Chapter 35: Witchcraft and Darkness
It is the witchcraft of death practiced by the priests, and it is flawed.
Death sorcery is too much about the power of external magic, and it seems to be lacking in the content of the practitioner's own life potential.
The method of death sorcery about hoarding power in the body is to communicate the breath of the underworld through the secret method of guò, and once you have succeeded in visualizing the existence of the underworld, you will incorporate the aura of the underworld into your body.
After being inhaled into the body, it needs to be nourished with abundant blood qi in order to reduce the damage to oneself.
And every time he uses this power of the underworld, his body's blood and qi will be greatly depleted, making people become shriveled all over his body, as terrifying as a mummy. This is also the reason why the two chief priests, after urging witchcraft at the pyramid construction site, had to extract human essence and blood as a tonic to fill their own consumption.
Obviously, the death witchcraft inherited from the sacrificial temple was more than a step behind the authentic cultivation method obtained by Fang Di who first triggered the inscription of the Book of the Dead of the Dead, and then followed the experience of Pharaoh Menes to observe the true meaning of the Book of the Dead with his own eyes.
Although the death witchcraft of the sacrificial temple originated from the Book of the Dead of the Dead, it lacked the most important of them, which could allow one's body to continue to transform and gradually change the essence of the life level.
This discovery made Fang Di fall into thought.
He whispered, "The earliest establishment of the sacrificial temple was a tool used by the pharaoh to consolidate the king's power, and the method of cultivation also came from the pharaoh's gift. It is impossible for the pharaoh at that time not to consider that if the sacrificial court was too inflated, it would become a threat to the king's power. ”
He also pondered: "In this way, it is likely that the pharaoh deliberately used it to curb the excessive expansion of the sacrificial temple, so that the sacrificial temple would always be firmly suppressed under the royal power. It seems that the relationship between the sacrificial temple and the successive pharaohs must have been very delicate. ”
For some reason, the calm face of the High Priest Yin Owl jumped out of Fang Di's mind.
Fang Di always felt that the high priest had some unknown purpose for him. A faint thought came to him that he should leave Thebes immediately, as far away as possible.
Shaking his head, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Fang Di's eyes closed, and he began to study the content of learning death witchcraft again.
Although the death witchcraft has defects, it does not mean that it is worthless, on the contrary, this kind of black witchcraft that has been inherited for a long time in the sacrificial courtyard, its kaleidoscopic changes and the terrifying power of the magic ability, all made Fang Di marvel again and again, and frequently felt an eye-opener.
Moreover, the defect of death witchcraft, that is, the damage to one's own qi and blood, is completely absent for Fang Di, who has obtained the correct practice method of the Book of Death of the Undead, and uses the dark qi in his body to promote death witchcraft, and the power is increasing more and more.
Therefore, after this death witchcraft fell into Fang Di's hands, he was like a treasure, and he did not stop practicing and learning for a moment.
There was a strange sorcery that had been passed down for a long time, which quickly aroused Fang Di's interest, and it explained the domestication and driving method after summoning the necromantic from the underworld, which was suitable for the necromantic summoned by Fang Di.
The method of driving the necromantic is to use the essence and blood of one's own body to replace the underworld qi to supply the necromancy, and the advantage is that it can save a lot of spiritual power, not only can the necromancer be domesticated by his side for a long time, but also can use the saved spiritual power to summon the second necromancy.
When Fang Di saw this method, he was overjoyed, and immediately began to try it, and after a while, the light in the room was dark, and an illusory dark dead spirit was born.
Fang Di acted according to the content of the witchcraft, but in a moment, the necromancer let out a scream, and after absorbing a drop of essence blood forced out by Fang Di, it floated up in the air, and finally merged into Fang Di's shadow and disappeared.
In the sorcery of death, this spell is called the Sacrificial Dark Demon, which means that a necromancer is hidden in the shadow of everyone, and attacking and defending the enemy can receive unexpected effects.
This spell alone shows that the magic of death is strange and changeable, and it is really difficult to prevent it.
After a period of time, as Fang Di's cultivation deepened, the sacrificial courtyard began to assign him some tasks that needed to be carried out. One of the most common was to have Fang Di protect the non-combat priests and go out to the cities and villages of Egypt to promote the glory of the gods.
As a result, Fang Di became busy, traveling around the vast land of Egypt.
In the blink of an eye, Fang Di has been in the Holy City of Dibis, and it has been more than three months.
At this time, Fang Di's hair gradually reached his shoulders, and he was hunting in the wind, which made him have a casual and wild charm out of thin air.
On this day, the high priest suddenly summoned Fang Di to meet him.
When Fang Di stepped into a quiet temple that seemed to be located in another time and space, the High Priest was sitting upright on a wooden chair, his eyes were deep, and he looked at Fang Di without revealing his heart, and only said slowly after a while: "Your cultivation is very fast, in a short period of time, you have surpassed many true disciple-level priests, which is very rare. ”
Fang Di knew that there was still a follow-up, so he waited quietly after humbling it.
The High Priest continued:
"The defeated Hyksos have sent envoys, who have the intention of making peace with us with the intention of paying tribute, and are now on their way to Thebes, the city of Memphis, Egypt, when the military headquarters asks our sacrificial house to send competent men to cooperate with them to welcome the Hyksos envoys to Thebes. ”
He also said: "I have decided to let you take people with you, you must be aware of the danger of being there along the way, there may be other races that deliberately sabotage our peace and send people to attack and kill the envoys." Let's go!"
