64: Chapter 64 The Myriad Aspects of Life

Ye Yisong bowed respectfully and said, "Magistrate, I have considered it clearly. I will hand over the Talisman I have made now, and I have no regrets."

Magistrate Sun Nanyu called him 'nephew,' but Ye Yisong did not know the exact nature of the relationship between Ye Jiesheng and him, so he naturally would not try to climb the social ladder by calling Magistrate Sun Nanyu 'uncle.' Moreover, Ye Yisong was currently a candidate in the Shuinan County Martial Examination for Talisman Making, so it was inappropriate to appear too close to the chief examiner.

Seeing that Ye Yisong's mind was made up, Magistrate Sun Nanyu did not try to persuade him further.

Furthermore, he had witnessed the entire process of Ye Yisong's Talisman Making; the Talisman Ye Yisong was handing in was more than enough to take first place in the Shuinan County Martial Examination for Talisman Making.

Magistrate Sun Nanyu collected all the Talisman that Ye Yisong had made into a square box, then placed the box into the groove on the far right in the center of the arena. He used his official Magistrate seal to activate the Formation. A flash of yellow light swept past, and the sky filled with colorful light, displaying the results of Ye Yisong's Talisman Making assessment in the air.

"Three High Grade Tier 2 Talisman, three Medium Grade Tier 2 Talisman, five Low Grade Tier 2 Talisman, and five High Grade Tier 1 Talisman."

"Nephew, is there any error?" Magistrate Sun Nanyu asked with a chuckle, looking at Ye Yisong. Unsurprisingly, Ye Yisong would be his greatest political achievement in all the Martial Examinations he had overseen, so his attitude toward Ye Yisong was naturally different from that toward others.

"Magistrate, there is no error," Ye Yisong maintained a respectful attitude throughout.

"Good, good, good! Nephew, you are truly a Genius," Magistrate Sun Nanyu laughed three times and handed the confirmation letter to Ye Yisong.

Ye Yisong walked quickly to Ye Jiesheng's side. Although that feeling of unease was gradually dissipating, he still felt a sense of security staying by Ye Jiesheng's side.

"Have I alerted the enemy?" Inside a storage room at the government office, a pair of eyes stared quietly outside. Seeing Ye Yisong, who was staying by Ye Jiesheng's side, the person muttered to himself.

"Magistrate Sun Nanyu, you killed my child. I will definitely make you pay the price. Hiss."

Ye Yisong finished the Talisman Making assessment early, leaving a vacancy. Magistrate Sun Nanyu immediately had Miss Shi Yu fill the spot.

Miss Shi Yu had prepared for this moment for a full ten years!

"For the glory of the Family, for my grandfather, for my father, and also for myself."

With these thoughts in mind, Miss Shi Yu walked step by step onto the arena for the Talisman Making assessment.

"Miss Shi Yu is truly beautiful!"

"What, are you lusting after him again? Why don't you take a look at yourself in a puddle and see if you are worthy of Miss Shi Yu?"

"So what if I think about it? It's not against the law to think."

Miss Shi Yu's face flushed slightly. He raised his right hand and waved it toward the sky, sprinkling Spirit Soil from his Storage Pouch onto the arena. It occupied exactly half the space of the arena—not a bit more, not a bit less.

Then, from a Storage Pouch on the other side, he took out a handful of Spirit Rice seeds, three bottles of Evergreen Liquid, and some other jars and bottles.

The Spirit Rice seeds were plump and gave off an alluring fragrance that made one's mouth water.

"Please verify this, Magistrate," Miss Shi Yu said, bowing to Magistrate Sun Nanyu.

Magistrate Sun Nanyu picked up the seeds and examined them carefully for a while. He even put one seed in his mouth to eat it and found nothing unusual. He scanned the Spirit Soil for a few minutes, then nodded gently and said, "Begin the assessment."

"Thank you, Magistrate," Miss Shi Yu said in gratitude.

Miss Shi Yu pointed his finger toward the sky. The sky above immediately became overcast, and a light drizzle began to fall, hitting the Spirit Soil and forming small puddles.

In each puddle, Miss Shi Yu placed two or three Spirit Rice seeds to prevent any waste of cultivation time if some seeds failed to germinate.

Doing this could ensure, as much as possible, that Spirit Rice would grow in every puddle.

