After hearing the content of the first competition, Ye Li also straightened his mind.
This competition item sounds simple, but in fact it is not. Without a certain level of basic talisman drawing skills, it cannot be completed at all.
After all, the time to draw the talisman must be extremely short, and it must be done in one go. If you follow the trajectory on the board, it will be difficult to complete it in one go when you cannot accurately control the trajectory of the talisman pen in your hand.
It’s like you are following someone and if the other person is slow, you can still react and barely keep up and imitate them.
But if the other person moves very quickly and does things that you don't expect, then if you don't have good body coordination and control, you will definitely make mistakes before you can imitate a few of their moves.
At this time, the apprentices in the Foundry Hall had already walked to each table with a stack of talisman papers and distributed them, nine to each table.
Ye Li took the talisman paper and took a look at it. It seemed to be no different from those sold outside.
"Okay, now you have all got the rune paper. Next, prepare your pen and ink. We will soon activate these developing boards to display the runes you are going to draw.
These runes were runes used for special trials and had no effect. They could only form closed channels for the flow of spiritual energy and leave marks on the rune paper.
After all, we all know that if the strokes are just random scribbles, the imprint cannot be retained on the yellow paper for a long time because there is no closed flow of spiritual energy.
Among ordinary talismans, you will inevitably encounter talismans that you have already mastered, which is unfair to other people who do not know this talisman.
So the master designed these nine runes, which are specially used for the competition and can ensure absolute fairness. No one has ever seen them before."
After Pei Ku's explanation, he told the other disciples of the Foundry Hall to take their positions. There was one person behind each developing board who was responsible for activating the image on it.
All contestants, including Ye Li, began to dip their talisman pens into talisman ink and then focused their minds.
After waiting for a while, Pei Ku said, "Everyone, take your positions. The game... begins!"
Following his order, the apprentices in the Foundry Hall who controlled the developing board immediately started the board, and runes suddenly appeared on it.
The nine runes appeared one after another, and each one stayed on the board for only about five finger snaps of time. It was impossible for the contestants to memorize the entire rune, and at most they could leave some vague impressions.
After reading the nine runes, it was the critical moment. Everyone looked ready for battle and held their pens in the air above the rune paper.
The first stroke of the symbol appeared on the developing board at an extremely fast speed and disappeared in an instant. Then, the next stroke that was closely connected to it appeared.
The contestants immediately started to put down their pens and quickly drew following the strokes of the symbols.
The runes appear and disappear very quickly. After all, it only takes five snaps of a finger to draw a rune on the rune paper.
It only took half a second to display a talisman, and half of the people in the hall didn't even finish drawing half of the talisman. The yellow light condensed on the talisman paper flashed away, proving that they had drawn it wrong and the talisman paper was scrapped.
Ye Li moved very quickly. Although he had not learned to draw external talismans for a long time, because of his natal talisman, when he used the Purple Eye Technique to learn new talismans, he was copying the runes, which was equivalent to a long period of special training. The talisman pen in his hand was very stable, and he did not show any signs of being flustered.
After quickly drawing a rune, Ye Li immediately took another rune paper and began to draw the next rune following the developing board.
One after another, the nine rune strokes were soon displayed on the developing board one by one.
Ye Li also completed drawing his last rune at the moment when all the runes on the developing board disappeared.
Most of the contestants on site had already begun to look flustered. The yellow light on the talisman papers in front of them kept disappearing. For a small number of people, the yellow light even disappeared nine times, proving that they had not even managed to draw a complete rune.
After Ye Li finished drawing, he was quite satisfied with his performance. He drew all nine runes in one go without any mistakes.
I glanced around casually and saw that the expressions on the faces of the contestants around me were different.
Some people looked calm and composed, some looked smug, some looked nervous, and some looked so ashamed that they lowered their heads and dared not look around.
Pei Ku looked at the many contestants with different expressions, smiled slightly, and said: "Okay, now the first competition is over.
I know that many of you are participating in this kind of competition for the first time, so it is inevitable that you may be nervous and perform poorly. Therefore, we do not require you to draw all nine runes. Those who successfully draw seven or more runes can stay and advance to the next round of competition. The rest of you are also grateful for your participation. "
After hearing Pei Ku's words, at least half of the thirty people showed disappointed expressions. They were all those who failed to pass the first level of the competition. Some of them only drew five or six runes, some only drew one or two, and some even did not draw any at all.
These people have extremely poor basics in drawing talismans. Maybe many of them are not good at drawing talismans at all, and they just come here to try their luck with a fluke mentality.
With the departure of half of the people, the venue suddenly became much quieter.
Pei Ku signaled to the apprentices in the Foundry Hall, and they all came to the remaining contestants and began to check the results of the first test, and recorded the results and the contestant numbers.
Just as everyone was waiting for the Foundry Hall to record the results of the competition, a dispute suddenly broke out in a corner of the hall.
An apprentice from the Foundry Hall looked at a bearded contestant with a serious expression and said, "Contestant, your rune paper is wrong. You only have six runes drawn successfully. You cannot advance to the next round. Please leave here immediately."
When the Bearded Man heard what the apprentice from the Foundry Hall said, his face suddenly turned red, and he seemed a little angry and said, "What did you say? I clearly have seven drawn runes here, how can you lie with your eyes open
I wasn't in great shape today and was a little nervous during the match, so I only drew seven runes. Otherwise, I would have drawn all nine runes."
After he finished speaking, he held up the runes he had drawn in his hand for everyone to see. Ye Li could also see clearly that the other party was indeed holding seven runes in his hand.