No hope for eternal life

In the training room, Mu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief, and after meditating until he was calm, he began to draw talismans.

However, not long after, there was a sudden "hiss" sound, and the spiritual power on the talisman paper began to dissipate. This first Lihuo Talisman ended in failure again.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng remained calm and skillfully threw the failed Lihuo Talisman far away.

"Boom." The familiar explosion sound came again. Now Mu Changsheng's body is stronger, and his resistance to the explosion has also increased a bit. He will no longer be as dirty as before.

"Although I failed, I did feel that the writing was smoother. It seems that there is a deep connection between refining talismans and cultivation." Mu Changsheng thought to himself.

This is also good news for Mu Changsheng. In the late stage of foundation building, the success rate of refining the Lihuo Talisman was less than 1%. I wonder how much the success rate will increase now?

Out of curiosity, Mu Changsheng picked up the Efeng talisman pen again and began to draw the Lihuo Talisman for the second time.

This time, Mu Changsheng was almost done, but failed at the last moment.

Mu Changsheng was not discouraged by this. After adjusting his condition, he quickly started his third attempt.

At this time, the advantage of the breakthrough in cultivation also emerged. Originally, Mu Changsheng had to stop after drawing the Fire Separation Talisman twice to restore his exhausted mana, but now he can draw the Fire Separation Talisman three times in a row and then restore his mana.

The third time drawing the Lihuo Talisman, Mu Changsheng became more careful and patient, carefully outlining the contours of the Lihuo Talisman.

However, the higher the level of the talisman, the more complicated it is, and the higher the requirements for the coordination of the cultivator's mind, hands, magic power, etc., the success rate cannot be increased simply by being careful.

In the end, Mu Changsheng's third Lihuo Talisman failed.

After the backlash explosion of the Lihuo Talisman, Mu Changsheng immediately held the middle-grade spirit stone in his hand and meditated to restore his magic power, while also calming his mind.

Quarter of an hour later, Mu Changsheng, who had recovered, picked up the talisman pen again and began his fourth attempt.

"Swish, swish..." The tip of the pen surged forcefully on the talisman paper. Mu Changsheng was fully focused, always paying attention to the changes between the strokes.

When the last part of the Lihuo Talisman was completed, Mu Changsheng raised the pen vigorously, and the talisman paper seemed to be given life, showing rays of spiritual light.

Finally, Mu Changsheng succeeded. Even he himself did not expect that he would succeed on just the fourth try.

This success also brought great encouragement and confidence to Mu Changsheng, and he soon began to draw the next Lihuo Talisman.

In the end, Mu Changsheng used up all the remaining 293 bottles of Lihuo Talisman Liquid and obtained 49 finished Lihuo Talismans. This success rate was close to 20%, which made Mu Changsheng quite excited and happy.

However, Mu Changsheng soon realized that forty-nine Lihuo Talismans were probably far from enough for him to use during the palace examination, and he needed more Lihuo Talismans.

So, Mu Changsheng left the training room and found a shop that specialized in talismans.

As soon as he came up, Mu Changsheng said straight to the point: "I want 500 pieces of Lihuo Talisman Liquid and Talisman Paper."

There are less than two days left before departure, and Mu Changsheng doesn't want to waste time making the talisman liquid, so he wants to directly buy the already prepared talisman liquid.

Seeing the business coming, the shop owner quickly said, "No problem, wait a moment, I'll get it for you right away."

Fortunately, the Lihuo Talisman is a relatively common third-grade talisman, and the store has already prepared it.

Soon, the shop owner took the talisman liquid and talisman paper and offered the price, saying: "Thank you for your consideration. The original price is 175,362 low-grade spirit stones. After removing the decimals, you only need to pay 175,300 low-grade spirit stones."

Before coming, Mu Changsheng had estimated the price in his mind, and the two were not too different, so he readily paid the spirit stones, took the things and returned to the inn.

After returning to the training room of the inn, Mu Changsheng immediately began to draw the Lihuo Talisman again.

Just like the last time in Qihua City, Mu Changsheng only finished drawing the Lihuo Talisman after being reminded by the innkeeper.

Of the five hundred raw materials for the Fire Separation Talisman, Mu Changsheng has only used more than two hundred and seventy of them. However, Mu Changsheng is not in a hurry because he knows that even if he arrives in the capital, there are still several days before the palace examination officially begins, which is enough time for him to refine the remaining Fire Separation Talismans.

Mu Changsheng left the inn. It was late at night and there was not much time left before the morning hour. He first returned to the third villa and called Mu Xun and Song Zhi to set off for the City Lord's Mansion together.

On the way, Song Zhi reminded Mu Xun: "I have heard from my elders that there is a Wanbao Pavilion in the east of the capital city. It is the best at identifying and appraising treasures and has a very good reputation. Mr. Mu can go there to identify the origin and purpose of the black pearl."

Perhaps because they were more familiar with each other, Mu Xun shook his head and said, "No matter how good the reputation is, you can't blindly believe it. To be honest, I don't plan to find someone to appraise the treasure in the capital. When I go home in the future, I will ask the elders at home to appraise it."

"Family elders?" Song Zhi pretended to be surprised and said, "Excuse me, I don't know who the elders of Mr. Mu's family are. My father likes to make friends and can be said to have made friends everywhere. Maybe he is an old friend of Mr. Mu's elders."

"To be honest, Mu Changsheng and I are both students of Mr. Yang Wuque. I just don't know if Miss Song has heard of Mr. Yang's name." Mu Xun replied. For some psychological reason, he did not want to mention his adoptive father Mu Qunxian, so he brought up the name of Yang Wuque.

"Of course I've heard of him." Song Zhi said repeatedly: "He is the number one prodigy in our Shenfeng country for many years. I often hear the elders in my family talking about Mr. Yang. It turns out that the two young masters are Mr. Yang's disciples."

As she spoke, a fierce look flashed in the depths of Song Zhi's eyes. She said all this in a roundabout way just to find out who was behind Mu Xun and the other man. If it was just a suspicion before, now it was confirmed.

"Yang Wuque is a man whose cultivation is half-wasted. He is not worth worrying about." Song Zhi thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Mu Changsheng, who was unaware of the situation, was still saying modestly: "We don't deserve to be called a senior disciple. We just received some guidance from Mr. Yang."

……

Soon, Mu Changsheng and his three companions arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. There were very few people at the gate, obviously not everyone had arrived yet.

After waiting for a while, the ten people in the Foundation Establishment Realm and the ten people in the Golden Core Realm who took the county examination all arrived, and the gate of the City Lord's Mansion was opened.

Shatongmo and Xue Rang walked out of it. Xue Rang came specially to escort everyone, and Shatongmo, as the governor of Nansha County, also needed to go to the capital, Kamikaze City.