Fang Di replied in a low voice, turned around and walked out, faintly feeling a chill down his spine, it seemed to be the gaze of the high priest, always looking at him behind him.
Walking out of the high priest's hall, Fang Di felt relieved, and let out a sigh of relief, he didn't have any items that he had to carry with him, so he dragged on and gathered several other priests and went to the sacrificial courtyard together.
The pharaoh's dormitory in Thebes is the most magnificent building complex in the city, with a continuous number of buildings, high and low, and stacked in layers.
At this time, in one of the halls, the candlelight was like fire, and the whole palace was as bright as day.
When Fang Di and a few priests arrived, there were already people waiting.
There are three people in the hall, one sitting and two standing. The person who was seated, with a majestic figure, although he was sitting still, but the pressure around his body was surging, making people dare not look directly, and his gas posture was extremely majestic.
This man was none other than Maurius, the son of the pharaoh who had returned from the front.
Beside him stood a delicate and beautiful girl, with an affectionate manner placing her hand on Maureus's shoulder.
This girl was none other than Candace, she saw Fang Di walking into the hall proudly, her expression was a little unnatural, she avoided looking at each other's eyes, and did not look at Fang Di again.
Fang Di and other priests came here to meet with the generals sent by Pharaoh.
And the man who stood in the palace before Maureus, and was discussing matters with him in a low voice, was the general appointed by Pharaoh.
The general is less than forty years old, dressed in bronze short armor, not tall or short, only an ordinary figure, but majestic, with a beard under his chin, and a little rough in appearance, but in fact, his eyes are bright, calm and introverted, and he flashes a thoughtful look from time to time, and he is a shrewd person who is thick and fine.
This man's name was Saihe, and he was the deputy leader who guarded the pharaoh's dormitory, and his status was probably similar to that of the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard in ancient China.
Sahe was a resolute character, and when he saw the arrival of Fang Di and other priests, he bowed down to Morlius and said goodbye, and went out of the temple together with Fang Di and other priests, and immediately greeted his subordinates and met in the square outside the pharaoh's bedroom.
In less than tea time, the whole army of as many as 300 soldiers, all with horses, and an elite team of 30 chariots, set out in full gear.
After leaving the eastern city of Thebes, the team made a rapid northward march along the banks of the Nile.
Half an hour later, the road grew desolate.
The wilderness under the cover of night was very dangerous, and from time to time you could hear the roars of wild beasts coming out of the depths of the desert to drink water by the Nile, full of ferocity and bloodlust.
Fang Di and his entourage were not only well-equipped, everyone carried bows and spears with them, and their combat effectiveness was extraordinary, but they were accompanied by a group of priests, so no one was afraid of the fierce beasts encountered along the way.
Under the starry sky and moonlight, galloping along the galloping Nile River, Fang Di only felt comfortable and couldn't wait to open his mouth.
Fang Di and the other priests and the soldiers of the commander of Saihe were not subordinate to each other, and although they carried out tasks together, they rarely talked along the way.
However, Fang Di saw Nasai's figure in the team, he led several people, drove a chariot, and when he saw Fang Di looking over, he immediately blinked.
Nothing happened all the way.
At the beginning of the night three days later, Fang Di and the others saw a camping team on the bank of the Nile River in front of them.
That was the target they met this time, the Hyksos envoys who were escorted here by another team of Egyptian soldiers.
The leader of the Hyksos team is a middle-aged man with soft facial lines and shrewd eyebrows.
This man is characterized by a dense pattern of strange symbols tattooed on his forehead, which seems to be a sign of reverence for the gods.
The Hyksos ruled ancient Egypt for a hundred years, and they were one of the most warlike people of their time, with their incredible bow-hunting skills and the ability to use chariots with great agility.
The Hyksos and Egypt were old enemies, and they fought each other for many years.
At this time, it coincided with the prosperity of Egypt, and the combat power was in the eyes of the world, this time the Hyksos entangled the army, still defeated the hand of Maureus, and had already injured the fundamentals, and this time they came to negotiate peace, carrying the same heavy treasure plundered when they invaded Egypt, and were ready to return it to show their sincerity, hoping to gain time to recuperate.
Fang Di and the others came, saying that they were escorting the envoy team of the Hyksos, but in fact, they were more here to protect the heavy treasures they brought back.
The Egyptians and the Hyksos fought for many years, and the two sides had a deep grudge. Although it was a time of boycott of war, the atmosphere was by no means harmonious when they saw each other, and the people on both sides could not coexist at all.
The entire army of Egyptian soldiers, including Fang Di and other priests, camped on the outskirts of the Hyksos, who numbered more than thirty people, and did not communicate with each other. Only the leaders of the two sides approached each other and greeted each other with a cold attitude, that is, they returned to the camp.
During the night, Fang Di and several other priests, as well as more than 100 Egyptian soldiers, took turns on duty, and set off again before dawn to return to Thebes.
After two days of rapid travel, there was nothing to do along the way.
That night, the whole group again camped on a high ground on the banks of the Nile.
Seeing that they had passed the area prone to danger and would be able to return to Thebes tomorrow, the Egyptian soldiers in the team were a little relieved, and from time to time they let out chatter and laughter.
When the night fell, Fang Di, who was sitting cross-legged in the tent and not letting go of any opportunity to practice, was warming the sacred land in the dantian of the lower abdomen without thinking about it, and converging the spiritual energy.
Suddenly, a hint of alarm appeared in his heart, and he sensed that some kind of danger was coming.
Fang Huo opened his eyes and walked out of the tent silently.
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