CHAPTER 1158: CHAPTER 1157: TALISMANS

If over twenty people are really missing, then it sounds incredibly terrifying.

But after those people disappeared, where exactly did they go?

"Ye Qiu, where do you think those people went?"

"They’re right here."

"Ah! How is that possible?"

Zhao Ruxue was somewhat incredulous. Those missing people are actually here?

It’s noon now, so nothing can be seen. It just feels that this place is a bit different from others. After all, now is when the Yang energy is strongest. If there really was something supernatural, it couldn’t appear at this time.

"There’s nothing to find now, we’ll have to come back tonight."

Ye Qiu said.

"So where are we going now?"

"I need to prepare some things."

Ye Qiu knew he would be busy tonight, and Zhao Ruxue had to stay behind to continue the investigation.

With that in mind, Ye Qiu left first.

He got into the Land Rover and drove out, kicking up a lot of dust. When he left the construction site in the suburbs and returned to the city, the things Ye Qiu needed to prepare were talismans, which he would use tonight.

Upon returning to the city, he knew that near some temples, there were usually many places related to these talismans.

Sure enough, he drove to a street near Jiming Temple and parked his car, then walked inside and saw it was full of shops selling these talismans.

Ye Qiu entered one of the shops alone and found all kinds of incense paper money, various talismans, and peace charms, among others.

This was exactly the same as what he saw in the shop of that so-called Feng Shui master his father visited last time.

However, Ye Qiu knew that the talismans he wanted to buy required only yellow paper and cinnabar.

Just as he entered, a young man in his twenties asked, "What would you like to buy?"

The young man could tell at a glance that Ye Qiu was someone coming here to buy these items for the first time.

"Yellow paper and cinnabar!"

The young man was taken aback, not expecting someone to directly want these two items, thinking they might buy something else.

When the young man went inside to get a stack of yellow paper, Ye Qiu saw that it wasn’t very authentic. Although it looked golden yellow, the materials were very impure and not authentic.

"Is this all you have?"

"You get what you pay for. The good ones are, of course, more expensive."

The young man went back inside and brought out a stack of golden-yellow paper. Ye Qiu looked and found that this was authentic and didn’t have any impurities.

"How much for a stack?"

"These are the best yellow papers made from peach wood, priced at five hundred a stack, with one hundred sheets per stack."

"Give me two stacks."

With a thousand sheets, Ye Qiu felt it was enough.

Even if he didn’t have these items, he wasn’t afraid of anything by himself.

"Sir, we actually have pre-written talismans here, all written by masters and full of spiritual energy. You can use them right away if you buy them."

Ye Qiu laughed coldly at this.

What a load of nonsense about masters; he didn’t believe it. He knew that these talismans couldn’t be used casually by ordinary people. Even for him, it was only in his current state, having entered the Qi Refinement Realm, that he could use the spiritual energy to write talismans with spiritual power.

As for those ordinary people and so-called masters, most of them, in his view, were similar to the fortune teller who tricked his father.

"Bring me the cinnabar as well!"

The young man had no choice but to go get the cinnabar. The cinnabar here was in chunks, not the powdered type.

However, Ye Qiu knew this was perfect for direct use.

"How much is it?"

"It’s five yuan per gram, cheaper if you buy more."

Ye Qiu was buying it just to draw symbols, so he didn’t need much. One hundred yuan would be enough to write many.

"One hundred yuan will do."

The young man weighed it and then wrapped it up and handed it to Ye Qiu.

After Ye Qiu took the wrapped cinnabar and yellow paper, he had spent a total of one thousand one hundred yuan. Ye Qiu had no plans to buy anything else. When the young man tried to sell more items to Ye Qiu, he was already on his way out.

As Ye Qiu was leaving, a white-bearded old man came out from inside.

Normally, few people came here to buy things, except during festivals. However, he saw the back of that young man who had just come in.

"Shunzi, what did he come in to buy?"

"Master, he just came to buy yellow paper and cinnabar. I don’t know what he’s going to do with it. I tried to recommend those master-written talismans, but he didn’t even glance at them."

"This young man might not be simple."

"Master, how could it be? He’s just an ordinary person. You can tell from his outfit."

"If you don’t believe me, go and see for yourself."

The little apprentice really followed what his master said and hurriedly went out, seeing that the young man from earlier had just left and was walking outside. When he saw him get into a new Land Rover, the young apprentice then understood that the person had come driving a luxury car.

It was then that he realized his master wasn’t wrong.

Ye Qiu got into the car, placed the things in the car, and drove away. He didn’t go to the suburban construction site immediately because he knew it would be of no use now.

As for Zhao Ruxue and her colleagues there, they couldn’t find anything now; it would just be a waste of time.

Now Ye Qiu drove back to the Peach Blossom Source Villa Community.

Returning to the villa, he went to the first floor and saw his mother, Chen Fang, watching TV alone at home. Ye Xue and Ye Weidong were not home, probably out for driving practice again.

Seeing his mother so bored, Ye Qiu asked, "Mom, would you like to practice driving too?"

"Me? I’d rather not. I’m old, and learning is useless. Besides, all of you have driving licenses, which is good enough for me."

Chen Fang knew she couldn’t learn, and even if she did, she’d be clumsy. It was much more comfortable to stay home, watch TV, and clean up.

Ye Qiu accompanied his mother to watch TV until after three in the afternoon. He then went to see Daqing Supermarket, where Liu Lingxiu was helping to keep the accounts, and Ye Weidong was organizing the items on the shelves.

When Ye Qiu arrived, Zhang Yuehong and Liu Daqing thought he came to take Liu Lingxiu out to play.

"Lingshow, aren’t you going out with Ye Qiu?"

Actually, Ye Qiu asked in the morning, but Liu Lingxiu didn’t want to go, and Chen Fang didn’t want to go out either, so the three of them didn’t go.

"Ye Qiu, do you want to go out to play?"

"I just came to see you all. I have things to do tonight."

Tonight, Ye Qiu still had to go to the suburbs to help Zhao Ruxue, so he certainly didn’t have time.

When Liu Lingxiu heard Ye Qiu’s words, she was a bit disappointed. But it wasn’t just anything; she understood that if Ye Qiu had something to do, it wasn’t an ordinary matter.