one's door

No one saw the drunken appearance anyway, and although sleeping in a mass grave was strange, it didn't cause Zhang Yan any trouble.Putting aside all these confusions at this time, Zhang Yan had a thought, switched the vision of the pupil technique to the state where both yin and yang were present, and then officially started his first trip to explore the world of the dead.

As I said before, after death, a person needs a strong enough obsession to get rid of the shackles of heaven and earth and become a ghost.In other words, as long as it is a ghost, no matter how "good" it looks, it is actually an existence that violates the rules of heaven and earth and is rejected by heaven and earth.Only Taoist sects have the saying of "killing evil and supporting Taoism".

If you see a ghost, it will be over if you extinguish it, and there will be no mistakes.This is clearly written in the classics of Longhushan people.

However, if you want to break free from the shackles of the rules of heaven and earth, and resist returning to heaven and earth, you must have a strong obsession. Simple unwillingness or resentment in your heart cannot support your soul from turning into a ghost.So it is not so easy to become a ghost even after death.

Even on the mass grave, Zhang Yan looked around and didn't see any ghost for the time being.

I took a pen and paper out of the bag, and drew a "evil chasing talisman" in two or three times by the moonlight.But compared to the spirit-gathering talisman and the evil-exorcism talisman, the evil-chasing talisman cannot be useful just by drawing it. It needs Zhang Yan to use the aura in his body as a trigger to be effective.

After drawing, the aura in his hand poured into the talisman paper, and the talisman paper suddenly turned into a ball of golden flame, and then the flame shattered into dots and fluttered with the wind, like agile fireflies, and Zhang Yan followed Behind these Mars.

Finally, Zhang Yan saw a tree from a distance, squatting on the tree was a haggard figure with disheveled hair, his upper body was naked, his lower body was in messy pants, his whole body looked dirty.Zhang Yan could feel the yin energy emanating from the other party more than ten feet away.

"Is this a ghost?"

Zhang Yan's hands were not empty either, with a peach-wood sword transformed from Wanxiang beads in one hand and three spiritual fire talismans in the other, he was ready to respond, and slowly approached the crooked-neck tree.

Ghosts are also divided into high and low.The difference mainly lies in the shade of Yin and evil spirits on their body.Even some ghosts that are full of evil spirits and retain normal intelligence can also initiate ghost cultivation, and find another way to detour from the filth.In response to the old saying, there is no unparalleled road, and if you become a ghost, it does not mean that there is no road, it depends on your luck.

The ghost squatting on the tree in front of him didn't have a strong sinister aura. Zhang Yan guessed that the ghost was just the most ordinary wild ghost, although it looked a little creepy.

When the crooked-neck tree was less than five feet away, the wild ghost squatting on the tree suddenly raised its head and looked at Zhang Yan.A face seemed to be smiling, but the expression looked very distorted and added a lot of ferocity.Especially the pair of eyes, which were very swollen, and the whole eyes were gray.

To be honest, Zhang Yan was still a little nervous, after all, it was the first time he saw a ghost.Seeing the other party looking over, his footsteps subconsciously stopped.

"Forget it, let's catch it first and then watch it slowly." Zhang Yan felt that it was a bit funny for him to face a wild ghost so cautiously.It's like a cat being nervous about a little mouse, it doesn't make sense.

So he stopped hesitating and continued to move forward, the mahogany sword in his hand began to dance.

"The heavens and the earth are natural, the filth and qi are scattered, the cave is mysterious and empty, and the Taiyuan is shining..." "The Mantra of Purifying Heaven and Earth" resounded from Zhang Yan's mouth. The speed of the speech was so fast that people couldn't understand the specific words and sentences, but the weird syllables Bringing an inexplicable and majestic aura, invisibly adding the aura newly learned by Zhang Yan to the blessing of singing, he could clearly feel the gloomy and cold atmosphere around him in an instant.

The wild ghost looked around in panic, and the ferocious expression on his face also brought obvious fear.Soon it understood where the source of its fear and discomfort came from, and it was the inexplicable living person in front of it.It instinctively sensed danger, so it wanted to run.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

"According to the Five Sacred Mountains, the knowledge of the eight seas, the head of the demon king, guarding my house, the filth dissipates, and the Dao Qi lives forever! Write it!"

