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That night, the frightened Chen Xichen couldn't sleep well. Her mind kept replaying that savage and terrifying laughter, as well as that blood-curdling scream that gave her goosebumps. It made her unable to sleep peacefully, or she would be woken up by nightmares in her half-asleep state. That was why Chen Xichen didn't have any energy the next day. She curled up in bed like she was sick.
In fact, Sei Itō only needed to use a Soothing Talisman to solve this problem. However, in order to deepen Chen Xichen's memory so that she wouldn't forget the pain after the scar healed, Ito Sei didn't give her a talisman to protect her spirit. Instead, he let her experience the fear directly.
Although he didn't know what the final result would be, he believed that Chen Xichen wouldn't want to come into contact with anything abnormal for a long time.
In the next two days, Sei Itō went to the Great Merlin Library in the Magic Realm in the UK to secretly copy books and study with Ingrid, Betty, and Bella, the three mages that he hired. At night, he returned to the old Chen Family in the stable to rest. In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.
Since Chen Yongli was only a Deputy Director without much power, he accompanied the Director and other officials to complete the routine New Year's visit. After that, he returned home to celebrate New Year's with his family and Sei Itō.
However, since Old Man Chen didn't do anything, Chen Yongli didn't want to do anything, and Sei Itō didn't let him do anything, and Chen Xichen didn't have the energy to do anything. Therefore, Liu Xiaohua was the only one in charge of the New Year's Eve meal. Fortunately, since Chen Yongli became the deputy director, she was used to it. Besides, this time, there was only one more person, Ito Sei. So, she was able to fool them and didn't seem to be too busy.
During this time, Wang Xue and Liu Sisi, who were Chen Xichen's best friends, called her to go out and have fun. However, they were all rejected by Chen Xichen, who still hadn't fully recovered. She wanted to stay at home and celebrate the New Year peacefully.
"9, 8, 7, 6 … 3, 2, 1. Bang bang bang bang, crackle crackle … "Accompanied by the countdown of the host of the Spring Festival Gala on TV, the sky outside the window suddenly flashed with colorful fireworks. At the same time, a chaotic explosion came from outside the window.
"Happy New Year …" Sei Itō said to Grandpa Chen, Chen Yongli, Liu Xiaohua, and Chen Xichen.
"Here, your red packet." Elder Chen took out two red packets that he had prepared beforehand and gave them to Sei Itō and Chen Xichen, who had come to wish him a happy new year.
"Thank you (Thank you, Grandpa)," Sei Itō and Chen Xichen said in unison.
The old man's eyes darkened when he still couldn't hear Sei Itō call him grandpa. He picked up the wine cup on the table and took a sip.
"This is for you from your uncle and me," he continued. Liu Xiaohua also took out a red envelope from her pocket and handed it to Sei Itō.
"Thank you." Sei Itō said gratefully.
"This is for you, remember to take good care of it." Then, Sei Itō pretended to take out a jade Buddha pendant with a thin red string from his pocket and handed it to Chen Xichen, who had said "Happy New Year" to him.
"Thank you, brother." Chen Xichen knew that Ito Mori's gift would not be simple, so she quickly thanked him. She then lowered her head and wore the jade Buddha pendant around her neck. She then stuffed the jade statue into her clothes.
In an instant. A cool aura suddenly came from the jade pendant around her neck and spread throughout Chen Xichen's body. She was still a little dispirited, but she quickly regained her energy.
This jade Buddha pendant was an ordinary jade pendant that Sei Itō had bought at Wangfujing for eight hundred yuan. Naturally, it did not have the ability to lift one's energy. However, after Sei Itō bought it and engraved it with the Daoist Heart-Cleansing Talisman and Exorcism Talisman on it. That was why it was given such an ability. In other words, after Sei Itō's modification, the jade Buddha pendant became a Daoist Consecration Talisman of the lowest grade.
Of course, Sei Itō could not modify the jade Buddha pendant to a higher grade, but it was not suitable for Chen Xichen, who already had the life-saving talisman in her body. Moreover, to let a normal girl carry such a high grade talisman, it would be extremely dangerous! Instead, this type of Consecration Talisman that only had the ability to cleanse the heart and exorcise evil was more suitable for families with connections like Baiyun Temple.
After finishing the New Year greetings, Sei Itō and the Chen family picked up their chopsticks again. They began to enjoy the celery pork dumplings in front of them. The familiar taste immediately conquered Sei Itō's taste buds. He could not help but move his hands, and it did not take long for him to clean up the plate of dumplings in front of him.
Seeing Sei Itō's table manners, Liu Xiaohua felt that her cooking skills were recognized, and her smile became even wider. She quickly placed another plate of dumplings on top of the already empty plate and added more for Sei Itō.
They ate the familiar celery pork dumplings just like that. Watching the New Year's Gala on TV that was not very attractive anymore, Sei Itō spent his first "China New Year" since he was reborn in this world.
