My Optimized Immortal Life

"Go and call the others to the open space."

Chen Qing ordered.

"Okay." Zhang Lin agreed, then hurriedly got up from his chair and ran out of the room.

Chen Qing looked at the talisman-making materials on Zhang Lin's desk, thought for a moment, and then took a piece of talisman paper from his desk and said, "It's just a piece of talisman paper. It should be a small problem."

He then walked out slowly and came to the hall. Although this was the most spacious place in the entire courtyard, it was open-air. He could see the scorching sun above his head and the formation pattern vaguely covering the entire courtyard.

There were dozens of chairs placed on the open space, but there was nothing prepared for Chen Qing to use for teaching, which made Chen Qing quite unhappy. How could he teach his apprentices if he didn't have all the teaching tools?

So, Chen Qing could only teach these apprentices some abstract things.

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On the other side, Zhang Lin kept pushing open the doors of the rooms and calling the apprentices who were either resting or studying talisman making. Soon, more than twenty talisman making apprentices gathered in the open space.

Among these twenty or so apprentices, each of them is not much different in age, and they are basically teenagers. Old Qian told Chen Qing that these apprentices are children with spiritual roots that they found from the mortal world. While providing them with resources for cultivating immortals, they also let them join the Talisman Master Association, learn to make talismans, and increase the number of talisman masters in the Association. After all, the Talisman Master Association only depends on the Three Islands Alliance for its existence. If it cannot play a role in helping the alliance, it will have to be abandoned.

Chen Qing was not too worried about this. The Talisman Master Association had nothing to do with him, Chen Qing. The one who joined the Talisman Master Association was the casual cultivator Jiang Xuming. He, Chen Qing, was just a small mid-grade talisman master.

Even if the Talisman Master would be abandoned, he could immediately give up his identity as Jiang Xuming. At worst, he could just run away like he did before in Maple Valley.

Soon, everyone arrived. Zhang Lin walked up to Chen Qing and signaled to him that everyone was there.

Chen Qing nodded, then looked at the apprentices who were staring at him, and Lang Sheng said, "Who among you can draw a complete talisman now?"

The apprentices looked at each other, and then a young girl was pushed out with a talisman in her hand.

The other apprentices remained silent.

The girl had bright eyes, white lips and red teeth, and was a potential beauty, but Chen Qing was not interested in beautiful women.

"Master Jiang, her name is Xu Lingxin. She has the highest success rate among all of us talisman-making apprentices, about 10%."

At this time, Zhang Lin walked to Chen Qing and whispered.

"Oh, a 10% success rate? Show me the talisman you drew."

After hearing this, Chen Qing was quite surprised. The level of these apprentices was really not that good.

Unlike Chen Qing, after using his innate ability to fully comprehend the method of drawing the Water Arrow Talisman and the Soul-Destroying Talisman, his talisman-making attainments have reached the level of a top-grade talisman master. Coupled with the precipitation of the past two years, he now has an 80% success rate in drawing top-grade talismans such as the Gold-Dividing Sword Light Talisman.

Of course, his situation is rather special and cannot be used as a reference, but even by the standards of ordinary talisman masters, the talisman-making skills of these apprentices are a bit too poor.

The girl named Xu Lingxin looked back at the young men who pushed her out of the crowd. A trace of resentment flashed across her face, but then quickly disappeared. She handed the talisman in her hand to Chen Qing.

Chen Qing took it and found that the talisman in his hand was an Ice Arrow Talisman. Although this talisman was a finished product, with his current eyesight and the memory he gained after the previous optimization, he could see the mistakes and omissions in the talisman at a glance. Compared with the finished talismans sold in the market, this talisman could only be said to be a defective product.

"You have been learning to make talismans for several years."

Chen Qing put down the talisman and turned to ask the girl standing in front of him.

"Lingxin was brought into the guild from the mortal world by a monk from the guild when she was twelve years old. She has been learning talisman making for two years now."

When Xu Lingxin saw Chen Qing looking at her, she immediately lowered her head and answered in a low voice.

"After two years, the painting has turned out pretty good."

Chen Qing nodded. He noticed all the changes in Xu Lingxin's expression. It seemed that she had had a "bad" experience in making talismans before. However, this had nothing to do with Chen Qing. He was not the kind of guy who liked to stand up for others, and he didn't want to get involved in these things at the moment. However, he had some understanding of why these apprentices' talisman-making skills were not high.

"What about the others? Anyone who can make a finished talisman can raise their hand."

He turned to look at the silent apprentices and said so.

After these words were spoken, the apprentices remained silent, their eyes watching their noses and their noses watching their hearts.

But a few more good-looking girls were pushed out from the crowd. Like Xu Lingxin, some anger flashed across their faces, and then they stopped talking.

Chen Qing also saw the apprentices who pushed out these girls. They were teenagers around seventeen or eighteen years old. Although he didn't know how good their skills were in making talismans, they all had good cultivation. The highest one had reached the third level of Qi Refining, which was much higher than Zhang Lin, Xu Lingxin and the others who were at the first level of Qi Refining.

No wonder it was like this. Seeing this, Chen Qing didn't want to say anything more, let alone single out these young men, so he said, "Since that's the case, then you can go back to your rooms and make talismans. Zhang Lin and Xu Lingxin can stay here."

As soon as Chen Qing said this, the apprentices were shocked. The girls breathed a sigh of relief, while Xu Lingxin's face turned pale. After the group of birds and beasts scattered, only Zhang Lin and Xu Lingxin were left in the open space.

Chen Qing turned to look at the two of them and asked, "Zhang Lin, when did you get here?"

"Ah, I just came here three months ago, Master Jiang Fu."

Zhang Lin still didn't understand why Chen Qing asked the others to leave. When he heard Chen Qing asking him, he was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

Chen Qing nodded. No wonder Zhang Lin looked like he knew nothing. It turned out he had just arrived and was a bit stupid. No wonder he was like that.

"Since they don't want me to teach them the art of talisman making, forget it. You two and I do have some connection, so I'll just teach you two."

Chen Qing said so.

Xu Lingxin was shocked when she heard this. She thought that Chen Qing was the same as the talisman master who came to teach the method of making talismans before, and was using this as an excuse to find a furnace. But from the current situation, it seems that Chen Qing really came to teach talismans?

This made her a little bit unbelievable. However, Chen Qing's next move made her doubts disappear a little.

Chen Qing took out her talisman and said, "Although your talisman is a finished product, it can only be used with difficulty. It is probably weaker than the talismans sold in the market."

Hearing Chen Qing's comments on her talisman, Xu Lingxin's face suddenly turned red. She had only been learning to make talismans for two years, and most of the time she was self-taught. How could she know what was wrong with the talismans she drew?

Next, Chen Qing pointed out the mistakes and omissions in Xu Lingxin's talisman and gave her a solution. Zhang Lin listened on the side. Although he had only learned to make talismans for three months, he had read the introductory inheritance of talisman making given to him by the association. He could understand what Chen Qing said and felt that he had benefited a lot.