Chapter 3: A Manual of Trickery from Beginner to Grave
In later generations, the status of paper cutting was not high, and it was even reduced to an inaccessible means for some funeral gift shops to make paper people "pleasing".
But few people know the fundamental reason for the decline of paper cutting - the end of the law era and the scarcity of spiritual paper.
"I don't know which loser actually took a whole book of spirit paper to make a book, and only used it as a medium for an evil ritual, it's really hopeless...
"Could it be that the spiritual materials of this world are so abundant that they can be squandered like this?"
Zuo Dao looked at the "evil book" that had a big mouth cover before, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
"Thanks to my cultivation that I just crossed over, it dissipated, otherwise if I had given it Yang with my previous strength, I might not have been able to sleep today...
"Tsk, it's really unpleasant to think that I used to work hard for the whole spirit paper." Zuo Dao looked at the books on the table and complained slightly.
Previously, he thought that this book was just a book blessed by evil forces, but when he was sorting it out, he realized that something was wrong, this book was actually made entirely of spirit paper.
When he found out, he had a new idea for his next steps.
In a moment's time, Zuo Dao rummaged through the house and placed all the tools he needed on the coffee table.
He first removed the blackened part of the book, which was completely useless, and then put the remaining slightly charred and relatively complete pages aside to sort it out in detail, and the information about spirit paper and paper cutting flowed in his mind.
Spirit paper requires its trees to grow in a place with aura or blessed land.
In the yang year, the lunar month, the sunny day, the yin time, and then the lightning strikes and lived, and after a Jiazi cut down the core of the tree to make it, the harsh requirements of its conditions, deliberately looking for it also has to spend a lot of manpower and material resources, so most of the time it depends on fate.
But its effect is also extraordinary, without doing any blessing of good or evil ability, even if ordinary people are in a surging mood and their thoughts are united, they only need to straighten out the text and then burn it, they can have similar abilities to make wishes or curses.
It was also searched by the royal family all the year round in ancient times, and was used as a table to pray for good weather and rain, and to increase the help of the underworld when doing a text to crusade against the unsubordinate.
As for the papercutters who were supposed to shine, due to the huge demand for spiritual paper in any era, the practitioners of papercutters could only gradually compromise, and constantly retreated to choose paper made by other methods, but in this way, the natural power gradually decreased.
So much so that others in later generations, and even his disciples themselves, thought that it was just a small art that did not enter the stream, and the former style became a legend.
When recalling and lamenting the defeat scene of this trick, Zuo Dao was also wondering if the production process of the spirit paper in this world was the same, and he was very curious in his heart.
His hand did not stop when he recalled the gap, and after finishing it, he took out three of the spirit papers that were generally intact and placed them on the table.
"When it is hidden, there is no traceโ"
Zuo Dao took out three pieces of spirit paper and read it softly, with a look of anticipation and eagerness, which was the "industry" evaluation when the paper cutting technique was brilliant.
"I hope you don't disappoint me, my current net worth depends on you."
Zuo Dao teased himself with pleasure, he took the scissors to cut one of the spirit papers, at this time his expression was focused, every time he cut down, he could see his lips slightly smwitching, under his cutting and cutting, the spirit paper gradually became a human-like outline.
After a while, a paper figure lay quietly in his hand.
At this time, Zuo Dao first put the paper figure aside, picked up the other spirit paper and continued to cut, and the three paper figures were completed in a moment.
After the cutting is completed, the left path collects all the leftovers of the spirit paper, bears it with his left hand, and pinches the trick with his right hand.
"Spiritual Burning Mantra: Soul Attraction and Ignition, Thoughts Like Fire........ Ling is like a god, on! โ
After the spell was finished, the confetti in his hand instantly ignited a pale cyan fire, which was eye-catching and the flames burned in Zuodao's hands, but there was no harm, only made him feel a slight warmth in his hands, the pale green flames did not burn for long, and the flames dissipated by themselves in about a few breaths, leaving only crystalline black particles.
Zuo Dao looked at the thing in his hand and nodded slightly, with a faint smile, as if confirming some thoughts:
"At present, it is impossible to confirm whether the gods of the earth also exist in this world, but what is certain is that the spells that once existed in that world can be used here, which means that the rules of this world are common to those that exist there.
Not only is there enough spiritual essence in the spirit paper, but there is no need to put much effort into using spells, which means that the "mystery" here is very active, otherwise, just like the earth where there are few miracles, whether it is the right or evil law or trickery, it is extremely difficult to perform, and the effect is greatly reduced.
