Chapter 29: Apprenticeship
Well, the best players usually play their cards so unconventionally, so I gave him another twenty dollars.
"Now, do you see people ghosting now?"
Seeing me nodding, he continued: "The reason is very simple, someone must have cast Nanyang witchcraft on you, such as soul exchange and soul devouring. This sorcery can only be performed through eye contact, and the probability of success is not high. If someone does it in a mad way, it's tantamount to looking for death, and his soul will dissipate when it leaves the body, but it will still affect your eyes more or less. ”
"How do you get rid of that?"
The old man shook his hand again, and I reluctantly gave him another twenty dollars.
"There are many ways to get rid of it, and the easiest way is to burn the remnant soul with talisman fire."
"What is Fu Huo?"
"Well, that's it."
As he spoke, the old man took out a piece of yellow rune paper that was also dirty from his dirty arms, and he didn't see any other movements, and with a slight shake, the rune paper was ignited by the flames.
He handed me the burning talisman paper: "Just put your eyes on the fire and roast them." ”
"Huh!?"
I was taken aback: "No, if you put your eyes on the fire, you won't be wasted." ”
He ate to himself, spitting as he ate: "How do you know if you haven't tried." ”
I believe what he said, after all, I feel very uncomfortable when I look at people now. Moreover, considering that Li Dagang's remnant soul was still on me, I held the half-burned rune paper in my right hand, and deliberately reached over with my left hand to try it, and found that this rune fire had no temperature, and I would not feel the slightest burning sensation when I put my hand on the flames.
I lowered my head, and although I was still worried about the flames, I kept my eyes together.
The flames did not burn my eyes, and after a while, the rune paper burned out, the rune fire was extinguished, and my eyes were healed.
"Master, since this talisman fire can scorch remnant souls, it should be useful for evil spirits and ghosts, right?"
"Of course it works, the rune fire is the most basic and the most important weapon against evil spirits, the darker the rune fire, the more powerful it is."
"Master, this is the apprentice's filial piety."
As I spoke, I handed over another twenty yuan, but he shook his head and said very simply, "Not enough." ”
"How much?"
"A hundred."
After giving the money, he put his hand into his arms, fumbled for a while, and took out the homework book from inside.
"Huh? It's a homework book again, didn't you give me one last time? ”
He glanced at me angrily and said, "I gave you a homework book when I was above, nonsense." Do you want it, don't you want me to take it. ”
Hurriedly grabbed it, put it in his hand and looked at it, and found that it read "Talisman Entry".
The handwriting on this is indeed much better than the previous "Song of Righteousness", which is completely the difference between high school students and elementary school students.
It's strange, it's the same person, but the handwriting is different.
The texts in it are all related to Taoist talismans, and they talk about talisman fire.
The book mentions that "the living are yang, and the dead are yin." The living live eat whole grains, and all the food on the earth is made up of the energy brought by the sun's rays, so 'the living are yang'. Yang represents the flame, the fire, is the condensation of a person's spirit. ”
The knowledge in the book is not profound, and it is much easier to understand than the all-English textbooks I learned in college.
"Okay, we're full, let's go."
"Ah, where are you going?"
"It's naturally better to learn things while the iron is hot." With that, he turned and walked towards the alley behind him.
"Uncle, the two of them will ask you to send them home."
The third uncle smiled and nodded: "Go ahead, learn more things, it's always good." ”
"Hmm."
I followed Master into the nearby mountains and forests in the night.
"Master, where am I going now?"
He walked in front of him, not even a flashlight, and walked on his own, not worrying about a deep pit or a hill under his feet.
Originally, he wanted to use a mobile phone flashlight, but he said: "You have to remember that only people who walk in the dark can understand how dark black is." ”
I nodded understandingly, turned off my phone, and followed in his footsteps. Fortunately, there is a bright moon hanging overhead, although the surrounding environment is not very clear, but at least there is no need to touch the blind.
