Why are the Talismans I Drawn Banned Again?!

After two consecutive weeks of intense development and refinement, Jiang Cheng’s latest creation — the Willpower Empowerment Talisman — was finally a great success!

[Name: Willpower Empowerment Talisman

Rank: First Order

Type: Control

Effect: By concentrating willpower, it stimulates the body’s potential, allowing the bearer to perform better when consuming elixirs, casting spells, and using talismans.

Precautions: Frequent use can lead to fatigue in the empowered organs, which may then affect the function of the organs afterwards. It is recommended to rest for over forty-eight hours after every ten minutes of talisman use.]

Though Jiang Cheng had successfully created the talisman, there was still one crucial step before the talisman could be sold at Tongbao Pavilion — certification of the talisman!

The Talisman Master Association’s certification is essentially a quality assurance for talisman products.

Without certification, not only might merchants be reluctant to accept the talisman, but it is also prone to counterfeiting, which could then lead to a vicious cycle of price wars.

If the Willpower Empowerment Talisman could not pass the Talisman Master Association’s certification, it wouldn’t be able to be sold in regular shops and would have to be sold privately or used to complete tasks.

Although this wouldn’t stop Jiang Cheng from making money, his initial purpose in creating talismans — to help Tongbao Pavilion recover its business — would be utterly lost.

Jiang Cheng pondered, “I still need to find a way to get the Willpower Empowerment Talisman certified by the Talisman Master Association.”

Given the precedent set by the Animal Encouragement Talisman and the Plant Autonomy Talisman, one can imagine the difficulty in getting the Willpower Empowerment Talisman certified.

A delay of at least a month should be expected.

And after the delay, whether it will be certified is still up for debate.

In fact, if Jiang Cheng were so inclined, he could ask for help from President Li of the Taixu Sect.

If the Taixu Sect was willing to “cover for him,” making sure his talisman gets certified should be no big deal.

But if he sought help from the Taixu Sect, he’d inevitably have to agree to assist their Princess Liang Lu to seize the throne.

Jiang Cheng did not want to get involved in court affairs, so that path through the Taixu Sect was also blocked.

“I need to figure out a way to get President Gao of the Tongtian Sect’s Talisman Master Association to certify my talisman for me.”

The next day, Jiang Cheng went alone to the Talisman Master Association of the Capital.

The moment the receptionist saw Jiang Cheng, she instantly became extremely vigilant!

At that moment, a second-order Talisman Master approached the reception desk and politely asked, “Excuse me, I would like to inquire…”

“I’m sorry, I’m not available right now.”

Second-order Talisman Master: ?

The receptionist left her desk and scurried over to Jiang Cheng with a big smile, saying, “Master Jiang, what brings you here today? Our Secretary-General will be right over to attend to you personally. If you would please step this way and wait for a moment.”

Two minutes later, Wu Yue, the Secretary-General of the Talisman Master Association of the Capital, arrived in front of Jiang Cheng.

“Master Jiang, please. Whatever you need, just tell me directly.”

Seeing her boss taking over, the receptionist finally let out a huge sigh of relief.

As she returned to her post, the second-order Talisman Master she had previously brushed off asked in confusion, “Who is that kid? Your boss’s illegitimate son?”

“Worse than an illegitimate son.”

Second-order Talisman Master: “He can’t possibly be his real father, right?”

“Not really, but it’s pretty much the same thing.”

Jiang Cheng’s purpose for visiting the Talisman Master Association was straightforward — he had come to have his talisman certified.

So he didn’t beat around the bush and directly requested to see President Gao.

Then, Jiang Cheng made his way unhindered to see Gao Miao.

At that moment, the expression on Gao Miao’s face was one of extreme reluctance masked by a forced smile.

It was an unabashed display of the high professional standards of an association president.

“Jiang Cheng, you’re here today. Does your counselor know about this?”

“President Gao, today is Saturday.”

“Oh right, does your department head know?”

“They don’t know. The department head is usually very busy and hard to find.”

“Ahaha, I see, that’s how it is. So may I know if there’s something particularly important that brings you to the Talisman Master Association today?”

Jiang Cheng took out a set of materials from his storage bag.

“It’s like this, President Gao, I would like to get my talisman certified.”

Gao Miao: !!!

“You’ve made a new talisman?”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, “Yes, please take a look.”

Gao Miao rubbed his hands together and said, “Sure, sure, it’s good you made a new talisman.”

