I live in Beihai Jun Nanhai [Rebirth]

Chi Ruogu patiently explained: "It is actually a misunderstanding that people call it 'pine'. This tree looks like a pine tree, but it is not a pine tree. Its trunk is like skin, its bark is like dragon scales, and its sap is like blood. Dracaena. This thing is its needles, but they are not real pine needles, so I say 'sort of'."

Ji Qinglin understood now, nodded and asked: "Then what is the use of this needle? Why is it embedded in these people's bodies?"

Chi Ruogu pointed to those corpses, and said: "I have inspected all these corpses before, and each corpse has 36 places embedded with this thing, and these 36 places are the dead spots all over the body."

In order to explain this dead point, Chi Ruogu briefly introduced the acupuncture points on the body.

Throughout the ages, there are different opinions on how many acupuncture points there are in the human body. Some say thousands, others say hundreds, but there is no doubt that the total number is large.

Among these acupoints, 36 are called vital points, 36 of which are fatal if hit, and these [-] are called "death points".

Ji Qinglin wondered: "Since those 36 hits are sure to kill, how can these people still fight with people because they embedded this thing in the death point?"

Seeing that he had discovered the key, Chi Ruogu nodded and said, "If an ordinary person's death point is touched, he would die immediately, but these corpses have one thing in common—they were already terminally ill and dying. "

Ji Qinglin didn't understand what it meant: "Is the dead point of the dying person different from that of ordinary people? Could it be that they can still act as usual even if they are touched?"

Chi Ruogu nodded, but also knew that this matter could not be explained in one or two sentences, so he had to patiently start from the beginning: "Over the years, I have done a lot of research on the meridians of the human body, and I have also discovered the connection between meridians and soul essence."

"The human body is like a house, where the soul resides, and what binds the soul is the meridians of the whole body. It's like you want to trap a person in the house and seal the doors and windows of the house with ropes. It is difficult for this person to escape, and the meridian is the rope. If you want to pull the rope into a net, there must be a place for fixing, and this fixing place is the acupuncture point."

Ji Qinglin digested these quickly in his mind, but Chi Ruogu continued to explain: "When a person is about to die, the meridians are weak, and the power to bind the soul will be greatly reduced. The same is true for the acupuncture points. If they are allowed to continue to weaken Going on, death is inevitable, and then the soul element will leave the body if it loses its restraint. But if a person is about to die, use other things to replace the acupuncture points to fix the meridians and bind the soul element, then the soul element can be forcibly left in the body , this can be called - sealing the soul."

Ji Qinglin tried his best to understand Chi Ruogu's words, and after a long time, he finally figured it out, and asked, "You mean, these pine needles are used to seal the soul?"

"Well," Chi Ruogu nodded and said, "Although I have found the connection between meridians and soul essence before, I have never been able to find a suitable soul-sealing object. I didn't know that someone had successfully tried it until I saw these corpses. It came out with the method of sealing the soul. When a terminally ill person is dying, the needles of the dracaena tree are inserted into the 36 death points, instead of the points to fix the meridians, thereby binding the soul."

Ji Qinglin pondered for a while, and then realized the meaning of the words "bind the soul element", and said in surprise: "Isn't that the same as bringing the dead back to life?"

Using external force to keep the soul of the dying person in the body and unable to leave, wouldn't that be equivalent to forcibly saving the person's life?If a dying person does not die, isn't that just bringing the dead back to life?

Chi Ruogu was quiet for a moment, but slowly shook his head and said: "It is true in a short period of time. The soul of the dying person is forcibly kept in the body, as if returning to life. But in fact, the body of the person whose soul is sealed by pine needles will still be like a corpse. Gradually rot, until finally there is no flesh and blood, only a skeleton remains."

Ji Qinglin frowned, and said: "That is to say, the sealing of souls only temporarily saved their lives, and they will actually die in the end?"

"Do not."

Chi Ruogu's face became serious, and he paused every word: "I'm afraid it's more than just death."

Ji Qinglin failed to understand, what is more than death?What could be worse than death?

He turned his head to look at Xie Wuyi, but saw that he was frowning slightly, as if he had realized something.

Chi Ruogu didn't play tricks, and immediately explained: "At first, the dying person whose soul was sealed seemed to be resurrected, and everything he said and did was no different from ordinary people, but when the body began to rot, the consciousness of the person will gradually Affected, as the body rots intensified, the behavior will become more and more uncontrollable, and when the body rots to a certain extent, it will..."

"Wait." Ji Qinglin interrupted suddenly.

As he listened, he suddenly had a doubt in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "You just examined these corpses, why are you so clear about the process of the corpse's transformation?"

