Myriad Paths

The scene around was very strange.

Chaos, like the appearance of Taiyi, like the depth of the dark, the sun and the moon have no brilliance, the eight trigrams have no gods, the yin and yang cannot be divided, the four poles cannot be divided, the whole has no direction, no rules.

The vast world, the dust of the world is covered in a moment, the fog is hazy, the clouds are thick, except for a few candles that support a clear space where things can be seen, the rest should not be clear.

Li Qi touched his equipment.

His original clothes are gone, and now he has changed into a simple white robe.

The long sword is gone, it seems that you can't bring in physical things here, so the clothes have been changed, and the long sword can't come in.

But... the willow branch is still there.

It is worthy of being a gift left by Dazhu, it is awesome.

Holding the willow branch wrapped around his waist, Li Qi's courage is much stronger.

He pulled up his belt, took two steps forward, and walked in front of the group of "ghosts".

"I don't know what this deceased is called?" Li Qi asked.

At this moment, in this space created by the power of the altar and the ritual, the shaman can talk to the ghosts and gods.

To outsiders, Li Qi is rolling his eyes now, maybe he is dancing.

Most shamans look crazy to outsiders, mostly because of this reason, after all, he is "out of his body" at this moment.

"Just call me Li Weng." The ghost was unexpectedly clear-headed and answered Li Qi's question clearly.

"My name is Li Qi. I didn't expect that we have the same surname. Maybe we were from the same family five hundred years ago." Li Qi smiled and started to get close to him.

But the other party didn't buy it, but said directly: "You are the shaman of Wushen Mountain. For the sake of Wushen Mountain, I show up to talk to you. What do you want to say? Are you trying to persuade me to forgive the boy who dug my grave and disturbed my peace?"

"No, I came here mainly to help you." Li Qi said so with a bow.

Then, he continued, "The deceased still has no return and no peace, but he can keep his mind. I'm afraid that his body is defective, and he is just being kept alive by the good water of this blessed land, and he is suffering."

"I am a blessing person, and I should seek blessings for the ghosts and gods in the world. If what I said is correct, the deceased is angry that his "yin and yang collide and combine, five earths and four preparations" pattern was broken by a few hoes, so he took the trouble to cast a curse and wanted to vent his anger."

"So, I came this time to relieve the worries of the deceased. I prepared the best Yin wood. I just need to ask craftsmen to carve it, fill the body of the deceased with wood, and then animate it with the wood energy of the big forest to make up for the shortcomings of the deceased. Can this calm the regrets of the deceased and solve the troubles?" Li Qi asked with a bow.

While speaking, he also forced the wood energy of the big forest to his fingertips, and abundant vitality appeared.

Carving wood into a body is a common method to make up for the shortcomings of the dead.

For example, the "Book of Tang" records: "On the night of October 18, thieves broke into Fuguo's house, killed Fuguo, and took his head and arms away. The emperor ordered to carve a wooden head and bury it, and still give it to Taifu."

Li Fuguo was assassinated, and his head was missing, so he carved a wooden head to replace his head and buried it, and posthumously gave him the title of Taifu.

Another example is recorded in the "Book of Qi": "In the fifth month of summer in Jiayin, there was a severe drought. A dead Ba was found in Jinyang. It was two feet long and had two eyes on the top of its face. When the emperor heard about it, he carved a wooden figure in its shape and presented it to the emperor."

This means that in the fifth month of summer in the year of Jiayin, there was a severe drought. A corpse of a drought Ba was found in Jinyang. It was two feet long and had a pair of eyes on each side of the top of its face. When the emperor heard about it, he ordered a wooden figure to be carved into the body of Ba and sent it away.

"Biography" also says: "There was a man named Wang Qiao, whose family was looted, and the bodies of his family members could not be found. He could only carve wood to summon the souls of his family members for burial, and set up portraits in the temple." However, in order for this method to work, it is ultimately to use the Qi in the wood to replace the Qi of the five constants in the body of the deceased, so there are many requirements for wood. In the process of carving, there are also many taboos and rules. In the end, it is necessary to worship the Zhu Ren before it can take effect, so ordinary people can't use this method at all. But isn't this a coincidence? Li Qi, although not yet in the rank, is definitely a genuine Wushen Mountain Zhu Ren. "... Even if you use Yin wood to carve my body, but they ruined my tomb, is it just like that?" The ghost said sinisterly. "Then, does the deceased have any other requirements?" Li Qi asked neither humbly nor arrogantly. "I want them to be buried with me! Aren't you a Wushen Mountain Zhu Ren? Use the lives of their family to hold a blood sacrifice for me, and the matter will be settled. I will have gifts to offer and bless you with the body of ghosts and gods." The ghost said so. Li Qi frowned upon hearing this, then smiled and said calmly: "My deceased, you probably don't know much about the people who bless you."

"I heard that the Taizhu is in charge of the nine sacrifices and six instruments, the so-called six instruments are Cangbi, Huangcong, Qinggui, Chizhang, Baihu, and Xuanhuang."

"The nine sacrifices are one is Ming, two is Yan, three is Pao, four is Miao, five is Zhen, six is ​​Biao, seven is Jue, eight is Liao, and nine is Gong."

Li Qi talked freely, then changed the subject: "But I have never heard of... there is a 'blood sacrifice'."

The scene suddenly became cold.

The ghost obviously stopped.

However, after a few seconds, he replied, although his tone was a little cold, but he said: "You are not good at practicing, I don't blame you, think about it carefully, although I don't know why, but I know that there is a saying in witchcraft: 'Blood sacrifice is to increase energy. Sacrifice the lungs, liver and heart, and noble energy is the main.' Isn't it talking about blood sacrifice?" Li Qi's heart tightened, he didn't expect that the other party was so knowledgeable that he knew these things!

The meaning of this passage is that sacrificing blood with blood is to extract the strong vitality of blood, and using lungs, liver, and heart as offerings to gods is to value them as organs that breed vitality.

The visitor is extraordinary, this ghost might really be of the eighth grade.

But he looked calm and still replied: "However, the deceased has passed away, what is the use of being angry with you? The "Blessing" book also says: 'Sacrifice millet, sacrifice Qi and add bright water, and repay the negative.' This should be more suitable for the deceased. , how about using this to make up for it?”

This sentence is a reversal of what the other party said.

The other party offered a blood sacrifice, and Li Qi immediately retorted, saying that using millet to sacrifice, plus five qi and bright water, was a sacrificial method that could repay the yin energy.

All in all, blood sacrifice is impossible, but I can add another layer of weight to you on top of the condition of carving wood into a body, and use the sacrifice of repaying the yin energy to help you recover.

After all, the dead person is Yin, which is already very sincere.

"...Xiao Zhuren, you are no match for me. Do you really want to become my enemy for these grave diggers?" The ghost no longer pretended to be coy, but said directly.

Li Qi also darkened his face: "Dead man, I once heard a fifth-grade master say that Zhuren is a person who reconciles the conflicts between humans, gods, and ghosts. Your conflicts are really big enough to require... Will it be paid with blood?"

While Li Qi was speaking, he gently pointed out his background to intimidate the other party.

After all, Shen Shuibi is also at the fifth level, right?