Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 81 Three Talismans
Three days later, Chen Miao went to the police station and found Chen Guokun's office in a secluded corner.

After the certification process was completed, he got what he wanted.

The peach wood sword is not made of paper, but rather on a USB drive with a password. It is valid for three months, after which the contents will self-destruct.

Chen Miao felt that this approach was a bit formalistic and petty.

Can the Administration control the data on the USB drive to self-destruct? Can it control Chen Miao to copy the contents onto paper after reading them?
However, after Chen Miao received the complimentary items, he took back the adjective "stingy".

The Administration Bureau included a real, finished Seven Star Peach Wood Sword... model as a bonus!
It looks just like the real thing, but it's made of ordinary peach wood and has no effect.

This model gave Chen Miao a very intuitive understanding of the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword.

It shouldn't be long before he can make the peach wood sword.

As for the Bloodlight Talisman, it looks similar to the other talismans in Chen Miao's hands, except that the runes on it are different.

A talisman cannot be drawn simply by looking at its appearance, because you have no idea how many times each stroke was drawn.

The density of the rune lines varies, resulting in vastly different effects.

Chen Miao didn't know this before, but he understood it after learning how to draw talismans.

After taking his things, Chen Miao said goodbye to Chen Guokun and left.

After returning to the funeral home, Chen Miao was busy until 7 p.m. before finally finishing her shift.

Only then did he have the opportunity to open the USB drive and see its contents.

It would have been better if he hadn't looked; once he did, Chen Miao sighed.

Chen Miao had previously planned to copy a document, but now it seems that he probably won't be able to do so.

The tutorial for making the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword on the USB drive includes both pictures and text.

Each step is accompanied by a varying number of images.

It must be said that it is very detailed, and the text makes it easy to understand.

"In this way, we won't need to copy anymore. We can first use ordinary peach wood to make a corresponding peach wood sword model for each key step. Even if we forget it over time, we can just look at those half-finished peach wood sword models from beginning to end and we'll understand everything!"

Chen Miao felt that doing it this way was more intuitive than copying the text.

Although it's a bit troublesome, he only has one century-old peach wood sword blank. He can practice more. He can't have to exchange for century-old peach wood again if there are problems with the making of it.
A piece of century-old peach wood requires two coins of good karma. Even if Chen Miao has a lot of good karma now, it can't withstand such a waste!

After watching for about ten minutes and having a better understanding of the situation, Chen Miao unplugged the USB drive.

He still had things to do next.

Open the book and turn to the redemption list.

Chen Miao looked at the few things he had long coveted.

One qian of cinnabar (a unit of weight in Chinese astrology) - (a unit of weight in Chinese astrology)
A bowl of rooster blood (a small act of good karma)
A large sheet of yellow talisman paper (representing one coin of good karma).
Without hesitation, I redeemed it immediately!
In the blink of an eye, three items appeared on Chen Miao's table.

Chen Miao reached out, picked up the large sheet of talisman paper, and placed it on the cutting table he had bought to make drawing talismans easier. He then cut out 15 blank sheets of talisman paper.

The talisman paper is dark yellow and feels somewhat rough to the touch, but it doesn't hurt your hands. It looks heavy, but it's lighter than some A4 paper of the same size.

After carefully placing it away, Chen Miao looked at the small bottle of cinnabar.

Chen Miao hadn't expected that the items he redeemed from the book would come with a small wooden bottle as a bonus.

I smelled the wooden bottle, but it had no smell, and I couldn't tell what kind of wood it was made of.

Open the small wooden stopper and pour out some of the cinnabar inside.

Under the light, the poured-out cinnabar particles were extremely fine, dark red with a hint of purple, like charcoal embers that were about to go out.

Chen Miao stretched out his finger, pinched a small amount, and gently crushed it with his fingertip, then looked somewhat surprised.

This cinnabar wasn't as cold and hard as the cinnabar Xiang Shang had bought before; instead, it had a creamy, smooth texture!
The cinnabar that Chen Miao crushed resembled melted red wax, slightly sticky, leaving a crimson mark on his fingertip.

Chen Miao didn't know what the best cinnabar was, but this was probably the most special cinnabar he had ever seen.

Carefully sweeping the cinnabar that had just been poured out into the inkstone, Chen Miao then looked at the chicken blood in the wooden bowl next to him.

Chen Miao couldn't tell anything special about this chicken blood. Apart from being a bit brighter in color, it looked pretty much the same as regular chicken blood.

After observing for a while, Chen Miao seized the opportunity and immediately took out the pen holder and talisman pen.

Then, the chicken blood mixed with cinnabar was poured into the inkstone.

Grinding the ink, putting pen to paper, with a pure heart and a gathering of shade. ...

An hour passed.

Chen Miao placed the talisman brush on the brush holder and rubbed his slightly sore and stiff hands.

At this point, all fifteen talismans had been drawn.

Of the fifteen talismans, only three showed a reaction from yin energy when they were drawn.

This disappointed Chen Miao somewhat.

Although the success rate of drawing talismans has increased from 3% to 20%, it still costs three coins of good karma!

Three coins of good deeds can buy three talismans?

Chen Miao felt he had been cheated!
"Next time, I must wait until my talisman drawing skills are at least proficient before exchanging for materials, otherwise it will be too painful."

Chen Miao muttered to himself.

He naturally wouldn't think it was a problem with the materials, so the problem must be with his technique!
After his hand recovered for a while, Chen Miao picked up the three successful talismans on the table.

This time, five spirit-suppressing talismans were drawn, but only one was completed.

Four talismans for dispelling evil were drawn, but only one was completed.

Three corpse-controlling talismans were drawn, but only one was completed.

Chen Miao also drew the Yin-gathering Talisman, three of them, but none of them turned out well.

There wasn't a single "heart symbol" drawn.

Although the result was somewhat disappointing, Chen Miao still cherished these three talismans.

However, because the quantity was too small and there was only one of each type, Chen Miao was reluctant to waste one to see the effect.

After examining them for a while, Chen Miao finally put the three talismans into the book.

The fact that it was included in the book did alleviate some of Chen Miao's frustration.

In this way, even if something unexpected happens in the future and you forget to bring the talisman box, you can still ensure your safety.

As for forgetting to bring the book?
Impossible. It's impossible to forget your phone and books.

Moreover, Chen Miao never forgot to bring his phone!
I glanced at the things on the table.

There was no blood ink left in the inkstone, and the cinnabar and talisman paper had all been used up.

There was still half a bowl of chicken blood left.

This made Chen Miao somewhat relieved.

In this way, the next time you exchange cinnabar and yellow paper, you only need two coins of merit.

In total, five coins of Yin virtue can be exchanged for the materials to make thirty talismans. If we assume a 20% success rate, that's six talismans.

A single talisman costs nearly a coin of merit, which is almost the same as incense sticks, but it's unclear whether its effects are the same.

With that in mind, Chen Miao also included chicken blood in the book.

The things included in the book don't need to be worried about solidifying into blocks; they will look exactly the same when they come out as they were when they were put in.

Unfortunately, you can't put anything from the outside in.

Otherwise, Chen Miao would definitely win first place in a wilderness survival competition in the future.

Collect the ten failed talismans and put them in the drawer.

Chen Miao couldn't bear to throw them away. He planned to take them out from time to time to see what was wrong with these ten talismans!
This serves as a warning, and he must avoid similar problems when drawing talismans in the future!

With that in mind, Chen Miao did nothing else that night.

After checking the local news and messages in various groups, I went straight to bed.

The next day, someone came looking for Chen Miao.

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(End of this chapter)