Beauty Comprehensive 1999

Chapter 8: The Fragrance Spectrum

In fact, Xie Zihao used to have breakfast in the cafe downstairs in his house, but Xie Zihao who traveled here is not used to this kind of Western-style simple meal. After eating fresh food twice, he finds it hard to swallow. He is more used to soy milk, fried dough sticks, tofu brain, Steamed dumplings with steamed dumplings and lean meat porridge are Chinese-style breakfasts.

In addition, the cafe was rented out and relocated a week ago, which he had already decided before he crossed over, so now he can't eat if he wants to.

Of course, as an urban area where more than 60.00% are Chinese, Pasadena where he is located naturally has restaurants that serve Chinese food, and it is different from the Chinese food that has been magically modified for tourists in Chinatown in Los Angeles.The Cantonese-style morning tea, Chaozhou cuisine and Sichuan cuisine here are very famous, because in the early years, the southeast coastal areas had the most immigrants.

It’s just that it’s a bit far from the street where he lives, so Xie Zihao usually buys materials during this time and takes the time to make some semi-finished products, freeze them in the refrigerator, and cook some in the pot when he wakes up in the morning or when he’s hungry at night.

This is also a habit developed in the past few years of living alone.

It's just that although the relocation of the coffee shop didn't affect his breakfast, it also made Xie Zihao, who had traveled here, financially struggling.

Although the new tenant has already been settled and will probably move in soon, there will be a rent gap for a period of time between the old tenant and the new tenant. In addition, Xie Zihao's huge expenditure on cultivation makes it even more difficult. It made the savings that were not rich in the first place worse.

This is also one of the reasons why Xie Zihao chose to be a street hero to "fight criminals", because the cost of the main materials for his current practice is too high for him.

What was lit in the incense burner before was his self-made incense pill, called Huanzhen Incense, which is a kind of "Jiangzhen Fragrance Spectrum" handed down by Xie's ancestors.

This book of descending true incense is said to be the inheritance of the Wenxiang sect in the previous Ming Dynasty. Of course, according to the words and phrases revealed by Xie Zihao from the notes of his ancestors, it is believed that most of these incense prescriptions are from the ancestors of the Xie family after they were wiped out by the court due to rebellion. Collected by the escaped disciples of Wenxiang Sect or their descendants, there may be many methods of intimidation and lure among them.

But Wen Xiangjiao's guys are not really good people, they are best at inciting people to rebel, so Xie Zihao doesn't have any psychological burden to use it.Everyone is a bandit and meets a robber, let alone the eldest brother.

After time travelling, he experimented with the configuration methods of several strange fragrances recorded in the incense book, and found that the effect is very good, and the secret method inherited by the Xie family is even more effective in assisting practice, which is a must for practicing at home and traveling in the world things.

It's just that the materials are too expensive. After all, many common spices are not cheap, especially some expensive varieties.

Magic Fragrance, also known as Mirage Fragrance, as the name suggests, according to the records of incense, it is a kind of auxiliary thing that is used in conjunction with illusion, blindness and other spells, because the formula contains natural pearl powder from the previous year, benzoin, ambergris, Agarwood, mica powder, datura leaves, millet husks, scopolamine seeds and other materials were contraband in his previous life, and Xie Zihao's family only had a few pills passed down from the past. It is said that they will have a slight hallucinogenic effect after being ignited.

Xie Zihao recombined it in this world, and found that this incense can be used to carry the power of faith of the caster and turn it into a substitute for the paper making man of incense and faith, which is much easier to use than ordinary incense.

The so-called incense and faith power is an extraordinary power composed of incense and faith power.

Incense is the medium of trustworthiness. Before the "incense candle ingot" was invented in Middle Earth, priests and ordinary people such as witches and Taoists in ancient times sacrificed to gods by burning incense sticks or offering sacrifices. With the ancestors, but it is inefficient and expensive to do so. Every ritual is a waste of money and money, and it is easy to shake the foundation of the ruler. Therefore, with the development of the times, various simple substitutes have gradually evolved, and finally With the development of the times, joss sticks and ingots have become daily offerings for ghosts and gods.

In fact, in Western religions, essential oils, aromatherapy, holy water and other items are also used as the medium of belief.