"Xichen, take your brother to the temple fair later." The next day, which was the first day of the first lunar month, Liu Xiaohua walked out of her room. Liu Xiaohua said to Chen Xichen who was walking out of the bedroom. Then, without waiting for Chen Xichen to speak, she turned to Ito Sei and said with a smile, "Xichen, go to the temple fair to offer incense and pray for blessings. I believe you will have good luck for a year."
"Okay." Sei Itō readily agreed.
Other than the most basic activities, the Baiyun Temple fair also had all kinds of old Beijing snacks. Therefore, after Chen Xichen and Sei Itō ate a few dumplings to fill their stomachs, they walked out of the house on an empty stomach. They stopped a taxi at the entrance of the neighborhood and headed to Baiyun Temple Street 9, which was near the Public Security University of Public Security.
The Baiyun Temple Fair was indeed one of the largest temple fairs in Beijing. Before the car arrived, the surrounding traffic had already become congested, and the crowd was like a tide.
Seeing this, Sei Itō took the initiative to pay the fare and got out of the taxi with Chen Xichen. They walked into the temple together with the crowd. Along the way, if the two saw any special snacks that they wanted to eat, they would stop by the stalls and spend money to buy mutton skewers, soy milk, pancakes, fried lamb, xiaolongbao, and other food to fill their empty stomachs.
However, there were too many snacks along the way. Halfway through, their stomachs were almost full. They could only hold a stick of bright red sugar-coated haws in each hand and nibble on them as they walked towards the temple.
He didn't know if it was because he and Chen Xichen didn't dress like rich people, or if the thieves on the first day of the new year were more 'tactful' and didn't look like filial children, but in such a crowded crowd, they didn't encounter any of the thieves on the streets and successfully entered Baiyun Taoist Temple.
Since they had entered the temple, even if Sei Itō was a special person who evolved like a deity, they did not mind going in to pay their respects. They treated it as paying their respects to a senior on the path of cultivation. Therefore, Sei Itō and Chen Xichen followed the crowd to a stall that sold large incense rolls. They took out a hundred yuan and bought a large handful of incense. They each held a few incense sticks and walked into the temple. When they passed by the eight-dragon incense burner, they lit the incense sticks in their hands and inserted them into the burner.
Although there were many people, the place was still orderly. After waiting for a while, Sei Itō and Chen Xichen entered the temple and paid their respects to the mysterious god in the temple. However, after paying their respects to the god, Sei Itō did not leave immediately. Instead, he held Chen Xichen's hand and walked towards the Daoist priest on duty.
"Daoist priest." Sei Itō greeted the Daoist priest.
"Good faith." The Daoist priest returned the greeting.
"Daoist priest, may I ask if you can meet the temple master?" Sei Itō asked.
"I'm sorry, Good faith. The temple master has been invited by someone and is not in the temple. Please forgive him." The Daoist priest replied.
"I see." Sei Itō frowned and nodded. Then, he asked again, "If I want to read the 'Orthodox Daoist Canon' in your temple, who do I need to ask for permission?"
The so-called 'Orthodox Daoist Canon' did not represent the orthodox Daoist Canon. It was the Daoist Canon that was cultivated during the Ming Dynasty. Including the 'Wanli Continuation of the Daoist Canon', there were a total of five thousand four hundred and eighty-five volumes of Daoist Canon in the entire Baiyun Temple.
"If you want to read the Daoist Canon, Good faith, you can come to my temple to attend the Daoist Canon Auction from the first to the seventh day of the sixth lunar month." The Daoist priest bowed and replied.
"Can't I do it now?" Sei Itō frowned and asked.
"If you want to read the Daoist Canon, you need to get permission from the Pavilion Master or have a reading permit issued by the Daoist Association." The Daoist priest replied in a manner that was neither servile nor overbearing.
"Then forget it." Sei Itō shook his head. Then, he walked away from the Daoist priest with Chen Xichen and walked out of Baiyun Temple.
Since it was so troublesome to even ask for the Daoist Canon, there was no way he could enter the ancestral hall to peek at the Daoist Canon and Yin Fu Sutra inscribed on the walls. Thus, Sei Itō decisively gave up on his plan and continued to walk around the temple fair with Chen Xichen. As for the five thousand four hundred and eighty-five volumes of the 'Orthodox Daoist Canon' and the 'Wanli Continuation of the Daoist Canon', he could just go through the normal channels and read them in the National Library's Ancient Book Hall. However, there would be a lot of complicated procedures and it might not even be approved.
After walking around the crowded temple fair for a few more hours, Sei Itō finally left Baiyun Temple Street with a satisfied Chen Xichen. They took a taxi back to the neighborhood where Old Chen's family lived. However, the moment he and Chen Xichen stepped out of the taxi, Sei Itō's phone suddenly rang from his pocket.
"You go in first." Sei Itō frowned when he took out his phone and saw that there was no caller ID. He pressed the answer button and put the phone aside as he spoke to Chen Xichen beside him.
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