Chapter 8: The Cursed Puzzle
Wei Lai looked back, only to see a woman holding the baby boy towards the cave, as if feeling Wei Lai's gaze, the woman slowly turned around, showed a weird smile at Wei Lai, and then disappeared into the cave.
In Cloud Village, as long as the man reaches the age of thirty, he will see a woman holding a baby boy at night, and no one can escape the fate of death.
"I'm only twenty-one years old." Wei Lai screamed, still unable to believe what had just happened. "The curse takes thirty years old to take effect, and I'm not old yet, which means I won't die right away, but I can't say for sure, I might die at thirty."
The Wei family is not cursed, but Wei Lai appeared with the curse of the five ghosts, and then met a woman holding a baby boy, indicating that the Wei family of this generation also fell into a curse, and Wei Lai's own fate became unpredictable.
"Looks like we'll have to find something to lift the curse."
Wei Lai wasn't sure if he would die, but he didn't dare to joke with his life, according to the records in the Yellow Book, if he wanted to lift the curse of death for thirty years, he needed to collect a lot of things.
Wei Lai stood up and found that the altar had regained its calm, and even the remnant souls outside had disappeared, while the green money and black dog blood were scattered, except for Liuli Pei, who was still in place, everything else had changed positions.
"It's broken." Wei Lai was shocked, if the Five Ghost Death Array was destroyed, then it would be impossible for the Five Ghost Curse to be lifted.
Wei Lai's eyes looked at the sarcophagus, and when he saw the five ghosts disappearing, he said suspiciously: "Could it be that the curse of the five ghosts has been lifted?" ”
Wei Lai shook his head, he couldn't figure out the situation, anyway, it was a good thing that the five ghosts disappeared, as long as he guarded the everlasting lamp, his life would be saved.
"How do you feel that your qi and blood are much stronger, is it because the curse is lifted, and it is still good for you?" Wei Lai felt the changes in his body, but he couldn't see the transformation of the three soul fires.
The three soul fires on Wei Lai's body have now changed back to golden colors, but the inside of the golden soul fire has a trace of black luster, full of evil aura.
When a rooster crowed, the sky lit up, Wei Lai's face showed a happy expression, looking at the everlasting lamp that had not been extinguished, Wei Lai said excitedly:
"Haha, I, Daguan Wei, am still alive."
Wei Lai looked at the sky, a layer of glow appeared in the sky, and as the sun rose, the warm sunlight shone on the earth, dispelling the bleakness of the night.
After experiencing the events of the past few days, Wei Lai has a new understanding of ghosts, and the fear in his heart has been diluted a lot, and if he encounters something unclean again, he will not be too flustered.
"The next step is to make the black charm." Wei Lai's mother chose a grave site for Wei Lai, and only by locking his soul with a black charm could he avoid death.
Wei Lai put the glazed pendant into his pocket, felt the cold touch coming from the glazed pendant, and said softly: "This is a good thing, not only one of the objects that relieve the death of the thirty-year-old, but also a treasure to ward off evil spirits." ”
The Yellow Book records that to lift the curse of death at the age of thirty, it is necessary to find many important things, one of which is Liulipei.
As soon as Wei Lai walked out of the altar, he saw all the villagers walking here, and when he saw that Wei Lai was still alive, the villagers cheered happily, Wei Lai was not dead, indicating that his five ghost curses were lifted, and the five ghost curses in the future can be lifted in the same way.
"It's great, it's really good, my baby is not dead, and the curse is lifted." Wei Lai's mother took Wei Lai into her arms and said happily.
Like a triumphant hero, Wei Lai was embraced by the villagers to return home and tell the horrors of the night, but Wei Lai omitted the woman who saw the baby boy in her arms, and said it would worry his mother even more.
Wei Lai decided that regardless of whether he was cursed or not, he would return to school and start looking for materials to lift the curse, even if he couldn't use it, the people in the village would use it.
When the villagers returned, Wei Lai came to the village chief's house, told all kinds of strange things, and planned to make black talismans.
"Thirty-year-old curse? Wei boy, this curse should be true, after all, the curse of the five ghosts has appeared, and your Wei family's generation is already the same as other villagers, and they will all be plagued by curses. The village chief frowned, shook his head and thought.
Wei Lai smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Looking for something to lift the curse?" ”
"Well, that's what the yellow scroll says, but after you say that, I guess that the curse of our village is related to the forbidden land and barren mountains." The village chief analyzed.
"You mean?" Wei Lai asked.
