Chapter 1: Chenzhou Talisman (Seeking Follow-Up Reading)

The waterfall is deep and the ancient trees are deep.

The thick shade of the trees blocks the sunlight, the forest is damp and dark, and there is a faint mist.

The waterfall is ten feet high, and the trees near the pool are sparse. The golden sunlight shines down, and the mist on the water reflects the colorful rays of light.

There is a cave on the cliff on the left side of the waterfall, and the dark green vines hang down, covering the deep cave entrance.

The cave is cold in the broad daylight, and the scene is particularly creepy.

Even more creepy is the altar in front of the cave.

There is a red cloth on the eight-immortal table, and fruits are served on a snow-white porcelain plate.

The sandalwood curls up and goes straight into the blue sky.

In front of the altar, there is an old man wearing a green evil ghost mask. The old man wears a big red robe, a yin-yang green hat on his head, a big rooster in his left hand, and a master's knife in his right hand.

He cut off the rooster's head with a knife, and put the blood into the wine jar.

Immediately afterwards, the wizard picked up the bell and the ox horn and danced the Nuo dance.

In the green smoke, the ghost face is vivid.

"Please invite the great general Lingguan, and his 100,000 disciples to sweep away the evil spirits. Hold the golden whip in your hand and head to the upper world. Step on the fire wheel to the lower nine layers. Burn the unfilial son in the barracks, and turn him into dust with the golden whip. The saint obeys the order of Taishang Laojun, and it is urgent!"

The disciples on both sides hold the law gong, drum, and ox horn, and beat the gong and drum according to the rhythm of the wizard.

There are more than a dozen people standing solemnly outside the altar.

Some of these people are wearing Confucian robes, some are dressed as hunters, and there are barbarians with carved hair.

There is a young man holding a copper gong on the right side of the wizard. The young man is wearing a green robe for rituals. He has regular facial features and is about seventeen or eighteen years old. His eyes are mature, different from his peers.

This person is called Xu Xuan, the eldest son of the Xu family, and the son of the middle-aged man wearing a Confucian robe in front of the altar.

At the same time, he is not from this world. He comes from the modern earth with advanced technology. As a social animal working from nine to five, he wakes up in this world after working overtime one day. It has been eighteen years now.

The ritual lasted until the evening, when the sun set and the sky darkened.

"Edict!!"

The wizard picked up the yellow talisman and shouted softly, and the talisman paper ignited without fire, causing everyone to marvel.

"Soul-calling banner, soul-guiding gong, corpse-driving whip!"

As soon as these words came out, three disciples including Xu Xuan each came to the cave entrance with three magic tools.

The wizard shook the bell gently.

At this time, a group of people walked out of the dark cave.

These people wore black hats with black cloth hanging from the edge of the hats to cover their heads. They wore wide black robes, lined up, walked stiffly, and followed the rhythm of the bells and gongs.

The scene was terrifying and gloomy. These mysterious people did not make any sound and had a strong smell of decay.

They did not look like living people.

This is the legendary Chenzhou corpse-driving.

The wizard is the master of the corpse-driving, and these people are "corpses".

Against the backdrop of the night, it looks particularly terrifying.

Xu Xuan, holding the soul-guiding banner, had no emotion in his heart, and even almost laughed.

Playing tricks!

These are all living people, and there is no magic.

As one of the disciples of Master Gong Lihu, he helped to apply white phosphorus on the talisman paper the night before.

The corpses were pretended by living people. As for why this was so, it depends on the large and small bags of salt in their robes.

Soon, Master Gong drove the corpse to the altar, in front of Xu Guangting, the head of the Xu family, and Li Ming, the leader of the Three Mountains Barbarians in Chenzhou.

"My lords, the things have been prepared, please give your instructions."

"Go to Yiyang within three days, and someone will pick you up then." Xu Guangting ordered, "There are two carriages following you, with coffins on the carriages, and the coffins are filled with goods. Don't let the government know."

"Yes!"

Lihu shook the bell and led people away from here.

Xu Guangting glanced at Xu Xuan and said expressionlessly: "Go back. When you are more skilled, let Li Hu take you for another trip."

"Yes, father."

Xu Xuan responded.

The conversation between the two was not like that between father and son. After all, Xu Xuan had the soul of an adult in his body. No matter how hard he pretended in the first few years, he could not pretend to have the feeling of blood thicker than water and the love between father and son.

In addition, since he was different from ordinary people since childhood, he was not liked by Xu Guangting. After that, there was no chance to spend time together, so the relationship between father and son was not very deep.

Xu Xuan followed the crowd out of the woods and sat on a pony, while Xu Guangting and another young man got on the carriage.

The young man was tall and his eyes were as fierce as a wolf.

The group returned to the city.

On the way, Xu Xuan had no intention of looking at the scenery and sighed in his heart.

