Chapter 876: The Secret of the Shichen, the Blood Cup Book

"Those who harbor malice will surely be rewarded. In the name of true love, cast a curse on anyone who illegally takes property from it!"

Qian Chen slowly chanted the protection spell on the sign at the door in ancient Leizi language. Quinn found that the timid Elijah's body was almost completely stiff.

"I believe what you said." Qian Chen took off the jacket of his small suit, hung it on the hanger next to him, and said: "This level of protection spell requires at least a baptized person to cast it. Well, if it were a witch, it would also be a witch whose power has fully matured!"

"Sage, white iris, roses, these are all magic medicines and powers of the flower secret tradition that are exactly the same as the Spiritual Cultivation Society."

"Although this secret power originating from the secret history, the flowers of all histories, is widely spread, being able to completely fix spirituality in magic medicine, and even after fifty years, still being able to become the source of power for a not-so-weak protection spell. This reminds me of the style of the Miskatonic Garden Association..."

"The... the previous shop owner was indeed a witch from the Garden Association." Elijah said eagerly.

Qian Chen glanced at the tarot cards under the table again and said: "Are your tarot cards also left by the previous shop owner?"

Elijah almost stuck to the wall behind her, stuttering: "That... that is my ancestral heritage."

"Interesting!"

Qian Chen picked up a chair in the corner, turned the backrest, sat down, supported his arms with the back of the chair, stared at Elijah and asked: "Holy Grail... the suit of Holy Grail in your tarot cards is very interesting!"

The Holy Grail is a suit of the Minor Arcana in tarot cards.

"The four suits of the Minor Arcana, Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles. Wands represent power, which is the symbol of the Father of Lamps' authority. Cups represent desire, which is the symbol of the Cup Mother. Swords represent war, which is the symbol of the pain given by the Father of Lamps. Pentacles represent wealth, material, and stability, which is the symbol of the Mirror Master!"

Qian Chen slowly drew a tarot card from his sleeve and showed it to Elijah: "The ruby on the Holy Grail is bright and brilliant, simply like a drop of blood in the cup!"

Elijah's body trembled violently.

"I want to sell the Pure Flower on me!" Qian Chen said again.

Elijah shook her head: "I... I don't have money."

"Gable introduced me to come here to sell flowers. It's impossible that there is no money to acquire them! Could it be that you are playing with me?" Qian Chen's tone became increasingly severe.

Elijah shook her head frantically: "No... no, he gave me... no, I have a secret tradition to exchange." Looking at Qian Chen's affirmative eyes, Elijah used a delaying tactic: "Making magic medicine requires flower essential oil and a base, and then use a crystal ball to recall that flower to extract the medicinal properties. Now my crystal ball..."

She looked back at the crystal ball covered with velvet and stammered: "My magic medicine base..."

As she said that, she rushed toward the counter, her body hit the shelf, and the bottles and jars on it were smashed. A goose-neck bottle was hit by her elbow and shattered.

"My magic medicine base is spilled! I can't refine the pure medicine today..."

Quinn couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Even he could see that Elijah was doing it on purpose, but he didn't understand why she was so afraid of Qian Chen?

Qian Chen looked at Elijah's expression that was about to cry and shook his head slowly: "No need!"

Qian Chen picked up four tarot cards, placed the Wands in the crown position, the Cups in the reverse position, and the Swords and Pentacles on the left and right.

"King of Wands, Wang Hou of Cups, Knight of Swords, Page of Pentacles... oh!" Qian Chen checked the card face, slightly surprised: "They are all court cards!"

The fifty-six Minor Arcana cards in tarot, four groups, fourteen cards each, are the prototype of playing cards in the future.

Swords are Spades, Cups are Hearts, Wands are Clubs, Pentacles are Diamonds, and then J, Q, K are Knights, Queens, and Kings, missing Pages, and adding two Joker cards.

Seeing Elijah's shrinking appearance.

