Talisman Testing Platforms

Because synchronized talisman testing is still required, the number of batches remains the same at ten, but the number of people in each batch has been reduced.

Currently, each batch only has a little over two thousand people.

Moreover, the time allotted for each batch of talisman masters to draw talismans is the same as the time allotted for the first session.

Clearly, the fluency and proficiency in creating talismans are also considered part of the speed test.

Among the first batch of talisman masters, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu still did not see Liu Chun.

Once the time was up for the first batch of talisman masters to draw their talismans, they took their places one by one.

There were a total of one hundred talisman-testing platforms. At this moment, two hundred cultivators dressed in the United Heroes Hall attire arrived at the talisman-testing platform at the front of the venue with their storage rings. They stood in pairs, one on the left and one on the right, on each platform.

After bowing to the onlookers, they each took out a newly acquired talisman bag from their storage rings.

Then they took out the same talisman and gestured to the audience in a circle. After that, the two people on the left and right simultaneously placed the talismans in their hands onto the talisman-testing platform.

It was probably pre-arranged that the first talisman tested at each testing platform was Fireball Talisman.

The fire talisman was activated within a single breath after being placed inside the testing platform.

Each talisman on the testing platform suddenly emitted a large fireball.

Fortunately, the testing platform was surrounded by a barrier, which completely blocked all the energy.

People can only see their visual effects, but cannot personally experience their power.

However, of course, the function of this talisman testing platform is not limited to this.

The comparison of the energy of talismans cannot be judged solely by their visual effects.

Next to the place where the talismans were placed on each talisman testing platform was a thin, transparent Zhuzi, which Lin Xiao thought looked a lot like a thermometer.

Once each talisman is activated, red light continuously surges upwards within the transparent, slender Zhuzi, eventually settling at its peak.

This peak value represents the peak energy level of the tested talisman.

Obviously, the higher the peak value, the more qualified talismans the user will have.

After seeing the peak values, the testers will record whose talisman passed the comparison.

After testing the first talisman, the Fireball Talisman, it was time for the next one, the Water Sword Talisman.

The testers first waited for the effects of the talismans inside the testing platform to dissipate before opening the platform. Then, they touched something, and the red light that had been fixed on the transparent, slender Zhuzi completely disappeared.

Then they put the second talisman Water Sword Talisman, into it.

The time required to draw a talisman is not as fast as the duration after it is activated.

Therefore, the testing process was quite fast.

After all ten talismans in each group had been tested, the comparison results were displayed on each talisman testing platform.

In most talisman-testing platforms, the number of qualified talismans on one side is generally two or three, while on the other side, seven or eight talismans are stronger.

Only a few cases have five qualified candidates on both sides, or four on one side and six on the other.

If people have the same number of qualified talismans, after the second round of all the competitions is over, the peak data of each talisman for those who only have five qualified talismans will be compared, and half of these people with the worst peak data will be eliminated.

Watching the successive batches of talisman masters on the stage intently creating talismans, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu both turned their attention to the talisman-testing platform with its various explosive special effects.

Jiang Youfu rarely had the opportunity to witness such offensive talismans, so this was quite an eye-opener for him.

"So this is what cultivators use to fight. I thought talismans were like those in our sect, used for talking and running away."

Of course, he said this to Lin Xiao telepathically; he wouldn't dare mention their sect in front of so many people.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao said:

"Cultivation can't be all about fighting all the time. Of course, our sect's talismans are more practical. Do you think we use Sound Transmission Talisman more often or these attack talismans?"

Jiang Youfu scratched his head.

"That's right, we haven't used any attack talismans. We usually use Sound Transmission Talisman the most. I've noticed that Elder Liu makes the most Sound Transmission Talisman in the talisman-making room every day, besides those he sells."

Lin Xiao patted Jiang Youfu on the shoulder and transmitted his voice to him:

"Although we don't use it often, we still need to know how to use it. Otherwise, it'll be troublesome if we're rusty at a crucial moment. I'll practice with you more when we have time. Although we try to keep a low profile when we're out and about, there are too many crazy people in the world. We never know when we might run into one, so we need to be prepared."

"Madman?"

Jiang Youfu was somewhat confused. He glanced furtively at the surrounding cultivators and asked:

"Why are there so many crazy people? These people all seem perfectly normal to me..."

Lin Xiao shook his head at him and sighed, saying:

"Sigh, Fuzi, you don't know, the world is full of madmen in human skin, but some people are only mad to themselves, while others are keen to unleash their madness on others. Honest people like us can only be more vigilant."

Finally, in the afternoon, during the seventh batch of entry, Lin Xiao and his companion spotted Liu Chun in the crowd.

"Elder Liu is out, Brother Xiao!"

"I saw it, I saw it! Let's keep an eye on it and see who takes his talisman bag later."

When Liu Chun appeared, Lin Xiao and the other man finally stopped staring at the talisman-testing platform and turned their attention to him instead.

As Liu Chun prepared for the inspection on stage, he immediately felt that same sense of being watched again.

He glanced around at the audience with some suspicion, but didn't notice anything unusual.

Hidden in the crowd, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu quickly averted their gaze the moment he looked towards the audience, pretending to look at something else.

So, somewhat bewildered, Liu Chun could only lower his head and wait for the gong to be struck to begin.

But in his heart he thought, it seems that he will have to be more careful after the competition is over.

After all, he now has a huge sum of money to spare from the sect.

And so, with the sound of a gong, the drawing of the seventh batch began.

However, although testing a talisman on a testing platform takes much longer than drawing one by a talisman master, the efficiency of one hundred testing platforms is still not that high.

When the seventh batch of talismans came off the test, the talisman testing platform was still testing the talismans from the fifth batch.

Fortunately, both the audience and the participants here are cultivators, so they don't really feel the passage of time.

Only occasionally might a Qi Refining Stage cultivator who is unwilling to take Grain Avoidance Pill go out for a quick meal or a rest.

After the seventh batch of talisman masters left, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu kept their eyes fixed on the staff member who had collected Liu Chun's talisman bag, never looking away.

Finally, at dusk, he stepped onto the talisman-testing platform, carrying his storage ring containing Liu Chun's talisman bag.