Text Chapter 4 Nine-legged Tanuki

The blind man said: "I have quit this business for more than ten years, and now I am too old, and I don't want to step into so many rights and wrongs, who knows that everything is fate, and I don't know what this world is like after so many years of blindness."

Grandpa said: "Master Xuanmen Kung Fu is unfathomable, he is the descendant of the ancient Mudao people in Miaojiang, this time with your help will definitely be able to avoid this catastrophe, if today's demons and evil spirits are not as good as before."

At this time, the blind man's nephew just came back, the blind nephew's name is Tao Shiqi, meaning that the world wizard is 7 feet tall and has some mental retardation, it is said that Tao Shiqi was very smart when he was a child, under the influence of his parents, he was able to master Yin and Yang Taoism at the age of 5, and the natural ghost-hunting wizard was unfortunately 6 years old when he was vicious Gu by an unknown person, his parents died one after another, and the blind man fought hard to save Tao Shiqi's life, although the blind man quit this business, but for so many years, the blind man has also been studying the way to make Tao Shiqi return to normal, but unfortunately there is still no progress.

Tao Shiqi said: "Uncle, what are you going to do, I want to cook for you."

The blind man said: "My two elders and I have some things to deal with, you stay at home by yourself, and remember not to go away."

Tao Shiqi hummed and went into the house.

Tao Blind said: "For the sake of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor and our hope, I want to be sorry for this child, alas."

Grandpa said: "The world is impermanent, for the peace of the world, we can only give up the small for the big"

The village chief said: "What are the descendants of the Yellow Emperor that you two are talking about, and how important this person is to us."

Grandpa said, "Listen to me on the road"

The sun gradually moved south by the canal, the coffin in the river suddenly rotated, a gust of wind in the air covered the dark clouds with the sun, the yin energy instantly gathered on the coffin, a black cloud from the coffin straight into the sky, the villagers by the canal fled in all directions, the screams and noises were mixed together, and the three black dogs barked wildly.

I shouted, "Don't panic, everybody."

It is written in the Fahua record that the evil spirit spews out yin qi from the coffin, indicating that a certain amount of essence has been obtained, and at this time, it is necessary to shine the extremely strong yang energy on the coffin to alleviate the evil spirit.

I picked up the gossip mirror and pointed at the sun that was not covered by the clouds, and a round gossip plate more than 6 feet wide appeared in the air, on which it seemed to be sitting on a three-headed and six-armed person chanting the mantra, that person was the Holy Emperor At this time, I was full of confidence, knowing that I would be able to subdue the evil in the coffin, only to see a golden light descending from the sky and shrouding the coffin, the clouds disappeared instantly, and the coffin's rotation speed slowed down, and the villagers saw this scene The panicked and noisy footsteps also quieted down, but the three black dogs still barked wildly, When I saw that the black clouds had dispersed, I took the gossip plate.

At this time, the three grandfathers had already arrived at the canal. Grandpa said: "After a while, we can go down to the river to fish for the coffin and ask the young strong man in the village to help."

Grandpa led dozens of people onto a small boat

The blind man said, "Heavenly Master, please bring a cowhide coat."

After speaking, he took out a dark gray cowhide coat from his arms and asked the village chief to send it to his grandfather.

The blind man said: "Wrapping the cowhide coat on the coffin can prevent the yin qi in the coffin from leaking out."

Grandpa rowed the boat to the side of the coffin, covered it with cowhide, and set a one-finger-long nail on the coffin's head to ward off evil spirits, and tied it with a red rope the thickness of a ring finger.

Grandpa said: "Six people pulled this Qiankun rope, and the other four rowed on both sides to get closer to the shore."

At this moment, the sun is hot at noon, and the yang energy is very strong on the coffin, unless the mana is very large, the corpse king can resist the blazing sun, but even so, the corpse king's mana will be greatly reduced, after all, evil does not suppress the positive yang and overcome the yin, if the cold moon rises in the sky at night, the yin qi will be enveloped at that time, the corpse king's mana will be greatly increased.

Everyone wanted to know what kind of monster was in the coffin, so the big guys were trying hard to move closer to the shore, but the coffin seemed to be very heavy, everyone used all their strength The coffin was motionless, and the grandfather spit out a "swastika" in his mouth while casting spells and hit the coffin, and the coffin instantly became a lot lighter. A few strong men pulled the Qiankun rope to the shore, and the grandfather took the hemp rope and the hundred-year-old bamboo and wood prepared in advance, put a hemp rope on each end of the coffin and tied a circle knot, and inserted the bamboo and wood into the circle knot of the hemp rope with two bamboo trees, and let people carry it to the shore.

