Chapter 68: Fishing Talisman Upgrade Complete

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Tongtian Sect’s Wuyue City Artifact Refiners Association, President’s office.

Foundation Establishment Cultivator, third-order Artifact Refiner and Association President Yu Hui was currently buried in reading documents.

In the various businesses of cultivating immortality, alchemy and artifact crafting have always been the two most popular top industries. Compared to the talisman industry, the prospects and profits of these two industries are considerably higher and are the preferred professions for cultivators looking to develop a side business.

Even in a medium-small-sized city like Wuyue, the workload for Yu Hui was extremely heavy.

If it weren’t for the normally robust physical constitution of cultivators, which made sudden death unlikely, he would have been a constant hot topic.

After three knocks on the door, President Yu’s secretary walked in.

She said, “President, there is a Talisman Master who has created a reusable type talisman and wishes to have our association verify the reliability of the product.”

Yu Hui furrowed his brows, apparently dissatisfied with the work of his secretary.

“Have him follow the rules, submit the product in line, and wait for verification.”

The secretary hesitated and said, “He’s quite eager.”

Yu Hui was sternly unbiased: “Who isn’t eager? Just him? If everyone could just cut in line as they please, then what’s the point of having rules?”

“But…”

“What else is there to ‘but’ about?”

“That Talisman Master, well, he was introduced by President Lu of the Talisman Master Association. President Lu seems to value him quite a bit.”

Yu Hui’s expression became awkward.

The secretary whispered, “President, will he still need to queue?”

“Cough. Rules are rules and can’t be disregarded, but we also need to be practical and fact-oriented. We can’t be rigid in our thinking or rules. Go ahead and call him in, I’ll personally understand his situation.”

Moments later, Jiang Cheng entered Yu Hui’s office.

Yu Hui sized up Jiang Cheng and thought: This young man looks quite promising, no wonder he has caught Elder Lu’s attention. He’s polite and a man of good appearance, looks destined for success, especially suitable for joining the woman’s household. It just so happens I have a daughter about his age…

Jiang Cheng didn’t beat around the bush and submitted his “Reusable Fluorescent Version of Animal Encouragement Talisman” to Yu Hui.

With his rich experience, Yu Hui saw at a glance that Jiang Cheng’s sample and application were just a very common mass-market reusable talisman.

The shell, Button Spirit Stone, and even the Fluorescence Talisman were all extremely common designs available in the marketplace, things that could be bought anywhere.

The only slightly peculiar thing was the “Animal Encouragement Talisman” sandwiched in the middle; its function was to motivate fish to strive, which was somewhat interesting.

Since the product Jiang Cheng submitted was too ordinary, Yu Hui asked with a frown, “You’re validating this?”

“Yes,” Jiang Cheng nodded.

Yu Hui found it odd: Others bring some cutting-edge products for validation, but your item is clearly just an assembly of mature parts, containing no technical content or production barrier. What’s there to validate? Tomatoes and eggs, no matter how you fancy it up, in the end, it’s just tomato scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs with tomato.

Using an excuse to step out, Yu Hui found a secluded spot and took out a communication talisman to call Lu Wang.

“Hello? Elder Lu.”

“Yu? What’s brought me to your mind today?”

“Enough of the useless talk. What’s the deal with that Talisman Master Jiang Cheng?”

“Nothing much, just stick to the rules.”

“You’re still playing the bureaucrat with me?”

“Haha, well, the man’s in your territory now, so it’s up to you.”

Yu Hui went straight to the point: “Elder Lu, I won’t ask for anything else, just give me a straight answer. What’s Jiang Cheng’s character like?”

After some thought, Lu Wang figured that even though Jiang Cheng’s talisman drawing was outstanding, his character seemed to be truly without flaws. Not only without flaws, but shining with humanity’s nobility and the glow of morality.

“His character is very good.”

As brothers of the same sect for many years, Yu Hui knew Lu Wang well.

“Very good” was a phrase that was hard to come by from Lu Wang.

If Jiang Cheng’s character was flawless, then the reusable talismans he made would surely be without issues either.

