After all, this method of combination was a spur-of-the-moment idea for Ye Luo; he had never conducted any experiments before and had no prior experience!

At this moment, Ye Luo admired the Divine Rune Sect. In his eyes, the challenging materials and the difficulty of the Divine Rune Sect’s assessment questions clearly demonstrated the Sect’s profound understanding of talisman characters!

Simultaneously, Ye Luo realized how far behind he was. While others quickly found ways to refine, he was the last to begin!

With these thoughts, Ye Luo proceeded with extreme caution, considering every detail carefully before making a move!

Endless refining and continuous fusion—Ye Luo dared not be careless in the slightest!

By now, a full six hours have passed, leaving only one more hour until the assessment ends!

Some swift ones had already completed their creations!

However, Ye Luo was still refining his materials!

As such, it became difficult for everyone to not pay attention to him!

Many people sneered at Ye Luo’s performance. Naturally, they didn’t know what Ye Luo’s materials were or what he was trying to do.

They only knew that Ye Luo was too slow!

This slow speed only proved that Ye Luo’s practical experience was lacking, and his strength was insufficient!

"See, a civilian will always be a civilian. Taking so long to handle materials—it clearly shows he rarely has the chance to refine talismans usually! It’s surprising that someone like this managed to get into the second round, but thankfully, if skillless, he’s bound to be eliminated this time!"

Kou Lian and Fairy Yushu had also completed their creations, frowning slightly as they looked at Ye Luo.

In their view, thinking similarly to others, they couldn’t understand why such an apparently talentless person was given such importance by the Sect?

However, since this was the assessment period, no one could express any opinions. Even if they finished their own tasks, they could only stand in place, waiting for the assessment to end!

One aromatic stick of time was all that remained until the assessment’s conclusion!

People had already concluded that Ye Luo would surely fail!

In the entire assessment site of a thousand people, he alone continued working!

That person was Ye Luo!

Currently, Ye Luo had only just prepared his materials!

Ye Luo sighed slightly in relief, but seeing everyone else finished, leaving only him, he couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed!

It seemed the gap in strength between regions was just too vast!

Despite borrowing the assistance of the Seven-colored Power, he was still the slowest!

However, Ye Luo wouldn’t give up. As long as the assessment wasn’t over, he would keep on working!

An incense stick’s time was enough!

Ye Luo suddenly grabbed the talisman pen refined from the Immortal Stone protective fabric and the essence of nine knots!

Curiously, the talisman pen shockingly lacked a pen tip!

Yet, Ye Luo ignored that detail, driving the talisman pen directly onto the talisman ink!

A bizarre scene unfolded; even with no pen tip, the talisman ink clung and gathered at the front of the talisman pen without dispersing!

The talisman pen was slightly similar to Huaxia’s brush on Earth!

To paint a clearer picture, creating talisman characters is akin to using a brush dipped in ink, then drawing special runes on talisman paper!

But now, Ye Luo’s talisman pen lacked even a pen tip, yet could condense talisman ink!

This scene was enough to astonish many people!

At this moment, with Ye Luo being the only one left, naturally, all attention was on him!

The elders proctoring the exam were even more shocked!

In truth, the sole refining method they knew produced talisman pens without tips too!

To their surprise, Ye Luo had achieved the same!

However, they observed Ye Luo’s material handling clearly, and it was no method they recognized; it was something they couldn’t comprehend!

How could this be possible!

"He won’t succeed; those seven materials are incredibly special. They even have certain repulsive interactions among them. Don’t be fooled by what he manages now because, once he begins drawing talisman characters, it will inevitably lead to failure!"

One elder commented, and others nodded in agreement, sharing the same thought!

Unaware of these judgments, Ye Luo was already considering which talisman character to craft while gripping the talisman pen.

In truth, Ye Luo was aware of the repulsive force existing among these materials!

After all, Ye Luo personally handled these materials!

If it weren’t for the Seven-colored Power, Ye Luo might have already failed when processing the materials!

Thanks to the Seven-colored Power’s uniqueness, Ye Luo had completed the material handling. But considering what talisman character to create, he had to be cautious again!

Moreover, the remaining time for Ye Luo was indeed scarce!

Ye Luo furrowed his brows slightly, unable to care about much else; it seemed he could only risk it this time!

The talisman pen in Ye Luo’s hands danced swiftly!

Yet everyone watching witnessed an extremely bizarre sight!

Ye Luo was crafting on two pieces of talisman paper simultaneously!

A stroke here, a line there—what was he trying to do?

Ye Luo realized this only after completely processing the materials; he didn’t even fully understand them, except maybe for what he’d read in books!

Only through hands-on smelting did he truly grasp the materials’ uniqueness!

When he discovered their mutual repulsiveness, it was already too late!

After all, if he stopped the fusion, Ye Luo had no backup materials, which meant certain failure!

Thus, Ye Luo could only grit his teeth and handle the materials thoroughly. He even felt fortunate he had prepared two pieces of talisman paper while thinking!

Had there been just one, Ye Luo would have had no chance!

But with two, Ye Luo had a fleeting opportunity!

The odds?

It’s either success or failure, so in Ye Luo’s eyes, it’s essentially fifty percent!

No matter how good or bad the materials, it’s fifty percent!

Success and failure only offer these two options!

Ye Luo’s approach was to combine two talisman papers into one!

It’s like one side being yin, the other yang; when not combined, the two pieces of talisman paper are as worthless as a sheet of paper!

But once they resonate with spiritual power, they’ll unleash tremendous power!

This was a method Ye Luo suddenly thought of, inspired by the yin-yang concept on Earth; compelled by necessity—it was because of the materials’ repulsive nature. If Ye Luo directly forced the runes, it would only lead to failure. The Yin Yang Talisman was a response to desperation!

Soon, Ye Luo finally completed his creation; it could be said he finished just in time!