Chapter 8

"Failed again!" Xiaodan exclaimed in surprise.

A flash of firelight ran across a grass orchid illusion talisman on the table, and the talisman paper quickly burned, turning to ashes in an instant.

Xiaodan's lively eyes stared at Yunfeng, filled with disbelief.

Yunfeng gritted her teeth, her mood at its worst. This was already her seventeenth failure.

A small grass orchid illusion talisman, and she couldn't even crack it. Who was this Red Fish Scholar?

The South Sea Cultivation Academy had many affiliated cultivation classes, which were a significant source of income for the academy.

The cultivation classes involved many profit-making links, one of which the academy had entrusted to its elite disciples.

That was the market for all the low-level disciples' cultivation materials, medicines, low-level magical artifacts, and various learning manuals, all of which were controlled by the elite disciples.

The income from this part was shared by all the elite disciples!

The entire academy was divided into many halls. For example, the elite disciples of the Alchemy Hall dominated the market for all low-level medicinal herbs in the affiliated cultivation classes.

The elite disciples of the Artifact Refinement Hall dominated the market for low-level magical artifacts in the major affiliated cultivation classes.

As for the Spirit Talisman Hall, the market for various illusion talismans, simplified secret manuals, basic talisman paper, talisman ink, and talisman pens was controlled by the elite disciples of the Spirit Talisman Hall.

Maintaining market order was naturally the responsibility of the elite disciples who dominated the market.

Not long ago, a type of "Basic Talisman Learning Manual" illusion talisman suddenly became popular in the cultivation classes. This talisman was very simple to make, and its content was even simpler, just a detailed analysis of the meanings and uses of basic talismans.

There were no illusions in the talisman, only simple text and images. The text was straightforward and clear, and the images were intuitive and vivid, specifically targeting the academy's various talisman exams.

Due to its simplicity and clarity, and its strong relevance, especially its low price, it quickly became a hot item among the low-level disciples in the cultivation classes.

Yunfeng didn't pay much attention at first, but after half a month, according to market feedback, the sales of the Spirit Talisman Hall's standard illusion talismans had dropped by more than 30% this month.

She suddenly realized that someone was causing trouble.

She quickly found a sample of this "Basic Talisman Learning Manual" illusion talisman and discovered that its design was one talisman per person.

Anyone could use this talisman, just by inputting their own magical power imprint, and the content would immediately appear, very convenient.

However, once a person used the talisman, no one else could use it, or the talisman paper would self-destruct, quickly turning to ashes!

It had to be said that the person who made this talisman was very cunning, coming up with such a bizarre method to prevent copying and multiple uses.

Yunfeng's expertise in talisman techniques was profound, and she knew several dozen talisman combinations that could achieve this.

But what puzzled her was how such a simple talisman, with only a few dozen crooked talisman imprints, could achieve this method.

None of the talisman combinations she knew were so simple.

Was it worth using such a method on a low-level grass orchid illusion talisman? And with such a low price, wouldn't the talisman maker lose more than gain?

Yunfeng immediately became very interested and decided to abandon the idea of immediately removing this talisman from the market.

She decided to first crack the small method contained in this talisman. If it was really that simple to achieve, then if all the Spirit Talisman Hall's standard low-level talismans adopted this method, wouldn't the income increase significantly?

But what she didn't expect was that no matter what method she used, she couldn't see the complete talisman combination.

She first used spiritual energy, but as soon as the spiritual energy touched the talisman combination, the talisman paper would "snap" and quickly become a pile of ashes.

She tried six or seven different methods of using spiritual energy, all of which failed, resulting in six or seven piles of talisman ash.

For this, she spent three or four days.

Then she thought hard and decided to use her divine sense to investigate.

Her cultivation had just entered the divine sense realm, and each use of divine sense was very draining.

But she was stubborn and competitive, and didn't care about the consequences. What was even more surprising was that using divine sense didn't work either.

As soon as the divine sense touched the talisman combination, the talisman paper would "snap" and quickly turn to ashes.

She searched through all the divine sense talisman-breaking books in the scripture hall, summarized seven or eight very cautious and safe methods, but all of them failed...

Today, she was confident because she had specially consulted her master and got inspiration, coming up with what she thought was an absolutely foolproof method.

But she was disappointed again; both attempts failed!

One failure after another drove her crazy, and she almost couldn't accept this fact.

She stared intently at the new talisman on the table, muttering, "This is a provocation, a prank, this is definitely someone deliberately doing this, trying to ruin our Spirit Talisman Hall! How despicable!"

