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Chapter 19 (End)
Chapter Two: Sisters United

"I don't know why, but I feel restless tonight."

"To get out of this state, I decided to work a night shift for Brother Tang in the cold storage because I found that I could easily calm down in the cold storage."

"Before leaving, I took some incense and offerings with me, since there was someone else sharing the same roof with me that night."

"The previous situation with Lao Wang and Qian Xiaomei made me pay more attention to this aspect."

"After entering the cold storage, I did feel much better, which may be related to the temperature inside."

"Around midnight, I felt a bit cold. I adjusted the air conditioner, but it didn't help. Even when I turned it off, it didn't help."

"So I looked at the room where the freezer was located. Could it be that the door to the room where the freezer was located was not closed, and the cold air was coming out from there?"

"Just as I was about to go and take a look, I remembered the offerings I had brought."

"It would be inappropriate to disturb you so abruptly."

So I took the offerings and incense and went over there.

"The door to the freezer room wasn't open; I was just overthinking it. But once I got closer to the freezer room, I definitely found it was colder."

"I was worried that there was something wrong with the freezer, so I quickly opened the door and went inside, but I didn't find anything wrong with the equipment, which relieved me."

"Perhaps it's just that the weather has gotten colder, and it has nothing to do with the cold storage."

"Since I was already here, I set out offerings for the person who lived under the same roof and lit four sticks of fine incense. Just as I was about to leave, I remembered the cause of death of this deceased person."

"To drown is also a pitiful thing, so I recited a mnemonic I'd forgotten where I'd learned it from."

"A miraculous scene unfolded: the incense stick burned completely in the blink of an eye, and all the smoke from it disappeared into the freezer!"

"I don't know if this is normal, but after the recitation ended, the temperature in the cold storage seemed to return to normal. I felt amazed, but also a little uneasy."

"Could it be that there really is something?"

"As someone who doesn't believe in ghosts and gods but respects them, I think it's better to be on the safe side."

"It's never wrong to be polite, so after thinking about it, I recited another 'Incantation for Subduing Evil Spirits'!"

"I imagine that the person in the freezer, if they could know this from beyond the grave, would be moved by my sincerity."

"Watching the incense smoke undergo another miraculous transformation, I found myself getting used to it without even realizing it."

Nothing happened that night, but my mind was filled with those strange images of smoke entering the freezer.

"This world seems a little different now?"

"Something seems to belong to me in the dark, and it weighs five coins more."

[Chapter Two complete. Gained Yin Virtue (5 coins), received the twins' gratitude (status: Telepathy), and obtained the "Zhong Family Talisman"!]

Chen Miao exhaled a deep breath.

After standing there in a daze for a while, he finally looked at his haul.

Five coins of good deeds can be exchanged for five sticks of incense.

So far, Chen Miao's main methods for dealing with these kinds of incidents are still incense and incantations, so good deeds are very important to him.

However, Chen Miao was also pondering something: could he use real-world agarwood in conjunction with the "Six Secrets of Agarwood" to exorcise evil spirits?
Perhaps this method is not as effective as using incense sticks obtained from books, but if feasible, it could be a way to conserve good karma.

As for where the saved merits will be used?
Naturally, it applies to other items, such as century-old peach wood that requires two coins of good karma!

This incident served as a wake-up call for Chen Miao. Although incense sticks and the "Six Secrets of Subduing Truth" were his safeguards, he could not rely on them entirely.

He was lucky this time; he discovered the situation two hours in advance.

What if you're unlucky next time, and a ghost suddenly appears in your face the next minute?
While the combination of agarwood and the "Six Secrets of Agarwood" is powerful, its drawbacks are also obvious: it requires time to set up, light the incense sticks, and recite the incantations.

If a sudden incident occurs, something bad is bound to happen.

If this time there is a peach wood sword made of century-old peach wood, then even if a ghost sneaks up on him, at least Chen Miao will have a means to defend himself, buying him time to use the Incense of Awakening and the Six Secrets of Awakening.

Therefore, this five coins of good karma came at just the right time.

Chen Miao glanced at the other rewards, then turned the book to the page with the author's information.

Name: Chen Miao

【Age: 24】

[Occupation: Funeral Director]

[Virtue: Six Coins] [Current Status: Ice Heart, Telepathic Connection]

Telepathic connection: The closer the relationship with someone, the more empathetic you are and the more you can sense what they are thinking.

It looks promising, but Chen Miao hasn't been able to test it yet.

Continuing to turn the page, we arrived at the miscellaneous skills list page.

Below the "Six Secrets of Subduing the True Ones," another thing appeared: the "Zhong Family Talismans"!
"Zhong family talismans?"

