Yutian City saw him freeze, thinking he had spoken incorrectly, and said hastily, "I'm a wild-grown fellow, I didn't even pass the scholar's examination, what I say might not necessarily be right."
Despite saying that, he was still the Hall Master of Red Mountain Hall and a master talisman maker. When Director Lu had originally witnessed Chen Shi's attainments in talismans, he had once said that among the brothers in the hall, Chen Shi could be ranked second, while the first was precisely this Hall Master Yu who hadn't even passed the scholar's examination.
Later, upon witnessing Chen Shi's myriad varied talismans, Director Lu never spoke those words again.
Yutian City was a rough-hewn fellow who hadn't passed the scholar's examination; by all logic, there was simply no possibility of him becoming a talisman master. Yet he had relied on an incomplete copy of the Compendium of Talismans to become self-taught, rising to become one of the top experts among talisman masters.
Many of his talismans could not be cast, and the talismans he taught himself also had many omissions and flaws, but his discernment was extremely high.
He was a person delayed by circumstance.
If he had been guided by a famous master and possessed profound cultivation arts, his achievements would by no means have stopped here.
Chen Shi stood there in a daze, plunged into deep, contemplative thought.
Ever since he woke from death two years ago, he had followed Grandpa to learn to draw various talismanic seal patterns, studying literature and literacy. He could draw various talismans the moment he lifted his brush, and even without a Divine Embryo, he could circulate his vital Qi and draw various talismans while possessing no small amount of might.
Yet he had never thought of treating talismans as spells to