Chapter 109 - Requesting Talismans!
Rebirth: Ghost Exorciser
After parting ways with Qi Zhenbai, Chi Shuyan wiped her cold sweat. Recalling Qi Zhenbaiâs ashen face just now, she felt this man probably wouldnât look for her again. Chi Shuyan had put on an innocent expression to express that she hadnât wanted to say it, but he was the one who insisted on hearing it. It had nothing to do with her!
As for what would happen in the future, Chi Shuyan decided to take it one step at a time. Perhaps the changes in their future relationship would start here. Thinking this, Chi Shuyan let out a long sigh of relief.
After returning home, Chi Shuyan first went to the bathroom to take a shower. When she came out, she felt the abundant spiritual energy in the room, and the pores all over her body felt so comfortable and were about to open up.
There was a Millenium Spirit Gathering Tortoise in the fish tank in the room and a pot of fairy-like orchid flowers on the windowsill, which gathered the spiritual energy together before releasing it. Chi Shuyan stretched. It was very comfortable in the presence of spiritual objects. It seemed that she would have to find more of this type of spiritual object in the future. Not only was it beneficial for cultivation, drawing talismans gave her twice the effect with half the effort.
Chi Shuyan casually picked up the watering can on the windowsill and poured water into it. She picked up the Blood Drinking Wood that was hanging in the middle of the orchid flowers and saw that it was glowing radiantly. It no longer looked as unremarkable as before as it absorbed more than half of the spiritual energy that flowed out of the orchid.
Chi Shuyan glanced at the rotten roots under the orchid. She didnât know if she was seeing things, but it seemed that the rotten parts were diminishing, as if they were slowly recovering and healing themselves. After looking at them and thinking for a long time, she felt that she was probably imagining things.
After all, apart from one cactus that was impervious to the cold, any plant or flower that she raised in her past life died eight or nine out of ten times. Besides, even an expert had been helpless when it came to this fragile orchid.
Chi Shuyan was a little regretful that this spiritual object was destined to wither and decay, but it was worth the 500,000 yuan to immerse this Blood Drinking Wood in the orchidâs spiritual energy. People shouldnât be too greedy.
After laying out the talismans and cinnabar which she had bought today on the table, Chi Shuyan lifted her cinnabar pen and focused on drawing talismans. This time, she planned to draw a Thunder Light Talisman with equal offensive and defensive power, but one level higher than before.
It would be a level-two Thunder Light Talisman.
Two hours later, Chi Shuyan finished the last stroke on the talisman.
Smelling the fragrance of the spiritual orchid, she had felt in unprecedentedly good condition when she drew the talismans, and hadnât even wasted a single sheet. As if she had divine help from god, she finished each talisman in one go.
After Chi Shuyan turned on her computer and logged onto the Taobao platform, her notifications beeped. The DMs were all customers who wanted to buy more products. When she checked the goods on the shelves of her shop, she found that almost all of them were sold out.
She couldnât help but click her tongue. Because she had been busy recently, she hadnât drawn many talismans, while it was her ghost servant who managed things behind the scenes, sent out the goods, and did a host of other miscellaneous things.
Chi Shuyan was about to restock her Taobao shop when her phone rang.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âMaster Chi, have you been very busy recently?â Yang Hongsheng inquired.
âItâs not too bad.â Chi Shuyan was confused.
âWhat have you been busy with all day?â
âReading.â It wasnât appropriate for Chi Shuyan to tell Yang Hongsheng that she was researching how to crack the luck-borrowing array, so she found an excuse to brush him off.
âAHHHH! Master Chi, you canât forget serious business just because youâre reading.â On the other end, Yang Hongsheng wailed, âAll the talismans in your shop are sold out. When are you going to restock your products? Iâve been keeping watch at my computer every day until Iâm about to grow grass, and I check it when I wake up first thing in the morning.â
Ever since Master Chi neatly solved his cousinâs problem, his parents and that bunch of relatives kept urging him to drop by to get talismans from the Master.
But he had already troubled Master Chi quite a bit, and was embarrassed about it. So, he could only keep watch at the computer every day to snap up the talismans, and he had been prepared to fight a protracted war. In the end, he was dumbfounded when he opened the Taobao shop. Everything was sold out and Master Chi hadnât restocked.
Yang Hongsheng waited and waited as he clawed at his ears and cheeks. He wanted to call and ask many times, but in the end, he thought about how Master Chi was in the special college entrance exam period, so it would be normal for her to be busier. Even his three brothers almost called her, but Yang Hongsheng stopped them for the sake of leaving a good impression on Master Chi.