If he remembers correctly, the twins' surname is Li, so why is it Zhong?

Chen Miao didn't understand, so he reached out and touched the "Zhong Family Talisman". Immediately, a lot of information appeared in his mind.

[Gathering Yin Talisman]: Can gather a large amount of Yin energy around the talisman.

【Love Talisman】: Take the target's (human) personal items such as hair and skin, wrap them in the Love Talisman, and place the Love Talisman in the user's mouth to connect the user with the target.

[Yin-removing talisman]: Removes and disperses yin energy.

【Suppressing Talisman】: Suppresses evil spirits and vengeful spirits.

【Corpse Control Talisman】: A necessary talisman for controlling corpses.

[The Method of Making Zhong's Talismans (General)]:
When making talismans, yellow paper is used as the base, and cinnabar mixed with chicken blood is used as ink. Specific talismans are drawn on the yellow paper. When drawing, one must infuse the ink with one's own yin energy to imbue the talisman with spirit.

If there is no Yin energy, it can be drawn in a place with abundant Yin energy. The effect of the talisman made by this method depends on the concentration of Yin energy.

Remember, the higher the quality of the materials used to make talismans, the stronger the talisman's effect and the higher the margin for error in its creation.

[Zhong's Talisman Usage Techniques]:
【Gathering Yin Talisman】: It can be activated with blood from the fingertip or the tip of the tongue; it can create an environment rich in yin energy when drawing talismans, and multiple talismans can be stacked; it can also gather yin energy around a corpse that died violently, nurturing the corpse and harboring ghosts.

【Synergy Talisman】: No activation required; can be used by living people to living people or corpses to corpses, and should not be used indiscriminately; when living people are linked with each other, the user can perceive what the target is thinking and can also make the target feel the same stimulation that the user is currently experiencing; when corpses are linked with each other, the corpse energy and yin energy in the user's corpse can be transmitted to the target's corpse, and by nurturing one corpse, two corpses can be obtained!

[Yin-repelling talisman]: It takes effect when lit; the ash of the talisman can be dissolved in water and drunk to remove yin energy from the body; it can also be lit and placed in a place with dense yin energy to disperse yin energy within a radius of several meters. The size of the dispersion range depends on the quality of the talisman.

[Spirit Suppression Talisman]: It can be activated by blood from the fingertip or the tip of the tongue; it can suppress corpses that have turned into zombies; it can prevent vengeful spirits from leaving the body; it can suppress ghosts in specific sealed containers.

[Corpse Control Talisman]: Requires activation with blood from the fingertip or the tip of the tongue; combined with the method of corpse control, place the talisman inside the corpse to control it; the better the quality of the talisman and the heavier the yin energy of the corpse, the better the control effect.

[Note]: Talismans seize the creation of heaven and earth, and their usage is not limited to this. If you have any insights, you can supplement them yourself for the purpose of passing them down.

Chen Miao frowned as he read the descriptions of the talismans.

He was puzzled by both the name 'Zhong' and the effects of these talismans!

He flipped back to the first chapter and the first chapter's epilogue, looking at the conclusion.

Based on the first chapter's main text and side stories, the final settlement at the end of the chapter should be related to the events of the current chapter.

For example, the beauty blogger's gratitude, Lao Wang's resentment, and "The Six Secrets of Subduing Truth" are all related to the content of the current chapter.

But why does something seemingly unrelated like the "Zhong Family Talisman" appear during the settlement of Chapter Two?
Chen Miao looked at Li Shilei in the half-open freezer.

"Or perhaps... the Zhong Family Talismans are actually related to these twins, but I just didn't know it?"

Chen Miao was unable to verify his idea.

Looking at the descriptions of the talismans in "Zhong's Talismans," Chen Miao suddenly thought of something.

Previously, when his death was foreseen in the chapter, and he first came to the cold storage, the chapter content remained unchanged.

The situation changed abruptly just before dawn.

The symptom at the time was a sudden drop in temperature. Could this be related to the talisman?
A Yin-gathering talisman?
Chen Miao closed the book and placed it next to Li Shilei's head.

After exchanging a glance with Li Shilei, Chen Miao said, "Excuse me," and reached out to brush his hand across Li Shilei's eyes.

After closing her eyes, Chen Miao began searching Li Shilei's body.

But he couldn't find what he was looking for, either inside or outside the clothes.

"Am I wrong?"

Chen Miao originally wanted to find the talisman on Li Shilei's body, but he didn't.

Chen Miao left the freezer room and returned to his desk.

Since we can't guess, let's check the surveillance footage!

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(End of this chapter)