Chapter 55 55. Plundering Luck
Seeing Shi Liu trying to light some incense, Bai Luohuai quickly stopped him, saying, "It's generally not recommended to use incense sticks immediately after they're made. They should be stored for three months, a year, or even three years to allow them to lose their stickiness and mature. The aroma changes significantly with the degree of aging. Sometimes it might not sound ideal right after it's made, but with proper cellaring methods, it will become much better."
Shi Liu looked at the incense sticks in front of him with satisfaction: "It seems that making mosquito repellent incense in winter is the right thing to do." After half a year, the mosquito repellent incense must have matured to the ideal state, but some incense still needs to be stored for more than 3 years, which is too time-consuming.
As if sensing her thoughts, the imp behind the system popped up again.
[Host, are you still worried about not having enough storage and brewing time? The Time God's shop in Yin Yang Pavilion will solve these problems for you.]
"System, are you out of your mind? Why did you start accepting promotional advertisements? How much benefit did the God of Magic give you at that time?" The kid would not do anything without profit, so he must have received benefits for being so active.
The little ghost was so scared that he looked behind him, then realized that the host was not in the underworld. He patted his chest guiltily. He did accept the promotion, but he really didn't fool the host, otherwise he would have been punished by the thunder by now.
[Host, their time instruments are relatively cost-effective. If they hadn't just opened, they wouldn't be offering discounts.]
Shi Liu agreed with this statement. If anything related to the time rules, there would be no cheap ones, and there would be no worries about selling them. The store would offer discounts now, but that was because it had just opened and its reputation had not yet been established.
Even though the Time God's shop had just opened, it had quite a few items. Shi Liu quickly took a fancy to a magical instrument: the Magic Gourd. The Magic Gourd's time velocity could be adjusted by a factor of 100, and it could cover an area of 500 meters. While these two features weren't particularly impressive, as many other magical instruments in the shop were more powerful, the Magic Gourd could be moved around freely, allowing it to be placed wherever needed. Most importantly, it was affordable.
Shi Liu put the magic gourd directly into the cellar. Although there wasn't much in the cellar now, she planned to make some more incense and put it in.
"The sign-in system is a good golden finger. You should use it reasonably, but don't rely on it too much." Bai Luohuai had seen many people who were arrogant and conceited because they had golden fingers. She didn't want her apprentice to go down that path of no return.
"Master Xiaobai, I know that only when you learn something can it truly belong to you. I will work hard and steadily." Except for embroidery, which she was really embarrassed about, she practiced the other skills seriously.
After she began to learn incense making from Master Bai Luohuai, she gave herself a copy of "The Incense Book Handed Down from Generation to Generation", which recorded many lost ancient incense recipes, as well as the incense recipes developed by Master Bai Luohuai himself. Of course, Master Bai Luosang also gave her a copy of "Bai's Paper-making".
What Shi Liu was more curious about was why the book that Master Bai Luohuai gave her was not "Bai's Fragrance Classic".
"Because the 'Traditional Incense Code' doesn't belong to the Bai family at all!"
"What?" It turned out that she accidentally said what was in her heart.
"The Book of Incense Heirlooms was my great-grandmother's dowry. It records all the popular incense recipes from ancient times to the present day. Naturally, the Bai family's incense recipe is also included in it."
"Is it that powerful?"
"Of course, if they weren't powerful, those people wouldn't have gone to such lengths to plot against this 'Traditional Incense Codex'. And that fire..."
A big fire? Shi Liu suddenly remembered that she seemed to have heard a rumor that there had been a big fire in the Bai family's funeral shop. Except for the young master of the Bai family who was temporarily called away by his classmates, the fire directly took away the rest of the Bai family. Could that fire be the same fire that took away the two Master Bais?
Judging from Master Xiaobai's tone, the fire did not seem to be an accident, but was caused by the "Classic of Incense" in her hand.
What should she do? She suddenly felt that her master’s love was too deep, and if she couldn’t surpass him, she would be ashamed to death.
Bai Luohuai smiled calmly at his sister. Kids nowadays are so easy to fool. Then he turned to his little disciple and said in a heavy tone: "Don't look at those people in Baijia Village who are making a lot of noise. They don't have many good things in their hands now." Fortune-telling and feng shui surveying are indeed quite powerful, but it's a pity that they have been discontinued and were all ruined by Emperor Feng Zheng.
Shi Liu suddenly thought of what happened before. It was impossible for Secretary Bai to provoke her for no reason. After all, the Shi family was not a pushover: "Master Xiaobai, is my fate very strange?" Then she repeated that Secretary Bai wanted her to marry his nephew.
"I'm not quite sure about this. After all, I have never learned fortune-telling." Bai Luohuai had been influenced by his family since he was a child, and he could tell at a glance that his little disciple's luck was extremely good. No wonder the group of people in the Bai family would target the little disciple.
"The Bai family has a formation that allows couples to share luck, and there is no risk of backlash. This formation was developed by an ancestor of the Bai family for his extremely unlucky wife, but was later used by the Bai family as a means of plunder. As far as I know, the people of that lineage rely on their fortune-telling skills to choose wives with strong luck for their disciples. These people rely on their wives' luck to soar in their careers, but they may not treat their wives well." Speaking of this, Bai Luosang's face was full of disdain. She despised those soft-hearted scum the most.
"Master Bai, are you done?" Shi Liu looked at the paper man beside him with sparkling eyes.
"Well. Look at the red mole on the paper figurine's forehead. You just need to drop the first drop of blood on the red mole to successfully recognize it as your master." After thinking about it, Bai Luosang was still worried about the Bai family. He instructed Shi Liu, "There should be treasures in the Yin-Yang Pavilion that can conceal fate and prevent the loss of luck. You'd better buy one and carry it with you, just in case."
Bai Luohuai sighed, "They're all like leeches. Once you get caught, you'll be in trouble. Now that they've noticed you, you need to be prepared. After all, there's more than one formation that can absorb a person's luck, but the others carry the risk of backlash."
It seemed the two Master Bais were deeply disgusted with the people of Baijia Village. Shi Liu, following the old man, had witnessed many people whose luck had been drained away. Because of this loss of luck, everything went wrong for them, and some were even unlucky to death. The thought of herself potentially facing that kind of thing in the future made Shi Liu shudder with fear. "System, quickly help me choose a magic weapon that will protect me from having my luck stolen."
The ghost behind the system suddenly trembled with excitement. The host had been getting more and more generous recently. He must have had good taste, having chosen the host at first sight. At this moment, the ghost had long forgotten the host's previous intimidation.
[Host, this "Blood Plum Silk" offers the best value for money. It not only prevents the theft of the host's luck and lifespan, but also continuously nourishes and strengthens the host's soul.]
After several transactions, Shi Liu discovered that the ghost behind the system was indeed very serious and the suggestions it gave were all very appropriate. She found the "Blood Plum Silk" and saw that it was also on sale. It seemed that the ghost understood her thoughts very well: "I want this one."
As soon as she finished speaking, a red thread penetrated into her sea of consciousness and tightly wrapped around her soul. Shi Liu felt that other important things in her were also entangled.
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