Chapter 550: Mystical Culture
It was a ghetto where thousands of blacks lived.
It was late at night, and the streets were full of garbage and stray dogs under the dim lights, and occasionally a few drunken black men were wandering the streets, occasionally kicking up a can or bottle, making a screeching noise in the quiet of the night.
Li Mozhu, who was unable to give up, took Zhao Yuan into a dark alleyway.
What made Li Mozhu feel wrong was that after Zhao Yuan, who had been murderous, fell on this street, his cold face eased a lot.
"Teacher Zhao, don't kill my master. When he walked in front of the moving and dilapidated building, Li Mozhu was already in tears and turned to look at Zhao Yuan.
"I'm not going to kill her. Zhao Yuan said lightly. The moment Zhao Yuan landed on this street, he had already concluded that the master in Li Mozhu's mouth should have nothing to do with those people, because, Team Leader Ding made it very clear that those people have all over the world, are rich and rival the country, and live a luxurious and erosive life, and it is impossible to live in this slum at all.
"Ah...... Really, for what?" Li Mozhu cried with joy and asked in surprise.
"Because, my enemies will not live here. ”
"That'...... That...... Then let's not go, okay?" Li Mozhu asked happily.
"No!" Zhao Yuan flatly refused.
"What are you doing?" Li Mozhu said pitifully.
"I have to warn her!"
Zhao Yuan didn't immediately climb the rusty staircase, but looked at the building, which was nothing out of the ordinary, it looked old and old, and the walls were covered with graffiti.
There is no ban.
There is no formation.
Zhao Yuan's divine thoughts searched little by little, and gradually, enveloped the entire building.
To Zhao Yuan's surprise, he thought that this building was inhabited by the mysterious cultivator, but after Shen Nian searched, he found that there were many, many people living in this building, and in some small rooms, there were actually more than a dozen people crowded.
What's even more strange is that Zhao Yuan didn't actually find the aura of the cultivator.
It seems that this cultivator still has a very good set of hidden traces.
"What floor?"
"Third floor?"
Zhao Yuan slowly walked up the rusty staircase, until he reached the third floor, and entered a deep corridor, in the corridor, many women and children slept on the ground, and the sound of snoring like thunder drove away the gloomy feeling of the corridor.
Li Mozhu followed Zhao Yuan's side with anxiety, and when he walked to the door of a room without a door and a beaded curtain hanging outside, Li Mozhu stopped and pointed to the inside of the door. There is nothing unusual about this room compared to the rooms on either side, except that one can distinguish that there is a mysterious symbol painted on the door, which is sprayed with paint, and if it is not preconceived, it will be mistaken for graffiti.
"How did you know her?" Zhao Yuan didn't go in, stood with his hands in his hands, and asked Li Mozhu beside him.
"When I was studying in the United States, I had a classmate who grew up here, and after a few contacts, I felt that she spoke very well, and then I took her as my teacher...... Actually, I'm just a nominal apprentice, and occasionally I borrow her hand to do some charity ......"
Li Mozhu's face turned red, in fact, she was just interested in the art of astrology, that is, a nominal master, this time, to contact the master, mainly after Li Mozhu saw Zhao Yuan's severed finger resurrection, he inadvertently made a phone call to ask for advice, but it attracted the attention of the master.
"She's all taken in the people here?"
"Yes, she inherited this house from an old man, the property belongs to her, and she usually charges a very small rent fee for the maintenance of the house and daily expenses. ”
"Hmm. ”
Zhao Yuan sighed secretly, he had roughly guessed the purpose of this cultivator, she hid in this slum, disguised as a divine stick, and slowly cultivated believers in the slum area to gain the power of faith, however, from the current point of view, the amount of power she obtained was very small.
It was almost certain that this cultivator was also evading the pursuit of those people, so he did not dare to cultivate believers in a big way, let alone collect money and attract the attention of others.
Usually, the formation of a belief is not only to serve the believers and gain the loyalty of the believers, but also to package.
The idea of the believer is very simple, you are a god who is poor and destitute, how can you bless the believer?
Whether it is the Great Qin Empire or the earth, any religious belief will use various means to collect money, and then use the money to form a great and righteous image in the hearts of believers.
