Chapter Five: Painting talismans without knowing the trick, provoking ghosts and gods to laughter

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  Wen Fei thought again, the jade pendant's origin is so mysterious, it might have been passed down directly by Zhang Sanfeng back then. Speaking of which, although there are many Taoist priests on Wudang Mountain, most of them are from the Longmen Sect, occupying the nest and driving out the rightful owner. The orthodox disciples of the Sanfeng Sect are actually very few! After I, the Dao Master, achieve great success in my cultivation, I must drive those arrogant Longmen Sect members out of Wudang Mountain!

  Don't mention Wen Fei's private YY. The old lady told the whole story, and Wen Fei only knew the twists and turns inside. However, it also confirmed Wen Fei's initial guess that Chen Zheng had a special physique, belonging to those who were born with the ability to communicate with spirits and see ghosts.

  This kind of person is most likely to provoke ghosts and gods. In order to keep his family's good grandson safe, Old Man Chen put the jade pendant on Chen Zhenghe's body, which could always protect him from harm. But last time, after being deceived into giving away the jade pendant, Chen Zhenghe lost its protection and was probably harassed by those wandering spirits every day, scaring him half to death.

  Why can't this jade pendant traverse time and space when it's in someone else's hands, but as soon as it's in my own hands, I can freely return to the Northern Song Dynasty? What kind of logic is this? As for Chen Zheng and his ancestors, there's no need to mention them - Old Master Chen definitely couldn't traverse time and space either, or he would have clearly explained things to his family members.

  Wen Fei shared his speculation about Chen Zheng's physique. The old lady was overjoyed, slapping her thigh and saying: "That's right! His grandfather said the same thing. He said that Xiao He's life is weak and he easily attracts evil spirits, so he gave the jade pendant to Zheng He as a protective charm. But that ungrateful boy went too far - I told him to go to Wudang Mountain to burn incense, but instead he fooled around with a woman halfway there and must have offended the True Martial Emperor. That's why the ghost god was sent to retrieve the jade pendant. It's said that this jade pendant came from Wudang Mountain, maybe it's even the treasure of the True Martial Emperor. Now that it's been retrieved, it's only fitting..."

  Huang Sheng took the opportunity to say: "My uncle has worshipped Zhenwu Dadi all his life. Our whole family also worships Zhenwu Dadi. This little fool doesn't understand things, younger brother you must save him. The old Chen family only has this one descendant left!"

  "Don't worry, I've got this!" Wen Fei said. Although he was being overly confident, the truth is that he had no idea what to do. He himself had only practiced the Earthly Thunderbolt Technique for a few days and could only muster up enough energy to scare off some small ghosts with his palm thunder. Other than that, he didn't have any other skills.

  But this matter is deeply connected to him, and Chen Zhenghe was harmed by him. And he also wants to learn the Taoist skills from the secret recipe of the Chen family's old master. Moreover, the jade pendant is a space-time crossing treasure that was deceived by himself. Calculating it this way, he owes the Chen family quite a bit. In any case, he must help Chen Zhenghe cure his illness!

  This jade pendant must never be returned to the Chen family. There's no other way but to resort to other means!

  Wen Fei flipped through those ancient books, looking quite laborious. Not only were they traditional characters, but they were also vertical, and some places were even blurry, making it even more difficult to read.

  After flipping through for half a day, I finally found something useful. Wen Fei's eyes lit up instantly. He asked: "Do you have cinnabar and yellow paper at home?"

  Huang Sheng was stunned, but the old lady quickly said: "Yes, yes. They were all left behind by the old man, I kept them as a memento and couldn't bear to throw them away!"

  It's better to have one, Wen Fei thought, and since he couldn't ask Daoye, this time he would also draw a protective charm on the spot, to see if it had any use!

  Wen Fei drew the talisman for the first time, and he himself was not confident, unsure if it would work or not. Not wanting to lose face in front of others, he asked for a quiet room and set up an altar. He was about to start drawing the talisman!

  Fortunately, Chen's house was very large, and it was not difficult to arrange a slightly larger room. A temporary altar was set up in Secretary Chen's study.

  Originally, setting up an altar and performing rituals was a very serious matter. Each family and each sect had their own unique spirit tablets. What does Wen Fei know about this? These are all the untransmitted secrets of various sects. Take for example the famous Golden Light Mantra of Taoism, ordinary people reciting it will definitely not work. Why? Because they lack one most important thing.

  The Golden Light Mantra starts from "Heaven and Earth, the mysterious ancestor, the root of all things. Cultivating for billions of kalpas, verifying my divine powers" to "Ten thousand spirits pay homage, commanding thunder and lightning. Ghosts and monsters lose their courage, refined and strange creatures forget their forms. Within is the rumbling thunder, the hidden name of the Thunder God..."

  The problem is that the sentence shouldn't be "Lei Sheng Yin Ming", when others are actually casting their spells, they would be chanting the true name of the Thunder God. Moreover, it's a taboo from the Taoist school that isn't spread outside.

  Outsiders don't know that they've been reciting the pseudonym of the Thunder God all along. If you can't call out the true name of the Thunder God, then it's useless to try and find him! From this, other things can be inferred.

  The ritual manual left by Old Master Chen, I don't know if it's from the White Robe Sect or not. Or maybe he learned it from somewhere else after he returned home and became a layman again. Anyway, when performing the ritual, what god to worship, what divine throne to offer sacrifices to, and which Yu step to take, Wen Fei was completely ignorant of all these!

  So it's called fearless ignorance, in fact, Taoist practitioners can also practice without communicating with the divine, and they can directly practice drawing talismans. However, those people are all masters who have mastered internal alchemy, not comparable to Wen Fei, a half-baked practitioner.

  He also had his own way, so he put the thunderprint skill of Ge Tianjun on the law case. He used white wine to dissolve the cinnabar and then calmly started drawing talismans.

  Wen Fei didn't come to see Chen Zheng unprepared this time. At least he had absorbed the earth's energy again last night and practiced it in his internal organs. He was also prepared that if he really encountered something unclean, he would immediately use a palm thunderbolt.

  However, at this time, it can only rely on the earth energy extracted from the internal organs to draw in the talisman. Originally, the Thunder Method of Di Xie also had the ability to draw talismans to cure diseases and drive out ghosts after being practiced later on. It's just that Wen Fei is here, his skills are too shallow, and secondly, he has never tried it before.

  After experimenting for half a day, he still couldn't get the air to flow through his brush. This problem was much more difficult than he had imagined. Drawing talismans requires this kind of energy and spirit, requiring one to infuse their vital energy into it while drawing. But even regular Taoist priests need to study for several years to learn how to draw talismans. Wen Fei wasn't a genius, so how could he succeed so easily?

  Sometimes the air transport is too much, it's just that the air machine can't keep up. Also, I'm not familiar with that amulet, and I forgot as soon as I drew it. In short, even drawing a dozen or so was useless.

  If others who know the trade were to see this, they would be heartbroken. These are all top-grade cinnabar, things that are almost extinct now. Even ordinary vermilion sand costs tens of dollars per tael. That's why many charlatans these days don't dare use vermilion when drawing talismans. Anyway, using something else as a substitute can also deceive people!