Xue Yier had exhausted all her strength and only managed to draw one-third of the talisman paper. When she put down the pen, this was the scene she saw.
She then taunted Yu Nian, "Hey, if you can't draw, don't try to be brave. scribbling on such precious yellow paper will only make you look even more stupid."
Yu Nian slowly curled the corner of her mouth and ignored Xue Yier.
Xue Yier felt rebuffed and stopped talking. She leaned leisurely on the chair, waiting to watch Yu Nian make a fool of herself.
The moment the vertical incense burned out, a very ethereal ringing sound echoed in the elegant room.
The old gentleman said, "Stop writing."
Only then did everyone heave a long sigh of relief and put down their pens as if relieved of a heavy burden.
The old gentleman got up from his chair and paced around the elegant room to check their talisman papers. There was no expression on his face.
As he had expected, most people had only drawn a little, and the spiritual energy on the talisman papers was negligible.
However, this was a normal phenomenon. Even the old gentleman himself had to practice hard for many years to reach his current level.
Xue Yier stared intently at the old gentleman's steps. The moment he approached, she held out her talisman paper in front of the old gentleman like offering a treasure.
"Sir, please take a look."
The old gentleman glanced at Xue Yier's talisman paper. Although it was incomplete, it already had a preliminary aura of grandeur.
A faint look of appreciation appeared on his face. "Not bad. At your young age, it's already rare to be able to draw one-third of the talisman paper."
Xue Yier raised her head and looked at Yu Nian provocatively.
The old gentleman also looked over at Yu Nian, who was lying on the table, and frowned slightly.
Originally, he didn't want to discipline such a naughty junior. But then he thought that this was his first day of teaching. He might as well make an example of Yu Nian to punish her severely, so that it would be easier to manage everyone in the future.
The old gentleman was convinced that Yu Nian couldn't draw anything decent, so he asked Yu Nian with a gloomy face, "Where's your talisman paper?"
Yu Nian had just woken up. There were two faint marks on her face. She slowly took out the talisman paper from the desk.
The old gentleman took the talisman paper, stared at it intently for a while, and then suddenly changed his expression.
"You..."
Xue Yier laughed gloatingly.
The people sitting next to Yu Nian didn't even dare to breathe loudly for fear of being implicated and punished.
The old gentleman held the talisman paper, his hand trembling. He almost pressed his whole face against the talisman paper but still couldn't say a word.
Xue Yier frowned. She thought to herself that the old gentleman couldn't have been so angry that he was about to faint, could he?
So she called out, "Sir?"
The old gentleman let out a sudden sigh as if waking up from a dream. Then he slapped the talisman paper on the table and asked Yu Nian seriously.
"Did you really draw this on the spot? You didn't get someone else to do it for you?"
Before Yu Nian could respond, Xue Yier fanned the flames and said, "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes! She didn't even think. She drew it in the blink of an eye!"
He had long heard that the old gentleman hated students who played around with academics and had bad attitudes the most. The old gentleman would surely punish Yu Nian severely this time. Maybe he would even deprive her of the qualification to participate in the competition and kick her out of Fengming Mountain!
Humph, Yu Nian was still too inexperienced to fight against him, Young Master Xue!
Hearing this, the old gentleman suddenly slapped the table and grabbed Yu Nian's hand tremblingly.
He was so touched that tears welled up in his eyes. "A genius! A rising star!!!"
Xue Yier: ???
Why was the development of the situation different from what he had imagined?
The old gentleman realized that he had lost his composure. He coughed softly twice, picked up the talisman paper like a precious treasure, and walked to the podium laughing.
Everyone's eyes fell on the talisman paper, and they all stared in astonishment.
The spiritual energy on the talisman paper was extremely abundant. The strokes were as powerful as a dragon's writhing, and the momentum was magnificent. Moreover, pure red light was constantly overflowing from it.
Obviously, it was a superior talisman even rarer than the one the old gentleman had drawn just now!
Xue Yier's face suddenly turned ugly. He suddenly slapped the table and stood up.
"This is simply impossible. You must have cheated! Unless you draw it again in front of us!"
Feng Chengyuan walked up to Yu Nian. His cold eyes fell on Xue Yier.
"Why should we?"
The little corpse official, that is, Zhong Yaya, had disliked Xue Yier for a long time. Hearing this, she whispered in agreement, "That's right. Do you think drawing talismans is as easy as eating and drinking? If you're not good at it, don't blame the situation."
