Chapter 10: What Heaven Desires Is Merit
Qi Hufei felt a little strange, thought about it, and decided not to report it first.
After all, on the first day of work, there are many things that are not clearly at stake.
"Oh, I thought the Yin and Yang Division would always raise a few Yin Gods." He said.
"Nothing." Xie Bi'an waved his hand and said, "Immortal Dao Guisheng, even if it is an underworld, the main function is to help people return to the yang, raising the Yin God is not in line with the way of heaven, the City God Division is a formal local management organ under the Heavenly Court, how can you do such a thing!" ”
Qi Hufei asked, "Isn't it true that ghosts can also become immortals?" ”
Xie Bi'an said: "That is a free choice for personal practice, but we do not support it. If the physical body is gone, you should still be reincarnated and reincarnated and practice with your human body. Cultivating immortals in the ghost path is a hundred times more difficult than a human body, why bother! ”
In the same way, Wujizi also said before, the slight difference is that Wujizi said that ghost cultivation is not difficult, but dangerous, without the harmony of the human body Yuan Yang, the yin soul is paranoid about the yin, and it is easy to fall into the demon path.
Where did that little imp come from?
What does it have to do with the woman who died in Gujiazhuang?
Qi Hufei remembered the strange phenomenon he found when he collected his soul today, so he said, "Captain, I think there is something wrong with this deceased person today. ”
Xie Bi'an said, "Oh, let's hear it. ”
Qi Hufei told everything the commissary owner said and what he saw.
"Hmm......" Xie Bi'an frowned after hearing this, "It's a bit strange to hear you say that. ”
He opened the Yin-Yang bottle and released the female soul.
A wisp of ghost floated in the office, slowly condensing and transforming into a woman's appearance.
Xie Bi'an shook his head: "The remnant soul is incomplete, although it has been repaired by someone, but it won't last long, it must be sent to Huangquan Road immediately, I'm afraid it won't be reincarnated if it's too late." ”
Qi Hufei asked, "Then the cause of her death...... Can you tell her? ”
Xie Bi'an said: "We have discipline and can't force the ghost to ask, unless she has her own grievances and takes the initiative to tell the matter." And she is like this now, she can't stand the consumption, and her soul will be scattered if she is not careful, so it is important to go on the road, so as not to delay the major event of returning to Yang. ”
As he spoke, he put the female soul back into the Yin Yang Bottle, stood up and said to Qi Feifei, "You come with me." ”
I don't know what mechanism Xie Bi'an activated, or what spell he used, a door appeared on the wall inside the office, and when it opened, it was another room.
As soon as Qi Hufei walked in, he immediately felt the cold air hitting his body, as if he had entered a cold storage with full air conditioning.
The room was dark, and there was nothing else to furnish except for a rosewood table in the middle.
The table is slanted, and on top of it is a turntable that looks a bit like a clock and a bit like a rudder.
On the wall opposite the table is the statue of the Emperor of the Earth after the imitation of Chengtian, on the left wall is the statue of the Emperor of Xudu, and on the right wall is the statue of the Ten Palaces of Yanjun.
Xie Bi'an held the yin and yang bottle in his hand, bowed deeply to the Houtu statue, and chanted words in his mouth, which sounded like a spell.
Qi Hufei is most pleased that he has not traveled to the era of kneeling and knocking at every turn, obviously they are all immortals, and they still practice Confucian etiquette.
It's different now, after the reform of the Heavenly Court, except for kneeling at home to parents and masters, there is no need to kneel outside.
Even in the face of Houtu Niangniang, one of the four emperors, Xie Bi'an only bowed and did not kneel.
After Xie Bi'an finished reciting the mantra, he put the yin and yang bottle on the roulette table, and said respectfully:
"Today, I received a woman's remnant soul, and now I am sending it to Huangquan Road, life and death are a big matter, please have a secretary to check the school, so that she can return to the yang as soon as possible.
- The soul collector flies together, and the soul giver Xie Bi'an. ”
When he heard his name, Qi Hufei trembled inexplicably.
This salary is really not so easy to earn, and if the cause and effect are touched, you can't hide if you want to hide in the future.
After Xie Bi'an finished speaking, he opened the Yin Yang bottle.
The female soul comes out of the bottle.
Out of nowhere, a gust of wind blew up, and the female soul was swept up like smoke into the center of the turntable.
