Chapter 77 Common Sense
The night was dark with the moon high, the mountains were pitch black with almost no light at all. The gullies and pits on the ground couldn’t be seen, and one might easily sprain an ankle, tumbling over.
Fortunately, Tang Tong had learned a bit of skill in these nine years, so his arithmetic wasn’t too bad. With the help of the fire stick and the sword light of Qingshuang, the two of them finally found an old dilapidated temple.
Tie Dan held up Qingshuang, the blade glimmering with a clear radiance, shining into the old temple.
The clay idols on the shrine had long been smashed, and the plaques and peach talismans in the temple were all chopped and burned as firewood. It was hard to see whether it was the Mountain God Temple or the Land God Temple.
But judging by the structure of the hall, it was ultimately where the Demon Palace had granted a decree to the Guardian Spirit of Qian Country, number one on the Divine List back in the day.
Of course, now Qian Country had been completely leveled, leaving nothing but emptiness, completely turned over. Naturally, the shrine in such a remote mountain temple was also completely shattered.
However, places specially set for altars and temples were naturally carefully chosen, usually being geomantic treasures, spirit vein qi caves, mountain ridge earth veins, Cave Heaven Blessed Lands, and other spiritual qi hubs. Some places even sealed and suppressed Demon God Beasts. Tang Tong found this spiritual core by patrolling the mountain’s earth vein spiritual qi flow.
"Do you know how to paint Exorcism Talismans? Don’t know how to paint talismans? Fine, no need to ask. Shine the light over here a bit more."
So Tie Dan directed the sword light over, watching Tang Tong kneel on the ground, using a wolf hair brush dipped in saliva and vermillion to paint the talismans.
These talismans were all made with one qi, drawn in one stroke, and when completed, a spray of Daoist energy would be applied. Sticking it on the beam or doorpost would activate it, glowing with golden brilliance.