Chen Luwan's four choices for the topic were the Torrent Technique, the Water Ring Technique, the Poison Mist Technique, and the Fire Containnt Technique. She specialized in crafting the Torrent Technique and the Poison Mist Technique.
The forr was an offensive water-attribute spell, while the latter was an auxiliary water-attribute spell used for control and interference. Of these two, she refined the forr to earn spirit stones, and the latter specifically for the cultivators of the Wang Clan, which was always in short supply.
The requirents for making a Torrent Talisman were relatively low, and the materials used were cheap. When Chen Luwan made it, she could easily display her best standard.
Because the upper limit of this spell was too low, as a water-attribute offensive spell for the Qi Refining stage, the Torrent Talisman was mostly used for specialized situational attacks. If one truly wanted to rely on it to win a duel, it would be quite difficult, though not impossible.
However, after considering it for a mont, Chen Luwan still chose the Poison Mist Talisman.
"Brother, look, that's my mother! My mother will definitely advance!"
Even though Yu'an was already a big lad of twenty-three, in front of his eldest brother, he would always be the younger brother. Seeing Yu'an so full of anticipation, Yulou replied with a smile.
"Aunt Chen's talisman-making standard is top-tier even within the Wang Clan. If she can't even manage to advance, our Wang Clan would never have passed down its heritage to this day."
Zhou Yingxi, however, was sowhat surprised. Chen Luwan looked far too ordinary.
"That female cultivator wearing the blue training robes is Yu'an's mother?"
Although a talisman master was not a favored elite profession like an artificer or a pill refiner, they usually lived quite a comfortable life. After all, when cultivators traveled the cultivation world, they could never do without useful talismans.
Even for cultivators with a high level of skill, the types of talismans they could produce were relatively limited, which ant the talisman market was always highly active.
But Chen Luwan's appearance among the crowd of talisman masters clad in luxurious magical robes who had entered the advancent tournant phase seed too low-profile, even a bit inconspicuous. To put it bluntly, she looked impoverished.
"Yes."
Yulou gave Zhou Yingxi a calm glance, saying nothing more. Yet for so reason, Zhou Yingxi obediently closed her mouth.
The gaze Wang Yulou had just given her carried a hint of warning—do not ask!
"Begin! Everyone has one hour, so you may take your ti to craft. Your opponents are all the finest talisman masters, so you must take this seriously. Otherwise, you will not be able to win!"
As soon as Zhong Ningyao's words fell, Chen Luwan swiftly began processing the materials in front of her.
Was the Poison Mist Technique difficult? It was, and the Poison Mist Talisman was even more difficult!
Just in terms of the materials alone, it required the use of spirit fish skin. In a place like the Red Lantern Illumination Sect where fire techniques flourished, this item was incredibly expensive.
Aside from the rare and hard-to-process materials, another difficulty of the Poison Mist Talisman lay in the poison mist it contained. Poison mist, as the na implied, was toxic. And what the talisman master faced was not the mist itself, but the raw toxic liquids and poisonous powders, which were far more potent than the resulting mist.
The final difficulty of the Poison Mist Talisman lay in grasping the toxicity and the drawing rhythm during the inscription. Different poisons had different properties; so dispersed rapidly, while others tended to cluster. If the talisman master failed to pay attention to the differences in poison types and the requirents of the drawing process, they would create a defective Poison Mist Talisman. As for the types of defects, there were many, and so would even knock out the user first when deployed.
As a talisman master proficient in the Poison Mist Talisman, those aforentioned difficulties existed for Chen Luwan as well, and every single step required her utmost caution.
Under Yu'an's tense gaze, his mother stood calmly before the talisman-crafting table, handling the spiritual materials and toxic fluids with fluid grace.
After half a quarter of an hour, Chen Luwan smoothly completed her first Poison Mist Talisman, and the overall completion level was exceptionally high. With her experience, she didn't even need to test it to be certain that this talisman, crafted from spirit fish skin, could easily unleash the Poison Mist Technique.
"Great! My mother succeeded! Brother, look, my mother succeeded, hahaha!"
