Chapter 05: The Old Man Who Sells Talismans

In Maple Leaf City, people come and go, and vendors have already set up stalls in the open spaces on both sides of the street, and the shouts of hawkers can be heard from afar. Zhao Yi walked down the street, followed by the butler and two guards. Looking at the busy scene, Zhao Yi thought to himself that this father managed it well!

Under Zhao Yi's stubborn stalking, coquettishness and cuteness, Princess Ye Wushuang finally agreed to let him go around the city, and at the same time let Steward Zhao accompany him with two guards. It was the first time for Zhao Yi to leave the palace and go to the city, and he had been in the palace before, and the people in the palace were already familiar with the one-third of an acre of land within the wall.

Zhao Yi looked at the city with amazement, there was no hustle and bustle of cars and congestion, and there was no smoke and dust in the sky. Although the fast transportation is lost, the clean air is exchanged. Pedestrians on the street, dressed in long shirts. Looking up at the half-open window of the attic on the side of the street, you can see that many women, holding round fans, covering most of their faces, are poking their heads out, curiously looking at the pedestrians coming and going...... Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamation in front of him, and Zhao Yi looked at it, and the open space in front of him was full of people.

Zhao Yi wanted to have a lively look, and hurriedly ran forward. Steward Zhao shouted from behind: "Young master, slow down, young master, slow down." Zhao Yi felt that it was too ostentatious to call the prince outside, so he discussed with the housekeeper and guards when he went out, and he would call the young master outside. Steward Zhao greeted the guards and hurriedly followed.

The two onlookers suddenly felt a pain in their thighs, and saw a three- or four-year-old child squeezing in front of them. "Ouch!" came out, and just as they were about to get angry, the butler stepped forward and shoved two and a half taels of silver into their hands. The two crowds smiled happily at once, weighed the silver in their hands, and knew that they had met a nobleman, so they nodded and let the butler and the guard in.

In the circle, there was an old man standing, I saw him with a childish face, covered in sackcloth, and on the table were more than a dozen paper talismans, a box, and a wooden long sword. The old man's peaceful gaze swept over everyone, and when he saw Zhao Yi, the look of surprise in his eyes was fleeting. Then he picked up a piece of paper and said, "Everyone, please see, my paper talisman is made by the immortal law, and it has all kinds of miracles, which can go to disasters and cure diseases......

"Maybe it's a flying away?" asked Passerby A. "No, you can't. The old man replied truthfully.

"Could it be brought back to life?" asked Passerby B. "Neither can it. The old man said helplessly.

"What can we do, we have to show it!" said passer-by C, echoing over and over again.

The Taoist thought for a while and said: "The evil is invisible, the Maple Leaf City is very popular, it is ten minutes at noon, the evil qi avoids retreating, it is difficult to see its effect, why don't you take a look at the effect of my disease talisman." Saying that, he looked around and continued: "Who wants to come forward and give it a try?" A big man walked out of the crowd of onlookers and briefly introduced: "My mother has asthma and is willing to give it a try." "This big man's name is Liu Dazhuang, and he just went to Huichun Hall to see his mother, but he was kicked out because he didn't bring enough money. I was worried that my mother's asthma was getting worse and worse, and when I saw that the old man was telling the truth, I came up with the idea of trying it. If he is cured, he can relieve his mother's pain, but if he is not cured, he must be made beautiful......

No matter what Liu Dazhuang thought, I saw the old man pick up a piece of paper, recite it silently, and stick it on Liu Dazhuang's mother's head. Ten breaths later, a voice of surprise came out: "Okay, okay, really good." The eldest lady moved her body, only to feel that her breath was smooth, and her whole body was indescribably comfortable, so she quickly pulled Da Zhuang to kowtow to the old man to express her gratitude. Among the crowd, they also sighed at the magic of the paper talisman, the old man flicked his beard, looked at everyone proudly, and was waiting for everyone to come forward to ask. There was another question in the crowd: "Who knows, is it you who asked for a delay and colluded?"

The people who were going to come forward to ask the price and buy the paper talisman became hesitant. Zhao Yi's heart was not calm at this time, others didn't pay attention, he could see that when the old man pasted the paper talisman on the eldest lady's head, a flash of light, and looking at the paper talisman, the original bright color also dimmed, the expression of the eldest lady before and after could not be faked, suppressing the ups and downs, Zhao Yi did not step forward, he wanted to see what the old man would do next.

found that everyone did not believe it, and they questioned it one after another. Liu Dazhuang's face was red, and it was useless to explain anxiously with his mother. The old man pressed his hands weakly, and when everyone quieted down, he picked up a paper talisman from the table with a painful face and said, "Let's take a look at this paper talisman again, this is an invisible talisman, which can hide the figure." Then he pointed to the box on the table: "I just have to stick this invisible charm on the top of the box, and you will not be able to see it." I saw that the old man recited a few more times silently, pasted the talisman, and sure enough, the box slowly disappeared along with the paper talisman......