At this time, the blind man and everyone came over, and when the grandfather saw the picture and text engraved on the coffin, his face was solemn, and he muttered, "Is the legend true?" My hunch seems to be correct. ”

The blind man said, "Could it be that the corpse swallowing box can't be made?"

The village chief said, "What is a corpse swallowing box?"

Grandpa looked at the pattern on it and said, "This is not a corpse swallowing box, what is it."

The blind man said: "If it is a corpse devouring box, then the pattern on it should have eighty-one beast bodies, human faces, copper heads, iron arms, human-like monsters, and two mounts, "Iron Eater Beast and Pixiu".

Grandpa said: "The master is right, this is the legendary 3000 years ago by the Yellow Emperor sealed by the Yellow Emperor Chi You breath, 2000 years ago in our Xiangxi generation of Chi You this breath into the essence began to suck people's yang energy, this coffin is also known as the corpse swallowing box, because people will disappear for no reason, and later in the efforts of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor finally found that the corpse was swallowed by this coffin, and from the new with a strong mana to seal the coffin, I didn't expect to appear here again, so it seems that there is something big in this world to happen."

I said, "Why didn't the Yellow Emperor destroy this coffin back then?" Why seal? ”

The blind man said: "This matter starts with the Yellow Emperor standing 3,000 years ago,"

About 3,000 years ago, there were many clans and tribes living in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins in China. The Yellow Emperor is one of the most famous tribal leaders in legend.

The tribe led by the Yellow Emperor first lived near Jishui in the northwest of China, and later moved to Zhuolu, began to develop animal husbandry and agriculture, and settled down.

Another tribal leader at the same time as the Yellow Emperor was called Emperor Yan, who first lived near Jiangshui in the northwest of China. It is said to be a close relative of the Yellow Emperor clan. The Yandi clan is gradually declining, while the Yellow Emperor clan is flourishing.

At this time, there was a leader of the Jiuli tribe named Chi You, who was very strong. Legend has it that there are eighty of them

A brother, they are all beastly bodies, copper-headed and iron-fronted, eating sand and stones, extremely fierce. They also made swords, halberds, bows, and crossbows

All kinds of weapons, often leading his tribe to invade other tribes.

Once, Chiyou invaded Emperor Yan's place, and Emperor Yan raised troops to resist, but he was not Chiyou's opponent and was defeated by Chiyou. Emperor Yan had no choice but to flee to Zhuolu to ask the Yellow Emperor for help. The Yellow Emperor had long wanted to get rid of the scourge of the tribes, so he united the tribes, prepared men and horses, and launched a decisive battle with Chiyou on the field of Zhuolu.

There are many mythical legends about this great war. It is said that the Yellow Emperor usually domesticated six kinds of beasts: bear, 罽, pi, 貲, 貙, and tiger, and when he was fighting, he released these beasts to help in the war. Chiyou's soldiers though

Fierce, but when encountering the army of the Yellow Emperor, coupled with this group of fierce tigers and beasts, they couldn't resist it and fled one after another.

The Yellow Emperor led the soldiers to chase and kill, and suddenly the sky was dark, the fog was thick, the wind was strong, and the thunder and lightning were combined, so that the soldiers of the Yellow Emperor could not catch up. It turned out that Chiyou invited the "Feng Bo Yu Division" to help in the battle. Not to be outdone, the Yellow Emperor asked the Nine Heavens Xuannu to help and disperse the wind and rain. In an instant, the wind and rain stopped, and the sky was clear, and Chiyou was finally defeated. There is also a legend that Chi You used witchcraft to create a fog that caused the Yellow Emperor's soldiers to lose their way. The Yellow Emperor used the "guide car" to guide, led the soldiers, and pursued in the direction of Chi You's escape, and as a result, Chi You was captured and killed.

The tribes were very happy to see that the Yellow Emperor had defeated Chiyou. The Yellow Emperor was embraced by many tribes.

Later, the Yandi clan and the Yellow Emperor clan also clashed, and the two sides fought a battle in a place called Hanquan, and the Yandi was defeated. Since then, the Yellow Emperor has become the leader of the tribal alliance in the Central Plains.

In the legendary era of the Yellow Emperor, there were many inventions and creations, such as building palaces, cars, shipbuilding, making five-color clothes, and so on.

Of course, these were not invented by one person, but later people recorded them in the Yellow Emperor's account.

Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor had a wife named Shan Zu, who personally participated in the labor. Originally, silkworms are only wild, people do not know the use of silkworms, the ancestors taught women to raise silkworms, reel silk, weave silk, people's living standards gradually improved, thinking that from then on live and work in peace and contentment.

