Tomb Raider: The man is in the Nine Gates, but the system insists it's the Primordial Era.

"The so-called talisman is a divine talisman or incantation, a 'command' used to command spirits and deities. It can exorcise evil, cure diseases, and protect the home."

"The register is a legal register, a precious register, which records the divine officials and their duties."

"A talisman is divided into the head, the core, and the foot. The incantation is: the head is the spirit, the core is the soul, and the foot is the foundation."

"The talisman is of the highest rank, invoking divine authority. It is based on the name of the divine official. The name of the divine official whose power is to be used must be described to indicate the specific magic technique to be employed."

"The common method is to use three dots at the top and three diagonal hooks, with three strokes from top to bottom. This represents the three pure things: Yuanshi, Lingbao, and Daode, which have the highest authority."

"Then there is the imperial edict at the beginning, written as the two characters of imperial edict. The two strokes of the character '令' are extended to include the runes that activate magical power. Imperial edicts are generally decrees of the Thunder Department, which mobilize troops, summon the Thunder Department, and exorcise evil spirits."

"There are also talismans with the names of the Three Officials at the beginning, which invoke the blessings of the Heavenly Official, the pardon of sins by the Earthly Official, and the relief of calamities by the Water Official."

"The name of the patriarch, the Celestial Master, the Supreme One, the Big Dipper, the Southern Dipper..."

"For magical combat, the Tai Chi symbol is formed by the stars, the Big Dipper, the Twenty-Eight Mansions, and the Eight Trigrams..."

"The most important part of the entire talisman is the content of the talisman's core, which is generally composed of the characters '罡' (Gang), '雷' (Lei), '化' (Hua), '安' (An), '吉' (Ji), '敕' (Chi), '井' (Jing), and '消' (Xiao)..."

"Accumulate power, determine its function."

"..."

Inside the private room.

In the midst of complete silence, only the unique aura emanating from Qi Tiezui, whose professional knowledge was unintentionally and profoundly inherited, could be heard.

At this time, Qi Tiezui no longer argues with people, no longer acts like a comedian, and no longer talks nonsense or rambles.

His eyes were filled with an extremely strong sense of self-confidence.

Talismans.

Qi Tiezui explained the obscure and difficult-to-understand symbolic content to most people as if it were second nature.

This is the true strength of the Eighth Master of the Nine Gates.

Qi Tiezui is not good at kung fu or martial arts.

The Qi family has always considered each individual as a family, a single household.

The secrets of the law must not be passed on to six ears.

For most people, unorthodox methods that have no real effect are not going to save their lives.

Therefore, it takes a lot of thought, energy, and time to delve into the so-called Tao, and few people are willing to do it.

Moreover, those who possess knowledge of some of the secrets of heaven and earth all need the protection of innate blessings and an accurate destiny as their foundation.

After the separation of heaven and earth.

The mysterious power belonging to Taoism has almost completely disappeared.

Talismans are useless, spells are useless, and spiritual practice is useless.

Even if some individuals do manage to grasp the secrets of cultivation, they will soon be lost to the annals of history.

The Qi family had looked for other successors.

But when they heard that they would have to learn complex knowledge accumulated over thousands of years of culture, most of them lost interest.

Intelligent people disdain these unorthodox methods that show no immediate results, while foolish people cannot learn them even if they want to.

"...The energy of a single talisman is ultimately limited. At this point, the ancients devised a unique solution: using a single talisman as a carrier, they constructed it on a larger sheet of yellow paper, using the yin-yang symbol as the core and the eight trigrams as the form, integrating the single talisman into it to form an array!"

"..."

Su Mu was focused on memorizing everything Qi Tiezui said, and his interest in the auction gradually faded.

Formation!

Qi Tiezui took a sip of tea, his mouth becoming dry from talking.

He shook his head and laughed:

"Shopkeeper, you don't really think those talismans are useful, do you? Can they really summon wind and rain with one talisman and command thunder with one talisman? Hahaha, I've said too much. I think these are just a kind of cultural heritage. Ordinary people can just listen to them. If you really delve into them, you'll find that they are useless in the end. This is also the reason why many traditions have been broken."

