Chapter 116: Drawing Symbols (I wish everyone a happy New Year's Eve)
Hearing that their son wanted to wait for him to return later, Chen Zhonghua and Jiang Meixian looked at each other and hesitated for a while.
Their main purpose in coming to Liuyuan County to find Chen Hai was to tell Chen Hai that he had been admitted to university.
For them, having their son admitted to college is the best reward for them.
No matter how hard and tiring they are on weekdays, they will always feel it is worth it.
In a few days, it will be the day when their family will host a banquet for Chen Hai to be admitted to college. In a few days, by the end of this month, Chen Hai will have to leave for Kyoto.
Unless Chen Hai is found and informed of these things, Chen Zhonghua and his wife will not be at ease at all.
What if my son never goes back and misses going to college?
"Xiao Hai, what else do you want to buy? We will go there with you!" After a moment of silence, the couple nodded, and Jiang Meixian spoke.
"Some yellow paper and cinnabar-like items, I rely on these to make money in the county!"
"Dad, Mom, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to wait any longer, so I asked you to go back first."
"If you are not in a hurry and go shopping with me, there will be no problem!"
Chen Hai nodded and responded.
He was just buying something, not doing anything bad. There was nothing he couldn't let his parents know.
"Yellow paper again, cinnabar again?"
"Xiao Hai, you are going to be a college student soon, and you still do these things. Aren't you afraid that others will say you are engaged in feudal superstition and won't let you go to the university?"
With a displeased look on her face, Jiang Meixian warned Chen Hai with a straight face.
"Mom, don't worry, I do things in a measured way!"
"I just want to see if I can earn back my tuition money by doing these things."
"If I really want to go to university in Kyoto, I will be honest!"
With a playful smile, Chen Hai quickly explained.
Going to college by myself is what my parents have always expected of me.
But he himself knew that he really didn't have much talent in reading.
On the other hand, when it comes to things like Taoist cultivation, his mind is full of fantastic ideas, and he can easily immerse himself in the world of Taoism.
But as long as Chen Hai knows this kind of thing, he will definitely not say it in front of his parents.
"I read your notice. The tuition for your school is only two hundred yuan."
"You have already put 4,000 yuan in my place, and you have already earned back the tuition fee!"
"If you are really short of money, your dad and I will find a way, and you can just go to school with peace of mind!"
Still pouting, Jiang Meixian looked unhappy and complained.
"Mom, don't worry about me. Kyoto is the capital and the cost there is high. It won't hurt if I make more money and put it in my hands!"
"You are my son, I don't worry about you, who worries about you!"
"Mom, I'll just buy some things and go home. Before I go to Kyoto to go to school, I won't go anywhere and just stay at home every day. That'll be fine!"
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Although she talks a lot, in terms of actions, Jiang Meixian doesn't do anything drastic.
Chen Hai had paid special attention to the shops selling scented paper and wax before. There were two shops near Wenchang Pavilion where he was currently, a little past and close to the Yuanjiang Wharf.
The price of cinnabar was not bad, but the yellow paper was not expensive. Only the talisman pen cost Chen Hai twenty or thirty yuan.
According to the shop owner, this pen is made from real wolf hair.
Of course, there is no way to test whether it is true or false.
Seeing Chen Hai coming out of the fragrant paper and wax shop carrying large and small bags, Jiang Meixian was naturally nagging again.
Chen Hai didn't refute this, he just pretended to be stupid and laughed twice.
It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon when the family returned to Chenjiaping's home in Wuyang Town.
In a few days, it will be the day when Chen Hai will be admitted to college and serve drinks.
Both Chen Zhonghua and Jiang Meixian have to be busy with a lot of things.
As soon as they returned home, the two of them went out immediately.
As for Chen Hai, he returned to his room, found the few remaining pages of the book, and began to think about it slowly.
When he was staying in a hotel in Liuyuan County, he actually took out the remaining pages of the book and read them frequently.
Unfortunately, he pondered over and over those paragraphs of text, but still had only a partial understanding of them.
Staying in his room, he turned over the contents of a few pages of broken books and read them several times.
If he didn't understand the meaning, that was fine. He was still a little dizzy.
"The ancients said that only through practice can we find the truth. How about I compare it with the pattern of Taoist symbols on the page and try to draw it a few times before talking?"
Chen Hai frowned and thought silently.
Among the two Taoist symbols on the book page, the Dirty Talisman is only suitable for drawing at noon.
Because during that time period, the Yang Qi was the most violent between heaven and earth.
If the filth talisman is successfully drawn, it will absorb a trace of violent yang energy and store it in the Taoist talisman. Only in this way can this Taoist talisman have the magical effect of eradicating the filth in the world.
It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, Chen Hai wanted to draw a dirty charm, which was not very suitable at all.
It is another kind of corpse transformation talisman, which is barely suitable for drawing at this time.
After frowning and being silent for a while, Chen Hai stood up.
He went to the main room outside and took a look. Before his parents came back, he moved a dirty small square table into his room.
When drawing talisman, an altar is usually set up to perform sacrifices, which is the so-called "general altar style".
Under normal circumstances, three cups each of fruit, tea, and wine must be offered on the altar table.
Chen Hai is a wild man, and he did the rituals before drawing the talisman perfunctorily.
From the orange tree in front of his house, he picked three oranges with sour green skin.
He picked out some of yesterday's leftovers at home and served them as tea.
As for the wine, he directly scooped a ladle of cold water out of the water jar, found three small wine glasses, and poured a little into each.
Before drawing the talisman, you need to purify your mind, body, face, and hands.
In this regard, Chen Hai did a good job. He spent a few minutes and took a cold shower before returning to the simple altar he had set up.
He calmed down, threw away distracting thoughts, and focused his expression.
He had all the pen and ink, yellow paper, and cinnabar ready when he moved the table into his room.
Other Taoist priests who are successful in cultivation have to swear an oath before they can actually draw the talisman.
The so-called oath to the gods is to ask one's ancestor for instructions and express one's purpose, motivation, and intention in drawing the talisman.
Chen Hai simply skipped this step. After all, since he started practicing Taoism, he has never relied on his ancestor. What he relied on was himself.
But just in case, he still visualized the vague and ferocious shadow like a leech that existed in his mind.
When he reopened his slightly closed eyes, the wolf-brush pen had fallen into his hand.
After dipping in the ink mixed with cinnabar, Chen Hai had already made one stroke on the yellow paper in front of him.