Chapter 60: Four Absolutes of Talisman Dao, Nine-Fingered Talisman Demon

Nanjing City, Zijin Mountain.

The Five-Spirit Rainbow Light drove on the long, endless mountain road, the lush greenery constantly flashing past the car windows.

"Zhang Fan... you don't really have a crush on Jiang Lai, do you."

Jiang Hu was driving, asking without turning his head.

"Don't talk nonsense." Zhang Fan glanced at him, naturally not going to tell him about the origin between him and Jiang Lai on Zhenwu Mountain.

"I advise you not to... office romance is not allowed." Jiang Hu said earnestly.

"Why?"

"Have you ever seen a movie?" Jiang Hu changed the subject and asked instead.

"What movie?"

"That is... a movie where the company boss threatens the employee's wife!" Through the rearview mirror, Jiang Hu's eyes revealed an infinite reverie.

Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment, then asked with a strange expression: "Is it a movie where the scene is very simple and only two or three people act?"

"Yes, yes, yes..." Jiang Hu's tone immediately rose, as if he had met a soulmate: "Have you seen it?"

"..."

Zhang Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, formed a seal with one hand, four fingers clenched, only the middle finger standing, pointing at Jiang Hu, surging and vigorous.

Daoist Seal, International Edition!!!

"How come these cultivation families all like to live on mountains." Zhang Fan looked at the scenery outside the car and couldn't help but say.

Wanting to live in this kind of place is not something you can do just by having money.

"Mountains, rivers, and seas all have dragons, riding the wind and crossing the moon to peek at the immortal traces... Most of the mountains and rivers in the world are attached to dragon veins, not to mention famous mountains like Zijin Mountain, which are spiritually endowed, naturally being wonderful places for cultivation!?" Jiang Hu said without turning his head.

It is said that back then, King Xiong Shang of Chu destroyed Yue and buried a golden bell outside Yujing City to suppress the king's Qi, so this mountain was named Zhongshan.

Later, during the Jin Dynasty, the gentry moved south. Emperor Yuan of Jin often saw purple Qi lingering on the top of this mountain, so it was called Zijin Mountain.

"The Shen family is a talisman-making family. The Daoist field they choose is naturally different... Only the spiritually endowed dragon-coiling Qi of Yujing can continue such intense incense."

"Talisman..." Zhang Fan was thoughtful.

Talismans are one of the main means for Daoist priests, comparable to arts, secret incantations, etc.

Zhang Fan had been in contact with cultivation for a short time, and he hadn't had time to study this aspect of knowledge.

"Hulu, you are from the Talisman Sect..." Zhang Fan looked at Jiang Hu who was driving and asked: "How powerful is this thing?"

"Talisman is the contract of heaven, the group of true ones follow the talisman to summon and descend!" Jiang Hu thought for a moment and said.

The so-called talisman is a contract signed by the Daoist priest with the ghosts and gods of heaven, capable of commanding the natural power of ghosts and gods.

The "Taishang Dongxuan Sutra" says: Talismans, entrusting the names of ghosts and gods, have the ability to assist the true teaching, summon the group of spirits, control life and death, maintain the robbery, and pacify the five directions.

"Powerful talismans are no weaker than complete 【Northern Emperor's Art】, and even more powerful." Jiang Hu said in a deep voice.

Zhang Fan had only mastered the 【Tian Peng Teeth】, which was only a small art of the 【Northern Emperor's Art】. The complete 【Northern Emperor's Art】 was a supreme great art comparable to the 【Five Thunders Orthodox Method】.

Even so, some powerful talismans, just one, could contend with it.

"So powerful? Then why not just use talismans?" Zhang Fan's eyes lit up.

If he prepared more powerful talismans on his body, wouldn't he be able to walk sideways.

"The more powerful the talisman, the more profound the cultivation required..." Jiang Hu shook his head.

All talismans have characters, but ordinary people don't understand them.

For example, the main fonts involved in drawing talismans have eight types, such as cloud seal, phoenix seal dragon chapter, bright chapter text, etc. Some also involve star charts and god images.

The talisman text drawn by each font may represent different ghosts and gods or the summoned ancestors, and the functions are also different, such as saving the dead, extending life, summoning thunder, etc. Therefore, performing a talisman requires not only knowing the meaning of each talisman text but also remembering the corresponding incantation.

These talisman texts are like circuit diagrams. The talisman practitioner needs to understand them extremely well in order to inject their True Yang along the correct path and form a pathway.

"Therefore, every talisman practitioner is tempered through a hundred battles and needs to go through complex cultivation to grow..."

Jiang Hu glanced backward and chuckled: "Making talismans, drawing talismans, performing talismans... these are all required courses. Wanting to master the key points is harder than mastering an art..."

The alchemy books say: If you don't know the key to drawing a talisman, you just invite the laughter of ghosts and gods. If you know the key to drawing a talisman, you scare the ghosts and gods to scream.

"Even just the 【One-Character Talisman】, you need to observe and practice repeatedly for a long time."

The so-called "One-Character Talisman" is a talisman with only one talisman character, which is the simplest and also the foundation.

Some powerful talisman practitioners can even draw a 【Hundred-Character Talisman】 in an instant.

"【Hundred-Character Talisman】!? Can that be done on such a small piece of paper?" Zhang Fan revealed a strange expression.

"That level of talisman practitioner is not something you can imagine." Jiang Hu's face revealed a

Although he usually scoffed at the way of talismans, at this moment, Zhang Fan saw light in his eyes through the rearview mirror.

"A Hundred-Character Talisman Master... some people might not even meet one in their entire lifetime, and among them, some have even created their own unique talismans," Jiang Hu sighed.

"Their own unique talismans?"

"Correct, creating something from nothing... creating a talisman unique to the talisman master themselves is the ultimate dream of every talisman master," Jiang Hu's voice was low but trembled slightly.

"Have you seen one?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask.

"I haven't seen one... but I have heard of them..." Jiang Hu drove, watching the mountain road, while a look of reminiscence surfaced in his eyes.

Within the Daoist sects, there are millions of talisman masters, and every mountain and temple has dabbled in it.

However, Jiang Hu had heard since he was very young that among the many talisman masters, four were considered supreme, all of whom had created their own unique talismans before the age of thirty.

These four are known as the 【Four Absolutes of Talisman Dao】.

Jiang Hu grew up on the mountain listening to the legends of these four, but among them, the one he admired and yearned for the most was...

"What?"

"Do you know the marvelous uses of a person's ten fingers?"

As he spoke, Jiang Hu raised both hands, his ten fingers moving flexibly.

"You damn well drive properly and grip the steering wheel," Zhang Fan panicked and hurriedly said.

"The ten fingers are connected to the heart, and the heart can communicate with the heavens..."

"A talisman master is, by nature, an existence that uses their own power to communicate with the power of the heavens and ghosts and gods; therefore, our fingers are our life," Jiang Hu said in a deep voice.

Whether it is crafting talismans, drawing talismans, or executing talismans... none can be separated from these ten fingers.

"But..."

"Among the Four Absolutes of Talisman Dao, there is one whose fingers are incomplete..."

At these words, a terrifyingly sharp glint appeared in Jiang Hu's eyes.

Able to reach the pinnacle with a broken body, often proud in the world with the talisman dao, that man was an extremely unconventional existence even among the 【Four Absolutes of Talisman Dao】. Such methods, such fierce reputation, were like a bright lamp, illuminating the way for millions of talisman masters to forge ahead...

This, of course, included Jiang Hu.

"His title is..."

"The Nine-Fingered Talisman Demon!!"

(End of chapter)