Back to the temporary residence that Tingting had found for me,while Tingting continued to stay at her great-aunt's house.I carefully held the precious bamboo fungus that I had just collected in my hand.I had never seen this thing before until this was the first time!After admiring it carefully for a while,a sudden knock on the door interrupted me.
Knock knock knock～Is anyone there?There was no time to tidy up,so I hastily put it back into the box.I opened the door and it turned out to be the geomancer coming over."Geomancer,you've come just in time.I was about to bring something to your place for you.""Is it the medicine guide?""Yes,but I've only found the bamboo fungus so far.I still need to look for another one.""Is that so?This is much faster than I expected.It seems you are quite a young man with strong execution ability,huh."
I turned around and immediately opened the box,taking out the bamboo fungus and handing it to the geomancer."Here,just put it here for now.But I'm not quite sure if this is the right thing.Have I found the wrong one?""No,this is exactly what I asked you to find."The geomancer held it in his hand and examined it carefully.Then,the geomancer prepared to go home with it,and I followed closely behind.
Upon returning to the room,the geomancer took out three items:cinnabar grains,yellow straw paper,and a goat-hair brush.The cinnabar grains were placed in the ink slab and ground into powder.Then,he took down the kettle from the rusty stove,which was boiling water,and poured a little hot water over the freshly ground cinnabar powder.He dipped the goat-hair brush into the melted cinnabar powder and began to draw characters and symbols on the yellow straw paper that I couldn't understand.After finishing the talisman,I saw the geomancer place it under the bamboo fungus,and then he waved his arm.Suddenly,a shocking scene occurred:with a sword-like gesture from the geomancer,the talisman under the bamboo fungus started to burn,leaving me stunned on the spot.
"It's done.Now this bamboo fungus has been temporarily sealed by me.You can continue to search for the next medicine guide.""Sealed?It's just a medicine guide.Why seal it?I'm very puzzled.""I can't tell you now.I'll explain in detail to you later.Now you need to hurry up and prepare to pick another medicine guide.After seven days,the efficacy will disappear."
It seems I can't afford to waste any more time.After hearing the geomancer's warning,I quickened my pace in searching for the medicine even more.