“The Talisman Master’s Association is a special organization in the southern territory. Compared to the six great powers, their members could be said to be pitiably few. Even though their members were very scarce, their strength is extremely formidable. Even if it’s the Grand Qin Empire or the Origin School, they wouldn’t rashly offend them! Not only would they not rashly offend the Talisman Master’s Association, the Grand Qin Empire and the six great powers provided the Talisman Master’s Association with all sorts of special authority!” On the way to the Talisman Master’s Association, Ma Nan smiled as he explained to Tang Ye. Even though he was slightly curious about why Tang Ye would ask him about the Talisman Master’s Association, but he didn’t ask about it. Tang Ye asked curiously. “Didn’t you say that besides the six great powers and the Grand Qin Empire, It’s another formidable power?” Ma Nan nodded and said, “It can be considered to be a power, but it’s very much unlike the other powers because its members have their own freedom. The members of the association can join the various great powers, but it wasn’t permanent, and it was a form of a contract instead. For example, strictly speaking, the Talisman Peak in our Sword Sect doesn’t belong to our Sword Sect, and it’s only cooperating with our Sword Sect! “It isn’t just the Sword Sect, even the Grand Qin Empire and the various other great powers have Talisman Masters. These Talisman Masters are mostly contracted by various powers, and they don’t belong to those powers. For example, after a Talisman Master joins a sect, even if that sect is annihilated, the Talisman Master would be fine because he belonged to the Talisman Master’s Association. Anyone that touched him would suffer the revenge of the entire Talisman Master’s Association!” “The revenge of the entire Talisman Master’s Association?” Tang Ye asked with surprise. Ma Nan nodded and said, “The conditions to become a Talisman Master are extremely harsh. So, there are very few, pitiably few Talisman Master. Because there are so few of them, the Talisman Masters are extremely united! They had no choice but to be united because they were already few in number, and if they didn’t remain united, then they would have probably ceased to exist since a long time ago!” Tang Ye went silent when he heard up to here. In the past, he knew that the status of a Talisman Master was extremely exalted, yet he’d never expected that it would be so exalted. It was exalted to the point all the large powers had to give face to the Talisman Master’s Association. Now, he finally understood why those outer court elders were afraid of offending Bao’er’s grandfather. It turned out that Bao’er and her grandfather weren’t members of the Sword Sect at all! Ma Nan continued. “The status of Talisman Masters in the entire southern territory is truly aloof. For example, if Talisman Masters themselves commit any crimes, then the Grand Qin Empire wouldn’t punish them, and they would allow the Talisman Master’s Association itself to deal with the Talisman Masters. Of course, the precondition is that the crime isn’t especially severe.” Tang Ye was shocked once more, and he said, “The laws of the Grand Qin Empire are useless against Talisman Masters?” Tang Ye had grown up in the Grand Qin Empire, so he was naturally clearly aware of how strict the laws of the Grand Qin Empire were. The Grand Qin Empire ruled the empire by law, and the law could be said to be the foundation of the empire. After all, even if the disciples of the Origin School or the other sects committed crimes in the Grand Qin Empire, they would still be punished by the Grand Qin Empire! Ma Nan shook his head and said, “It’s not useless, and it’s a special privilege given to the Talisman Master’s Association by the Grand Qin Empire. Moreover, the Talisman Master’s Association would usually not protect Talisman Masters that truly committed crimes. If a Talisman Master committed an extremely serious crime, then that Talisman Master would be stripped of his identity as a member of the association. Once that person’s identity as a member of the association was stripped away, it represented that the Talisman Master wasn’t protected by the Talisman Master’s Association any longer and didn’t enjoy the various special privileges provided to members of the Talisman Master’s Association!” “So that’s how it is!” Tang Ye nodded. This was comparatively normal and acceptable because the Grand Qin Empire would absolutely not allow a power to stay above the law. Because in this way, not only would it cause the Talisman Master to become insufferably arrogant, the authority of the Grand Qin Empire would be affected! So, how could the Grand Qin Empire allow such a thing to occur? Ma Nan said with a smile, “Even though there are still some restraints, the status of Talisman Masters is extremely aloof. With their identities as Talisman Masters, they’re welcomed and highly valued throughout the southern territory. No matter where they go, others would have to be courteous to them!” Tang ye smiled and nodded. Now, he really desired to thank Bao’er because it was Bao’er who allowed him to become a Talisman Master. With the identity of a Talisman Master, he didn’t have to worry so much about the things he intended to do this time! Without them realizing it, they’d already arrived at the branch of the Talisman Master’s Association in Rising Sun City. The branch of the Talisman Master’s Association in Rising Sun City was situated in the most flourishing area of the city, and the association’s building itself was extremely luxurious and grand. As he gazed at the building that stood before him, Tang Ye couldn’t help but sigh with emotion about how wealthy Talisman Masters were. Even a branch of the association had six levels, and it was even completely built from diamond. After all, a palm sized piece of diamond had a value of 10 gold coins! Moreover, 10 gold coins were sufficient for an ordinary family to live for a year.