The third round of the Talisman Dao trial had begun.
Several golden runes appeared in the sky in front of the trial platform. These runes formed a Fu-lu.
The moment he saw the rune, Li Mu had some doubts in his heart.
Because he had never seen this Fu-lu before.
Li Mu had already learned all the basic Fu-lu during his time at Fu-lu School. He was sure that this Fu-lu was not any type that he had seen before.
The other Trial Takers on the other platforms also had stunned expressions on their faces.
"What rune is this?"
"Why have I never seen it before?"
"How do you draw a Fu-lu that you have never seen before?"
…
At this moment, Elder Xu's voice was heard. "Those who successfully draw this rune within four hours will pass the third round and enter the final round of the trial."
Countless talisman papers and cinnabar flew in from outside the platform. This time, there were a hundred talisman papers.
The Talisman Dao trial this time seemed to be different from the previous ones. Li Mu looked up at the golden runes above and somewhat understood the Fu-lu School's purpose.
The first two rounds tested the trial taker's basic skills. The third round tested the trial taker's talent.
Those common Fu-lu, even those without talent, could be drawn skillfully after thousands of practice over a long period of time. Passing the first two rounds only meant that they had a solid foundation in the Exorcism Talisman. It did not mean anything.
But for a new Fu-lu, the result was different.
Those with outstanding talent in the Talisman Dao might be able to grasp it in a few hours.
Those with average talent would need a few days, or even ten days to half a month.
This Fu-lu was not in the talisman books that Li Mu had seen before. It should be a new Fu-lu created by the Fu-lu School.
He had never seen a Fu-lu before. He did not know the order of writing the runes or the strength of his Dharmic powers when writing the runes. He had to test them one by one.
Li Mu picked up the brush and dipped it in cinnabar. He closed his eyes and pondered for a while before starting to write.
He finished drawing the runes in one go, but his magic power was not sealed in the rune paper. This meant that he had failed.
"I can't inject my magic power. The order of the runes is wrong." Li Mu thought for a moment and picked up the brush again. He changed the order of writing the runes, but he still couldn't seal the magic power.
Li Mu lowered his head and looked at the ruined talisman paper. He thought to himself, "During the last two strokes, the mana leaked out. It's because the mana input was too strong and exceeded the upper limit of this talisman. Again …"
On the square of the main peak, an elder who had been staring at Li Mu said, "He has already failed twice."
Another elder Taoist priest said: "It's normal. A new Fu-lu, even if you and I have it in our hands, we can't succeed in one try. We have to try many times. However, this talisman is not complicated. If he really has talent in the Talisman Dao, four hours is enough. After four hours, even if he succeeds, his future achievements will be limited …"
He looked at Elder Xu and asked: "Senior Xu, do you think he can succeed?"
Elder Xu shook his head and said: "I don't know. However, if he really wins this trial, there will be a big problem …"
At this moment, if he still didn't know that Li Mu's "a little" and his understanding of the "a little" were not the same, he would not be qualified to be an elder of the main peak.
From the first two trials, Li Mu's performance showed that he was definitely not a Talisman Dao newbie.
And in the third trial, he only failed twice and found the correct order of writing the runes. As long as he tried a few more times, he would be able to find the limit of his Dharmic powers and successfully write the runes.
In this way, he could immediately enter the fourth trial, which was also the last trial.
This seemed to be getting closer to his plan of "seizing power" in the Fu-lu School.
At that time, Elder Xu only thought that it was an unrealistic joke. It was not until he saw Li Mu overcome all obstacles in the Talisman Dao trial that a sense of crisis arose in his heart.
He couldn't be serious, could he?
Just as this concern arose in Elder Xu's heart, on the screen above his head, a ray of light swept across. The main peak square was in an uproar.
"It appeared!"
"Who is so fast? This is the new Fu-lu that was just designed by the Headmaster. No one can know in advance."
"I can't see his face clearly. Why is it a cloud of fog?"
