Chapter 24: The Mist
"Immortals descend, mortals evade!"
In the shouting, the onlookers began to clamoring loudly, but no one knelt down and kowtowed to the "immortals" on the high platform.
Yang Yunxin said: "The people of the Tang Dynasty are not as ignorant as they imagined, maybe it is related to too many Taoist priests in this era, and many tricks are not new...... If you want to be respected and trusted, you have to show real skills, just like when I testified in court that day. ”
"It's coming, it's coming!"
The people were extremely excited, and they opened their eyes wide one by one, looking forward to watching a big show, and they all wanted to know what magical powers this legendary Qinghe Taoist had in his eyes.
After the Blue Crane Daoist fell onto the high platform, a Taoist boy immediately handed over the sword box.
This time, Qinghe learned a lesson, and without coming to the air sword, he stepped forward and pulled out the peachwood sword with his own hands, first holding a sword flower in the air, and then the tip of the sword pointed to the offering table in the center, and a huge fireball suddenly appeared above the candlestick in the middle of the table, jumping up a few feet high and then bursting abruptly, making a "boom" sound.
"Wow!"
The people let out a burst of exclamation.
Qinghe Daoist did not stop, stepping on the seven stars, drawing all kinds of incomprehensible ghost talismans with his left hand, wielding a peachwood sword with his right hand, and chanting words in his mouth.
"Yuqing has an order, sue Sanyuan. Ten directions Cao Zhi, the fate of the declaration. All the subordinates of the system stand in front of the altar. Turn to Dahua and open up the world. Haste as a law! ”
The four Taoist boys behind the high platform and the six strong men under the high platform read along with the green crane, much like the harmony in the chorus of later generations, and the sound was quickly transmitted and clearly fell into people's ears.
Accompanied by the rhythmic sound of incantations, above the four lit candlesticks on the high platform, fireballs erupted in turn, "banging", and sparks splashed when they exploded, which was very beautiful.
And with a series of actions of Qinghe, a blue light appeared on the altar, as if there was really a ghost doing evil.
Yang Yun observed carefully, figured out the details, and secretly praised: "Regardless of whether Qinghe has supernatural powers or not, just saying that this stage effect is really good...... It is no wonder that the Tang Dynasty invented gunpowder, and it seems that this green crane has also initially figured out the trick, that is, the compatibility is wrong, coupled with the deliberate pursuit of sound and light effects, adding phosphorus, magnesium and other materials, so the true power of gunpowder has not been discovered. ”
"It's no wonder that Gongsun Jian, who shoulders the heavy trust of the Jiedu Envoy, is disdainful of me, and must have seen the gunpowder brought back by the deputy envoy Sun Deneng of Jiannan Dao, saying that he can also make spells, saying that he may not also slander me for plagiarizing his formula, so he will ignore me again and again."
Just when Yang Yun fell into contemplation, the candle flame on the altar suddenly went out together, and when the people in the audience were in a panic, they saw the ghost shadow on the high platform, and the cyan light was fluttering, with the help of the light emitted by the brazier under the high platform, I saw the figure of the Qinghe Taoist who had become blurred wielding a peachwood sword, making chopping movements from time to time.
"Look, look, the ghost is out!"
"Oops, it's scary!"
"The Celestial Master has begun to slay the evil ghosts!"
There were people on and off the stage who helped the Qinghe Taoist to build momentum, and shouts broke out.
With this shout, the people retreated, whether it was true or not, and the blue glowing thing on the stage made them feel extremely terrifying, this thing was very similar to the erratic ghost fire in the cemetery, and they could not help but be afraid.
The Blue Crane Dao Leader pretended to "slay the ghost", and every time his peachwood sword was swung, the blue light in the air was shattered, but then a new blue light appeared.
"Heavenly Master's supernatural powers."
At this time, those people did not believe that Qinghe had a great prodigy, and some people began to kneel and worship, and the people had a herd mentality, and the venue suddenly fell to their knees.
Even Su County Ling, Hu County Lieutenant, Gongsun Jian and others, who were sitting in the first row of the audience, subconsciously stepped aside to avoid contaminating unclean things.