"The woman holding the baby boy came out of the Forbidden Barren Mountain, and you must return to the Forbidden Barren Mountain to find the items to lift the curse, but unfortunately the yellow scroll is too difficult, and I can't understand the ancient characters behind it." The head of Cloud Village is familiar with ancient characters, but he can't understand the part that lifts the curse.
"I'd better go back to school and look up the materials." Wei Lai is a university specializing in archaeology, and there is a lot of information on ancient characters to consult.
"Well, that's the only way to do it, Wei boy, your Wei family is already full of evil things, and after the influence of curses and graves, you will definitely encounter a lot of bizarre things in the future. However, having the knowledge and yellow scrolls left by the weasel should help you a lot, in short, you have to be careful. The village chief admonished, and handed the yellow scroll to Wei Lai.
Wei Lai took the scroll and bowed to the village chief to thank him, if it weren't for the village chief's help, his life would have been gone long ago.
When he returned home, Wei Lai's mother had already cooked the meal, and Wei Lai hurriedly finished eating and locked himself in the house, ready to study the making of the talisman.
It is recorded in the yellow scroll that if you want to make a talisman, you must cultivate soul fire, and the strength of soul fire needs to be twice that of a normal person, and only in this way can you depict the lowest level of black talisman.
Wei Lai found that after he lifted the curse of the five ghosts, his qi, blood and essence were particularly vigorous, and he could vaguely perceive the changes in the breath around him, and he could clearly distinguish the difference between yang and yin.
"It should work."
Wei Lai crushed the incense candle into foam and poured it into ink together with cinnabar to make the material for depicting black symbols, and if you want to make a higher level of red symbols, you need to use complete cinnabar materials.
Wei Lai took the yellow paper, took the brush and dipped it in ink, and carved it on the yellow paper according to the charms on the yellow scroll.
There are only four colors of talismans on the yellow scroll, each of which requires a different spell, and the black talisman is the simplest, but it is not easy to depict it well.
When Wei Lai is depicting, he always feels that there is a force pulling him, as long as he is not concentrated, there will be deviations, and the final result is to scrap a lot of yellow paper.
"I feel so dizzy, oh my God, I'm getting a nosebleed." Wei Lai's head swelled, he felt that his nose was very hot, and his nosebleeds flowed out.
"No, making talismans consumes spirit and qi and blood, this is fatal." Wei Lai's body was weak, his spirit was sluggish, and his three soul fires were no longer vigorous.
Wei Lai decisively stopped making, looked at the scrapped yellow paper, and almost fainted by himself.
"I worked tirelessly for an afternoon, and not a single talisman was successfully depicted."
Wei Lai was unwilling, but he didn't dare to joke with his own life, so he could only wait until he recovered his spirit before continuing to make, Wei Lai cleaned up the scrapped yellow paper, and when he saw his more and more proficient spells, the depression on his face receded mostly.
"It's okay, it's finally a little bit of progress." Wei Lai comforted himself that if the talisman was so easy to make, I am afraid that the world would be a feng shui master.
For a few days, Wei Lai was studying the talisman, and after unremitting efforts, he finally succeeded in making one, looking at the black talisman in his hand, Wei Lai was so excited that he almost cried.
"Am I easy? I almost didn't tire out my Wei officials. ”
Because of the school holiday, Wei Lai only went home, and seeing that the vacation was about to end, Wei Lai wanted to lock up his soul before going to school, prevent his soul from going to Yin Cao for trial, and then overtake the resentful soul of the Ghost Burial Ridge, and this black talisman is the most critical thing.
"Three souls and seven spirits, and now there are still nine black runes left." According to the Yellow Scroll, ten black talismans are required to successfully lock the soul.
When he got acquainted, Wei Lai's success rate increased greatly, and when his body was about to weaken, Wei Lai made all ten black talismans, and then without resting, Wei Lai picked up the black talisman and walked to the village chief's house.
The black rune locks his life, locks his soul with the black rune, Wei Lai successfully refines the black rune, can't wait to find the village chief, under the guidance of the village chief, according to the method on the yellow book, Wei Lai successfully completed all the steps.
When Wei Lai came out, he exhaled easily, touched the glazed pendant hanging on his chest, a trace of coolness hit, and looked at the ancient altar, full of mystery and weirdness, the dark cave in the middle, like the silk thread of fate, connecting himself and the forbidden barren mountain.
Wei Lai was very curious in his heart, but he didn't dare to guess, and finally muttered: "Forbidden Land Barren Mountain, what exists?" ”