Chapter 21: Make Charms
Ye Qian knew that considering he was not here for 5 years, many things might have changed and he won't be able to do a proper job and have adequate earnings to keep Yuan Meng and Little Qiqi happy.
So he wanted to do, what he had been doing since time eternal.
He also knew that while he could Concoct Pills, they were a bit too much for people on the Earth and the availability of the herbs was also non-existent while he thought of the scarcity of Spirit Energy which he had seen so far.
'I am at Nascent Soul Mid-stage now after pouring so much Spirit Energy while removing the Gu from Mengmeng's head.'
As he thought of the Gu that was in Yuan Meng's head, Ye Qian's eyes turned furious.
'You better live good while you still have the time to, I will come to you since you dare to harm my Mengmeng.'
A few moments later he breathed in and cooled down while entering a Charm Shop.
The shop was old since most of the things were capped in dust, and the wooden ceiling also threatened to fall on someone's head all of a sudden.
As Ye Qian entered the shop, a middle-aged man by the counter walked toward him and greeted him.
"Good Morning Sir, what would you like to have?"
The man smiled as if he was about to get free money.
Ye Qian looked around and asked.
"I want some charm papers, Weasel hair brush, Cinnabar paint and ....."
Ye Qian enlisted a few things to the man.
As the charms were mainly made from Spiritual Beast Skin and Blood, on Earth there was no way that he could find one, so he had to stick with Cinnabar Paint and some Charm papers.
He would then use some old herbs and some chicken blood to inscribe the charms on the paper.
"Yes sir, just wait for a few minutes, I will get the things that you asked for."
The man said but he was laughing in his heart.
'What a fool, there is no such thing as charms, I know they never work, but because of these kinds of fools my business is still going and I earn some money, haha.'
A few minutes later the man placed the few things on the table in front of Ye Qian and named each one of them.
Ye Qian nodded after seeing the things and looked at them.
While the things were old and had dust in them they were still usable and he could turn them into some usable charms.
Luckily he found the best quality Yellow paper for charm making and a few herbs as well, although they appeared completely dried.
He saw and calculated the materials and assumed.
'There are enough materials for me to make about 15 Palm-sized charms, so it might work.'
He then glanced at the owner asking.
"How much is all this for?"
"Sir, the total is around 43 Yuan..."
The man paused while taking a good glance at Ye Qian.
Ye Qian's face fell as he heard the number as he only had 40 Yuan in his pocket now.
Seeing Ye Qian's face fall after hearing the amount of money, the owner snickered in his heart.
'This is just a marketing strategy boy.'
"But, since you have got so many things from me just give me 40 Yuan."
The owner smiled.
"Oh, thanks a lot for the discount."
Ye Qian thanked him as the owner packed the things for him.
"Oh, you are welcome."
The owner said while handing the bag to Ye Qian with a wide smile.
Ye Qian took the wallet and handed the remaining 40 Yuan which were only left.
Ye Qian turned, opened the door and left.
The Owner called out.
"Come Again!"
'Idiot, the things that I sold you were not even worth 20 Yuans. Hehe.'
The Man guffawed and went to watch his football match on the TV.
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Meanwhile, Ye Qian went to the market he had gone to yesterday and asked the old man who sold him meat.
"Hey old man!"
Ye Qian went and greeted.
Seeing Ye Qian the Old man called out with a smile.
"Hey Young boy, how was the soup yesterday?"
The old man asked while welcoming him.
"It was very nice. Umm, I need your help with something here."
Ye Qian asked while he hesitated.
"Why hesitate boy just say it, I will help you."
The old man patted Ye Qian's shoulder.
"I need some Rooster Blood."
Ye Qian whispered while looking around the shop.
"Enn, that thing we usually throw it, but why do you need something like that?"
The old man wondered.
"But since you want it, I will give it to you."
The old man went to the room where the poultry was butchered.
He came in a few minutes.
"It's from the fresh rooster that was butchered."
Passing the bag containing the rooster's blood to Ye Qian, he went to the counter to handle things.
"Thanks, old man I will come in the evening, to buy some meat."
Ye Qian opened the door and walked out of the shop.
"Sure, I will make sure to prepare a fresh for you, Young man."
The old man smiled and waved at Ye Qian seeing him walking out.
'Hmm, why would someone need blood though?'
The old man thought while going to his work.
"Oh yes Xiao He, give this man Lamb Chops!"
The old man shouted at Xiao He who was packing the meat on the other side.
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After about 15 minutes Ye Qian opened the door of his house.
'Hmm, it's so lonely without anyone, even if I met them just now.'
Ye Qian thought as a smile appeared on his face.
He quickly went to a spare room and placed the things which he had brought for making the charms and went to freshen up.
As he walked out of the bathroom, Ye Qian looked at the wall clock and sighed.
"It's nearly 12 now. I have to make the charms, then go to Qiqi's school."
"Let's make the charms quickly and then I need to wash myself to get rid of the smell."
He wore his old boxers which were still kept and didn't look as if they were half a decade old.
"Mengmeng really thought I will come back, she even washed my clothes and placed them so well."
"Sigh Mengmeng how am I going to repay your debt."
He simply wore boxers and went to the room where he placed the materials.
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As he entered the room, Ye Qian sat cross-legged.
He removed all the things from the bag and arranged them.
He poured the Rooster blood into a stone mortar while putting the dry herbs and grounding them.
Soon after, a thick paste was made, he added the Cinnabar Paint to the paste and mixed it again.
A bit later, a thick red-coloured liquid was made.
Ye Qian kept the mortar and pestle aside and took the Yellow Paper in his hand and started to cut it into adequate sizes as he mumbled some spells.
After about 20 minutes, Ye Qian cut 15 pieces of charm paper and arranged them properly.
He properly arranged 3 papers in a row and made 4 groups which he respectively grouped as Ghost Repelling, Spirit Cleansing, Protection and Fire Ball Charms.
While for the remaining 3, he added one to each except for the Ghost Repelling one.
After arranging, Ye Qian sat straight and took the Weasel hair brush, dipping it in the blood, cinnabar and herb paste and started writing on the Yellow Paper Charms, soon the charms had a different feeling to them if one were to hold them.
There were also various patterns on different types of charms that he made.
He quickly looked at the charms and nodded.
Though the materials he got were not that good, he was still a Master in charm making.
But unfortunately, the charms he made were only so so.
Still, they were a treasure if the people really got to know the function and value of these charms.
He still managed to make 15 charms without any waste, even though he had not made any charms for the last 300 or so years which surprised Ye Qian a lot.
It didn't take him a lot of time to make these fifteen charms and there was no Spirit Energy used, so it was quite conservative considering that there was no source of spirit energy he had found yet.
He stood up after arranging the charms in the proper group and keeping them on the table nearby, then he started to clean the mess that he had created.
Though he didn't waste anything while grinding and stroking the runes on the charms, there were a few drops of blood that fell on the floor and they had started to smell.
While you might be thinking that if the blood was smelling then how would people buy these charms.
It was that as he was stroking when writing the runes on the Yellow Paper, he used to chant spells which would light the strokes that he made on the paper and then the paper would absorb the paint and the smell would never be there as if it was not made of blood but of ink.
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