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When the last syllable fell, Zhang Yan pointed at the wooden sword in his hand, and the talisman paper on the tip of the sword immediately ignited, and then a spiritual fire exploded, dividing into dozens of strange symbols, and one could tell that it was the talisman paper upon closer inspection The talisman strokes on it.

The wild ghost just wanted to escape, but it was too late, pieces of talisman strokes formed by pieces of golden spiritual fire had already wrapped around it layer by layer at a speed almost moving, and then pulled it away suddenly.

It was like a net that firmly caught the wild ghost that couldn't escape in the middle.

"Hiss..."

Although Zhang Yan is very curious about how these ghosts with souls can make their voices, the one in front of him is just a low-level wild ghost, neither obsession nor resentment is too strong. It's just wandering in the shadows of the world, and there is not much spiritual wisdom left. According to the Longhushan classics, most of these wild ghosts are acting according to instinct, and they can't even use words as they were when they were alive.

So Zhang Yan never thought about chatting with the other party.He grabbed this wild ghost just to get closer to see what is the difference between a ghost and a living soul.

Exploding with a spirit fire talisman and turning it into a magic mark can form a very good cage, and it is also simple to maintain. It only needs Zhang Yan to infuse spirit energy from time to time, and the consumption changes according to the struggling strength of the trapped thing. The more violent it is, the more spiritual energy Zhang Yan will consume to maintain the cage, and vice versa.

Although the power of the Spirit Fire Talisman is not great, the threshold for it to cooperate with the divine spell is extremely low, which is why Zhang Yan chose it.

Getting closer, Zhang Yan could clearly see the body of the wild ghost in front of him in the vision of both yin and yang. In addition to the characteristics of the soul, there were also some scarlet fine markings hidden in the ghost body.

Zhang Yan tried to use the peach wood sword in his hand to pierce the scarlet markings, but the peach wood sword actually gave off a pungent smell.

"How could it be so filthy?!"

Mahogany is supposed to exorcise and suppress evil, what's more, the mahogany sword in Zhang Yan's hand is a thousand-year-old mahogany that has been transformed into a Wanxiangzhu. Ordinary filth will not make it have such a reaction.

"Could ghosts be called 'dirty things' because of these scarlet spots on their bodies?"

Zhang Yan had never seen the relevant records of these details in the classics of Longhushan before, and he didn’t know whether it was because they were originally there but were lost later, or because the predecessors of Longhushan felt that there was no need to record the details. Ignore it.

Shaking the wooden sword, the stench on the tip of the sword dissipated, but it would not hurt the wooden sword, after all, the main body of the wooden sword is the fairy artifact Wanxiangzhu.

But those scarlet spots attracted Zhang Yan's interest.

Zhang Yan guessed in his heart: According to the description in the book, ghosts are born with obsessions, and obsessions are born from the seven emotions and six desires... The essence of ghosts is also based on living souls, which means that most of their bodies are actually in harmony with life. There is no difference between the soul, but the living soul will not have these red mottled...

"Could it be that these red things are the reason for the filth of ghosts? Is it the manifestation of their obsession?"

Zhang Yan tried it, and the scarlet mottled hidden in the wild ghost's body could not be cut off, only a puff of smoke and stench would be attracted by the exorcism properties of the mahogany sword.

In addition, if you go to stab those scarlet spots, it will bring great pain to this wild ghost, even surpassing the confinement of the magic fire that bound it, and it will struggle desperately.

After studying for a while, Zhang Yanbian put away his thoughts.The ghosts are basically the same as those mentioned in the classics, but there are some doubts about the details. Zhang Yan can't solve it for the time being, so he can only study it later.

Then the remaining problem comes.Is this wild ghost released or eliminated?

Zhang Yan did not have a psychological burden.He had seen too many killings in Yubei Mountain Fortress, and he wouldn't feel any discomfort if he broke up the wild ghost in front of him, even worse than killing chickens and pigs.

But how to kill it?Soul-destroying?This is not good, it hurts peace, and it doesn't make sense.

Or... supersede?

"Alright, you're the first ghost I've ever seen. Thinking of this opportunity, I'll send you a ride to get rid of bad karma and fruit of sin. I hope you can be freed." The wild ghosts in the divine mantra spirit fire slowly approached.His eyes also let go of the previous hostility and became gentle.

