After using seven pieces of rank three talisman paper to craft two Golden Lightning Spear Talismans and staying in his position for four months, Shang Xia successfully became a rank three talisman master. 

The only blemish in his achievements was that the Thorny Brush that had accompanied him since the start of his talisman crafting journey was turned to scrap after he completed his second piece of Golden Lightning Spear Talisman.

Fortunately, he had seen it coming and managed the destruction from affecting his completed talisman. If the rank three talisman he toiled hard to complete was destroyed along with his brush, Shang Xia would probably bawl his eyes out.

With the completion of his second talisman, Shang Xia finally relaxed as he basked in the afternoon sun that shone in his courtyard. 

When Shang Xia was about to drift off into sleep, the entrance of the...