After hearing his words, the expressions on the faces of the dozen or so contestants did not change much. After all, those who stayed behind had a good foundation, and they could basically make an external talisman in three snaps of the fingers.
Pei Ku looked at everyone, smiled slightly, and said: "Of course, the difficulty of the second round of competition cannot be so simple. If you are allowed to draw the external talisman by yourself, you can choose any talisman you are familiar with to carve, and you should be able to make it in three snaps of a finger.
Therefore, the external runes that need to be drawn this time are also provided by us. They are the nine runes specially used for the trial, and they are runes that you have definitely never seen before.
You need to memorize the talisman completely within the time of one stick of incense, and then start drawing it immediately.
How many people can make a spell that I just learned in three clicks of a finger?"
After hearing his words, the expressions of all the contestants changed.
They originally thought that it would only take three snaps of the fingers to carve a talisman that they were good at, so they thought it would not be difficult. But who knew that they actually needed to learn and draw on the spot.
Then this regulation becomes a little difficult.
After all, it was a spell that had just been mastered, and no one could be sure that they could increase the speed to within three finger snaps on the first draw.
Pei Ku looked at the expressions of the crowd, then laughed and said, "Since it is a competition, of course it has to be a little difficult, otherwise what's the point.
You also know that the production of external talismans is the foundation of the art of casting.
The two competitions you are taking now are actually testing the basic skills of making external talismans.
One is the ability to use the talisman pen, and the other is the speed of drawing talismans.
If you can't even pass these two basics, there is no need for you to participate in the finals. "
Ye Li was not too worried about himself. His talisman drawing speed had always been very fast. Especially after his physical strength and spiritual power increased, his control over his arms and fingers had become more and more precise.
Although he hadn't made external symbols for a long time, judging from the first round, his basic skills were even stronger than before.
Both the control over fingers and pen, as well as the speed of strokes are better than before.
If his basic skills in drawing talismans were still at the elementary level in the past, it was only with the help of his natal talisman that he was able to produce high-quality external talismans at the elementary level.
Then his basic skills have now reached a relatively high level. Although his ability to comprehend perfect talismans still has to rely on the help of his natal talisman, at least his basic skills are comparable to those of the children of weapon-casting families who have received relevant training since childhood.
After Pei Ku announced the rules, he asked the apprentices of the Foundry Hall to stand in front of several developing boards again.
“Okay, everyone get ready, we will show you the runes right away.
Remember, you only have one stick of incense to memorize it, after that you can only rely on memory to make external talismans."
Regardless of his size, the dozen or so remaining contestants were all staring at the developing board, waiting for the runes to be engraved to appear on it.
Pei Ku nodded to several apprentices, and they opened the developing board at the same time. Lines of runes immediately appeared on it, and then quickly connected into a complete rune.
During the next incense stick of time, this rune kept repeating before everyone's eyes, and the trajectory, position and sequence of each stroke of the rune were clearly displayed to everyone.
Everyone was now concentrating on memorizing the rune. Time was limited. If they could not memorize the rune completely within one stick of incense, they would not be able to draw the outer rune in three snaps of the fingers, let alone succeed even if they were given five snaps of the fingers.
After all, not only must the strokes in the rune be drawn correctly, but even a slight deviation in position will make it impossible for the entire rune to establish an aura circuit.
The time of an incense stick passed in the blink of an eye, and Pei Ku's voice rang out again: "Time is up, now you should prepare to draw the talisman!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the apprentices immediately closed all the developing boards. No one dared to delay and hurriedly began to draw talismans while their memories were clearest.
Ye Li held his talisman pen, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled to clear his mind of all distracting thoughts.
Then, he began to wave the talisman pen in his hand according to the trajectory of the talisman he had just written down.
He moved very steadily and quickly, with no pause between each stroke.
At this moment, his physical body, spiritual energy and divine power were perfectly condensed together at his fingers and wrists.
Every tremor of muscle, every twist of joint, and every flow of spiritual energy were all under his control.
In less than three blinks of time, Ye Li had already drawn the rune, and the drawn rune emitted a dazzling white light.
Although the three finger snaps took a very short time, and the other three white lights appeared in the hall almost at the same time, Pei Ku could still tell at a glance that Ye Li was the first to complete the drawing.
When he saw Ye Li's extremely young face, he was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled with interest.
"Interesting, there's such a young guy participating in the competition. I didn't expect that he would be the first to complete the rune drawing. I don't know which old friend's family he is from, but his foundation is pretty good."
Pei Ku looked at Ye Li and nodded, but mistakenly thought that he was from some other weapon-making family or organization.
There was only one piece of talisman paper on everyone's table, so there was only one chance. Except for Ye Li and three others, the remaining ten or so people all failed this round of competition and could not advance to the finals.
"It seems that the people among you who can enter the finals have already been selected. It is beyond my expectation that there are four people in this group, and one of them is so young."
Pei Ku spoke and looked at Ye Li with a smile.
Ye Li knew that the other party was talking about him, and he touched his nose embarrassedly, then bowed respectfully to Pei Ku.
Although his goal was not to become a weaponsmith, he was still respectful when facing such a master-level predecessor.
Pei Ku nodded and said, "Tell me your names and numbers. Young man, you were the first to finish, so you go first."
When Ye Li heard the other party say that he was the first to finish, he looked a little surprised. He never expected that his speed was faster than anyone else.
The other three were naturally even more surprised. All three of them were nearly thirty years old and made a living by making external talismans. They had been studying this technology for ten years and had mastered the basic skills. However, now they were not even as good as a young man in his twenties. How could they not be surprised