How can there be such a strong superpower?

Chen Lusi fell silent as he looked at Lin Wan, who was wearing a simple T-shirt and skinny jeans, with a pair of tight, straight and slender legs that exuded youthfulness.

If he hadn't heard the conversation between the two just now, he would have believed it.

"Correct."

At this time.

Lin Ying also came over, nodded and echoed.

Chen Lusi turned his head and looked at the mature and voluptuous girl with a slender and well-proportioned figure. Compared with Lin Wan, she was completely two extremes. Lin Ying, with her mature and gentle beauty, nodded seriously and also joined in the nonsense. He couldn't help but sigh.

then.

He took the potato chips in a flash, took them out and stuffed them into the two men's mouths.

"Well--"

The two were caught off guard and didn't react to Chen Lusi's actions. They subconsciously opened their mouths out of trust, so their cheeks were stuffed with food almost at the same time.

"Okay, solved."

Chen Lusi clapped his hands, looked at the two sisters with puffed cheeks, and smiled gently.

Quite cute.

Seeing that her sister was not spared, Lin Wan had no objection.

Lin Ying glared at Chen Lusi lightly.

Chen Lusi didn't care, but asked her opinion: "Are you in a hurry to leave?"

"Is there anything else you can do?"

Lin Ying asked as she brushed the potato chip crumbs off her rosy red lips.

"I want to try this."

Chen Lusi took out the cinnabar and talisman that Zhang Xiufeng had just handed him from his pocket and said, "It just so happens that someone is here. If something happens to the hotel, it will be very troublesome."

"Then you try it."

Lin Ying thought for a moment and nodded gently: "We'll wait for you. Lin Wan still has more than half a month of vacation, so there's no rush."

"Then see if you can find an empty room."

Chen Lusi threw away the bag of potato chips in his hand and took the two sisters to look for an empty room.

but.

Ji Xin seemed to know what he needed.

Without waiting for Chen Lusi to look for it.

Shan Li took the initiative to come over and find him, then took Chen Lusi and the two sisters to the top floor.

"You can do as you please in this room. No one will disturb you."

Ji Xin pushed open the door and made a gesture of invitation.

Chen Lusi thanked him and walked in.

This appears to be an office, but whose office it is is unknown as there are no personal belongings.

Ji Xin glanced at the two sisters, then gently closed the door and did not follow them in.

Chen Lusi looked back at the closed door, thought for a moment, found a chair to sit down, and then took out the talisman and cinnabar that Zhang Xiufeng had given him.

Lin Wan sat down next to Chen Lusi and asked quietly, "Brother-in-law, you won't turn into a Taoist priest by painting this, right?"

Chen Lusi asked in return: "Why do you ask this?"

"Because it seems most Taoist priests can't get married!"

"..."

Chen Lusi was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Lin Ying reached out to smooth out the wrinkles on her dress, then gracefully sat down on the other side. Then, she asked curiously, "Chen Lusi, can you draw?"

"..."

A word to awaken the dreamer.

Chen Lusi paused when he heard this, then turned his head silently and looked at Lin Ying.

Lin Ying blinked, somewhat puzzled.

"……I won't."

Chen Lusi shook his head lightly, then replied helplessly: "I just forgot to ask."

indeed.

How could he draw any talismans?

Although Zhang Xiufeng asked him to add a talisman head to the talisman to see if it would work.

But the question is, how to draw this?

He is a complete layman, so he can't play freely, right?

230. Chapter 230: Dip a ballpoint pen in cinnabar and be perfunctory to the extreme

230.

2023-11-26

"Should we check it out?"

Lin Ying looked at Chen Lusi who was suddenly stunned, thought for a moment, and made a suggestion.

Chen Lusi came back to his senses after hearing this, thought about it, felt that it made sense, and took out his mobile phone to search on the search engine.

The two sisters leaned over and looked at his phone together.

There are many schools of talismans, and because each school worships its own ancestor, the talisman heads are different. For example, the 'three hooks' commonly seen on many talismans represent the Three Pure Ones, or the Three Realms Gods (City God, Land God, and Patriarch).

There are also imperial decrees, thunder decrees, etc. as the head of the talisman. There are many types, and they vary greatly depending on the sect. Generally, when summoning gods or deploying troops, the head of the talisman is often "imperial decree". "

Lin Ying softly read out the encyclopedia that Chen Lusi had looked up, then looked at him.

Chen Lusi had a wooden face.

"Brother-in-law, it seems like you need to do some footwork and chant some spells..."

Lin Wan added, "He also said that everything from laying out the paper and grinding the ink to using the brush was very meticulous."

