Chapter 122: Why Are You Making So Many Talismans?
Luxianbei submitted a confrontation application to Jumeng.
Jumeng was a bit angry but happily chose to confirm.
So…
A few minutes later, Luxianbei narrowly lost and was bound by the vine summoned by Jumeng and thrown onto the bed.
She, on the other hand, turned and began searching for the core of the urban legend that Luxianbei had hidden away.
After rummaging through the drawers and finding nothing, Jumeng stood with her hands on her hips, looking dejected as she murmured to herself, “Where could it be? Strange, why is there no spirit energy fluctuation at all?”
“It’s gone, really not even one! I just hid… no, I just stored away a little bit!” Luxianbei said with a pained expression.
“Do you think I would believe you? You little rascal are very scheming!” Jumeng shot a glance at Luxianbei and said, “And you accuse me of stealing? Is my image in your heart that bad?”
“I’m at least a dignified deity, doing things that bless the land and are righteous, not the source of all evil!”
Luxianbei, “…” Although not the source of all evil, it’s not far off.
As a native of Z Country, Luxianbei had a deep-rooted aversion to being forced to sign unequal treaties and having part of his family land occupied.
To be honest, this wasn’t the first time Luxianbei suspected that Jumeng’s injury wasn’t severe at all, but that she was deliberately clinging to him.
Just look at her lively, well-fed, and soundly sleeping appearance, how does she look like she’s injured? Luxianbei thought.
While Luxianbei contemplated, Jumeng’s attention returned to the storage cabinet. After looking up and down for a while, her gaze suddenly locked on a cardboard box wedged at the top of the storage cabinet.
“Could it be there?”
She narrowed her eyes at the box, lightly tapped the ground with her toes, and floated up toward the top of the storage cabinet.
Seeing Jumeng floating toward the box, Luxianbei’s pupils suddenly constricted as he exclaimed expressionlessly, “Don’t, don’t touch that thing! The core of the urban legend is not in there!”
As he spoke, he struggled hard to break free from the control of the vines, but the vines entwined around him only tightened with his struggle, digging into his flesh, causing him to grind his teeth in pain.
“Huh? Why are you suddenly so agitated? I bet there’s definitely something fishy in that box!” Jumeng said with a pout.
“Really nothing! Ugh—!”
“Nothing at all? Then tell me what’s inside, and I’ll believe you!”
“That box contains…” Luxianbei hesitated, a flush appearing on his stiff face, “In short, it’s not the core of the urban legend, so don’t look!”
“Hmph!” Jumeng snorted, lifting her chin slightly, “Hiding things like that, it’s clear it’s not something proper. The more you don’t want me to see, the more I want to look!”
As she spoke, she lightly snapped her fingers. The air behind her twisted, sending ripples, and with a flash of green light, two vines reached out from the void, wrapped around the cardboard box from the storage cabinet, and delivered it to her.
Seeing the scene before him, Luxianbei’s face turned ashen, and the light in his eyes faded.
It’s over, it’s all over! Luxianbei kept repeating in his mind.
Jumeng bent down to tear off the tape on the box’s top, lifted the lid for a glance, and after seeing what was inside, her expression slightly changed. She quickly pressed the lid back down.
Turning to look at Luxianbei, she forced out an awkward smile. As the corners of her mouth curled up to their highest arc, she couldn’t help but twitch.
“Well, you know… even though I’ve lived for thousands of years, my thoughts are still quite open. I don’t have any prejudice against cross-dressing, so don’t take it too seriously.”
In a big boy’s house, finding a rose-colored, lace-trimmed dress, along with matching hairbands, over-the-knee black socks, detachable magic wands, and other cosplay items only leaves two possibilities.
The first is that the items belong to his girlfriend. The second… well, everyone understands.
However, Luxianbei did not have a girlfriend, so in Jumeng’s mind, he must be the second possibility.
“I’m not! I don’t have one! Don’t talk nonsense! That’s a magical girl outfit I won at a convention, I’m just collecting it, I’ve never worn it!” Luxianbei argued.
“Oh really?” Jumeng said, squinting at Luxianbei while opening the box, pulling out the dress that had several ripped seams, “So it must have just gotten damaged by itself, right?”
Luxianbei, “…”
In fact, when he first brought that outfit home, he had intended to try it on.
But…
The magical girl outfit made based on Bai Xiaohua was just too small. A guy like Luxianbei, who is slightly above the average height for teenagers, really couldn’t fit into it.
“What do you know! You say you love her, but you don’t even dare to wear her clothes. What kind of true love is that? I didn’t want this to happen either!” Luxianbei yelled.
“I understand, I understand. I really understand!” Jumeng nodded repeatedly.
