Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 23 A tacit understanding
The twins' memorial service went smoothly, just like any other memorial service Chen Miao had hosted.

No unexpected events occurred until the cremation was completed and the twins' family took their ashes away.

This relieved Chen Miao.

But the threat of the triangular-eyed man still exists. Chen Miao doesn't know why he's doing all this, nor is he sure when he'll attack again.

Therefore, he cannot relax!

That evening, Chen Miao carved out the remaining two peach wood swords, and also obtained fifteen small wooden plaques.

In this way, a century-old peach wood was transformed into three rough drafts of peach wood swords, twenty small wooden plaques, and a pile of century-old peach wood dregs.

Only now did Chen Miao feel a little relieved.

I glanced at the time; it was almost midnight.

Opening the book, nothing had changed; it seemed that last night's thrilling experience was just a dream.

"Have they given up, or are they preparing?"

Chen Miao pondered.

He was wondering whether he should go and take a look at that shop in the north of the city.

But he quickly rejected the idea himself.

If the other party discovers it, it's equivalent to going from covert to overt.

Chen Miao could handle all of the triangular-eyed man's methods thanks to the existence of "Notes on Becoming a God in the Mundane World".

However, if cornered and enraged, Chen Miao turns his sneaky attacks into physical ones, his safety becomes uncertain.

Because Chen Miao didn't know whether his book, "Notes on Becoming a God in the Mundane World," would have any effect on the dangers of physics.

There is no need to take this risk.

There's no need for it, at least not now.

After midnight, when the books still hadn't changed, Chen Miao put them on the table, then hung the two small peach wood sword blanks on the door and window. Only then did he hug the last large peach wood sword blank and fall asleep.

For the next few days, Chen Miao lived a very regular life.

Every day, he is either in the office or on his way to the crematorium, cold storage, or columbarium, and he always has a book in his hand.

For several days in a row, everyone in the library knew that Chen Miao was currently reading a book called "If Your Eyes Deceive You".

Nothing happened for several days, which made Chen Miao wonder if the other party had really given up.

Chen Miao thought about it carefully these past few days and realized that it was indeed possible.

That night, he used two different incantations and burned eight sticks of incense!

Perhaps the opponent was taken aback by their own methods and gave up continuing the attack?

This was the only possibility Chen Miao could think of.

Of course, this is just speculation. Chen Miao did not let his guard down and did not miss any of the things he was supposed to do every day.

……

Four days after the twins incident, in Chen Miao's office.

"Whoo~"

Chen Miao slowly exhaled and raised his head from the table.

At this moment, a talisman drawn with a talisman brush dipped in ink is lying quietly on the table in the notebook.

The runes are the runes of the spirit-suppressing talisman.

This is the homework Chen Miao assigned to himself.

Besides drawing symbols, there is also the practice of carving.

No supernatural events have occurred these days, but Chen Miao hasn't let himself have any free time.

After completing the peach wood sword blank, Chen Miao bought carving knives and began learning to carve peach wood charms.

The making of peach wood charms is more complicated than that of peach wood swords.

Tools such as carving knives, chisels, and sandpaper are needed, and for more intricate designs, relief or openwork techniques are required.

Chen Miao was not aiming to become a master carver, so he only learned the simplest carving method: outlining the desired pattern on the peach wood blank and then carving out the outline.

Chen Miao searched online but ultimately gave up on carving door gods such as Zhong Kui, Shen Tu, and Yu Lei.

The figure drawing was too complex for Chen Miao to do by hand, and even buying stickers wouldn't work, because it would need to be sculpted later.

Therefore, Chen Miao chose simpler designs. One was engraved with the words "Imperial Edict," and the other with auspicious cloud patterns, both engraved on only one side.

After practicing for two days, Chen Miao carved two peach charms. They were a bit rough, but at least you could tell what they were about.

At this moment, Chen Miao carried the two peach charms with him.

Besides peach wood charms, the next step is drawing talismans.

Chen Miao had seen everything needed to draw talismans in the exchange list of "Notes on Becoming a God in the Mundane World," such as cinnabar, chicken blood, and talisman paper.

Chen Miao believes that any work produced under the title "Notes on Becoming a God in the Mundane World" will be a masterpiece.

However, he didn't have enough good karma to exchange all the materials used to draw the talismans.

One qian of cinnabar requires one qian of virtuous deeds.

A bowl of rooster blood requires a small amount of good karma.

A large sheet of yellow talisman paper requires one coin of good karma!
Each item individually isn't expensive, but the total cost is three qian of Yin virtue, which Chen Miao can't afford right now. Besides, he doesn't have the right environment to create the artwork.

However, the spirit-suppressing talisman and the yin-dispelling talisman in "Zhong's Talismans" are comparable to the century-old peach wood sword and "Six Secrets of Subduing Truth" for Chen Miao.

Even if he can't draw, he still needs to familiarize himself with the drawing process.

So he bought himself a wolf-hair talisman brush and practiced the incantations on the talismans in the "Zhong Family Talismans" whenever he had free time.

Over the course of several days, although he wasn't drawing very fast, he was still able to finish a drawing in one go.

He put down the talisman brush and closed the notebook.

Chen Miao picked up "Notes on Becoming a God in the Mundane World," glanced at it, and then stuffed it into his bag.

With nothing to do in the afternoon, Chen Miao planned to go to the pedestrian street in the north of the city to buy some regular sandalwood incense and see if they sold any talismans or cinnabar.

Of course, the most important thing is to find out where the shop of the middle-aged man with triangular eyes is.

The other party remained silent, but Chen Miao couldn't hold back any longer.

After thinking for a moment, he found a hat he hadn't worn much, put a pair of sunglasses in his pocket, and then left the office.

This time, Chen Miao didn't drive; instead, he planned to ride his bicycle there.

To Chen Miao's surprise, just as he scanned a shared bicycle and was about to ride to the north of the city, he heard a buzzing sound behind him.

Frowning, Chen Miao turned his head to look, wanting to know which rude guy was riding such an arrogant motorcycle.

Then he saw a knight wearing a helmet stop beside him.

"Hey buddy, wanna have a race?"

"Hehe, that bastard Sanshui definitely won't recognize me!"

Chen Miao was stunned for a moment, but when he realized that the last sentence was not spoken by the other person, he immediately understood.

He rolled his eyes and, before a minute had passed, quickly locked the shared bike on the side of the road.

Only after seeing that his phone showed no charges had been deducted did he finally straddle the back of the motorcycle and put on the helmet hanging on the back seat.

"North of the city, pedestrian street!"

"Damn! How did you know it was me? I just bought this car!"

Xiang Shang opened the helmet visor with a look of surprise.

Chen Miao could not possibly tell him that he had a "telepathic connection" and could hear his thoughts.

In fact, Xiang Shang was the second person to whom he heard his innermost thoughts.

The first one is my uncle.

However, when I met my uncle, he would only say a few words about his feelings.

Phrases like "Sanshui has grown up," "Should we find Sanshui a partner?" and "I can finally go on vacation with my wife."

After gaining a "telepathic connection," Chen Miao realized that his uncle didn't want to be the owner of the museum. What he was most eager for wasn't his cousin's marriage, but rather his desire to retire and travel!
After all, during the many days she had met her uncle, Chen Miao had only heard him mention his cousin's wedding a couple of times.

Most of the others, when they saw Chen Miao, were thinking about retirement.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go!"

Chen Miao slapped down the windshield of his childhood friend's helmet with a loud thud.

Left with no other option, Xiang Shang started the motorcycle.

hum~
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(End of this chapter)