Finally, he took out a plain white handkerchief and wiped his mouth, the movement slow and elegant.
He said to Yu Tang, "The food of you mortals tastes better than that of ghosts."
After saying that, he added, "But it's still not as good as your blood, so you don't have to worry about me abandoning you."
Yu Tang was at his wits' end.
But seeing Qin Junyang's happy expression because of the food, I felt that the meal was worthwhile.
Instead of paying immediately, he took out the yellow paper, cinnabar, and writing brush that he had just bought.
Make room on the table, spread out the yellow paper on it, dip the brush tip in cinnabar, concentrate your mind and let the brush move as you wish.
A talisman for exorcising evil spirits was successfully drawn.
Qin Junyang forbade him to use his own blood. So Yu Tang used cinnabar instead, which reduced the effect somewhat, but it was still usable.
"What are you doing drawing talismans?" Qin Junyang leaned closer and poked at the talisman paper.
Yu Tang quickly grabbed his hand: "Don't touch it! This thing is harmful to ghosts!"
"Huh?" Qin Junyang chuckled and shook his finger. "I only felt the warmth of the talisman. Your exorcism talisman is so useless!"
Yu Tang's lips twitched: "Why don't you just say you're too strong?"
"You mortal are quite the talker." Qin Junyang looked at him with a smile: "If you're so good at talking, then talk more, I love to hear it."
Yu Tang was speechless and changed the subject: "I wanted to take this talisman to the restaurant manager and exchange it for this meal."
"Oh..." Qin Junyang suddenly realized, then glanced at Yu Tang's empty purse: "I underestimated how poor you are."
The two found the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, I am a Taoist priest from Qingnan Mountain Taoist Temple. I came here today without enough money, so I would like to ask for a table of food and wine from you."
So I'd like to do something for you as a way of repaying this meal. Would you consider that acceptable?
"A Taoist priest?" The shopkeeper looked Yu Tang, who was dressed in shabby clothes, and Qin Junyang, who was dressed in rich clothes, up and down.
At this moment, the waiter came over, pointed to the dishes the two had just eaten, and whispered something to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper's face immediately darkened.
"You have no money, yet you ordered so much? You did it on purpose!" He pointed at Qin Junyang: "Besides, his appearance doesn't suggest he's broke. You asked him to pay, and when he couldn't come up with any money, he just stripped off these clothes to pay me!"
Qin Junyang's face suddenly darkened, and a chilling aura emanated from him: "Mortal, how dare you speak to me like that?"
Yu Tang quickly stepped between the two, grabbing Qin Junyang's hand behind her back and squeezing it.
He whispered, "We're in the wrong this time, so listen to us and don't make a scene."
Perhaps it was because he was used to the way he interacted with the previous soul fragments. That's why Yu Tang said that so naturally.
Qin Junyang was taken aback, his lips pursed, but he still managed to suppress his aura.
Yu Tang apologized to the shopkeeper, and then said, "Shopkeeper, please calm down and listen to me."
"I just performed a divination for you, and it predicted that your family will be experiencing frequent misfortunes recently."
"First, my wife fell into the water and was rescued with great difficulty, but then my mother contracted a serious illness and was bedridden all day, unable to get up..."
The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat, and he asked in shock, "How did you know all of this?"
"Could it be that you are truly a skilled Taoist priest?"
In this era, there are countless swindlers. And because evil spirits always harm mankind, many swindlers disguise themselves as Taoist priests, carrying fake talismans to cheat and swindle people everywhere.
That's why the shopkeeper initially spoke harshly to Yu Tang.
Yu Tang breathed a sigh of relief and said modestly, "I wouldn't say I have any special skills, but I can at least help you avert disaster, sir."
The shopkeeper's attitude changed immediately. He handed the shop over to a trusted employee and invited Yu Tang and Qin Junyang to walk out the back door to a large courtyard.
As soon as he entered, Qin Junyang sensed a ghostly aura.
He tugged at Yu Tang's sleeve and pointed to a room: "Inside..."
The shopkeeper pushed open the door to the room, and on the bed lay a gaunt old woman with a bluish-black forehead and a deathly pale face.
He looked as if he could die at any moment.
"Master, please save my mother." The shopkeeper said, "My mother took care of my wife when she fell into the water."
Now that my mother has fallen ill, the doctors have come, but they all say they can't figure out what's wrong, and the pile of medicine they prescribed hasn't helped.
Holding the exorcism talisman, Yu Tang said in a serious manner, "It's an evil spirit causing trouble. Just get rid of that ghost, and your mother will recover."
After saying that, he walked to the bed and confidently stuck the talisman on the old woman's forehead.
