Chapter 1043: Substitute Talisman
Probably because he was not feeling well, Luo Qinghan had a poor appetite. He ate just two bites of food for dinner and put down his chopsticks, not wanting to eat any more.
Xixi tried her best, acting cute and adorable, but she could only coax him into drinking another half bowl of soup.
After dinner, Luo Qinghan went to take a bath as usual.
He soaked in the warm water and felt drowsy.
Xixi couldn't help but worry when she thought of Luo Qinghan's current physical condition.
However, the imperial physician checked again and again and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with Luo Qinghan's body.
What if the problem is not with Luo Qinghan's body, but with other aspects?
Many fragmented images inexplicably emerged in Xixi's mind.
For example, the strange statue that Xiao Lingfeng brought back, the yellow talisman with the word "lonely" written on it, and the nightmare that Xixi had...
These things seem to be unrelated, but when you think about it carefully, they all seem to be related to Luo Qinghan.
It seemed as if a force, carrying deep malice, was approaching Luo Qinghan silently.
The more Xiao Xixi thought about it, the more uneasy she became.
She has been in Xuanmen for so many years, even if she doesn't pay attention in class, she knows that everything in this world has two sides, and the same is true for metaphysics.
She can use her talent to make talismans to help others change their luck.
Others can also use crooked and evil techniques to achieve their own ulterior motives.
For example, the art of aversion.
Emperor Sheng Yong once used the art of witchcraft to try to frame Luo Qinghan and charge him with the serious crime of patricide and treason.
The magic of exorcism used by Emperor Sheng Yong at that time was just for show and had no practical use. To put it bluntly, it was just a show that could only scare people.
But in fact, the art of warding off evil does exist.
As long as you read the historical books carefully, you can find that there are indeed traces of the art of exorcism in history. Some people have benefited greatly from it, but some people have also lost their families and lives because of it.
The main purpose of the art of Yan Sheng is to destroy the luck of the opponent and make him suffer bad luck. In the best case, he will suffer misfortune and lose money, and in the worst case, he will die without an intact corpse.
There are many other evil techniques like this that harm people.
Xiao Xixi now suspects that Luo Qinghan was bewitched by someone else's evil spell, which is why his physical condition has become so bad.
There are very few people who understand this kind of sorcery, and even fewer who can use it.
The first person Xiao Xixi suspected was Kong Chan, who had a close connection with Xuanmen.
Originally, Kong Chan was imprisoned in the Dali Temple by Emperor Sheng Yong, but since the death of Emperor Sheng Yong, Kong Chan disappeared and his whereabouts are still unknown. No one knows where he went.
He had both motivation and time.
The second person Xiao Xixi suspected was Tianmen.
The vigorous ambition currently displayed by Tianmen makes them full of malice towards the emperor.
Moreover, those strange statues of gods came from Tianmen.
This is enough to show that Tianmen is highly suspicious.
Xiao Xixi stood up, walked to the window, and reached out to push it open.
The cold north wind blew in, blowing her hair up.
Seeing this, Baoqin hurriedly picked up a thick fox fur cloak, put it on the imperial concubine, and reminded her in a low voice.
"It's cold outside, Madam, please don't stand by the window for too long, or you'll get cold."
Xiao Xixi wanted to use astrology to infer Luo Qinghan's current situation.
However, it has been cloudy and rainy recently, and the night sky is dark. Not to mention the constellations, not even a single star can be seen in the sky.
Xiao Xixi had no choice but to give up observing the stars and turned to walk towards the closet.
Baoqin quickly closed the window to prevent the cold wind from blowing into the room.
Xiao Xixi took out a small bag with a blue background and small floral patterns from the innermost part of the closet.
There were a lot of miscellaneous little gadgets in the bag, all of which were given to her by Xuanjizi.
She dug out a small treasure bag from the pile of things.
Open the brocade bag and pour out a round white bead.
This bead looks very similar to pearls, but is whiter and more translucent than pearls.
It is called Xuanzhu, which was specially brought out from Xuanmen by fellow disciples. It is said to be the treasure of Xuanmen.
Xiao Xixi didn't know what was so special about the black bead. She only knew that it was an important material for making a substitute talisman.
Later, the second senior brother explained to her some relevant knowledge about substitute talismans.
A substitute talisman, also known as a substitute paper man, as the name suggests is a substitute made using talisman paper.
This substitute is connected to the fate of the master and can bear part of the cause and effect for the master.
For example.
Because Xixi was destined to not live past the age of nineteen, she was forced to change her fate and be bound to Luo Qinghan in order to continue living.
There is a causal relationship here.
If Xixi uses the substitute talisman, the talisman can stay with Luo Qinghan on her behalf, and she herself will not have any problems even if she leaves Luo Qinghan more than ten miles away.
Xuanjizi specifically asked his disciples to give the Xuanzhu to Xixi, apparently wanting her to use it as a substitute talisman to avoid the unexpected situation of being forced to separate from Luo Qinghan in the future.
Xixi couldn't help but sigh that although Xuanjizi seemed to be very unreliable on weekdays, he was actually a very thoughtful person.
When he was helping Xixi change her fate, he had already come up with countermeasures for what might happen to her next.
Xiao Xixi asked someone to bring some necessary tools.
She smashed the black pearl with a hammer, and then ground it into a fine white powder with a pestle.
Then cut off a lock of hair and burned it to ashes,
Then mix these two things together and pour them into the cinnabar.
Xiao Xixi pricked her finger and squeezed out three drops of blood.
The blood mixed with the cinnabar and soon became one with it.
She found a thicker piece of rice paper, cut out a palm-sized human figure from it, then used a brush dipped in cinnabar to write a line of runes on the paper.
Drawing talismans is a job that requires great talent.
The success rate of ordinary people in drawing talismans is terribly low, and perhaps only one out of a thousand may be successful.
Even people with higher talents like Fang Wujiu, Wen Jiucheng and Pei Qianhuo can only succeed with one out of ten.
Especially for more complicated talismans like substitute talismans, their success rate is even lower.
Only Xixi can achieve a 100% success rate.
She had a special fate and was born with the ability to see through the eyes of a clairvoyant. She had a talent in drawing talismans and fortune-telling that was unmatched by ordinary people.
He could learn any talisman paper just by looking at it once, and he would never fail.
This is also the main reason why she can give the amulet to anyone at will.
For others, drawing a talisman requires a lot of time and energy, but for her, it is as easy and simple as drinking water and eating.
Although the substitute amulet is much more complicated than the protective amulet, Xixi only spent a little more effort to make it.
Soon she drew a substitute talisman.
She saw that there was still a lot of cinnabar left, so in order not to waste the material, she drew several more substitute talismans.
She stopped only when all the cinnabar was used up.
(End of this chapter)
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