After some walk, we were already standing on a hill with a very dense forest in front of us. Under the moonlight, the forest looks very dark and quiet.
"Have you ever had a ghost before?" He asked me.
I shook my head, "No." ”
Hearing this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at me: "Aren't you a coffin?" How can you not see ghosts? ”
"You can see ghosts in coffins?"
"The coffin is a special product between the two worlds of yin and yang, and generally has yin and yang eyes. Even if the yin and yang eyes have not been exercised, unless you stay in the crowd every day, the excess yang energy will drive away the yin spirits around you, but if you walk alone at night, you will inevitably encounter one or two ghosts. Are you sure you haven't seen it? ”
Scratching my head, I smiled wryly and said, "Maybe there is, but I probably didn't notice." ”
"Well, it's possible."
Master handed me a piece of talisman paper, and after I took it, he continued, "What you used to roast your eyes just now is the simplest talisman fire, which can be lit by anyone who is alone. Now I'll teach you a mantra where you try to condense the essence in your body into a talisman fire. ”
"Yes."
He also took out a piece of rune paper from his bosom and asked me to read it after him: "Red Furnace Danjing, Yuanhua Jiuming, Dahui Enlightenment, Huanyao Zhu Jing." ”
As soon as these sixteen words came out, they were accompanied by the last sound: "Mao! ”
Just listening to the sound of "Teng", the rune paper in my hand ignited a raging rune fire.
"Wow! It's really burning! ”
This feeling was even more magical than magic, and a strong sense of accomplishment instantly enveloped my whole body, and I shook the rune paper in my hand and shouted at Master.
"Well, yes, I succeeded the first time, it seems that you still have a lot of potential, but it's a pity."
I was excited, and I turned my head to look at Master, "Master, what is the pity?" ”
"It's nothing, this is just the beginning, the strength of the Fu Huo has this decisive relationship with the essence in your body. It can be seen from the runic fire you have now that you are still in a place. ”
"Well, Master, shall we change the topic?"
"Hahaha......" the old man smiled exaggeratedly, "I said that your kid can concentrate on it, there are two big beauties beside him, and they are still here." That stupid girl is your wife, and you've been married for a few days, why haven't you done her yet? ”
I smiled: "Actually, it's nothing, that's how I feel a little sorry for her, now she looks like a little baby, I want to wait for her to mature a little bit and then do that." ”
"Well, that's a good idea. In this way, it is worry-free. ”
"Huh? What's the peace of mind? ”
"Nothing."
What's the matter with this old man, he always says some strange things.
He immediately shifted my mind and began to teach some basic knowledge.
He said that the charm is actually separated, the charm is the charm, and the charm is the spell, and the system is two complementary systems.
Both talismans and talismans have a strict hierarchy.
At present, there are two main types of Taoist priests in China, namely the Quanzhen Tao in the north and the Zhengyi in the south. The cultivation of the Northern Quanzhen Dao is the realm, and through the cultivation of the inner dan, the essence and spirit can be achieved to a certain realm, such as "Three Flowers Gathering Peak" and "Five Qi Chaoyuan"; The southern one uses a talisman to attract essence into the talisman, and then borrows the power of the gods through a spell to sweep away the turbidity in the world.
Anyone who has watched Hong Kong and Taiwan movies knows a common sense, "the darker the eyes of the talisman, the more powerful it is", but the use of a dark-colored talisman will lead to a reduction in lifespan and even instant death due to the excessive consumption of essence.
The eye color grades of rune paper are usually white, yellow, blue, red, purple, and black.
There are many kinds of mantras, each of which has a specific effect, just like the mantra just now is to attract the essence of the body, pour it into the talisman, and drive the talisman fire.
As for the level of the mantra, the master didn't say it, because it was already written in the homework book.
At this point, I finally know why Master Chen died generously that day.
"Master, then how can I throw the rune fire out?"
"What are you throwing it out for?"