"Primordial Child's Literary Talks"

When Ning Zhuo arrived at Ink Peak's summit, Chu Xuangui finally let out a breath of relief.

But he did not begin the trial at once. Instead, he filled the blank spaces on the sheet of rice paper before him with brush and ink.

Only after practicing on that sheet did he slowly raise his head and face the dozens of cultivators atop the peak, solemnly announcing, "The time has come. The trial begins."

He held two fingers together and traced the sky, his mana condensing into the test question—use talisman-making brushwork to compose "Primordial Child's Literary Talks."

The moment this question was announced, the cultivators present could not help looking at one another.

Too strange!

This style of question-setting was vastly different from previous years!

The content of the test was remarkably bizarre. They were actually required to use talisman-making strokes to write a Confucianism classic.

"Primordial Child's Literary Talks" was not profound. Quite the opposite, its contents were exceedingly simple. The so-called "primordial children" referred to children receiving their first education, and it was a primer intended for young children.

It was an introductory book on calligraphic scripts, mainly covering four of the five major styles: Clerical Script, Regular Script, Running Script, and Cursive Script. Seal Script had deliberately been excluded because it was too difficult.

The five major scripts were the primary substance of calligraphy, intended for all kinds of Confucianism writings.

Talisman-making emphasized spellcraft: every stroke and pause of the talisman brush, the selection and use of talisman paper and Talisman Ink, and the cultivator's degree of understanding of the spell.

Brushstroke style?

It had never been examined before.

As long as the talisman could take effect, it counted as success.

"Why use talisman-making brushstrokes to write a Confucianism work?"

"What exactly does Mister Chu Xuangui