"At that time, the Taishang Daojun and all the saints were under the Baqian Forest, in the Seven Treasures Terrace..."

The same Taoist scriptures were used countless times by Zhang Yan when he was in the rivers and lakes.Every time there is a dead person, if his relatives invite him to save his life, then this "Taishang Daojun Explains the Wonderful Sutra of Resolving Injustice and Eviction of Sins" will never be missing.

This is a very typical example in Taoism about the Taoism of fellow practitioners.The words and sentences use the power of the Taoist monarch to wash away the obsessions and sins of the dead, so that they can return to the world in peace and stability, and they can be liberated without any worries after death.

At this time, Zhang Yan was blessed with spiritual energy, and his speech was different from before. The trembling of the syllables brought righteousness, but it did not appear blunt. It actually calmed down the struggling wild ghost quickly.

"...Shangbai Daojun said: If you don't judge this poor soul, what's your fault for living, and suffer from this..."

Thinking of Daojun's name, inexplicable coercion rained down like rain, and even Zhang Yan seemed to feel a kind of power that did not belong to the mortal world appear out of thin air in his words.

And the wild ghost curled up even more, as if kneeling, with its head on the ground, trembling.

"...for all sentient beings, to speak the scriptures, which is called resolving grievances and eradicating crimes..."

"Hiss..."

As the scriptures were recited, wisps of black smoke began to emit from the wild ghost's body, accompanied by a stench and a squeak, just like the sound of a soldering iron in water.

If you look carefully, you can see that these smokes are the scarlet mottles in the ghosts that Zhang Yan was suspicious of before, and as the smoke drifts out, those scarlet mottles also disappear quickly.But unlike when Zhang Yan used the mahogany sword to cut the thorns before, the wild ghost didn't seem to feel any pain at all. On the contrary, the ferocious expression was fading, replaced by a happy smile.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yan knew that his salvation had already worked.And the scarlet mottled inside those ghosts also seems to be the reason why ghosts are called "dirty things".Either obsession or evil karma, as long as it is eliminated, the obstacle of the soul returning to heaven and earth will be removed.

"...it is everyone who takes refuge, believes in it, accepts it and practices it!"

As soon as the last word was uttered, a flame burst out from the wild ghost's body, and it disappeared in a flash, burning away the last scarlet mottle in its body.

How can the wild ghosts at this time still have the ferocity and evilness before?It looks like an ordinary dead soul, and there is so much kindness in him.

The ghost bowed deeply towards Zhang Yan, and when he got up again, it had already faded away quickly, returning to this world.And Zhang Yan also smiled and cupped his hands in return, watching the other party disappear completely in the end.

Chapter 37

Zhang Yan secretly realized that the trick was taken.After saving a wild ghost, he didn't use much aura before and after, equivalent to less than half of his current aura.

In fact, saving a ghost is more costly than killing a ghost.Just like just now, if Zhang Yan wants to destroy the wild ghost, he only needs to stab the power of the spirit fire talisman into the opponent's ghost body with a mahogany sword. The spirit fire will directly burn its soul body, and finally three souls and seven The soul fell apart and completely dissipated.In that case, Zhang Yan's consumption would be less than half, and could even be ignored.

But with Zhang Yan, even if he spends a little more energy, he won't just blow a ghost away just to save effort.What's more, it's just a wild ghost, there's no need to do everything.

Zhang Yan put away the mahogany sword and was in a good mood.Finally, I have seen what a ghost is, and I have also touched some core things of the ghost body, which may come in handy in the future.But I just don't know if Li Gui, who is more sinister than wild ghosts, also has a similar filthy core.

"This mass grave is not small, there shouldn't be only one wild ghost, let's go around."

Zhang Yan circled the mass grave twice, and with the help of the evil chasing talisman, he found a total of five wild ghosts.There are men and women, and their yin and evil spirits are also quite similar. In the end, they were all rescued by him with the "Exorcism of Sins" like the first wild ghost.

Zhang Yan also felt a little tired after using up nearly [-]% of his aura at one time. This was the first time he had consumed his aura in this way since he started practicing.

"It turns out that building a car behind closed doors is really not a good thing. You will be obviously tired when you consume less than [-]% of the consumption. This kind of tenacity is still too weak." Zhang Yan was very dissatisfied with feeling tired so quickly.

