"I heard from Sister Xu that you started learning the art of talismans two years ago?"
The girl in white asked.
Li An nodded: "Yes."
The girl in white thought for a moment and nodded: "Not bad."
She smiled, "I accept your apology. We will write off your monopoly of the trading market!"
"Okay!"
Li An also smiled.
In fact, Li An did dominate the market of the Soul Gathering Talisman and the Qi Replenishing Talisman, but the main reason for dominating was that...the profits of these two talismans were not high, and the market was not big, so the people in the Talisman Hall looked down on them.
"Li An, she is the disciple of Elder Guo Xiao of the Talisman Hall, Tan Qingxue."
Xu Qiuhui introduced.
She was quite satisfied that Li An could grow up, and she did not disappoint her.
"I have heard a lot about you!"
Li An was polite.
"Well, you still want to take the test? Go quickly, we won't waste your time."
Tan Qingxue smiled and said, and Li An said goodbye immediately.
"Sister Xu, he does have some talent, but you don't need to take him seriously, right? Why did you bring me here to see him?"
After Li An left, Tan Qingxue looked at his back and asked in confusion.
It is indeed rare for Li An to grow from a chorman to a talisman master.
But his talent can only be said to be mediocre.
It took two years to refine a flame talisman. There are many disciples like this in the talisman hall. Moreover, the quality of Li An's flame talisman is not very high. It can be seen that it was refined with difficulty.
"His valuable talent is not in the art of talismans."
Xu Qiuhui said calmly: "Qingxue, although you are talented, you are too naive in dealing with people. If you want to compete with Sun Lin for the second-level inheritance of Elder Guo Xiao, you can't do it without one or two useful people around you."
"Although this person's talent in the art of talismans is average, his character is rare, and... he is extremely alert!"
She remembered what happened a year ago when the Beast Sect invaded the Xuanyang Sect...
She just reminded him casually, but she believed that Li An must have listened to it at that time.
--Later, in the forest where Li An was hiding, she carefully looked at the surrounding environment. The hole was obviously carefully selected and didn't seem to be accidentally dropped.
This is why she values Li An!
"Besides, this person is of humble origin. As long as you treat him well, he will remember it in his heart and it will not be difficult to control him."
Since Li An became the person in charge of Lingzhi Mountain, she deliberately did not let Li An see her for a year, but Li An would ask someone to leave her some spiritual rice, talismans and the like every month. Although they were not precious, they showed his determination.
She had already screened once, so she dared to leave this person to Tan Qingxue to increase Tan Qingxue's influence in the Futang.
"Okay, okay,"
Tan Qingxue said: "The person you approve of, Sister Xu, I think he will not be too bad, I will not treat him badly in the future."
Xu Qiuhui couldn't help but say: "Dead girl, don't take it lightly, Sun Lin is not an ordinary person!"
"I'll go to participate in the inner door assessment first."
...
"Next, Li An."
Li An paid the assessment fee of two spiritual stones, and after waiting for a long time, it was finally his turn.
"Ten pieces of talisman paper, make any one of the first-grade low-level spiritual talismans at random, and you will be eliminated if you fail."
The person in charge of the assessment was a middle-aged disciple with a black mole at the corner of his mouth. When he saw Li An wearing a chores uniform, he looked unhappy, but he didn't say anything and handed Li An the talisman paper.
Li An took out the talisman pen and drew carefully.
The first eight pieces of talisman paper were all a little worse, until the ninth piece, he barely made a successful spirit gathering talisman.
Li An's face was very happy, and he said: "Did I pass the level?"
"Pass the level? How can it be so easy!"
"Twenty more pieces, make three or more first-grade low-level spiritual talismans."
Ten pieces, it might be luck!
Only four pieces out of thirty pieces of talisman paper can be considered qualified.
Li An gritted his teeth and continued to make. After drawing twenty pieces of talisman paper, he was already sweating, but he still made three more spirit gathering talismans.
"Passed."
The disciple wrote on the list, "Passed!"
A touch of joy suddenly appeared in Li An's eyes!
In the afternoon, the assessment finally ended.
In addition to Li An, there were seven other registered disciples who passed the assessment and became new registered disciples of the Fu Hall.
The disciple in charge of the assessment took them into the Fu Hall.
Now Li An knew that this disciple was named Feng Lin, a first-level middle-grade Fu Master, and his cultivation level was the fourth level of Qi training.
