Big dreamer

Judging from the name, it seems to be a travelogue recording Zhang Tianshi's experience in subduing demons. It should be similar to some of the story-telling novels he had read before. Most of them were stories about strange things made up by later generations.

Shen Luo didn't pay much attention to it. He knocked the dust on it and put it in his sleeve pocket.

Then, after looking through the remaining tables and chairs, he found nothing else, so he had to give up, leave the utility room, and return to Qingshiping.

The quiet room in Qingshiping is a two-story building with about twenty small houses on the upper and lower floors. Some of the disciples in the temple live here.

The sunken quiet room is on the far right side of the first floor, adjacent to the cliff.

The quiet rooms of all the disciples were not big. Apart from a bed and a pair of tables and chairs, there was nothing else, and Shen Luo was no exception.

As soon as he opened the door, a strong scent of pine hit his face, causing Shen Luo to wrinkle his nose.

There are many incense products such as sandalwood, rosin, and rosin in Guanli, and disciples are never prohibited from using them, because usually during meditation practice, these calming products can be used as an aid to make it easier for people to enter concentration.

It's just that everyone else just lights one, with just a slight aroma, but it's not as strong as he does, it's almost a bit choking.

However, there is nothing we can do about it.

Most of the sunlight in Shenluo's room was blocked by a crooked-necked welcoming pine on the cliff. It was already a bit cool and damp. On the desk in the room, there were dozens of books that he had bought from various places in the temple. Most of the ancient books are covered with mold, so you can imagine the smell.

If it weren't pressed with rosin, there would be no room for people.

Shen Luo was accustomed to this, so he came to sit down at the desk against the wall, took out the newly brought "Chronicle of Zhang Tianshi's Subjugation of Demons" from his sleeve pocket, and placed it on the table.

The outside of the book looks okay. Except for the mildew spots on the cover, which look a bit disgusting, the rest is quite complete, much better than most of the books that have fallen here.

He first picked up the kettle on the table and filled it with half a bottle of water. After taking half a stick of incense, he felt a little calmer.

He opened the cover of the ancient book and exposed the yellowed paper on the title page, which showed a short and fat Taoist priest wearing a lotus crown and a seven-star robe.

It looks like it should be the portrait of Zhang Tianshi, but the lines are rough and it looks mostly freehand. After all, if a real person looked like this, it would be more sinister and terrifying than a ghost or something.

Shen Luo smiled, turned over the title page, and began to read the content behind it.

At this glance, Shen Luo's mind was immediately attracted to it. The content recorded in the book was really a novel about ghosts and ghosts, telling many anecdotes about how Zhang Tianshi subdued demons and suppressed ghosts in the Lingnan area.

There is no chronological record in the book, so there is no way to verify the time, but the place names are written clearly. They are all place names that can be searched carefully at the present time. It cannot be too long ago.

This Zhang Tianshi is a real Taoist who masters the secret technique of alchemy and the true inheritance of talismans. He can alchemy elixirs and make talismans. In the book, he has subdued dozens of ghosts and many monsters such as the rat spirit Fox Mei.

Originally, Shen Luo had read a lot of such novels about ghosts and monsters. There was not much new content in them. Even the ghosts and magic in them were not as diverse and exciting as other novels. They were just stories about being haunted by evil spirits and bewitching the mind. Cliché plot.

But what makes Shen Luo unable to let go is the various spells in this book about fighting evil spirits. The process of using them is all clearly written. There is a story in it that mentions that a rich family member was possessed by a fox demon. The trouble was too much, so Zhang Tianshi gave him a whisk and hung it on the lintel of the door. From then on, the fox problem was eliminated.

In addition, the book also mentions weird methods such as using black dog blood to write talismans, using butcher's knives to suppress ghosts, and using ancient coins to suppress enemies.

Even at the end of several stories, there are pictures of the talismans used in the stories. It seems that the writing is done in one go, but it is indeed a bit unique.

However, after careful inspection, Shen Luo found something was wrong.

He had seen some of the talismans posted on some door lintels in the temple, and also seen them in other books. Although the names and styles drawn here were the same, there were obvious differences in the subtleties of the brushwork.

After Shen Luo glanced at it for a few times, he immediately rummaged through the old books piled on the desk and quickly pulled out an even more damaged old book with the cover falling off.

Only a dozen or so thin pages at the front of this old book can be read. Most of the pages at the back are rotten and stuck together. If you tear them with a little force, they will break into slag.

This book is called "The Secret Manual of Talismans". It is an ancient book that records the talismans handed down from ancient times. It mentions many rules and taboos about making and using talismans.

In this book, according to the functions of talismans, they are roughly divided into three categories: "transformation, suppression, and attack".

For example, the mini-human talisman and the Baijie disaster-repelling talisman all belong to the category of transformation talisman, while the peace talisman and the house-destroying talisman all belong to the suppressing talisman. As for the attack talisman, it is unclear and very little has been written, but it is still mentioned. To names like Gas Talisman and Little Thunder Talisman.

Among all the types of talismans, Shen Luo cared most about the offensive talismans. The scene when Master Luo used a yellow talisman to control the Yin Qi left a deep impression on him, and he still remembers it fresh to this day.

It's just that in the relevant books he has access to, there are very few descriptions of this type of talismans, which invisibly casts a layer of mystery on this type of talismans.

If you encounter evil spirits again in the future, having a suppressive talisman such as a peace talisman may be able to keep you safe, but if you encounter a real ghost, of course it is safer to have an attack talisman close by.

It's a pity that the parts of the book that can be browsed are all content similar to the general outline. The content that actually describes the functions and drawing methods of the symbol are in the second half, and almost all of them cannot be viewed.

Shen Luo looked through some of the previous contents and found that the peace talisman was still preserved. It happened to be in the "Chronicle of Zhang Tianshi's Subjugation of Demons", so he immediately took it over and compared it.

"Hey, it's really the same." He took a breath and said to himself.

"Boom..."

At this time, the sound of a dusk drum awoke Shen Luo from his thoughts.

He raised his head and glanced at the sky outside the window, only to realize that it was already evening before he knew it.

Ever since he went up the mountain, he has been very interested in these ghostly and weird things. In addition to practicing Xiaoyang Huaying Kung Fu, he is temporarily unable to practice horizontal kung fu such as "Qingyang Hand", so he spends most of his time turning over and over. Look at these books.

Unexpectedly, I spent most of the day just looking at it.

He shook his head and smiled to himself, arranged the books on the table, stood up and walked out of the room.

Nearly a hundred feet to the right behind Sanqing Hall, there is a flat cliff with several small independent courtyards built on it. The inner disciples of the temple live here. Each of them has a small independent courtyard, which is not separated from the other disciples. Mixed living.

At this time, the sky was already quite dark, and three figures gathered outside the door of one of the courtyards.