At that moment, I went into the bathroom to take a bath, and according to Zhou Xuanye's instructions, I washed it cleanly, changed into clean clothes, and I entered the south room.

As soon as I entered, I felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere inside.

didn't turn on the lights, only lit two candles, Xiao Hei didn't know where to hide, except for Zhou Xuanye's hazy back, everything around him was wrapped in darkness. The statue of the ancestor is vague and the outline is obscure.

He said, "Close the door." ”

I closed the door, and for a moment, the surroundings seemed even darker.

The axis also turned around immediately, and under the desk, I don't know when a yellow futon has been placed. Zhou Xuanye motioned for me to kneel up, because of Tang Linlin's previous reminder, I had already guessed what Zhou Xuanye was going to do, so I didn't hesitate to kneel down, life in the world, kneeling to the sky and kneeling to the ghosts and gods, there is nothing to care about.

Zhou Xuanye saw that I knelt down without asking a word, and there was a hint of surprise on his face, and he immediately smiled with satisfaction, stood on the side, and said, "Tonight, I asked you to kneel here, not to embarrass you." The previous Three Altars séance technique was a forbidden technique, and I told you about it earlier. Even if you survive now, if you don't accumulate yin virtue, you will only have many disasters, and great disasters may come at any time. ”

I nodded.

Zhou Xuanye said again: "Today I will give you a recommendation gift, and I will be sheltered by the ancestor, so I can seek good fortune and avoid evil, but you still have to accumulate a lot of virtue when you act on weekdays." The job you take today is a good opportunity to accumulate virtue, and I will guide you when you act tomorrow. "Only then did I understand why Zhou Xuanye suddenly asked me to 'work', it turned out that he intended to hand over some work to me to do some virtuous and good deeds.

Thinking of this, I was quite moved, and I glanced at the strange statue of the ancestor god, and was a little curious, since I am going to be sheltered by the ancestor. You should always know the origin of our ancestor, right? Thinking so, I asked.

Zhou Xuanye said: "The Taoist Sanqing is enshrined, and the corpse is enshrined by the ancestor of Que Yuan." ”

Taoist Sanqing, that is, Yuqing Shangqing Taiqing, the lord of Yuqing is the Yuan Shi Tianzun, the lord of Shangqing is Lingbao Tianzun, and the lord of Taiqing is Daode Tianzun, that is, the Taoist ancestor Taishang Laojun. These three Qing gods are the highest gods in Taoism, Zhou Xuanye and Tan Jian are taking a more out-of-the-way path, but they are also orthodox Taoist origins, and it is normal to worship the three Qings.

It's just that I haven't heard of this Que Yuan Patriarch.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Xuanye told me about the origin of Patriarch Que Yuan.

The refining of corpses is originally a Taoist technique, but among the Taoist sects, it is inevitable that there will be small rebellions, and they use secondary techniques to do evil.

Don't think that alchemy is what it was shown in the movie, holding a face gong and a soul bell, and leading the corpse to walk at night is a corpse refining. There is no corpse refining, it is just one of the most superficial corpse alchemy, that is, walking corpses, which is called corpse chasing.

Those small meetings are not simple corpse walking techniques, the orthodox alchemy is complete, and it is actually a very awesome skill. Refining to a high place, the corpse is a weapon, powerful, and can even make it fly to the sky.

However, the corpses that have been refined, no matter how powerful, are only controlled by the refiners. What if you use corpses to rob homes and houses? To do evil? That's just too easy.

Therefore, the world hated alchemy and called it evil art, and for a long time later, the Daomen even removed the art of alchemy.

It wasn't until Patriarch Que Yuan came out that this situation changed.

He delved into the art of alchemy of corpses, and achieved great results, using this technique to do good deeds, and passed down the 'vein of chasing corpses', so that the souls of those who died in a foreign land could return to their homeland. The ancients paid attention to the fallen leaves to return to the roots, into the soil for peace, life and death, are very important, a little richer people, but also pay attention to death as life. It can be seen that the corpse of a loved one is a very serious matter for the ancients.

Due to the transportation conditions at that time, it was very difficult to transport the corpse back from a foreign land. First, the distance is long and expensive, and secondly, the corpse will also decompose. And after Patriarch Que Yuan passed down the corpse lineage, it benefited countless people, which made the corpse refining lineage gradually recover its reputation.

It's just that when they came to Que Yuan Patriarch, they became a family of their own, so the Taoist priests took Sanqing as their ancestor, and Zhou Xuanye's master was practicing alchemy, so they had to worship Que Yuan Patriarch.

I didn't expect that. This ancestor with an ugly face is still so inspirational, clearing the stigma of his industry and benefiting the people of Xiangxi. Of course, now that Zhou Xuanye has carried out his business from Xiangxi to Shenzhen, it will not only benefit the people of Xiangxi.