"The Central Xuanfu Hall is where Elder Guo gives lectures. He gives lectures three times a week."
"In addition, there are two trading offices in the hall. You can pay contribution points to get talisman paper, talisman pens, and some special talisman-making materials, and even talisman-making experience, etc. at the trading offices."
"It's cheaper than the sect's exchange office."
Feng Lin introduced as he walked, "The registered disciples of the Fu Hall receive seven spirit stones and ten bags of spirit rice every month. In addition, they are issued twenty pieces of talisman paper every month, and one talisman pen every year."
"You have just entered the Fu Hall. In the first three months, you only need to hand in five first-level low-quality talismans every month. These talismans are basic tasks. If you pay more, the contribution points will be calculated according to the level and quality of the talismans."
After becoming a registered disciple, contribution points become very important.
Because important skills and inheritances need to be exchanged with contribution points, and spirit stones cannot be purchased directly.
In addition, whether the contribution points meet the standards is the key to assessing whether the registered disciples can be promoted to formal disciples.
The reason why the Dan Hall, Qi Hall and Fu Hall are popular, in addition to the high monthly salary, is that after joining these three halls, you only need to diligently refine spiritual talismans and spiritual tools to obtain contribution points.
After all, elixirs, spiritual tools and talismans are strategic resources.
And the disciples of many other halls have to accept the tasks issued by the sect, such as clearing spiritual beasts, etc., and their lives may be in danger if they are not careful.
Li An is very satisfied with this.
This kind of place is the best place to hide.
Even if a sect war really happens, you will be the last to die.
"Well, this residential area is where you live. Do you see it? There are talismans on some door lintels. Those are the first-level middle-grade spirit gathering talismans drawn by Senior Brother Sun Lin himself. They can strengthen your cultivation and increase your success rate in refining talismans."
Feng Lin suddenly stopped, pointed to a row of houses on the right side of the residential area, and spoke in a persuasive manner.
Buildings of varying heights are lined up one after another. The row of houses on the right is obviously newer and more luxurious. They are built with spiritual wood. The newer ones have spiritual talismans on the lintels.
Some of them are old and ordinary.
"Brother Feng, can we live in these houses?" someone asked.
"Of course," Feng Lin smiled, "You can get the right to live there with three spiritual stones per month."
Three spiritual stones!
Everyone was stunned.
This number... is not small, close to half of the monthly allowance.
"Brother Sun Lin is a first-class high-grade talisman master, and he is also the disciple of Elder Guo. He helps teach your classes on weekdays."
Feng Lin sneered.
Everyone suddenly realized and paid the money immediately.
"What about you?" Feng Lin looked at Li An.
Li An immediately looked embarrassed, "Brother Feng, can I buy on credit first?"
"Buy on credit?" Feng Lin narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, I guess I have to buy on credit for half a year, because I owe a friend a large amount of spirit stones and haven't paid it back yet. It's too expensive to be a talisman master in the early stage..."
"Get lost!"
Feng Lin was too lazy to listen. Buying on credit for half a year, even ghosts would shake their heads.
He immediately led the other seven disciples to choose those luxurious residences.
And Li An sighed deeply, and had to live alone in a quiet and remote ordinary house.
Although it was an ordinary house, it was much better than the one in Lingzhi Mountain. The windows of the residence in Lingzhi Mountain were all papered, and it was very narrow. Eating, sleeping and bathing were all in the same room, but here was "four bedrooms and one living room", with independent kitchens, study rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms.
In comparison, it was so much more comfortable!
The only difference was that there was no so-called first-level middle-grade spirit gathering talisman.
But Li An didn't care. A first-level middle-grade spirit gathering talisman actually sold for one spirit stone at most outside, but it was sold for three under Sun Lin's name... It was too black.
Besides, he had just come to Futang and was not clear about the internal situation of Futang. He did not want to rashly get involved with anyone.
Therefore, he would hide for a while with the excuse of having no money, so as not to offend Feng Lin and Sun Lin.
It would not be too late to take action when the situation became clear.
He took a hot bath, changed out of his gray and old clothes as a clerk, and put on the robes for registered disciples in the room.
It was as smooth and soft as silk, with a heavy texture, warm in winter and cool in summer, much more comfortable than clerk clothes!
Li An then went out to find Wang Dazhu and Zhao Xianchuan.
The three agreed to have a small gathering by the Moon Lake.
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