I waited for half a minute.
There was no movement.
Qin Junyang smiled mischievously.
"It seems I overestimated your abilities."
"This ghost has only gained a little bit of power, and you can't handle it."
Yu Tang's pride was hurt, and in a moment of impulsiveness, he tried to bite his finger to increase the power of the talisman with his own blood.
But it was firmly stopped.
"I've said it before, your blood is mine. You're not allowed to use it without permission. You're openly testing my limits."
Qin Junyang looked displeased.
But instead of lashing out at Yu Tang, he turned to the old woman with the talisman pasted on her face.
He said coldly...
"Get out here yourself."
Thank you everyone for urging me to update and for the little gifts... This world will be a bit long, and I'll meet Qin Meimei again later. There will be two or three time points, so please be patient...
Chapter 7
The villain is resurrected for the ninth time (07)
Yu Tang was stunned for a moment.
Then he looked at the old woman, waiting for the ghost to come out.
But a minute passed, then two minutes passed, and still there was no movement.
"Cough..." Yu Tang knew the shopkeeper was still outside, so he couldn't laugh and had to hold it in.
She gently nudged Qin Junyang, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot: "Aren't you embarrassed?"
"They're not coming out."
"It seems that even you, Lord Ghost God, cannot control all ghosts..."
Yu Tang finally got to scold Qin Junyang and vent his anger.
His sarcastic tone made Qin Junyang glare at him, then, enraged, he pointed at the bed and shouted, "Come out!"
"I'll count to three, and if you don't come out by then, your only option is to be completely destroyed!"
Yu Tang raised an eyebrow; he had noticed something.
Qin Junyang was quite lenient with this ghost.
Even though they were this angry, they still left room for the other person to maneuver.
"three!"
Qin Junyang had already started counting: "Two!"
"Stop shouting!" Before Qin Junyang could finish the last count, a ghost resembling a little girl emerged from the old woman's forehead.
The little girl was dressed in a floral cloth dress, with two small buns tied in her hair with red ribbons. Her eyes, unlike those of other evil spirits, did not gleam with ferocity but were instead very lively.
She ripped the yellow talisman off the old woman's forehead, rolled it up, and ate it. Pointing at Yu Tang, she clenched her fist and threatened, "If you put this kind of thing on my grandma's forehead again, I'll beat you up!"
Qin Junyang narrowed his eyes, blocking Yu Tang, and said to the little girl, "If you dare to hit him, I'll beat you flat."
The little girl immediately wilted, her gaze falling on Qin Junyang. Sensing that he was not someone to be trifled with, she held back her retort.
Yu Tang noticed the problem and stepped forward to ask, "Are you this old woman's granddaughter?"
"Hmm..." the little girl said, "My name is Juanjuan, and I'm not some kind of evil spirit! I just want to stay with my dad, mom, and grandma!"
Yu Tang then realized why the exorcism talisman hadn't worked on the little girl.
But if the little girl isn't an evil spirit, then why does she have such a strong ghostly aura?
Thud—
He was still thinking when a sudden banging sound came from the doorway.
Turning my head, I saw a dark shadow crash into the door.
The door, which could have been broken open, now had an additional barrier, preventing the ghost from escaping no matter how much it struggled.
"Trying to run?" Qin Junyang seemed to have anticipated the presence of other ghosts in the house. He glanced at Yu Tang, who was clearly stunned, and said to the ghost with a smug look on his face and his chin practically pointing to the sky, "With me here, do you think you can escape?"
"It's him!" Juanjuan exclaimed, hands on her hips, jumping up and down. "He almost killed my mother! And then he tried to harm my grandmother!"
"roar--"
Seeing that it could not escape, the evil spirit immediately revealed a ferocious expression, roared, and spat out purple smoke that instantly filled the entire room, engulfing Yu Tang and Qin Junyang.
The next moment, the room vanished, and Yu Tang felt as if she were in a cloud of mist, faintly hearing the sound of a zither. Qin Junyang, who was beside her, was also gone.
"An illusion?"
"Master, the mirror on your waist is glowing!" Xiao Jin's voice interrupted Yu Tang's thoughts.
He picked up the mirror and found that the surface was hot and shimmering with golden light.
“Qin Junyang previously mentioned that this mirror is called the ‘Cao’ Body Mirror, and also mentioned a divine artifact,” Yu Tang guessed. “And Chi Yu’s master once said that divine artifacts can sense each other, so does that mean that another divine artifact is nearby?”
In this world, there are a total of five divine artifacts, which are said to be tools passed down by the gods to suppress evil spirits.
The script mentions at the end that the formation used to seal Qin Junyang was made with the power of five divine artifacts.