'Useless? Heh, that's just because you don't know a good thing when you see it.'
Zhao Yuan scoffed to himself. He was certain it wasn't that the Talismans and Magic in the book were useless. It was because Mage Zhang had no Qi or Wish Power in his body, which was why he couldn't make them work.
"Where's that book?" Zhao Yuan asked.
"In my satchel." Mage Zhang pointed to the clothes rack by the bed, where a khaki-colored satchel was hanging.
The bag was adorned not only with a painted Yin Yang Eight Trigrams Map, but also with the Six-Word Great Bright Mantra, "Om Mani Padme Hum"...
'Great. Another bizarre fusion of Buddhist and Daoist elements.'
Zhao Yuan walked over and opened the satchel. He found it filled with the props Mage Zhang used for his cons. At the very bottom lay a tattered, yellowed book.
He took out the book. It was thin, only about thirty pages long. More than half of them were either stained or torn.