But I don't know that the Yellow Emperor fought Chi You, just killed his soul, he still had a breath of essence in his mouth, the protector witch of the Jiuli clan sealed this essence in this coffin, the essence has to rely on the yang energy of the living to cultivate, the Yellow Emperor tribe often has people missing, and then finally found the original Chi You's essence refined into a monster, but at this time it was too late to know, if the coffin is destroyed or incinerated, then Chi You's essence will follow the fire into the air, and more innocent creatures will be destroyed, Because it has become a fine and mishandled, a more serious disaster will occur, the Yellow Emperor after careful consideration drew twelve golden talismans with gold plates and fixed them on this coffin, and the descendants of the Yellow Emperor guarded this corpse swallowing box from generation to generation. It wasn't until 2,000 years ago that the coffin suddenly disappeared after being sealed again, but I didn't expect to find it here. ”

After hearing this, everyone felt incredible, and someone said: "So where are the descendants of the Yellow Emperor now?" He is the only one who can solve this fate. ”

Grandpa said: "The descendants of the Yellow Emperor were brutally killed by the descendants of Chiyou 15 years ago."

I said, "Is it the witch that Grandpa let go 15 years ago?"

Grandpa said, "That's right, it's the witch who gave you Gu."

I seemed to understand why the witch told me that we had a feud, and I was about to ask my grandfather for clarification, but the blind man said, "We need to transport this coffin to the land temple to suppress it and prevent the spirit from harming people."

Grandpa said: "What the mage said is very right, it needs to be transported over immediately, and ask the aura of the Holy Father to assist in suppressing it, then there will be Master Lao to stay in the Land Temple tonight to guard it together."

The blind man said: "For the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, for the safety of the whole village, and for the peace of the world, the old Taoist will do his best to burn my last life."

Grandpa said: "The mage is serious, you and I take turns to take care of it."

Grandpa arranged for 12 people to use 6 bamboo and wood to carry the corpse swallowing box into the land temple in the back mountain, and tied three black dogs in front of the land temple door, only to see the land temple is serious and solemn, a twenty-foot stone cave incense continues, the land is in the middle of the house, six mountain gods stand on both sides, holding hooks, axes and forks, two eyes are embarrassed, the blind man sits cross-legged on the ground, the corpse swallowing box is placed in the middle of the cowhide coat is still covered on it, the aura of the Holy Father and the Great is gathered in the gossip mirror, and the grandfather sticks the gossip mirror on the door of the land temple.

Grandpa said, "There's Master Lao here."

The blind man said, "Don't worry, I'll guard everything tonight."

Grandpa and I walked home together, passed through a bamboo forest, and saw the corpses of several sparrows.

I said, "Grandpa, the corpses of these sparrows are the same as the last time I saw them, could it be that the witch is doing it?"

Grandpa rummaged over the corpse of the dead sparrow, and I suddenly saw that the sparrow's eyes were hollow, and its internal organs were hollowed out, and it looked very terrifying.

Grandpa said: "It seems that something big is really going to happen, this corpse swallowing box is transported by the witch casting spell, go to the post station to see the merchant of Miao Village."

My grandfather and I turned around and went to the inn, but there was no one there.

Grandpa said: "It's not good, that merchant is the spirit of the witch's hand, the purpose is to let us find this coffin, this coffin is very evil, it seems that our village will not escape this catastrophe."

I said, "Grandpa, can I help?" ”

Grandpa said: "It seems that what told you everything, walk home and talk about it."

My grandfather and I walked briskly to the house, where he drank a sip of water, and we sat down on a stool together.

Grandpa said: "Tao Yi, you are actually a descendant of the Yellow Emperor."

Hearing this, my head exploded suddenly, although I vaguely guessed that my identity was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, but I was still unwilling to accept it when I heard my grandfather say it himself.

I said, "Where are my birth parents?"

Grandpa said: "15 years ago, that is, when you were 3 years old, you were still ignorant, I went to Miao Jiangyi with your two uncles to do things instead of people, and met a couple on the way who were chased and killed by spirits, so I cast a spell to remove a number of spirits, I didn't expect the old witch to kill from the halfway, the old witch is the descendant of the Jiuli clan protector of Chiyou's descendants, and the mana is also very strong, plus there are many masters of the Jiuli clan behind the witch, I and your two uncles joined forces with the group of witches After many rounds of battles, and finally defeated the witches of the Jiuli clan, At this time, your parents are exhausted, their mana has been sealed by the witch's spell, and the time is running out for the master of the Jiuli clan, so before they die, they entrusted me to take good care of you, and gave me a jade pendant to prove that you are the orthodox descendant of the Yellow Emperor, so this is also the reason why the witch has been killing you. ”

My heart trembled and I said, "Where are my parents buried?" Why did the witch wait until I was 18 years old to take my life for more than a decade? ”

Grandpa said: "Your parents were placed in that house, where there is a secret door to the underground, for more than ten years I have not dared to let you in for fear of being discovered by you, and I ask you to forgive grandpa."

