Published: February 25, 2025
"Is that so?" Tan Yun chuckled lightly. "Let this young sovereign guess, the reason you aren't evaluating the refining process of the talisman or what materials were used is likely because with your talisman art proficiency, you wouldn't even be able to discern it, right?"
"Is... is that so?!" Tuoba Qingtian puffed out his chest and said sternly, "It’s my subordinate evaluating you, and how the evaluation is conducted is entirely up to me!"
"Wait!" At this moment, Jin Xianghai looked at Tuoba Qingtian with a very serious expression and said, "Tuoba Great Ancestral Patriarch, we've already lost the evaluation of the four arts three times; we cannot afford to lose again this time!"
"Yes, yes!" Si Tu Wu Hen, Wei Ye, and the other ancestral patriarchs, except for Feng Yun, all echoed in agreement.
This was because they had witnessed too many changes with Tan Yun!
First, they had thought that their holy son and saintess could kill Tan Yun, but unexpectedly, they all perished!
Second, they had assumed that Tan Yun wouldn't be able to answer any of the questions in the evaluations of alchemy, formations, tools, and talismans, yet Tan Yun passed each challenge and displayed unparalleled skills in alchemical arts and formation techniques!
These ancestral patriarchs were genuinely frightened!
They feared that the talisman art would again be lost to Tan Yun.
Although they were confident that even if Tan Yun won the four arts, he wouldn’t survive a day in the Demon Beast Fierce Domain, they still feared a miracle might occur with Tan Yun again!
At that time, not only would Tan Yun ascend to the position of sovereign through the evaluation, but they themselves would also lose all face!
What was even more infuriating was that they would end up crippling themselves, resulting in such a disgraceful, irreversible injury, which for them was undoubtedly a nightmare!
Thus, they pinned their hopes on Tuoba Qingtian.
Looking at the seven ancestral patriarchs, Tuoba Qingtian spoke with an air of arrogance, "You can rest assured!"
"Hmph, the items I bring out next, the likes of Tan Yun wouldn't even recognize!"
"Even if he is a saint level holy talisman master, he wouldn’t be able to tell, because this is an heirloom of mine, a middle-grade sub-immortal stage talisman!"
The seven ancestral patriarchs were astonished upon hearing this. They did not expect that Tuoba Qingtian would possess such a rare talisman refined by a low-level immortal talisman master!
It should be noted that since the end of the ancient times, it was unclear whether immortal talisman masters had disappeared or if no one had advanced to become an immortal talisman master; in any case, until today, they had never heard of anyone advancing to that level!
Amidst their shock, the hearts of the seven ancestral patriarchs finally settled down. They thought that this time they could finally stump Tan Yun...
But was it really that simple?
"You watch closely, young sovereign!" On the Jade Tower, Tuoba Qingtian looked down at Tan Yun and then, from the Qiankun Ring, a palm-sized, dark talisman flew out, slowly descending above Tan Yun's head.
"Eh?" Tan Yun let out an exclamation of surprise, and then soared into the air. Just as he grabbed the talisman in his hand, Tuoba Qingtian’s worried voice rang out, "Young sovereign, be careful! Don’t break my talisman!"
Tan Yun couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth, his blue robe billowing as he stood in mid-air, starting to examine the talisman in his hand.
As Tan Yun observed, everyone present was also watching.
On the Jade Tower, including Dantai Yu and his father, as well as over one hundred and ninety ancestral patriarchs in the divine domain realm, all wore contemplative expressions. Clearly, no one recognized this talisman!
After observing for three breaths, Tan Yun waved his right hand and tossed the talisman into the air toward Tuoba Qingtian.
"You’re giving up, aren’t you, young sovereign?" Tuoba Qingtian caught the talisman and said triumphantly, "Young sovereign, it’s normal that you couldn’t recognize it; after all, no one else here could either, right?"