Chapter 77: Paper Talisman (Seeking Recommendations and Bookmarks)

  "Xiao Lao Di, how are you?" Seeing Xiao Yu raise his head without thinking, Wan Hong Guang and the others all stared at Xiao Yu with anxious faces.

  "It's hard to say exactly what's going on right now, I'll try to figure it out!" Xiao Yu slowly shook his head and said.

  "Old Wan, go buy some cinnabar and yellow paper back!" After a moment's thought, Xiao Ye said to Wan Hongguang. Xiao Ye knew that this time was no different from when Song Boyu treated the illness, not alarming anyone. This time, if Wan Jiaoyi really had lost her soul, she would need Wan Hongguang and the others to cooperate, so Xiao Ye decided to continue deceiving them.

  If it were a few years ago, when the country was severely cracking down on feudal superstition, Xiao Yu wouldn't have said anything. However, in recent years, although the country still controls the talk of feudal superstition and ghosts, the intensity has been very small. Anyway, if Wan Jia Yi really had lost her soul, Xiao Yu could only say so much. As for whether to believe it or not, and whether to treat the illness or not, it's up to Wan Hong Guang and his family to decide.

  "Yellow paper? Cinnabar?" Wan Hongguang was taken aback. This seems to be the kind of thing used in movies to catch ghosts! What is Xiao Ye going to use these for? But seeing Xiao Ye's serious expression, he thought about it and didn't ask, instead going outside to call his driver and telling him to go buy them. Wan Hongguang's driver was a trusted aide from the Song family who had come from the Security Bureau, and he only knew how to execute orders without saying an extra word.

  In recent years, although the country's control over feudal superstition has become very relaxed, if an official also engages in some feudal superstitious activities, it is easy to make people suspicious. At this point, Wan Hongguang may not be afraid of these things, but one more thing is better than one less thing. Moreover, the time for changing posts is approaching, and he may need to take a step further. At this time, he does not want any unexpected events.

  Song Hu Shan and Song Hua Ling's faces changed upon hearing Xiao Ye wanted to find cinnabar and yellow paper. These people came from big families, their social circle was relatively high, they knew more about some situations. They knew that in the land of China, there were some extraordinary people hiding.

  Zhou Ruoying's eyes lit up as she looked at Xiao Yu, and when she heard that Xiao Yu wanted cinnabar and yellow paper, she immediately thought of the strange gesture Xiao Yu made at her nephew's full-month celebration, as well as Jia Youcai's final performance. This couldn't help but make Zhou Ruoying's imagination run wild.

  Xiao Yu finished speaking and closed his eyes. Wan Hongguang and the others saw Xiao Yu's expression and knew that he didn't want to say more, so they didn't ask further. Who are Wan Hongguang and the others? As people standing at the top of society, their vision and insight can be said to be top-notch. They know that everyone has their own secrets, some of which are not suitable for others to investigate. Just like Zhong Jiaming knows that Xiao Yu has some secrets, but he won't dig deeper, he can only try to get along with him, lest there's no friendship left.

  Before long, the driver of Wan Hong Guang brought over some cinnabar and yellow paper. Xiao Yu took a piece of cinnabar and put it in a bowl to soak in clear water. In no time at all, the clear water in the bowl turned a dark red color.

  Xiao Yu took out his own big pen, stood in front of the table with a concentrated and calm atmosphere. After a moment, his right hand holding the big pen lightly dipped into the ink in the bowl, then began to write on the yellow paper spread out on the table.

  Because Xiao Yu made the talisman for the first time, but at that time he was making a jade talisman, and the void-made leather talisman. Making paper talismans is still the first time. Xiao Yu slightly mobilized his yuan power, and the golden light seeped into the cinnabar, but this thread of yuan power followed the cinnabar and spread throughout the entire talisman.

  Xiao Yu let out a long sigh, no wonder Mao Shan and the Dragon and Tiger sects liked to make paper charms so much, it turned out that making paper charms was so economical with yuan energy.

  Xiao Yu felt that his power was not enough to make a jade talisman, and when making paper talismans, he only used less than one-tenth of it.

  Xiao Yu lightly lifted his brush, and small characters appeared on the yellow paper. As he drew the symbols, the small characters formed a larger character, and the larger characters combined to form an even bigger character, which became the Soul-Gathering Symbol that Xiao Yu was drawing.