After listening to my grandfather's words, my tears have fallen, this is the first time I have shed tears since I can remember, my biological parents were killed by a feud for the mission, as a son This kind of hatred is not shared, I must get rid of all the people of the Jiuli clan, let them bury my parents with me and swear secretly in my heart.

Grandpa saw that I was silent and said: "As for why you wait until you are 18 years old to take your life, it is because when you are 18 years old, the vitality is at the beginning and the life and death Gu has been deposited in your body for more than 10 years, for the witch at this time, sucking your yang qi will help her mana to increase greatly, the witch is the puppet of the corpse swallowing box, once the spirit in the coffin swallows the soul of the witch, it will transform into the corpse king, and there will be no peace in the world, so child, your mission is important, you must grow up."

I said: "It is recorded in the Fahua record that refining the essence into the corpse king needs to go through three steps, namely the corpse monster, the corpse demon, and the corpse king, I think the essence in the coffin at this time is at most the corpse monster level, so our village is not as bad as imagined."

Grandpa said: "Fei Ye, 2000 years ago, the essence in this coffin has been refined into a corpse monster, but it was sealed by your ancestors and then disappeared mysteriously, and after 1000 years to now, no one knows what kind of monster Chi You's essence has become, so your mission is very important is to try your best to get rid of this essence, child, you remember that there is a huge amount of energy in your body, but it has not been opened for the time being, as for how to open it, it depends on the opportunity and your efforts, remember the Fa Record, right?"

I said, "Now I finally understand why the Fahua Record was tailor-made for me, and it turned out to be created by my ancestors."

Grandpa smiled and said, "This jade pendant has also been returned to its original owner."

As he spoke, he pulled it out of his bosom, and the statue of this black jade pendant was a strange tanuki with eight legs and a horn on its head.

I said, "What is this?"

Grandpa said: "This is your ancestral magic weapon nine-legged tanuki, it can inadvertently transform into a real body for you to solve problems, legend has it that this jade pendant is a pair, but your parents only gave me one before they died."

I took it in my hand and looked at it carefully, and I really couldn't see the reason.

Grandpa said: "I've been studying for more than ten years and I haven't seen how it can be transformed, maybe only in your hands can it exert its power."

I took this jade pendant in my arms

Grandpa said: "This time to invite the blind man out of the mountain also depends on your face, now the whole village should know that you are a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, you must protect our villagers, defend the right path in this world, in the future, whether it is the Hades or the Holy Emperor if you ask for help, you must do your best to help."

I said, "Definitely."

Unconsciously chatted with my grandfather until dark, my grandfather and I had no appetite for eating, so we went straight to bed to rest, I knew my identity and couldn't sleep, and I knew that the souls of my parents had been with me for so many years without worshipping and I felt very sorry.

At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, I dimly heard the sound of a chaotic gong in the village, at this time my door was pushed open by a rapid knock, my grandfather sat up suddenly, and the village chief panicked: "The great thing of the heavenly master is not good, Tao Xiaohe and the two women died tragically, the eyes of all the gods of the land temple are gone, and the gossip mirror has been broken, and our village is afraid that it will be in trouble."

Grandpa was surprised: "Where did the blind Tao go, and how is the corpse swallowing box."

The village chief said: "Tao Blind has long disappeared, I don't know if he is dead or alive, the corpse swallowing box is intact, but there are always anomalies"

Grandpa didn't ask much and walked towards the land temple with the village chief, and when I followed closely past Tao Xiaohe's house, I saw the faces of their mother and son who died tragically, and my heart trembled.

Walking towards the Land Temple, I also followed closely and passed by Tao Xiaohe's house, when I saw the faces of their mother and son who died tragically, my heart trembled. I dreamed that Tao Xiaohe was killed, Tao Xiaohe also dreamed that the eyes of the land father-in-law and the mountain god were gone, all this came true, I suddenly remembered that Tao Xiaohe had dreamed that the village was sealed by the demon with a gas wall, and finally the whole village died and I was the only one left, I ran towards the land temple quickly, and along the way I saw the villagers holding torches to the land temple and gathering, everyone looked at me with strange eyes.