When I entered the yard, I saw the little tiger pouting, holding the magnolia tree in a daze.

"Xiaohu is not happy?"

Xiaohu snorted lightly and turned his head. I thought he didn't want to talk to me, and when I was about to walk away, he suddenly asked, "Can you do me a favor?" ”

"Absolutely!"

"Then you wait!" As he spoke, he turned and ran back to his room. After a while, Xiaohu trotted with a small box in one hand and a white rabbit puppet in the other, and came over to stuff it for me.

"It's not meant for me, is it?" I teased him.

"No, no, no!" Xiaohu said sullenly: "Xiaoqin is going to have a birthday, I can't go, Sister Shan, you go!" ”

I seem to have heard the name "Xiaoqin", but I didn't remember it all at once - "Then when is her birthday?" ”

Xiaohu suddenly said with an aggrieved face: "Xiaoqin said that her mother told her that she had a birthday on Friday!" Grandma said Daddy was going to pick me up to play...... I promised Xiaoqin that I didn't want to go! ”

"Then I'll go and discuss with grandma, and when Xiaoqin finishes her birthday, Xiaohu will go to play with her father again, okay?"

"Really?" Xiaohu immediately pushed me into the house, "Grandma, grandma...... Sister Shan is looking for you! ”

Xiaohu's father's itinerary has been set, and he will come to pick him up tomorrow, and Xiaohu returned to the yard disappointed. I felt guilty, but I couldn't change anything, all I could do was give him the gift to Xiaoqin at that time. I came to the small room, and the old lady was chanting.

"Finished?" The old lady asked.

I took out the brass bell and handed it over: "Excuse me!" ”

"No!" The old lady turned her back to me and waved her hand, "Here you go!" ”

"Me?" I was surprised.

The old lady picked up a yellow talisman from the offering and handed it to me: "This is the 'Death Talisman'!" Tonight, you find an open space, prepare sacrifices, set up a case to burn, and there will be a 'guide' to pick her up! ”

"I ...... Can I do it? ”

The old lady asked, "Have you finished reading the codex?" ”

"Hmm!" I hurriedly took out a handbook from my bag and handed it over, "Although I still don't understand a lot of things, I have written them down!" ”

"It's good to write down, it will always come in handy...... By the way, did you write down those runes? ”

"No, but I took pictures with my phone!" I'll be honest.

"Good! This kind of thing can't be rushed! She respectfully placed the codex on the offering table, and after a moment of silence, she turned her head to look in the direction of the corner, "Bring the sand table!" ”

I followed the old lady's instructions and noticed that there was a boxy wooden frame on the ground. The bottom of the wooden frame was sealed with a white cloth, evenly covered with a layer of fine sand, about a centimeter thick, and a small wooden stick was placed on it.

"Starting today, you have to learn to draw talismans!" The old lady said earnestly.

"Use this?" I looked at her in disbelief.

The old lady nodded: "Actually, it's easy to draw talismans, but the difficult thing is to do it in one go." Look at it—" The old lady picked up the stick, and her trembling hand suddenly steadied herself, and she quickly wrote a string of talismans on the sand.

"Take this 'peace charm' as an example...... "The old lady said and grabbed me by the hand and took it on the sand table, "you just need to be distracted now, practice more, and wait for a coherent connection!" ”

After the old lady finished speaking lightly, she continued to chant. I squatted in the corner with the sand table in my hand and practiced for more than an hour, but I still couldn't get the essentials. In the end, I took the sand table and left the Du family in a daze - remembering that Su Bei was nagging me a few days ago to learn to draw talismans or something, I really felt a little crying and laughing.

When I got home, I remembered the "agreement" with Yulan, and I sent a WeChat message to Xue Chen——

Me: Are you free for the evening? Someone wants to treat us to dinner!

Xue: Hmm! I'll be looking for you later!

Me: Don't you ask who it is?

Xue: If you see it, you will know!

I put down my phone and bored myself writing and drawing on the sand table, a veritable "ghost drawing", which made me upset. The so-called "everything is difficult at the beginning" is not wrong at all, especially in learning art, the basic skills in the early stage are really boring and outrageous.

There is also a record of "drawing symbols" in the Codex. Roughly speaking, you have to have a talisman in your heart first, and pour spiritual power into your fingertips before you can use it. Whether it is a paper talisman or a telekinetic talisman cast in the air, it follows three elements: fast, accurate, and fine!

"Fast" is a must! When facing a powerful ghost, there will be a worry about your life at any time, and naturally every second counts. "Quasi" is aimed at the haunting characteristics of ghosts, they often create illusions to confuse people, and many times they do not hit with one hit, and it is easy to leave disasters. "Fine" requires not only to be clean and neat, but also to be fine. The talisman is an esoteric text, a small dot, a spacing, don't look at some of the graffiti that seems to be circled and forked, a little careless, put the cart before the horse, it will produce unexpected consequences.

However, these are all empty words for a beginner, a person who is difficult to control even "in one go".

I followed the images on my phone, carefully and carefully, and I couldn't get it done for a few minutes when the old lady drew something in a few seconds - I began to wonder: can this really be done in one stroke?

Hearing the sound of the door lock turning, I quickly smoothed out the graffiti on the sand table with a small wooden stick - "You're at home!" Su Bei walked up to me with a big bag and asked curiously, "What are you doing?" ”

I smiled and said, "If you're bored, draw to relieve your boredom!" ”

"You're really idle!" Xiao Ting changed her shoes and gave me a look.

I suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. I saw Su Bei keep taking out a book from the big bag...... Videos? "Curse", "Red High Heels", "Ten Ways to See Ghosts", "Yin and Yang Eyes", "Old Corpse in the Mountain Village", ......

"What are you doing here?" I looked cautious.

"Tutoring!" Su Bei explained seriously: "Practice your courage, so as not to see those 'things' in the future and be scared!" ”

I looked at her puzzled, "I don't need this!" ”

Su Bei showed two rows of big white teeth, looked at me with a smile and said, "I need it!" ”

"You? What are you thinking? I watched her warily.

"Huh!" Su Bei put down the video disc and wrapped her arms around me, "You can take me with you!" ”

"You're not dead yet, are you?" I broke free, stood up, and persuaded, "This is really not a joke, you better give up!" Besides, I'm not sure! ”

Su Bei looked at me pitifully, I poured the fine sand on the sand table into a plastic bag, and went back to the house to clean up.

"Ting, I'm going out to do some errands, I may come back late, remember to leave me food!"

"Take me!"

Su Bei jumped over, but fortunately, Xiao Ting grabbed her in time, and under Su Bei's complaining gaze, I escaped from the house.