"Do you know how to draw a simple Spirit-Communing Talisman?" Senior Brother Hai took a sheet of talisman paper from his hiking pack.
"I can draw that myself." I touched my pocket, preparing to take out the talisman I had drawn earlier.
But the Spirit-Communing Talisman had already been beaten into a lump of paste by the torrential rain, along with the other talismans. Green light flashed across my face. I had finally managed to draw those at the Zhao Family estate, only for the rain to wash them away.
"Hmm, ruined is ruined. You didn't have a divine lineage back then, so its effects would have been limited anyway. But it seems you can draw talismans, which saves me quite a bit of trouble. In the future, buy a waterproof hiking pack like mine. It can hold quite a few things." As he spoke, Senior Brother Hai remembered that his Fated-Life Tortoise was still in the pack, so he casually released it as well.
After being injured, the Fated-Life Tortoise had even been sprinkled with salt by Elder Hai. It was already on its last legs. Elder Hai had taken it out of the refrigerator and placed it in a dish of black liquid. Only then did it slowly wake up.
"Senior Brother, first you sprinkled it with salt, and now you're soaking it in soy sauce in a serving dish. I don't care about wildlife protection laws or anything, but that's your Fated-Life Tortoise. Is it really all right to eat this mountain delicacy?" Seeing him look as though he were preparing the Fated-Life Tortoise as a dish, I was startled.
Senior Brother Hai froze for a moment before coming back to himself, panting heavily. "That's medicinal liquid! What soy sauce!"
"Oh..." I had thought I was about