Talisman Paper
"Mother!" Ye Kong walked to the entrance of his own small courtyard, feeling a warmth in his heart. He didn't expect to experience the warmth of a family in this alternate world. Before he had transmigrated, he had often been envious of other parents who doted on their children so much. Now, he had a mother too.
Although she was a little ugly, Ye Kong believed that he would find a way to make the black scar on his mother's face disappear in the future. This was Ye Kong's greatest wish.
Chen Jiuniang didn't hear the shouts from outside. She was busy with embroidery, and the Second Mistress needed it urgently, so she didn't dare delay it. Ye Kong hadn't returned for more than half a month, and she hadn't expected him to return today.
"Mother! I'm back." Ye Kong pushed open the door and called out with a smile.
"Ah!" Chen Jiuniang heard her son's voice and turned her head in surprise. She smiled and said," Hurry up and take a shower and change your clothes when you come back. Have a good sleep. You'll have to suffer again tomorrow."”
Ye Kong laughed heartily, then dragged a stool over to sit down and said," I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first, Mother?"”
Chen Jiuniang smiled and continued to work." Let's hear the good news first. Mother is afraid of hearing the bad news."”
Ye Kong said," Alright, the good news is... I've been liberated. I don't have to visit the ancestral tablets anymore.”
"It's true!" Chen Jiuniang raised her head, and she was also very excited. She didn't know that Ye Kong didn't care about the coldness of the ancestral hall at all. He had been worried that his son would get sick inside. Now that he heard that he didn't have to go, of course he was happy.
"What's the bad news?" Chen Jiuniang was just happy when she frowned again. Did this kid cause trouble again?
But fortunately, it wasn't what she thought it was. Ye Kong said," The bad news is that you'll have to bleed. Your son needs to buy something good. Bring me some silver!"”
"Look at how shocked you are!" Chen Jiuniang snapped, then slapped Ye Kong's palm and said," Tell me what you want to buy and how much money you want."”
Ye Kong hadn't hired a martial master for the salary he had received from Ye Haoran, so he had kept it all with Chen Jiuniang. He had saved up nearly two hundred taels of silver over the past year, which was quite a large sum in the Cangnan Continent. Chen Jiuniang was still hoping to save it for Ye Kong's future marriage.
"En…buying yellow paper and cinnabar pills shouldn't cost much silver.”Ye Kong had been in Cangnan Continent for more than a year, and he hadn't been out on the streets yet, so he obviously didn't know the prices of goods. After some thought, he said," Why don't you come out with me? You haven't been out for a long time, right?"”
"What? Go out?" Chen Jiuniang frowned and lowered her head." I'm…in a hurry. Just tell me how much money you want."”
Ye Kong didn't notice her expression." Who are you chasing now?" he asked. It's already good enough to give them white embroidery. Do they think I'm here to work for them?”
"You always look like a scoundrel.”Chen Jiuniang smiled and said," Actually, Mother... doesn't like to go out.”
Ye Kong suddenly understood. Looking at his mother, who was lowering her head and feeling inferior, he said solemnly," Mother, don't worry. I'll find a way to cure your face sooner or later. Isn't it just a matter of dark spots?" Our son is about to become a divine doctor."
Chen Jiuniang didn't know anything about the dark spots on her face. She only knew that the black scar on her face wouldn't heal. Back then, even the best doctor in the Southern Capital said that it couldn't be cured. Her son was just comforting her.
"Alright, mother is waiting for you to treat her.”Although she knew that her son was comforting her, Chen Jiuniang still looked very happy.
She was indeed happy. Although her face would not be better, her son had become a genius compared to a year ago. He even knew how to dote on others. What reason was there to be unhappy?
"Don't worry, there will be a way." Ye Kong nodded.
Actually, he was not bragging. He was really about to become a divine doctor. To be precise, he was a talisman doctor.
If he wanted to get to the bottom of it, he would have to talk about the Encyclopedia of Talismans. This book that was hidden in his soul had been opened, but it was only half opened.