  Xiao Yu's method of drawing talismans is different from that of Taoist rituals. In Taoist rituals, one cultivates external forces, manipulating the primordial energy of heaven and earth to enter oneself, while in Xiao Yu's method, the use of secret techniques communicates with the primordial energy between heaven and earth, forming a talisman. The person drawing the talisman does not have high requirements for their own magical powers; as long as they can control these heavenly and earthly energies for their own use, it is enough. However, the drawback of this method is that ten attempts may not yield one success, so in Taoist rituals, out of ten talismans drawn, only one might be successful, and if luck is bad, drawing twenty talismans may not even yield one success.

  Of course, Taoist painting symbols cannot be drawn indefinitely, which will consume the spirit. As long as the spirit can bear it, any number of drawings is possible, but if it cannot bear it and continues to draw, then wait for the backlash from the heaven and earth's primordial energy!

  Xiao Yu's inheritance from Zhong Kui is different. Xiao Yu cultivates himself, cultivating his own majestic aura. Drawing talismans is to infuse one's own majestic aura into the talismans. The amount of majestic aura one has within oneself determines how many talismans one can draw. If one does not have majestic aura, then even if they draw talismans, they will be useless objects.

  Xiao Yao's painting talismans has the advantage that as long as his own vitality is sufficient, failure is rare, but the disadvantage is that if he himself does not have vitality, he cannot paint talismans, unlike Taoist Tian Shi who can communicate with heaven and earth vitality to paint talismans as long as they have a secret method.

  Xiao Yu's self-cultivation and internal family kung fu are different, the latter cultivates a mouthful of dan tian qi, aiming to strengthen the body and belong to acquired energy.

  Xiao Yu's cultivation is the Haoran air, which is also known as the upright and just air, or the righteous energy of humanity. It is the embodiment of great righteousness and virtue that creates a strong sense of justice within oneself. When faced with external temptations or threats, one can remain calm and composed, unperturbed by the turmoil, and achieve the state of "unmoving heart". This is also the noble sentiment expressed by Mencius: "Wealth and rank cannot corrupt, poverty and lowliness cannot move, and power and force cannot bend."

  The majestic and upright energy is lodged in the midst of various constantly changing forms throughout the universe. In nature, it is the fundamental energy that makes up the sun, moon, stars, high mountains, and great rivers; in human society, when the world is at peace and politics are clear, it manifests as a harmonious energy, while when the country or nation is in a time of crisis, it manifests as the unyielding and heroic spirit of benevolent scholars.

  So Haoran Zhengqi is a spiritual energy, it's an innate energy, and the internal family kung fu essentially falls into the lower level.

  It is worth mentioning that Zhongli Tianzi's talent created the Orthodox Qigong, absorbing the vast and harmonious energy into his body, and substantiating these spiritual energies in the form of Yuanqi, creating a pioneering sect.

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  As Xiao Yu's last stroke fell, the people surrounding Xiao Yu, including Wan Hongguang and Song Hushan, suddenly discovered that a golden light flashed on the yellow paper with dark red talismans. The golden light flashed by in an instant, leaving them stunned and disbelieving, as if they had not seen it with their own eyes.

  When they looked up again, a hint of awe appeared in their eyes as they gazed at Xiao Yu, a kind of reverence for mysterious and unknown things.

  "Done!" Xiao Yu let out a long sigh, although the pressure of drawing the paper talisman was not great, but after all, it was his first time drawing a paper talisman. Even if Xiao Yu's energy was full, there was still a possibility of failure. Every stroke and every line of the talisman had its own rules, interconnected and interlocking. If one stroke was drawn crooked or even slightly more or less, the talisman would be ruined.

  Xiao Yu picked up the soul-gathering talisman and revealed a satisfied expression. Although it was slightly imperfect, for Xiao Yu's first attempt at drawing a paper talisman, it wasn't bad. Moreover, as a simple test to see if Wan Jia Yi's soul was still in her body, this talisman would suffice.

  Xiao Ye walked towards Wang Jia-yi, who was lying on the bed, under the gaze of Song Hu-shan and others. He gently placed the Soul-Gathering Charm on Wang Jia-yi's forehead, and as he bowed his head to put the charm on her, he opened his Yin-Yang eyes.

  Wan Hongguang and Song Hushan looked at Wan Jiaoyi with anxious faces, although they didn't know what the symbol painted by Xiao Ye was for, but after seeing the strange phenomenon just now, they knew that Xiao Ye was not fooling around, he must have his own reasons.

  Ten minutes later, the Soul-Gathering Charm on Wan Jiaoyi's forehead had no reaction, and in Xiao Yu's Yin-Yang Eye's black-and-white world, Wan Jiaoyi's soul also did not show any signs of condensation. It was only then that Xiao Yu confirmed his previous guess: Wan Jiaoyi had contracted Soul Loss Syndrome.