No hope for eternal life

Chapter 322 Meeting an opponent in chess

This time there was no time limit, and everyone no longer pursued speed. Instead, they became slower than each other. As the saying goes, slow work makes fine work. If there were too many mistakes, even if they finally managed to refine a finished talisman, its quality would be much worse. The quality of the talisman would also be directly reflected in its attack power. This is why we had to use the spirit tablet to measure the power.

However, for Mu Changsheng, all of the above problems are not problems at all, because firstly, he happens to be quite familiar with the Golden Light Talisman, and secondly, his cultivation foundation will also add a lot to the final quality of the talisman, so the quality of his final product, the Golden Light Talisman, will definitely not be low.

In pursuit of quality, although Mu Changsheng's talisman refining speed was reduced a lot, he still took only three hours to complete ten golden talismans and obtained nine finished golden talismans. The success rate did not decrease with the increase in the grade of the talismans.

Mu Changsheng easily picked out the best quality one from the nine golden talismans. The talismans were all made by him himself, and only he could distinguish some of the tiny differences, so he could easily pick out the best quality one.

Not long after Mu Changsheng finished, Qi Xian also finished refining ten golden talismans. Seeing that Mu Changsheng had also finished, he sent a voice message and asked, "Brother Mu, how many finished products do you have?"

"Nine." Mu Changsheng replied and asked, "I wonder if Brother Qi has another ten finished products?"

"I am ashamed to say that I only got eight finished products." Qi Xian replied with a smile.

Mu Changsheng did not look down on Qi Xian when he heard this. He guessed that Qi Xian might not be familiar with the golden light talisman, just like he was not familiar with the golden fire talisman, so Qi Xian's success rate dropped by 20%.

So, Mu Changsheng comforted Qi Xian and said, "Brother Qi, don't mind. I just took advantage of my familiarity with the Golden Light Talisman."

Upon hearing this, Qi Xian couldn't help but sigh and said, "I've long heard that the monks from the two major sects are all as humble as gentlemen. Seeing them today, I can see that their reputation is indeed well-deserved."

Mu Changsheng's heart moved, and he extended an invitation to Qi Xian: "Brother Qi, if you are interested, you can try our sect's entrance examination. As long as you have no ill intentions, even if you fail the examination, your life will not be in any danger. Moreover, there is no conflict between the status of a sect disciple and the status of a guest of the Ji clan, so you can serve in both positions."

"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Mu. I will seriously consider it." Qi Xian replied. He did not refuse directly, but it was obvious that he was interested.

The second competition lasted until the tenth hour, when the hundred cultivators at the early stage of the Spirit Transformation branch finally completed refining all ten golden talismans.

Then, it was time to test the quality of the talismans. Under Ji Yanxi's instructions, they were tested in order from low to high according to the rankings in the previous round.

Therefore, the first to appear on the stage was the cultivator who was ranked 100th in the previous round. He activated the golden light talisman, and a beam of golden light hit the strength-measuring spiritual monument.

The spiritual monument immediately burst out with white spiritual light, shooting straight into the sky. However, the white light ultimately only reached a height of a thousand feet above the ground.

"One thousand and three feet, not bad. The attack power of an ordinary mid-stage Jindan cultivator is only around a thousand feet." Ji Yanxi commented.

Then, the ninety-ninth person came on stage, but his score was only nine hundred and ninety-one feet, a little lower than the last person.

However, it was just an unexpected episode after all. As the monks appeared one by one, the overall results were getting higher and higher.

One thousand and thirty-seven feet, one thousand one hundred and five feet, one thousand one hundred and seventy-six feet...

When it was finally Mu Changsheng's turn, his best result had already been refreshed to 1,356 feet.

Mu Changsheng was very confident about this. He felt that his golden talisman would definitely break the record again.

Mu Changsheng immediately activated the golden talisman and hit it on the strength-measuring spiritual monument.

