Chapter 68 The request of the shopkeeper Hou
"Haha, the mistress is busy in the lobby, I will bring these for him." The shopkeeper surnamed Hou said with a smile.
"Oh, then I'm sorry, Shopkeeper Hou." Chen Luo was not surprised by the appearance of the shopkeeper Hou. He was about to raise his hand to take over Mu Pan, but was blocked by the shopkeeper Hou.
"Young Master Chen is a distinguished guest, how can you let you do it yourself?" said the shopkeeper surnamed Hou, personally placing the meal on the table, then stood aside and waiting to collect the bowls.
Chen Luo was already hungry and didn't have any politeness. He quickly swept the food away, wiped his face, took the talisman paper, cinnabar, dog blood and other things on the wooden plate, and looked at it, and immediately saw a lot of things that he couldn't see before.
The red cinnabar contains a trace of heaven and earth spiritual energy with a fiery breath, and the black dog blood carries a yang energy similar to the yang energy. Although there is no similar vitality in the talisman paper, it gives people a sense of thickness that ordinary paper does not have.
However, the spiritual energy contained in the cinnabar in front of me is really weak, and the yang energy of the black dog blood is also very thin. The quality of the talisman paper is not high, and there are many break points on it. These materials may be barely available for making low-level talismans such as the small thunder talisman. If you want to make more advanced talismans in the future, it will be a bit barely necessary.
"These things are all used by Taoist priests to draw talismans. Is it a master of this? "The shopkeeper surnamed Hou took away the dishes and chopsticks, and did not leave, and asked tentatively.
"I dare not be proficient, I just know a little bit." Chen Luo put down a box of cinnabar in his hand and replied casually.
"Young Master can draw talismans? Here is a talisman. I wonder if you can help draw it? I would like to thank you for a lot of gold." The shopkeeper surnamed Hou was happy and immediately begged.
"It's because of this that Manager Hou came to my room not long ago?" Chen Luo looked at the Manager Hou and asked with a smile.
"You...why are you..." The shopkeeper surnamed Hou turned red and he stammered.
Without the permission of the guest, he stole into the guest's room without authorization, and his behavior was almost theft. If this matter spreads, his reputation as an inn would be completely ruined.
As soon as he thought of this, the shopkeeper surnamed Hou turned pale again.
"Don't be nervous about the shopkeeper. I won't tell you about this matter. It's just the question just now. Please answer truthfully." Chen Luo chuckled when he saw the embarrassment of the shopkeeper surnamed Hou.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your generous behavior. I was really presumptuous in my previous actions. However, I had no intention of coming to Mr. Master's room. It was just because the mistress said that Mr. Master had not shown up all day and I was a little worried, so I came in without permission and asked my husband to forgive me." The shopkeeper surnamed Hou breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and explained hurriedly.
Seeing that the other party's tone was not like a false statement, Chen Luo nodded:
"The shopkeeper has the kindness of saving me, and he should do his best if he can. But before that, Chen is only a little bit of knowledge about the way of talismans. If it is too difficult, he may be powerless."
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper surnamed Hou hurriedly took out a brocade bag the size of a palm from his arms. After opening it, it was a piece of yellowed paper stacked squarely.
"Please look, young master." The shopkeeper surnamed Hou unfolded the paper and placed it in front of Shen Luo.
Chen Luo looked up and saw that one side of the paper was uneven, as if it was torn off from a book. There was a talisman drawn on it. Judging from the runes above, the difficulty seemed to be above the small thunder talisman.
This made him feel moved, but when he saw a line of small words "Tao Cai Ji" under the talisman, he smiled bitterly.
The reason why he promised to draw talismans for the other party was not only to repay the other party's kindness for saving him, but also to see what talismans the other party wanted to draw.
"Young Master Chen, is there something wrong with this talisman?" The shopkeeper surnamed Hou asked carefully when he saw Chen Luo's expression change.
"No problem." Chen Luo waved his hand and his expression returned to normal.
The shopkeeper surnamed Hou is just an ordinary citizen. What he wants and thinks is naturally peace, housekeeping, wealth, etc., which is naturally very different from what he wants, which is understandable.
Chen Luo continued to carefully look at the talisman painted on the paper, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Ruyi Talisman, House-Suppressing Talisman, and Fortune Talisman are the most common talismans. In order to find clues to the immortal path, he had read countless miscellaneous books and unofficial histories. Many of them had some shadows of talismans. As for the Fortune Talisman, he had read at least ten different versions, and it was difficult to distinguish between true and false, but those Fortune Talismans are far less complicated than the talisman in front of him.
Moreover, although the runes of the treasure talisman in front of me are numerous and complex, they are in line with some wonderful principles and do not look like fake talismans made up randomly.
The old man surnamed Hou saw Chen Luo staring at the talisman for a long time without saying a word, but he did not dare to disturb him, so he had to hold his breath and wait quietly.
"I have seen a lot of fortune-telling talismans, but Manager Hou, this fortune-telling treasure talisman is ten times more complicated than the ordinary fortune-telling talisman. I am not sure, so I can only try my best." After a while, Chen Luo withdrew his gaze and said.
"It's okay, it's okay. Young Master, even if you try it, if these talisman paper and cinnabar are not enough, I will take it again." The shopkeeper surnamed Hou said quickly.
Chen Luo nodded and started to prepare. He quickly prepared the talisman ink, then pulled a piece of talisman paper and spread it on the table, holding a pen to dip the ink.
He did not start drawing talismans immediately. He closed his eyes and carefully recalled the way of drawing the treasure talisman of fortune twice. After confirming that it was correct, he picked up the pen and landed it on the green talisman paper and began to draw the talisman.
The lines spread out rapidly on the talisman paper, making a rustling sound like a spring silkworm sprinkling silk.
Now his understanding of energy and spirit has deepened a lot, and he is not as ignorant when drawing talismans as before. While the talisman pen is outlined, the vitality in the talisman in the talisman is integrated with the talisman paper below under the talisman paper driven by his talisman energy.
He vaguely felt that the energy contained in the talisman and these mysterious runes seemed to summon some kind of power.
This must involve many laws, as well as some secrets of this world...
The shopkeeper surnamed Hou stood aside, watching the bright red runes spread on the talisman paper, and a complex and mysterious rune pattern gradually improved. He couldn't help but rub his hands, his face full of expectation.
But what he didn't know was that the complexity of this treasure troupe was far beyond Chen Luo's imagination, and it has only been drawn nearly 70% so far.
The tiredness gradually appeared on the sinking face, and the breathing became a little rapid.
Drawing talismans has a certain consumption of spiritual energy. The runes of the small thunder talisman he drew before and the ghost-exorcist talisman are far less complicated than those of the wealth-winning treasure talisman. This feeling is not obvious. Fortunately, he has now become a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage. If it were the past, he might not be able to hold on.
After about half a stick of incense, he fell down his wrist and drew a round half arc on the paper. Then he turned his fingers and scratched the tip of the pen for the last time.
He then picked up his pen and let out a long sigh.
Chapter completed!