"Even in the Celestial Master's Mansion on Mount Longhu, no one in this generation dares to say that they have truly touched the Dao of Talismans. They are just continuing to carry out the Mandate of Heaven according to the inheritance left by their predecessors."

Qi Tiezui's words carried a hint of arrogance.

Despite being merely a follower of folk arts, he dared to say that the legitimate Celestial Masters of the Longhu Mountain Celestial Master's Mansion had no divine power.

However, this is also true. Others may not know, but Qi Tiezui, as one of the inheritors of Taoism, knows all these secrets.

"Last time at the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, they even failed at setting up their banners, hahaha, that was hilarious!"

"You don't know what 'tying the banner' means, do you? It roughly means that they spend a lot of effort and manpower to try to persuade the Heavenly Master to grant some kind of miracle, but not only do the spirit officials and gods not give them face, their own ancestors don't even protect them."

Qi Tiezui smiled awkwardly to himself.

None of the people present could understand what the other person meant by the joke.

Su Mu nodded, then suddenly took out the "Rain Master's Decree" talisman again and placed it on the table.

Then, following Qi Tiezui's words, light three incense sticks and place them together between your thumb and forefinger.

Point the burning incense stick at the talisman and, following the symbols and runes drawn on the talisman, draw in the air with the incense in front of the talisman.

At the same time, he began to mutter to himself:

"Kan contains true water that condenses into mysterious waves, flowing backwards and rising into the celestial river. Yin rises and Yang descends, water and fire harmonize, forming high-flying clouds..."

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

The group watched Su Muru's outburst and turned their heads away with a smirk.

It's clear that Su Mu was deceived by Qi Tiezui, this dubious Taoist priest, who actually wanted to practice those profound and mysterious Taoist arts at his age.

Moreover, there are no real supernatural powers or methods in the world, not even Taoism.

He was just an ordinary, down-on-his-luck young man from the Su family.

An ordinary person who originally had no particular belief in Taoism.

What good is it?

In the hearts of Zhang Qishan, Er Yuehong, and others.

People began to speculate that Su Mu must have just stumbled upon the true ancient alchemy formula.

He was merely a barefoot wanderer with some medical skills.

Barefoot in the martial world, yet he dares to act as a symbol of heaven?

After the spell was cast.

Su Mu walked to the window with some doubt, looking at the dark night sky above with few stars.

"Don't the gods respect us?"

"Is it because the witch clan is forbidden from practicing magic?"

"or……"

pat-

Pedestrians walking on the bustling streets outside the Crescent Hotel began to shield their heads with their hands and jog quickly in small steps.

"Why did it suddenly start raining?"

"Quick! If it starts raining without any thunder, it's going to be a heavy downpour!"

"Lightning struck!"

"This lightning is so long, the thunder later is sure to be terrifying!"

"..."

Rumble!!!

Just as the pedestrians who had started running along the roadside predicted, a deafening and terrifying thunder suddenly rang out, and a torrential downpour, like a waterfall, fell down like a curtain of rain, impacting all the surrounding buildings and pedestrians who had not yet found shelter.

"Oh! It's really raining, Sumu!"

Huo Xian'er, who had always trusted Su Mu implicitly, jogged over and excitedly looked up at the sky.

Coincidence?

Zhang Qishan, Er Yuehong, and Qi Tiezui all turned their heads, looking at Su Mu who was still holding incense, their eyes filled with surprise and uncertainty.

If it's a coincidence, then why did this torrential rain fall right after Su Mu cast his spell?

if not……

"I don't believe it!"

Qi Tiezui stood up uneasily: "Come on, take out that Thunder God Spell from your pocket and continue what you were doing. The incantation is..."

"Then point the incense to an empty, deserted spot."

"I refuse to believe you can actually control thunder! I don't believe anyone in this world can truly summon clouds and rain, and command the heavens with talismans!"

"..."