Cultivate Taoism and farm to make peace in the world

Chapter 13 Heaven, Earth, Man, Gods and Ghosts, Five Daoist Spells

"A talisman depends on the power of heaven and earth."

Turning the pages of the book, eight large characters came into Jiang Xuan's eyes, followed by some brief introductions of the talismans.

What made Jiang Xuan's pupils shrink quickly was not the overall introduction to talismans, but the introduction to the five talismans in the book.

According to the "Preliminary Explanation of Talismans", Taoist talismans can be divided into five types, namely heaven, earth, human beings, gods, and ghosts.

Tianlu is the manifestation of Tao.

No one knows when the first Tianlu appeared.

It is recorded in the book that those who obtained the characters of the Great Dao knew that they could write the characters of the Great Dao in ignorance.

Of course, even though they understood it, they still couldn't describe it in detail. They could only draw cats like tigers and draw the incomplete characters of the way of heaven, and named it Tianlu.

The Tianlu produced in this way can only be regarded as a defective product of the Dao script, but it also has great magical powers, and even a slightly complete Tianlu can help people realize the Tao.

And then continue to simplify and simplify these defective products, it is the talisman in the hands of ordinary people.

After the heavenly talisman, comes the earth talisman.

The earth talisman is a talisman used by Taoists to forgive ghosts, gods, and earth.

According to the book, the list of gods in Fengshenyanyi belongs to the land scriptures that pardon the gods.

It's just that the Conferred God List is extraordinarily powerful, even stronger than ordinary Tianlu.

After the earth talisman is the human talisman.

Renlu is a talisman known to ordinary people.

Healing diseases and saving people, summoning gods and impeaching ghosts, suppressing demons and subduing demons, relieving disasters and stopping harm.
Etc., etc., are all things that people can do.

The divine talisman after the human talisman was also made by Taoist priests.

It's just that compared to what human talismans can do, what divine talismans can do is more like a myth.

Calling the wind and calling the rain, moving mountains to fill the sea, picking up the stars and taking the moon, etc., can all be done with a small magic book.

This situation is similar to the power of the gods.

Therefore, the ancients called these powerful talismans separately as divine talismans.

As for the last ghost talisman, it was the reason why Jiang Xuan's pupils shrank.

Ghost talisman is not a talisman used by ghosts, nor is it a certificate leading to the underworld. It is also made by humans and belongs to one of the five major talismans of Taoism.

What surprised Jiang Xuan was not its name, but its material.

Although the other four talismans also have material requirements, even though the materials used to make the three talismans of heaven, earth, and god are more precious, they are nothing more than wood, animal skin, or gold and iron, which are not beyond Jiang Xuan's understanding.

But what about ghosts?

This guy literally means ghosts as talismans.

After Taoists catch ghosts and process them (páo zhì) by various means, they can divide ghosts into two parts.

A true spirit, a ghost body.

True spirits will be saved by Taoist priests.

Those Taoist priests don't know and don't care whether the saved true spirit goes to the underworld or other places.

As for the ghost bodies that are left with only instincts, they will be processed by Taoist priests and turned into objects that can withstand the power of talismans, and eventually become ghost talismans with unpredictable power.

Compared with one-time talismans such as human talismans and divine talismans, ghost talismans are more unpredictable and can be used repeatedly.

Even as long as the original source is not harmed, and it has been cultivated for a long enough time, the power that the ghost talisman can exert will be even stronger.

So in this world, it is common for little ghosts to harm people, but Taoists also catch ghosts and make talismans, which is really outrageous.

Seeing that the more powerful the ghost written in the book, the more powerful the ghost talisman will be after being made into a ghost talisman, Jiang Xuan suddenly thought carefully and became terrified.

Those well-known ghost lands must have been raised by some Taoist priests themselves!

Usually raise them first, and when those ghost kings become famous and fat enough, they will go down the mountain to subdue demons and ghosts.

At that time, he will gain both vested interests and fame, which really kills two birds with one stone.