Lu Wang’s face was one Yu Hui had to give.

Tomato scrambled eggs, even if they ended up a bit unpalatable, couldn’t possibly be lethal, right?

And what could go wrong with a product assembled from mature components?

He would trust Elder Lu this once.

They were taught by the same master, after all; could he really mislead me?

Across from Zhou Yunshan, sat a cultivator with deep dark circles under his eyes.

“Master Lu, are you alright?”

Faced with the unsteady Lu Benwei, Zhou Yunshan hardly dared to speak loudly; he feared his voice might be so loud it would scare Lu Benwei to death.

Lu Benwei stared with wide eyes, his lips quivering as he said, “I’m fine, I’m fine, I just went to bed a bit late the day before yesterday.”

The day before yesterday, he went to bed late?

Does that mean he didn’t sleep at all yesterday and today?

Master Lu is just too dedicated!

Zhou Yunshan was moved by Lu Benwei.

With Master Jiang and Master Lu as the pillars of the talisman industry in Wuyue, it truly was Wuyue’s greatest fortune!

Lu Benwei took out the “Reusable Fluorescent Version of Animal Encouragement Talisman” that Zhou Yunshan had given him and said to Zhou, “Zhou, I’ve improved the talisman, look here…”

On the original talisman by Jiang Cheng, Lu Benwei had added a sliding rod.

“Zhou, this sliding rod can adjust the intensity of the Animal Encouragement Talisman. However, I suggest you don’t use it at its maximum power,” Lu Benwei explained.

“Why?” asked Zhou Yunshan, puzzled.

In this world, is there actually someone who would complain about fish being too big?

Lu Benwei continued, “Although Wuyue City is an inland city, it’s actually not too far from the sea. If you turn the power up too high, I’m afraid it might cause some unnecessary trouble.”

From Wuyue to the sea is at least eight hundred li, four hundred kilometers; could the Animal Encouragement Talisman really have an effect from that far away?

Zhou Yunshan didn’t believe it.

Anyone with some common sense would know that sea fish can’t live in freshwater.

Master Lu was simply being overly cautious.

After completing the task handover with Lu Benwei, Zhou Yunshan immediately rushed to the riverside where he had caught the big fish last time.

At night the place was crowded with night anglers, but during the day there were relatively few.

Zhou Yunshan greeted the few anglers he met along the way and hurried to his previous fishing spot.

Once everything was prepared, Zhou Yunshan cautiously set the intensity of the Animal Encouragement Talisman to two-thirds of its capacity.

After the fishhook hit the water, Zhou Yunshan waited in silence.

A minute passed, and there was no movement in the water.

He couldn’t have imagined that the strengthened talisman would be even worse than before it was enhanced.

Just as Zhou Yunshan was about to take out a communication talisman to find Master Lu’s after-sales service, his fishing rod suddenly bent sharply!

The fish was so strong!

It was at least more than twice the size of the last one!

Zhou Yunshan was overjoyed and began to wrestle with the big fish in the water.

After several minutes of shouting and pulling, a number of spectators, anglers who hadn’t caught anything and had come specifically to watch, surrounded Zhou Yunshan.

The attention of fellow anglers was, for a fisherman, even more beneficial than a Herculean Strength Talisman!

Zhou Yunshan summoned all his energy and gave a strong pull, dragging a fish onto the bank, one that was longer than a human thigh.

“Holy shit!”

“That’s brutal!”

“How many pounds is that!”

The exclamations of countless anglers came from all sides.

Without a moment to celebrate, Zhou Yunshan quickly found a fish scale and, with the help of the watching anglers, lifted the fish to weigh it.

Thirty-nine pounds!

Almost twice the size of the one he had caught before!

And this was just with two-thirds of the Fishing Talisman’s power!

If he were to use full power on the Fishing Talisman!

Zhou Yunshan couldn’t even imagine the scene!

This time, Zhou Yunshan couldn’t care less about showing off with his catch.

The only thought in his mind was to turn the Fishing Talisman to maximum power and test the limits of the Fishing Talisman!