I was delayed for nearly an hour. It was late in the morning when I finally arrived at Goudan's house. He realized that Lin Yi and Goudan's mother had already prepared the black dog blood and chicken blood.
In addition, a table was set up in the room, as well as some tools needed to draw talismans, such as yellow joss paper and talisman pens.
"Where is it?"
Lin Yi couldn't help but walk up to them as soon as they arrived, his face full of anticipation."How is it? Did you get it?"
"Fortunately, I didn't disappoint you! Can you see if it can be used first?"
I nodded with certainty. How could I dare to hesitate? I put down my hunting rifle and quickly took out cinnabar, saltpeter, and other items from my pocket.
"That's great! I knew you had a way!"
Lin Yi was overjoyed to see this. He took it and opened it, but he couldn't help but gasp."Hiss-"
"What's wrong?"
I was shocked by his actions and hurriedly asked,"No way! Can't these things be used?"
"No, no, no!"
Lin Yi waved his hand and nodded."It's useful, it's useful, it's too useful!”
"This…this is simply the best!”
Lin Yi was even dancing with joy as he spoke. He couldn't help but place the cinnabar and saltpeter on the table one by one before pointing at the bright cinnabar."Look at this cinnabar. It has a pure and beautiful color. At the same time, it has a rich metallic color!”
"If I'm not wrong, this is definitely the best cinnabar produced in the old sand bed of the Wanshan mercury mine in eastern Guizhou!”
Then, he pointed at the saltpeter beside him and said,""Look at this saltpeter. It's definitely natural. Even through the kraft paper, I can feel the pure Yang Qi contained in it! This was not something that could be produced domestically. It was most likely imported from chile. Only chile had such pure natural nitrates in the world!”
"Look at this realgar…"
"Stop! Stop!"
Seeing Lin Yi's face, I couldn't help but interrupt him."That's enough. As long as it can be used! It's getting late. The most important thing now is to hurry up and prepare to draw the talisman!”
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Lin Yi seemed to have recovered from his shock after my reminder. He nodded."To be honest, I wasn't confident at all before! But now that we have so many top-grade materials, as long as we use them properly, I believe we can definitely defeat the mandrill!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he started to get busy. It was different from my master's talisman drawing process. Lin Yi's talisman drawing process was extremely complicated.
He burned incense to offer blessings and kowtowed to the earth in all directions. If it weren't for the fact that the conditions didn't allow it, he would even want to bathe and change his clothes.
And no matter what he did, he had to chant a spell in advance for almost every step!
For example, when using water, one needed to chant the "Clear Water Mantra"; When using paper, one needed to chant the "Paper Cleansing Spell"; Even when he held the brush, he had to chant the "Brush Cleansing Spell". It simply made me extremely annoyed. I thought to myself, when my master drew talismans, it wasn't as troublesome as him.
He had never eaten pork, but he had seen pigs run.
Even though my master never allowed me to participate in this matter, he never stopped me from watching. I didn't see him kowtow three times or recite any incantations, but in the end, didn't I still draw the talisman?
Could it be that Lin Yi's paper is more complicated than my master's?
With this doubt, my eyes never left Lin Yi. When he finally finished chanting the spell and dipped the brush in the cinnabar ink, I finally picked up the brush!
At the same time, he said with conviction," The sky is round and the earth is square. There are nine laws. I'll write now. Ten thousand ghosts are hidden. Hurry up and follow the laws!"”
As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but knock his teeth three times. He swallowed a mouthful of water and suddenly spat it eastward. He held his breath and concentrated. In one breath, he left dense red runes on the yellow joss paper!
As he drew the talisman, his mouth was not idle. He continued to recite,"Yin and Yang, the sun sunrise the east. Take this talisman and sweep away all inauspicious signs! The mouth spits out the water of samadhi, the eyes emit the light of the sun, the monster is caught by the strong man of the canopy, the disease is cured by the evil king kong, the evil spirit is subdued, and the good luck is turned into good luck. It is as urgent as the law!”
"Imperial order!"
With a firm " command ", Brother Yi finally completed his first talisman. At this moment, his forehead was already covered in dense sweat. It was obvious that he had consumed a lot of energy!
The moment he put away the brush, he couldn't help but stagger. If it wasn't for my quick reflexes and my timely support, he might have already fallen to the ground.
"I'll go!"
I cursed under my breath and couldn't help but mutter,"No way! So drawing talismans is actually so difficult?"
"Nonsense!"
Lin Yi panted heavily as he spoke,"What do you think? Drawing talismans wasn't like eating off guests, so there were naturally many taboos! Moreover, now was not the best time to draw talismans, so it was naturally even more troublesome!”
"But don't worry! As long as you successfully draw the first picture, the rest will naturally be easy. You can watch with peace of mind!”
As he spoke, he couldn't help but wave his hand at me, indicating for me to let go of him first. As he raised his brush and continued to draw talismans, he even explained some knowledge about talismans to me.
