Chapter 15 Drawing Talisman
Xiaohua was more familiar with the county town. After making sure that Pan Jun would really take Qieqi away, he hid a steamed bun in the firewood pile and ate one himself.

Seeing Pan Yun looking at him, he smiled embarrassedly and said, "Leave one. If there are still people who haven't been caught and run back, they will have something to eat."

Pan Yun nodded and said kindly, "Let's send you to Zhang's house."

Xiao Hua hesitated, "Now? What if the bailiffs see us..."

It would be too unfair if he was caught and driven away on the road, so he wanted to hide until night before leaving.

Pan Yun looked at his face and said, "Trust me, it's safer to go now. You lead the way and I'll take you there."

With Pan Yun's company, they successfully avoided patrolling officials, soldiers and hangers-on who were catching beggars and vagrants, and turned three alleys and two streets to reach the alley where Zhang's family lived.

Pan Jun stopped walking while holding the child, nodded to Xiao Hua and said, "You go ahead."

Xiaohua walked to the door of Zhang's house and couldn't help but look back at them. Finally, with tears in her eyes, she reached out and knocked on the door.

The door opened and a slightly older woman stood at the door.

As soon as he saw her, Xiaohua knelt down and kowtowed, choking with sobs, "Mother——"

The other party was startled, then overjoyed, and quickly reached out to help him up, shouting happily inside, "Master, come quickly, we have a son!"

A middle-aged man ran out in a hurry. Seeing Xiaohua in tattered clothes and with tears all over his face, he was surprised and happy. He hugged him and said, "Okay, okay, come in quickly, come in quickly. From now on, we are your parents and you are our son."

Xiaohua nodded in response and called out "Dad". He couldn't help but look back at the alley entrance, but found that it was empty and both of them were gone.

Xiaohua's tears started to fall again, but before they reached her cheeks they were gently wiped away by a hand.

He looked at Madam Zhang with his wet eyes. This was the first time in his memory that someone wiped his tears.

The fear and sadness in their hearts disappeared a lot, and the young children finally felt a sense of solid joy.

Pan Yun took the child to the street, and this time she did not try to avoid the yamen runners.

But strangely, if she didn't avoid it, she wouldn't meet him.

It seems that they don't have much affinity with the officers and soldiers.

So Pan Yun deliberately took the child to the gate of the county government office and repeated to himself several times, I will hand the child over to the county government office, and then go to see his face.

The children stood there with confused looks on their faces, totally not understanding why they were standing there.

Pan Xiaohei was meowing and laughing at the side. "Because some people are not very skilled, and they are top students in national schools. It's so funny that their face-reading skills are so crude..."

[Shut up,] Pan Jun said in his mind: [If you keep talking nonsense, do you believe I will let you go and walk on your own?]

Pan Xiaohei moved his injured leg, meowed, and then lay there motionless.

Pan Yun walked forward and took the child away from the county government gate, without thinking of handing him over to the yamen runners to find his family.

Pan Yun: "Do you know where the bookstore is?"

"I know!" the child responded happily. He could finally help his sister.

Pan Jun took him to find a bookstore.

It's not surprising that the child knows her gender. Children have a peculiar intuition that is not influenced by external things.

Adults are different.

As soon as the clerk in the bookstore saw Pan Yun wearing men's clothes, he automatically classified him as a boy. Then he looked again and saw that they were either dirty or messy. Qie'er's clothes had a hole in them and looked ragged as if there was an extra piece of cloth. So he automatically classified them as beggars.

As soon as the people approached, the waiter waved his hand impatiently, "Go away, this is not the place for you, leave quickly."

Pan Yun was not angry at being looked down upon. He directly took out a small piece of silver and said, "I want to buy something."

When the waiter saw the money she took out, his face turned red, but he still didn't change his attitude. He frowned and asked, "What do you want to buy?"

Pan Yun walked into the store with the child in hand and asked, "Do you have talisman paper and cinnabar?"

This thing is actually sold in bookstores.

The waiter frowned and said, "Yes, but it's very expensive. How much do you want?"

Pan Yun said, "Take it out for me to see first."

After a pause, he said, "I want to see all kinds of quality."

The waiter said unhappily, "There is only one kind. Cinnabar is expensive and we only have a little."

He quickly brought out a stack of talisman papers and looked at Pan Yun's face.

Pan Yun frowned. There are three types of Taoist talisman paper. The two-foot-nine-inch one is called C paper, but she wanted the three-foot-six-inch A paper. However, after glancing at the waiter, she swallowed her words.

After asking the price, she decided on a piece of paper. She didn't have to use talisman paper. Many things in the world could be used as talismans, such as bamboo pieces, jade pieces, and metal pieces...

But cinnabar is a must.

She doesn't have that much spiritual power so she can't always create talismans in the air.

"How much is cinnabar?"

The waiter raised his eyelids and said, "One ounce, one ounce."

Pan Jun frowned. Is this the quality?
Pan Jun looked at it carefully and chose it. "Then give me one or two."

She had both a pen and an inkstone, which she kept in the spiritual realm space. She only had cinnabar and talisman paper, because she had never cultivated and knew that she could not draw, so she never thought of buying them when she was at home.

