Chapter 12: Onmyoji
Walking into the house, I poured a cup of tea and handed it to the old man, and said angrily: "Drink it, sooner or later I will choke to death by water!" ”
The old man, who had just poured a sip of tea into his mouth, coughed violently twice, and was really choked by the water.
"You little bunny, be careful! You are called deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors, be careful that I slap you to death! ”
I rolled my eyes, anyway, I was going to break the jar, and I was afraid of a ball!
"You see, that's the disadvantage of being human. How good it is to be a ghost, no matter how much I curse, you can't choke to death by water, right? I think you still found some money to buy a piece of tofu and died, and my curse will work one day, and it will kill you.
He was lucky, automatically filtered my words, and couldn't hear the dissatisfaction in my tone, after rolling his eyes, his expression became a little low, and he said helplessly: "I can resurrect you, can make you return to yang, don't you still want to be my apprentice?" ”
The tea set in my hand fell to the ground with a click, and I looked at him in disbelief with a big mouth.
This time I was completely stunned, I can resurrect the dead and return the yang, what a perverted ability this is, even Lord Yama can't just say it!
"Tell me what the solution is! I'll think about it again, otherwise you want to trick me into getting started, no way! ”
I gave full play to the strong nerves that I had honed over the years, and although I was shocked, I was not deceived by his words. There are too many doubts in this, I really can't make people believe it, but I think he is fooling people!
But in my heart, I still hope he didn't lie to me.
The corners of the old man's mouth twitched twice, as if he wanted to get angry, but he still held back, and said with a smile: "You shouldn't know what this place is, I'll tell you about it, so you can understand." ”
He coughed and began to speak at length: "Actually, all of us live here with dead people, including me!" They are all existences that do not fall under the jurisdiction of the underworld, have no shackles of reincarnation, and have lost the opportunity of reincarnation.
We call this the Netherworld, and it exists on an equal footing with the Netherworld.
There is a very developed technology here - soul resurrection! It sounds quite mysterious, but in fact it is indeed very mysterious! For those of us living in the Netherworld, it is not difficult to resurrect the soul, as long as a person's dead soul is integrated into the body in a special way, it can be resurrected! Speaking of which, this is not a real resurrection, but an exchange for eternal reincarnation, so it can not be restricted by reincarnation and not under the jurisdiction of the underworld.
After our resurrection, we are exactly the same as normal people, with a heartbeat, a pulse, a food and growth, and a cultivation! Each of us can cultivate, we all have great power, and as long as we don't get killed, we can basically live forever. It's a pity that such an existence is against the sky, and is not tolerated by the way of heaven, and there is no way back, and he can't step out of the netherworld for half a step in his life, so there are fewer and fewer people here, and no one is willing to exchange a lifetime of unfreedom for strength. ”
Speaking of this, the old man's expression was also a little sad, which was very different from the hippie smiling face and the appearance of the obscene uncle just now.
I was dumbfounded, I was stunned for a while, and it took a while to come back to my senses, and I unconsciously took a few steps away from him, obediently, this guy is not a human being!
I never thought that after a person dies, he can become the same as a living person, have a body, can eat and sleep, can grow, is not subject to reincarnation, and if he is not killed, he can basically live forever in the world, which is too perverted!
However, this is also a big flaw, with a body itself, and immortal, but cursed by the Heavenly Dao, he is not allowed to step out of the netherworld for half a step in his life, which is equivalent to being imprisoned. Is it worth it to lose freedom for the sake of power?
But what did he just say? According to their technology, it's not unusual for me to be resurrected, but is it still yang? This is not a simple resurrection!
"You just said you could make me yang?"
The old man nodded, and said affirmatively: "It was impossible before, but now it's different, I have the Yang Returning Grass I just grabbed in my hand, plus your body is already special, it can indeed make you return to Earth." It's just that the Yang Grass is very important, and it is extremely rare, and it is only this one that was born so far. ”
The old man spoke simply, without detouring at all.
