Chapter 8 Broken! I've entered the den of thieves!(1/2)
"Shopkeeper, give me a dozen or so filth-removing talismans. The cheap ones will be fine... Well, the kind made by the talisman master's apprentice will do."
"You don't want real-life products...me, I don't have enough money."
This was another hoarse voice that Ren Qiong heard.
A male voice.
A female voice.
They intertwined and reverberated, one in the boy's left ear and the other in his right ear.
A fight between the left channel and the right channel can easily make people feel that the whole world is unreal, and they may suspect that they are schizophrenic.
But Ren Qiong knows that all this is true!
He resisted the urge to turn around and look around, but his eyes widened slightly and his pupils contracted.
His hand is still steady, his writing moves swiftly and smoothly, and his aura remains undisturbed.
…
Very "normal" transactions continue.
A man who has experienced many vicissitudes of life is bargaining with a philistine shopkeeper. He needs a talisman to remove dirt and tries to buy it at the lowest price.
Qidu Zhenren was unwilling to give in and said in a nagging tone - I am here to do business, not charity!
"I just hired an apprentice!"
He said, "Forty yuan! If I pay him his salary, I will give him forty yuan of Xuanhuang coins!"
"The cost is so high, do you think I can sell it to you cheaper?"
"Along with the cost of materials, the talisman paper, cinnabar, and the wear and tear of the talisman pen... At fifty yuan, I really don't make any money from you!"
Qidu Zhenren shouted like the most conscientious businessman in the world.
"Crack!"
The sound of the talisman pen falling sounded, indicating that the young man was in agitated mood.
"Huh?" Zhenren Jidu gave him a threatening look, as if he was threatening him not to talk too much.
Anyone who dares to say that the labor cost is only twenty yuan will get out tomorrow!
Ren Qiong grinned, seeming to put away his shocked expression as if he had been wronged, and lowered his head to pick up the talisman pen.
However, the shock was real, but not because of the injustice.
Compared with the information heard in the left channel, the right channel is so exciting!
…
The sky and the earth were distorted, and the sound and color were blurred.
Outside, what others heard was a man bargaining with the shopkeeper.
Even the lip syncs are correct.
However, within this small world of ten feet, there was a different conversation.
"Guest, what are you talking about?" Master Qi Du said seriously, "Our store, a century-old store, does not sell second-hand goods!"
"I'll add money." The pleasant female voice was very kind.
"Add more money...okay, okay!" Master Qi Du said repeatedly, "But this alone is not enough. You have to bring ten and a half. One more will not work, and one less will not work."
"Okay!" The female voice said in a melodious voice as she agreed.
The two people were handing over underground intelligence work as if they were speaking in code.
Can't see the light.
Also invisible to people.
When various signals matched and the identity of the other party was confirmed, they exchanged information intensively.
"In the past month, the strictness of the garrison has been increasing, and the Taoist soldiers of Guisi Prefecture have become more active." Zhenren Qidu lowered his voice and his tone was serious, no longer as serious as when he was joking with Ren Qiong.
Perhaps, that is his layer of skin, a disguise.
"I will give you the changes to the garrison map later."
He broke an important piece of information and it became big news.
——What kind of person would study Taoist garrison?
It scares those who know it.
"Okay." The female voice was calm, and then reported back, "I am making good progress here. The organization has analyzed the manufacturing process of the color-changing ink on the Xuanhuang coins, as well as the anti-counterfeiting marks evolved from the sequence of worshiping ghosts and gods."
"Oh? Are you sure?" Master Qidu's eyes fluctuated, "If you have money, you can reach the gods. Some people say that money can make ghosts grind... Xuanhuang Coin, the secret of Chiyang Fairy Kingdom."
"It has many wonderful uses, not only for human communication, but also for ghosts and gods to give orders and obey its instructions."
"You can even command the spiritual principles of heaven and earth to achieve various wonderful functions and make your wishes come true... If there are enough of them, it is possible to burn them together and move mountains and fill seas!"
