32: Protective Talisman 32: Protective Talisman Editor: _Lunaelle, The_Dreamweavers After rushing out of Quinn Walker’s house, Peter Brown was hit by a cool breeze and stood there, feeling a bit of regret.
Quinn was such a beautiful girl, yet he had run away, which made him feel like he’d acted inappropriately.
When he thought of how a girl as beautiful as Quinn had said those words to him, Peter’s eyes lit up, thinking that if it could really happen, it would be truly exciting.
At that moment, however, the image of Mrs.
Walker’s situation involuntarily crossed his mind.
Although she didn’t look that old due to her Nine Yin body type, her appearance was not attractive, but her figure wasn’t bad…
Shaking his head, Peter felt his thoughts becoming disoriented.
Your friends are here,” a villager saw Peter daydreaming and shouted.
His friends were here?
Peter composed himself and headed home.
When he arrived, he saw Julian Gibson.
“Jules, what brings you here?”
“Hehe, why can’t I be here?” Julian laughed.
Peter chuckled, “Of course you can.
Peter then noticed a truck unloading jars of wine.
“Could you help me make two hundred jars this time?”
“You need that many?”
“Haha, you don’t know how good this stuff is; it’s in high demand.”
Peter led Julian to sit in the courtyard.
After assessing the situation, Julian commented, “Your house isn’t enough.
Move to a better one once it’s built.”
“Yeah, it’s almost done.
Everything else is fine, but I need to decorate my villa first.”
“Alright, I’ll send you a bunch of appliances to make it a better place.
I just checked out my place, and it’s not bad!”
Since they all contributed money, Peter just smiled and said, “You guys won’t have much time to live here anyway.”
“We’ll see about that.
Anyway, don’t think I’m going to take your wine for free.
I gifted some of your wine to officials last time, and now they’ve approved road construction.
For a bit over ten kilometers, they decided to build a four-lane, two-way asphalt road.
You need to cover your part as well; I’ll cover mine, and the government will contribute too.
This way, the road will be even better.”
Peter happily replied, “That’s great news!”
Julian continued, “Wine is just the icebreaker.
Now, you’re also considered someone important in the officials’ eyes.
I’ll introduce you to some officials when there’s time, which will make things easier for you in the future.”
Since winning two hundred million from gemstone gambling, the income from winemaking was just a small amount of money for Peter.
Even though two hundred jars would bring in twenty million, Peter didn’t care.
He thought he might as well help Julian and agreed to produce the two hundred jars for him.
Julian also became happy and laughed, “Now, your old case is settled.
The charges against you have been withdrawn, so there’s no need for a retrial or anything.
After all, it’s been three years.
They just removed it from your record, and from now on, you’ll be considered a person without a bad record.”
Peter was indifferent, replying, “It’s no big deal; I’ve been living a good life.”
Julian slightly nodded, knowing Peter was now a wealthy man, and said, “People have to do something with their time.
What’s your plan for the future?
Just stay in the village?”
“Yeah, after all, I’m a rural person.
What better place is there than the village?
I think it’s nice here.
With the network connection coming soon, I’ll be able to communicate with the outside world.”
Julian nodded understandingly, “Whatever you say.
I can tell you just want to live here.
But I don’t think you’ll be able to stay in the village forever.
You’ve already showed off your extraordinary medical skills a few times.
When someone important asks for your help, it would be hard not to go.
You need to be mentally prepared for this kind of thing.”
Peter slightly nodded; he had thought about this as well.
It was hard not to intervene and help people when he had demonstrated his medical skills.
It was difficult to avoid trouble, so for now, it was crucial for him to improve his self-defense abilities.
With that in mind, Peter said, “The prescription for my wine includes some precious herbs like centuries-old ginseng and lingzhi mushroom.
Keep an eye out for these for me.
I need to buy them, otherwise, I won’t be able to make the wine.”
Julian didn’t think anything else about it.
To him, the wine’s impressive effects must have something to do with the incredible ingredients.
So, when Peter said he needed such herbs, Julian thought it was quite normal.
“By the way, there’s an auction next month in the provincial capital.
There might be medicinal herbs for sale, so you should check it out.
Maybe you’ll find what you need.”
Peter’s eyes brightened.
He was currently at the Qi Refining First Layer, but if he could acquire centuries-old herbs, he’d be able to make a potion to enhance his cultivation.
He hurriedly said, “Let me know when it’s happening so I can prepare some money.”
Julian left after having dinner at Peter’s place.
The truck driver was arranged to stay at the newly built house.
After Julian left, Peter sat and thought for a while before returning to his room,
Today’s encounter with the evil spirit was a wake-up call for Peter.
His abilities were not very strong, and he’d barely defeated the less experienced evil spirit.
If he encountered a more powerful opponent, he might be in trouble.
So, Peter decided to make some protective items.
Of course, the only protective items Peter could make now were jade talismans.
The Runes of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were the types Peter could now inscribe.
During his battle with the wraith, Peter had used a talisman brush to inscribe a fire talisman as an attack.
Now, Peter wanted to inscribe more runes so that he only needed to activate them with his True Qi when needed.
This would be less strenuous compared to inscribing runes on the fly.
Peter spent several hours inscribing in his room, not realizing the time until dusk.
He remembered he still had to help with the wine and looked at the jade talismans on the table.
Peter shook his head.
His True Qi was too weak; inscribing these items was still strenuous, and his success rate was only around 30%.
He had ruined quite a few jade tablets.
However, looking at the runed jade tablets, Peter felt a bit more confident.
Now he had these talismans, he was sure he could easily defeat an evil spirit the next time he encountered one.