Qi Hufei turned on his spiritual vision and spied with his mana, and saw that the rudder-like thing on the table was spinning, forming a deep vortex, like a black hole.
He felt chills all over his body, as if there were a pair of eyes in the cave watching him.
Hurriedly retracted his mana, calmed his mind, and when he looked again, everything had returned to normal, and the female soul had disappeared.
Xie Bi'an re-closed the lid of the Yin Yang bottle, turned to Qi Fei and said, "Okay, the task is complete, you just wait for the merit to be added." ”
"Is that meritorious?"
Of course, Qi Hufei knew what merit was.
Cultivating immortals is a process of defying the heavens, and the purpose is to get a glimpse of the way of heaven and be immortal and incorruptible.
In essence, mana is just a side effect of the cultivation process, because the additional power gained from heaven and earth will inevitably be countered by the same power.
But the process of cultivation is extremely dangerous, and you often have to deal with demons, and you have to fight against the demons in your heart, which requires the help of magic and magic.
The higher the mana, the more powerful the backlash will be, and unless someone protects the law, there is a chance that you will enter the demon path when you break through.
This is where merit comes in.
Merit is a very complex thing, and it is not as simple as helping an old lady cross the road and learning from an uncle to do good deeds.
Doing good is of course merit, but merit is more than doing good.
Actually, no one can say exactly what merit is.
The predecessors once summed up a sentence: what God wants to do is merit.
In other words, what God wants to do, you help him do, is a great merit.
This is what the ancients often said about "doing the right thing for heaven".
If you do something that is not tolerated by God, then even if it seems to be a good person and a good deed, it may not have merit or even increase sin.
Merit can counteract the backlash of mana, and it can fight against inner demons.
In the past, merit could also help ward off catastrophes.
After the reform of the Heavenly Court, the merit forest was established, and a merit tax was levied on the Three Realms, and everyone's merits would be recorded and taxed according to a certain percentage.
The immortal examination replaces the heavenly tribulation, although the human immortal examination has no requirements for merit, but in the earth immortal examination, the merit tax is one of the very important evaluation criteria.
Qi Hufei has been in Huanghuaguan for 20 years, and he didn't feel that he had any merits, but he didn't expect to have it on the first day of work.
Xie Bi'an said with a smile: "Don't look at the scenery of the first team and the second team, if you want to talk about accumulating merits, no department can compare to our Yin and Yang Division." ”
Qi Hufei suddenly said: "No wonder the monks and Taoists in the past liked to do transcendent Dharma for others so much. ”
He is now very suspicious that the master has no chance, and he often goes out to pick up work.
"The children can be taught." Xie Bi'an boasted.
"Then didn't they steal the business of the Onmyoji?" Qi Hufei asked.
Xie Bi'an said: "In the past, the management was not strict, and it was managed by a book of life and death in the prefecture, which was inevitably negligent. Now the system is networked, and all the people, ghosts, immortals, and the Three Realms are registered. Those who do things today are fools. ”
Qi Hufei suddenly remembered something and asked, "Then if the cause of the deceased's death is investigated, will it be more meritorious?" ”
"Yes, but not too much," Xie said. Once you enter the Yellow Spring, there is no turning back. Whatever you find out, it doesn't make sense to her anymore. If there is a grievance and you do justice, that is another merit. Since you brought it up and you found out about it, you should be responsible for this matter to the end. ”
Qi Hufei regretted mentioning this stubble a little, and after a dip in cause and effect, he really couldn't get rid of it, and nodded and said, "I'll do my best." ”
Xie Bi'an patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, don't be too demanding." If you want to talk about merit, there is another great merit right now...... I don't know who it will fall on! ”
Qi Feifei immediately understood when he heard this, and said, "Team Xie is talking about the 10,000-year-old bat demon, right?" ”
Xie Bi'an nodded and said, "This kind of thing has never happened in a thousand years!" ”
"Isn't our Yin and Yang Division only responsible for the affairs of the world, and catching demons is the business of the first and second teams, right?"
Xie Bi'an snorted and said, "Who said that the three teams can't catch demons?" On the surface, I don't fight with them, but if I do, I can't ignore them. Besides, you are from Huanghuaguan, as long as it is a matter on Pansi Ridge, whether it is a demon or a ghost, it is all under your control, right? ”
Qi Hufei finally understood why Xie Bi'an had brought him, a newcomer, to participate in such a secret and serious soul sending ceremony.
The identity of the head disciple of Huanghuaguan is still very fragrant!