Shen Luo lit the lamp at the corner of the table, took out the three small porcelain bottles and yellow paper from his sleeve pocket, and placed them in front of him.
There is not much yellow paper, only a few dozen sheets. It is the talisman paper used for writing talismans. It is cut to the right size, but the paper is a bit rough and feels a bit rough to the touch.
Then, Shen Luo looked at the three porcelain bottles again and frowned.
The blood in the vial containing the rooster's blood had already coagulated into clots and could not be poured out. Although the black dog's blood had not yet completely coagulated, it had become quite viscous.
"No, if this is not used immediately, it will be useless tomorrow." Shen Luo frowned.
After saying this, he opened the drawer under the table and took out a small hard-bristle awl and a white jade inkstone.
The small hard-bristle awl was made of wolf hair, and the white jade inkstone was carved from a whole piece of white marble; neither of them were particularly precious items; they were all things he carried with him when he went up the mountain.
He first poured the black dog blood into the inkstone, and a faint fishy smell immediately filled the air.
Shen Luo grabbed the small cone-shaped pen tube and stirred it in the black dog's blood for a while. The tip of the pen was immediately filled with blood and dyed dark red.
He twisted up a piece of yellow talisman paper and spread it in front of him, picked up the pen, but suddenly stopped.
"Let's take a look again." Shen Luo muttered to himself.
After saying that, he took out the two tattered ancient books, "Chronicles of Zhang Tianshi's Conquering Demons" and "True Mirror of Secret Talismans", opened them and put them aside.
In the general contents of the front of the Secret Methods of Talismans, it is stated: "Talisman means unity and trust. I unite my spirit with his spirit, and I unite my energy with his energy. The spirit is invisible, but it is manifested in the talisman."
This is why talismans have the unpredictable power of gods and ghosts. It is because the spirit of man communicates with the spirit of heaven and earth, thereby attaching the invisible divine power to the tangible talisman paper.
Therefore, when drawing talismans, one not only needs to concentrate and calm the mind and eliminate distracting thoughts, but also must write smoothly and smoothly in one go so that the essence of energy can continue, thus achieving a state of spiritual harmony.
As the saying goes, knowing is easy, doing is difficult. Shen Luo was skeptical about the authenticity of the talismans in these books. It was really too much to ask him to devote himself to them and put aside all distractions.
He was holding the pen at this moment, and his mind was still full of confusion and confusion.
In fact, he was not new to drawing talismans, and he had practiced it countless times with white paper in the past. However, this was the first time he drew a talisman properly on yellow paper.
"A talisman is the harmony of yin and yang. Only sincerity can make it work..."
Shen Luo took a deep breath, stood up from the chair, and stood in a horse stance. He recited the words in the book while writing on the yellow paper.
Starting with the word "imperial decree", runes slid across the paper like running water, and an amulet with "all evil spirits retreat" inscribed on it was quickly completed. He thought this was the simplest kind of rune in the book.
Shen Luo looked at the words with bloodstains still wet on them, and compared them with the talisman pictures attached to "Chronicles of Zhang Tianshi Conquering Demons", and his brows couldn't help but slightly frowned.
Obviously the two are quite similar, but he felt something was wrong at first glance.
“I did change the brushstrokes to match what’s in the book, but why does what I wrote… look like it’s been cut off, and doesn’t have that natural feel that others have.” Shen Luo squinted his eyes and muttered.