Chapter 70: The Visitor Drum
Master's simple words aroused my great interest in the Soul Breaking Ladder.
Seeing that I was interested, Master smiled softly, took his own dry tobacco stick, and I quickly and diligently loaded the dry tobacco leaves for the master.
He lit a dry cigarette and took a puff, and the Master's conversation box was opened.
"Speaking of the Broken Soul Ladder, we have to talk about this seedling village on the mountain, what is Shengmiao, I don't need to explain it to you, right?" Master always speaks in such an unhurried tone, as if he is telling a long, old story.
Affected by this tone, I also became quiet, and after feeling a cigarette and lighting it, I nodded, indicating that I naturally knew about the seedlings, that is, the Miao people who almost had no contact with the outside world.
"The origin of this seedling village is not simple, it can be said that the most orthodox inheritance of my Chinese witch family is this village." Two thick puffs of smoke erupted from Master's nose, and he paused word by word, indicating his seriousness.
"Master, but you said that the inheritance of the Wu family has almost been broken, what?" The ancient legend of the great witch broke the inheritance, this is not only the master's statement, but also the recognized fact of the whole circle, of course, there are still a few so-called witch heirs, but they are all the fur of some witchcraft, the real essence of the thing has either evolved into a Taoist thing, or disappeared in the long river of time.
But the master said that this village has the most orthodox inheritance?
Actually, I still believe it in my heart, because I have seen the witchcraft of Heiyan Miao Village, and I have also seen the witchcraft of Yueyan Miao Village, in the final analysis, it is really a bit of a pediatric feeling, because everything is based on mysterious Gu magic.
And since the last time the hadron appeared, I have seen a different kind of witchcraft, plus the big battle in the town during the day, I have seen them fight again, and it really feels very different, which is the basis of my belief.
Faced with my question, Master's expression was complicated, and he pondered for a long time before he said: "Yes, everything in the Wu family, in the final analysis, is not worse than my Taoist things, and even some ancient essence inheritances are better than those of Taoism, after all, all the origins of magic in China come from Wu. I said that their village is the most orthodox inheritance, but I just said that they have inherited some things that are more essential to the real Wu family, but this is still different from the inheritance of the real Wu family. ”
I nodded, I naturally understood what Master meant.
Even if the essence of the thing is a cake, you peel off the box, even if you eat a small bite, you can really eat it, instead of just standing outside the window and seeing what its outer packaging looks like.
Now many so-called Wu family inheritances are like only understanding the outer packaging of cakes, so they are recognized in the circle as the inheritance of Wu family.
And this seedling village hidden in the mountains and forests is the one who really ate the cake, although he only ate a small bite, but it can also be called orthodox.
"You understand?" Master looked at me with a dry tobacco stick in his mouth, perhaps because he felt that he was not expressing himself enough.
"Understood." I took a puff of cigarette and said with a smile, in fact, there is some relief, if I can, I really want the ancient Chinese and the essence of everything not to be broken, we don't look at everything in history with a narrow eye, I always feel that today we stand in a higher position than them, and the past is not worthy of our cherishment.
Is this really the case? I must admit that many Taoist priests in ancient times were more capable than we are today, and even many legendary powers appeared, and even the scientific and technological power that we are proud of today has been slapped in the face by the discoveries in some mausoleums.
Like a sword in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the precise forging process makes today's people marvel after measurement, and they can't understand why the ancients had such a forging technology!
Isn't it worth thinking about something even about some undisclosed and rumored memory metal that automatically recovers into its original sword, and keeps it fresh for many years in some kind of liquid.
We need to develop, and we can't forget the past as we move forward, because we also need to pass on.
Therefore, when I heard that this village still has the orthodox inheritance of the Wu family, I am relieved, not hypocritical, and truly happy.
