CHAPTER 299: TALISMAN QUESTIONS

[Sell if you want to sell, but you can only sell formulas, no pills.]

[I know what to do.] Shen Xu nodded.

Only selling formulas would force the buyers to practise refining the required pills.

However, if Shen Xu sold pills, the buyers would be lazy and not bother doing the hard work.

This wouldn’t matter in the short term, but in the medium term, someone would discover the cheating and begin looking for the source of the answers.

Although the truth wouldn’t be hidden forever, Shen Xu only wanted to delay the discovery so that he and Zhen Yuan could have time to hide and grow.

[I think selling answers is better than selling tower tokens.]

[Do you want to give up the tokens?]

Shen Xu was startled when he heard this, and he looked at Zhen Yuan with surprised eyes.

[Why should we give up?] He asked and quickly continued.

[We will need billions of spirit stones to travel from the Tianqi to the Tianxuan continent. After that, we will need more billions to advance to the fusion realm. No matter how I look at it, we need to earn spirit stones like our lives depend on it.]

Zhen Yuan chuckled when he heard this.

However, he supported Shen Xu’s decision.

[Don’t worry. I will also answer and sell the formations, talismans, and inscription questions.]

Less than a quarter of an hour later, the two arrived in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

First, they sold a batch of resources, and after getting paid, they bought spirit grasses and other materials.

When that was done, they returned to the inn, reunited with the others, changed their appearances and left the city through the official teleportation formation.

They originally planned to return to Inscription Tower City after concluding their business in the Alchemy Tower City.

However, because of the questions, the two were forced to make a second trip to the other tower cities.

This time, their destination was the Talisman Tower City.

After arriving, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu immediately went to the tower to check the questions.

The first question involved the golden bell talisman.

Like the earth wall talisman and turtle shell talisman, the golden bell talisman was a defensive talisman.

Most importantly, its defensive ability was several times higher than the Earth Wall Talisman and the turtle shell talisman.

Effect aside, drawing the golden bell talisman was extremely difficult.

It was because of this that the talisman had disappeared in the Canglan continent and was almost unheard of in the Tianqi continent.

However, the question didn’t ask for an ordinary golden bell talisman.

If it did, most of the famous talisman masters in the Tianqi continent would have been able to draw.

Instead, the question asked to draw a golden bell talisman using three strokes.

Ordinarily, drawing a golden bell talisman required twelve strokes.

Even Zhen Yuan couldn’t do it without six strokes.

Unexpectedly, the examiner went further and asked for only three strokes!

Thinking of this, Zhen Yuan smiled, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes.

’Interesting.’ He thought before shifting his attention to the next question.

The second question was about recreating a shadow-merging talisman.

A shadow merging talisman was a stealth-type talisman that allowed users to hide within shadows.

From what Zhen Yuan knew, this type of talisman had long been extinct in the Tianqi continent.

However, his inheritance had it, but that didn’t seem useful in this situation.

This was because the question showed a talisman map that was different from that in his inheritance.

Most importantly, the map was a mess and most of the lines were decoys, completely useless to the talisman.

Unfortunately, no one could tell which line was necessary and which was useless.

That said, even if they could, no one knew in which order the lines had to be drawn to recreate a usable shadow-merging talisman.

’It’s a bit of a headache.’ Zhen Yuan thought before looking at the third question.

In this way, Zhen Yuan read the questions and recorded them with an image stone before he and Shen Xu left the tower.

[How many can you answer?] Shen Xu asked as soon as they left the tower.

[Seven.] Zhen Yuan answered.

[I thought you would know all the answers.] The double said, his brow lifted in surprise.

[My inheritances are comprehensive, but they are not explicit. I often have to figure things out for myself.]

[Is...] Shen Xu started but suddenly stopped.

The next moment, he squeezed Zhen Yuan’s arm and tipped his head to the right.

"Ayuan, isn’t that manager Zhang?" He asked.

Hearing this, Zhen Yuan looked and was also surprised.

It was indeed Manager Zhang!

After not seeing each other for more than seven hundred years, the man’s cultivation had improved from the foundation establishment realm to the peak of the nascent soul realm.

From the looks of it, he would advance to the spirit transformation realm after two or three hundred years of retreat.

"I didn’t expect to meet him here." Shen Xu said with a nostalgic expression.

They first met manager Zhang at the Blue Spring Town’s branch of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in the Canglan continent.

After that, they travelled to the capital and did business in Dragon City.

However, seeing the person, Shen Xu not only felt nostalgic but also thoughtful.

"Ayuan, do you think he is still part of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion?" He asked.

Hearing the question, Zhen Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"I hope he is." He said and held Shen Xu’s hand before continuing.

"Shall we confirm?"

"Mmh." The double nodded.

A moment later, the two walked several metres and arrived in front of manager Zhang.

Seeing the two, manager Zhang raised his head and looked at the two with confused eyes.

"Can I assist the two seniors?" The man asked.

Shen Xu chuckled when he heard the question and transmitted a message in his real voice.

[It’s only been a few hundred years but you have already forgotten us?] He asked, watching in satisfaction as manager Zhang’s eyes widened in recognition.