Chapter Thirteen: The Emergence of Inferior Talismans

  In the room, Xu Min was sitting in a chair with his head down. Ye Nan took a deep breath, raised the corners of her mouth, pulled on the muscles of her face, and made an effort to hang a faint smile, saying: "Xu Min, you go take a bath first."

  Xu Min responded with a sound, lifted her head, and smiled with a flushed face. She walked unsteadily towards the bathroom, and when she reached the door, she suddenly turned around, leaned against the bathroom door, and stuck out her pink tongue at Ye Nan, smiling coyly and saying in a dizzy tone: "Ye Nan, you... aren't allowed to peek."

  Ye Nan swallowed hard and dryly said: "Of course not..."

  Xu Min went in, and Ye Nan sat there absent-mindedly watching TV. After half an hour, he finally heard the sound of water slowly stopping inside. Xu Min came out wearing a snow-white bathrobe, swaying back and forth.

  Ye Nan glanced over, long black hair, big watery eyes, pinkish red cheeks and a slender neck, Ye Nan was stunned. However, the bulge in his cowboy pants hurt, making Ye Nan quickly come to his senses, withdraw his gaze, and smile: "You're done washing, now it's my turn."

  Ye Nan endured the swelling pain, quickly walked into the bathroom, took off his pants, and finally let out a sigh of relief. Looking at the proudly standing upright with bulging veins below, he said: "I knew it, I shouldn't have worn jeans to come out."

  Naked, I brushed my teeth first. Then opened the shower head, letting the warm water flow wash away some fatigue, then opened the shampoo, carefully massaging the semi-long black hair, thinking to myself: "My hair seems a bit long, should go for a trim soon."

  After washing up, Ye Nan changed into a bathrobe and looked at the loose bathrobe that basically covered his lower body, which was standing proudly upright, before walking out of the bathroom.

  However, when he came out, Xu Min was already half-lying on the bed motionless, seemingly asleep. Ye Nan's face looked gloomy...

  Unable to bear it, looking at Xu Min's innocent and sweet sleeping face, Ye Nan sighed, and had no choice but to lift the quilt on the bed, gently pick her up, and put her inside.

  Then he also burrowed to one side, covered himself with the quilt, smelled the faint fragrance on Xu Min's body, took two deep breaths, and ruthlessly suppressed the flames of desire in his heart, slowly falling asleep in a daze.

  In the dream, the daily compulsory homework began again. Today, the old Taoist started teaching the young Taoist boy some basic talismans, which are low-grade talismans, including the Clear Heart Talisman and the Calm Mind Talisman. The old Taoist carefully mixed cinnabar with black dog blood and rootless water, then dipped a brush in it and drew on yellow paper while reciting: "With pen condensed spirit, operating spirit on paper, spirit follows pen movement, spirit and soul intertwined, one breath to complete..." A crooked and twisted talisman appeared on the yellow paper. As soon as the old Taoist put down his brush, a faint light flashed across the talisman paper.

  The old Taoist looked at the young Taoist and smiled: "This is Qing Xin Fu, do you understand?" The young Taoist nodded thoughtfully: "I understand, Master."

  Xiao Dao Tong took the brush, dipped it in cinnabar, paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and mimicked the old Dao's strokes. The brush danced, and a faint light flashed by, and it was done.

  The old man laughed loudly upon seeing this: "This child can be taught..."

  Then he taught the Ding Shen symbol again and said, "The effects of these two symbols are both used to clear a person's mind, but the Qing Xin symbol is mainly biased towards making people's minds clear and not easily confused by certain things. It is very effective in dealing with some so-called road ghosts or ghostly walls. And the Ding Shen symbol is mainly used for those who are confused by evil spirits, leading to madness or speaking nonsense. Do you understand?

  Xiao Daotong nodded frequently on the side. However, Xiao Daotong was a bit puzzled: "Master, what is this that we are drawing? The characters don't look like characters, and the paintings don't look like paintings..."

  The old Taoist smiled and nodded: "This font is called Yun Zhuanshu, which originated from the Xia Dynasty. Our ancestral master obtained the heavenly book from ancient cloud dream lake and established our sect nearly a thousand years ago. So far, no one has been able to recognize it, only knowing its effect but not what it is. You just need to carefully copy it." The little Taoist boy nodded as if he understood.

  In the morning, when Ye Nan woke up comfortably, Xu Min was still sleeping soundly, showing no signs of waking up. Ye Nan took a look at that beautiful and tempting little face, let out a soft sigh, quietly got up, and went to brush his teeth and wash his face by himself.

  After washing and dressing, Xu Min also got up and stood on the balcony, leaning against the railing, gazing out at the East River. Her snow-white bathrobe wrapped around her plump buttocks and slender legs, and her long hair fluttered in the wind, making Ye Nan swallow some saliva.

  Walked up and stood beside Xu Min, looking at that jade-like pretty face, smiled and said: "Get up, feeling okay?"

  Xu Min nodded slightly, her face flushing with a hint of shyness as she looked at Ye Nan with gratitude and smiled: "Thank you so much for yesterday!"

  "Thanks for what? I didn't do anything! At most, it was just helping you onto the couch to rest!" Ye Nan looked at Xu Min's flower-like smile and felt a sudden sense of satisfaction, throwing away last night's gloominess.

  "Really! If something really happened to me yesterday, I would regret it. Actually, I'm a very conservative person, that's not my intention!" Xu Min said seriously, looking into Ye Nan's eyes.

  Ye Nan nodded understandingly, smiling lightly: "I understand, you were drunk yesterday, that's why you're like this. But remember, don't drink again in the future, after all, there may not be many people like me now."

  After listening to Ye Nan's teachings, Xu Minhong nodded her small face and responded in a low voice: "I know..."

  Ye Nan glanced at his watch, it was already past 7 o'clock, and his stomach started growling. He quickly smiled and said: "My stomach is hungry, how about you? Are you hungry?"

  "Hmm... slightly! You order breakfast, I'll go wash up first!" Xu Min smiled and nodded, then walked towards the bathroom.

  Ye Nan picked up the phone on her bedside table to order two breakfasts from room service, then calculated that she was on night shift today and quickly called the director, saying she had something in the morning and couldn't come to the hospital, asking her to substitute for checking the ward.

  After everything was settled, soon, a light knock on the door came from outside. Breakfast had arrived and the waiter placed it on the small table on the balcony before retreating.