Fairy Eye

The disciples of the Talisman Academy are divided into three classes: lower, middle, and upper.

People of lower rank receive lower salaries, learn less, and have endless work to do every day.

Those in higher ranks not only have an easy life and receive much higher salaries than ordinary people, but they can also boss around their subordinates and make them do whatever they want.

Xu Xian considered himself to have extremely high talent in talismanic arts, but after eleven or twelve years here, he was only a mid-level disciple.

Once, Zhao Changping unexpectedly heard that a handyman disciple named Han Lin was involved in Zhao Ruiling's death, which made Zhao Changping very unhappy. He wondered if there was any way to get close to Zhao Changping.

However, Zhao Changping had no interest in him whatsoever. Even when he offered to help him get rid of Han Lin, Zhao Changping coldly replied that he had no intention of dealing with Han Lin.

This left Xu Xian extremely frustrated.

Just a few days ago, Zhao Changping suddenly approached him and told him that Han Lin had returned from outside and asked him to keep an eye on him. Xu Xian immediately perked up.

He was just thinking about how to deal with Han Lin when Han Lin came to apply for the Talisman Academy.

The thought that Zhao Changping might look at him with new respect made him feel better.

A smile crept onto Xu Xian's face again, and he thought to himself, "This guy is truly my lucky star. I can't kill him all at once; I have to deal with him slowly. That way, Zhao Changping will be happy, and I can steadily climb the ranks!"

"Reporting!"

Suddenly a voice rang out, and Han Lin stood up from his seat.

A proctor who was nearby walked over to him: "What is it?"

This person was a woman in a yellow robe; her appearance was neither particularly good nor bad.

"There's something wrong with my talisman pen and the beast blood. I request a replacement."

Han Lin bowed slightly to show respect.

Is there a problem with the talisman and the beast blood?

Upon hearing this, everyone's lips twitched.

I thought to myself, if you can't do it, you can't do it. Why make excuses? Do you expect the Talisman Academy to kill a monster for you first? Or do you want to specially tailor a talisman pen for you?

Upon hearing this, Fu Jiu frowned slightly.

He didn't think Han Lin was the kind of reckless person.

Unless there were serious issues with the talisman and the beast blood, it would be absolutely impossible to provoke the examination rules in this situation.

Xu Xian, who was quite a distance away, frowned and quickly walked towards Han Lin.

"Excuse me, all the materials here are prepared by the same organization! If you can draw, then draw; if you can't, then leave immediately. Do not make a loud noise and disturb other candidates."

"Senior brother, I'm not making a fuss for no reason; there really is a problem with my materials."

Han Lin persisted despite hearing this.

"Hmph! I think you're just looking for trouble. Get out of here. Our Talisman Academy doesn't need people like you. You're used to being arrogant and domineering, aren't you? You dare to cause trouble here! Don't you even know where you are?" Xu Xian's face darkened, and a faint aura of pressure emanated from his body.

However, this oppressive aura was as if it didn't exist in front of Han Lin; he felt nothing at all.

Xu Xian, like him, was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining; how could he possibly frighten him?

The woman in the yellow robe next to him frowned: "Xu Xian, let's talk this out. The assessment is supposed to be fair and just. If there's really a problem with his materials, we can just replace them."

"Change what?! This guy's obviously not good enough, but he insists on blaming the materials. Get out of here right now! Or I'll beat you up every time I see you...!"

"Beat me up?"

Han Lin was also a little angry, and sneered, "Come on, come and beat me up."

"Fine, fine, you've gone too far!" Xu Xian's blood rushed to his head, and he was about to make a move, which frightened the surrounding examinees into standing up and moving away from the two of them.

Seeing this, the others immediately stopped drawing talismans and stood up to look in this direction.

"What happened!" At this moment, a deep voice rang out, and Liang Yiqiu flashed out from the main hall, landing not far from the two of them and looking at them with a gloomy expression.

"My lord, this candidate says there's a problem with his application materials..." Upon seeing this, the woman in the yellow robe quickly recounted what had happened.

"Is there a problem with the materials?"

Liang Yiqiu walked to Han Lin's low table, glanced down at it, then frowned and picked up the talisman pen on the table. "Cui Ping, go and get the talisman pens for the other two examinees."

"Yes."

The woman in the yellow robe turned around and took the talisman brushes from two nearby examinees.

Upon comparison, Liang Yiqiu remarked, "This talisman pen does indeed have significant flaws; it doesn't resemble a normal talisman pen from our Talisman Academy."

As he spoke, he looked at Cui Ping: "The exam materials were prepared by the eight of you, right? Why is this happening?"

Cui Ping's expression changed slightly: "Your Excellency, we did conduct a unified inspection last night, but for some reason, it turned out like this today."

Upon seeing this, Xu Xian quickly buried his head.

"Hmph! I never expected that someone would tamper with the public examination of my Talisman Academy. You just wait, I will get to the bottom of this!"

Liang Yiqiu's gaze swept coldly over the two of them. "Prepare another talisman brush immediately!"

"Steward, please also replace the beast blood, as there is a problem with it as well." Han Lin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that there were still some upright people here.

"Change his blood too! Change it to the same blood as the other examinees." This time, Liang Yiqiu didn't even check before giving the order.

"Yes……"

The woman named Cui Ping quickly picked up the beast blood and hurried away.

Seeing this, Xu Xian felt a burning hatred for Han Lin, but dared not utter another word.

After Cui Ping delivered the new talisman brush and beast blood, Liang Yiqiu personally inspected them before obediently leaving at Liang Yiqiu's command.

"Alright, is everything alright now?" Liang Yiqiu asked Han Lin.

"No problem, thank you, Steward." Han Lin bowed slightly.

"Okay, that's good. Everyone, let's continue the exam. Time is running out."

Liang Yiqiu glanced at the crowd and walked towards the main hall.

Everyone returned to their seats and began to get busy.

This time the materials were indeed fine, although they weren't particularly good, but at least they weren't targeted.

Han Lin activated his keen insight and began to draw carefully.

Before long, he finished drawing a complete rune, pointed at it, and activated it.

Suddenly, a red light shone from the surface of the rune, like a red vortex.

Seeing this, Han Lin quickly cast a fireball spell and moved towards the vortex.

Swish!

As soon as the fireball approached the vortex, it was pulled in. Then, a flash of red light transformed it into a halo that shrank back to the surface of the talisman, forming a small red dot.

"It's done."

Seeing that the talisman hadn't exploded for a long time, Han Lin's eyes lit up and he breathed a sigh of relief.

A boy nearby glanced over and saw the scene, and his eyes widened in shock.

"How is that possible! It's only just begun, and he's already won one?"

"Could it be that there's something wrong with my materials too?" The boy didn't think Han Lin was particularly skilled; instead, he suspected that there might be something wrong with his materials as well.