Taboo Mage - Chapter 131 - A Fright in the Middle of the Night

Du Jun, soft-hearted at the moment, decided to let go of this woman. He even thought about working hard to earn money and support their parents together with her. This woman then came up with an idea for Du Jun to go to Thailand and get a Buddha amulet.

At the time, Du Jun was blinded and followed her request to go to Thailand. After returning, everything seemed smooth, but then the woman said she was not good enough for Du Jun anymore and broke up with him resolutely.

Initially, Du Jun really thought his girlfriend was so kind-hearted. When he specifically went to her hometown, he found out she had already married a local wealthy man.

I couldn’t help but sigh, this is truly a tragic love story, no less dramatic than those on TV.

I suspect that this woman had long intended to dump Du Jun but knew him well.

Had he been completely disheartened, he might have done anything, so she came up with such a heinous idea.

“Why don’t you ask your ex-girlfriend what was done to the Buddha amulet?”

I looked at the person in front of me with some pity, and Du Jun shook his head, “I went to find her, but she told me she didn’t think it through at the time. She initially thought that with the Buddha amulet, I could earn more to support her. But later, she heard people say the Master who made the Buddha amulet used the spirit of a Resentful Spirit. She got scared, so she left me.”

After listening to Du Jun, I couldn’t help but smirk.

Well, it’s too late to dwell on the reasons now.

I recounted the events of last night to Du Jun, who looked at me incredulously.

Lin Huan happened to come out of the storeroom, and I pointed at Lin Huan, saying, “If you don’t believe it, you can ask him.”

“Did I really almost harm Mr. Gu last night?”

Lin Huan nodded and placed the items he was holding onto the coffee table. I briefly sorted through them; they seemed about ready.

The little fox, originally dozing on the floor, noticed I was about to start making the life amulet and darted up onto the coffee table. Like a little dog, it wagged its tail endearingly.

I first compared the little fox and carved the wooden amulet into the shape of a fox head. Then, I soaked the wooden amulet in glutinous rice water and sealed it with a red string and yellow talisman paper.

Even though the little fox is a spirit fox, using a wooden amulet on an animal carries certain risks. I instructed the little fox to continue lying atop the Buddha statue in the upstairs bedroom to better absorb the Buddha’s influence.

Just as I finished threading the red string through the life amulet, the doorbell rang. I looked up and, sure enough, the delivery had arrived a day earlier than expected.

This was typical of the Chi Family.

I quickly asked Lin Huan to bring the package inside and deftly unpacked it. Inside the package was a wooden box, which looked quite old, with most of the patina already gone.

I opened the box to reveal a smaller box wrapped with a red cloth, which had a talisman paper attached. On the talisman paper, a distorted “Chi” was written in cinnabar.

Seeing how carefully Chi Rui packaged this, I knew the blood reishi inside must be something special!

“Little fox! Come down quickly!”

I shouted, and the little fox practically flew down from upstairs, leaping onto the coffee table and circling the wooden box several times.

I carefully removed the talisman paper from the box and opened it.

Indeed, inside the innermost box, there was a small blood reishi, similar in size to a regular reishi, but this blood reishi was entirely blood-red, and its base seemed as if it had just been soaked in blood.

“Ugh! Boss, what’s that smell? It’s awful!”

As soon as the box was opened, Lin Huan exclaimed while covering his nose. I shot him a glare. “Nonsense! Blood reishi is nourished by corpse qi. In order to transport the blood reishi intact, it naturally needs to be sealed with corpse qi. Looking at this blood reishi, it must have grown on a coffin board for at least a hundred years, so it’s normal for the corpse qi to smell a bit.”

I held the blood reishi as if it were a treasure, then opened the jar holding the life amulet and pinched off a piece of the blood reishi, tossing it inside.

The rest of the blood reishi I gave to the little fox. The little fox held the blood reishi with its two paws, and with its sharp teeth, it quickly gnawed it clean.

After the little fox finished eating, I took out the life amulet and plucked a hair from its body, entwining it with a red thread. I then hung it around the little fox’s neck, adjusting the length of the red string.

“Xiao Bai, say a few words! Let me hear!”

Lin Huan leaned on the coffee table, excitedly poking at the little fox’s rear.

I glared at him. “Do you think the life amulet works instantly?”

I then retrieved two more life amulets from the jar, each also engraved with a fox head.

“These are life amulets corresponding to the little fox’s essence. Wear them around your neck. Once the life amulet on the little fox has matured for a while, you’ll be able to hear it speak.”

“Ah? So it’s telepathy, not actual talking,” Lin Huan sighed in slight disappointment but still hung the life amulet around his neck.

To prevent the little fox from getting lost, I specifically attached a bell to the red string. The little fox, now wearing the life amulet, excitedly dashed around the house for a while before finally curling up on my knee, nuzzling my palm with its furry head.

“Enough with the buttering up. Don’t forget, if I hadn’t stopped him, the Boss would’ve thrown you into the deep mountains and forests!” Lin Huan huffed. The little fox had never shown him the same affection, leaving him feeling a bit slighted.

I shook my head helplessly. When I looked up, I saw Du Jun staring at the three of us, wide-eyed and fearful.

“You all…”

“It’s just a family pet, Mr. Du, don’t overthink it.” I smiled, not intending to dwell on the topic.

The fewer people who know about the little fox, the better. We don’t want anyone having ulterior motives.

Du Jun smiled knowingly. He was smart enough to realize that certain things weren’t meant for him to know. Instead, he shifted the conversation to the Buddha amulet.

Mentioning the Buddha amulet made my mind spin.

To put Du Jun at ease, I gave him a warding-off evil rune left by Jue Chi for protection. I also told him to hire a few bodyguards to watch over him day and night, preventing any more frightening midnight episodes.

For three consecutive days, Du Jun experienced no abnormal incidents.

On this particular day, Jue Chi returned from a temple in the neighboring city to take the little fox back.