When Taoist Yuanzheng pushed the door open and entered the room, the lithe figure of the yellow dog also slipped in. It bit the hem of his robe and tugged hard.
Taoist Yuanzheng put a finger to his lips and made a "shh" sound. He looked around to make sure there was no one outside, then closed the door.
Turning around, Taoist Yuanzheng strolled leisurely to the table and placed the cinnabar and yellow talismans he had just bought on the table one by one.
Xiao Jingcheng controlled his body and jumped onto the table. He stared at Taoist Yuanzheng menacingly.
"Alright, alright, don't be impatient. I've bought the cinnabar and talisman paper. I won't go back on my promise. I'll draw the talisman paper that Doctor Jiang needs first, and then I'll help you." Taoist Yuanzheng coaxed softly.
First, he washed his hands with the water in the washbasin. Then he lit an incense stick he had bought outside, waved his hands through the smoke, and then picked up a pair of scissors to cut the talisman paper.
Xiao Jingcheng watched his actions with curiosity in his eyes.
Taoist Yuanzheng explained, "Drawing talismans is quite particular in the Taoist sect. Fasting, burning incense, and cleansing the body are all essential. If one's hands are contaminated with meat, the success rate of the drawn talismans will be extremely low, and their effectiveness will be greatly reduced."
"Moreover, drawing talismans also depends on talent. Some people follow all the rules but can't draw a few useful talismans in their whole lives. However, some people can create effective talismans even with muddy water while in the mire."
Xiao Jingcheng suddenly thought of Taoist Yuanzheng's senior brother, the evil Taoist Yuanqi who had trapped his soul and almost caused his soul to disperse.
He deliberately knocked over the teapot on the nearby table. Dipping his paw in the spilled tea, he wrote a crooked character "brother" in the corner of the table.
"Are you talking about my senior brother?" Taoist Yuanzheng paused for a moment and said, "Before I entered the sect, senior brother was the most talented one in our sect. Seven out of ten talismans he drew would be effective, and he was highly regarded by our master."
"However, that was before." There was a hint of pride in Taoist Yuanzheng's words.
"After I entered the sect, he had to take a backseat to me."
Seeing the doubt in the yellow dog's beady eyes, Taoist Yuanzheng said, "Don't you dare not believe me. The talismans I draw have never failed."
"Cough, although I've never revealed this to him, no one in the whole sect except our master knows my true abilities."
Xiao Jingcheng had already witnessed Taoist Yuanzheng's prowess. He was just curious as to why that Taoist Yuanqi would submit to Xiao Yixuan and work for him.
If, as Taoist Yuanzheng said, he was a person with great fortune carrying the purple qi, wasn't Taoist Yuanqi afraid of retribution from heaven for trying to kill him?
Dipping his paw in water again, he wrote the character "reason" on the dried tabletop.
Taoist Yuanzheng said, "Senior brother did these rebellious things behind our master and the sect's backs. We didn't know he was so bold."
"After I arrived in Dongli Town, I once tried to ask him who he was working for and hoped he could introduce some jobs to me. He gave me twenty taels of silver and sent me away."
"He didn't know that as soon as I entered his room, I noticed that he had used a forbidden technique. He had already betrayed the Three Pure Ones and the oath of our sect." Taoist Yuanzheng snorted.
Xiao Jingcheng couldn't help but feel fortunate that Taoist Yuanzheng was upright. If the two brothers had joined forces, he might have been doomed.
The yellow paper was cut into pieces half the size of a palm in Taoist Yuanzheng's hands. He only kept a small portion, and the rest were carefully put away.
Dipping the brush in the cinnabar water, Taoist Yuanzheng's usually carefree expression became much more serious.
Sensing that he was about to start drawing talismans, Xiao Jingcheng instinctively took a step back.
All this was too mysterious and novel for him. Even the yellow light ball in his body didn't cause any trouble. It quietly stared at Taoist Yuanzheng's actions with him.
Taoist Yuanzheng pinched a magic seal with his left hand and softly chanted incomprehensible incantations. His eyes suddenly shone with a sharp light. With a gentle lift of his right wrist, the bright red cinnabar water flowed along the soft brush tip and formed an extremely complex talisman on the talisman paper.
Incredibly, when Taoist Yuanzheng was drawing the talisman, Xiao Jingcheng could clearly feel a small cyclone rising in the room. The hair in front of Taoist Yuanzheng's forehead fluttered without wind, adding a touch of immortality to him.
Lifting the brush tip gently, Taoist Yuanzheng completed the drawing in one stroke. A talisman with power that could help Jiang Mian and the others conceal their auras and appearances was drawn.
Taoist Yuanzheng didn't stop. He picked up another blank talisman paper and continued drawing.
In a short while, he had drawn twenty talismans.
Putting down the brush in his hand, Taoist Yuanzheng let out a breath, raised his eyebrows, and smiled proudly:
"Haha, see? None of them are useless talismans. I told you so, didn't I?"
The Taoist who had just looked like an otherworldly being now became carefree again, and his face even looked a bit lewd.
Xiao Jingcheng resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He bit Taoist Yuanzheng's sleeve and pulled him to the bedside. He barked at the body on the bed, urging him to fulfill his promise quickly.
Taoist Yuanzheng cleared his throat. "Don't worry. I'm coming to help you now."
After saying that, he climbed onto the bed, straddled Xiao Jingcheng's body, and reached out to pull his belt.
Xiao Jingcheng was stunned. He immediately controlled the yellow dog's body, jumped onto the bed, and bit Taoist Yuanzheng's wrist to stop his action.
Wasn't he supposed to help him?
Why was he taking off his clothes?!
Taoist Yuanzheng endured the pain and grimaced as he said, "Your Highness doesn't think this matter can be solved with just a few talisman papers, does he?"
Wasn't it?
Xiao Jingcheng was furious and growled from his throat.
Taoist Yuanzheng explained, "Cinnabar is indeed essential, but the place to draw isn't on the talisman paper. It's on Your Highness's body."
On his body?
Xiao Jingcheng sized him up and finally let go of his mouth.
Without any hindrance, Taoist Yuanzheng quickly took off Xiao Jingcheng's clothes, then propped up his body, revealing his strong and broad back covered with many scars.
Taoist Yuanzheng took out a dagger and said to the yellow dog, "I still need to take Your Highness's heart blood. However, to complete this secret technique, the blood donor must be a virgin. Otherwise, the secret technique will fail."
"If Your Highness is still a virgin, bark once. If not, bark twice. Then we won't bother anymore, and we'll wait until we get back to the capital."
Xiao Jingcheng: "..."
He was angry!
Why did performing a spell require checking his virginity!
Under Taoist Yuanzheng's "innocent" gaze, the yellow dog wriggled shyly and let out a barely audible bark.
Taoist Yuanzheng let out a "heh heh" laugh. "Alright, Your Highness, just watch me!"