This is like running. You have the physical strength to run [-] miles, but you start to be mentally exhausted when you are only ten miles away. At that time, it was definitely a big failure.

The so-called "when strength is used, toughness comes first." This is the truth.

"It seems that I need to practice frequently in this area in the future. I will consume about [-]% or [-]% of my spiritual energy, and then practice again. Repeating this should be able to improve my current shortcomings."

Zhang Yan thought that it was getting late here, and it was impossible to go back to the city, and the city gates could not be entered, so he thought about it, and planned to go to a cave that he passed by when he was going around the mountain before, and he would not need to sleep for one night. , Just meditate and mix up the time.

But Zhang Yan didn't know that not long after he left, a baby's head timidly popped out from a tomb not far from him, staring at a pair of blood-red eyes, there was a deep sense of fear amidst the hideousness, The direction of gaze is the direction where Zhang Yan left.

And with the emergence of the baby, the surrounding wind suddenly rose, as if blowing from the tomb.Even the evil breath was several times thicker than the wild ghost that Zhang Yan rescued here before.

The baby was suspended in the air, and didn't dare to stay longer. It seemed a bit reluctant to look at its own tomb, but in the end it chose to leave, and soon disappeared.

Zhang Yan was not clear about this scene, he would not have known that there would be a ghost more sinister than a wild ghost hiding in the tomb under his nose, evading his perception, and using a wild ghost outside to avoid it. The pursuit of the evil talisman.Otherwise, he would be able to see the difference between a ghost and a wild ghost today.

"That's it. Hmm... not bad, there are no animals entrenched here, it's pretty clean." Zhang Yan found a branch and simply swept the cave floor a few times to make sure there were no reptiles on the ground. He dragged a thick dead log back and lit a fire, then sat down cross-legged, ready to finish today's homework.

However, when Zhang Yan performed the exercises calmly as before, golden brilliance that shouldn't have appeared one after another entered his body along with the aura of heaven and earth, and he didn't even react.

"What are these?!" Zhang Yan was taken aback at first.You must know that after the spiritual energy enters the body, it will go to the cyclone of the dantian, and will follow the path of the exercises to go through the main meridians of the body to complete the cycle. If something harmful is mixed in the spiritual energy, Zhang Yan will definitely be in big trouble of.

But soon Zhang Yan calmed down.He found that the golden brilliance did not cause any damage to his meridians and dantian. On the contrary, the cyclones that joined his dantian seemed to grow a little bit after having them, and they seemed to be actively integrated into the dantian cyclone , and finally disappeared.

It wasn't until this moment that Zhang Yan came to his senses.In just a short period of ten or so breaths just now, the strength of the cyclone in his dantian was already equal to what he had gained in half a month of practice in the past!

Now Zhang Yan is already in the late stage of Qi Entraining Realm. Although he has not yet felt where the barrier to break through the big realm of Qi Entraining Realm is, he estimates that it will be within a year or two. He has always been concerned about the growth of cyclones. Always attentive and extremely sensitive.So I was extremely surprised and puzzled by the scene that just happened.

How is this going?

In the two years since he entered the practice, Zhang Yan has never encountered such a situation when practicing the exercises. There are actually other things entering the body along with the aura.

After doing this, Zhang Yan's homework could no longer continue.In other words, what he did just now was worth half a month of hard work.

What Zhang Yan wanted to figure out was what that golden splendor was, and why it could be incorporated into his body along with the spiritual energy?And why can it dissolve and disappear in the cyclone, and it can also strengthen the cyclone.

"The cyclone is formed by the gathering of spiritual energy, and there is nothing else but the spiritual energy. The golden splendor can be integrated into it and instantly strengthen the cyclone without any foreign body feeling. So, is it possible that those golden splendors are also spiritual energy?" Zhang Yan I don't think it's hard to guess.

"But why have you never encountered this kind of golden splendor-like aura before? And six strands came at once. Could there be another reason?"

If those golden splendors were more condensed auras, why did they suddenly appear?There are no benefits for no reason in the world, even Reiki.

thought long time.Not only did he go through the environment he was in, all the details of the exercises he performed just now, but even everything he did all day today.The only difference is that Zhang Yan saw a ghost for the first time today, and performed a supernatural ceremony.