While speaking, she put on a caring big sister appearance, as if afraid of revealing anything strange that might hurt Luxianbei’s tender and peculiar heart.
“Cross-dressing really isn’t anything strange. There’s a famous saying by a celebrity in your human history, right? The greatest, longest-lasting, and most common art in Z Country’s history is men dressing as women!”
Luxianbei, “…” You’re a peach tree, not a jujube tree! Why hint at Mr. Lu Xun out of nowhere!?
Seeing that Luxianbei hadn’t spoken for a long time, Jumeng explained, “I really don’t have any prejudiced thoughts against you. Really, we can still be good sisters in the future!”
Luxianbei, “…” I can’t even be bothered to respond to you! You know who a great writer like Mr. Lu Xun is. Don’t you know the double affirmation to express a negative?
Luxianbei thought, wriggling like a caterpillar, trying to crawl further away from Jumeng despite being bound by the vines, but it was in vain under the influence of the special spirit energy in the vines.
“If it really doesn’t work…” Jumeng stared at Luxianbei, her eyes rolling around helplessly, “I can at least grant you one wish as compensation for you!”
Upon hearing this, Luxianbei’s eyes lit up as he sat up abruptly from the bed, “Really! This is what you said!”
Though his face showed no expression, he could clearly feel an uncontainable joy and excitement.
Jumeng, “???”
Wait, even while bound by my vines, he can sit up? How is he doing that? Is human desire really that terrifying?
As Jumeng pondered, she said seriously, “Of course it’s true, deities don’t lie. I always keep my word!”
“However, I can only fulfill your wish within the bounds of principle. Don’t think of any crooked ideas!”
“With someone like you, who would think of any crooked ideas?” Luxianbei rolled his eyes.
“Hmm?” Jumeng glared.
“No, I mean, someone like you, beautiful like a flower, pure as ice, unsullied by mud, and appearing like a celestial maiden; such a girl would only make one think of admiration, absolutely no thoughts of lewdness!” Luxianbei said earnestly.
“Oh, stop it!” Jumeng covered her slightly flushed cheeks, waving her hand at Luxianbei, “Even though what you said is all true, I’m not that great!”
Holy cr*p! That long string of compliments, and she actually accepted it happily? This stinky sister indeed has a thick skin!
But enjoy it while you can! Later, you’ll see how I can squeeze you dry! Luxianbei thought as dark ideas gradually surfaced in his mind.
“By the way, what’s your wish? You haven’t told me yet!”
“Ah! Right, my wish…” Luxianbei gathered his thoughts and nodded, “It’s very simple, I just want you to help me create a bit of the Initial Scene Spring Wind spell.”
“That’s it? I thought it was something big!” Jumeng smirked and pouted, “Alright! I agree!”
Having a deity create a talisman to pray to them is easier than eating and drinking!
You’ve missed a great opportunity, kid! Wealth, fame, power, everything a man dreams of, why not choose something better? Jumeng thought.
“So, how many are you planning to make?”
Luxianbei roughly calculated the quantity of materials left, the reduced thickness for conservation, the loss during the making process, etc., concluding, “About 180 pieces, I guess?”
In fact, under no loss, he should be able to make around 200 pieces, Luxianbei added in his mind.
Almost as soon as Luxianbei finished speaking, Jumeng’s expression changed dramatically, and she blurted out, “Holy hell! Why are you making so many talismans? To blow up some enemy’s ancestral grave?”
“I wouldn’t do something like causing someone’s ancestral grave to smoke! Just say if you’ll do it or not! You just said, deities don’t lie!” Luxianbei looked at Jumeng in disdain.
“Hey, everyone come look! The deity lied! Is she about to fall?!”
“Shut up! Since I promised you, I won’t go back on my word!” Jumeng glared fiercely at Luxianbei, gritting her teeth as she said, “It’s just over a hundred talismans, I can do it!”
It would only consume a month’s worth of spirit energy I’ve saved up! I’m not heartbroken at all! I’m a generous deity! Jumeng thought while covering her chest.
……
Luxianbei urged Jumeng to go downstairs and began the production work for the Initial Scene Spring Wind spell, and the apartment on the second floor fell into quiet once more.
Before long, amidst this silence, a soft rustling sound arose. The jacket that Luxianbei had thrown on the bed stood upright and floated over to the cardboard box containing the magical girl outfit. It leaned over the edge of the box, half of its body inside, wriggling around for a moment.
In the next instant, its body suddenly glowed with dazzling colors, as if a rainbow had melted into water and spilled out, continuously merging and transforming. After a few breaths, it morphed into a long dress almost identical to the one in the box.
The witch seems to really like this dress. I fixed it this way; she’ll definitely be very happy! I’m so great, hehe! the jacket thought.
