Two months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, purple dawn rose, and the morning light stretched for miles.
Across the entire Ye Family plaza, the enormous sacrificial cauldron was filled with sandalwood incense.
As the smoke rose into the sky, it transformed into winding smoke dragons that lingered in the air without dispersing.
The cultivators and clansmen gathered in the plaza were all incomparably solemn.
Ye Xuefan stepped forward and began the prayer. Only after he had finished did he look toward Ye Xueliang, Ye Xingxiao, Ye Jinghu, Ye Haiyu, and the others.
"Jinghu, Haiyu, begin!"
There were still more than a hundred and eighty people standing before them.
They were precisely the participants in the Talisman Meet competition.
The rewards for this Talisman Meet were exceptionally generous, so nearly everyone who could come had come.
The competition itself was simple: the family would provide three sets of materials, and they would inscribe talismans.
The number of completed talismans, their grade, and the condition of their spiritual radiance would serve as the basis for evaluation.
The judges were several Golden Core and Purple Palace cultivators, along with Ye Haiyu, a talisman master.
"Everyone, find a spot in the plaza and start crafting talismans!" Ye Haiyu called out to the crowd.
Talisman crafting differed from alchemy and artifact refinement, which required earthfire, alchemy furnaces, and artifact furnaces.
Crafting talismans required only a talisman brush, spiritual ink, talisman paper, and a table.
Ye Haiyu had the clansmen bring out tables and set up several sound-isolating formations, preventing anyone from being disturbed by outside noises.
However, these formations did not block one's view.
This was so that the others could observe one another's talisman-inscribing movements and thereby improve their talisman arts.
The first purpose of the Talisman Meet was