"Six wild ghosts, six ceremonies, six golden brilliance... Could this be the 'Heavenly Rewarded Merit'?!"

Zhang Yan's guess startled him again, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was right.

The wandering of ghosts violates the harmony of heaven and hinders the cycle of life and death.To save ghosts is to obey the will of heaven and do justice for heaven, so it should be rewarded naturally.

It's just that the "merit" is vaguely mentioned in the classics of Longhushan. After arriving in Huangtianyu, how can the merit be so real?

Chapter 38

Doing things pays attention to a pay and return.Unilateral contributions, or doing nothing and waiting for the pie to fall from the sky, are not normal, and even go against the principles of heaven and earth.

If you do good deeds, you should be rewarded as a matter of course.

Of course, the good things mentioned here do not refer to the communicative behavior between "people and people", but the intersection between living beings and this world.Only in this way will it involve the vain concept of "merit" that can be regarded as a reward from heaven and earth.

"But it seems that the way of heaven and earth in Huangtianyu is very different from that of the earth." Zhang Yan secretly made a comparison in his heart.

According to the sporadic records in the Longhushan classics, although the "merit" is not detailed, it generally falls on a "body protection", which is more like a "talisman" given by heaven and earth to protect you from harm. disaster.For example, ordinary people can live a long life and have many children, and monks can live smoothly without being disturbed by external evils, and even have a higher probability of chance than others.

And if the "merit" on Huangtianyu's side is right, if Zhang Yan guessed correctly that it was the golden splendor before, it seems to be more direct and practical than the "merit" on Earth.And immediately give benefits, the kind that can be seen and touched.

Although it is hard to say which of the "merits" of the two worlds is higher or lower, but in terms of Zhang Yan's current situation, he himself prefers Huang Tianyu's way of honoring his "merit".After all, he has just stepped into the practice now, and the improvement of his cultivation is his core concern. Being able to use Huang Tianyu's "merit" to speed up his practice is undoubtedly more suitable than "talisman".

And this also opened a door that Zhang Yan had never imagined.

In the past, he learned Taoism on earth just to make a living. After all, the job he can find with a pheasant university degree is not as good as he can make money as a Taoist priest who travels all over the world with his master.Although there are often dangers, it can be regarded as high risk and high reward.

Later, when he traveled to the barren world, the abundant spiritual energy allowed Zhang Yan to pick up the mystery of Longhu Mountain and embark on the road of practice to become a monk.

But now, the sudden appearance of Huang Tianyu's "merit" gave Zhang Yan the idea of ​​being a Taoist priest again.

Being a Taoist priest in the Huangtian Territory, the benefit is no longer money, but the "merit" given by this world.It's just six wild ghosts, they used nearly [-]% of their aura, and what they got in return was a harvest of aura equivalent to half a month of hard work.How many ghosts can Zhang Yan save in this world?

I can't say a lot, I can only say that there are definitely enough for Zhang Yan to save his life, and there are still many.

There is no skill cultivation in Huangtian Territory, and there is no divine way. The warriors here respect their own power and practice martial arts.In the early days of martial arts, the concepts of ethereal souls and yin and yang were very vague. Even after advanced martial arts, it is very troublesome to fight ghosts. You can only use the tyrannical energy and blood of the warriors to fight against the yin and evil of ghosts with strength. Of.

However, from the very beginning, art cultivation and Shinto practice have been yin and yang, so the means have a direct and effective effect on ghosts.

Therefore, Zhang Yan can boldly be sure that there will never be fewer ghosts in the wild world.And when there are too many ghosts, there will definitely be ghosts and even ghost kings in them.It is an inevitable fact that quantitative change leads to qualitative change.These are all his "merit".

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan's face was full of smiles.It seems that the time for him to hit the air-entraining environment barrier should be greatly advanced.And this way home seems to have more expectations.

Feeling overwhelmed and unable to calm down, Zhang Yan simply took out the yellow paper and cinnabar in the bag and began to draw symbols.I didn't expect to encounter ghosts so soon before, and I didn't expect to get "merit" to improve my cultivation base after saving ghosts, so I don't have many talismans on my body, and most of them are more targeted talismans.Now Zhang Yan is going to draw some talismans specifically for ghosts, in case of emergency.