Chapter 11: The Spine Staff

The people present were all smart people, they looked at the spine staff in Ryazan's hand, and were stunned for a while, and then everyone reacted.

Fan Jiyun said thoughtfully: "In this way, this spine is the so-called magic weapon. ”

Ryazan looked at the spine in his hand and said: "It should be, you see, the other bones of the corpse in the tripod have been burned into powder by the fire, but this spine is still intact, not only that, this spine does not have any tendency to break, its texture is very hard." ”

The old ghost suddenly became interested and said to Ryazan: "Take it and I'll take a look." ”

Ryazan hesitated for a moment and handed out the backbone.

The old ghost turned out his spine and held it in the palm of his hand, and the moment his palm touched his spine, he frowned, and a very strange feeling flowed down his palm to his whole body.

The old ghost has read countless people, and he also has a certain understanding of all kinds of evil magic weapons, and he knows that ordinary magic weapons will not have any superfluous reactions without spell destruction, but this spine is obviously not the case. He couldn't put it into words, he could only use the word weird to describe the feeling in his heart, the feeling was indescribable, he just had a strong urge to throw the spine away. Fortunately, the old ghost is also a wizard and has a little determination, otherwise, he would have thrown his spine aside.

The old ghost looked at this backbone, recalled the legend about the Wu Sect, and muttered, "Could it be that the legendary staff refers to the backbone in the turtle spirit's body...... Weird...... Wonderful. No wonder it is said that the magic weapon is hidden in the hands of sinners. ”

Fan Jiyun also wanted to see the spine staff when he heard it, but was stopped by the old ghost. The old ghost said: "This spine staff is a little strange, you better not touch it first," After speaking, the old ghost turned his head to Ryazan again and said, "Ryazan, what do you think?" ”

Ryazan was stunned for a moment, indeed, he also thought that there was something unusual about this spine staff, but his feeling was completely different from that of the old ghost. It's like a magnet, when Ryazan holds the spine staff, it seems as if this spine staff should be held by him, but the old ghost is in the opposite situation, he always has a strong feeling, as if the spine staff in his hand will fly out of his hand if he is not careful.

But Ryazan did not express this feeling, and he mistakenly thought that the old ghost's so-called strange appearance was the same situation as him.

At night, the four of them returned to Fan Jiyun's residence in a pickup truck.

The four of them sat down and talked, and the old ghost said: "Actually, there is another rumor about the magic weapon of the ancient Shu Kingdom among the Southern Witches, and it is the most special of the six magic weapons. ”

Fan Jiyun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "What kind of special law?" ”

The old ghost thought for a while and said, "You have to know that this spine staff magic weapon was originally part of the bones of the sinner of the ancient Shu Kingdom, the turtle spirit. According to the legend of the ancient Shu country, the turtle spirit does not belong to the aborigines of the ancient Shu land, and he is not a person from the ancient Qiang tribe from the plateau, he is a walking corpse from the downstream ancient Chu country, and he finally got the status of the king of the ancient Shu country from the Wangdi Du Yu because he helped the ancient Shu country to control the flood. ”

Fan Jiyun frowned and said: "I also know these things, according to my research on the ancient Shu Kingdom over the years, the reason why the ancient Shu Kingdom has two completely different primitive religion systems is in the body of the turtle spirit, his arrival made the original single primitive religion of the ancient Shu Kingdom appear two religions coexist, which can be seen from the many unearthed cultural relics in Sanxingdui of the ancient Shu Kingdom. ”

The old ghost nodded and said, "That's right, the other primitive religion brought by the turtle spirit has a great conflict with the tradition of the ancient Shu Kingdom, that is, the witch religion spread by the Wu Sect. On the one hand, the ancient Shu kingdom has retained the witch religion of the witch sect for thousands of years, which cannot be easily erased from the history of the ancient Shu kingdom, and on the other hand, as the founder of the last dynasty of the ancient Shu kingdom, he vigorously promoted the primitive religion he advocated. These two religions, which appear to coexist peacefully on the surface, are in fact surging. With the demise of the ancient Shu Kingdom, the status of the turtle spirit in the ancient Shu Kingdom has also changed from a water control hero to a sinner who died in the country. ”