"Isn't this the person who was the fastest in the first and second trials?"
…
Li Mu could not hear the discussions of the people in the main peak square. In his seventh trial, he finally succeeded in sealing his Dharmic powers into the talisman paper and drew the nameless Fu-lu.
Under extreme calmness and without any fluctuations in his heart, drawing talismans was simply successful.
He already had some doubts in his heart that in the other world, the Art of Tranquility did not exist for the purpose of drawing talismans.
The moment he finished drawing the Fu-lu and put down the brush, the stone platform beside him rolled him up and flew off the platform, landing on another mountain peak.
The stone platform put him down and returned along the original path.
Elder Xu stood on the mountain peak and looked at Li Mu with a complicated expression. He cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Lord Li, for being the first to complete the first three trials."
Li Mu cupped his hands and returned the greeting. He said politely, "I was lucky, lucky …"
He looked at Elder Xu and asked, "What is the fourth trial?"
Elder Xu pointed to the front and said, "This is the fourth trial."
Li Mu looked in the direction that he pointed and saw rows of stone steps that extended into the depths of the clouds.
Taoist priest Xu Chang said, "This fourth trial is both a test for the trial-taker and also a creation for the trial-taker. As for how much you can benefit from this trial, it depends on the strength of each trial-taker …"
Li Mu said uncertainly, "Creation?"
Taoist priest Xu Chang said, "You will know when you walk up the stone steps."
Li Mu stepped onto the first stone step, and the scenery in front of him suddenly changed. He appeared in a strange world, and when he looked around, all he saw was a vast expanse of whiteness. There was only a table in front of him, and on the table was a piece of paper, a brush, and cinnabar.
A familiar Fu-lu floated in front of the table.
It was another exorcism talisman.
Clearly, this was another trial for him to draw talismans.
Li Mu was about to vomit from drawing exorcism talismans today, but he could only hold back his disgust. He picked up the brush and finished drawing an exorcism talisman in a few breaths. The scenery in front of him disappeared and he returned to the steps again.
Li Mu walked to the next step and appeared in the vast expanse of whiteness again.
This time, a brand-new Fu-lu appeared in front of him.
Demon Seeking Talisman.
Every step here seemed to correspond to a Fu-lu. Li Mu finished drawing the Demon Seeking Talisman. When he walked to the third step, what he saw was the Soul Fixation Talisman.
As he guessed, the first trial tested one's basic skills, the third trial tested one's talent, and the fourth trial tested one's basic skills and talent together.
There was only one chance for each step. He had to be careful with every step. If he made a mistake in drawing the Fu-lu, the Talisman Dao trial would end here.
Even Li Mu did not dare to be careless. He treated the Fu-lu of each step very seriously.
When Li Mu walked to the tenth step, many people had passed the third trial and landed at the foot of the mountain.
Some people walked up the steps. After a few steps, their bodies would be teleported out and they would stand at the side with a disappointed expression.
Even a Talisman Dao expert could not guarantee that he would succeed every time. No matter how careful he was, he still made a mistake on the sixth Fu-lu.
The fourth trial was really too difficult.
However, he did not completely give up because others might not do better than him. He still had a chance.
He stood at the foot of the mountain and looked at the figure who had walked up more than a dozen steps. A deep sense of powerlessness arose in his heart.
Before coming to the Fu-lu School, he thought that he was a Talisman Dao genius. After passing three trials in a row, his confidence soared. He thought that if he worked hard, he might have a chance to become a core disciple.
However, he suffered a huge blow when he just entered the fourth trial.
The figure on the stone steps of the mountain path made him deeply understand the gap between people.
Time slowly passed, and more and more people passed the third stage. Four hours later, the trial takers who had yet to fully comprehend the talisman on the trial platform had lost their chance to pass the third stage.
At this time, there were less than a hundred people at the foot of the mountain.
The third trial eliminated 90% of the trial takers.
Out of the six thousand people, only three trials left two digits. Among these people, there were dozens of people who would be eliminated in the fourth trial.