Yulou pressed down his excited younger brother and said, "Don't be impatient. Aunt Chen is still studying the materials in her hands; it seems she has a new plan."
Chen Luwan certainly had a new plan. She hadn't forgotten Zhong Ningyao's reminder—your opponents are all the finest talisman masters.
She had just scanned her surroundings and found that more than half of the participants had already finished crafting their first talisman, and those who hadn't were fast approaching completion. If her creation was rely highly difficult and of excellent quality, she might still be eliminated by these opponents.
Therefore, she thought of a special kind of Poison Mist Talisman.
Poisons could be combined! Naturally, a Poison Mist Talisman could also accommodate multiple poisons, thereby enhancing the power of the toxic mist and increasing the difficulty for enemies to neutralize it.
Among the materials provided to her by the competition, there were three different kinds of poison.
Heart-Burning Python venom: This poison was an animal toxin produced from the fangs of the demonic beast, the Heart-Burning Python. It was in liquid form, and its effect was very straightforward. The victim would feel as if a raging fire was burning their heart, which would disrupt all of their movents and capabilities, thereby achieving the effect of the Poison Mist Technique.
Light Yellow Powder stone poison: This poison was made by grinding light yellow stone into a powder, classifying it as a mineral poison. Its effect was the most overbearing, specifically targeting a person's eyes. The victim would go blind and feel dizzy. If both sides in a duel were of equal strength, as long as this poison hit its mark, the victim would undoubtedly perish.
Rat-Fragrance Grass herbal poison: This poison was ground from the roots and stems of the Rat-Fragrance Grass, also in powder form. Its effect was not very pronounced, but its persistence was extrely strong. The victim would feel weak and limp all over, which didn't heavily impact combat, but the victim's scent would be tracked by Fragrance-Sensing Rats, making it difficult to fade even if they fled for ten days and ten nights.
After careful consideration, Chen Luwan decided to abandon the Heart-Burning Python venom and only use the Light Yellow Powder stone poison and the Rat-Fragrance Grass herbal poison as the toxic seeds to craft another special Poison Mist Talisman. Because the liquid Heart-Burning Python venom did not mix well with the other two powdered toxins. If put together, the final effect might actually be inferior to using just the two powdered poisons.
With a clear path in mind, Chen Luwan moved nimbly.
The rules of the advancent tournant were simple: everyone had two sets of spiritual materials and could draw two talismans, then select the better one to be submitted for evaluation.
Just monts ago, Chen Luwan had already drawn an excellent, fine-grade Poison Mist Talisman, the kind that would sell for at least fifty spirit stones in the Hundred Treasures Pavilion—Poison Mist Talismans were just that useful.
Having ward up with one talisman, Chen Luwan was confident that she could perfectly master the Light Yellow Powder and the Rat-Fragrance Grass powder, allowing them to achieve a flawless fusion.
"My mother is... she wants to use multiple toxins to create a Poison Mist Talisman! Brother, my mother is still so incredible!" Yu'an said very proudly.
"Indeed, Aunt Chen has the strength to rank at least in the top ten."
"Nonsense, my mother must be number one!"
Zhou Yingxi shook her head. She had never seen her own mother, nor did she like her father. She could not comprehend the deep value the brothers Yulou and Yu'an placed on family affection.
"Boom!"
On the tournant field, a Purple Fla Talisman crafted by one of the talisman masters exploded. Just as the audience cried out in surprise, Yulou instantly sensed that sothing was wrong.
Chen Luwan closed her eyes. Just now, while she was handling the Light Yellow Powder, an explosion had occurred on the talisman-crafting table behind her.
The Light Yellow Powder was caught in the aftershock of the explosion, splashing directly into her eyes. Tears flowed uncontrollably, a subconscious reflex of the human tear ducts trying to expel a foreign object.
But what had entered Chen Luwan's eyes this ti was no ordinary foreign object; it was the Light Yellow Powder poison. The victim would go blind and feel dizzy.
Fate was not kind to this mother. She possessed the strength to rank at least in the top ten, but it seed she could only stop here at the advancent tournant.
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