Chapter 384 - 231: Success
Chen Lusi sat down again and demonstrated to the two sisters how he had just drawn the talisman. When they saw Chen Lusi doodling out a shapeless ’Shrinking Earth Talisman,’ the two sisters both had a peculiar look on their faces.
"Brother-in-law, did you come back by drawing this kind of talisman?" Lin Wan couldn’t help but ask.
"Yes."
Chen Lusi nodded and, this time, didn’t add the talisman head, putting down his pen directly as he was worried about activating the talisman’s effect.
"..."
Lin Ying, intrigued, reached out and picked up the talisman from the table.
Chen Lusi didn’t stop her because he guessed... without the talisman in his palm, it was impossible to activate the effect of the Shrinking Earth Talisman.
"Can I try it?"
After carefully observing it, Lin Ying tilted her head curiously and said, "I’m really curious how this thing teleports people."
"Then how will you come back?"
Chen Lusi paused and replied, "At the moment, I don’t even know how to control the destination. If you end up back in Peng City, how will you return? Fly back tomorrow?"
"...then forget it."
Lin Ying was taken aback by his words, thought for a bit, and put down the talisman with a chuckle, "I don’t want to leave... But it’s really amazing. If a talisman drawn on A4 paper can be used, does this mean drawing directly in the air would work too? Like if your finger is dipped in vermillion? Then do it like this?"
As she spoke, she extended her slender finger, adorably making a gesture in front of her, and then blinked her eyes, "Isn’t this how it’s usually done in artistic works?"
"..."
Hearing Lin Ying’s words, Chen Lusi showed a thoughtful expression, and then he softly said, "It seems... it can be tried, but dipping in vermillion seems unnecessary; perhaps even that step can be omitted."
"Brother-in-law... you’re not even building a bridge now, you’ve simplified it so much it’ll become a single-plank bridge," Lin Wan interjected, humorously noting, "At first you thought rituals were troublesome, then using a brush was troublesome, and now even dipping vermillion is troublesome. Next, would you find the talisman itself troublesome, and want to command the gods directly?"
Chen Lusi replied, "If a single-plank bridge works, why not..."
"..."
Hearing this, Lin Wan was silent for a while before picking up the cat lying at Chen Lusi’s feet, using it as a shield, and continued to softly complain, "Then why not think the same way when facing us two sisters? Shame is also troublesome, caring so much is troublesome, and others’ gaze is also troublesome..."
"..."
Chen Lusi quietly looked at Lin Wan and then leaned forward.
Sensing his tacit understanding, Lin Ying leaned forward as well, half-leaning on him, then reached out and pinched her sister’s cheek.
"Hey... how come you two have such great chemistry?"
Ignoring Lin Wan, Chen Lusi once again turned his gaze back to the talisman on the table.
Although he had verified that the talisman was usable from Celestial Strategy Trading, many questions remained unanswered.
Like the activation method, the way the Shrinking Earth Talisman determines the destination, and more importantly... can others use it?
Besides that, Chen Lusi was also quite interested in whether other talismans could be used in addition to the Shrinking Earth Talisman.
After all, although the Shrinking Earth Talisman allows for quick transit, its application scenarios are still too limited.
Certainly.
Chen Lusi also hadn’t forgotten his initial idea of storing his techniques.
Though this felt much more complicated in actual operation...
After all, talismans, combined with Zhang Xiufeng’s words and his understanding, roughly could be described as a medium to communicate with the world, relying on the covenant between the Ancestral Celestial Master mentioned by Zhang Xiufeng and the gods to achieve its effect.
This means that the techniques are fixed.
In utilizing the talisman to release a technique, it’s not about the user’s knowledge of a technique, but rather what technique the Ancestral Celestial Master and the gods have agreed upon as per Zhang Xiufeng.
But what about Chen Lusi’s own techniques... how should those be defined?
The talisman head of the Shrinking Earth Talisman resembles the words ’mountains and waters,’ yet Chen Lusi had no idea which god this referred to, nor did he need to know.
Because the Ancestral Celestial Master mentioned by Zhang Xiufeng had already taken care of the most troublesome part.
But what of Chen Lusi’s own techniques, who should they be directed towards? It can’t be himself, right?
"..."
As Chen Lusi contemplated these talismans, new ideas continuously emerged.
Yet thinking about it now was pointless... because his current understanding was still too limited, and for everything, he needed to wait for Zhang Xiufeng to return tomorrow before proceeding.
As for storing his own techniques, it’s even less urgent to think about it now. First, he needs to figure out the activation and trigger mechanism of the talisman before considering who the talisman head should point to.
Perhaps after some time, he could talk to that Anna? To learn the Church System’s method of storing techniques?
But their techniques on the sheepskin paper also seem to point to their revered gods...
The more Chen Lusi thought, the deeper his brow furrowed.
Forget it.
We’ll see.
The more Chen Lusi thought about it, the more problems appeared, forcing him to abandon the train of thought temporarily, lifting his head.
Only then did he realize that at some point, the two sisters had stopped their antics and had placed their fingers on his brow.
"What are you doing?"
Feeling the cold touch of their fingers, Chen Lusi glanced left and right, a bit helpless.
"...seeing if we can press it out," the two sisters exchanged a glance, then couldn’t help but burst into laughter as they answered in unison.
Seeing the smiling faces on the two captivating faces, Chen Lusi was silent for a moment, then suddenly felt the talisman didn’t seem all that important anymore.