Zhai Zhu

My grandfather is very eccentric, performing daily rituals of offering incense to himself, standing in front of his own spirit tablet and eating candles.
Villagers are fearful of my grandfather.
I am fearful of him too.
Later, I discovered that what they were afraid of was not my grandfather, but me.
Even grandfather is afraid of me.
...
My name is Chen Shi.
The Chen of honesty, the Shi of sincerity.

Above the Great Dao

Yu Tiancheng saw him standing there, stupefied, and thought he had misspoken, so he hastily said, "I'm just a self-taught layman, didn't even pass the Scholar exam, what I say might not be correct."


Despite saying that, he was the Hall Master of Red Mountain Hall, a master of talismans. Originally, when Incense Master Lu experienced Chen Shi's mastery of talismans, he had said that among the brothers in the hall, Chen Shi could be ranked second, with the number one being this very Yu Tiancheng who hadn't even passed the Scholar exam.


Later, upon seeing the myriad of talismans created by Chen Shi, Incense Master Lu stopped making such comments.


Yu Tiancheng was a rough and unrefined man who had not passed the Scholar exam; normally, he would have had no hope of becoming a Talisman Master. Yet he had become one of the top experts among Talisman Masters by teaching himself from an incomplete "Talismanic Seal Manual."


Chapter 167: Talismanic Magic - Same Origin and Essence