Pan Yun took out the silver and handed it to the clerk. The clerk weighed it and found it was just right, a full two taels. He then raised his eyelids and looked at her, "Thank you, Taoist talisman paper for eighty coins."

Pan Yun groped in his bag, pulled out a string of money, and counted out eighty coins to him.

Pan Xiaohei couldn't help it any longer. When he took the money, he stretched out his claws and quickly scratched forward, but Pan Jun caught it with his hand, grabbed its claws in his hand, and gave it a warning look. Pan Xiaohei meowed, "You can even hold back like this?"

Pan Yun: [I don’t have such a bad temper. Why should I be affected by the mood of an insignificant person? I just want to achieve my goal.]

"Meow, he looked down on you so much, humiliated you so much..."

Pan Yun put away the things she had bought without any care, and went out with the child, "You are wrong, he just looked down on me, he didn't insult me."

Pan Xiaohei: "Looking down on me is an insult! It's unfair, but you are so narrow-minded and cruel to me..."

[That's because you bullied me! ]

Pan Xiaohei suddenly fell silent.

It once again witnessed Pan Yun's stable emotions. It seemed that except for the safety of the Pan family, she rarely had emotional ups and downs due to external things.

It's...kind of happy.

My friend’s state of mind is so strong, he will surely achieve success in his cultivation in the future, right?

It feels like the road to unlocking the seal is not far away.

Pan Yun doesn't like trouble, so he usually won't take the initiative to cause trouble unless he has no other choice.

If you can buy what you need quickly, don't make things complicated.

Of course, the same applies to buying clothes and staying in a hotel.

She had learned a lot from spending these few days with Tao Jixuanmiao.

After asking the child where the pawn shop was, she took him there to buy some old clothes that would suit him.

The clothes in pawn shops are much cheaper than those in ready-made clothing stores. People from ordinary families like to choose things in pawn shops. Moreover, there are all kinds of things here, comparable to the second-hand market in the previous life.

The clerks at the pawn shop were much more polite. They did not look down on them because of their young age and poor clothes. Instead, they thoughtfully took them to choose second-hand clothes.

These second-hand clothes that were collected had been washed and neatly folded together. Apart from being a little old, there was nothing wrong with them.

Pan Yun not only bought two sets of clothes for her children, but also bought two sets of suitable men's clothes for herself.

The two of them changed their clothes on the spot in the pawnshop, and only came out after tidying up their hair and faces.

After leaving the pawnshop, she went straight to the inn where the children said she was easy to talk to and always gave them leftovers.

The shopkeeper frowned because of their age and asked in detail, "Where are you from? Where are your parents and family?"

Pan Yun lied without hesitation, "My ancestral home is in Kaifeng. My father was a manager in a business in Beijing. He was with a caravan last year and disappeared when he encountered bandits. My mother died of illness last year. My brothers and I couldn't survive in Beijing, so we decided to return to Kaifeng to live with our relatives."

When the store owner heard this, he felt very sympathetic and immediately arranged a quiet and safe room for them.

As soon as he entered the room, Pan Yun checked the doors and windows. After making sure there was no problem, he placed the black cat on the table and said, "You will keep watch tonight."

Pan Xiaohei was lying on the table, talking as if it wasn't him who was on guard last night.

The child stared at the black cat with sparkling eyes: "Sister, can cats keep watch at night?"

"Its name is Xiao Hei, you must call me brother when you are outside," Pan Yun said after giving instructions, "All things have spirits, especially cats. They can not only keep watch at night, but also fight."

The child's eyes twinkled as he listened. He laid on the table and stared at the black cat. He carefully touched it, and when it didn't object, he went a step further and put his hand on its back...

Pan Xiaohei glanced at him indifferently, raised his head and looked down upon the world.

Just as it was about to meow in thanks, it was suddenly held in the child's arms.

This kid is too fast.

Pan Jun had already packed his luggage and took out the pen and inkstone from the spiritual space.

Seeing the black cat being hugged, she nodded with satisfaction. It was just right that the table was freed up for her.

She placed the things on the table one by one, looked up at the satisfied child opposite her and asked, "Do you still remember your last name?"

Child: "My name is Qie'er."

Well, I don’t know my last name.

Pan Yun is not good at face reading, but she is good at formations and talismans.

Otherwise, he would not have been chosen to study the sealed Three Jade Spirit Realm.

The talisman uses one's own Qi to draw the Qi between heaven and earth and gather it on the talisman paper, thus materializing the divine will and helping people to achieve their wishes in the dark.

No talisman could be more suitable for their current situation than the peace amulet.

People will encounter many accidents in their lives. Amulets can help people avoid bad accidents, which requires great luck.

Therefore, amulets can bring good luck to people.

Pan Yun was very familiar with this talisman. After she started practicing in her previous life, all her extra income came from the talisman.

The talismans she draws most often are talismans for peace and wealth.

So at this moment, sitting at the table, she calmed down, picked up the pen and wrote it in one go, and a amulet appeared at the tip of the pen.

The surrounding energy was drawn to the tip of the pen. When she finished writing, a flash of light appeared and the runes on the talisman paper leaped as if alive. After a moment, they stood still on the talisman paper.

Pan Jun was surprised. This talisman... was too good.

Is she even more talented than in her previous life?
Pan Jun raised the corners of his mouth in pleasure.

(End of this chapter)