"The good news is that the Spirit Burning Spell can be used, and the others will definitely work, which can increase the power of the paper cutting technique, after all, if it is made with the Mortal Fire Method, even if it is the Spirit Paper Technique, the power will be much smaller...
The bad news is that if the world is very "mysterious", then it will be much less safe for me to live in this world. โ
As he said to himself, Zuo Dao picked up a piece of paper on the table and rubbed it repeatedly on the black crystal he was holding in one hand, chanting words in his mouth until both sides were attached to the black paper figure, and then placed it on the left hand side of the desktop in front of him, and then performed the same steps on the other two paper figures.
After a little effort, three black paper figures were placed side by side on the table, and Zuo Dao looked at the remaining black crystals in his hand to make the best use of them, and he waved his hand upwards.
"The gods and dust are boundary, and the ominous is far away."
As soon as the words fell, the black crystalline light floating in the air flashed, and all of them immediately became invisible.
In an instant, Zuo Dao felt relaxed, and there was an absolute peace of being isolated from the world, which made people feel like they were falling asleep.
Seeing that this worked, Zuo Dao did not have a follow-up production, he focused on feeling this peace, and the corners of his mouth pulled slightly.
"Normally, the formation of the enchantment is only used to prevent accidents, in case when doing certain processes, encountering unclean wandering spirits and causing it to fall short, but once the Shenchen enchantment is formed, there is such a strong sensory change, which is enough to show that there is still some kind of malice thinking about me, heh...... I didn't expect to confirm my situation by mistake, which is good. โ
Thinking about it, Zuo Dao put his hands together at this time, and then made an extremely twisted and complicated hand duel.
"Apparition."
After speaking, I saw that the black paper people on the table flashed shiny, and then began to tremble, and then they all got up and stood up, because the paper body was very light, so they looked shaky and unshaped.
Seeing this, Zuo Dao didn't delay any longer, and now he needs to hurry up and finish it.
He first took off his clothes to reveal his bare upper body, then picked up a needle from the table to disinfect his clothes, then pricked the bone protruding from the left side of his shoulder to make it ooze blood, then to his shoulder, and finally stabbed the needle in the center of his eyebrow with the left side.
"True Blood Substitute, Wei Ling Returns to the Hidden ......"
Zuo Dao chanted softly, and the blood that had begun to flow naturally suddenly gathered into three small round blood beads, and then floated up and slowly approached the three small black paper figures, and the small black paper people at this time also seemed to feel the call, and their swaying bodies froze.
When the three blood beads touched the paper man's head, they suddenly spread out, winding through the paper man's whole body like a strain, and then the left eye saw the paper man's head faintly showing its own outline.
"Three bodies are one, life is restored, blood is turned into accumulation, and paper art becomes a spiritโโ"
After finishing speaking, I saw the three small black paper figures approaching each other, gradually uniting, and the facial outline of the paper figures has changed from the original slightly blurred to the same clear face as Zuo Dao, but it is as if looking at the reflection in the water.
At the same time, Zuo Dao felt a faint connection with some existence in his mind, and he looked at the paper man, and the paper man happened to be looking at Zuo Dao at this time.
One person with three papers, looking at each other.
Completion.
He sketched a smile, and the blurred face of the paper figure smiled with him.
"Is this the paper-cutting technique done by the papermakers in ancient times through the spirit paper, it's really interesting, as if there is another person who is observing the world, and there will be no conflict and rejection, as if it is born one, and there is no hidden danger of backlash......"
Papermaker is a respectful title given to warlocks who used to use spirit paper to perform spells.
It seems simple, but in fact, this standard is not arbitrary, after all, for the warlocks who could get the spirit paper production at that time, their status and ability were not ordinary.
Even if there is a lucky person, you can not only accidentally obtain the spirit paper, but also master how to make a special paper figure through the spirit paper, that is also the chosen child.
Sighing, Zuo Dao's mind moved, the little paper figure turned his back on him, and then floated up and stuck to his chest, when it came into contact with Zuo Dao's skin, there was a small sizzling sound, like a brand imprinted on his chest, and the slightly severe pain also made him sweat slightly.
At this time, a strange scene appeared, and the paper figure gradually disappeared after being completely imprinted on Zuo Dao's chest, and Zuo Dao's chest seemed to be unscathed.
