512.Chapter 512
No matter what miscellaneous knowledge was recorded in these magic books of unknown origin, Wei Ye was still able to quickly connect them.
If there was any coastal area in China during the Yongqian era that retained a cult worship community for this kind of deep-sea intelligent creature called the "sea devil", it could only be Guangzhou, the only port open to the outside world in the Qing Dynasty.
After all, since the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, to the end of the twenty-third year of Kangxi, the Aixin Jueluo family has implemented the sea relocation order three times, and the fishing villages and wharves within 50 miles of the coast have been destroyed.
Foshan and its neighboring Guangzhou, as the most important foreign trading port in the south of the Manchu Dynasty, after the Kangxi ban on the sea, was also the only place with the right time and place to let the sea devil worship take root.
And no matter how good Feng Tiannan is at gathering, the luxurious enjoyment and exquisite utensils of Fengfu are really beyond the upper limit of what a local green forest tycoon can gather, and he is chasing after the salt merchants of Huaiyang. If there are sea demons behind the Feng family's father and son to provide assistance, it makes sense.
The Iboen Seal applied behind the temple blessing of the Northern Emperor Ancestral Temple, the half-human, half-snake monster hidden in the Doro Guanyin Temple, and the strange drugs mixed into shark fin and bird's nest by Feng Tiannan's father and son all point to the only answer from afar.
Among the old magic books that Sima Ling found, detailed illustrations were attached to depict these animals, known as "sea devils".
These erect fish-men have a dull green back, and like all fish, their thorax and abdomen have the smooth, elastic white skin of dolphins. Only the high scaly ridges on their backs make them look like they belong neither to mammals nor to fish. The exaggerated eyeballs, which are as large as light bulbs, the small pupils, and the frightening whites of the eyes, all give rise to a sense of fear of things in the dark.
Along with these pictures of purebred sea devils, the magicians who compiled these magic books also collected a large number of human metamorphoses after being mixed with sea devils.
These people may be like Feng Tiannan, who worship the sea demons purely for profit, and exchange them for magical knowledge and undersea wealth with the help of murderous blood sacrifices. Because they are really very popular with the sea devils, they gradually change themselves into the sea devils through some forbidden black magic.
Others, on the other hand, are due to the bloodline curse of their ancestors after mating with the sea demons.
Several of these spellbooks emphasize the fact that the sea devil is genetically so powerful that it sleeps in the bodies of half-blood human descendants. Before the awakening of the Sea Devil's bloodline, their half-blood offspring looked almost indistinguishable from normal humans, and even looked particularly handsome among their peers.
However, when they were physically mature and matured by the age of twenty, the blood of the sea devils began to dominate the growth structure of these half-breeds. During this time, the skull will deform and stretch, the eyes will develop unnaturally and swell, and the body will gradually develop inhuman features such as scales and hook claws. In the same way, the sea devils who live at the bottom of the sea will constantly call out to their lost people on land through their dreams, until they fully realize their true nature and plunge into the cold depths of the sea.
However, for humans, this process of transformation into sea demons is not completely without benefits, this evil god clan living in the deep sea has a longer lifespan than humans, almost immortal, and belongs to the out-and-out immortal species. At the very least, it is much easier to transform from a human being into a sea demon than to cultivate the Immortal Dao. It's just that these immortal sea demons are extremely fragile, and injuries and death are inevitable dooms in their long lives.
At least the magicians who wrote these magic books have little respect for these sea demons.
As long as it takes some time, I don't know how the city of Guangzhou will change, at least the people, wealthy businessmen, showmen, and even the talkable characters in Foshan Town will have a new dignity.
As for whether Li Ruilin and Tong Guerrilla evolved into an octopus like him, or whether he became a monster with a fish face and scales all over his body as recorded in the magic book, it is really hard to say.
Although the five hundred Nine Phoenix Broken Talismans look like a lot, if they are all taken to remove the deformity on their bodies for these goods who often walk around with the Feng Mansion, they have to ask Wei Ye first if they agree.
After all, limited by the environment of this time and space, Wei Ye's own cultivation alone, in the eyes of others, he was just a martial arts master who was particularly good at releasing true qi.
At this time, even if it is a cultivator like Wei Ye, who is truly powerful and powerful, it is difficult to show such magical powers as calling thunder and fire and drinking wind and rain. Only with the help of elixirs and talismans as spiritual guides can it be slightly revealed.
On one side is an immortal warlock whose mana is limited, and on the other side is an evil god who is not very smart, but it is deadly enough for humans. At this time, it is more than who is more prepared.
"Actually, uncle, you don't have to worry too much. Sima Ling said with a smile in the communication channel, "Compared with the dependents of evil gods like fish monsters, my uncle has always been like a real big demon king." ”
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At the end of the road, there is a large forest of stalactites hidden deep underground.
At the end of the forest is a vast expanse of water with no end in sight. The damp smell of sea salt filled everyone's nostrils, and this smell made Feng Tiannan and his son look particularly intoxicated.
Compared to Feng Tiannan's father and son, the bishop, who looked like a strange fish out of the water, took out a milky white crystal from his monk's robe, and the whole crystal was carved into the shape of the skull of some kind of animal.
He held the crystal skull and walked step by step into the deep sea, and beside him, the water waves swirled wildly.
Beneath the surface of the water, hills, mountains, farmlands, and cities emerge like reflections, like shredded colored silk on a loom, and all the scenes are chaotic and restored into a chaotic light and shadow in an instant. And in the other hand of this bishop, he holds a handful of precious stones.
It wasn't any gemstone that Feng Tiannan knew, their color was monotonous, but there was silver moonlight radiating from the inside of the crystal. In the faint blue moonlight emanating from these gems, the bishop, who described him as thin and dirty, seemed to merge with the light and shadow beneath him.
For a time, he was a warrior who sat in the temple of gold and shared mead with his companions.
Soon, he was the king of a foreign kingdom with a crown of eagles and serpents, sitting in a pale golden palace surrounded by blue water lilies.
Then he became a prophet with a cruel face and a wicked evil spell on the innocent crowd.
He then wore the white linen robes of a condemned prisoner and walked to the tomb with his severed head in his hands.
Eventually, he became a weeping nobleman, chased him straight from the burning stake and fell deep beneath the river.
Below the river was a demon's lair made of steel, and a huge iron monster sprang out of the lair, leaving him alone in the graveyard where there was no greenery in sight.
Eventually, even the steel dissipated into nothingness, and all that remained of the universe was a viscous substance stirring and wriggling wildly, and a voice came from afar.
"Take the sacred mountain in the center of the universe as a stirring stick, order and chaos, good and evil, squeeze out the holy wine of eternal life!"
At the bishop's feet, a large whirlpool swirled, and light came through the whirlpool.
From within came the voice of a frivolous woman: "Otherworldly sacrifices and exchange covenants, what are the benefits I want to receive, what are you going to exchange?"