"The common recognition of heaven, earth, humans, gods and ghosts is the basis of human nature and energy."
"There have always been some Fu Dao masters who want to imitate it, but no one has been able to succeed... Even if the imitation is decent, the cost is a hundred or a thousand times higher than the currency value itself!"
"The power of heaven and earth is easy to talk about, but the driving of ghosts and gods is difficult to do. Color-changing ink is the key. There is a lot of mystery."
"Unexpectedly, it was actually cracked today."
Qidu Zhenren's emotion.
"After all, isn't it true that the Taoist court has deteriorated, and some people are shameless and unscrupulous?" The pleasant female voice was filled with anger, as if her blood was burning, "If not, how could we have a chance to crack it?"
"Mysterious yellow coins reflect human nature and energy, and secretly lock in great fortune. One penny is worth one penny."
"Now someone wants to cross the red line, create a lot of things, and overdraw the future of the fairyland... In this case, don't blame us for peeking into the gap!"
After being angry, she calmed down, "Xuanhuang Coin is not only the use of Talisman Dao, but also the mystery of Incense Dao and Alchemy Dao!"
"People compete for a breath, ghosts and gods compete for a stick of incense!"
She said eloquently, "The color-changing ink is mixed with a lot of incense ash used to pay respect to ghosts and gods from all over the world."
"Based incense made of different materials is used to worship various gods, continue the ancient sacred contract, and protect the stability and harmony of the fairyland."
"The ashes are the witness."
"Blend various kinds of incense ash, in different orders and quantities, integrate them using Dan Dao techniques, and smelt them into one, to create color-changing ink and reveal anti-counterfeiting marks."
"Finally, using the means of talismans, the talismans are imprinted on the talisman paper and turned into an alternative spiritual talisman to drive the gods and ghosts of heaven and earth!"
She revealed the big secret.
Qi Du was horrified and suddenly realized.
"I see!"
"No wonder... no wonder!"
"This way, a lot of things will make sense."
The real person murmured, "Tao of Talisman, Tao of Dan, Tao of Incense..."
"So, we can completely bypass the Taoist court's control and imitate Xuanhuang coins!"
"It's difficult!" A female voice sounded, with a hint of helplessness, "It's easy to make incense to worship various ghosts and gods. It's difficult for those who don't know how to make it, but it's not difficult for those who know how to make it."
"Only to sacrifice the three saints of my human race, it requires the whole country to burn incense. This is unexplainable!" She sighed, "At that time, it was not only the materials, but also the luck of the fairyland... This can be said to be
It’s the fragrance of good luck!”
"Forget it only once a year, except for the Taoist court itself, who can call upon luck?"
"Fortunately, according to the organization's investigation, not all the incense ashes used to worship the ancestors are used in color-changing ink... It can even be said that this is only a very small part, which is used to make a primer to catalyze the ink, so that all ghosts and gods can listen in peace.
make."
"It's useless no matter how much you say - because the three saints will not be ordered!"
"So most of the remaining ones will be allocated to Taoist schools in various prefectures and used as baptisms for new students to get started, which symbolizes the ancient sage's emphasis on education."
"Why is the Taoist Temple so powerful? Why is it that those who step into it always have a broader path in the future than ordinary people? There may be some reasons for this!"
The deep meaning revealed in the female voice clearly meant that she was well versed in the inner workings of the Taoist Temple.
"So for this key part of the incense ash material, we can directly seize the treasure car that escorts this object to the Taoist Temple!"
"If anyone stands in the way, shoot to death without mercy!"
Such an incomparable decisiveness in killing!
The young man who was eavesdropping was so frightened that he held the pen unsteadily and dropped it to the ground.
Fortunately, at that time, it happened to be outside the illusion. Master Qi Du was talking about breaking bones, sucking marrow, squeezing and beating workers. Ren Qiong's face showed surprise, which was reasonable.
Master Qidu revealed it.
However, two other eyes came to look at me with intense scrutiny.
To be continued...