"Yan, do you want to participate?" Xiang Dongshu knew Yan Chiyu's abilities; with one move, he could definitely bankrupt the Su family.
Xiang Dongshu soon realized he had asked in vain. Twenty waiters carried a complete set of talisman-drawing tools and walked around each solid wood table, giving each person present a set of talisman-drawing tools.
Drawing talismans is no easy task, hence the saying, "If you don't know the trick to drawing talismans, you'll only make ghosts and gods laugh; if you know the trick, you'll startle ghosts and gods into screaming."
Su Xianrong continued on the main stage, saying, "I believe everyone has experienced this: when you are a beginner learning to draw talismans, there are special considerations, the procedures are complicated, and the methods are cumbersome. Since everyone has a different lineage or school, the methods of drawing talismans are naturally different as well. There are hundreds or even thousands of methods, and it is hard to say which are good or bad."
You have all studied under your master for many years, and your abilities are not to be underestimated. There is no need for too much pressure in today's exchange and sparring..."
As Su Xianrong said, the process of drawing symbols is indeed complex and cumbersome.
If one is a Taoist priest, then drawing talismans requires setting up an altar and performing rituals. Before drawing talismans, one must first purify one's mind, body, face, hands, and mouth, and prepare offerings such as fruits, rice wine, incense, candles, as well as writing brushes, ink, cinnabar, and yellow paper.
The talismans drawn by orthodox Feng Shui masters include pen incantations, water incantations, inkstone incantations, ink incantations, and cinnabar incantations.
Furthermore, talismans must be drawn with ink or cinnabar, with cinnabar being the most common.
The reason why cinnabar was used so often was that the ancients believed that cinnabar had the power to ward off evil spirits.
The most common material for talismans is peach wood, because in ancient times, peach wood was believed to have a very strong power to drive away evil spirits.
Peach wood boards are heavy and inconvenient, so nowadays, yellow paper is still the main material, and you can carry a large stack of them.
Of course, these were all things that Xiang Dongshu and Ming Yixiu learned when they first started drawing talismans.
Even now, they still can't draw satisfactory and effective talismans anytime, anywhere.
Xiang Dongshu glanced around and saw that many newcomers were indeed drawing talismans step by step. The more experienced ones would practice for a few minutes before putting pen to paper, and although they didn't lock in much spiritual energy, their works were still completed in one go.
Then, Xiang Dongshu looked at Ming Yixiu. This guy was full of energy. He had a very refined and elegant demeanor, but for some reason, he was always acting like he was on steroids.
However, Xiang Dongshu had no idea that Ming Yixiu was doing this simply to make his presence known to Yan Chiyu and to show off his abilities.
Mingyi was immersed in the joy of drawing talismans.
Xiang Dongshu glanced to the side and saw that neither Yan Chiyu nor Wu Yue had any intention of drawing talismans. No, to be precise, they were discussing something.
To what extent can you control your spiritual power?
"One in ten thousand? No, one in ten million. I don't want to let the Su family benefit from this."
"But you can make money, right?"
"You're not poor, you're quite wealthy, okay?"
"But I... I can't stand seeing others making money hand over fist in front of me while I remain indifferent."
"I have a good idea."
The young man paused slightly as he tapped the table. "Since we can't draw the bad ones, let's draw the best ones so they can't use them and have to worship them."
Xiang Dongshu: ...
This big shot's behavior is utterly depraved.
Just then, Ming Yixiu put down his brush, revealing a rune he had drawn in one go on a yellow sheet of paper. He blew a breath of immortal energy onto the rune and handed it to Yan Chiyu, saying, "Idol, please give me your critique!"
Xiang Dongshu: It's as if I can see Ming Yixiu's tail after he's been groveling for favor and attention.
This time, Yan Chiyu did not refuse. He took the talisman and said slowly, "You should have been learning talismans for eleven or twelve years. Although the spiritual energy you have gathered is not at a ridiculously high level, you are already among the best of your peers. I think the talisman's effectiveness will be quite good."
Ming Yixiu was so happy that he spun around in circles.
Xiang Dongshu became curious after hearing this, and got up to peek out to see what type of talisman it was. Then he heard Yan Chiyu say:
"This peach blossom charm can fetch a good price if sold outside."
Xiang Dongshu: ? ?
Help! What is this person doing?! What idiot would waste so much spiritual energy drawing the most useless peach blossom talisman?!
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