Xiaodan blinked, her lips slightly curled, and said softly, "Senior Sister Yunfeng, you should order the removal of this thing from the market! Now the cultivation class talisman shops are all selling it, and if this continues, our standard talismans will be ruined!"

Yunfeng's eyes flashed with a sharp light, her expression uncertain.

After a long time, she snorted, "No! Absolutely not! I don't believe this guy will show his true colors. We'll wait for him to make a mistake and catch him! I want to see what this guy looks like, daring to challenge the dignity of our Spirit Talisman Hall!"

Xiaodan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if deep in thought. After a while, she suddenly said, "Senior Sister Yunfeng, do you think this Red Fish Scholar could be Zhu Yu?"

"Zhu Yu? Who is he? An elite disciple of which hall?" Yunfeng looked at Xiaodan, puzzled.

"Ha ha!" Xiaodan laughed exaggeratedly, covering her stomach with one hand and pointing at Yunfeng with the other, saying, "Senior Sister Yunfeng, you're so out of touch! You don't even know our Spirit Talisman Hall's most awesome black-robed disciple, Zhu Yu, who is a talisman technique genius and defeated Master Gaorou in a duel!"

"What? A black-robed disciple defeated Gaorou? And a talisman technique genius? That's ridiculous!" Yunfeng's eyes widened, her expression suddenly changing.

Mentioning Gaorou, she felt very uncomfortable.

Gaorou was only one year older than her, and they had similar talents and cultivation levels from a young age.

But everything changed when Gaorou joined the "One-Word Wisdom Sword" Sect under Fairy Jiang. Gaorou specialized in sword techniques and broke through to the innate realm last year.

What Yunfeng found hard to accept was that after breaking through to the innate realm, Gaorou joined the South Sea Cultivation Academy and entered the Spirit Talisman Hall.

Could a sword cultivator, even at the innate realm, become a master in the Spirit Talisman Hall?

Yunfeng was the first to object.

She publicly challenged Gaorou to a talisman duel, but in the end, she failed, as Gaorou's talisman technique was also profound...

Yunfeng had always harbored resentment, considering Gaorou her biggest goal and rival.

But now, Xiaodan was saying that a black-robed low-level cultivator in the Spirit Talisman Hall had defeated Gaorou. How could she believe this?

Xiaodan giggled, lightly patting her small, elegant storage bag, and a small, sleek message guai screen appeared in her hand.

"Don't believe it? I'll show you a short illusion!" Xiaodan winked.

She skillfully entered the academy's message guai platform, opened the recently popular illusion, and placed it in front of Yunfeng.

Yunfeng's eyebrows furrowed, staring at the message guai screen. As the illusion played, her eyes flickered, her expression suddenly changed, then became confused, and finally, her eyes flashed with sharp light.

In just a few moments, her expression changed at least four or five times.

Xiaodan leaned in close to Yunfeng, winking playfully, "What's wrong? Do you believe it now? Isn't he amazing? I didn't even know there was a hidden talisman in the 'Peach Wood Talisman Sword.' This Zhu Yu is too cool, too stylish, and very low-key..."

Yunfeng snorted, her lips slightly curled, "This guy is just a scoundrel, a lucky cat. If he really duels with Gaorou, Gaorou would annihilate him with a single glance!"

Xiaodan was taken aback, then became a bit unhappy. She put away the message guai, pouting, "Senior Sister Yunfeng, I think you're being too biased against Zhu Yu. I think this Zhu Yu could be the Red Fish Scholar. Look, his name is Zhu Yu, with a 'yu' (fish) in it, and the talisman also has a 'yu' (fish). I think he's a major suspect!"

Yunfeng's expression froze, then she snorted, "Whoever he is, we must catch this Red Fish. Notify the disciplinary disciples to assist us and set up strict surveillance at the talisman shops in the cultivation classes."

"Once we find anything, report it to me immediately. I don't believe we can't catch this fish!"

She paused, then added, "Also, order the complete removal of this type of talisman from the market. No talisman shop is allowed to sell this talisman, and any shop owner who violates this will be severely punished!"

"Understood, Senior Sister Yunfeng!" Xiaodan mumbled, her eyes darting to Yunfeng, "Senior Sister Yunfeng, are you not going to crack this talisman anymore?"

Yunfeng's face turned pale, and she was speechless.

Was she not going to crack this talisman? She couldn't crack it!

"Despicable!" She gritted her teeth, hating the Red Fish Scholar even more. This guy had made her lose face in front of her juniors, and he deserved to be torn apart.

She said nothing, taking out her message guai from her storage bag.

She quickly used her divine sense to send a message: "Keep an eye on a person named Zhu Yu! Black-robed disciple, a bit strange."

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