The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

The commonly used incense stick here refers to a special timer incense that can burn for just half an hour.

This special incense, when burned, can calm the mind and soothe the spirit. It is most suitable for use in such mentally demanding competitions.

Drawing ten talismans in half an hour means there is basically no time to rest. It is conceivable that the success rate of drawing talismans will drop sharply.

However, this method can indeed test the talisman master's proficiency in drawing talismans and the strength of his mental power.

Finally, everyone agreed on this competition method and began to refine the details.

However, regarding the fourth-grade talisman masters, a dispute arose over how many people from each state would participate in the competition.

President Geng believed that it would be enough to send one fourth-grade talisman master to each state, but the presidents of the other four states rejected his suggestion again.

There were too few people, so the competition didn't seem intense. Moreover, there were many fourth-grade talisman masters with similar talisman drawing skills, so it was difficult to choose who to take the stage.

Qingzhou, Qiangzhou, and Wuzhou all proposed five people from each state. President Yu, remembering that he only had three people from his own side, insisted on sending three people from each state.

He was also very considerate and said, "Yunzhou has only sent two human fairyland talisman masters this time. We can't bully them too much. Let's just go with three people. They are only one person short, so it doesn't matter much."

Chairman Geng immediately sneered, "Then five people, after all, the other three states are willing to send five people. We in Yunzhou have always been generous, so what's there to be afraid of if we suffer a little loss?"

Anyway, Yunzhou will not get a good ranking in the fourth-grade talisman master competition, so it is better to be generous and let others have more people to piss off the guy named Yu.

It was Di Dai who asked everyone to make concessions and send three people from each state.

Amidst all the noise and clamor, some rules for the Fourth-Rank Talisman Master Competition were finally worked out.

Xiao Han and the other three fourth-grade talisman masters were called together by Zi Qiao in the evening, and the rules of tomorrow's competition were announced.

Tomorrow's competition will start with the fourth-grade talisman master.

After the competition, there will be comments and exchanges.

One level of competition per day.

After all, communication and learning are the most important things, and it is impossible to complete all levels of competition within one day.

After learning that it took one stick of incense to draw ten pieces of talisman paper, Xiao Han and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

With such a high frequency of drawing talismans, no one can guarantee the success rate.

Another point is that during the competition, each person will draw ten runes on the spot. In other words, if you are unlucky and draw a rune you are not proficient in, then a rune paper will be wasted.

After Ziqiao finished explaining the rules of the competition, she added, "President Yu said that although we haven't yet decided how to reward you, as long as you can make it into the top three, we will definitely treat you well when we return. Everyone, do your best."

After she finished speaking, she left.

Xiao Han and the other two no longer had any mood to play, and hurried back to their rooms to think about tomorrow's competition.

Xiao Han thought about it and realized that based on his usual drawing interval, he could only draw five talismans in half an hour. This frequency obviously couldn't guarantee a top spot.

Therefore, she must allocate her time reasonably and must draw seven talismans successfully, so that she has a chance to enter the top three.

The next day, Xiao Han and the other two went to the competition venue under the leadership of Zi Qiao, feeling excited and nervous.

Today is the first competition. In addition to many talisman masters from the Qingzhou Fudao League who came to watch the competition, most of the talisman masters from the four continents exchange groups are also here.

Because there were many people watching the game and to facilitate the subsequent comments and exchanges, the Qingzhou Fudao League directly built a ring on the open space where the banquet was held, and let the talisman masters in the competition draw talismans on the ring.

At this moment, thirteen sets of tables and chairs have been placed on the arena.

Why are there thirteen sets? Of course, this is because there is only one person from Yunzhou who actually participated in the competition.

After much deliberation, President Geng decided to prevent the Fairyland Talisman Master, who had not reached the level of a fourth-grade Talisman Master, from taking the stage.

Coming in last place wasn't a glorious thing. The reason no one participated was because the Qingzhou Fu Dao League hadn't made it clear when they invited everyone.

The other states had no objection to Yunzhou only sending one person to participate in the competition.

Anyway, the fewer people they have, the less competitive they are against the side with more people.

At this moment, there are many chairs placed right behind the arena, which are naturally for the presidents and grandmaster-level talisman masters to sit on.

Whether or not to come and watch the low-level talisman masters compete depends on the personal opinion of these grandmasters. However, seats must be prepared, as it is a symbol of status.

Even if it is just a competition in the human fairyland, the five presidents must be present.

As for the supervision and refereeing of the examination room, each state will send out a master of talismans, and everyone will jointly decide and supervise.

The seats of the five referee talisman masters were placed on both sides of the ring.

Soon, the platform was filled with onlookers, and the referees also arrived. The referee from Yanzhou was none other than Master Jiuhua.

The talisman masters in Yanzhou all believed that with Master Jiuhua as the referee, Yanzhou would definitely not suffer any loss.

At this moment, the competition venue was already filled with many low-level talisman masters.

Of course, there are still five big names who haven't arrived, so the game can't start yet.

About half a cup of tea later, the five presidents came together.

As the host, Di Dai naturally had to make a few opening remarks.

The content of his speech was nothing more than that the competition was only for discovering problems and promoting the improvement of everyone's talisman skills.

It’s like when people on Earth hold a sports meeting. Everyone clearly wants to compete for first place, but they also shout that friendship comes first, competition comes second.

Fortunately, the speech of the fairy world leader was not too long, and the competition officially began soon.

The first step is to draw runes.

Inside a large box that blocks out spiritual consciousness are small balls with the names of fourth-grade runes written on them. Each participating rune master takes out ten small balls from the box, hands them to the referee to open them, and record the rune names written on the balls.

After Xiao Han took out ten small balls and handed them to the referee for registration, he took out his own talisman drawing list and glanced at it, and his heart suddenly tightened.

Return to Origin Talisman, Exploding Spirit Talisman, Breaking Forbidden Talisman, Heavenly Thunder Talisman...

Among the ten runes, there are at least three runes for which her success rate in drawing is only about 70% to 80%.

Before the competition started, Xiao Han pondered for a moment and resolutely decided to choose the Guiyuan Talisman with a relatively low success rate among the three and put it on the first painting that was most energetic.

The thirteen fourth-grade rune masters had already drawn runes and sat down.

As a stick of incense was lit, the monk presiding over the competition announced the start, and everyone immediately picked up their talisman pens.

Xiao Han followed his own ideas and first drew the Guiyuan Talisman, which had a low success rate.

At this moment, I was full of energy, and after concentrating my mind, I completed it in one go.

Looking at the Guiyuan Talisman with flowing light, Xiao Han showed a satisfied smile on his face.

She placed the talisman aside and immediately closed her eyes to rest. When she felt the time was almost up, she opened her eyes and began to draw the second talisman.

From now on, the talismans she chose to draw were the ones she was very skilled at drawing.

The second talisman was successful, and after a short rest, the third, the fourth...

After successfully drawing four talismans, Xiao Han felt that his mental strength was exhausted.

She glanced at the burning incense. Fortunately, it was less than half burned, which was about the same pace as she had expected.

At this moment, one of the cultivators watching below exclaimed, "Oh my! A talisman master from Wuzhou has already successfully drawn five talismans! That's amazing!"

Xiao Han's heart sank and he suddenly became conflicted.

Should we still proceed according to the original plan?