After a spell of sinking weightlessness, Elder Yu and Qin Qiongyu appeared within an ethereal illusory realm washed in grayish white.
Not far ahead of them stood a stone house.
Four Talisman Masters had already gathered inside the stone house, examining three completed Qi Gathering talismans.
This was a common talisman arts test. They needed to select the talisman with the correct talisman pattern and stick it onto the stone door before them to pass.
Elder Yu followed Qin Qiongyu forward. The latter merely glanced at it, already looking somewhat uninterested.
The test was simply far too easy for him.
The four Qi Gathering Talisman Masters who had arrived first had discussed it for a long time without reaching an answer, yet he understood the intention behind the test with a single look.
After him, Chen Yang quickly solved the problem as well. He had gained the inspiration from watching the Talisman Mountain sect master's drawing technique earlier.
"So that's how it is. No wonder those four have studied it for so long without finding an answer."
Chen Yang thought, The formation patterns on all three talismans are correct. A completed talisman was separated into three layers using a splitting method, which is why the ink shades differ.
The difficulty of this question lay precisely there. If one failed to realize this, then choosing any one talisman as the answer would result in failure, causing this illusory realm to collapse.
Only by layering the three talismans together in sequence and attaching them to the stone door could one arrive at the correct answer.
Seeing that the four remained motionless for so long, Qin Qiongyu lost patience and said to Elder Yu, "Go. Stack the three together in the order of right, left, middle, and stick them to the stone door."