Witch, please have some self-respect!

"Clang~ Clang~ Clang~"

Shen Yun was awakened by a knocking sound from the alley and got up to peek out.

Across the street in front of Wang Xuan's house, several burly men with considerable presence were banging on the door.

"Grandpa, do you know where Wang Xuan went?"

The burly man with a fierce face was surprisingly polite when he saw Shen Yun.

"I went to the wilderness this morning to seek opportunities."

Shen Yun answered truthfully, saying that since they had already found their home, there was no need for Wang Xuan to lie.

"He's done quite well. If he didn't die out there, please ask the old man to make sure he settles the debts he owes to our Illusion Mist Garden as soon as he returns."

The burly man nodded, appearing very polite and easy to talk to.

"Okay, he's back. I'll pass on the message."

I'm not afraid of vicious dogs, but I'm afraid of these kinds of wicked people who suppress their emotions and act polite on the surface.

"It seems Wang Xuan owes Illusionary Mist Garden a high-interest loan." Shen Yun realized.

The Illusionary Mist Garden is no good place. It has the backing of a powerful figure in the Holy City, causing countless families to be destroyed and lives lost.

Gambling is just the most basic industry; it employs a group of extremely ruthless thugs.

What impressed Shen Yun the most was that most of the Illusion Breaking Powder sold outside the Holy City during this period came from this place.

His involvement in both gambling and drugs made him inexplicably wary of that place.

The burly man grinned and left with his men.

It is only right to pay back debts.

Although there are no rampant traitors within the Holy City, there are still forces that can legally destroy people's families and cause their deaths.

It's just that Lingnongfang is backed by the Lingtian Management Office, and many people there have backgrounds as disciples of the Holy Sect. Their cultivation levels are not high on average, and the security is quite good, so such incidents are rare.

"Wang Xuan, Wang Xuan, you owe money and take the broken illusion powder."

Shen Yun silently added Wang Xuan to the list of people he should not associate with in the future.

That night, Shen Yun gave Su Wan'er a blood food. After Su Wan'er consumed it, she successfully advanced to the next level two hours later.

"Thank you, my husband!"

After the success, Su Wan'er nestled in Shen Yun's arms like a swallow throwing itself into his embrace.

After marrying Shen Yun, Su Wan'er felt that her luck had changed and that she owed everything to her husband.

"Alright, alright, you're all sweaty, go take a shower."

Shen Yun affectionately rubbed Wan'er's soft, boneless back.

Su Wan'er kissed Shen Yun on the cheek, opened the wardrobe, thought for a while, and shyly took out a set of light white gauze dress.

"Try on this outfit, my husband."

After washing up, she wore a light, sheer dress that seemed to reveal her curves, outlining her alluring figure.

Beyond the light gauze, smooth, jade-like shoulders, delicate collarbones, and an inverted half of a jade bowl.

What a feast for the eyes!

A night of excitement and boundless pleasure.

After Su Wan'er broke through, she still had a small portion of the blood food in her body that had not been digested. She was full of energy and her body was burning hot.

Shen Yun almost couldn't handle it.

......

Two days passed in a flash.

At noon, Shen Yun returned from the Spirit Field Management Office with Su Wan'er.

Shen Yun instructed, "If I don't return tomorrow, you go and inspect the spirit fields."

After Su Wan'er reached the next level, she also obtained an identity jade token from the Spirit Field Management Office.

For the past two days, Shen Yun has been taking her to inspect the spirit fields and telling her what to do.

"Husband, don't feel pressured. You've only been learning for a few months..."

Before leaving, Su Wan'er thoughtfully tidied Shen Yun's clothes.

My husband is going to the Heavenly Palace to take the entrance exam for becoming a talisman master.

In her mind, her husband's talent as a talisman master, which had been buried in the Immortal Seeking City, was finally revealed after he came to the Holy City.

"With Wan'er's blessing, there will definitely be no problem."

Looking at the 120 merit points accumulated on the ancient scroll, Shen Yun nodded confidently.

The blessings one can receive today have already been fully received.

As long as it doesn't require carving ten seals at once, Shen Yun is 90% confident.

Especially after purchasing the treasure-grade mithril inkstone, he tried it once and found that the efficiency of engraving runes had greatly improved.

The original one-hour teleportation talisman was shortened to a little over half an hour.

Moreover, investing fifteen Blessing Points allows one to engrave an ordinary talisman stone, thus reducing the cost.

The inkstone was excellent value for money.

"Go to the Heavenly Craftsmanship Bureau."

