Chapter 1 Chenzhou Talisman (please read)
There are waterfalls, deep pools, and ancient trees.
The thick shade of the trees blocks the sunlight, and the forest is moist and dark, with a light mist lingering.
The waterfall is ten feet high. There are sparse woods near the pool. The golden sunlight shines down, and the mist on the water reflects the colorful rays.
The cliff to the left of the waterfall is a cave, with green vines hanging down, covering the deep cave entrance.
The cave is braving the cold in broad daylight, and the scene is particularly breathtaking.
What is even more impressive is the altar in front of the cave.
A red cloth is placed on the Eight Immortals table, and melons and fruits are served on snow-white porcelain plates.
Sandalwood curls straight into the blue clouds.
In front of the altar is an old man wearing a blue evil ghost mask. The old man wears a red robe and a yin-yang green hat. He holds a big rooster in his left hand and a master's sword in his right hand.
Cut off the rooster's head with one knife, and put the blood into the wine jar.
Then the wizard picked up the bells and horns and danced the Nuo dance.
In the blue smoke, ghost faces appeared vividly.
"Watch and invite the great general, the spiritual officer, to sweep away the evil spirits from the hundred thousand disciples. He holds the golden whip in his hand and heads towards the upper world. He steps on the fire wheel and goes down to the ninth level. He kills the unfilial son in the barracks with fire. The golden whip twists him and turns him into ashes. He is dedicated to the Supreme Lord. Order, hurry up!"
The disciples on both sides held gongs, drums, and horns, and beat the gongs and drums according to the rhythm of the wizard.
There were more than a dozen people standing solemnly outside the altar.
Some of these people were dressed in Confucian robes, some were dressed as hunters, and some were barbarians with carved inscriptions.
There is a young man holding a gong on the right side of the wizard. The young man is wearing a green robe used in traditional Chinese medicine. He has good features and is about seventeen or eighteen years old. His eyes have a maturity that is different from those of his peers.
This man's name is Xu Xuan, the eldest son of the Xu family, the son of the middle-aged man wearing Confucian robes in front of the altar.
At the same time, he is not from this world. He comes from the modern earth with advanced technology. As a nine-to-five worker, after working overtime one day, he wakes up and appears in this world. It has been eighteen years now.
The ritual went on until evening, when the sun set and the sky became dark.
"Edict!!"
The wizard twisted the yellow talisman and gave a light drink. The talisman ignited without fire, causing everyone to marvel.
"Soul-calling flags, soul-drawing gongs, and corpse-drawing whips!"
As soon as he said this, three disciples, including Xu Xuan, came to the entrance of the cave with three magical weapons each.
The wizard held the bell and shook it gently.
At this time, a group of people walked out of the dark cave.
These people wore dark hats with black cloth hanging down from the edge to cover their heads. They were dressed in large black robes. They lined up and walked stiffly, following the rhythm of bells and gongs.
The scene is terrifying and gloomy. These mysterious people cannot make any sound and have a strong rotten air on their bodies.
It doesn't look like a living person.
This is the legendary corpse exorcism in Chenzhou.
The wizard is the master who drives away corpses, and these people are "corpses."
Against the backdrop of the night, it looked particularly terrifying.
Xu Xuan, who was holding the soul-guiding flag, had no fluctuations in his heart and even almost laughed.
Pretend to be a ghost!
These are all living people, and they have no magic.
As one of the disciples of his teacher Gong Lihu, he helped apply white phosphorus on the talisman paper the night before.
The corpses are disguised as living people. As for why this is so, it depends on the large and small bags of salt in their robes.
Soon, Mr. Laoshi drove his corpse to the altar, in front of Xu Guangting, the head of the Xu family, and Li Ming, the barbarian leader of the Three Mountains of Chenzhou.
"Two adults, the things have been prepared. Please give me your instructions."
"Go to Yiyang within three days, and someone will pick you up then." Xu Guangting ordered, "There are two carriages following you. There are coffins on the carriages, and the coffins contain goods. Don't let the officials know."
"yes!"
Li Hu shook the bell and led people away from here.
Xu Guangting glanced at Xu Xuan and said expressionlessly: "Go back, and let Li Hu take you on a trip when you become more proficient."
"Yes, father."
Xu Xuan responded.
The conversation between the two didn't look like a father and son at all. After all, Xu Xuan had the soul of an adult in his body. No matter how much he pretended in the first few years, he couldn't pretend that blood was thicker than water and that father and son were dear to each other.
In addition, they were different from ordinary people since childhood and were not liked by Xu Guangting, and they never had the opportunity to get along day and night. The relationship between father and son was not very deep.
Xu Xuan followed the others out of the woods and got on the pony, while Xu Guangting and another young man got on the carriage.
The young man was tall and had eyes as fierce as a wolf.
The group returned to the city.
On the way, Xu Xuan had no intention of looking at the scenery and sighed secretly in his heart.
"It would be great if there really were gods."