As if sensing my thoughts, Master also smiled and continued: "When I first found out about this, I was really shocked, I didn't expect that the inheritance of the Wu family was still here, preserved in the form of flames. And as long as there is a flame, there is naturally hope, as for the Broken Soul Ladder, it is the oldest product of this village, in other words, I heard that this Broken Soul Ladder was designed by the oldest ancestor of this Wujia village, and the people of this village admit that in terms of inheritance, talented people are still needed to inherit and carry forward, at least after that ancestor, there has never been a better person than him. ”
"What is the Soul Ladder?" I'm curious to know what kind of existence the Soul Breaker Ladder is, and it must be done in a special way.
"There's a very famous witchcraft in the witch family called curses, you know? There is a curse on the Soul Breaking Ladder, and if you don't follow a certain way, the more mistakes you make, the deeper the curse. In the end, it's not impossible for the soul to be scattered, I heard that if all the curses on this soul breaking ladder are stacked together, the soul will not be able to do it, and the soul will be tormented by eternal life. Master's expression didn't look like a joke at all.
Saying this, my heart was cold again, and I couldn't help but glance at the ladder not far away, which seemed plain, but I didn't expect that just such a ladder was not weak at all compared to the secret passage of the snake gate, and it could even be said to be more powerful in some aspects.
"And will these curses strike immediately?" We had escaped from the town, and I was naturally a little worried about the pursuers, but if it were to happen immediately, we would not have to worry if we climbed up.
"Naturally, it is immediate, so when you go up this ladder, you don't have to worry about chasing soldiers." Master said with a dry tobacco stick in his mouth.
"But what if you accidentally hurt an ordinary person?" I suddenly remembered that there was no town guarding the entrance to the mountain pass before, and there were even a few sparse families who had broken into this ladder by mistake.
"You don't have to worry, ordinary people can't even cross the hundred ladders, because there is a small curse witchcraft hidden in this ladder, and there is a small curse witchcraft hidden in the ladder, which will make ordinary people go insane, going back and forth repeatedly, and they don't remember what happened, so ordinary people will not go above the hundred ladders, and this curse is deepened layer by layer, even if the ordinary people who are a little stronger barely go above the hundred ladders, they will retreat because they are the first to start a small curse. The curse at the beginning is not powerful, as long as you leave in time, the curse will automatically get out of it. "Master explained a few words to me.
I have to say that the design of this Soul Breaking Ladder is so ingenious that I can't help but sigh to express my emotion.
"Actually, it's too specific, I'm a Taoist family, how can an outsider understand all of them You just know, to enter this village, there is only one way, that is, through this soul-breaking ladder, don't think that you can enter this village by breaking through the mountains, the whole mountain range has gone through so many years, and naturally they have their arrangements." Master said with emotion.
This reminds me of the attitude of the old man guarding the mountain, it seems that he really didn't want to harm us from going up the stairs, and as for going up the mountain, he also reminded us not to mess around.
Of course, it's okay to go up the mountain, it's good if you don't meet anything, just as an expedition If you encounter something, over the years, there are still fewer people who have gone missing from the expedition in the mountains? And in addition to tourist routes, where will ordinary people go deep into the barren mountains of no man's land too much?
"Master, that old man" said so much, thinking of the old man guarding the mountain, I naturally also thought of the old man in the porter, and I felt a little guilty I thought about trying to save him, but at that time, there was no way to save him, what should I do? Now that it's safe for the time being, it's natural to be worried.
"Don't worry about this, the old man who guards the mountain who can still hold on to the people in the town naturally knows how much time it will take us to go up the mountain, and he asked us to let the people on the mountain come, so he is naturally sure that he will last until that time." When Master said this, he was very calm and full of confidence, which also made me feel a little relieved.
As long as the people of that town can hold on, the old porter will be safe for the time being, because in a big war, who cares about dealing with him?
"But Master, how long will it take for us to get to that stockade?" I couldn't help but ask, why don't you want to stay in the mountains for a long time?
"Wait, I've already beaten the guest drum to see their speed." Master said.
Visitor drums? Is that the drum that stands at the end of the stairs you are talking about?