63: Chapter 63 Hidden Clumsy

"Hahaha, Sun Qisheng, didn't you just say that his skills were low?" This was clearly a Martial Artist who knew him, and he directly called out his name.

"Don't go slandering a good person! Where did I ever say such things? I have the utmost respect for the Ye Clan." Sun Qisheng glared fiercely at the person who had exposed his name. "What a bastard, he's trying to get me killed!"

If Ye Yisong was the type to hold a grudge, even a slight glare would be enough to make him suffer.

After successfully making one Talisman, Ye Yisong had no intention of stopping. He picked up another withered vine and continued to carve inscriptions, stopping only after making three Rank 2 Talismans in a row.

However, only one of them was a High Grade Rank 2 Talisman, while the other two were Low Grade Rank 2.

Ye Yisong deeply understood the principle that the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be blown down by the wind. If he displayed a 100% success rate in Talisman Making in public, and every single one was High Grade...

...after he finished participating in the Shuinan County Martial Examination, he wouldn't be able to step out of his house again.

Even if a Tier 4 Martial Ancestor expert were to protect him personally, it probably wouldn't be enough to keep him safe. It would require the Old Ancestor to step in personally.

After his Breakthrough to a 6-star Martial Master, his internal Spiritual Qi storage capacity had greatly increased. He no longer needed to rest for an hour or two after making a few Talismans, or absorb Medicinal Pills to recover Spiritual Qi before continuing, as he had when he first started Talisman Making.

Ye Yisong still intended to rest for a while to observe the situation of the other Martial Artists. He discovered that none of the other Martial Artists had yet successfully refined any finished products.

Of the other seven Talisman Makers, six were Martial Artists of the Ye Clan's "Jie" generation. Their Talisman-making Technique was inherited from Ye Jiexin, a Tier 4 Talisman Master. Among the six, only Ye Jiekang and Ye Jiejing—these two Rank 2 Talisman Makers—were nearing the successful completion of a Talisman.

The other four were still carving inscriptions and were nowhere near the stage of infusing energy.

As for the last person, to Ye Yisong's surprise, it was actually the Loose Cultivator Zhou Shi. He hadn't expected this guy to be a Talisman Maker as well.

However, he was far behind; he was still making Talisman paper. From time to time, he would cast envious glances at the other seven.

"The old man's talent for Talisman Making is truly strong. He is indeed worthy of the title of the Ye Clan's once-in-a-century Talisman Making Genius." Seeing Zhou Shi's primitive Talisman Making process, Ye Yisong secretly gave a thumbs up to Ye Jiexin in his heart: "For the old man to break through to a 4th Grade Talisman Technique under such difficult circumstances, and even break conventions to pioneer a new school, he is truly strong."

"How did he manage that back then?"

Looking at the two Alchemists, who were also Martial Artists of the Ye Clan's "Jie" generation and Ye Yisong's uncles, they were both still in the stage of extracting medicinal materials.

Alchemy was much more troublesome than Talisman Making. Especially with higher-Rank Medicinal Pills, the more medicinal materials that needed to be processed, the more time it would take.

Watching the seventeen Martial Artists on and off the stage participating in the Craftsmanship assessment, Ye Yisong sighed once again that in the world of Martial Arts, if one wanted to grow rapidly in the early stages, a powerful Family could provide tremendous help.

Of the seventeen people, eleven were Martial Artists from the Ye Clan.

Without the towering tree of the Cangjiang Ye Clan providing shelter from the wind and rain behind them, the clansmen of the Ye Clan could not have grown so quickly and so steadily.

Ye Yisong pushed aside the distracting thoughts in his heart, picked up the withered vine on the table, and began his plan to conceal his true ability.

As soon as he started, he deliberately made a Rank 1 High Grade Fireball Talisman, then proceeded to make a few Rank 2 Talismans one after another, interspersed with some Rank 1 Talismans. He even "accidentally" ruined a withered vine while carving inscriptions.

This exhausted Ye Yisong.

"This consumes even more Mental Energy than making Talismans alone," Ye Yisong thought to himself. "When making Talismans alone, I only need to consider if my Mental Energy is sufficient. Now, participating in the Craftsmanship assessment, on one hand, I have to be careful when making Talismans, and on the other hand, I have to consider when to introduce a human error to avoid exposing my 100% success rate."

"Sigh, being a Martial Artist is hard! Being an outstanding Martial Artist is even harder!"

While thinking about these things, the movements of Ye Yisong's hands did not slow down at all. Relying entirely on muscle memory, he completed the production of Talismans one after another at a terrifying speed. Before long, a small mountain of Talismans appeared in front of Ye Yisong.

Ye Yisong's unconscious "showing off" stunned the Martial Artists under the stage; several people were so surprised that their mouths hung open.

"Damn, is this even human?"

"This Talisman Making speed is way too fast. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes on the spot, you could kill me and I still wouldn't believe that a Talisman Maker could make Talismans this quickly."

"Did you guys notice? Thirty percent of the Talismans Ye Yisong made are Rank 2 Talismans."

"We noticed a long time ago, no need for you to say it."

"It seems the intelligence from Yuelai Pavilion is very accurate. Ye Yisong has really become a Rank 2 High Grade Talisman Maker. Official data shows that he hasn't even turned 15 yet."

"Comparing people just makes you angry."

Under Ye Yisong's precise control, he spent one day using 30 withered vines to make a total of 16 Talismans. Among them were 3 High Grade Rank 2 Talismans, 3 Medium Grade Rank 2 Talismans, 5 Low Grade Rank 2 Talismans, and 5 High Grade Rank 1 Talismans. As for Talismans below High Grade Rank 1, Ye Yisong felt that a Tier 3 Talisman Master couldn't afford to lose that much face.

Controlling the Talisman Making success rate to around 50%, while still more conspicuous than most Talisman Makers, was at a level that people could accept and did not belong to a shocking or world-shaking level.

Looking at the 14 wasted withered vines on the ground, Ye Yisong's heart was bleeding. These were human errors! And they were necessary!

Ye Yisong pretended to rub his head, displaying the appearance of excessive Mental Energy consumption. He organized the finished Talismans on the table; he didn't believe that in this situation, anyone could surpass him.

The Craftsmanship assessment primarily considers the Rank of the refined or cultivated spiritual items. If the Rank of the spiritual items is the same, then the quantity of the spiritual items is considered, with the one having a greater quantity winning.

The Martial Artists participating in this Martial Examination Craftsmanship assessment—the Craftsmanship masters of Rank 2 and above—had all been "accidentally" injured by the Ye Clan and wouldn't be able to recover for ten days or half a month. The remaining Rank 2 Craftsmanship masters were all people from the Ye Clan.

Ye Yisong had produced High Grade Rank 2 Talismans, and 3 of them at that. Who could surpass him? Who would dare to surpass him?

Ye Yisong looked up and signaled to Magistrate Sun Nanyu, indicating that he could submit his work.

"Oh, Nephew Ye, there are still Nine Heavens left. Won't you consider it further?" Magistrate Sun Nanyu advised.

The Craftsmanship assessment of the Martial Examination is mainly intended to allow Martial Artists to fully demonstrate their Craftsmanship level. It is permitted to use Medicinal Pills to recover Spiritual Qi or Mental Energy halfway through, which is why Magistrate Sun Nanyu asked this question.