Chapter 124: The "Spiritual Offering Technique" in the Outer Eight Elements
Even Yan Bo is now in rags, with many small wounds, and his waist seems to be slightly twisted......
But after discovering the ghost of the Yin card, he still held on and chased after him with injuries.
Qi Yan picked up the backpack for him and went up to support him, "Uncle Yan, if it is really the spirit of the Yin Card, then where is its owner?" Didn't you say that it disappeared for two or three years? Suddenly he came up at this time......"
"I don't know, but since the yin card has appeared here, the holder shouldn't be too far away."
The two of them returned to the musty old village, and the yin spirit floating in front of them seemed to be waiting for them, as if leading the way in front of them to lead them somewhere.
With such an obvious move, Qi Yan pulled Yan Bo and paused, "Is this really good?" I just barely killed a demon with a lot of effort, and now you are still so weak and injured, let's follow a ghost around the mountains again...... I really feel a little deadly. ”
Yan Bo still gritted his teeth and insisted, "It's okay... It doesn't have the malice of an evil spirit, I can feel it. The purpose of our thousands of miles here is to find it, and now that the target has taken the initiative to appear, how can we turn a blind eye? Again... Aren't we going to have to go up the hill and find those two too? ”
Qi Yan had no choice but to continue to help him walk down the ramp to the dark mountain, and whispered, "Okay, let you toss, anyway, there is a 'mother' in everything...... Well? How can I have the tone of a rich second generation? ”
Yan Bo took out a hand and knocked Qi Yan's head, "Xiao Qi, you take my words as a deaf ear, right?" I'll tell you, don't develop a dependence on the yin card, otherwise you will fall deeper and deeper, this is not some heavenly power, as long as I still have a breath, I will definitely ensure your safety, don't think about the spiritual offering so simple......"
"Yes, yes, the greater the dependence, the faster I will die" Qi Yan didn't refute anymore, just nodded.
As he walked, Yan Bo kept an eye on his feet, and accidentally saw some white powder sprinkled on the dark ground.
He bent down, dipped a little in front of his nose, and sniffed, "Huh? Worm meal ......"
Looking up again, the long trail of insect powder leads to the hillside.
"Is it the mark left by Xuanxuan?" Qi Yan asked.
"It's definitely going to be, let's go, it's going in the right direction..."
The Yin Spirit floated far in front, Qi Yan helped Yan Bo and walked not very fast, as long as the two of them fell some distance, the Yin Spirit stopped at the right time and waited, when it was sure that Qi Yan could see him, he moved forward quietly.
Yan Bo also carefully paid attention to the wind and grass around him when he left, but Qi Yan didn't smell the nightmarish fragrance anymore.
It's just that walking on the mountain road in the middle of the night, and it's this kind of undeveloped, not even a cement road is really difficult to walk, one foot deep and one foot shallow, even if there is no threat of monsters around, but you still have to beware of your own stumbling.
Along the way, you can always see the thin wisp of insect powder, and Xuanxuan's traces of plucking branches and leaves before are also there, so you must not be wrong.
But they found the path that the spirit had taken them...... How can it completely overlap with the road where Xuanxuan left traces?
Did it just want to take the two of them to find their lost accomplices?
Qi Yan couldn't understand what was going on, although they were all Yin cards produced by the Yin Palace, but it seemed that these seven ghosts were very different, their effects were different, and their styles were very different, so they couldn't be used as an analogy.
Thinking of this, Qi Yan asked as he walked, "Uncle Yan, you just said 'offering to the spirit', and I have always heard you talk about this word before, but if the so-called 'offering to the spirit' is literally explained, it should mean the worship of the yin spirit, right?" ”
Yan Bo was a little tired from walking, but he still insisted on "Well, yes... Not just offerings, but offerings, offerings... It sounds like the same thing, but in fact, different schools of worship have different practices. ”
"People like those who wear yin cards, oh of course, you and Xiao Ding are not compelled to do so, I mean those who generally volunteer to ask for yin cards.
Wearing a yin card, to put it bluntly, is to worship the yin spirit, but I have also told you about the cause and effect relationship and rules, so I will not repeat it. In short, the Yin card is a kind of respect for ghosts, like a god to worship, both sides have to respect each other, this is actually not a crooked way, because the heart is good. ”
"But there are also some spiritual offerings that are completely different, although they are all ghost raising, but they are ...... The mentality is not right. Just like this Luge, as I said earlier, it was snatched from the hands of a dark wizard, and that person is an out-and-out demon, and the purpose of raising and refining ghosts is to achieve his evil thoughts, and he can't talk about having half of the respect for the dead at all. ”
"Although Japan's Yin-Yang Dao is also to drive ghosts and monsters, it is a contract between master and servant, but they still have a trace of contract spirit, unlike the group of people who specialize in refining ghosts in Nanyang, it is simply inhumane, if you are interested, I will tell you slowly when I have time in the future..."
Qi Yan nodded and reminded, "Watch your step...... Well, is there any other 'spirituality' besides the oni descents in Southeast Asia and the Onmyo-do-style gods in Japan? ”
Yan Bo stopped and took a few breaths, twisted his waist pole, and then continued to walk forward, "Yes, there are many." As long as the living person uses the power of ghosts, all of them are collectively referred to as 'offerings'. ”
"Let's talk about the indigenous culture of our country, right? The land where we are now is Hunan Province, have you heard of raising corpses in Xiangxi? That is also a kind of spirit offering technique, created by the 'Gu Gate' of the 'Outer Eight Elements'...... This is the representative spirit offering sect in the southwest, and there are also in the northeast, and they are also the famous 'Divine Tune Gate' in the Outer Eight Elements. ”
The so-called eight outer lines, that is, in addition to the three hundred and sixty lines that people are familiar with, eight special industry categories, also known as "partial doors", have existed since ancient times, and some continue to exist today.
For example, the most powerful "door thieves" thieves, robbers, pirates, bandits, and tomb robbers...... As long as it is a business that does not need to be forced to steal the capital, it can be classified as a kind of theft.
"Gu Gate" also exists, and it also originated in Xiangxi.
There are also "thousand doors" who are good at deducing hexagrams,
The "Lanmen", which is made up of official prostitutes,
The "color gate" of the trick,
I am good at making and researching pins, "mechanism doors" of mechanisms,
A "life-seeking door" that specializes in collecting money from people to be killers
And also...... The "god tune" who believes in gods and ghosts, shamanism!
Just talking about the three words "Outer Eight Lines", most people may not have much of a concept, but they can be said to know more or less when they are explained in layman's terms.
Thieves, prostitutes, fortune tellers, killers, goddesses...... Don't these identities exist today? Of course, it still exists.
And among them, the witch Gu of the outer eight elements of the "Gu Gate" and the jumping god of the "Divine Tune Gate" are also a kind of spiritual offering.
Walking here, they heard Xuanxuan's cry for help from a cluster of dense grass in front of them at the same time, and she should have heard someone's footsteps so she shouted for help: "Hey! I'm here! Pull me up! ”