Xue Yier was so angry that his face turned ashen. He said to Feng Chengyuan, "You're not a person in the field of metaphysics. Why can you also participate in the metaphysics competition? Is the threshold of the metaphysics competition so low now? Can just anyone come in!"
Feng Chengyuan wasn't angry either. He said calmly, "I'm the investor."
Xue Yier's body stiffened. ".... What?"
He took out the invitation card in disbelief. The words on the invitation card were transformed by spiritual power. Even after it was distributed to everyone, the organizer could still modify it for the second time.
At the top of the originally sparse list of investors, the three characters "Feng Chengyuan" were clearly written.
Everyone gasped in surprise. The big money sponsor was actually right beside them???
Especially Bai Jiming. He regretted it so much that he almost wanted to beat himself up. He had missed such a powerful backer!
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, the old gentleman came out to smooth things over.
"Friends, calm down... Friend Yu, if possible, could you show us one more time?"
Mainly, he also wanted to see with his own eyes how Yu Nian could draw such a superior talisman.
Yu Nian nodded. She calmly took the talisman paper, gathered her spiritual energy at the tip of the pen, and without any hesitation or pause, a complete talisman paper was drawn.
It was even more perfect than the previous one!
What was even more terrifying was that after Yu Nian drew such a complicated talisman paper, there was not the slightest sign of fatigue on her face. Instead, she yawned leisurely.
Yu Nian respectfully asked the old gentleman, "Sir, I have a question."
For some reason, the old gentleman suddenly felt a little nervous. What if he couldn't answer the question? That would be so embarrassing.
".... Ask."
"When will the meal be served?"
Everyone:......
It was so quiet in the room that you could hear a pin drop.
When Yu Nian looked up, she saw that Zhong Yaya had somehow stood beside her table and was staring directly at her talisman paper. "Yu Nian, are you selling this talisman paper?"
Yu Nian was stunned. She picked up the talisman paper with her slender fingers and waved it in front of Zhong Yaya, asking in confusion, "You want to buy this?"
Zhong Yaya's eyes followed the talisman paper closely. She nodded. "I want to buy it... But I don't have that much money."
She grabbed the zombie beside her. "How about I give this to you?"
Yu Nian twitched the corner of her mouth and stuffed the talisman paper into Zhong Yaya's hand.
"Here. It's for you."
Zhong Yaya was stunned. She suddenly widened her eyes. "Really??? Niannian, you're so nice! I love you so much! From now on, give all the tiring jobs to my little zombie. It's very powerful..."
Saying that, Zhong Yaya was about to pounce on Yu Nian and give her a bear hug.
Yu Nian was startled by her enthusiasm and nodded gently. "Anyway, I just drew it casually. It didn't take much effort."
Just then, the bell rang for the end of class. Yu Nian pulled Feng Chengyuan and was about to walk towards the door when she was suddenly blocked by a figure.
It was Xue Yier, whose expression was a bit strange. After hesitating for a long time, he suddenly asked, "Can you draw other talisman papers? I want to buy one too."
Yu Nian was a little surprised. "Why?"
Xue Yier's face suddenly turned ashen. He thought Yu Nian was deliberately making things difficult for him and roared angrily, "Do you really not know or are you just pretending not to know?!"
The current metaphysics world was not as good as it used to be. Not only was it a mixed bag, but there were also very few people who specialized in talismans. There were even fewer people who could draw talismans as superbly as Yu Nian. Although everyone usually drew talismans, the effects were always mediocre, with a short duration and weak explosive power.
However, the two talisman papers Yu Nian had drawn just now were full of spiritual power. They would surely be used smoothly and were superior talismans that were hard to come by.
Seeing that Xue Yier wasn't joking, Yu Nian tentatively asked, "How much are you willing to pay?"
Xue Yier snorted. "Ten thousand yuan. Will you sell it?"
Yu Nian was stunned. "How much?"
Xue Yier thought Yu Nian thought the price was too low and said impatiently, "Fifteen thousand. Will you sell it?"
Yu Nian stared at the talisman paper in her hand for a moment and said expressionlessly, "Deal."
After a clear sound of the money arriving in her account, Yu Nian seemed to have opened the door to a new world.
She turned to the people in the room and asked, "Does anyone else want to buy talisman papers?"
In the dining hall, hearing the continuous sound of money arriving in Yu Nian's phone, He Zhiping suddenly felt a little envious. "Wow, you're participating in the competition while on the road to getting rich..."