When they reached the safe distance in their hearts, they all raised their heads and looked at the stage with incredible eyes, Gongsun Jian glanced triumphantly at the officials and gentry around them, as if showing off, and said: "Now you should always know the supernatural powers of the Qinghe Daoist!" ”
Yang Yun sat in the last row, motionless as a mountain, and Wang Ji, who was standing behind him, said in a shocked tone: "What's going on? I've never seen him have such a great ability before. ”
Yang Yun looked sideways at the people around him who were worshipping, and asked with a smile, "Why, you still don't allow others to gain Dao Fa?" ”
Wang Jibian flattened his mouth and said: "Qinghe is a magic stick at all, and he can't even use ordinary spells, let alone any buff Dao method, it must be some kind of trick to obstruct his eyes...... Lord, come forward and expose him, and see that so many people have been deceived by him, and it is as easy as finding out for money when the puja is over...... This damn old bull's nose! ”
Yang Yun smiled and said nothing, it was just a little trick in front of him at all.
When the candle flame on the altar is extinguished, the blue crane throws phosphorus powder from its sleeve to create an eerie and terrifying scene of ghost fire, and then wields a wooden sword to form an air flow to disperse the phosphorus fire...... It is also deceived that people in this era have not watched "Approaching Science", otherwise this trick can even be exposed by the old aunt who visits the vegetable market! ”
Su Xian Ling exclaimed: "The Qinghe Dao Chief really has great magical powers. ”
Gongsun Jian was arrogant: "Do you still need to say this?" Even a three-year-old can see it...... The Taoist chief is slaying demons and destroying demons, if he weren't there, the people of the whole city would be entangled by powerful ghosts, what a merit! ”
"This official has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he has many doubts before, which is really a sin! Sin! Su Xian Ling said in a tone of trepidation and repentance.
These words fell into Wang Ji's ears, I don't know how angry and anxious he was, but there was nothing he could do, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to go over to argue with Gongsun Jian, Su Xianling and others.
Seeing this, Yang Yun pulled the corner of Wang Ji's clothes and stopped: "What do you see on the stage?" ”
"What's wrong?"
Wang Ji glanced at it and said, "I saw that old Dao dancing the great god, those lights and shadows are definitely not ghosts, but I don't know how to make them." ”
Yang Yun pointed: "Even if he uses means to make an effect, it can't be done alone...... You don't notice a dark shadow shaking? ”
Wang Ji couldn't help but look at it with wide eyes, but the high platform was some distance from the ground, and as the candle flame on the altar was extinguished, it was impossible to see clearly from the light to the dark.
Yang Yun said: "Qinghe kills demons, someone must be there to cooperate, there must be someone in the dark who is dressed in black, and from time to time spill some special things to facilitate him to kill with a sword." ”
"Does the master mean that there are a lot of people in black on the stage? This...... How to see clearly? If the people don't see it, they won't believe it. Wang Ji said anxiously.
While he was talking, the performance on stage also entered the climax.
A man who seemed to have gone crazy suddenly rushed from the edge of the platform to the center, his hair was scattered, and he opened his teeth and claws in front of the green crane, and the eyes of the people were instantly attracted to it.
"This man is haunted by evil spirits!"
Someone shouted on the edge of the stage, for fear that the onlookers would not know what was being performed on the stage now, similar to the nature of the announcer in later generations.
"Ahh You turtle son, I'm going to kill you! The man shouted at him.
A thick Shu accent entered his ears, and Yang Yun laughed dumbly when he heard it: "This is also too down-to-earth, for fear that the locals won't understand what the ghost says, so they just speak in a local accent!" ”
In order to show his profound mana, Qinghe waved the peachwood sword in his hand, and wrestled with this person, you came and went, constantly wandering, as if you were going to fight for 300 rounds.
Wang Ji said: "Master, quickly find a way to stop him, those who don't know still think these are true." ”
Yang Yun thought to himself: "This royal family is not simple, everything can be understood, as if everyone is drunk and I am sober." ”
At this time, there was a change on the stage, Qinghe used a peachwood sword to control the madman with teeth and claws, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, the person began to continuously emit blue light, and then let out a scream of "wow", as if he was really possessed by a powerful ghost.
Yang Yun could tell at a glance that it was phosphorus powder sprinkled on this person, because the ignition point of phosphorus was very low, and outsiders looked as if this person was on fire.
But the people of this era didn't know about phosphorus powder, because the acquisition of phosphorus was very complicated, and unless it was specially used to deceive, it was not usually used at all.
"It's a lot of money." Yang Yun secretly wondered.