Qian Chen turned and went outside the door, soon came back with a withered white iris.

He placed the withered white iris in the center of the four tarot cards, and then explained calmly: "Very few people know what the white sparrow-tongue flower is? In fact, it comes from the ancient Leizi language, which is the Pure Flower. Ancient Leizi was an ancient civilization in the Second Era. Legend has it that they were a kingdom created by elves in the forest, meaning a kingdom where all spirits flourish together. After the elves left again, the Druids who followed nature recorded their secret history, which is the 'Ancient Leizi Oak Book'."

"It records the language of a thousand flowers, the language of a thousand trees, the language of a thousand birds, and the language of a thousand beasts."

"This is an important secret tradition of the Druid religion!"

"Accompanied by the rise of the Orthodox Church, the ancient Druid religion also became a secret religion, spreading in secret. Its secret traditions were scattered, among which some ancient Leizi language poems recording the language of flowers were collected and edited in the Fourth Era as 'Poetry of Nature—Selected Ancient Leizi Language Poems'."

"And I, just happened to have read this book!"

"'The White Flower of Aikazhuolin', a poem praising the white sparrow-tongue flower! In the Elven language, Aikazhuolin means purity. All those who are pure will surely be protected. During the ancient Leizi civilization, elf girls would pick white irises in early spring and wear them for everyone."

"Everyone would chant poems praising the Shichen of April—the Lord of All Flowers—Lotus."

Qian Chen sighed. Lotus is the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus, the Shichen of April, the Tai Chong of Mao. The protector of Buddhism in the Southern Continent, representing purity, vitality, auspiciousness, and the Shichen of goodness.

The Shichen of May is the Yin-Yang Fan, which is the Ouroboros, the Heavenly Gang of Chen, representing balance, circulation, and alchemy.

The Shichen of January is himself, the Dao Dust Bead, the Father of Lamps, the Divine Wang Hou of Zi, representing spirituality, light, reason, and seeking knowledge.

The Shichen of February is the Mirror Mirror, the Kunlun Mirror, the Mirror Master, the Great Luck of Chou, representing matter, world, stability, and foundation.

The Shichen of March is the eldest sister, the Cauldron of Creation, the Cup Mother, the Gong Cao of Yin, representing flesh and blood, temptation, sensibility, and pain.

Looking at the blank Quinn and the slightly trembling Elijah, Qian Chen placed the Four of Wands, a card representing celebration and prosperity, on the King of Wands in the crown position.

On the card face, four huge wands stand in front, with victory wreaths hanging on them. Two women hold bouquets high above their heads, dancing in celebration. In the distance, the celebrating crowd can be vaguely seen, presenting a harmonious and prosperous scene.

"It was born in April, belonging to 'Lotus'!"

Qian Chen placed the Two of Cups on the reversed Holy Grail.

A card representing combination and love.

On the card face, a man and a woman face each other, holding cups to each other. Both have flower wreaths on their heads. The man's body leans forward slightly, his left foot steps out, and his right hand reaches toward the woman, while the woman's standing posture is as stable as a mountain. Between them floats a staff entwined by two snakes, called the "Caduceus of Hermes", which is a symbol of healing. The lion head on the staff symbolizes communication, and the two wings symbolize the Holy Spirit. In the distance is a town.

Combination and love are the reverse positions of purity, and this card is surprisingly appropriate here.

"Its meaning is purity, can guard, can purify, and rejects all unclean pollution!"

Finally, Qian Chen placed a covered Pentacles and Swords card on the left and right sides respectively.

At this time, the withered white iris placed in the center of the tarot cards actually slowly recovered its vitality.

Quinn's eyes widened, watching the withered, pale, and almost shattered dry flower recover the freshness and vitality of the plant, just like an iris that had just been picked.

And Elijah's delicate eyes were full of incredulity.

The two petals of the iris closed suddenly, like the purity of a girl, turning into a white sparrow-tongue-like inflorescence, and the upper and lower petals suddenly unfolded like rabbit ears.

