Talismans are a great weapon for dealing with evil spirits.
However, due to its uniqueness, this weapon has not been widely accepted by the world.
Although Wu Qiongcang had profound attainments in the art of talismans, before Shen Qiqi arrived, he had been trapped in Baozhuan Peak and rarely left the peak, let alone promoting talismans.
People in the world don’t even know that there is a Baozhuan Peak in the Wuji Sect.
Among the group of disciples in front of him, there were a few old disciples who had joined the sect a long time ago, but more were new disciples like Shen Qiqi who had just joined the sect not long ago.
On one side are rare medicinal herbs, and on the other side are talismans that are not recognized by the world... There doesn't seem to be any suspense in this choice.
As expected, after Shen Qiqi finished speaking, a group of disciples were polite and awkward at first, and then began to come forward in twos and threes to take their thank-you gifts.
Shen Qiqi is responsible for distributing the talismans.
Xie Beiming is responsible for distributing medicinal materials.
The queue in front of the two people was very long in one row and only had a few people standing sparsely in the other row. The short queue made people feel sad.
Shen Qiqi looked at the short team in front of her with a depressed look on her face.
Just as she expected, almost all the new disciples who had just joined the sect chose to take medicinal herbs.
Those who came to her to get talismans were all old disciples who had been in Wuji Sect for some years.
Before coming, Shen Qiqi prepared a total of one hundred talismans, intending to give five as a thank-you gift, but in the end she only gave out less than thirty.
However, the basket of medicinal herbs that Xie Beiming brought was completely divided up.
Shen Qiqi shook the remaining half of the talisman in her hand and couldn't help but let out a depressed breath. She complained to Xie Beiming, "I just can't understand it. The talisman is obviously a powerful weapon in restraining various evil spirits. Why don't people want to use it?"
We just let them use it, but didn't let them draw it.
Drawing talismans is dangerous, but using them is not.
On the contrary, talismans do not require a high level of cultivation from the user, or even no requirements at all. Even ordinary people without any cultivation can use them.
If talismans can be promoted, then the people will each hold a talisman in their hands. Even if they suddenly encounter an evil spirit and there is no monk passing by, the talisman in their hand may very likely become a magic weapon to save their lives.
Such a good weapon, Shen Qiqi couldn't understand why the world was unwilling to accept it.
Xie Beiming gave the answer.
"Because the aristocratic families took the lead in the boycott."
He looked at Shen Qiqi and said in a deep voice, "The path of talisman cultivation is too difficult. They are worried that their own children will go astray in the path of talisman cultivation and become evil cultivators, which will eventually bring disaster to the entire family."
Shen Qiqi was silent.
Once an evil cultivator appears in a family, the entire family will be criticized and blamed by the world, just like in her previous life. Although their Yuzhou Shen family ranks last among the five major families, it is still considered a truly powerful family, right?
But ever since she was labeled an "evil cultivator" by the world, although they in Yuzhou were not directly kicked out of the ranks of the aristocratic families, the world's "unspoken but implicit rejection" was everywhere.
It was a suffocating feeling that could drive one crazy.
What's more, the aristocratic families have always attached great importance to their reputation, so they chose a conservative one-size-fits-all approach: they would rather not have the benefits brought by talismans, and they would never let the children of the family be contaminated by talisman magic.
There are thousands of roads in the world, and Fu Xiu is not the only one to walk on. Why take the risk of walking on a tightrope bridge?
With these aristocratic families taking the lead in resisting, and those smaller sects spontaneously coming over, over time, talisman magic became evil magic... because practicing talisman magic was risky.
But are there no risks in practicing other avenues?
Every year, countless cultivators go astray during their practice. Why haven’t these great paths been banned?
In the final analysis, it was because those aristocratic families valued their reputation too much. They would rather watch countless monks die at the hands of evil spirits than use what they called "evil magic" to fight back.
Not only that, the common people also lost their lives in vain.
It's so pedantic.
Shen Qiqi muttered in her heart, and at that moment, her determination to promote the talisman became stronger.
One day, she will make talismans exist like the swords in the hands of monks.
As if he understood what she was thinking, Xie Beiming suddenly said, "Don't be anxious. Everything has a process."
And this process won't take too long.
He had a premonition.
Xie Beiming turned his head and looked somewhere.
That was where Wu Qiongcang was in seclusion.
Including today, Wu Qiongcang has been in seclusion for seventeen days and should be coming out soon.
The day Wu Qiongcang comes out of seclusion is the day the identity of the evil spirit in Furong Town will be revealed.
Perhaps this is also the day when disasters begin in the world.
When Xie Beiming thought of that possibility, a deep frown unconsciously appeared between his brows.
Seeing his frown, Shen Qiqi asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Is there something on your mind? Tell me, maybe I can help you solve your problems... Don't want to talk? Then don't talk about it. Come on, I'll take you to dinner."
"Eat?" Xie Beiming raised an eyebrow and glanced at the sun in the sky. "Didn't we just eat before coming out?"
Chen Qiqi: "We just had breakfast, and I treated you to lunch." She narrowed her eyes, then raised her hand to look around and said with a smile, "We have been busy and hardworking for more than half a month. Today we have finally transformed Baozhuanfeng from a decrepit old man into a beautiful young woman. Shouldn't we celebrate?"
"..." Xie Beiming narrowed his eyes and scanned the lush greenery of Baozhuan Peak. He then raised his brows and asked in confusion, "Why is it a beautiful young girl, and not a vibrant young man?"
Shen Qiqi glanced at him and said, "Because I am a girl."
Although she was reborn, her age in her previous life was many years older than that of the girl.
But who knows?
Who knew that inside her youthful and tender body lived a scarred and mature soul?
So Shen Qiqi didn't feel flustered at all when she said this.
“…” Xie Beiming was unable to refute.
Shen Qiqi tugged at his sleeve and said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you have such an expression? Am I wrong? Or is it that beauty has nothing to do with me in my heart?"
Xie Beiming: "..." Where should I start saying this.
He rubbed his eyebrows: "Qiqi..."
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