Exhaling a breath, John rubbed his swollen temples and stood up and moved around the bedroom twice.
"It seems that this spirituality cannot be overused. I cannot turn on spiritual vision for more than fifteen minutes at present, otherwise I am afraid it will damage the foundation."
Thinking of this, John lay down quietly on the bed and quickly entered a state of rest according to the secret of meditation in his previous life.
This is also a by-product of his unsuccessful cultivation in his previous life, and is one of the tips that is useful to him in reality.
This resting state is similar to meditation. It is a method experimented from Taoist Jingzi Jue. It can allow people to quickly enter a state of meditation and mindfulness, and can also enter a state of deep sleep in the medical field.
At this time, John just wanted to rest and regain his energy, so he chose the former.
About half an hour later, he was awakened by the jingling of the doorbell. John opened his eyes and saw that the candles around him had accumulated tears. The essential oil burning on the table had long since burned out, leaving only a faint trace of light in the room.
fragrant.
After tidying up his appearance, John quickly walked down the stairs.
When you come to the front yard, you can see a few small figures outside the iron gate.
"Mr. Walker, the thatch you requested has been picked..."
Little John put down the hand that was shaking the brass bell on the door, and shouted at the door in a childish voice.
"Did you pick it back so quickly? Didn't you go there without lunch?"
Looking at the expressions of the little guys who were convinced, John shook his head and said:
"There's nothing I can do against you, and I'm not in a hurry. Come in quickly..."
Opening the door, John let a few little guys in.
Except for John, several others were also orphans in the town. At this time, I couldn't help but feel a little timid when walking into the clean and tidy yard cleaned by the servants.
"Come over here."
Seeing that there was no one around, John called a few children into the lobby.
Although he is not afraid of outsiders seeing him, John is well aware that he has many enemies. The town is full of informants from various forces. If people see them trading with him outside, it may cause some trouble for a few orphans.
"Sit down, don't be nervous!"
Entering the lobby of the apartment, John asked the somewhat cramped little guys to sit down at the dining table, took out a few packs of biscuits and candies from the sideboard, and made some hot milk tea for them.
"Thank you for your hard work, let's have a drink first!"
Then he enthusiastically asked Little John to distribute candies and cookies to everyone.
The little guys were both cautious and happy, and most of them were reluctant to eat and only tasted a small piece.
You must know that with the discovery of the two major sugar-producing areas of the New World and Tianzhu, cookies, candies and other snacks in this era are no longer luxuries that can only be enjoyed by nobles, but they are still not expensive foods that ordinary people can enjoy on a daily basis. One pound is the most
You can buy more than ten pounds of wheat flour for the price of cheap biscuits, not to mention that the ones John brought out were very high-end butter nut biscuits.
After asking John for instructions, the little guys carefully wrapped it up and put it in their arms, ready to go back and enjoy it slowly.
However, I couldn't take the fragrant milk tea with me, so I had to drink it in small sips, showing expressions of satisfaction and innocent laughter from time to time.
John on the side looked at the thatch in the sacks and baskets brought by Little John and the others. The weight was about two kilograms, but it seemed a lot because of the size of the thatch.
This is already not easy. Many children of this age in the previous life were little ancestors. Not to mention doing such tiring work, even eating a meal had to be coaxed by the family.
John did not intend to let them continue tomorrow. After all, this kind of spiritual thatch was not common on the roadside. If they wanted to search for more, they would have to look far away, which would be too dangerous for these orphans.
So John said to the disappointed expressions of the orphans:
"Very good. I won't need this kind of thatch this month. I'll let you know next time if I need it."
One month should be enough time for the nearby grass to grow again. After all, wildfires cannot be blown away, and the spring breeze will grow again!
"This is your reward, be careful not to let others see it!"
Next, John took out a money bag and poured out the shining silver coins, which were forty cents, making several orphans cheer.
"Thank you Mr. Walker!"
After thanking John and giving him a gift, the children began to share the money.
As for John's worry about keeping his wealth secret, as the youngest of the orphans who have been living in the town for at least a year, they are naturally experienced and have their own tricks to hide things. This is also to avoid the older children and gangsters.
