Looking at the name, it seems to be a travel note recording Zhang Tianshi's experience in subduing demons. It should be similar to some of the words he had read before. Most of them are stories about ghosts and ghosts made up by later generations.
Shen Luo didn't pay much attention. He knocked the dust on it and put it in his sleeve pocket.
Then, after looking through the remaining tables and chairs, he found nothing else, so he had to give up, leave the utility room, and return to Qingshiping.
The quiet room in Qingshiping is a two-story building with about twenty small houses on the upper and lower floors. Some of the disciples in the temple live here.
The sunken quiet room is on the far right side of the first floor, adjacent to the cliff.
The quiet rooms of all the disciples were not big. Apart from a bed and a pair of tables and chairs, there were no other objects, and Shen Luo was no exception.
As soon as he opened the door, a strong pine scent hit his face, causing Shen Luo to wrinkle his nose.
There are many incense products such as sandalwood and rosin in Guanli, and disciples are never prohibited from using them, because usually during meditation practice, having these calming and calming products as an aid can make it easier for people to meditate. Enter concentration.
It’s just that other people just light one, and it just has a light aroma. How can they make it so strong like him, it’s almost choking.
However, there is nothing we can do about it.
Most of the sunlight in the sunken room was blocked by a crooked-necked welcoming pine on the cliff. It was already a bit cool and damp. On the desk in the room, there were dozens of books he had read. Most of the ancient books bought from various places here are covered with mold, and you can imagine the smell.
If it were not pressed with rosin, there would be no room for people to be there.
Shen Luo was accustomed to this, so he came to sit down at the desk against the wall, took out the newly brought "Chronicle of Zhang Tianshi's Subjugation of Demons" from his sleeve pocket, and placed it on the table .
The outside of this book looks okay. Except for the mildew spots on the cover which look a bit disgusting, the rest is quite complete. It is much better than most of the books that have fallen here.
He first picked up the kettle on the table and filled it with half a bottle of water. After taking half a stick of incense, he felt a little calmer.
He opened the cover of the ancient book and exposed the yellowed paper on the title page, which showed a short and fat Taoist priest wearing a lotus crown and a seven-star robe. Angry eyes like a diamond.
It looks like it should be the portrait of Zhang Tianshi, but the lines are rough and it looks mostly freehand. After all, if a real person looked like this, it would be more sinister and terrifying than a ghost or something.
With a deep smile, he turned over the title page and began to read the content behind it.
After seeing this, Shenluo's mind was immediately attracted to it. The content recorded in the book was really strange, telling many anecdotes about Zhang Tianshi's subjugation of demons and ghosts in the Lingnan area.
There is no chronological record in the book, so there is no way to verify the time, but the place names are written clearly.The place names that can be researched and searched for now are probably not that long ago.
This Zhang Tianshi is a real Taoist who masters the secrets of alchemy and the true inheritance of talismans. He can alchemy elixirs and make talismans. In the book, he has subdued dozens of ghosts and many monsters such as the rat spirit Hu Mei and so on. .
Originally, Shen Luo has read a lot of these ghosts and monsters. There is not much new content in them. Even the ghosts and magic spells written in them are not as diverse and exciting as others. They are just haunted by evil spirits. , a charming and clichéd plot.
What made Shen Luo unable to let go was the various spells in this book about fighting evil spirits. The process of using them was all clearly written. One of the stories mentioned, A wealthy family member was troubled by a fox spirit outside his home. He was so annoyed that Master Zhang gave him a whisk and hung it on the lintel of his door. From then on, the fox problem was eliminated.
In addition, the book also mentions weird methods such as using black dog blood to write talismans, using butcher's knives to suppress ghosts, and using ancient coins to suppress enemies.
Even at the end of several stories, pictures of the talismans used in the stories are attached. It seems that the writing is done in one go, and it is quite unique.
However, after careful inspection, Shen Luo found something was wrong.
He has seen some talismans posted on some door lintels in the temple, and also seen them in some other books. Although the names and styles drawn here are the same, the details of the brushwork are different. However, there are obvious differences.
After Shen Luo took a few glances, he immediately rummaged through the old books piled on the desk, and soon pulled out an even more damaged old book, with the cover falling off.
Only a dozen thin pages at the front of this old book can be read. Most of the pages at the back have been rotted and stuck together. If you tear it with a little force, it will break into slag.
This book is called "The Secret Manual of Talismans". It is an ancient book that specifically records the talismans handed down from ancient times. It mentions many rules and taboos about making and using talismans.
In this book, according to the functions of talismans, they are roughly divided into three categories: "transformation, suppression, and attack".
For example, the villain talisman and the Baijie disaster-repelling talisman all belong to the category of transformation talismans, while the peace talisman and the house-destroying talisman all belong to the suppressing talisman. As for the attack talisman, the description is unclear. There were very few, but names like Gas Talisman and Little Thunder Talisman were mentioned.
Among all the types of talismans, Shen Luo cares most about the attack talismans. The scene when Master Luo used a yellow talisman to control the Yin energy left a deep impression on him, and he still remembers it till now. .
It’s just that in the relevant books he has access to, there are very few descriptions of this type of talismans, which invisibly casts a layer of mystery on these talismans.
If you encounter evil spirits again in the future, having a suppressive talisman such as a peace amulet may be able to keep you safe. However, if you encounter a real ghost, of course it is safer to have an attack talisman close by. .
Unfortunately, the parts that can be read in the book are all similar to the general outline.The content, the content that really describes the function and drawing method of the character, is in the second half, and almost all of it cannot be viewed.
Shen Luo looked through some of the previous contents and found that the peace talisman was still preserved. It happened to be in the "Chronicle of Zhang Tianshi's Subjugation of Demons", so he immediately took it over and compared it.
"Hey, it's really the same." He took a breath and said to himself.
"Boom..."
At this time, the sound of a dusk drum awoke Shen Luo from his thoughts.
He raised his head and glanced at the sky outside the window, only to realize that it was already evening before he knew it.
Ever since he went up the mountain, he has been very interested in these ghostly and weird things. In addition to practicing Xiaoyang Huaying Kung Fu on a daily basis, he is temporarily unable to practice horizontal kung fu such as "Qingyang Hand", so he Part of the time was spent looking through these books.
I didn’t expect that this would take me most of the day.
He shook his head and smiled to himself, arranged the books on the table, stood up and walked out of the room.
Going nearly a hundred feet to the right behind Sanqing Hall, there is a flat cliff with several independent small courtyards built on it. The inner disciples of the temple live here, and each of them has a small courtyard. He is alone in the courtyard and does not live with other disciples.
At this time, the sky was already quite dark, and three figures gathered outside the door of one of the courtyards.