The Encyclopedia of Talismans was divided into two types: Spiritual Talismans washi Talismans. The so-called Spiritual Talismans required spiritual energy to be carved and released. They were powerful and possessed spiritual energy.
On the other hand, paper talismans were much worse. They did not have spiritual energy and did not have many functions. They were yellow paper talismans that could also be used on Earth.
Ye Kong's current spiritual sense wasn't strong enough to read talismans. The few pages he had flipped open were all paper talismans, and they were all used to cure illnesses or exorcise ghosts.
There were Calming Talismans, Sight Talismans, Heart Cleansing Talismans, etc., but they weren't very useful to Ye Kong at the moment. He didn't want to become a doctor, either. What he really looked forward to was being able to use Spiritual Talismans in the future, to release powerful Spiritual Talismans that could be used in battle and kill a large number of people with one hit.
Of course, he wasn't sure if there was such a talisman in the Encyclopedia of Talismans, but he was confident!
Although he did not want to be a doctor, he had seen many paper talismans. He wanted to draw a few to test it out, so he was in a hurry to go out and buy the materials for drawing talismans.
"Come back early." Chen Jiuniang gave him 20 taels of silver, but she didn't forget to nag him." Don't cause trouble when you go out. Also, don't sway when you walk. Keep your arms in, like a scoundrel."”
"Mother, you're wrong. It's not a rascal, it's a hooligan. A hooligan is the sum of a local ruffian, a rascal, a hooligan, and a lecher.”Ye Kong put the silver into his sleeve, then walked out with a smile.
Chen Jiuniang grumbled," They're not good people anyway.”Then, she lowered her head and continued to embroider.
"A good person? Good people can't even get out of the door!" Ye Kong muttered to himself as he walked over to the door. The person sitting in the doorway today was Li Laosi, the man he had beaten up.
"Eighth Young Master, where are you going?" Li Laosi nodded and bowed to welcome him.
Ye Kong found it funny. This person was just a little more powerful. If you were polite to him, he would treat you as if you had no temper. If you beat him up, he would treat you like an ancestor.
"I'm going out to buy something." Ye Kong didn't even look at him.
"Master, when you go out, take care that the Ye family's disciples are careful with their words and actions. Don't cause trouble. Usually…"
"I'm going out to buy something!" This time, Ye Kong raised his voice, his two sharp eyes fixed on Li Laosi.
" Then, Eighth Young Master…take care." Li Laosi was so frightened that he trembled. He thought to himself that this Eighth Young Master was even more powerful than a year ago. It was better to hide from such a wicked person. That brick would not be merciful when it smashed over.
Walking out of the main gate of the Ye Residence, Ye Kong stood under the sunlight and looked back at the main gate. He saw a tall gate with a large plaque, a majestic stone lion, and layers of large stone steps, giving off an ancient and powerful aura. In front of the gate were a few Great Ye Army soldiers with podaos hanging from their waists, looking very domineering. The most striking words were the bold and powerful words " South General's Mansion." It was written personally by the current Emperor, An Rushan.
"Although the Ye Residence is good, it is not a place for me to stay.”Ye Kong had long since thought of leaving. He lifted the front of his green robe and walked toward the bustling street.
This was the first time Ye Kong was walking on the streets of Cangnan Continent, and he found it particularly novel. It was as if he was a country bumpkin entering the city. He looked left and right, and everything piqued his interest.
"Sigh, there's actually a shop that specializes in repairing broken bowls. There are so many people over there. They're fighting crickets. Ah, not crickets. They look so fierce, like mantises.”
Ye Kong walked through the bustling commercial district, and there were new things everywhere. For example, there were candy-faced people here, but they were all shaped like monsters with three heads and six arms, each holding a variety of weapons.
Unlike the ancient cities on Earth, there was a square platform made of green bricks in the middle of every intersection. It was about one meter tall and square.