They had already learned the rules of the fourth trial from the trial takers who had participated in the fourth trial. They estimated in their hearts which step they could reach. Occasionally, they would look up at the figure at the front and secretly curse him as a monster.
On the stone steps, Li Mu had already walked up the forty-third step. This meant that he had drawn forty-three Fu-lu without missing a single detail.
He stayed on this step for a full quarter of an hour and did not take another step forward.
In the world of cultivation, the Fu-lu was divided into Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. Each stage was further divided into Upper, Middle, and Lower grades. There were a total of four stages and twelve grades. With Li Mu's current spiritual power, he could only draw a Xuan Upper Grade Fu-lu. As for the Earth Lower Grade Fu-lu, he would need to be at least at the fifth level of cultivation to draw one.
The last Fu-lu he drew was a Xuan Upper Grade. The next step would probably be an Earth Fu-lu. With his current spiritual power, it was impossible to draw one.
Li Mu looked back and realized that the people below had at most reached the tenth step. It was almost impossible for them to continue to reach the thirtieth step without making any mistakes.
The current him had already won.
However, Li Mu still wanted to try. At most, he would fail and be sent down the mountain.
But before that, he needed to rest for a while to recover his spiritual power.
After drawing more than forty Fu-lu in a row, his spiritual power was about to be depleted. Even the donkey in the workshop would not dare to work so hard.
If it was not for the fact that he was determined to get that talisman, he would have already given up on the thirtieth step.
The higher the step, the more insurance.
He sat cross-legged on the stone step and meditated to recover his spiritual power.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Mu suddenly felt movement beside him.
He opened his eyes and saw a young man walking to the forty-third step he was on. The young man glanced at him and said: "Hey, make way."
Li Mu was shocked. This person was clearly also a cultivator participating in the trial. He actually also reached the forty-third step …
Sure enough, he could not underestimate the heroes of the world. No one knew better than him how difficult it was to reach here from the first step. If not for the Clear Heart Mantra, Li Mu would have stopped long ago.
That person walked to the middle of the forty-third step and closed his eyes. After ten breaths, he opened his eyes again.
Li Mu narrowed his eyes. He was still standing here and was not sent down. This meant that he had already drawn the forty-third Fu-lu.
That person did not even look at Li Mu and walked to the next step.
After a while, he opened his eyes again and stepped onto the forty-fifth step.
…
On the square of the main peak.
Many disciples and elders had looks of disbelief on their faces.
"In the past, it was already a surprise to have someone reach the twentieth step. This year, someone actually reached the fortieth step, and there are two of them!"
"Who's the one who caught up from behind? He looks so young …"
"He took less time to reach each step than the first person …"
"I wonder which step he will reach in the end?"
…
In the Dao Palace on the main peak, several First Seats and the Talisman Puppet Sect Leader also had an image in front of them. The image depicted the situation on the stone steps.
At this moment, Li Mu, whose entire body was covered in fog, stopped at the forty-third step.
That young man had already reached the forty-seventh step.
Hyun Jinko looked at the figure at the front and said, "There's something wrong with this person."
The Fu-lu School's First Seat looked at the person at the front through the Mystic Light Technique. A golden light flashed in his eyes as he shook his head and said, "Let's not bother about him for now."
He looked at Li Mu with admiration and said, "It's Li Mu who really surprised me."
Hyun Jinko nodded and said with a strange look in his eyes, "It's not just a surprise. It's simply unbelievable. If I could turn back time, I would kidnap him even if I had to. He has the hope of the Fu-lu School …"
Zhengyang Zi looked at the person at the front and said, "I wonder who is so bold to come to White Cloud Mountain and cause trouble. Won't this Talisman Dao Trial become a joke because of him?"
The Fu-lu School's headmaster looked at Li Mu and said with a smile, "That might not be the case …"
On the forty-third step, Li Mu looked ahead, took a deep breath, and took a step forward.
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