Xiuniang: I Want to Be the Young Master's Maid

Good news, Xiuniang can indeed activate the talismans.

Bad news, the activation effect is not as good as Gu Zhao's.

Even with the hand seals and incantations Gu Zhao taught her, perhaps due to the different nature of the mana used for activation, a lot of spiritual energy dissipated during the process, causing the effect to only reach about seventy percent.

What surprised Gu Zhao was Bai Ke.

Logically speaking, as a Yao that is suppressed by Thunder Magic, she should have been directly backlashed by the Yellow Talismans during activation. But unexpectedly, although she felt a bit unwell, she was still able to successfully activate the talismans.

"Why is that?" Gu Zhao didn't understand.

But Bai Ke seemed to understand something, and looked at Gu Zhao with an indescribable horror in her eyes, "These talismans carry a righteous and powerful force that suppresses all yin, evil, strange, and bizarre things. It's only because my soul doesn't carry malevolent energy that I could even use them!"

She had never seen such a power in this world!

Whether it was gods who absorbed the power of incense and divine will, or Spirit Lords who continuously refined their Mana, they didn't have such a majestic and righteous effect when dealing with yin, evil ghosts and bizarre Yao. As for Mages who haven't formed a Soul-Bonding, have limited lifespans, and only rely on their own cultivation, they would be even weaker.

Where on earth did this guy crawl out from? What kind of heritage is he cultivating? He doesn't seem to have much Mana, but why are the spells he casts so powerful, and he can even summon heavenly lightning!

Hearing Bai Ke's words, Gu Zhao began to understand a little.

When Bai Ke mentioned malevolent energy again, he couldn't help but think of the aura absorbed by the Five Thunder Token when he killed those ghostly creatures, which was caused by the ghosts' malevolence.

This perfectly matched Bai Ke's statement that she didn't do evil, so her soul didn't carry malevolent energy.

The Daoist school cultivates the Heavenly Heart from above and aligns with human ethics from below. Although it doesn't interfere with the natural cycles of change, if one does evil for desire, it will naturally lead to an impure soul with malevolent energy. The various methods of the Daoist school for subduing demons, eliminating ghosts, and expelling evil are specifically targeting this malevolent energy!

Bai Ke was an anomaly, and she had obstacles, but she didn't carry malevolent energy, so at least she wouldn't be backlashed by the Mana.

"Although I don't know if this is exactly the case, I'll assume it is. As long as the logic holds, that's fine." Gu Zhao stopped thinking about it and took out a box.

"What is this?" Bai Ke asked, casually pushing open the box, and then the entire fox was stunned.

Inside the small, not-so-large box, there were stacks and stacks of Yellow Paper folded into triangles. Through the Yellow Paper, one could see the runes drawn with Cinnabar inside.

Bai Ke's eyes turned into spirals, the fur on her neck stood on end, and she exclaimed in shock, "So many?"

In her opinion, these talismans, which were similar to disposable Magic Artifacts, could even allow an ordinary person like Xiuniang to block the attacks and actions of the Golden Wind Sect's Guardian Ghost Gods. They must be extremely precious items. Even if Gu Zhao could make them, he wouldn't have made too many.

But what did she see now?

There were twenty to thirty of them packed tightly in this palm-sized box!

"Xiuniang has a Soul-Bonding with you, and the effect of Thunder Talismans is the weakest, so I won't give you any Thunder Talismans. These are Heavenly Dipper Talismans and Black Tortoise Black Fiend Talismans, one for offense and one for defense, which will have the best effect." Gu Zhao said.

The Heavenly Dipper Talisman is self-explanatory. The Black Tortoise Black Fiend Talisman is also a talisman from the Upper Clarity Heavenly Heart True Method.

