Chapter 40: One-Third of the Taoist Talisman

  An hour flashes by.

  Outside the guest room where Zhou Ming Luo was, someone had already moved in a few sofas for Ren Zhong Shan and He Lao to sit down and wait, while Ren Li Juan and others were still standing quietly on the spot.

  However, as time went by, Ren Lijuan and Yang Dan's faces showed a few strands of anxiety. It had been so long, how could there be no movement inside? Why hadn't Zhou Minglai come out yet? Although they had great confidence and expectations for Zhou Minglai, this expectation was also a kind of torture.

  "How was it? Did he fix it?"

  "It's almost time, isn't it?"

  ……

  Although they didn't say a word, Ren Lijuan and Yang Dan exchanged a glance in their anxiety, and both could read the meaning in each other's eyes.

  It was Ren Zhongshan and He Laojiu who were all calm and composed at this moment, as if they hadn't noticed the situation in the room.

  This is also normal. People who have hope will naturally feel that time flies slowly while waiting, and those who do not have hope will not be anxious at all. However, after just waiting for an hour, the two elderly men still had enough patience, but Ren Liheng behind them was frowning from time to time, sometimes helplessly.

  It was also when the expressions of others outside the house were different, and after twenty minutes, the time flowed backwards again. In the guest room, Zhou Minglou, who was originally sitting on the edge of the bed playing with his phone, suddenly stretched out a lazy waist, then grabbed a blue flower gourd beside him and walked towards the door.

  It's okay, a person has been stuck in the house playing with his phone for more than an hour, he is actually quite bored.

  Yes, repairing the Qinghua calabaza, it really only took less than a minute, just piecing together the four broken ceramic pieces and casting a [Vajra Seal], which was effortless.

  After the repair was completed, he opened the fire starting tool prepared by Ren Liheng for him and put all the materials prepared by the other party into the flame one by one to burn them out. A batch of materials were destroyed, and not a single one was left, making it impossible for others to infer what method he used to repair from the materials.

  After doing all this, he spent only about ten minutes or so. Later, he even took out the yellow skin book to absorb the "Wen Qi" on the blue flower gourd. After all, this gourd is also a good antique, and its value is equivalent to that of the blue flower brick he got at the beginning. If Zhou Ming Luo comes to absorb the "Wen Qi" of the gourd later, it may make the yellow skin book produce a third talisman.

  But the reality was slightly disappointing for him.

  When the absorption was complete, the Yellow Book had undergone some changes. In the original Bagua chapter, the blank page that originally recorded Kan Gua suddenly appeared with three large characters: "Flowing Water Float". However, strangely, the symbol diagram below the text only appeared about one-third of the way through, and was only about one-third complete.

  A Qinghua calabaza contains [Wenqi] and only gave birth to one-third of the Dao Fu talisman.

  Because the Fu Wu diagram is incomplete, when he gazes at "Liu Shui Fu", he can't decipher the efficacy of "Liu Shui Fu" from the Huang Pi book.

  This made him somewhat surprised, to know that the value of this gourd and the Qing Hua brick were roughly equivalent, but the Qing Hua brick had given birth to a complete talisman, while the Qing Hua gourd had only given birth to one-third?

  It wasn't until he pondered for a moment that he suddenly discovered a hidden rule, excluding the time when the Fu Lu system appeared. When using the Yellow Skin Book to absorb [Wen Qi] to give birth to the real Fu Lu, the [Wen Qi] required for each Fu Lu was increasing step by step.

  For example, the first "Wenwen Fu", Huangpi Shu did not absorb "Wenqi" at all, but was directly stimulated to appear after accumulating contact with antiques day and night. The second "Jingang Fu" requires real absorption of "Wenqi". Until this third symbol, the required "Wenqi" is much more than that of "Jingang Fu".

  It turns out that there is such a rule, Zhou Mingluo suddenly realized, it seems that inducing the third talisman still needs him to continue working hard, at least it's not possible for now.

  With nothing to do for the rest of the time, he could only take out his phone to play with it. If those people waiting anxiously outside knew that this guy was just killing time in here, they would probably be so angry that their hearts would break into pieces.

  "Zhou Ming Luo, you're out?!"

  "How was it? How about this repair?"

  ……

  With a creak, the hotel room door was opened from inside, and almost at the same time, Ren Lijuan and others standing outside the door were startled. Then Yang Dan and Ren Lijuan looked at Zhou Mingluo with even more surprise and excitement, and Ren Lijuan took another step forward, almost wanting to grab the Qinghua calabash in Zhou Mingluo's hand directly.

  Even Ren Zhongshan and He Lao, who had been sitting steadily on the sofa, stood up, but at this moment, they both let out a deep sigh in their hearts. Finally, it's over, this little guy has finally finished, and they don't have to wait any longer.

  "The repair is done, but as for the effect, let Mr. Ren see it for himself." Zhou Mingluo smiled lightly and handed the gourd to Ren Zhongshan.

  His smile was just a polite smile, and it couldn't be said to be joyful or sad. This expression also made Ren Zhongshan, He Lao, and Ren Liheng all feel a pang in their hearts.

  No need to look at the gourd, just looking at his expression is almost enough. If he can really repair it perfectly, that's a miracle. Who can remain so calm in the face of a miracle? This can only mean he didn't succeed.

  Of course, even if he had already "guessed" the result in his heart, Ran still forced a smile on his face and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou."

  Thank you. As soon as he took the Qinghua calabaza, his eyes also looked up tightly at that moment, and with a glance, Ren Zhongshan suddenly moved in his heart.

  Not bad!

  The calabaza in front of me was hastily glanced at and found to be without any cracks, almost exactly the same as before it broke.

  It's already quite impressive, at least it shows that Zhou Ming Luo's repair level is still around mid-range, you know, being able to cover up the original cracks to the point where they can't be easily seen with the naked eye isn't an easy task.

  "Haha, Mr. Zhou's craftsmanship is quite good, I suppose it's also because he came from a famous master's school."

  Rarely showing a genuine smile on his face, Ren Zhongshan followed suit and carefully examined the Qinghua gourd in front of him. However, as he did so, his originally somewhat careless attitude suddenly changed, and he opened his mouth to let out an exclamation of surprise.

  Won't he, looking carefully below, also didn't discover any cracks?

  If it can be said that a glance with big eyes, the original broken marks no longer exist is a medium repair standard, then under close observation there are still no cracks, that barely enters the high-end standard. Being able to repair broken porcelain to the point where one needs to use tools like magnifying glasses to observe some flaws is first-rate.

  He originally thought Zhou Ming Luo's repair standards were just good, but he didn't expect him to have already reached the level of a master.

  He took the calabaza and examined it carefully, admiring it for over a dozen breaths. The look of surprise in his eyes grew more pronounced, but then he pulled out a magnifying glass from his body.

  "This little guy is quite a talent in the repair field, and it's actually necessary for me to use tools to find its weaknesses."

  With a low murmur of great surprise, Ren Zhongshan took out the magnifying glass and examined the broken part of the Qinghua calabaza. Only then did he suddenly tremble all over and stiffen in place.

  He even took out a magnifying glass and still couldn't see any cracks or flaws, how is that possible?