Thus, a white sparrow-tongue flower appeared in the ritual of the four tarot cards.

"The four elements of occultism: incantations, secrets, spirituality, and magic medicine. Spirituality originates from the Shichen of Lotus, magic medicine is the pure flower I wear in my spirituality, secrets are the secrets I just told, and incantations are the two paragraphs of discussion I just said and the two paragraphs of hidden secrets..."

Qian Chen pointed to the two tarot cards he covered.

"This constitutes a secret ritual—a divination secret ritual, a ritual that manifests spirituality in the present world: reveal, manifest, mark. I divine this white iris as the Pure Flower, allowing the special spirituality in my spirit body to descend into the present world!"

Qian Chen raised the white sparrow-tongue flower and handed it to Elijah: "How much?"

Elijah took the white small flower tremblingly, only to see the white flower trembling slightly, and a pure power that resisted evil radiated slightly from it.

She took out a small lead box from under the counter, opened it with trembling fingertips, and a black mist immediately drilled out, which was blown away by her and flew toward the small white flower in her hand, but the weak small flower suddenly emitted a soft white light, and the black smoke immediately bypassed it and could not approach it at all.

"The dust of evil spirits cannot approach, and cannot even pollute it!"

"The power of the art of the invisible... the art of the invisible has been completely accommodated in the flower. This has almost become a magic tool. The incantation of the Pure Flower is completely solidified on the iris, and even extraordinary-rank witchcraft and evil curses cannot break through its defense."

Elijah's voice trembled: "I just don't know how long the power in the flower can be maintained?"

"One week." Qian Chen nodded slightly: "Exactly the same as the Pure Flower of Aikazhuolin."

Quinn's eyes shone with excitement as he watched from the side, and he hurriedly said: "I want to sell too!"

Qian Chen signaled him to repeat the ritual. Quinn didn't move the four tarot cards, just placed a withered iris in the center, repeated the incantation chanted by Qian Chen in ancient Leizi language, and followed suit, actually reviving the withered white flower.

Quinn almost cheered, while Elijah was even more afraid.

This shows that Qian Chen's secret ritual is completely universal, and such a secret ritual that can completely manifest the power of the Spirit Realm in the present world has a value that is almost immeasurable.

The little girl didn't know what Qian Chen wanted, and she was almost scared to faint!

"By the way!" Qian Chen raised his head slightly: "I used your dry flower, which contains the incantation of the flower of purification, so the efficacy of this flower may be longer than imagined, but it was your thing in the first place, so I won't charge again!"

"The Pure Flower is worth about five thousand pounds, two flowers ten thousand pounds, cash or secrets?"

Qian Chen took the initiative and looked at Elijah.

She opened her mouth slightly and shook her head instinctively: "I... I don't have that much money."

Even Quinn couldn't stand it anymore, pulled Qian Chen's sleeve, and whispered: "Marvin, forced buying and selling is illegal!"

"I have already gifted a divination and spirit-summoning ritual, which also includes the secrets of the Ancient Lei Zi civilization behind the Flower of Purity; those are priceless treasures. Secrets are not potions; you can't return them after seeing them. She isn't even willing to pay this little bit of potion money—is she trying to get a free ride from me?" Qian Chen's expression was unkind.

Before Quinn could say anything, Elijah quickly pulled out a thick book from her arms, pushed it to Qian Chen, and then apologized three times.

"Sorry! Please accept this secret tradition..."

Qian Chen finally showed a smile, took the secret tradition, gently brushed off the dust on it, and revealed a line of silver-plated book titles—"Book of the Blood Cup, Volume 1"

"I'll flip through it when I go back and show it to you tomorrow!"

Qian Chen greeted Quinn, and then nodded slightly to Elijah, ignoring her being scared by himself and hiding behind the counter, and strode away with Quinn! ===== CHAPTER 877 =====