He began to attain enlightenment from the Demonic Sect.

Chapter 37 is complete.

Du Jianyuan returned with the materials for making high-grade talismans.

Duan Feng, a mid-grade talisman master who had just exhausted all his strength to draw the eighth [Embers Spreading Talisman], now looked even more pale and unsightly.

That unwavering confidence in winning the position of head of the army involuntarily rose to his throat.

Duan Feng forced a smile, trying to appear calm, and said:

"Master Du is truly audacious, daring to challenge a high-grade talisman with only the fourth level of Qi Refining cultivation... If he fails, it will likely have a significant impact on his true essence and spiritual consciousness."

Du Jianyuan glanced at him, but didn't take those sarcastic words to heart. Instead, he quickly familiarized himself with the high-grade talisman brush, talisman paper, and spirit ink.

Although there is only a one-word difference between "medium grade" and "superior grade", the two are worlds apart.

Du Jianyuan had only just begun blending the high-grade spiritual ink when he discovered that the magical power in his dantian had been instantly drained, leaving it completely empty and without a trace.

"As expected, drawing high-grade talismans with only a fourth-level Qi Refining cultivation is still extremely difficult..."

He thought to himself, thankfully he was prepared. With a thought, he dissolved the mid-grade Rejuvenation Pill that had fallen into his stomach, and his depleted mana was instantly restored.

After spending an extremely long time mixing the superior spiritual ink, the ink pool was filled with a mixture of red, black, silver, and white colors, flickering in and out.

Du Jianyuan let out a soft breath, took out a whole bottle of mid-grade Rejuvenation Pills, and poured them directly into his mouth as if they were free.

Drawing high-grade talismans requires a lot of magical power, so he can only use this clumsy method to keep the magical power flowing, so as not to lose the connection of the talismans and have all his previous efforts wasted.

Time passed slowly.

Many mid-grade talisman masters had no choice but to give up.

One of them drew eight Embers of the Wilderness Talismans, while another was about to start drawing high-grade talismans...

The position of head of the Xinzi workshop was no longer within their reach.

As a result, all eyes in the room fell on the figure in black.

Du Jianyuan picked up his pen and put it down.

The moment the pen tip touched the high-grade talisman paper, the evil fire magic power within the body seemed to be desperately pulled in by a huge suction force, and then vanished in an instant.

One after another, mid-grade Rejuvenation Pills dissolved in his stomach, and his Demonic Fire power, which had just recovered, was depleted again.

Du Jianyuan was pale, but his eyes were exceptionally firm as he drew the runes one by one with all his might.

The brushstrokes were already halfway through when everyone involuntarily held their breath and stared intently.

"laugh!"

A soft sound made everyone's hearts skip a beat.

But to their astonishment, Du Jianyuan was still drawing talismans, only a mid-grade talisman master who was not very perceptive failed at this crucial moment.

Without changing his expression, Wen Xiao raised his hand and grabbed the mid-grade talisman master, pulling him into the hall. He gently shattered the master's dantian and extinguished his life force.

Immediately afterwards, Wen Xiao turned his head and glanced at Feng Shuyao with a calm expression.

Just now, she secretly caused that ignorant mid-grade talisman master to fail on purpose, hoping to disturb Du Jianyuan's mind.

These subtle movements naturally could not escape Wen Xiao's divine sense.

Feng Shuyao felt a chill spread from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, her back went cold, her face turned pale and she lowered her head, her petite body trembling slightly.

The other officers also had their own ulterior motives, but after noticing this scene, they all abandoned all such thoughts and watched quietly.

"laugh!"

A crisp sound rang out, and the talisman in front of Du Jianyuan was instantly engulfed by a mixture of evil fire and divine lightning, forming a fireball that exploded.

Fortunately, he had anticipated this and dodged the aftershocks by sidestepping.

However, several small scorch marks were still burned into the cuffs, and blood flowed down the arm, dripping onto the floor.

"It failed..."