"Cut, isn't this a vaudeville show, I saw a big change last time, and your method of hiding the box is too unacceptable. Another person came out to question. Looking at the people who began to talk to each other again, the old man, who was already not good at words, was angry, and could only repeat the words and did not know the goods. It's just that I feel sorry for the paper charm, and the old man is also reluctant to try again, and under the stalemate of the scene, some people see that there is no excitement to see, and they leave one after another. After the other part of the people learned that a piece of paper required a hundred taels of silver, they also dispersed after scolding the old man for being greedy.

The old man knows that he is afraid that he will not be able to sell it today, but this paper rune is extremely difficult to draw, not only requires special pen and ink, paper, but also needs to consume a lot of true spirit, if it is not even the money to live in the store, it will not be taken out and sold, the old man suppressed the churning mood, secretly called a few immeasurable longevity fruits, began to pack up tools, ready to leave.

"Uncle, wait. Zhao Yi stepped forward. "Why, you want to buy my paper talisman? a hundred taels of silver. As he spoke, the old man spread out a hand and stretched out to Zhao Yi. "Uncle, can you teach me to draw talismans?" Zhao Yi said with a little childishness. Steward Zhao heard what his little prince said, and hurriedly stepped forward to suggest: "Young master, this person is unknown, just buy two paper talismans, this apprenticeship has to be discussed with the master!" The two guards also looked at the old man vigilantly, afraid that the old man would agree. Zhao Yi stopped the butler who was still about to speak, and stared at the old man with burning eyes.

The old man looked at Zhao Yi carefully, and saw that the child was full of heaven, the earth pavilion was round, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and he secretly sighed that he was born a good blessing, and he saw that he was followed by a housekeeper, and knew that this child must be from a rich and noble family.

So he stepped forward and put a hand on Zhao Yi's hand. Zhao Yi stopped the guards who wanted to step forward, and at this time he felt a stream of heat spread through his small hands all over his body, and he knew that this was the old man probing his qualifications. The heat dissipated, and the old man stood up, staying aside and being silent.

"Innate Dao body, how can there be an innate Dao body?...... "The silent old man's heart was full of monstrous waves, in the island where he was located, the aura was a hundred times richer than here, and no one with such qualifications had ever been found, and the innate Dao body only appeared in legends. Whether it is practicing martial arts or practicing qi, there is a process of dredging the meridians and acupoints, and only when you have to open up the three hundred and sixty blood points around your body can you achieve innateness, so this step of innate will take countless years, so that it is difficult to promote to a higher level. I am also limited by this, and it is not easy to be promoted to the congenital, but it is difficult to make progress.

Forget if the cultivation does not grow, the key is that the few runes in the door must be supported by strong internal qi in order to draw, so this time I have to come out to find an opportunity.

It is recorded in the ancient books in the door, the person of the innate Dao body, the whole body of three hundred and sixty blood automatically opens, especially suitable for practicing qi, in ancient times, the people with the innate Dao body, the practice is a thousand miles a day, and everyone is an extraordinary achievement, and finally break through the sky, as long as it does not die young, but it will definitely be able to become an immortal, it can be said that which sect has the innate Dao body, it is almost a quasi-immortal, if it is known by other sects overseas, it is not allowed to break the head......

Zhao Yi saw the old man standing on the side with a complicated expression, and was silent for a long time, so he said: "Uncle, how are you thinking about it? Can you teach me?" The old man's infinite reverie was interrupted by Zhao Yi, and his eyes rolled and said: "It's not impossible, but well, the old man is hungry, this is ......" Zhao Yi looked at the housekeeper. The butler understood: "The largest restaurant in Maple Leaf City is not far from here, let's go there!" So the two guards helped the old man start to pack his luggage.

After he was full of wine and food, the old man begged for a full pot of wine, and then said contentedly: "It's not impossible to teach you to draw talismans, and you can even worship me as a teacher, but you have to go back to the teacher with me." Zhao Yi opened his mouth and asked, "Where is the master, can I go home often?" The old man continued: "The old Taoist is Qingyuan, our sect is on an isolated island in the East China Sea, called the Imperial Fu Sect, and it takes a long time to practice Qi and draw talismans, so I'm afraid I can't go back often." Zhao Yi's face flashed with a touch of disappointment, and then said firmly: "Then I won't study, I want to accompany my father and mother." ”

The old man thought that with the curiosity of the child and the magic of the paper talisman, he would be able to make Zhao Yi apprentice, and as long as he persuaded Zhao Yi's parents again, he would be able to bring him back to the sect. If the brothers and sisters knew that I had accepted an innate Dao apprentice, they would not be envious of them! It's just that the sect must volunteer to retain ancient teachings, otherwise it will bring disaster to the sect. Although the old man was reluctant, he could only press it, ready to observe for a while. Although he did not apprentice, Zhao Yi still invited the old man to the palace as a guest, and asked Steward Zhao to take out a thousand taels of silver tickets and buy the remaining ten talismans in the old man's hand.