The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 807: Finding faults

Her plan was to rest for a while after drawing the four talismans to allow her mental strength to recover, and then to draw the four talismans that she was very skilled at in one go.

But she didn't expect that there was another expert who had already successfully drawn five pictures.

After thinking about it, she decided to go at her own pace.

If you force yourself to paint without enough mental energy, you will only fail again and again.

Without glancing at how many successful paintings others had drawn, Xiao Han continued to close his eyes and rest.

When she opened her eyes again, the incense had burned almost two-thirds.

She picked up the talisman brush and continued drawing the talisman.

The fifth talisman was successful. After a short rest, he picked up the pen again.

The sixth one, the seventh one.

She had never been so focused before, and her rest time was so short. She felt as if her head was being pricked by needles.

It is absolutely difficult to draw a talisman successfully in this state.

Originally, according to Xiao Han's plan, she would wait until the incense was almost burned out before drawing one last picture.

It was only when someone in the audience exclaimed, "Oh my god, two of them have successfully drawn seven talismans."

Xiao Han immediately felt that his plan was not safe.

She rested for a while and picked up the talisman pen again.

However, she was in a dilemma when it came to whether to draw the forbidden talisman or the immortal golden body talisman.

She drew the most forbidden talismans, and they were also the ones she was most proficient in. The Immortal Body Talisman, on the other hand, normally only had an 80% success rate. With this severe mental overdraft, the success rate might drop to less than 20%.

She didn't know whether to draw the Breaking Taboo Talisman now, maintaining the advantage of having eight finished talismans, or to take a gamble and save it for the last moment when her mental strength could no longer sustain, betting on it becoming the ninth finished talisman.

After taking a look at the incense that was not much left, Xiao Han finally decided to take a gamble.

He closed his eyes slightly, picked up his brush, and dipped it in ink. Then, his eyes lit up, and he mobilized all his energy and spirit to write.

The eighth talisman was successful.

Xiao Han heard the gasps and screams of the low-level talisman masters below the platform. She felt a splitting headache and wanted to close her eyes and rest without caring about anything.

But she couldn't, she felt that the eight talismans were not safe.

The interval between the two talismans is too short. Neither the mental power nor the spiritual power can be restored by meditation, because there is not even enough time for a full cycle.

So, I can only close my eyes and rest for a while.

After taking a look at the incense that was about to burn out, Xiao Han picked up the pen again.

Most of the fourth-grade talisman masters in the audience were paying attention to Xiao Han, simply because she was the talisman master who had drawn the most successful talismans on the stage.

However, the talisman master who had successfully drawn seven talismans was still gritting his teeth and persevering. No one knew whether others would be able to successfully draw another one at the last moment.

But Xiao Han started drawing again. If she could draw another successful one, she would definitely be the first.

Xiao Han ignored everyone and began to force herself to mobilize her energy again.

However, her splitting headache made her doubt whether she could successfully draw the talisman this time.

Take a deep breath and recall the feeling every time you draw the forbidden talisman.

Start writing.

"Wow, it worked!" There was an exclamation from the audience.

In the time it takes to stick up an incense stick, nine talismans were successfully drawn. This talisman drawing skill is really amazing.

No, it’s just that this mental power is too strong.

Haven’t you seen that most of the talisman masters in the field have only successfully drawn five talismans, but their faces are pale and their mental strength is seriously overdrawn.

Xiao Han was also severely mentally overdrawn. She slumped in the chair and really didn't want to move a finger.

At this time, the incense had just burned out.

The monk presiding over the competition immediately shouted, "Time is up, the competition is over!"

The five guild leaders who had been chatting together under a soundproofing barrier removed the barrier and sat up straight.

Although the five judges had been paying close attention to the actions of the fourth-grade talisman masters, they already knew who had drawn the most and who had the least.

But they still have to check it again.

The most important thing about this inspection is to see whether the rune master draws according to the rune they drew.

After all, there is a big difference between drawing runes that you are proficient in and those that you are not proficient in.

The smile on Master Jiuhua's face at this moment was not concealed at all.

Xiao Han successfully drew nine pictures, while the second place winner only successfully drew seven. The gap is too obvious.

They in Yanzhou have made a good start.

The judge talisman master from Wuzhou checked Xiao Han's talisman over and over again, comparing the runes and talismans one by one.

He looked so serious, as if he was just about to use a magnifying glass to check it.

Young Master Jiuhua teased, "My fellow Daoist, even if you check these talismans a hundred times, only nine will succeed, not seven."

It was clearly a mockery. The opponent's most powerful fourth-grade talisman master only had seven talismans.

The talisman master snorted and suddenly pointed at the talisman paper on Xiao Han's desk and said, "Isn't it stipulated that one must finish drawing all ten talismans within the time of one stick of incense? If she doesn't finish, she's breaking the rules."

Xiao Han's heart suddenly tightened. She had indeed considered this rule before. She originally planned to wait until the end and just draw it casually. It was not easy to draw it, so wouldn't it be easy to ruin it?

But in the end, she was so exhausted that she didn't want to pick up the pen at all.

She felt that everyone should understand that if they just scribbled a stroke on it, it would be ruined, so why waste a piece of talisman paper?

Sure enough, Master Jiuhua scolded, "Are you mentally ill? If you want to find fault, you should find a better reason. Rules are dead, but people are alive. The purpose of setting that rule is to make everyone work hard to draw ten talismans. Even if your mental strength is not good enough, is it difficult to just draw a random stroke and ruin this piece of talisman paper? The reason I didn't draw is that I felt there was no need to waste a piece of talisman paper.

As a talisman master, you should cherish everything related to talismans. You should see others successfully draw nine talismans and see that the younger generations are working hard. This should make everyone happy, instead of harping on inexplicable reasons.

The referee from Wuzhou blushed and raged with anger, but he didn't know how to refute.

He could only mutter, "Everyone should abide by the rules of the game, you are just making excuses."

When President Geng saw that Xiao Han was a talisman master from Yanzhou, he immediately began to support the Wuzhou referee, "This fellow Taoist from Wuzhou is right. The rules of the competition have been set, and they should be followed."

Young Master Jiuhua was about to criticize even this Immortal King-level Grandmaster, but Di Dai stood up and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I didn't think it through at the time. I just wanted everyone to do their best to draw more talismans to stimulate everyone's potential. Fellow Daoist Jiuhua is right. If you deliberately want to destroy a talisman, you don't need to expend mental energy, you can just scratch it directly. Why waste a piece of talisman paper?"

She then announced, "In this competition, this fellow Daoist from Yanzhou successfully drew nine talismans. There's no doubt he takes first place!"