The white spiritual light on the spiritual stele shone again, as if it was brighter than any previous time.

The white light shot straight into the sky and instantly broke through the thousand-foot mark, then one thousand one hundred feet, two thousand two hundred feet, one thousand three hundred feet, and one thousand four hundred feet!

Mu Changsheng's final result was one thousand four hundred and nine feet, directly pushing the record up by fifty-three feet.

Seeing this, everyone was amazed: "Amazing." "I heard that he is Mu Changsheng from Lingshan Sect." "No wonder."

"You are worthy of being a top disciple of Lingshan Sect." Ji Yanxi also praised.

Finally, Qi Xian came on stage. Everyone thought that the first place was destined to be Mu Changsheng, but Qi Xian's result was surprising.

The spiritual light emitted by Qi Xian also broke through the 1,400-zhang mark and finally reached a height of 1,421 zhang!

Mu Changsheng was also a little surprised when he saw this, because he knew that Qi Xian was not good at the Golden Light Talisman. In this case, Qi Xian actually surpassed him. This meant that the other party not only had an amazing talent in the art of talismans, but also had a foundation in cultivation that was not weaker than his own.

"It seems that he is my biggest competitor in this competition." Mu Changsheng said in his heart. Although only two of the four rounds of competition had been completed, he could already lock in that Qi Xian was his number one competitor.

If you want to win the first place, you must "defeat" Qi Xian.

Afterwards, Ji Yanxi announced the ranking of the top fifty and continued the third round of competition.

As usual, Ji Yanxi distributed a portion of talisman liquid to each of the remaining fifty cultivators, and explained: "This is a fifth-grade high-level golden dragon talisman liquid, and there are still ten portions. This time, we will compare the success rate of talisman refining and the quality of the talismans. Then we will rank them according to the points. A finished golden dragon talisman will score three points. The quality of your golden dragon talismans will be ranked by the force-measuring spiritual tablet. The first place will score fifty points, and the score will decrease in order. The fiftieth place will only score one point. The sum of the two points is the final score, and the ranking will be determined by the final score. If the points happen to be the same, the ranking will be determined by the success rate."

"Golden Dragon Talisman?" Mu Changsheng pondered in his mind and roughly understood the organizer's routine. In the four rounds of competition, the grades of the talismans increased successively, and the difficulty was also constantly increasing.

"So, the final round of competition will be the Golden Dragon Talisman." Mu Changsheng guessed secretly in his heart. From the Golden Fire Talisman to the Golden Dragon Talisman, the four talismans can be considered a series. Moreover, this series of talismans is also quite famous among the fifth-grade talismans. This is because the materials used to refine these four talismans are relatively cheap, and their power is top-notch among the same level, with a very high cost-performance ratio.

After explaining the rules of the third round of competition, Ji Yanxi announced again: "Everyone can start now."

There was no time limit for this round of competition, so Mu Changsheng was not in a hurry. He had never refined the Golden Dragon Talisman before, and even though the Golden Dragon Talisman had many similarities with the Golden Light Talisman, he should not be careless.

After carefully recalling the inheritance of the Golden Dragon Talisman, Mu Changsheng began to draw the talisman.

When Mu Changsheng was drawing the first talisman near the end, his divine power accidentally leaked, causing the talisman to fail.

The Golden Dragon Talisman's series of talismans have almost no backlash, it is just a turbulent impact of spiritual energy, which poses no threat to the Divine Transformation cultivators. The Ji clan should have taken this into consideration and used this series of talismans as the content of the competition.

Although he failed the first time, Mu Changsheng was not discouraged. To refine a fifth-grade high-level talisman with the cultivation level of the early stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm meant he had crossed two realms. The success rate of the cultivators present would not be very high, so failure was normal.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng meditated to recover his strength, and only after he calmed down did he begin his second attempt in the best condition.

This time, Mu Changsheng completed it in one go and successfully drew the first golden dragon talisman.