Forbidden City

Chapter 150 The Ultimate Competition
The real painting of talismans and chanting of mantras is not something ordinary Taoists can do. It must come from the hands of a high-level Taoist priest.

When drawing symbols, there are extremely strict procedures, and it is only effective if you draw according to the requirements.There are ten precepts and eight taboos for drawing talismans, which are moral requirements for the talisman painters and must be followed, otherwise the talisman will be invalid.

Soon, several young monks prepared two desks more than one meter high, on which were neatly placed talisman pens, ink, cinnabar, yellow table paper, and some other props.

Lexus and Yuantong walked to the center of the open space, and the two looked at each other very tacitly, and then the competition officially began.

Ling Zhi picked up the talisman pen and checked it carefully, looking at its quality and the nib. He brought a lot of Taoist props for this trip. .

After Ling Zhi checked all the props used to draw the talisman, there was no problem. Each prop was of high quality, but he was still worried, fearing that the other party would deceive him, so he said to Yuantong: "Master Yuantong, the feng shui of the position I stand on is biased. Water, and I am the life of fire, as the saying goes, fire and water are incompatible, how about I want to change positions with the master?"

Of course Yuantong understood Ling Zhi's meaning. This was completely a villain's act, and he didn't expose it. He said with a smile: "Taoism pays attention to Fengshui, and our Buddhist school pays attention to the use of Fengshui. Please do it!"

After Ling Zhi and Yuantong changed positions, Ling Zhi checked carefully again. His talisman pen, ink, and yellow paper were the same as the ones just now, and there was no problem. He was overwhelmed.

Before drawing the talisman, you need to sit quietly and concentrate your mind, as if your mind is still in water, concentrate on it, and unite your mind and mind.Ling Zhi and Yuantong sat quietly at almost the same time, and began to close their eyes to rest their minds, and the audience around them also held their breath, and the noisy scene suddenly became silent and silent.

About 3 minutes later, Ling Zhi suddenly opened his eyes and got up, and almost at the same time, Yuan Tong also opened his eyes and stood up with his fat body.

The two moved in unison, holding the talisman paper with their left hand, and grabbing the talisman brush with their right hand, with gold powder on the tip of the pen, and falling down with one stroke.

Now comes the tense moment. A novice like me can draw Tai Chi Talisman. I can draw one with my eyes closed. I have never seen so many procedures for drawing a Talisman. The brushwork needs to be so skillful, whether it is the aura , sitting quietly, picking up the pen, every movement is smooth and smooth, and the coordination is very consistent.

Mu Yi and I were fascinated, Ling Zhi and Yuantong are real masters!In this competition, you have to use your full strength even for the simplest talisman!

I was suddenly a little ashamed, and I was inexplicably jealous of Ling Zhi. Ling Zhi was not a few years older than me, and he was already such a powerful onmyoji, but now I don't understand Taoism and shit!Whether it's kung fu, Taoism or scheming, I can't compare to Lexus!
However, after all, Lexus is practicing Taoism in Kunlun Mountains, and I have only started for more than a month.

I was a little distracted, the talismans for the two of them have been drawn, and the next step is the most important part, the consecration.Generally Taoist monks can draw Tai Chi Talisman, but to consecrate it, one must be a master.

Ling Zhi smiled and said: "Master Yuantong really has profound Dharma, and he can complete it in such a short time, only a second or two behind me. The talismans drawn by the two of us are indistinguishable, so let's decide the winner on the consecration." .”

Ling Zhi is showing off again, meaning that you draw slower than me, although the quality is the same, but the speed is lost to me.

In fact, the real result of the competition is still above this consecration. The talismans drawn by the two are all ninth-class talismans.Therefore, to determine the winner, it is above the consecration.

Consecration is nothing more than using footwork spells to mobilize the energy of the world and communicate with ghosts and gods, so that the spells can be used normally.The methods of consecration of Buddhism and Taoism have their own merits and differences.

Ling Zhi sandwiched the talisman between the index finger and middle finger of his right hand, raised his left hand in front of his chest to make a gesture, then shook his right hand, and chanted the consecration spell in his mouth. Suddenly, a fierce wind passed by on the scene, and the talisman was released from Ling Zhi's hand It came out, circled three times around his head, and then fell into Ling Zhi's hands. Ling Zhi immediately folded the talisman into a triangle and put it in the sachet.

Everyone exclaimed that Ling Zhi's technique was very chic and extremely fast; compared to Yuantong, he just pressed the talisman and recited the spell, and it was done.

Lexus has been completed, and he turned around and found that Yuantong had already been completed.

The two looked at each other and said in unison, "You lost!"

what's the situation?All the audience watched this strange scene, and the two of them were confident and said that the other party had lost.

"Haha..." Ling Zhi laughed, "Master Yuantong, how could I lose? I used the Kunlun Dao method, which is the way to consecrate orange talismans. I refined ordinary yellow talismans into consecrated orange talismans , How can it be compared with your low-level Buddhism!"

Yuantong's complexion changed. Under normal circumstances, according to the level of the talisman, there are corresponding consecration methods. Low-level talismans cannot withstand high-level consecration, which will damage the talisman. However, those with advanced Taoism, or some very perfect spells, can Use high-level spells to consecrate low-level talismans.

Obviously, Lexus has this spell, a very perfect spell.

Yuantong took the sachet from Ling Zhi's hand, even if he didn't take out the Tai Chi Talisman inside, he could still feel the power of the Tai Chi Talisman inside, which is definitely not comparable to the Talisman in his hand.

One in the sky, one in the ground!
Yuantong lost, a complete defeat, of course he would not deny it, he only lost in spells, not in the ability to draw symbols, if he also mastered extremely powerful spells, with his ability to control, how could he be compared to Lexus of?

Let Yuantong admit defeat in front of so many people, the reputation of Wanfo Hall will definitely be damaged!
"Master Yuantong, now you tell everyone, tell everyone here, who lost?" Ling Zhi's voice was very loud, and he looked around, as if he was afraid that others would not be able to hear him.

Everyone was waiting for the final answer, and the old customers of Wanfotang were all waiting for Yuantong's defense, waiting for him to jump out and say, I didn't lose, it was you who lost!
However, Yuantong didn't jump out, he just sighed heavily, the muscles on his face drooped, it seemed to make his round head into a rectangle, and there were many wrinkles with curves, after that, he deeply He took a deep breath and said three words with great difficulty.

"I lost!"

One second, the scene was very silent, and the next second, the whole scene exploded.

"Oh my god! How could Master Yuantong lose?"

"Is this Lexus really that powerful? Master Yuantong didn't even open Lexus's sachet, so he knew he had lost!"

"Why did you lose? Someone provoked Master Yuantong a few times ago, but they all failed. Why did you lose this time? Am I dreaming?"

"This Lexus is from Kunlun Mountain, so it's not surprising that he has some abilities."

"But this is the most basic amulet for painting, or the content of the competition proposed by Master Yuantong. He must be the best. How could he lose?"

"I think he will lose even worse if he tries something advanced!"

"We all carry these amulets on our bodies, and we still ask for 500 yuan each. Have we been fooled?"

"I think it's possible."

Listening to the audience's discussion, Yuantong's face became even more ugly, and all the monks were almost forced into the cracks of the ground by everyone's eyes.

Losing is not only losing face, but also losing reputation.

(End of this chapter)