I thought about it for a while, and suddenly sneered: "Since it is so precious, why don't you give yourself back to Yang and get free?" ”
It is impossible for me to believe that the old man on the other side would be so kind, according to him, it is obviously impossible for anyone here to be free from the Netherworld, and he gave me this only opportunity.
The old man listened to my words, sighed slightly, and said, "You think I don't want to?" It's just that my strength has exceeded the boundary, and even if I have the help of Yang Cao, I can't get out. Our existence breaks the laws of heaven and earth, which is intolerable to heaven and earth. Even if you go out, you will be punished by the way of heaven, and you will be punished by heaven! Speaking of which, this is also your chance, to be able to meet Huanyang grass at this time, this is fate. ”
After a pause, he said again: "Besides, I also have conditions to save you, otherwise it would be impossible to give it to you!" ”
Sure enough, I just said that there is no such thing as a free lunch!
I was speechless for a while, reluctantly believing the old man's words, and I was slightly happy in my heart, who would want to die if I could survive!
But then I remembered what the old man had said, he said that the resurrection is to be exchanged for eternal reincarnation, and as long as he dies again in this life, it will be completely annihilated! Also, I said that there are conditions, what is it exactly? He won't take the opportunity to open his mouth!
Thinking of this, I asked, "What are the conditions you are talking about?" ”
The old man smiled, took out a tattered ancient book out of nowhere, handed it to me and said, "I am an onmyoji, and I came to the netherworld by chance after my death a thousand years ago. I want you to learn the yin-yang art of exorcism and ghost hunting, inherit my mantle, and don't break the inheritance of our Situ lineage! By the way, do you know what an onmyoji is? ”
"Mr. Yin and Yang?"
Hearing him talk about the Onmyoji, I immediately remembered the second grandfather, isn't he Mr. Yin and Yang? Onmyoji should be similar to him!
The old man nodded, poked his beard and smiled: "I didn't expect that there are still people in this society who know this, but the Onmyoji and Mr. Yin and Yang are not the same, at most they are just fellow practitioners!" After all, it's not just onmyoji who understands this in the world! Anyway, each has its own merits! ”
I nodded, understood his intentions, and then looked at the ancient book in my hand, and sure enough, it was a complete book of charms, which recorded the drawing and use of various charms, as well as the notes recorded by predecessors.
When I looked at the old man again, the indignation in my eyes had turned into gratitude, and it was actually very beneficial for me to let me learn things like Taoism, and I originally planned to let my second grandfather teach me these things, but I didn't expect this old man to be a master.
Coupled with the fact that he resurrected me again and returned to the yang, what reason should I not be grateful?
"Thank you for your kindness, I will definitely carry forward your skills."
I clenched my fists and thanked the old man.
The old man squinted his eyes and smiled pleasantly, "What kind of body do you want later?" Or do you want your own corpse? ”
"This ...... You still want to be your own! "I shuddered, and I felt uncomfortable thinking about using someone else's body.
"Yes, you'll have to wait a while, until it's the dead of night when you guys get your body over, so read this book while you mean! In the future, you will have to catch ghosts and drive away evil spirits, and take it as your own responsibility to benefit the people, learn some kung fu and kung fu, and the province will be killed by the little ghost in the future, and I have no place to cry! ”
As he spoke, he threw over another book and said, "I can only give you these things, as for whether you can learn them or not, it depends on your own creation, and when you meet my descendants, I hope you can teach them these things." Hey, I'm afraid that the Situ clan has also declined! ”
I sighed helplessly, then turned around and disappeared.
I shook my head and smacked my tongue and sighed: "Shenlong sees the head but does not see the tail, it is really a master's demeanor!" ”
I flipped to the first page of the Charms. I read it out before I knew it!
"Onmyoji, all of them are related to the mandate of heaven, acting on behalf of the heavens! The Yin One has access to the spiritual realm, observes the hidden world that no one knows, knows the past life by looking at this life, and knows all kinds of spells and underworld techniques
Yang, familiar with the five elements, divination prediction, numerology analysis, Kanyu Feng Shui Deng and other Ming arts, the two are one, complementary and interchangeable. ”