Chapter 300: Sigils
When his mood calmed down, Tang Chen only felt that every cell in Zhou's body seemed to be active.
The most direct thing is that he doesn't even need to open the "Qi Viewing Technique", he can feel the surging qi in the "Sanheju".
Perhaps it is more appropriate to call it "Qi", but if you get used to it, "Qi" and "Qi" are no different.
"How do you draw the amulet?"
Tang Chen had already prepared the yellow paper, cinnabar, brushes, etc., and it was almost over, but he didn't know how to draw the talisman, which was embarrassing. But fortunately, among Tang Chen's grandfather's relics, there is an ancient book, which was first written in the Republic of China, with several block letters written on it.
Tang Chen had opened it boringly and looked at it, and found that it was full of some incomprehensible ghost drawings.
As the saying goes, he has never seen a pig run and eaten pork, Tang Chen has long known that this is the talisman drawn by the Taoist priest, as for where did he know about it? Of course, Tang Chen had also seen his grandfather mysteriously playing with some things several times, and at the end he solemnly told him not to use white wine, baiji and realgar to mix cinnabar unless necessary. Draw symbols on weekdays, with rootless water, yin and yang water.
The so-called "rootless water" is actually rain and dew, water that does not touch the ground. And "yin and yang water" is nothing more than a mixture of well water and river water.
After all, the production of ritual utensils does not need to be too complicated, and there is no use of liquor, baiji and realgar cinnabar. Besides, this is not the most powerful cinnabar. The most powerful cinnabar is the eight-treasure cinnabar, also known as the eight-treasure seal mud. There are also many grades of ink, the general ink mud is blended with oil and cinnabar, anyway, as long as it can be printed according to the color, there is not so much exquisiteness. A really good ink clay should be bright in color, never obscure, and heavy and not oily, after extension, a layer of luster on the ink. Eight treasures cinnabar printing clay, which is made of pearls, agate, gold leaf and other precious materials as raw materials, and then refined by special processing methods, has the color and luster, the smell is fragrant, soaked in water does not melt, fire traces, dry days do not dry, rainy days do not mildew, summer does not seep oil, winter does not freeze and so on. After printing, the color is vermilion, bright and eye-catching, delicate and thick, the smell is fragrant, the imprint is clear, and the color will never fade. Even if it is burned with fire, the glyphs on the paper ash are still legible. Due to the high cost of production, it is definitely not commonly used by ordinary people.
Tang Chen recalled it carefully, and couldn't help but think deeply and be extremely afraid. It turned out that my grandfather mysteriously mixed cinnabar a few times, and what he did was actually a more supernatural ritual. The time that Tang Chen remembered the most was a strange thing in Linjia Village: at that time, there was a black dog in the village, and for a while, every late at night, this black dog always barked at the empty place, why didn't the black dog pay attention to it. Since then, many young people in the village have fallen ill for no reason, and they can't even find out anything in the hospital. But after taking a lot of supplements, it just didn't get better, and this delay was more than half a year. Fortunately, my grandfather took action, solemnly set up the altar, and after doing a ritual, the black dog stopped barking. Since then, more than half a month has passed, and those young people who have fallen ill have slowly recovered their health.
There are different opinions in the village about that incident. Some say that they committed Tai Sui, some say that they committed evil ghosts, and some say that they hit evil spirits......
Anyway, my grandfather didn't say it explicitly, but just kept silent and said to the villagers, "It's no big deal."
Tang Chen also noticed that in ordinary rituals, my grandfather would never use this secret recipe to mix cinnabar, not even any rootless water, yin and yang water, just directly hit a bowl of tap water, casually drew a "ghost drawing talisman", and burned it with words in his mouth, and the rituals were over. What's even more amazing is that people who have seen their grandfather do things, but anyone who has insomnia, will be effective that night, and they can sleep until dawn.
Thinking about it now, Tang Chen realized it later: "It turns out that my grandfather's 'ghost drawing talismans' have all become magic weapons!"
As soon as this rune paper is burned, the aura can reach its peak in a short period of time, enveloping the people around it, and it is the most suitable for a big occasion like the Dharma. Of course, the disadvantage of this is that the effect is too short, which can only appease the soul and suppress evil spirits, but it cannot have too long-lasting effect. If people don't know why, they will also criticize this for fooling ghosts and gods and people. As everyone knows, a master of magic weapon making who really has a foundation can really produce an aura!
"Grandpa's strength is really unfathomable!"
Tang Chen sighed with emotion, and then rummaged through the cabinets in the "Sanhe House" to find it.
"Found it!"
After locking the rest of the relics in a wooden box that was old for many years, Tang Chen carefully spread out the book of "Dutian Law Seal Verification" and placed it on the table.
"Purifying talismans, purifying talismans...... Here!"
Tang Chen flipped this "Dutian Law Seal Verification" to the end before he saw this sigil.
In fact, the sigil should be a real seal. One side of the seal, square, engraved with a cloud seal, when making the talisman, the cinnabar was reconciled, the talisman was dipped in the cinnabar, and then the yellow paper was printed, and a talisman was made.
Of course, the important thing about such a rune is the aura of the rune itself, that is to say, the rune itself must be a magic weapon before it can be made into a rune.
If there is no appearance, even if the cloud seal is carved to a standard, the printed talisman is just to deceive the living, and it will never have much effect.
And the talisman made in this way is not as good as the hand-drawn by the master of the magic weapon, after all, many talismans require a person's comprehension of the aura in order to be extremely smooth.
Tang Chen thought to himself that he wouldn't carve any seals, and naturally he wouldn't be so stupid as to make a rune thanklessly.
You must know that there are more than 100 kinds of Taoist sigils, and if you add all the bits and pieces, there must be hundreds of them.
Hundreds of sigils, but can't the "Sanheju" be piled up?
It's not realistic, it's not practical. There is a kung fu to make seals, so it is better to think about how to draw rune paper to be practical. It is estimated that only those who have an obsessive pursuit of Taoism will spend a lot of money to find a master carver to carve such a seal, right? Moreover, such a sigil is estimated to be effective only if it is matched with the best Eight Treasure Seal Clay, even if Tang Chen is now "wrapped in a thousand dollars", but when he thinks of this "extravagant" method of drawing talismans, he can't help but feel a pain in his flesh.
No wonder it is said that "Participating in Zen and scattering luck, cultivating the Tao is a loser", a true cultivator is really a loser!
In addition to the purification talisman, what are the defilement talismans, the pure water talismans, the treasure mirror talismans, the imperial decree seal of the Taishang Laojun, etc., if it is to consecrate the statue, what kind of tranquilization talisman and pure god talisman have to be drawn......
Although the ceremony was a bit cumbersome, Tang Chen felt that it was okay. It's just that there are more broken thoughts, and Tang Chen doesn't know if he can do it in one go.
(End of chapter)