Du Jianyuan felt his blood and qi flowing backwards. He calmly took out a healing pill and swallowed it. He then sat cross-legged and reviewed every detail of what had just happened.

Seeing this, Feng Kan and Feng Shuyao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What a pity... If he were at the fifth level of Qi Refining now, he might actually have succeeded."

Ling Yue sighed softly, a rare hint of regret appearing in her eyes.

She could tell that Du Jianyuan had a thorough understanding of the runes, but his rhythm was completely disrupted by the magic power restored by the pills, which led to his failure.

Shen Suxian remained silent, her face expressionless, as she simply drank cup after cup of tea.

Since the manager had just casually strangled a mid-grade talisman master who was deliberately causing trouble, Duan Feng dared not have the slightest thought of causing any disturbance.

He could only stand by and stare intently, praying that Du Jianyuan's last two attempts would both end in failure.

After a day of rest.

Du Jianyuan spread out the superior talisman paper again, picked up his brush, and concentrated.

"My cultivation level is too low to use magic power to create high-grade talismans; I can only rely on guiding..."

Then, he took a deep breath and put his pen back on the paper.

The force was much gentler, using a pulling method instead of the infusion and pushing of the evil fire magic.

Before long, ember patterns meandered across the paper, and crimson flames seeped into the talisman paper, resembling streaks of scorched earth.

Halfway through, silvery-white lightning appeared and disappeared on the scorched earth, intertwining and entwining.

As the last stroke was made, everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on the lightning and fire light on the talisman.

Only when the light is absorbed into the paper can the talisman be considered complete!

"Impossible...it's absolutely impossible to succeed..."

Feng Kan involuntarily clenched his fists, forcibly suppressing the anger rising in his chest, afraid that he might lose control and vomit it out.

"Ugh!"

Du Jianyuan sighed, having already packed away all his belongings, and quickly retreated, casually offering a reminder:

"It's going to explode! Get out of there!"

The words had barely left his mouth when Duan Feng, still completely bewildered, saw the divine lightning and malevolent fire on the talisman collide violently. His eyes widened, and he lunged backward, cursing inwardly:

"Damn it!"

"boom!"

A huge explosion resounded in the lobby, and a scorching shockwave swept outwards.

Fortunately, Wen Xiao had noticed it early on and suppressed the power to prevent others from getting hurt. He then chuckled and said:

"Although the runes are finished, the spiritual light has not yet faded, so it is not considered a success... You have one last chance."

"Thank you for saving me, sir."

After bowing and expressing his gratitude, Du Jianyuan sat down cross-legged nearby to continue his recovery.

Feng Kan's lips moved, but he couldn't help but speak out:

"Sir, there's only about half a day left for the assessment. We can't make an exception for him."

He himself was almost a top-grade talisman master, so how could he not see that Du Jianyuan was making progress time and time again? Therefore, he wanted to use the rules to suppress the other party's rest time.

Wen Xiao nodded seriously and smiled:

"Du Jianyuan, you'd better manage your time well, lest you give others something to talk about."

"Yes, sir."

Du Jianyuan responded and swallowed two more pills.

Only two hours later, he opened his eyes, walked to a perfectly intact table next to him, and began to lay out paper.

As the pen tip touched the paper, everyone held their breath, watching the lines appear on the talisman paper, their hearts clenching with anticipation.

Yin fire forms the base, while yang fire is the manifestation.

Not a penny more, not a penny less.

As the last rune subsided and fell, lightning and fire intertwined, and spiritual light flickered.

Du Jianyuan's face was ashen, with faint traces of blood seeping from his seven orifices. He gritted his teeth and swallowed back the sweet, metallic taste that was rising against his will, his eyes fixed on the talisman in front of him.

After a moment, the light slowly converged into the paper, reflecting each other, and a scorching and chilling aura spread out.

[Talisman Skill: 1/1000 (Superior Qi Refining)]

Seeing the characters emerge from the depths of his Qi Sea, Du Jianyuan breathed a sigh of relief and laughed heartily:

"The superior-grade [Ember Blaze Talisman] is complete!"