According to him, talismans could generally be divided into five levels according to color, namely: Gold, silver, purple, blue, yellow!
Among them, the " golden talisman " was the highest level, followed by the " silver talisman ", and the " yellow talisman " was the worst. For example, the talisman paper that we used to draw was actually the lowest level of " yellow talisman ".
Of course, one should never underestimate the " yellow talisman " because even the lowest level of " yellow talisman " was not something that anyone could draw!
Just like Lin Yi emphasized, drawing talismans wasn't treating people to a meal. There were many rules and taboos, and the person who drew the talisman had high moral standards. In general, it could be divided into ten taboos and eight taboos.
Therefore, it had to be made by a formally trained "high priest" to be effective.
Those who had not been appointed, had no support, and did not have the right to enslave all spirits could not draw talismans because the talismans they drew did not have the spiritual qi of heaven and earth attached to them at all. They were basically like waste paper and had no effect.
Moreover, due to the difference in the cultivation of the person drawing the talisman, the power of the talisman paper drawn by them would be very different, even if it was of the same level. For example, the "yellow talismans" drawn by some talisman masters might even be more powerful than ordinary "blue talismans"!
Lin Yi was a good teacher, and he was talking non-stop. He had already drawn ten pieces of paper in one go!
At this moment, he finally couldn't take it anymore. He had lost a lot of stamina, and he was already injured. As soon as he stopped writing, his buttocks went limp on the ground.
I was so attracted by his knowledge of talismans that I forgot to help him up for a moment. It was only when he had already sat on the ground that I suddenly woke up.
Just as I was about to help him up, he couldn't help but wave his hand at me. He took out a cigarette and started smoking.
I was a little tempted by his words. I looked at the cinnabar ink on the table that had not been used up yet and said eagerly,"Well…why don't we…"
"Heh-"
Lin Yi couldn't help but smile. He knew what he wanted to do, and he teased,"What's wrong? Do you want to try?"
"Yes!"
Nodding my head affirmatively, I couldn't help but look at him with anticipation. Of course, I didn't know how to draw talismans, but because I often watched my master draw talismans, I had firmly memorized a type of talisman that my master often drew.
From the moment I started writing to the moment I finished writing, almost every detail was imprinted in my heart. It was almost ready to come out!
"Alright then!"
Lin Yi nodded slightly and smiled."I don't have any strength left anyway! It would be a pity to waste such a good material. It would be good to use it to practice your brush!”
"Do you remember the spell I just cast?"”
"I remember!"
I subconsciously nodded, but I didn't think much of it. My master had never chanted a spell when drawing talismans, and since I wanted to draw the kind of talismans that my master often drew, I naturally didn't need to chant a spell.
"Alright then! You can do whatever you want. I'll help you watch from the side!”
Lin Yi didn't even look at me as he said that. He was just smoking his cigarette, obviously not expecting me to draw anything.
I said,"Well, can I use my own pen?”
As I said that, I subconsciously took out the brush master left behind and showed it to Lin Yi.
"Oh?"
Lin Yi paused."You have your own talisman pen?"
As he spoke, he carefully sized up the talisman pen in my hand, but he couldn't figure it out. Thus, he said,"Up to you!"
"Alright!"
Lin Yi didn't object, and I was delighted. I dipped the brush into the bowl. He took a deep breath, and his right hand that was holding the pen could not help but tremble.
In the end, this is my first time drawing talismans. It would be a lie to say that I'm not nervous!
However, when I recalled the rune that I was about to write, my mood suddenly calmed down.
It was a very strange feeling. For some reason, I felt a sense of closeness to the talisman brush in my hand, as if it had already become a part of my body.
There was no need to control it at all. It was as if as long as I willed it, it would be able to draw any pattern I wanted on the yellow joss paper.
I didn't know what it meant, and thought it was just a normal phenomenon after being highly focused, so I didn't tell Lin Yi. If not, he would definitely be shocked because my current state is actually the legendary "Man and Brush as One"!
The power of the talisman paper drawn in this state would often undergo a shocking transformation, obtaining a kind of power from the heavens and earth!
"Rise!"
After brewing in my heart for a while, I immediately stopped hesitating. The brush followed my heart and began to rapidly move on the yellow joss paper.
"Hey?"
Lin Yi looked at me in surprise and smiled."You actually drew it so well. It's a pity that you forgot to chant the incantation…"
Before he could finish his words, a complicated rune had already appeared on the paper. It was also done in one go, like a swimming dragon, penetrating the back of the paper! Just as the last " finishing touch " was about to be completed, something unexpected happened...
Just as I finished writing and was about to complete the final step, a huge suction force appeared at the tip of the pen, almost sucking my soul in!
"Not good!"
Lin Yi's eyes were sharp and his expression changed drastically. The cigarette in his hand fell to the ground and he couldn't help but push me away. He shouted,"Be careful!"
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