Magic world

ps:  Thanks to "nxcx" for the reward.

That night, Chen Xichen, who was frightened, could not sleep well. The wild and terrifying laughter always appeared in his mind unconsciously, and the screams that made people's hair stand on end just hearing it, making goosebumps all over their bodies. , making her unable to sleep peacefully or being awakened by nightmares while half asleep. As a result, Chen Xichen was completely listless the next day and lay in bed looking sick.

In fact, this kind of thing can be easily solved by Ito Cheng using a calming charm. However, in order to let Chen Xichen deepen her memory and prevent her from forgetting the pain after the scar healed, Ito Cheng did not cast the calming charm on her to nourish her spirit after she came back, but directly made her suffer a lot of panic.

Although I don’t know what the final effect will be, I believe that for a long time, Chen Xichen will not think about contacting anything extraordinary.

In the next two days, Ito Cheng went to the Merlin Library in the British [Magic Realm] to secretly copy books during the day, and discussed and studied with Ingrid, Betty and Bella, the three magicians he hired, and returned to the place in the evening. The old Chen family in the capital spent the night resting peacefully, and in a blink of an eye it was the eve of the Lunar New Year.

Because he was just a deputy director with little power, after accompanying the director and other chief officials on their routine New Year's visit, his uncle Chen Yongli returned home and celebrated the New Year with his family and Ito Cheng.

However, when Mr. Chen didn't do it, Chen Yongli was too embarrassed to do it, Ito Cheng refused to let him do it, and Chen Xichen was not energetic, Liu Xiaohua was completely responsible for the New Year's Eve meal. Fortunately, since Chen Yongli became deputy director. She was used to it, and this time there was just one more Ito Cheng, so she was able to get by without looking too busy.

During this period, Chen Xichen's best friends Wang Xue and Liu Sisi also opened the phone and asked her to hang out with her, but they were rejected by Chen Xichen who had not yet fully recovered her energy. She had to stay at home and live a peaceful New Year.

"9, 8, 7, 6... 3, 2, 1, bang bang bang bang, crackle..." Along with the countdown of the Spring Festival Gala host on TV, colorful fireworks flashed in the sky outside the window. At the same time, a series of chaotic explosions came from outside the window.

"Happy New Year..." Ito said to Mr. Chen, Chen Yongli, Liu Xiaohua and Chen Xichen respectively.

"Here you go. Your red envelope." Mr. Chen took out two red envelopes that he had prepared long ago and handed them to Ito Cheng and Chen Xichen, who paid New Year's greetings to the old man after him.

"Thank you (thank you, grandpa)" Ito Cheng and Chen Xichen said together.

The old man who still couldn't hear the words "grandpa" from Ito Cheng's mouth dimmed, picked up the wine cup on the table and took a sip.

"This is what your uncle and I gave you." Then, Liu Xiaohua also took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Ito Cheng.

"Thank you." Ito Cheng thanked.

"This is for you. Remember to keep it safe." Then. Ito Cheng pretended to take out a Buddha statue jade pendant hanging from a slender red string from his pocket. He handed it to Chen Xichen who asked him "Happy New Year" and said.

"Thank you, brother." Chen Xichen, who knew that what Ito Cheng gave personally would never be simple, thanked him quickly, then lowered his head, put the jade Buddha pendant in his hand around his neck, and stuffed the jade statue into his clothes.

moment. A refreshing and cool breath suddenly came from the jade pendant on her chest and spread throughout Chen Xichen's body, making her feel a little sluggish and regain her energy.

This jade Buddha is an ordinary jade pendant that Ito Cheng bought for 800 yuan in Wangfujing. Naturally, it does not have the ability to invigorate people. However, Ito Cheng bought it and used it with the Taoist Qingxin Talisman he mastered. After the incantation of the evil-proofing talisman was carved, it was given that ability. In other words, after Ito Cheng's transformation, the Jade Buddha became the lowest-grade Taoist consecration instrument.

Of course, it is not possible for Ito Cheng to transform the Jade Buddha to a higher level, but it is not suitable for Chen Xichen, who is protected by the life-saving weapon he buried in his body, and it is not suitable for a man who is a famous person no matter how you look at it. Ordinary girls carry such high-end magic weapons, and it is extremely dangerous for children to go to the city with gold! On the contrary, it is more suitable for this kind of consecration device that only has the function of purifying the mind and warding off evil spirits. Families with some connections can find it in places like Baiyun Temple.

After completing the New Year greetings, Ito Cheng and Lao Chen's family picked up their chopsticks again and enjoyed the celery and pork dumplings in front of them. The familiar taste immediately conquered Ito Cheng's sense of taste, making him unable to help but take action frequently, and it didn't take long before he completely destroyed the plate of dumplings placed in front of him.

Watching Ito Cheng eating, Liu Xiaohua, who felt that his craftsmanship was affirmed, smiled even more on his face. He quickly stacked another plate of dumplings on the empty plate and added some dumplings for Ito Cheng.

Just like this, eating dumplings with familiar celery and pork fillings, and watching the almost unattractive Spring Festival gala broadcast on TV, Ito Cheng spent his first pure "Chinese New Year" since he was reborn into this world. ".