Lessons learned through blackmail.
Life is not easy, and it is not a compliment for poor children to become parents early, but a kind of suffering.
After seeing off the happy little John and the others, John spread the thatch down to dry in the sunlight behind the lobby window, then grabbed a large handful of fresh thatch and walked to his bedroom on the second floor.
I saw him sitting in front of the desk, weaving thatch with dexterous fingers, and soon the outline of a human figure appeared in front of his eyes.
"Although it needs to be dried before it can be processed into semi-finished materials, fresh ones don't mean they can't be used."
Finally, a piece of thatch is used to harvest it, and a thatched man with all hands and limbs is completed. This is a skill he practiced when he was a child, using straw and dogtail grass to tie up grasshoppers and rabbits.
Although it is not as good as those old craftsmen who specialize in straw and bamboo weaving, it still looks similar.
After doing this, John took out the hair that he had secretly picked out before and put it on the straw man's head and braided it with the thatch.
Then turn on your spiritual vision, recite a mantra, hold the straw man and bow to each direction, and at the same time activate a ray of spirituality on the straw man.
Suddenly in the state of spiritual vision, he could clearly see that the little thatched man who originally contained a faint green spirituality changed as the spell ended.
A strange light purple spirituality was born from the straw man leader, and is slowly absorbing the surrounding light green spirituality and growing stronger.
"It's done!"
After placing the straw man on the desk that served as an incense table, the corners of John's mouth were slightly raised and his eyes were shining brightly.
Since it has been proven that the Overwhelming Technique is effective in this world, if he wants to deal with some mortals, he has no fewer than dozens of ways to make people die unconsciously, or make them worse off than alive.
The Art of Wean Sheng, also known as the Art of Nightmare Control, is a superstitious folk custom in ancient times to ward off evil and pray for good luck.
The meaning of "wearing victory" or "nightmare town" means to curse someone who hates subduing him, "nightmare" means to be a nightmare, "sheng" means to win, and "zhen" means to suppress.
It is a kind of witchcraft that has been circulating for a long time. The witchcraft incident that broke out in the court during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was actually a kind of win-weary technique. Usually people used it to harm others.
The most famous art of aversion to victory has to be said by ancient craftsmen. It is said that because of the low status of craftsmen in ancient times, many unscrupulous employers would bully them and deduct their wages. When they felt deeply unhappy, they would use "
In order to retaliate, some objects called "suppression objects" are buried in the house. When the employer moves into the new house, the fortune of the whole family will become worse due to the influence of the objects. At least the house will be restless and sometimes damaged
Or get into official trouble; in severe cases, you will suffer from serious diseases, encounter disasters, die of children, and in the worst case, your family will be destroyed. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is a very vicious curse.
The Taiyin Sect passed down from Chaoyou's family is said to be an ancient sect that hides folk craftsmanship. It is very proficient in this kind of side sect. John also learned some about it in his previous life, and now he has chosen the easiest to cast Spell of Victory to test.
This can be regarded as a punishment for the villain who always provokes me.
Next we have to look at the changes of this straw man, because theoretically speaking, mortals who have not opened up spirituality can also curse others in this way, but the effect is minimal.
If this kind of victory-weary spell does not pay for the curse with mana, sacrifices, etc., it will take three consecutive days of worship to achieve its maximum effect.
Just like the nail-headed book of seven arrows, it needs to be worshiped for seven consecutive days to collect the target's three souls and seven souls.
Of course, this is just a kind of overpowering technique derived from the Lu Ban Sutra. At most, it will deprive people of energy, luck, make them weak or unlucky for a period of time.
If it is a forbidden spell that is too harmful to Tianhe, John, as the caster, will have a powerful backlash.
This is why unless they are favored by the gods they are worshiping, it is difficult for witches to live longer than normal people, because all their vitality is consumed in casting spells.
The method originating from ancient witchcraft is so weird, which is why witchcraft was eventually replaced by the immortal path established by alchemists and qigong practitioners.