Fan Jiyun is an expert in history, he knows the importance of ancient mythology when studying some ancient history, and the old ghost just said these things, he can't help but be a little impatient, and said: "Mr. Ghost, you should just tell me what is different about this spine staff." ”

The old ghost smiled and said, "Brother Fan, don't worry. After the death of this turtle spirit, it was buried in the dirty pit of the priests of the ancient Shu Kingdom, although the initial stage of the burial pit can still see the shadow of the primitive religion advocated by the turtle spirit, but after entering the burial pit underground palace, everything in it is the followers of the Wu Sect. The ancestors of the ancient Shu Kingdom broke their families and placed the body of the turtle spirit in the priest's burial pit, not to let him sleep peacefully, but to make his soul and corpse suffer. Speaking of this, the old ghost turned his head to look at Ryazan and Shu Jingcheng again, and said, "You two still remember the bronze tree in the underground palace of the burial pit." ”

Ryazan and Shu Jingcheng nodded, both of them still remembered that on the huge bronze tree, there was an incomparably huge and beautifully carved bronze bird beast, and it was the sharp claws of this bronze bird that grabbed the corpse of the turtle spirit and held on.

The old ghost said: "After Emperor Wangdi retired, turning into a cuckoo bird is just a beautification of a literati, and the legend only says that Du Yu turned into a giant bird, and the huge bronze bird on the bronze tree represents Emperor Wangdi Du Yu." ”

Fan Jiyun's eyes rolled, and then he realized something, and said: "I understand, that is to say, the bronze giant bird on the bronze tree you are talking about represents the Emperor Du Yu, Du Yu saw that the turtle spirit had a good role in controlling the water, so he passed his throne to the turtle spirit, thinking that he would lead the ancient Shu country to new glory, but he did not expect that the turtle spirit led the ancient Shu country astray, away from the idea of Wuzong at that time, and eventually led to the destruction of the ancient Shu country. The shape of the corpse of the bronze bird and the turtle spirit in the underground palace represents the turtle spirit to look at the emperor Du Yu for his crimes. ”

The old ghost said: "That's right, but if you think about it, how could the turtle spirit be willing to let his body be imprisoned under the claws of the bronze god bird forever, so over time, the resentment was haunted, turning into anger, so that the corpse was not rotten, and even the six royal attendants did not dare to let go of the turtle spirit's body easily." ”

Liu Zhen, as a student of Fan Jiyun, was already a doctor of history at a young age, and his mind was naturally bright, so he immediately discovered the problem at this time, so he said: "But, don't you think it's against common sense in this case?" Since the turtle spirit is a sinner in the ancient Shu Kingdom, and he leads his primitive religion to openly rebel against the witch cult of the Wu Sect, why does the Wu Sect choose the backbone of the turtle spirit's corpse as his own resurrection weapon? ”

The old ghost was silent for a while, and then said, "Actually, this is what I found puzzling at the beginning. In the legend of Nanwu, the mysterious magic weapon hidden in the ancient Shu Kingdom will have the power to export evil spirits, that is to say, the evil spirits trapped by the spirit demon jade need to pass through this magic weapon to be able to use the power of evil spirits freely for the Wu Sect. However, the legend also mentions that this magic weapon will be a double-edged sword, it is said that it can not only help Wu Zong fully awaken and get back to life, but also can prevent the resurrection of Wu Zong, and even completely eliminate Wu Zong, of course, all this must be carried out at the moment when Wu Zong awakens, that is, when Wu Zong is most vulnerable, otherwise if Wu Zong is resurrected, then, this spine staff magic weapon will also be completely controlled by Wu Zong. ”

After the old ghost's words were finished, everyone fell silent, and after a long while, Fan Jiyun said: "To put it bluntly, it is possible for this magic weapon to kill the Wu Sect, right?" ”

The old ghost nodded and said, "That's what it means." ”

"There's no reason," Liu Zhen said a little puzzled: "If Wu Zong wants to resurrect in every possible way, then why should he set up an obstacle for himself, isn't this equivalent to leaving a fatal weakness for his original perfect existence!" ”

"Unless there's a situation." Ryazan said coldly and unexpectedly.

Everyone was stunned, looked at Ryazan, and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

Ryazan raised his head, looked at the spine staff in the old ghost's hand, and said: "That is, he (she) is tired of the rebirth plan over and over again, and the reincarnation of civilization makes him (she) tired of it." ”