"Don't think about it, don't think about it."

Shaking his head to suppress the thoughts that popped up in his mind, Jiang Xuan continued to look down.

Then he discovered that the talismans in this world were not much different from the talismans he remembered in his previous life.

Before making talismans, you need to calm your mind and choose auspicious days.

It's easy for Ning Xinjing to understand, after all, making talismans is always a delicate job.

If the mind is restless, the effect of the talisman will be greatly reduced, or even ineffective.

As for choosing the auspicious days of the zodiac, it is mainly for the heaven and earth.

Symbols can be divided into two parts.

The first step is to draw a blank talisman.

The blank talisman is to draw a simplified version of the Tao of Heaven on the material of the talisman, that is, the Taoist text of the talisman, or rune for short.

This step is the simplest, and in Jiang Xuan's view, even a machine or an ordinary person can complete it.

It's just that this era advocates doing things by yourself, so when Taoist priests draw talismans, they will do every step by themselves.

After drawing the blank talisman, if you want the talisman to have magical powers, you need to use true energy and mana as a bridge, and integrate the energy of heaven and earth into the blank talisman.

In this step, you need to choose the auspicious day of the zodiac.

Just like before and after the Awakening of Insects, it is very easy to receive the Lightning attribute Heaven and Earth Qi.

At this time, drawing the thunder law talisman is not only more powerful, but also has a higher success rate.

But if the drawing time of the Thunder Talisman is changed to winter, not to mention the low success rate, the power of the drawn Thunder Talisman is also surprisingly small.

Therefore, choosing an auspicious day for painting talismans is indeed effective in getting twice the result with half the effort.

After reading "The First Explanation of Talismans" at a glance, when Jiang Xuan came back to his senses, the sky was already dark.

Going outside and looking at the setting sun that had already sunk into the horizon, Jiang Xuan simply walked to the edge of the bitter bamboo.

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The spiritual root of life: congenital bitter bamboo (13% proficiency in "Tai Chi Heart Sutra".)
Susukida: one mu

Fertilizer: 0 pack

Feed: 0 packs

Spirit Beast: Sky Fox - Ginger Tangyuan

Lingzhi: leeks, spinach, celery, soybean sprouts, lettuce.
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The bitter bamboo is the same as before, still only has one branch and one leaf, and Jiang Xuan has not developed the skill of drawing talismans because he has read the "Preliminary Explanation of Fulu".

In the entire displayed information, only the word Xuanqiu Xiaowei in the column of spirit beasts has changed.

Presumably it is because a rough reading of "The First Explanation of Talismans" does not count as having learned the art of drawing talismans.

If you want to hang it on the branch and turn it into a new leaf, you should still need to get started.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan waved to Jiang Wu who just happened to go up the mountain:
"Tomorrow morning, go to the town to buy some Langhao pens, yellow talisman cloth, sacrificial smoke ink and pure yang cinnabar. I will prepare to draw talismans in a few days."

"The Preliminary Explanation of Talismans" records three methods of drawing basic talismans.

The first type is the "Light Body Talisman" that uses light and spiritual energy to greatly increase the speed of movement;
The second type is the "purification charm" that can treat some minor ailments;
The last one is the "Exorcism Talisman" that can dispel evil spirits.

These three kinds of talismans are all basic talismans, which are for beginners to practice.

If you can't even draw these three kinds of talismans, then don't even think about continuing to cultivate talismans.

Jiang Wu, who had just climbed to the top of the mountain out of breath, suddenly lost face when he heard the words:
"Brother, are you really going to give me a set of Gravity Talismans?"

Smiling and waving his hands, Jiang Xuan immediately said:

"I haven't even started making talismans yet, how can I draw gravity talismans?"

"But if you really want to put a few gravity charms on yourself, then I can't satisfy you."

Jiang Wu shook his head frantically:

"No, no, it's fine now. I feel like I've become a lot stronger after today."

"If big brother sticks a few more Gravity Talismans on me, it's probably going too far."

(End of this chapter)