Chapter 89
"I'm looking for my little sister." Xin Jie shouted in the front hall.
"The boss lady is not here." Xiaorong argued with him.
I rubbed my solar plexus. This Xin Jie has been coming to me every day since he saw how I dealt with Cai Ying last time.
Now I am hiding in the back hall, listening to their conversation.
Xiaorong took a lot of effort to finally get Xin Jie to leave.
I walked out from the back hall, looked at Xiaorong and said, "Leaving?"
"Hey, Young Master Xin comes here eight times a day. With that much on his mind, I would say you should just be his girlfriend. It just so happens that you don't have a boyfriend." Xiao Rong said.
"You do it," I said.
"Young Master Xin doesn't like me." Xiao Rong was posing coquettishly.
Then we both burst out laughing.
In the past few days, many business people have come to me to buy magical instruments. Some of them were introduced by Xin Jie, and more were recommended by Sister Rui.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer magical instruments in Fuyuan Hall, I started video calling Erma to learn how to make magical instruments.
I did learn how to make magical instruments for a while before, but compared to the Tianshi Mansion, it was simply disgraceful.
I remembered that the two wooden plaques I gave to Mao Jianming and Zhang Song were used last time, so this time it was a good opportunity to make them again.
After so many days of video chatting with Erma, I have mastered the means of making magical instruments.
The first thing is to select the materials for the magic tools. I bought a lot of peach wood cards. Peach wood is a traditional exorcism material and is very cheap, so I use them to practice.
Instruments have many functions, such as warding off evil spirits, promoting marriage, bringing wealth, and ensuring peace. To create an instrument, one needs to carve a beast or deity on the front of the instrument, a scripture to ward off evil spirits on the back, and cloud patterns around the edge of the instrument before consecrating it.
The function of the boundary cloud pattern is to lock the energy inside the magic weapon.
The purpose of consecration is to grant magical power to a magical instrument. Of course, there are also natural magical instruments that can play a certain role without consecration, but these magical instruments are of the highest quality and are rarely encountered by anyone.
I first tried to carve a magic weapon to ward off evil spirits. I chose a mahogany tile the size of a mahjong tile, carved a rooster on the front, wrote "The rooster crows and the world becomes bright" on the back, and then carefully outlined the cloud pattern.
If the cloud pattern is not drawn well, the energy will slowly be lost, and eventually the magic weapon will become an ordinary peach wood token.
As for the consecration process, according to Taoism or Buddhism, it requires a highly skilled practitioner to place a magical instrument before the deity and chant scriptures for a long period of time. It's a complex process, and the number of instruments that can be consecrated at once is limited.
I am different, and this is also one of my advantages. Since I have natural energy in my body, I can inject it directly into the magic weapon.
For me, the most difficult part is actually the carving of patterns and scriptures.
I looked at the carved wooden plaque in my hand and transferred the energy from my palm into the raft. The silver energy first spread across the entire rooster along the lines, and then covered the scriptures behind it word by word.
After the scripture was filled with energy, a flash of light appeared in the cloud pattern on the wooden sign, which was a sign that the magic tool was ready.
I carefully felt the aura emitted by the peach wood plaque. Although it was slightly different from that of the Tianshi Mansion, the effect should be similar.
I didn't expect that my first attempt at making a ritual implement would be successful, which gave me a lot of confidence. The reason I made it myself is that I am too far away from the Tianshi Temple now, and I can't always ask for it from the Tianshi Temple.
I hurried to make the second magic tool. This time I wanted to make one that would bring wealth.
I started by carving the God of Wealth with great care, but something went wrong just after I carved a few lines.
The carving knife directly scratched a deep mark on the peach wood, and the wooden plaque was ruined.
Looking at all the peach wood in front of me, it should be enough for me to practice.
I was still a bit inexperienced at carving complex statues, so failure was inevitable. This didn't dampen my enthusiasm; instead, it piqued my interest. As soon as I got off work, I immersed myself in carving. In just one month, I had already achieved a decent level of skill.
The only thing that gives me a headache is Xin Jie. As a rich young man, he has nothing to do all day and practically lives in Fuyuan Hall. He himself said that he was born to ruin the family and doesn't need to work at all.
This is indeed true. As long as he doesn't spend money recklessly, his family will never run out of money no matter how he spends it.
This morning, Xiaorong and I went to Fuyuantang together. Xin Jie was standing in front of the door.
Seeing him, Xiaorong and I sighed at the same time. Xiaorong was not polite at all and walked up to him and said, "Mr. Xin, what are you doing today?"
Xin Jie opened the trunk of his car and found a bag of jade materials inside: beads, plaques, and even large pieces of jade.
Xiaorong screamed and her eyes almost fell into the jade.
In fact, I am not much better than her. With so much jade, if I could make it into magical instruments, Fuyuantang would become famous immediately.
Jade is the best material for making magic tools. It is stronger than jujube wood struck by lightning. Especially pure jade, when perfectly combined with magic arrays, can achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
"Little sister, I heard that you have been making magical instruments recently. What do you think of these materials? Can you make some for me?" Xin Jie said proudly.
I picked up a handful of beads. Yes, they were indeed good things.
I glanced at Xiaorong. Her attention was completely focused on the jade material and she didn't notice the murderous look in my eyes at all.
Only Xiaorong knew that I was making magic tools. It must have been her who told the secret!
"Xinjie, do you really just want me to make a magic weapon for you?" I said.
"Of course, what else can I do!" Xin Jie said somewhat unconfidently.
In fact, it has been so long, I have already understood his feelings, but I have no interest in relationships between men and women, and I have never thought about finding a boyfriend.
Seeing him showing his affection to me every day, I was wondering what to do.
I patted Xiaorong, who was playing with the jade, and said to Xinjie, "Let's talk inside the store."
I opened Fuyuan Hall. It was morning and there were no customers.
I looked at Xin Jie, who was smiling, and sighed in my heart, saying, "I understand your feelings, but I really don't want to be friends."
After hearing this, Xin Jie was not discouraged. Instead, he said, "Look, we are so in tune with each other. You knew what I meant without me even saying it!"
"Brother, you never go home for a whole day, and you come to Fuyuantang more often than I do. How can I not understand what you mean?" I said angrily.
Xin Jie chuckled and said, "Let's be clear, this time I asked you to make a magical instrument for me, it really is useful."
It was rare to see him so serious, so I asked, "What are you doing?"
He said carelessly, "I plan to use the magic tools you made and sell them to Southeast Asia at a high price. People in Thailand trust this kind of thing. And I trust the magic tools you made. You are definitely not the kind of swindlers who cheat people."
"Middleman?!" Xiaorong said in surprise.
"What middleman? This is called resource integration!" Xin Jie said complacently.
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