"I didn't expect this little girl from the Shi Family to be a Tier 2 Spirit Planter. He has hidden his abilities well!" Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang said.

"Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang, it is normal for the younger generation of various Families to hide their strength before the Martial Examination. Hasn't younger brother Ye Jiejing also broken through to become a Medium Grade Tier 2 Talisman Maker?" Ye Jiesheng said, looking at Ye Jiejing on the arena.

Ye Yisong had met Ye Jiejing a few times at the Talisman Hall on Luomu Mountain a few months ago. Ye Jiejing had been stuck at the Bottleneck of a Low Grade Tier 2 Talisman Maker for several years, unable to break through.

Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang had put aside his pride and pulled several strings to get Ye Jiexin to spend seven days guiding Ye Jiejing. After a few days of in-depth and easy-to-understand instruction, where he re-organized the inscription structure for him, Ye Jiejing finally broke through the Bottleneck and became a Medium Grade Tier 2 Talisman Maker.

It was actually Ye Yisong who had told Ye Jiesheng about this!

After all, the Shuinan Ye Clan and the Cangjiang Ye Clan shared the same blood. Regarding the issue of cultivating Family Disciples, if the Shuinan Ye Clan paid a certain price, the Cangjiang Ye Clan would generally be generous in helping the Shuinan Ye Clan whenever they could, without hiding anything.

As far as Ye Yisong knew, in the span of ten years, the Shuinan Ye Clan had sent a total of 13 Disciples to Ye Jiexin to learn Talisman Making.

Ye Jiexin also treated them like his own nephews, nieces, or younger siblings, teaching them everything he knew without holding anything back.

Everyone sat in the same classroom to attend lectures, listening to the same content without distinction. However, some confidential techniques, such as the 4th Grade Talisman Technique, were not within the scope of this instruction.

In this small territory of Shuinan County, any Tier 3 technique was enough for a Family to look down upon all others.

Ye Yisong watched Miss Shi Yu with great interest as he germinated, raised seedlings, and fertilized the soil.

A Spirit Rice seed would slowly come to life in Miss Shi Yu's hands. In particular, when he sprinkled a few drops of that Evergreen Liquid onto the rice seedlings, they would grow several inches, which was truly magical.

However, from the conversation between Ye Jiesheng and Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang, Ye Yisong knew that the Evergreen Liquid was very expensive; a small bottle of High Grade Tier 1 Evergreen Liquid cost 1,000 Spirit Stones.

This was mainly because the Materials for making Evergreen Liquid were extremely scarce; it required an Evergreen Tree that was over 500 years old, from which the sap was extracted from the branches and condensed.

The Evergreen Tree itself was not precious; what was precious was the 500 years of growth time. How many Martial Artists could live for over 500 years?

Even the lifespan limit of a Tier 4 Martial Ancestor expert was only 300 years.

"I just don't know if there is any magical Spirit liquid that can accelerate human growth," Ye Yisong speculated inwardly. The more he understood this world, the more he felt its magical colors were bright and vivid, like the stars in the sky, making one yearn for it.

Ye Yisong watched the Talisman Making assessment for five days in boredom. On the fifth day, Miss Shi Yu finally succeeded in cultivating the Spirit Rice and obtained three stalks of Low Grade Tier 2 Spirit Rice.

Among them, five of the seven Talisman Makers had already been replaced, leaving only Ye Jiejing and Ye Jiekang secretly competing with each other.

Ye Yisong looked over and saw that Ye Jiekang was completely defeated. A mere Low Grade Tier 2 Talisman Maker could not compare to Ye Jiejing, a Medium Grade Tier 2 Talisman Maker.

Ye Jiejing was intentionally annoying him, feigning a lack of Mental Energy just to play with Ye Jiekang!

The two Alchemists only began their formal Alchemy on the third day, and even now, no medicinal fragrance had wafted out; it really required time.

In the meantime, he also watched four men forging iron, swinging their arms and working vigorously. However, Zhao Wentao and Li Yuan, the two Tier 2 Artifact Refiners, only finished making a High Grade Tier 1 iron sword in the end and finished early.

Ye Yisong found it extremely boring to watch. He also felt that his strength was still lacking a bit, so he wanted to go back and consume the last Medicinal Pill, putting it into his stomach for peace of mind.