Unlike the Thunder Talismans in the Divine Firmament Jade Pivot Five Thunder Great Method, which cannot be drawn without reaching a certain cultivation level, most of the talismans in the Upper Clarity Heavenly Heart True Method, except for a few specific ones, do not have cultivation restrictions. However, the power displayed by the talisman paper is directly related to the cultivation level of the person who drew it.

Take the Heavenly Dipper Talisman for example. With Gu Zhao's current cultivation level, the Heavenly Dipper Talisman can only delay that Golden Wind Sect ghost god for a moment. If his cultivation level were higher, perhaps the power triggered by the Heavenly Dipper Talisman could directly eliminate it.

Seeing the dense talismans in the small box, Bai Ke's eyes lit up.

But Xiuniang immediately closed the small box and hurriedly pushed it back to Gu Zhao, "Young Master is going out for important matters. Xiuniang and Little White cannot help, so how can we still take Young Master's Yellow Talismans?"

Bai Ke opened her mouth but said nothing.

Gu Zhao rubbed Xiuniang's hair and handed the small box back to her, "Take it. My matter is not dangerous, and I've kept some for myself. Don't you want me to worry about the village while I'm out?"

Xiuniang felt like crying and laughing at the same time. She had no choice but to take the box back. After thinking for a moment, she looked at Gu Zhao seriously, "Is there really no danger for Young Master this time?"

"There's really no danger." Gu Zhao nodded.

"Then Young Master isn't not letting Xiuniang follow because you don't want Xiuniang to be your maid anymore?" Xiuniang asked pitifully.

"Of course not." Gu Zhao smiled.

"Then does Young Master want Xiuniang to be your maid?" Xiuniang asked expectantly, blinking her big, watery eyes.

"Why did it turn to the topic of being a maid?" Gu Zhao was helpless. As a new generation youth born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze, he had no concept of maids. "I see you as a little sister."

Xiuniang interrupted, "I don't want to be a sister, I want to be Young Master's maid!"

Gu Zhao was speechless. Seeing that Xiuniang was about to cry, he could only nod, "Alright, alright, be my maid. From now on, you'll serve me tea and water, and make my bed."

Xiuniang's eyes lit up, "Okay!"

Gu Zhao: ( 〃° △°〃)

"Alright, go back to sleep..." He had just finished speaking when a white line appeared in the eastern sky. It turned out that after the recent battle, explanations, and talisman testing, the sky had already dawned.

"Creak—"

With the sound of a door opening, Elder He pushed open the main door and saw the two people and one fox gathered in a circle in the small courtyard, whispering.

Elder He blinked, then quickly turned around.

"Bang!"

Perhaps it was because she knew Gu Zhao wasn't going far, or perhaps it was because she had successfully become Gu Zhao's maid, Xiuniang was in a very good mood for the next two days and diligently cultivated her Soul-Bonding with Bai Ke.

Although she was just starting, Xiuniang's cultivation was growing at a visible rate.

Gu Zhao rubbed his chin and gestured to the Five Thunder Token in his mind, "You're no good. She can achieve this level of cultivation speed just by forming a Soul-Bonding casually, but you still need to kill monsters to level up!"

Five Thunder Token: "..."

Bai Ke cleared up his doubts, "Normally, how could someone soul-bond and cultivate so quickly? Xiuniang is because she's divinely connected with me and is just starting out, which is why she's faster than ordinary people. As for later...

Later, soul-bonding with me, a descendant of the Celestial Fox, her cultivation speed will naturally be faster than others!"

Bai Ke:

Seeing Bai Ke's smug expression, Gu Zhao reached out to pet it. Bai Ke dodged and jumped into Xiuniang's arms, then Xiuniang handed it back to Gu Zhao.

Bai Ke whimpered twice and still ended up lying on Gu Zhao's lap, enjoying it while also feeling quite awkward. It warned, "I'm not a wild beast, don't treat me like a pet!"

Gu Zhao nodded and scratched the back of its neck.

Bai Ke's mouth spread into a comfortable grin.

Bai Ke: (▼へ▼メ)