This wasn't a traffic police station. This was a ring. The Cangnan Continent valued martial arts over literature, and the southern part of the An Kingdom was close to the barbarians. The people here practiced martial arts, and the folk customs were not ordinary. After a few words, they could not help but want to spar.
But they couldn't keep fighting on the streets and hurt innocent people, right? What if they smashed the shops? Therefore, an arena appeared at this crossroad. It was privately owned, but it had to be officially approved. Those who wanted to spar could go up and fight for 50 copper coins.
A hundred copper coins in Cangnan Continent was equivalent to one tael of silver. Fifty copper coins was not cheap, but if he was killed, the boss would have to bury him. If he was injured, he could even provide special medicine for internal and external use, so it was not considered expensive.
Ye Kong happened to see a pair of muscular men with thick arms about to have a duel at an intersection. Ye Kong wasn't in a hurry, and since it didn't cost him anything to watch, he crossed his arms and blended in with the crowd to watch.
"This one is Grand Cloud Mountain's Lu Fei. Let me show you my Grand Cloud Falling Leaf Palm.”
The other also cupped his fists and said," I am Sun Sanli of the Aoba Sect. I will let you see the Qinggong of my Aoba Sect-Ten Thousand Mile Flight!”
Following that, the two men began to fight. One of them was quick and agile, while the other was known for his agile and erratic movements. For a moment, they were locked in a stalemate.
This was Ye Kong's first time watching people from the Cangnan Continent fight, and he was momentarily entranced. Ever since he started cultivating the Five Elements Ascension to Immortality Scripture, his eyes had become extremely sharp, and his memory was even better. After watching for a while, he could sense the essence of each of the two's fist techniques.
"Practice is the best way to learn. In the future, I don't need to hire a martial master to teach me. When I have time, I'll come and take a look. I'll steal a lesson or two. With my reaction and movements, it should be enough to deal with some mortals.”Ye Kong made up his mind. Seeing that the outcome of the match was still undecided, he stopped watching and squeezed out of the crowd.
Ye Kong didn't notice that as he squeezed out of the crowd, a tall and muscular bald man also came out. The bald man glanced at Ye Kong's back, and immediately, several other people, tall and short, fat and thin, followed him.
After walking a few steps, he arrived at a calligraphy and painting shop. Ye Kong nodded, grabbed the front of his green robe, crossed the threshold, and entered the shop.
"Young Master, do you want to buy a book or a painting? We have the latest collection of books and paintings by the famous Tang Boniu.”A skinny shopkeeper in his twenties came over to greet him.
"En, I'll just take a look first." Ye Kong didn't know if this world had yellow mounted paper for sale, so he ignored the shop owner and looked around.
However, the skinny shopkeeper was very enthusiastic." Young Master, we also have good Huangzhou brushes and inkstones from White Stone Mountain. The prices are also reasonable.”
Ye Kong continued to wave his hand." I don't want a pen, and I don't want an inkstone.”
The owner of the hemp pole shop seemed to have suddenly understood something. He smiled lewdly and dragged Ye Kong to a corner of the shop, then pulled out a thin stack of books from his sleeve.
" Young Master, the latest edition of the Spring Palace Awards costs twenty copper coins each. It's exciting and definitely worth it. Look at the exquisite paintings and alluring images…"
Ye Kong almost fainted." Hey, hey, hey! I'm only thirteen years old this year! Do you know that this is poisoning a minor?”
"So what if I'm thirteen? I've been reading since I was ten. The cheapest one is fifteen copper coins.”The hemp pole was still enthusiastically peddling.
"But this is a little too rough, and it's even in black and white. If there's a playboy, we can still consider it.”Ye Kong said as he casually flipped through it.
The owner seemed to like this kind of book very much. He immediately asked," Playboy? Was it better looking than this? Young Master, why don't we…communicate?”
"Alright, alright, let's get down to business. Do you have this kind of yellow cover paper for erotic novels?”Ye Kong then muttered," No wonder it's called Yellow Book. It turns out that the cover and back are all yellow."”
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