Shi Xuan took out a talisman pen from the table closest to her and casually drew lines, quickly creating a swift movement talisman on the talisman paper.
She affixed the Swiftness Talisman to the puppet beside her to activate it, and the puppet darted away in a flash, completely unlike the slow-moving competition talisman from before.
After that, no one on the field questioned her anymore.
Fan Hongde remained silent, his face dark, and had nothing to say. This Six Sects Grand Competition had been too much of a shock for him. No, it should be said that ever since the previous Six Sects Alchemy Grand Competition, Shi Xuan had veered out of his comprehension and become uncontrollable.
Fan Hongde narrowed his eyes, brewing a secret idea in his mind.
The second round of the competition began quickly. This round, a fifth-tier talisman called the Immobilization Talisman was designated.
As the name suggests, this immobilization talisman prevents the person who has it affixed from moving. The duration of immobilization varies depending on the level of cultivation of the person being immobilized.
If the person who draws the talisman and the person who is immobilized have the same level of cultivation, they can probably only be immobilized for a few breaths at most.
This round tests who can freeze the enemy for the longest time.
This time, Langya Sect chose the Tengma, a level-five spirit beast that had been tamed within the sect.
The Tengma is fast and has good endurance, so many sects tame some of them as transportation for their lower-level disciples. Most importantly, it is a level five spirit beast, which corresponds perfectly to the early stage of the Golden Core realm, making it extremely convenient to use.
Half of the participants were eliminated in the first round, and there weren't many people left.
Shi Xuan was thinking about how to increase the duration of the immobilization spell.
Whether it's a human or a spirit beast, breaking free from the immobilization talisman requires a surge of spiritual power. So, could we use a binding talisman in conjunction with the immobilization talisman? This way, the immobilized person or spirit beast would have too little spiritual power to effectively break through the immobilization talisman's effect.
Thinking this, Shi Xuan picked up the talisman brush and smiled as he combined the two talismans together.
Both the Immobilization Talisman and the Spirit Binding Talisman are fifth-tier talismans. It's considered quite impressive for an ordinary Golden Core stage talisman cultivator to be able to draw even one of them. However, Shi Xuan not only had to draw two, but also had to fuse the two talismans together within a complex spiritual energy curve, making the difficulty of this task unimaginable.
So, unsurprisingly, Shi Xuan was the last among everyone to stop writing.
This time, however, no one complained about her speed; they were already discussing the length of the immobilization period.
"I guess Shi Xuan's immobilization talisman can freeze someone for twenty breaths."
"You guys are too timid. I bet you can only set it for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn!"
"Have your brains been eaten by brain-eating beasts? That wasn't targeting you, it was targeting Tengma. Do you know Tengma? A level five spirit beast, still thinking about burning an incense stick? What are you thinking?"
"I bet it can hold for half an hour! What did the great sword saint say again?"
"The bolder the people, the greater the harvest!"
...
Those watching the commotion assumed they were just joking, and even the person speaking was joking.
However, the moment Xuan affixed the talisman she had drawn to the Tengma horse, everyone held their breath and stared intently at the horse.
Gradually, after a few breaths, the immobilization talismans on the others began to lose their effect, and several of the flying horses began to move.
A few more breaths passed, and everyone's mounts, except for Shi Xuan's, were freed. However, Shi Xuan's mount remained motionless, as if it were dead.
Ten breaths, twenty breaths... until a quarter of an hour later, the horse still did not react.
By this time, all the other contestants had already finished the test, leaving only Shi Xuan.
But Tengma just wouldn't move, and everyone in the arena was waiting for her.
The outcome is decided. After two matches, it is beyond doubt that Shi Xuan has won first place in the talisman solo competition.
When Feng Hanmo, the sect leader of Langya Sect, saw that the last Tengma horse was not moving, he moved.
"Everyone, although we still don't know how long Shi Xuan's immobilization spell will last, the outcome is already decided, and we can announce the result now."
"Wait a minute," Fan Hongde spoke up as expected. He stood up and said solemnly, "Since I broke through to the Nascent Soul stage and took over as the sect master of the Divine Cauldron Sect, it has been nearly forty years. I have never seen such a peculiar immobilization talisman before, and I believe none of you here have seen one either. Therefore, I have reason to suspect that what Shi Xuan drew is not an immobilization talisman at all!"
It's him again.
If people could say he was strict when he first raised objections, they would realize over time that every question Fan Hongde raised was aimed at Shi Xuan!
However, although everyone knew the truth, they couldn't say it casually on the surface, since it was the legitimate right of the person as the leader of the six sects.
Shi Xuan is very good at "improvement," as everyone here knows, so it's not surprising that he has improved this immobilization talisman again.
But since someone has raised a question, I have no choice but to ask a couple of questions as well.
Feng Hanmo looked at Shi Xuan and said in a gentle tone, "Shi Xuan, your immobilization talisman lasts for such a long time, have you made any improvements?"
Shi Xuan was not annoyed by the question and replied with a slight smile: "Reporting to Sect Master Feng, I have indeed improved this immobilization talisman. I drew the spirit binding talisman together with the immobilization talisman, so that after Tengma is immobilized, it will not have enough spiritual power to break free from the immobilization talisman."
Quan Xing, the sect leader of the Hidden Sect, clapped his hands and laughed, "Truly ingenious! Heroes have always emerged from among the young!"
Fan Hongde had been hoping that Quan Xing would stand up and cause trouble because Shi Xuan had taken the top spot from Luoyin Sect, but to his surprise, Quan Xing had no such intention at all. Fan Hongde pursed his lips and remained silent.
Quan Xing continued, "The fusion of two fifth-tier talismans is a technique I only mastered in the late Nascent Soul stage. You are only in the mid-Golden Core stage now, yet you use it so well. You are truly a role model for this generation of disciples!"
Quanxing's comment excited the supporters in the audience even more.
"Shi Xuan is amazing! Look how highly the Sect Master of the Luoyin Sect speaks of her!"
"The entire sect probably wants to take her back as a disciple right now. Oh no, I mean, all the sects probably want to snatch her back as a disciple!"
"No, it wasn't the Divine Cauldron Sect. The Divine Cauldron Sect threw her out, and that's how the Lianfeng Sword Sect got the bargain."
"I feel sorry for the Divine Cauldron Sect. No wonder they always target Shi Xuan; they're just jealous. They never thought the trash they threw away would turn into a treasure!"
"My goddess is amazing, amazing in every way! I admire her even more now, what should I do!"
...
The disciples of the Lianfeng Sword Sect were already cheering loudly; they were ecstatic. The weapon-refining bet had already made them a fortune, and now they'd won with the talismans too! They could practically see a mountain of spirit stones beckoning to them—they were about to strike it rich!
Sitting on the stage, Shi Mingxiu laughed along, but at the same time, he was a little worried about his secret stash of money. Things were really going in the direction he had predicted. He wondered what good things Shi Xuan would ask him for when they got back today...
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