This world had no shortage of clever people, but those whose cunning bordered on the uncanny were rare even among the rare.
And Su Jiu was clearly one of them.
At first, Su Jiu had let them steer the entire proceedings to make them lower their guard and believe she could do nothing about the judges.
Only now had Su Jiu cut off their maneuvering outright, stopping their attempt to control the competition from beginning to end.
At the same time, she had seized the initiative for herself.
If the Heavenly Dawn Sect tried any more tricks, even their most shameless, unreasonable excuses would probably no longer fool the crowd. After all, everyone had already seen the talismans she had drawn.
Besides that, there was another thing about Su Jiu that frightened them: the talismans she had drawn.
The third-tier and fourth-tier talismans in her hands were clearly a full grade higher than when she had submitted them earlier. The density of spiritual qi within them was also beyond comparison.
They were baffled. Su Jiu had been standing on the platform the whole time, so where had she found an opportunity to complete her talismans?
In these judges' understanding, drawing talismans still meant calming the mind and focusing, then drawing on paper with a brush.
They had never imagined that Su Jiu had long since mastered Void Talisman Drawing. Without even looking at the talisman paper, she could feel the flow of spiritual qi through it with her palm and secretly restore the interrupted flow.
That was the difference between a genius and an ordinary person.
Of course, Su Jiu would not explain this to them. They were on opposing sides, after all.
The people below the platform were no fools either. Even many low-level talisman masters could sense the