As for the power of faith, it is the so-called power of faith, which is the power generated by the thoughts of all beings. Individually speaking, it is very weak, but when gathered together, it will form a powerful force, which is so powerful that it can turn fiction into reality, and use illusion to come. interfere with reality.

The reason why he chose to equip the high-grade and expensive phantom incense instead of the ordinary letter incense used to enshrine the gods is because although the material of phantom incense is relatively expensive, it is easier to configure than ordinary incense. Xinxiang still needs to be steamed and dried three times, and some materials need to be dried slowly in the shade. It takes at least ten days and a half months to make a batch, and some complicated incense recipes often take months.

As for Huanzhenxiang, although there are precious materials such as natural pearl powder, benzoin, ambergris, and agarwood from the previous year in the ingredients, they only need to be slightly fried on a low fire and then mixed with root-free water and dried in the shade to form pellets. In terms of heat and proportion, the time can be at least ten times shorter than that of ordinary incense, and it can be made in at most three days.

It's just that the materials are not cheap. Among them, the most expensive ambergris is an expensive perfume raw material, but it is sold by the gram, and the price of ordinary goods is comparable to gold. Although the amount used is very small, it still made Xie Zihao's wallet bleed.

For Xie Zihao, who is short on time and eager to master the power of self-protection in this strange world, he would rather spend more money than waste time.

If it weren't for the family's other incense recipe "Xiexiexiang", which needs to use rhino horns, a rare material produced by protected animals that is difficult to buy with money, and the evil spirits are too aggressive, it is actually not suitable for carrying beliefs. Yes, he is planning to make this evil spirit incense.

Because the production time of this incense recipe is the shortest among all the incense recipes he knows, and the slowest one can be completed in less than half a day.

In the previous life, Xie Zihao only regarded Jiangzhen incense spectrum as an incense-making craft, but there are many shops in a certain treasure for hand-made incense, and it feels like it is almost flooding.So he didn't take it seriously.

Whether it is the various incense prescriptions recorded in the Jiangzhen Fragrance Book or the secret techniques inherited by the Xie family, it will cost a lot of money to practice and study, so how to make money has become his top priority.

At that time, an old movie about street crime was playing on TV, which made him think of the idea of ​​finding some money to spend from the criminals in the darkness of Los Angeles all over the metropolitan area.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that this approach is very feasible. After all, Los Angeles has the title of "City of Sin" among the federal people, and it is a place where gangs gather.

"What's more, earning some money from those villains and tumors can not only fight crime, punish evil and promote good, contribute to the law and order of Daluo City, but also increase resources for one's own practice. It is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone!"

So Xie Zihao made an excuse for himself in his heart at the time. After initially learning a little supernatural power, Xie Zihao almost spent all his previous savings. The cash-strapped Xie Zihao chose to take risks on the streets of Los Angeles late at night, The first action to punish rape and eliminate evil was carried out.

In fact, swords and guns have no eyes, and bullets don't even have eyes. If it wasn't for him carrying a dozen or seven doubles with him, even though the doubles can't move, they can exert the natural hypnotic power of Sharingan, and night is Itachi's home field Otherwise, even if he has gained spiritual power that surpasses ordinary people, he is still a mortal with a mortal body, and he would not dare to come out and act as a street hero so easily that he can get some extra money for himself.

The reason why he was so eager to make money to improve his strength was because there was some anxiety in his heart.

Because since he can obtain extraordinary power, then this world must be different from the previous life, with extraordinary power.

"Since I have gained strength, it is equivalent to taking the initiative to step into this circle. If I don't become stronger as soon as possible, I am afraid that sooner or later I will encounter an irresistible crisis."

At the same time, Xie Zihao was so anxious to choose to take risks to make money, because he was still a little bit afraid of the troublesome "God's Ball" in his mind.According to the experience of Hong Tianwang recorded in the ancestor's notes, it proves that this thing must have some big unknown secret.

But now that ball of God entered his head and never came out again, as if it had settled down there, Xie Zihao didn't have the ability to break his head to take it out, so he could only suppress his worries for the time being.

"Rely on the power of this thing first, convert more incense and faith power to the paper puppet, try to strengthen yourself, and find a way to get it out when you have the ability in the future!"

Plan ahead, hide your strengths and bide your time, accumulate food and become king slowly, all of a sudden many adages from the sages of China appeared in Xie Zihao's heart, making him more and more determined to keep a low profile.

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