When he first came to this world, Xu Xuan was very excited, thinking that his life would be on the rise, but reality slapped him hard.
He originally wanted to be known as a child prodigy, but because his words and deeds were not in line with the behavior of a child, he was mistaken for being possessed by a ghost. His family sent him to the magic stick and drank a lot of talisman water, and Xu Xuan restrained himself.
As he grew older, Xu Xuan gained a certain understanding of the world, and became even more cautious after that.
The identity of the eldest son is really eye-catching, especially in the eyes of the young man's mother clan.
That man was Xu Xuan's half-brother Xu Feng, and the barbarian leader just now was his grandfather.
Relying on this relationship, the Xu family collaborated with Shanman to smuggle salt. Xu Feng should be the future head of the family.
"The incident of pouring talisman water when I was young should be Li's handiwork."
Xu Xuan became more and more cautious from then on. He showed no intention of competing for the position of the head of the family since he was a child. When he grew up, he even became a disciple of his master.
I never thought that this guy was the leader of Shanman and the Xu family's smuggling gang.
Where is the magic of magic?
It took Xu Xuan eighteen years to finally understand this truth. He didn't even have the so-called inner strength and true energy martial arts. The so-called knights only knew some martial arts techniques to break the body.
In the words of the previous life, this is a world without demons.
Just as he was thinking about it, a city appeared in front of him.
Chenzhou City.
The city is not big, with low stone walls, and the population is estimated to be no more than 30,000. Most of the people are good-looking, which completely fits the imagination of a small remote border town.
"Fortunately, I was born into a wealthy merchant family in Chenzhou, otherwise it would have been the beginning of hell."
The motorcade arrived at Xu Mansion in Nuo Da.
The thick red gate and the stone lions glared angrily.
The servants and muscular servants of the Xu family formed a sharp contrast with the slutty pedestrians outside.
"The master of the house is back!"
"Second Young Master, give the old slave the things."
Most of the servants gathered around the master and Xu Feng. Xu Xuan only had two young men in green clothes beside him.
Xu Xuan didn't take it seriously. He handed the horse's reins to his servant and walked along the corridors to Zhuyuan.
Small bridges and flowing water are accompanied by bamboos.
The coir raincoat soaked in the water vapor from the waterfall was hung on the wall to dry. After making a pot of hot tea, Xu Xuan began to taste it leisurely.
As a modern person, it is very easy to do things in a mess, and it is more satisfying to not be the head of the family.
It is true that slaves tend to follow others, but as for the evil slaves bullying their masters in the novel, it did not happen.
If it really happened, Xu Xuan was kind-hearted and would break one of their legs at most; if the owner found out, he would use it as fertilizer in the back garden.
Concubines and masters and slaves are not the same thing.
Xu Xuan put down the tea cup and sighed again: "With the smuggling business of beheading and the stepmother who tolerates no one else, it is not easy to destroy her."
But what can be done?
It is true that he is a modern person, but his experience in dealing with matters in his previous life was all under sound legal rules.
Intrigue and intrigue is something most modern people are not good at.
In his previous life, he couldn't even compete with the small supervisor in charge of more than a dozen people in the company. Let alone the supervisor, even the game with the vegetable seller ended in failure; not to mention the large family with hundreds of people, and the family that ruled tens of thousands of people. A woman from a mountain barbarian family.
Distraught, Xu Xuan put down his teacup and came to the bed to sit cross-legged.
He took out a thin booklet from under the pillow. The booklet had been read many times. There were six big characters written on the cover: Chenzhou Talisman Exquisite Explanation.
Chenzhou Talisman is a charm passed down by local wizards. Most of its charms are related to daily production, such as hemostatic water charms, stomachache relief charms, hunting charms, fishing magic bait...
The first chapter of the Chenzhou Talisman is called the Calmative Curse.
This is the fundamental method of Chenzhou Talisman. It calms the mind and induces the heavens, and only then can the spell take effect.
Xu Xuan recited the incantation silently.
After a long time, he woke up, with a trace of disappointment flashing in his eyes.
Sure enough, it doesn't work.
"If you want to settle down and live your life, this is the only thing."
Xu Xuan looked around to make sure the doors and windows were closed tightly, then went under the bed and pulled out something.
This is a rusty, palm-sized bronze mirror.
The mirror surface is covered with patina, and there are dragon, phoenix and star patterns on the back.
Under the dim night, this mirror emits light yellow fluorescence.
This mirror was the only treasure that accompanied him through time travel. He bought it at a street stall, and it ended up accompanying him through time travel. Xu Xuan's desire to seek the truth came from this.
The way it appeared was magical, and suddenly one day it was in the room.
Xu Xuan has always felt that there is mysterious practice in this world.
After groping for a while, I was about to put it down.
Suddenly, something happened to the bronze mirror.
(The new book has set sail. Brothers who think it is good can read it. The current starting point recommendation system is too harsh, and it is easy to lose money on new books. I will be furious when it is released.)