Chapter 8: Wax Figures
Today was probably Su Chen's lucky day, and he actually bought the ideal yellow paper and cinnabar very smoothly.
What made Su Chen even more happy was that he also bought an "ancient book" called "Fu Daquan".
Although Su Chen could see at a glance that this so-called "ancient book" was actually a printed copy that was no more than ten years old, after turning a few pages, Su Chen still made a painful expression, and actually bought it with joy in his heart.
The talisman in this talisman book is somewhat different from what Su Chen learned from his grandfather. However, there are one or two ways to draw them, which my grandfather also used. Su Chen plans to try these different painting methods, maybe he will gain something from them.
Considering that it was not easy to encounter a high-quality yellow paper and cinnabar, and the price given by the owner of the shroud shop was not too dark, Su Chen simply took out all the Xingyuan on his body, and almost emptied the inventory in the store in the happy expression of the owner of the shroud shop.
The thin shroud shop owner helped Su Chen move things to the side of the car, and the gossip wind chimes hanging at the door of the store rang several times.
Su Chen waved his hand, saw the owner of the shroud shop return to the store, happily put these things in the trunk and put them away, then parked the car in the parking space outside the farmers' market, turned around and entered a self-service bank, and withdrew a few hundred yuan in cash before walking into the vegetable market.
As I walked, my happy mood unconsciously became nervous.
He felt that something was not quite right at today's farmers' market.
That's right, it's the sound.
The environment of the farmers' market has always been noisy, lively, and full of people.
Even when there aren't many customers, the vendor owners will chat with each other, fight and have fun. In Su Chen's twenty-seven years of life experience, he had never seen a farmer's market, and there was a moment when it was as quiet as the one in front of him.
The owners of the stalls are still those familiar faces.
It's just that everyone is eerily silent.
The smile on his face looked a little stiff, and the cracks at the corners of his mouth seemed to be about the same size.
One face for a thousand.
That's right, that's the word.
Everyone seems to have the same face on their heads.
Although their facial features are still the same as before, their complexion is still the same as before, their original bald heads have not grown hair, and their original orangutans with dense beards have not become neat and clean.
However, their faces strangely showed the same smile.
The corners of the mouth stay in the same arc.
And even the most noisy and chatty aunts and uncles among them didn't say hello when they saw Su Chen's familiar face.
Su Chen felt that there was an inexplicable coolness, crawling all over his body along his hair and backbone. From the hair to the heels, I got a dense layer of goosebumps.
His steps stiffened, too.
At the farmer's market, there are more than just the owners of these stalls.
There are also a lot of guests.
However, they all seem to have turned into wax figures in a wax museum at some point.
Standing sluggishly in front of various stalls, maintaining a strange posture.
Some held a tomato, some held an eggplant, some pinched a yam, and some lifted a piece of pork liver, but as if in a sudden moment, they were frozen into wax figures.
And, even more strangely, their faces, like those of the stall owners, have become sluggish and frozen faces with strange smiles.
Su Chen was a little afraid to go inside.
Since cultivating the "Rejuvenation Technique", his five senses have become more and more acute, not to mention, it seems that something called "intuition" has been added. He had a gut feeling right now that the source of the danger was somewhere deep in the farmer's market.
He was already feeling the danger.
He really didn't want to go any further.
However, when he wanted to turn around and go back, he found that this kind of action was so difficult.
He couldn't turn around.
He knew it might be dangerous inside, but he wanted to see it.
He hesitated, reached inside his jacket, and pulled out a piece of bamboo the size of an ordinary business card. The background color of the bamboo piece is jade, and at first glance it will be thought to be some kind of jade, with a warm and soft luster. The bamboo piece is engraved with some intricate patterns with interlaced strokes, and insiders can probably see at a glance that this is a spirit bamboo talisman based on the material of the spirit bamboo.
This spirit bamboo talisman is one of the relics left to him by his grandfather. It had been kept in the dark compartment of the copper-clad box made of wine sandalwood. When Su Chen was playing with the box recently, he accidentally discovered the secret compartment of the box. There were not many things inside, except a piece of silk cloth with some zigzag patterns painted on it, and seven pieces of bamboo, the size of an ordinary business card, engraved with intricate patterns of strokes.
Su Chen recognized it at a glance, this kind of bamboo piece was actually a spiritual bamboo talisman.
The patterns of the talismans on the bamboo pieces are also easy to identify, and they are all one of the most basic talismans, the peace talisman.
After Su Chen discovered these peace charms, he was reluctant to use them.
After all, the materials of Lingzhu are not easy to find, and this is left by my grandfather, which can be regarded as a thought.
But in front of him, he couldn't help but feel furious in his heart.
He had a strong feeling that the source of danger in the distance was already eyeing him.
Even if he turns around and runs, he may not be able to run away.
What's more, now he can't use the strength of his whole body.
Even the Rejuvenation Recipe that is running is much slower than normal.
If usually, the spiritual power that runs with walking, living, sitting and lying down is like a trickle of a shallow stream, then now, the spiritual power that runs slowly in the meridians of Su Chen's body is like a slender spider silk that can only barely be maintained.
Although Su Chen couldn't tell what the source of the danger was, being able to make the entire farmers' market look like this, and even suppressing the rejuvenation trick in his body, showed that the source of the danger was really not simple.
If you want to get out of the way, it is probably impossible to rely on your own strength.
Fortunately, this spirit bamboo talisman can be used many times.
It's much better than the paper symbols I drew by myself.
These things seemed to be very complicated, but in fact, in Su Chen's mind, it was just a lightning-fast moment to turn these thoughts. With slow movements, he grabbed a peace charm and put it on his heart, secretly using his spiritual power to urge it to work.
A very warm and comfortable feeling came from Su Chen's chest. The spirit bamboo talisman has disappeared and cannot be seen. Although Su Chen could still clearly feel that it was there, it did not move or disappear.
Immediately after, the warm and comfortable feeling in his chest spread all over his body, and Su Chen's whole person seemed to be soaked in a bathtub with a suitable temperature, indescribably comfortable, and he could clearly feel that the speed of the rejuvenation jue's spiritual power had become faster.
Su Chen tried, and he was now completely able to command his body with ease. If he wants to turn away, he can easily do so.
But is it really like that?