Thinking of this, I was quite curious, and said, "Brother Zhou, what level of your alchemy has you reached?" "Tang Linlin told me before that the sect of refining corpses is almost lost, and Zhou Xuanye should be regarded as one of the rare inheritors.

There are inferior, medium and upper class in refining corpses, I don't know which class Zhou Xuanye belongs to?

Hearing this, Zhou Xuanye smiled, but did not say it explicitly, but said: "You will be clear in the future, start saluting." After speaking, Zhou Xuanye lit a stick of incense, the incense was facing down, he pinched it with three fingers, and the incense turned it over, and said loudly: "Protected by the patriarch, there is now a son Su Tiangu, who is honest and virtuous, please use the art of the three altars, follow the boundless karma, and now take refuge in the ancestor, refine the corpse for me, and accumulate boundless merits." As he spoke, after three prostrations, he inserted the incense into the incense burner.

The cigarette curled and there was nothing unusual, Zhou Xuanye smiled and said, "It seems that Master Zu likes you quite a lot." Of course he was joking, I don't know if Master Zu likes me or not, but I know that he is an old man who has already given us two incense cuts before.

Seeing that the incense was fine, Zhou Xuanye took out a piece of yellow table paper and said: "Originally, I should have written my eight-character name and surname on your birthday, but your birth date is unknown, so replace it with blood." Before I could react, Zhou Xuanye got a needle out of nowhere, pricked it on my middle finger, and dripped it on the yellow sheet of paper, although my gender name was written on the top, folded into a triangle, and buried in the ashes of the incense burner.

After doing all this, Zhou Xuanye didn't say anything anymore and stood quietly aside. Without his instructions, I naturally couldn't get up, and I kept kneeling on the futon, and when my knees were sore, Zhou Xuanye helped me and said, "You can get up." Originally, it was the pillar of incense on him that burned out.

To be honest, I didn't think there was anything special about worshipping Master Zu, but I was a little curious, and when I went out, I asked Zhou Xuanye: "Brother Zhou, in this way, am I your apprentice?" ”

Zhou Xuanye laughed and said, "I still have a master above, and it is impossible to accept apprentices privately, so I have to go back to the door to salute together." You're just a name now, what's the matter, you want to be my apprentice? ”

I touched my nose and felt embarrassed, as if I was thinking too much about it.

However, just as I was going out, a black shadow suddenly jumped into my arms, and it turned out to be the spirit pet Xiao Hei.

I'm surprised, hasn't this black cat always had an opinion about me? Usually when you see me, you always want to scratch me twice, but now, why did you still drill into my arms?

Zhou Xuanye said: "It's bullying, you have the protection of your ancestor now, and it won't dare to scratch you in the future." I looked at the obedient black cat in my arms, and I was secretly surprised. First, I was surprised that this black cat was too spiritual, and I saluted with my front feet, and its hind feet changed to a cat's face; Second, it is estimated that this ritual is definitely not as simple as a ceremony, maybe there is really some kind of force behind it? Otherwise, how could this black cat change his attitude towards me?

I subconsciously looked at the statue, I don't know if it was my illusion, the statue that usually looks ugly, at this time, there is still a sense of intimacy.

After all this, we went back to our rooms to rest.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Zhou Xuanye and I had already packed up our things and got up. Unexpectedly, Tang Linlin would also come to join in the fun, dressed as if she was going to a spring outing, wearing a pink cheongsam, standing in front of us gracefully.

Zhou Xuanye raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you doing?" ”

Tang Linlin coquettishly: "Boss, I want to go too." ”

Zhou Xuanye said: "Haven't you been scared enough last time?" "I don't know when or what they said last time, but it was before I came to the office. Tang Linlin said angrily when she heard this: "Last time, it wasn't Fu Nan's bastard who deliberately scared me. ”

Fu Nan is another employee of our firm, and people rarely talk about him, and I have only seen him in photos on the wall. Of course, the room I live in is a double bed, and the other bed is his. The room was very clean and almost no personal belongings were left.

I inquired about this person's whereabouts before, after all, I have been in the office for almost half a year.

Tang Linlin didn't seem to have a very good relationship with him, and said: "He, don't ask, people are not all the way with us." ”

This was sour, and I couldn't help but say, "It's not a person all the way, so what does he do?" ”

Tang Linlin frowned and said, "Rich, very rich, very rich." But I don't know why, he likes to stay in our office, as if he has something to ask Zhou Xuanye. This person is very powerful, not easy to mess with, and Zhou Xuanye is not good at turning his face with him. In short, he is not the same path as us, you must not provoke him, maybe you don't even know how he died by then. When she said this, she seemed to remember something, and a look of disgust suddenly appeared on her face.

Unexpectedly, she mentioned this person again at this time.