"What if I use Fate Arts to make use of others to pass?"
"I'll ask the higher-ups..." The examiner looked helpless.
Before long, the examiner nodded. "A Fate Arts Master may use any means at their disposal. However, I advise you not to harm anyone. I heard that during the Middle Rank Azure Cloud Examination a couple of years ago, some Fate Arts Masters secretly killed quite a few people, causing the Azure Cloud Examination to end early."
"I was just asking." Li Qingxian said.
The examiner led Li Qingxian through the second gate, then pointed ahead. "Enter Thornland from here. The notice board beside it has the rules. Read them over once more."
Li Qingxian thanked the examiner and looked ahead.
The ground before him was still an ordinary grassy field, but ten zhang farther on lay a muddy swamp.
Within the gray-black marsh, mud churned and weeds drifted. Iron puppets stood among them with bows in hand, continuously shooting at passing examinees.
From time to time, examinees were struck by arrows. Some persisted onward, while others raised their hands in surrender, upon which the puppets stopped attacking.
Li Qingxian walked to the notice board and carefully read the rules for the second trial alongside many other examinees.
In this round, cultivators were permitted to use more items. Dao Cultivators could use spirit talismans, but they had to make them on-site.
This round only began upon entering the swamp, so Li Qingxian sat on the grass, took out talisman-making materials, and began crafting spirit talismans.
Each time he finished one, he placed it in the ordinary cloth pouch at his waist for the examiners to see, lest he be accused of cheating.
At first, the examiners paid little attention to Li Qingxian, but before long, they could only look