At this time, Zuo Dao's mind seemed to open a new realm, he could sense the world through the paper figure, in the real world, his perspective was that there was no cultivation, and the original majestic soul power had also become an ordinary person due to the crossing, and what he saw was what he saw.
But after the paper figure merged into his body, there was another picture of the world, and Zuo Dao could see that the divine dust enchantment he had cast before was turning into a pale cyan spiritual shield attached to all corners of the house, like a staunch guard defending himself.
He could also feel that the little paper figure in his body was emitting a faint spiritual light on his chest, in a state between the virtual and the real, and the countless spiritual silk threads that the little paper figure had snaked out and attached to every part of his body, which made Zuo Dao feel a weak energy that was not so long-lost.
This is spiritual power, or rather, the feeling of cultivation.
"In the buzzword of a certain ball, it's just a tearful feeling...
"I don't have a cultivation and therefore no 'spiritual vision' to observe the ominous, and I don't know how to get through it for a few hours, but fortunately, the paper man made of spiritual paper, no, or it should be called a paper spirit, so that I have shallow spiritual power and have 'spiritual vision' and 'spiritual smell', so that the evil ghost doesn't know it.
"Not only that, I thought that the 'paper spirit' recorded in the ancient books was also a consumable item like other items made of paper, but now it seems to be recyclable, and even has room for development and many wonders, but now I haven't practiced, I can't feed back with it, too much call to the spirit of the paper spirit will make it invalid, it would be a pity to come to this point.
"In this way, the paper-cutting inheritance I obtained back then, the details of the ancestor's spiritual paper formation technique in the book are probably only limited to self-inference, and it is too difficult for the cultivators of that world..."
Zuo Dao slightly analyzed the ability of the spirit paper and complained about some of the past, so he didn't make ink, and began to clean up the scene, and after a while, only a pile of spirit paper left by him was left on the table.
"The spirit paper must not be given, and it will be of various uses to me in the future, and if I report the case next, I can only use the completely useless part to make fun of the past, but it is very likely that the people in the follow-up comprehensive affairs bureau will not be able to hide my house."
Just as Zuo Dao was thinking, the mobile phone with the screen off lit up at this time, and it was a strange call.
Zuo Dao looked at the caller ID, he quickly tried to evoke the memory of the former master in his mind, and found that there were no memories that could be linked, he thought about it and chose to connect.
"Zuo Dao classmate?" On the other end of the phone, there was a female voice that made Zuo Dao a little familiar.
"It's me, you're it?"
"I'm from the Comprehensive Affairs Bureau, and we've met today." On the other end of the phone, a soft female voice said.
Hearing this, Zuo Dao remembered the other party's "home visit" a few hours ago, and couldn't help but think to himself... I was looking for them, but I hadn't figured out what to do with the rest of the spirit paper...
Listening to the voice, it was probably the woman in the black uniform trench coat.
"I remember, you say." Zuo Dao decided to listen to the other party's content first.
"You're home now?"
Zuo Dao looked around: "Yes." โ
"Did you hear us knocking on the doorbell and the doorbell?" Over there, the woman asked calmly.
Zuo Dao raised his eyebrows, looked at the gate not far away, scratched his ear with one hand and listened carefully for a few breaths, before saying:
"No, I'm in the living room, not far from the door."
On the other end of the phone, there was a brief silence.
Vaguely, Zuo Dao seemed to hear the woman talking quickly with someone, and after a few breaths, the other end spoke again:
"Zuo Dao, please don't leave your room until we show the law enforcement certificate of the Comprehensive Affairs Bureau after we arrive at your house, please be sure to pay attention to whoever comes, if you don't show your documents, then no one will let you go out."
The woman's voice said very seriously.
The woman's words made Zuo Dao's heart rise vigilant, and he didn't wait for a reply, only to hear a sudden 'bang' on the other side of the phone, and the communication ended.
Toot โ
"What kind of magical unfolding is this, this world is too restless..."
Zuo Dao looked at the hung up communication and smashed his mouth.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
- Ding Dong
The doorbell that was not in a hurry made Zuo Dao squint his eyes, remembering the hastily ended phone call before, he didn't reply, he carefully walked to the door and didn't make a sound, silently peeking through the cat's eye.
Outside the door, two expressionless officers dressed in the Comprehensive Affairs Bureau were seen standing in front of the door from the left perspective.
However, the perspective provided by the spirit paper is a different scene.