Shen Yun waited on the street for a while before stopping a dragon-scaled carriage.

"Carpooling or hiring a car?"

"Charter a car."

Shen Yun got into the carriage and settled in. The driver cracked the whip, and the horse galloped off on the main road in the city.

Mysterious patterns appeared on the floor inside the carriage.

Shen Yun can now understand some of it; among the patterns that occasionally flash, there are traces of runes for lightness and speed.

There were also some intricate patterns that Shen Yun couldn't understand.

There are indeed many things in common between casting artifacts and engraving talismans.

When I have more free time in the future, I can study the art of casting.

Low-level treasures are easy to buy.

However, it is said that the later the game progresses, the more difficult it becomes to forge a suitable magical artifact.

Just like a rune master, if they devote a lot of time to rune research, their cultivation will inevitably be delayed.

Advanced minor courses are hard to come by.

In less than half an hour, the colossal, purple-gold cauldron, hundreds of feet long, came into view.

"Guest, Baili Yijin!"

Shen Yun took out a tael of loose gold and handed it over. The coachman casually put it away and focused more of his attention on the distance.

There was a man and a woman arguing fiercely, looking like they were about to come to blows.

There's no shortage of onlookers everywhere, and Shen Yun stopped to listen for a while.

Listening to the surrounding discussions, it was said that the male cultivator spent years adventuring in the wilderness to earn source stones, which he used to support the female cultivator's studies and supplementary cultivation.

Recently, the female cultivator advanced to a higher level in her secondary cultivation, which opened up a better future for her. Therefore, she wanted to sever her relationship with the male cultivator.

The male cultivator felt increasingly aggrieved and came looking for him.

The story ended with the male cultivator being forcibly taken away by several bronze puppets.

The bronze puppets surrounding the Heavenly Craftsmanship Palace are not just for show; they are controlled by the Holy Sect's soul cultivators and serve a similar security and protection function.

"Simp, simp..."

Shen Yun shook his head and sighed.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the holy city, and it happens to both men and women.

Upon entering the giant cauldron building, Shen Yun followed the signs and arrived at the hall for the entrance examination of rank-up talisman masters.

"I'm here to assess your progress towards becoming a rank-up rune master."

Someone at the entrance checked Shen Yun's test items and only let him in after confirming there were no problems.

Compared to other halls and registration areas where students enroll and learn various skills, the Talisman Master Examination Center was not crowded.

Entering the advanced level of a minor program is not a simple matter, and the losses during the assessment period are borne by the individual, so everyone is very cautious about the assessment.

Shen Yun was quickly placed in line.

"Assessing a talisman master? You mean you, sir?"

Inside the room, a dignified and elegant woman in charge of the matter looked over in surprise upon hearing this.

An elderly man with white hair and beard came to take the test of a talisman master. To be honest, this was the first time she had ever seen such a man in all the years she had been here.

The oldest person I received before who came to test my skills as a talisman master was a man in his fifties, and he failed.

Judging from the old man's white beard and hair, he must be in his seventies or eighties.

This is just as absurd as Shen Yun's previous life, when he was a retired old man in his seventies taking an employer's exam to find a new job.

Shen Yun frowned. "What? Is there an age limit for the entry-level assessment?"

Age discrimination?

"Don't misunderstand, sir, I'm just a little surprised."

The woman who was receiving him muttered to herself, "Judging from his aura, this old man is only at the third level of the Body Nourishing Realm, not some great cultivator."

At his age, how can he still pass the test to become a talisman master?

It's too late for someone to achieve great things, so she still followed the rules and had the apprentices inform the Talisman Hall that someone had come to assess her.

Check if there are any remaining assessment rooms.

When she delivered the message, she specifically emphasized the three aspects of nourishing the body, including the characteristics of white beard and white hair.

The Talisman Hall belongs to the Talisman Stone category among the three aspects of Talisman Dao.

There is usually one third-tier master, three second-tier rune masters, and ten first-tier rune masters in charge.

A young man dressed as an apprentice strode in, bowed respectfully, and asked the two second-tier talisman masters who were discussing something.

"Master Chu, Master Li, an elderly man with white hair and a white beard has applied for the entrance examination. Are there still examination rooms available?"

The two second-tier talisman masters were discussing how to encourage more apprentices to choose to learn talisman stones after coming to the Heavenly Craftsmanship Palace.

In their eyes, rune stones are the best choice for minor cultivation!

Seeing that there were many apprentices in the next hall made them even more upset than they had fewer apprentices in their own hall.