Gu Zhou's mouth twitched as he looked at the pearl in the small box. It was as big as his fist. Wasn't it big and round?
Before Gu Zhou could speak, Qi Jing opened another small box and said, "This one looks good too."
Gu Zhou continued to look over. This time it was not a pearl or a gold bar, but a sculpture of an imperial green jadeite. Moreover, the sculpture of a little doll looked very familiar.
Gu Zhou took a closer look, then looked at Qi Jing, "Is this you carved by Gu Xuanyi?"
"Yeah." Qi Jing took it out and put it on the coffee table. "There was another one, but Gu Xuanyi took it away. I don't know where it is."
Qi Jing quickly opened another small box, and the more Gu Zhou looked at it, the more his heart ached.
A pair of jade pendants with dragon patterns, two pearls of the same size, two ginseng plants of unknown age, a pair of exquisite brushes, two ruby hair crowns...
They were all in pairs, except for the jade doll that Qi Jing said Gu Xuanyi took away.
Gu Zhou suddenly understood something, "Could these be the betrothal gifts that Gu Xuanyi gave you?"
"He said so, but I didn't agree. He stuffed it into my hands himself." Qi Jing packed and closed the items one by one, then opened several other large boxes.
Gu Zhou followed and took a look. In addition to the gold bars and pearls he had just seen, there was also a large box of silver, two boxes of jewelry and a box of copper coins.
Gu Zhou took the copper coins from the box and took a look. They were indeed from 500 years ago. "Why did Gu Xuanyi collect so many copper coins?"
"All the gains from slaying demons and eliminating ghosts are due to Gu Xuanyi's merits!"
Gu Zhou rummaged through the box suspiciously, "Is this all there?"
"Well, didn't I fall asleep after Gu Xuanyi became a Taoist? For sixty years, he had nothing to do and just traveled all over the place. He would charge a copper coin for the poor and rip off the rich, and that's how it ended up." Qi Jing tilted his head, "There are still a few big boxes under my coffin. I spent quite a lot of them the last time I came out."
Gu Zhou thought of something, "Buy supplies?"
"Well, Gu Xuanyi himself has a good fate and has accumulated a lot of merits, so your fate is so good that people can steal it away."
Gu Zhou was speechless. "Should I thank him or blame him?"
Qi Jing patted Gu Zhou's shoulder sympathetically and said, "Don't be so hard on yourself."
"I have a feeling that those who planted trees will enjoy the shade." Gu Zhou said seriously. Besides, the dowry he gave seemed a little too little. No, he had to put the money-making plan on the agenda. Compared with Gu Xuanyi's betrothal gift, he seemed to be getting something for free.
Qi Jing didn't say anything. He picked up the talisman paper and stuffed all the things back into his backpack.
Gu Zhou watched as all the things in the room were taken away. He tugged at Qi Jing's sleeve and said, "Can you give me a piece of that powerful talisman paper?"
Qi Jing generously gave Gu Zhou one and said, "Don't let anyone see it."
"I understand, for sure." Gu Zhou assured and took the talisman paper to study it carefully. There was indeed a talisman drawn on the paper, but he didn't quite understand it.
After thinking for a while, Gu Zhou said to Qi Jing, "Come with me to buy some talisman paper. I want to learn how to draw talismans."
Qi Jing had no objection. His talisman paper was almost used up, so they could go buy some together and let Gu Zhou pay for it. There was nothing wrong with that.
The two of them came to the ancient street again and went straight into the incense and paper shop at the corner of the street. After explaining their purpose, the boss immediately took out yellow talismans and cinnabar.
The boss said, "These are the best talisman paper and cinnabar in the store. Take a look."
Gu Zhou didn't understand this, so he took one and showed it to Qi Jing, "How is it?"
“It’s OK. It works.”
That's not the best, but Gu Zhou was just trying it out, so there was no need to be too serious. He said, "Buy some and try it first, then ask the Second Master later."
Qi Jing nodded, and Gu Zhou bought the talisman paper and cinnabar, then went to an antique shop and picked out a small brush for drawing talismans. Then he went back with Qi Jing.
Gu Zhou transferred 100,000 yuan to Qi Jing to learn how to draw talismans. Qi Jing took the money, picked up a pen and drew one first.
"This is the simplest amulet, try it."
Gu Zhou tried to draw one, and they looked similar on the outside, but when Gu Zhou picked up the two talisman papers, he felt the difference.
The talismans drawn by Qi Jing carried a hint of warmth, while his talismans had no feeling at all.
Gu Zhou asked, "Did I fail?"
"Well, you didn't inject vitality."
"The question is, do I have the energy?"
"You have it, but you just don't know how to use it." Qi Jing patted him, "It doesn't matter, you'll be able to use it after I merge Gu Xuanyi's consciousness with your soul."
Gu Zhou felt a little heartbroken, but still insisted, "I want to try it myself."
"Are you being serious again?" Qi Jing took the talisman paper drawn by Gu Zhou and comforted him, "Gu Xuan learned it from me, but you didn't."
"If he can learn it, so can I!"
Seeing Gu Zhou's persistent attitude, Qi Jing didn't want to continue attacking him, so he just gave him some guidance from the side, teaching Gu Zhou how to sense the vital energy and how to inject the vital energy into the talisman paper.
The principle is actually very simple, but it is not so easy to do. Gu Zhou drew eight pictures in a row before he found the trick, and then he drew the ninth picture with great concentration.
This time, Gu Zhou felt the vitality on the talisman paper. Although it was very faint, it was a good start.
Gu Zhou carefully folded the talisman paper into a triangle and put it away. He turned to Qi Jing and asked, "Don't talismans need to be drawn on them to be useful? Why are those blank talisman papers in your hand also useful?"
Qi Jing thought for a moment and explained, "A talisman is actually an infusion of vital energy, which is used to express the desired effect in different forms. So the most important thing is to have vital energy. As long as you have enough vital energy, it doesn't matter whether you draw it or not."
"So this is the difference between a little Taoist priest and an immortal? Is there a gap?"
"That's about what I mean. Actually, I can do without talisman paper, but I don't want to look like a liar." Qi Jing held his chin, "So every time I attach my energy to the talisman paper, and use the energy to draw a certain effect on the talisman paper. To you, it looks like a blank talisman."
Gu Zhou couldn't help but give Qi Jing a thumbs up, "Gu Xuanyi can't do it, right?"
"He wants to draw a talisman, but he can do it in the air." Qi Jing raised his hand and gestured, "Just like this, he can draw it in the air with his energy."
"So talisman paper and cinnabar are just media and auxiliary tools. As long as the vitality is sufficient and strong enough, there is no need for talisman paper and cinnabar?"
"Well, Gu Xuanyi and I are different. I don't need talisman paper or cinnabar, and I don't need to draw it. I can just think about it in my mind. And those hand seals and spells were also taught to me by Gu Xuanyi. He said that I would feel nothing if I didn't do anything, so he made up some random words for me."
Gu Zhou raised an eyebrow, "The one about the laws of heaven and earth?"
"Yeah! I can say whatever I want to do next. Chasing souls and searching for spirits, exorcising evil spirits and breaking formations, and then shout "break" or something like that."
Gu Zhou's three perspectives were completely overturned at this moment. "Then you are not planning to teach Qi Yue and the others the same way, are you?"
"That definitely won't work, so I let them read a book!"
Gu Zhou had a doubt, "Excuse me, how did you teach Gu Xuanyi and Second Master?"
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