No hope for eternal life

Mu Xun was silent for a moment. He also understood that what Mu Changsheng said made sense, and then he said: "So, if you want to get the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, you can only be in the top three of the palace examination."

Mu Changsheng didn't know what to say at this time, so he patted Mu Xun on the shoulder and said, "Come on, I'm going to retreat first."

"Yeah." Mu Xun nodded slightly, and the two parted ways temporarily.

Mu Changsheng was looking for an inn along the way, thinking about how to get a higher ranking in the palace examination.

"It's impossible to break through the physical body, so the only thing I can do is to work hard on the talismans. Although the power of the third-grade Lihuo Talisman is considerable, it is only at the early stage of the Golden Core level after all. And the people I need to face in the palace examination are all top-level geniuses in each county. Their strength has basically reached the early stage of the Golden Core, so I can't form an overwhelming advantage."

"Try to refine a more powerful third-grade talisman." This idea suddenly popped up in Mu Changsheng's mind, because he still had a heritage talisman in his hand that was more powerful than the Lihuo Talisman, called the Dragon Flame Talisman, and its power reached the level of the middle stage of the Golden Core.

However, Mu Changsheng frowned again: "It took so much time to make the Fire Talisman, and I only got a 20% success rate. I'm afraid it will be too late to try the Dragon Flame Talisman from scratch."

Finally, Mu Changsheng decided to give it a try and bought fifty sets of Dragon Flame Talisman liquid and talisman paper. If none of the fifty sets of Dragon Flame Talismans succeeded once, there would be no need for him to keep trying.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng found an inn, rented a training room for three days, and officially began to refine talismans. The first thing Mu Changsheng started with was the drawing of the Lihuo Talisman. Mu Changsheng was already very familiar with this talisman, but due to his cultivation level, his success rate always hovered around 20%, and was difficult to improve.

It took Mu Changsheng a day and a half to use up all the remaining Lihuo Talisman Liquid. Currently, the number of Lihuo Talismans stored in his storage bag has reached 153.

Mu Changsheng was not too happy about this, because he still had to try to draw the Dragon Flame Talisman.

After calming down, Mu Changsheng officially picked up his pen to refine the Dragon Flame Talisman.

For the first time, facing this unfamiliar Dragon Flame Talisman, Mu Changsheng failed before he had even finished drawing half of it. The violent explosion was even more powerful than the Lihuo Talisman.

Mu Changsheng survived the explosion, but his expression became more solemn. He was used to failing in drawing talismans, but when he was drawing the Dragon Flame Talisman just now, he clearly felt a stagnation in his magic power.

That feeling was exactly the same as the one Mu Changsheng had when he drew the Lihuo Talisman in the late stage of foundation building.

"Sure enough, it's still related to the cultivation level." Mu Changsheng's heart sank. He had already sensed that the success rate of drawing the Dragon Flame Talisman would be very low.

However, even so, Mu Changsheng still wanted to give it a try.

The second failure, the third failure...

In the end, all fifty bottles of Dragon Flame Talisman liquid and talisman paper were used up, but Mu Changsheng only got one finished Dragon Flame Talisman!

Mu Changsheng temporarily walked out of the training room and took a look at the weather. It was early morning and there was still one day left before the palace examination began.

Mu Changsheng now faces a choice: whether to use this last time to continue trying to draw the Dragon Flame Talisman.

"Even if I continue, I can only get one or two Dragon Flame Talismans at most, or even none at all. It really doesn't make much sense." Mu Changsheng thought to himself and chose to give up.

In addition, Mu Changsheng also wanted to take a temporary break and get his spirits together for tomorrow's palace examination. After all, since the beginning of the county examination, Mu Changsheng had been either competing and recuperating from his injuries or practicing talisman making, and had never stopped for a moment.

So, Mu Changsheng started to rush back to the reception courtyard. On the way, he met a child who specialized in selling information about the palace examination. Naturally, he bought a copy.

As usual, Mu Changsheng first checked the accuracy of his information to avoid buying false information.

"The second place in the Nansha County Foundation Establishment Realm County Examination: Mu Changsheng; Gender: Male; Age: 18 years old; Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Peak (at the time of the County Examination, he was in the late Foundation Establishment Stage); Cultivation School: Body Refiner and Talisman Master; Comprehension of Artistic Conception: Physical Artistic Conception; Body Refining Realm: The physical body is strong enough to challenge the cultivators at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and there are two means that can be used in combination to enhance the physical body and cultivation. One is the second-grade summoning talisman, which can be used twice in a row. Each use can last for half an hour, and the second use will reduce the duration to two quarters of an hour. The other means is unknown, but the cost of using it should be very high. It was only used three times in the County Examination, and not once in the County Examination. In addition, Mu Changsheng can refine the third-grade fire talisman, but the number is unknown. He only used two in the County Examination..."

"It's really detailed." Mu Changsheng smiled bitterly in his heart. This was much more detailed than the information about the county examination. Even the time limit for him to summon the talisman was marked very clearly. In this way, there would be no secrets at all during the competition.

"But this is also good. I can get to know the other opponents in detail." Mu Changsheng sighed and started to open the pages one by one from the beginning:

"First place in the Zhongdu County Foundation Establishment Realm County Examination: Feng Li; Gender: Female; Age: 20 years old; Cultivation: False Dan Realm; Cultivation School: Sword Art; Comprehension of Artistic Concept: Comprehended the Sword Art at the age of thirteen..."

"Fake Pill Realm!" Mu Changsheng's eyes narrowed slightly. This is an extremely special realm, between the Foundation Establishment Realm and the Golden Pill Realm. The golden pill in the body has already taken shape, so it is called a fake pill.

The reason why this realm is special is that once the fake pill is formed, the future golden pill grade is already determined, so unless someone can ensure that he can produce a ninth-grade golden pill without the help of the Nine-Turn Golden Pill, he will be willing to step into this realm. Normal cultivators use pills to directly cross the fake pill realm and achieve the golden pill realm. For example, Mu Changsheng plans to use the Nine-Turn Golden Pill to directly achieve the ninth-grade golden pill.

"It is said that Feng Li is the king's biological daughter. It is normal for her to reach the false elixir realm." Mu Changsheng thought to himself. He had already listed Feng Li as his number one enemy.

Zhongdu County is not only the top-ranked county among the 18 counties, but also a county directly under the capital. It can be imagined that almost all the top forces in the country of Shenfeng are gathered in Zhongdu County, and those who can enter the top ten in the county examination of Zhongdu County are basically the children of major families. These people have received training that ordinary people can't imagine since childhood, and their strength should not be underestimated.

Therefore, Mu Changsheng continued to look at the top ten in Zhongdu County carefully:

"Second place in the Zhongdu County Foundation Establishment Realm County Examination: Xue Shaoyang; Gender: Male; Age: 23 years old; Cultivation: Peak of Foundation Establishment; Cultivation School: Insect Path; Comprehension of Artistic Conception: Comprehended Insect Path at the age of 17... Disciple of the Duke of Qi's Mansion..."

"Third place in the Zhongdu County Foundation Establishment Realm County Examination: Shen Qianliu; Gender: Male; Age: 22 years old; Cultivation: Peak of Foundation Establishment; Cultivation School: Body Refining; Realization of Artistic Conception: Realized the physical realm at the age of 18... A disciple of Duke Shen's Mansion..."