"It would be great if there were really gods."

When Xu Xuan first came to this world, he was very excited. He thought that his life would rise from then on, but reality slapped him hard.

He wanted to be known as a child prodigy, but because of his unchildlike behavior, he was mistaken for a ghost. His family sent him to a charlatan and drank a lot of magic water. Only then did Xu Xuan restrain his edge.

As he grew older, Xu Xuan had a certain understanding of the world and became more cautious.

The identity of the eldest son was too eye-catching, especially in the eyes of the young man's mother.

That man was Xu Xuan's half-brother Xu Feng, and the barbarian leader was his grandfather.

With this relationship, the Xu family cooperated with the Shanman to smuggle salt, and the position of the head of the family in the future should belong to Xu Feng.

"The incident of pouring talisman water when I was a child should be the work of the Li family."

Xu Xuan has become more cautious since then. He has shown an attitude of not wanting to compete for the position of the head of the family since he was a child. When he grew up, he became a disciple of Master Gong.

I never thought that this guy was the leader of the smuggling gang of Shanman and Xu family.

Where is the magic of immortals.

It took Xu Xuan eighteen years to finally understand this truth. There is not even the so-called internal force and true qi martial arts. The so-called knights only know some fighting methods to strengthen the body.

In the words of the previous life, this is a world without magic.

Just thinking about it, a city appeared in front.

Chenzhou City.

The city is not big, with short stone walls, and the population is estimated to be no more than 30,000. Most people have pale faces, which is completely in line with the imagination of a remote frontier town.

"Fortunately, the place where I was born is a wealthy family in Chenzhou, otherwise it would really be the beginning of hell."

The convoy arrived at the huge Xu Mansion.

Heavy red gate, angry stone lions.

The servants and strong servants of the Xu family formed a clear contrast with the pale pedestrians outside.

"The master is back!"

"Second Young Master, let me get the things."

Most of the servants surrounded the master and Xu Feng, and there were only two blue-clothed servants around Xu Xuan.

Xu Xuan didn't care. He handed the reins of the horse to the servants and walked along the corridors to the bamboo garden.

The small bridge and flowing water are accompanied by bamboo.

The raincoat covered with waterfall water was hung on the wall to dry. Xu Xuan brewed a pot of hot tea and drank it leisurely.

As a modern person, it is easy to be a mess, and not being the master is satisfactory.

There are slaves who curry favor with the powerful, but as for the evil slaves bullying the master in the novel, it did not happen.

If it really happened, Xu Xuan was kind-hearted and would at most break one of their legs; if the master knew about it, they would have to go to the back garden as fertilizer.

Legitimate children and master-slave are not the same thing.

Xu Xuan put down his teacup and sighed again: "The smuggling business that is punishable by death, and the stepmother who does not tolerate others, it is not easy to make a mess."

But what can be done?

It is true that he is a modern man, but his experience in dealing with things in his previous life was under sound legal rules.

Most modern people are not good at intrigue.

In his previous life, he couldn't even beat the small supervisor who managed a dozen people in the company, let alone the supervisor. Even the game with the vegetable seller ended in failure; not to mention this big family of hundreds of people, and the woman of the mountain barbarian family who ruled over tens of thousands of people.

Feeling upset, Xu Xuan put down his teacup and sat cross-legged on the bed.

He took out a thin booklet from under the pillow. The booklet had been flipped through many times. There were six big words on the cover: Chenzhou Fu Fa Jie Jie.

Chenzhou Talisman is a talisman passed down by local wizards. Most of its talismans are related to daily production, such as hemostatic talisman water, stomachache talisman, hunting talisman, fishing bait...

The first chapter of Chenzhou Talisman is called the Calming Mantra.

This is the fundamental method of Chenzhou Talisman. Calming the mind and inducing heaven, and then the talisman can take effect.

Xu Xuan silently recited the spell.

After a long time, he woke up, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

It really didn't work.

"If you want to settle down, this is the only thing."

Xu Xuan looked around, made sure the doors and windows were closed, and went under the bed to take out something.

This is a rusty, palm-sized bronze mirror.

The mirror is covered with copper rust, and there are dragon, phoenix and star patterns on the back.

In the dim night, this mirror emits a light yellow fluorescence.

This mirror is the only treasure that accompanied him through time. I bought it at a street stall, and it accompanied me through time. Xu Xuan's heart of seeking the truth came from this.

The way it appeared was magical. Suddenly, it was in the room one day.

Xu Xuan always felt that there was a mysterious practice in this world.

After groping for a while, he was about to put it down.

Suddenly, the bronze mirror changed.

(A new book is launched. Brothers who think it is good can read it. The recommendation system of Qidian is too harsh now. It is easy for new books to fail to keep up. I will definitely update it crazily after it is put on the shelves.)