As nearly half of the disciples were crafting talismans, the talisman paper emitted black smoke, then burned and turned to ashes.
Undoubtedly, these disciples failed. After all, refining talismans is no easy task.
"Crafting talismans is not something that can be mastered quickly, and one must not be impatient or overconfident.
To craft a talisman well, one must have a deep understanding of the talisman itself.
Otherwise, no matter how advanced your crafting skills and materials are, you won't succeed in crafting a talisman unless you thoroughly understand the mysteries of the talisman itself; let alone strive for higher quality and levels."
Zhuang Xiaoqin reminded everyone upon seeing the failures.
The disciples before her, since they were able to enter the Yunlong Heavenly Palace, were undoubtedly not ordinary martial artists, which led to their pride.
Yet, at this moment, they couldn't even craft the simplest Strength Talisman.
However, this situation was within Zhuang Xiaoqin's expectations. Over the years, every batch of new students considered themselves exceptional, yet most failed in crafting their talismans.
After all, the talisman she taught, while just the common Strength Talisman, reached the sixth-rank level, so it was naturally more complex than the ordinary Strength Talisman.
This was because the Strength Talisman she taught had been improved by her master, Wang Tong, making it different from what others usually used.
But once successfully crafted, its power indeed was greater.
So, as Zhuang Xiaoqin said, everyone thought it was merely the simplest Strength Talisman, one they would occasionally use in battles, so they believed they understood its mysteries well.
However, unexpectedly, most of them failed as soon as they started crafting.
But among the martial artists in the classroom, some were carefully studying and crafting slowly.
Qiu Yue, being Zhuang Xiaoqin's junior sister, naturally could craft this Strength Talisman.
Qiu Yue glanced toward Lin Chen's position and saw that from the moment Lin Chen picked up the talisman brush and etched spirit patterns on the talisman paper, it took less than five breaths of time before he put down the brush.
Seeing this, Qiu Yue sneered coldly, thinking that this guy was merely putting on a show in front of her. She was ready to test Lin Chen's result, making him embarrassed in front of everyone and revealing his facade, also letting her senior sister know that her breakthrough was merely coincidental with Lin Chen's words.
Indeed, in Qiu Yue's view, Lin Chen lifting the talisman brush for only five breaths was pretending to be skilled, when in reality, he was just showing off.
To know, even their master, Master Wang Tong, couldn't refine this Strength Talisman within five breaths.
When they first learned this talisman from their master, it took a whole incense stick's time to thoroughly understand and successfully craft it.
So how could Lin Chen craft the talisman in just five breaths?
However, Qiu Yue didn't know that when Zhuang Xiaoqin described this talisman, Lin Chen immediately spotted several flaws in the Strength Talisman.
Compared to the Strength Talisman Lin Chen learned from the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron's Great Dao source, it was incomparable.
Therefore, for such an extremely simple Strength Talisman, Lin Chen wasn't even interested in crafting it.
But, to complete the classroom task, he just casually crafted it.
It must be said, although the Strength Talisman was somewhat different from the outside ones, the formation master's improvements to it were quite mediocre with too many flaws.
Could this be the spiritual formation level of Yunlong Heavenly Palace? Lin Chen couldn't help but doubt if Yunlong Heavenly Palace's reputation was truly as high as the rumors claimed.
But Lin Chen didn't know that his formation attainment came from the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, the source of spiritual formations, the most powerful spiritual formation mysteries under the heavens.
The talisman mysteries of Yunlong Heavenly Palace couldn't compare to it, but they were far superior to those on the market outside.
Behind Lin Chen, Yang Wenshan saw Lin Chen pick up the talisman brush and craft a talisman in less than five breaths, and was instantly shocked.
Instantly, she felt admiration for Lin Chen.
After all, she still had not fully understood the runes and mysteries of the Strength Talisman and was still studying it.
Yet Lin Chen crafted it in just five breaths of time.
Moreover, being so close behind Lin Chen, she clearly saw that the light emanating from the completed talisman paper was golden.
Talismans are divided into ranks, with different quality levels.
White for Low Grade, green for Middle Grade, blue for High Grade, purple for Supreme Grade.
And gold, the legendary rank above Supreme Grade, is called Peak Talisman or known as transcendence by formation masters.
This means the talisman Lin Chen crafted exceeded the level of the sixth-rank spiritual talisman and reached a sixth-rank peak, essentially a seventh-rank talisman.
This feat is difficult even for some spiritual formation masters.
Crafting a talisman requires intense focus, control over spiritual power, and understanding of talisman mysteries.
Even the strongest formation master would produce varying quality talismans when refining spiritual talismans due to these factors.
Generally, a highly attuned formation master would mostly create High Grade blue talismans, with a slight chance of Supreme Grade purple ones appearing.
However, the occurrence of a golden Peak transcendence talisman is extremely rare.
Yet this truth appeared right before Yang Wenshan, and she had to believe it.
Being able to craft a golden talisman in five breaths was a first for her to witness, and she had never even heard of such a thing before.
After the time of one incense stick, Qiu Yue too completed the Strength Talisman. To her, apart from Lin Chen, she considered herself the first to finish crafting.
Of course, it was Lin Chen who truly crafted the talisman first. Following Qiu Yue's completion, another half incense stick later, Tan Yingping finished his crafting.
One hour passed, and after several failures, the other disciples gradually grasped some tips and managed to craft the talisman.