Although the number of believers is concerned about the power of faith, the loyalty of believers is the focus of the power of faith.
In ancient times, the gods and Buddhas had the saying of plastic golden bodies, and the temples and Taoist temples were even more splendid, so that believers could live with awe, which is the truth.
This is a poor cultivator!
This cultivator has many supporters, but he sees the house as a shelter more than he really believes in her.
"Let's go. Zhao Yuan sighed.
"Ah......" Li Mozhu was stunned for a moment, and didn't seem to react.
"She didn't need me to warn her, she knew what to do. ”
"Uh-huh, let's go. Li Mozhu had already reacted for a long time, for fear that Zhao Yuan would regret it, so he hurriedly urged Zhao Yuan to leave.
Ga......
Just as Zhao Yuan was about to turn around and leave, his body suddenly froze, and at the same time, the dilapidated wooden door opened, and a leaning white-haired woman stood inside the door, and the old man raised his head and stared at Zhao Yuan with a pair of cloudy eyes.
"You pity me?" the gray-haired woman suddenly straightened up.
"Master......"
Li Mozhu looked at the white-haired woman in horror, at this time, the old woman's body actually made a crackling sound like a firecracker, and then, a strange scene appeared, the old woman's figure became slender, although the robe was hidden, she could still see her graceful figure, the most shocking thing was that the skin on the old man's face also became extremely smooth, and the white hair that was messy had also turned golden, just a few breaths, she was actually dozens of years younger, and she looked like a blonde young woman with charm......
The blonde young woman glanced at Li Mozhu, turned around slowly, and disappeared into the darkness inside the doorway.
Zhao Yuan didn't speak, but followed into the room, and the nervous Li Mozhu had no choice but to follow in.
Bang!
The door suddenly closed, startling Li Mozhu.
The inside of the room is not as dilapidated as this building, and it looks neat, but at first glance, you can see that the occupants are different, because there are portraits of people hanging everywhere in the room, and the old degree of the portraits shows that these portraits are some years old.
Tarot characters.
Zhao Yuan couldn't help but be stunned, when he was studying ancient Western mythology, he had read the history of tarot cards.
There are many theories about the origin of tarot cards. Some people say that tarot cards originated from China, India, Spain, France, etc., while others say that the word "tarot" comes from the Egyptian words Tar (Dao) and Ro (king), which originally meant "royal road", and by extension, the correct decision-making power that a king should have.
There is also a theory that the "tarot" is the more complete book left in the Egyptian library after the disaster of Zhurong. She was not originally known as the type of card we know, but it was at the time of the destruction of the Egyptian dynasty, and the clergy, fearing that this mysterious book would fall into the hands of a foreign race, drew it on the cards in a pattern, which was later introduced to Europe via Alexander. At that time, Europeans were very fascinated by Egyptian culture, so this book was regarded as a treasure book left by Egypt, conveying the will of the gods, and later gradually evolved into a tool for divination, which is now the tarot card.
Even though many people believe that the tarot cards originated in Egypt, and there are many Egyptian-related icons on the tarot cards, there is no direct and strong proof for the Egyptian origin, and most of them are just speculation or imagination.
Some people say that "tarot" may have been transmitted to Europe from "China", because China was the first country to invent paper, and it was transmitted to Europe after the Crusades, but this theory has been overturned, on the other hand, it is associated with "gypsies", but gypsies only appeared in Europe in the fifteenth century, but cards appeared earlier.
In addition to the above origin theories, some people believe that tarot cards are related to ancient Hebrew mythology, Celtic peoples, etc., and in the 22 main big cards, you can also find the cultural symbols common to human beings in the ancient cultures of the East, Egypt and Europe. From this point of view, tarot cards can be said to be the culmination of ancient cultures and myths......
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Zhao Yuan first noticed the tarot cards because the tarot cards are like a melting pot, integrating the ancient cultures of the East, Egypt and Europe, which is extremely rare in some mythological stories, because, according to the existing ancient documents, there is almost no interaction between myths and stories between some large countries, and there has never been a book that mentions the Buddha and God at the same time......