Gao Miao reached out his hands, trembling, to take the certification materials Jiang Cheng handed over.

Upon opening them, he saw:

[Name: Reverse Direction Relaxation Talisman

Rank: First Order

Type: Healing

Effect: Relaxes the muscles of the digestive tract

Precautions: Digestive waste will be processed faster, recommend using in a convenient place for physiological needs or nearby. Remember to bring enough paper.]

Gao Miao’s eyes bulged wide open.

He repeatedly checked the “Name,” “Effect,” and “Precautions” of the talisman, making sure he wasn’t seeing things.

Dammit, what the hell is this talisman?

Was it drawn by a human being?

If this talisman gets certified for Jiang Cheng, wouldn’t every cultivator have to buy one just to be on the safe side?

A million methods to reject Jiang Cheng surged in Gao Miao’s mind, but they all condensed into a single sentence.

He was about to speak when he heard Jiang Cheng saying, “President Gao, have you finished looking? Just in time, I have another one here.”

Another one?!

In Gao Miao’s astonished gaze, Jiang Cheng pulled out a second talisman certification form.

Gao Miao took it and looked.

[Name: Smart Puppet Talisman

Rank: First Order

Type: Control

Effect: Controls the target, causing them to act in line with the preset program of the puppet talisman

Precautions: This talisman is quite dangerous; once controlled, one cannot free oneself, and it requires someone else to remove the talisman to stop. It is not recommended for use outside the Lotus Cloud University Illusion Realm exams.]

This talisman made Gao Miao exclaim, “Good gracious!”

Others’ puppet talismans control objects, control others.

Your puppet talisman, Master Jiang, is quite something, actually controlling oneself, turning oneself into a puppet!

And you’ve even marked it as “quite dangerous,” and yet you still bring it in for certification!

Are you implying that I’m not doing a good job as president?

If it’s no good, just say it!

If you, Master Jiang, say one word, I, Gao Miao, will immediately write a transfer request!

Gao Miao was organizing his words when he heard Jiang Cheng speak again, “President Gao, to be honest, I still have other talismans to be certified.”

Still more?!

Gao Miao immediately rose to his feet and grabbed Jiang Cheng’s hand.

“Master Jiang, please hold on a moment. With just these two talismans, our association is already under great pressure.”

Jiang Cheng spoke four words of truth: “Since I’m here, since I’ve brought them, it’s not easy, they’re still young, please take a look, Senior Gao.”

Under the pressure of those four words of truth, Jiang Cheng pulled out a third certification form and handed it to Gao Miao.

Gao Miao took the third one, but he dared not look at it.

After all, the first two were so explosive, who knows what kind of outrageous thing the third one would be.

But it was not acceptable to not look at it.

In the end, with a do-or-die attitude, Gao Miao opened the third certification form.

[Name: Willpower Empowerment Talisman

Rank: First Order

Type: Control

Effect: By focusing willpower, one can stimulate the body’s potential, allowing the person with the talisman to perform better when consuming elixirs, using spells, or utilizing talismans.

Precautions: High-frequency use may cause fatigue in the empowered bodily organs, affecting subsequent organ function. It is recommended to rest for over forty-eight hours after every ten minutes of talisman use.]

Hey.

Don’t say anything.

Seriously, don’t speak.

Compared to the previous two, this Willpower Empowerment Talisman is much more normal!

So normal it doesn’t seem like it was drawn by Jiang Cheng.

However, thinking about it, even an exam genius cannot get perfect scores every time; it’s very possible for Jiang Cheng to draw a normal talisman occasionally.

“Senior Gao, I’ve submitted all three materials to you. Please help me with the certification as soon as possible. I’ll be leaving first,” Jiang Cheng said.

After sending Jiang Cheng away, Gao Miao returned to his desk.

To be honest, Gao Miao really didn’t want to certify Jiang Cheng’s talismans. The object lessons of Lu Wang and Zeng Shi’an were vivid in his mind.

But Jiang Cheng had submitted three forms at once; he couldn’t just fail all of them, could he?

If he did that, it would be too obvious that he, Gao Miao, was deliberately targeting Jiang Cheng.

No matter what, he had to pass at least one talisman for the kid.

That would spare the Talisman Master Association’s face a bit.

He would just pass the one that looked the most normal— the “Willpower Empowerment Talisman.”

Worst case, he’d have Lotus University keep a closer eye on things.

With so many eyes at Lotus University watching, nothing could go wrong.