"Xichen, I will take your brother to the temple fair in Baiyunguan later." The next day, that is, early in the morning on the first day of the first lunar month, Liu Xiaohua said to Chen Xichen who walked out of the bedroom. Then, without waiting for Chen Xichen to speak, he turned to He looked at Ito Cheng and smiled and said, "Xicheng, go to the temple fair to burn incense and pray for blessings. I believe you will have good luck in the year."

"Okay." Ito Cheng agreed calmly.

In addition to the most basic incense-burning activities at the Baiyunguan Temple Fair, there are also a variety of old Beijing snacks. Therefore, after Chen Xichen and Ito Cheng simply ate a few dumplings to fill their stomachs, they both walked out of the house on an empty stomach. , hailed a taxi at the entrance of the community and headed to No. 9, Baiyunguan Street, Baiyun Road, near the Public Security University.

The Baiyunguan Temple Fair is indeed one of the largest temple fair venues in Beijing. Before the car could even drive to the place, the surrounding traffic conditions had become extremely congested and the crowds of people were overwhelming.

Seeing this, Ito Cheng took the initiative to pay the taxi fare, stepped out of the taxi with Chen Xichen, and rushed inside with the crowded crowd. While walking, if they see any special snacks they want to eat, they will stop at the stall and spend money to buy large skewers of mutton skewers, bean juice, pancakes, fried lamb, xiaolongbao and other food to fill the empty stalls. abdomen.

However, there were too many types of snacks on the road. Just halfway through, the two of them were almost full. They could only take a bunch of bright red candied haws in each hand and gnaw on them while moving towards Baiyun Temple.

I don’t know if it’s because he and Chen Xichen don’t look like rich people, or because the thieves on New Year’s Day are more sophisticated and don’t act like children, but they didn’t touch them at all in such a crowded crowd. The thief, who was almost on the street, entered Baiyun Temple smoothly.

Now that they have entered the temple, even if Ito Cheng is a special person, and he is the kind of person who has evolved like an immortal Buddha, he does not mind going in and paying homage, treating it as paying homage to a senior who is walking on the path of spiritual practice. So Ito Cheng and Chen Xichen followed the flow of people to the side where large incense was sold. They took out a hundred yuan and bought a handful of large incense. They each walked into the temple holding some large incense, and passed by the eight-dragon pillar incense burner. When the time comes, light the big incense in your hand and insert it into the incense burner.

Despite the large flow of people, the order was still quite orderly, so after waiting for a while, Ito Cheng and Chen Xichen also entered the temple and paid homage to the gods enshrined in the temple. However, Ito Cheng did not leave immediately after worshiping the gods. Instead, he led Chen Xichen and walked towards the Taoist priest on duty.

"Taoist Master." Ito Cheng shouted to the Taoist priest with a bow.

"Good faith." The Taoist priest returned the greeting.

"Taoist Priest, can I meet with the master of Guan Nei Guan?" Ito Cheng asked.

"I'm sorry, this good believer. The master of the temple has gone out at the invitation and is not in the temple. Please forgive me." The Taoist priest replied.

"That's right." Ito Cheng nodded with a slight frown, and then asked again, "Who do I need to ask for permission if I want to read the "Orthodox Dao Zang" stored in Langui Temple?"

The so-called "Zhengtong Dao Zang" does not represent the orthodox Dao Zang of Taoism, but the Dao Zang cultivated during the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty. Including "Wanli Sutra", there are a total of 5,485 volumes of Taoist scriptures in the entire Baiyun Temple, which is a collection of Taoist classics!

"If you want to read and read the scriptures, believers can come to my temple on the first to seventh day of the sixth lunar month to participate in the sutra-drying meeting and read the scriptures." The Taoist priest bowed his hands and replied.

"Can't you do it now?" Ito Cheng asked with a frown.

"If you want to read scriptures, you need to get permission from the Master of the Pavilion, or have a reading permission certificate issued by the Taoist Association." The Taoist priest replied neither humble nor overbearing.

"Forget it." Ito Cheng shook his head and said, then led Chen Xichen away from the Taoist priest and walked outside Baiyun Temple.

Since it was so troublesome to even ask for scriptures, let alone enter the ancestral hall to see the Tao Te Ching and Yin Fu Jing engraved on the wall, Ito gave up his plan and continued to visit the temple fair with Chen Xichen. As for the 5,485 volumes of the "Orthodox Taoist Canon" and "Wanli Continuing Taoist Canon", at most they can be approved through normal channels and read in the ancient books library of the National Library... Although the procedures will be cumbersome by then, and it will not be It will definitely be approved.

After wandering around the crowded temple fair for several hours, Ito Chengcai and the satisfied Chen Xichen left Baiyun Guan Street and took a bus back to the community where Lao Chen's family lived. But the next moment he and Chen Xichen stepped out of the taxi, a phone ringing suddenly came from Ito Cheng's trouser pocket.

"You go in first." Ito Cheng took out his mobile phone and casually glanced at the screen. He frowned slightly when he found that there was no caller ID on it. Then he pressed the answer button and put it aside, while talking to Chen Xichen beside him. said. (To be continued...)