But today, he finally couldnât wait anymore, so he made a phone call to sound her out. He didnât expect to be struck by a bolt from the blue. It turned out that Master Chi wasnât busy at all and was still in the mood to read. So, why hadnât he called earlier to ask?
The corner of Chi Shuyanâs mouth twitched. âCan you stop howling and making so much noise in the middle of the night? Iâm restocking right now. By the way, a new talisman called the Thunder Light Talisman will be put up for sale. The quality of the talisman is higher than the ones before, with both offensive and defensive capabilities. Iâve just put it up, so you can bid on it if you like.â
âA combination of offensive and defensive power?â Yang Hongsheng was puzzled. âBut werenât all the talismans before the same?â
âThe previous talismans can be considered to have both, but they had elementary and less offensive power, and were mainly defensive in nature. With the Thunder Light Talisman this time, letâs put it this way: With the previous talismans, if a car hits you, you would be sent flying but come out unscathed. With the Thunder Light Talisman, it wonât be you that is sent flying, but the car.â Chi Shuyan paused in filling in the online information for the new talisman as she patiently explained it to him.
âAhhh, Master Chi, this new type of talisman is so powerful, why didnât you say so earlier? Iâm still outside!â Yang Hongsheng pushed the person next to him away and sprinted out. âMaster Chi, you must wait for me.â
âYou can also do it on your phone!â Chi Shuyan was puzzled as she listened to Yang Hongsheng huffing and puffing.
âYou donât understand those beastly robbers. How can I beat them without computer hacks?â Yang Hongsheng directly threw his jacket over his shoulder and got into his car.
âDrive safe.â Chi Shuyan was speechless. âI wonât release it so early. By the way, remember to let Zhou Kunxiong and the others know.â
âOkay, leave it to me.â Yang Hongsheng let out a breath.
Chi Shuyan had just hung up, when Zhu Bocheng called her. After finding out that she would be putting up a new talisman and learning its functions, he was thrilled and expressed that he wanted it. Afraid that he wouldnât be able to fight for it, he may as well curry favor, and said, âSister Shuyan, tell me, with our close relationship, is there any need for me to fight for it? Why donât I just buy a few from you on the side?â
Seeing that Chi Shuyan didnât speak, Zhu Bocheng was afraid she would refuse, so he quickly said, âSister Shuyan, I really need it urgently. You donât know, but recently, a bunch of rascals around me said that they were going to do a midnight horror adventure livestream. Those rascals bought a huge pile of talismans from who knows where, but I could tell with one glance that theyâre fake. They didnât believe me when I told them that theyâre fake, and one of those rascals is Zhenbaiâs cousin. How can I not be worried? I wanted to tell Zhenbai, but his cousin insisted that I couldnât tell him. I donât have any other choice now, so I can only beg you. As the saying goes, better to be safe than sorry!â
The more Zhu Bocheng spoke, the more helpless he felt. If it wasnât because it was Zhenbaiâs cousin, he really wouldnât have bothered. Furthermore, in Zhu Bochengâs heart now, he felt that he couldnât trust any other Celestial Master except Sister Shuyan. Those few brats, however, insisted that he had met a swindler and that the Celestial Master they had met was the real one.
Chi Shuyan didnât think much about it and was about to agree, when a thought suddenly struck her. She didnât know why, but she suddenly remembered something from her past life, when the Qi family had held several funerals in succession. Those funerals caused a sensation, and seemed to have started when the son of Qi Zhenbaiâs Second Uncle died suddenly and his soul couldnât be found. His mother couldnât accept the fact and committed suicide that same night. After his wife and son died, the Qi familyâs Second Uncle also died from depression not long after. This incident dealt an incomparably severe blow to the Qi family and Qi Zhenbai. If Qi Zhenbai hadnât acted ruthlessly and decisively at that time, the Qi family might have long fallen into chaos.
Later, she vaguely heard that everything had appeared to be a setup, mainly because the Qi familyâs Second Uncle held an important position in the Qi family and was on extremely good terms with Qi Zhenbai. So, the person behind the scenes orchestrated this incident to lure out Qi Zhenbaiâs cousin and thereby strike a blow to Qi Zhenbaiâs power.
Thinking of this, Chi Shuyanâs face changed color repeatedly. Although she didnât have much of a relationship with that man, Qi Zhenbai, she was indebted to him several times and he treated her alright. With this in mind, Chi Shuyan immediately said, âDeal. Come and get them tomorrow morning. Just nice, Iâll use this time to refine a few more talismans that will be useful to them.â
âThank you so much, Sister Shuyan!â