Chen Lusi still had a blank expression on his face. He just picked up his phone and searched for the Shrinking Earth Talisman.

But when the relevant information about the Shrinking Earth Talisman came out, he was slightly surprised.

The Earth-Shrinking Talisman...also known as the Changfang Earth-Shrinking Technique.

From the Biography of Fei Changfang - Fang has a magical skill that can shrink the veins of the earth, making them exist thousands of miles away. It is still there before your eyes, and when you release it, it will relax as before.

...is consistent with the origin of the allusion of "Xuanhu Jishi".

This means that the shrinking talisman and the gourd placed by Tiance Trading are of the same origin.

"what happened?"

Lin Ying noticed that Chen Lusi's expression was a little strange and asked.

"Somewhat unexpected."

Chen Lusi turned his eyes away from his phone, glanced at the talisman placed beside him, and said softly, "The world feels quite small."

Lin Ying tilted her head: "Oh, then can you draw?"

Chen Lusi was silent for a moment, then pointed at the Earth-Shrinking Talisman on the screen and said, "I understand. Just treat the talisman as the two characters for mountain and water."

"This is clearly connected, right?"

Hearing this, Lin Wan whispered, "No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the words 'mountain' and 'water'."

"Then I'll join in too."

Chen Lusi explained, "Anyway, I don't plan on practicing martial arts or chanting spells...so why not just follow my own understanding?"

Lin Wan: "Brother-in-law, I thought these mysterious things of yours were very serious... How is this different from what you think is useful?"

Chen Lusi said with a dull face, "Could this thing even be materialistic?"

Lin Wan was speechless and could only say, "Okay, go ahead and paint. Just don't leave us two sisters alone... Do you need me to grind the ink?"

"No, just dip the ballpoint pen in cinnabar..."

Lin Wan couldn't help but complain again: "Brother-in-law...you are not idealistic! You are just fooling around."

“Modern times have modern ways.”

Chen Lusi explained, "What era is this? People are still grinding ink, stepping on the magic circle, and chanting spells... If Zhang Xiufeng is right, talismans are nothing more than props for communicating with the gods. The most important thing is the covenant between the founder of the Taoist tradition and the gods, not those unnecessary rituals.

For example, if you want me to do something, will you circle around me first, chant a spell, and then ask me to do it? Probably not. At most, you will act coquettishly for a while, and then tell me directly.

If you are using a chat app, you may not even need to act coquettishly and can just get straight to business.

If I understand correctly, this should be the same principle... After all, the talisman is just a 'bridge'. No matter how ugly the bridge is, as long as people can pass through it and as long as the message can be spread, that's enough."

Lin Ying smiled sweetly and asked, "So the symbol 'Futou' is the other party's WeChat ID?"

"Ah."

"Yeah, this is the first time I've seen someone understand talismans in this way."

Lin Wan was somewhat helpless: "Forget it, it doesn't matter what...Brother-in-law, you draw it. I'm quite interested after what you said. How exactly are you going to send a message to the gods?"

"..."

Chen Lusi actually knew that what he was doing was a bit weird, but he really didn't like those inexplicable rituals.

...After a religion has developed for a long time, it will always have many rituals.

In his opinion, the reason for this is simply because religion wants believers to invest more in order to consolidate the foundation of their faith.

After all, the more a person invests in something, the less likely he is to allow that thing to be overturned.

But this mentality is actually not healthy.

In this case, it is better to abandon those inexplicable sense of rituals.

After all...what if it succeeds?

Think of this.

Chen Lusi really stood up, walked to the desk not far away, and picked up a ballpoint pen.

then.

He returned to the two sisters, spread out the talisman Zhang Xiufeng had given him, took out the ballpoint pen, dipped the tip of the pen in cinnabar, picked up the pen and took a deep breath.

...Actually, apart from the rather crappy ballpoint pen dipped in cinnabar, it looks pretty decent and handsome.

Lin Wan gently supported her cheek and looked at Chen Lusi who was holding a pen, and couldn't help but smile.

the other side.

Chen Lusi didn't notice Lin Wan's gaze. He was trying to awaken the talisman in his palm.

But it had no effect, no reaction at all.

He thought about it and decided to just forget it... let's just draw first.

This is the thought.

Chen Lusi just picked up the pen and started painting... Actually, it's more like writing than painting.

His handwriting was not very good-looking, and was also limited by the size of the entire talisman, so the final result... was not very beautiful.

It can be said that it is.

The second half is written in a flowing style, with dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, and the characters flowing smoothly, all in one go, showing a free and unrestrained feeling.

The upper part is sloppy, messy and horrible, showing the true nature of elementary school students' graffiti.