting a faint spiritual light.
"Master, did I fail to finish drawing this talisman? Why did yours catch fire, but mine didn't?" Achen asked somewhat ashamed.
He thought it must be because he didn't follow his mentor's drawing for the last stroke, which caused the mistake and the failure to complete the talisman.
But then Instructor Chang blushed and said, "I accidentally drew it crookedly just now, so my talisman failed."
"You've indeed completed the talisman, but it's only at the low-grade level. You'll need to practice more in the future to try and draw a mid-grade talisman soon."
"Mentor, since there are low-grade and mid-grade talismans, are there also more perfect high-grade talismans?" Achen asked.
"Yes, above high-grade talismans, there are also top-grade talismans. However, for beginners, being able to draw a mid-grade talisman is already quite difficult. Young people must not be overly ambitious, understand?"
In an effort to distract him from focusing too much on his failures, Coach Chang began to lecture him.
“I understand, mentor. Should we continue with new talismans?” Achen asked.
"Of course, this fire talisman is a beginner level one."
Next, I'll teach you how to draw the Entangling Vine Talisman. This talisman is very useful in combat; it can instantly entangle your opponent, giving you time to attack or escape..."
Instructor Chang spoke eloquently and then began to teach him how to draw basic talismans.
Normally, beginners learn three introductory talismans before starting to learn basic talismans.
However, having just lost face, Instructor Chang was thinking of skipping a grade so that the kid could also taste the bitterness of failure.
Unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed.
Teacher Chang thought he had cheated, so he started drawing very slowly. But he found that since the child learned to control the talisman pen with his mind, he was drawing more and more smoothly.
Not only are the drawings extremely lifelike, but the speed is also perfectly matched, without even a pause in the middle.
How could he possibly save face now?
Despite his complaints, he was still very excited. Being able to witness a talisman genius learn from scratch was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
He could boast about this one live teaching and learning demonstration for the rest of his life!
After successfully using the Entangling Vine Talisman on his first attempt, Instructor Chang simply jumped directly from the beginner talisman to the intermediate talisman – the Evil-Breaking Talisman.
He had already thought about how to comfort Achen if he failed to draw the talisman, so as not to leave the child with a psychological shadow from the failure in talisman making.
As a result, this talisman was still formed on the first try.
Instructor Chang was speechless. If the child's cultivation level hadn't reached the Spirit Connection Realm and he wasn't unable to draw advanced talismans, he would have loved to teach him how to draw one directly.
He genuinely wanted to test whether the child had the ability to draw a high-level talisman in one go.
"Alright, that concludes today's third test. You've passed the learning ability assessment. Now, let's begin the second test—the creativity assessment."
Teacher Chang couldn't hide his smile. Even though he had lost face today and failed to draw the most basic fire talisman because of the stimulation from the young genius, it couldn't stop his excitement and thrill.
Their Ten Directions Academy's Talisman Making Department has finally admitted an exceptionally talented student!
You should know that their talisman-making department has been suppressed by the other departments for many years, simply because the talismans are not powerful enough, and most of the students who join the talisman-making department have low cultivation levels. Limited by their cultivation levels, they are unable to draw powerful high-level talismans.
Now things are much better. This child is already at the Spirit Fusion Realm at such a young age. Even if we use rare and precious materials, we can still push him to the Spirit Connection Realm in the future.
Once he breaks through to the Spirit Realm, with his talent, learning advanced talismans will be a piece of cake.
However, in order to avoid gossip from professors in other departments, Professor Chang decided to send A-Chen back to the general examination room for the second test.
He can attest to his learning ability, but creativity is a rather vague concept. What if those people say he got in through connections?
Ah Chen returned to the previous examination room, and the system notification sounded again: "First, we will test the candidate's skill in talismans. Please draw a basic talisman. If you do not know how, please select an empty circle."
This time he chose the green circle and then opened the image stone that Teacher Chang had given him, which recorded the image of him drawing the talisman.
Using the instructor's image of a talisman drawing is considered cheating, but drawing your own talisman based on an image is not against the rules.
This time, when Achen drew the entwining vine talisman, he corrected the previous shortcomings and was much faster.
After the Flame Talisman was submitted, the system gave the following evaluation: "Congratulations, candidate Zuo Chen, your Elementary Entangling Vine Talisman is now a mid-grade talisman. Keep up the good work!"
Then the system prompted him to draw an intermediate-level talisman. He quickly completed the intermediate-level evil-repelling talisman, and this time the system rated it as a low-grade talisman.
"The candidate's overall talisman-making skill has been rated as intermediate talisman master. Now, please create a completely new talisman, either a beginner-level finished talisman or an intermediate-level semi-finished talisman." The prompt sounded again.
Then, the names and drawing methods of eighteen basic runes and twelve intermediate runes were listed on the entire wall.
Knowing he was a beginner, Ah Chen could only start with basic symbols for innovation. So he carefully looked at the basic symbols once and recorded their drawing methods with a recording stone.
Among the eighteen basic runes, he found one name—the Frost Rune.
The reason I noticed this name is because his father is an ice-type.
Then he remembered his father's ultimate weapon for multi-target attacks—snowflakes falling from the sky.
If he could draw a talisman that mimics his father's snow-covered landscape, then when he unleashes it, it would surely blind his father, right?
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