Chi Ruogu was startled when he heard the words, and then lowered his eyes, as if he didn't really want to answer this question, but Ji Qinglin's words had come to this point, and it was inconvenient for him to talk about him, so he could only sigh slightly, and said helplessly: "You guys can do whatever you want." Let me do it."

As he said that, he walked to the vacant stone platform in the middle, bent down and pushed the stone platform a little bit, revealing a downward square opening.

Ji Qinglin was taken aback, he thought that the water surface of the lake must be under the water pavilion, but unexpectedly, there was a ladder extending downward in the exposed square mouth.

Chi Ruogu stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, Xie Wuyi didn't hesitate at all, and walked down the stairs.

Ji Qinglin followed him down, the stairs didn't turn around, they went straight to the bottom, it wasn't too deep, and within a few steps, they had already reached the flat ground.

The size of this place is exactly the same as that of the water pavilion above, and it is surrounded by stone walls. Since no doors and windows can be opened at the bottom of the water, it becomes a nearly airtight space, with only holes in the four corners on the top for ventilation.

There are tables and couches here, but they are all very simple. There is an oil lamp hanging on the wall, and the dim light of the fire makes the place a bit gloomy.

After getting used to the dim light, Ji Qinglin suddenly realized that there was actually one person lying on each of the two couches under the left and right walls.

Is this... a dead body or a living person?

Ji Qinglin wasn't sure.

If it is a corpse, why is it not placed with those above, but placed here alone?If they were alive, could it be that they lived in such a dark place that was worse than a prison cell?

Xie Wuyi had obviously seen the two of them, and walked to the couch on the left in two or three steps.

The person on the couch is like the corpses above, there are holes in the dead spots, there should be fine objects embedded in them, there are signs of decay everywhere on the body, but the chest still has a slight rise and fall.

Xie Wuyi stretched out his hand to probe the man's breath, and Ji Qinglin hurriedly asked, "How?"

Xie Wuyi said, "It's still alive."

After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Chi Ruogu, obviously waiting for him to come up with an explanation.

Chi Ruogu followed up, looked at the person on the couch, and said calmly: "As you can see, this is the person who sealed his soul with pine needles."

Ji Qinglin was surprised and said: "You test the method with a living person?"

Since Chi Ruogu brought the two of them here, he didn't intend to hide anything, and said calmly: "This person is a dying person who is terminally ill. If you do it, he will die soon."

Ji Qinglin glanced at him, didn't say much, and then turned to the couch on the right, and saw that the person on the couch also had a hole in his death point, which was obviously embedded by pine needles, but his body showed no sign of corruption.

Stretching out his hand, he found that this person had no breath, and he was clearly dead.

"What's the matter with this person?" Ji Qinglin turned around and asked.

Chi Ruogu glanced at the couch, and said calmly: "He was a normal person, but he died immediately after being touched by a pine needle."

Ji Qinglin was startled, surprised that Chi Ruogu could say this matter so lightly.

If it was said that the person just now was already sick and dying, even without the pine needles to seal the soul, he couldn't survive, then this person was originally a living and normal person, and died because of his trial, how could he be so calm?

Chi Ruogu had obviously seen Ji Qinglin's expression, but he didn't panic. He walked forward slowly and calmly said, "This man was originally a death row prisoner who was about to be executed. I contacted the government to bring him back to the garden, and promised to support his orphan mother at home. He was willing to test the needle himself."

After Ji Qinglin heard this, he still felt a little awkward in his heart, but he heard Chi Ruogu continue to say: "He was sent to prison and sentenced for hurting people's lives. If I hadn't made this deal with him, he would have died on the execution ground, and he would have died after he died. After that, the orphan mother in the family will never be taken care of, so the choice I give is beneficial to him and not harmful at all."

After Chi Ruogu's explanation, Ji Qinglin really couldn't criticize anything, besides, all his actions were obviously to try how to implement the method of sealing the soul with pine needles.

It seems that he used this death row prisoner to try out the soul-sealing technique that cannot be used by ordinary people, and he also used this terminally ill person to prove that the soul-sealing technique is feasible for dying people.

Thinking of this, Ji Qinglin didn't continue to dwell on the identities of the two, and returned to the couch of the person on the left who hadn't died, and asked, "How is this person doing now?"

Chi Ruogu's expression softened a little because he knew that there was nothing wrong with what he said. He heard that Ji Qinglin had changed the subject, so he replied truthfully: "As I said before, this dying person just When the soul was sealed by pine needles, it was indeed like being resurrected from the dead, and all words and deeds were no different from ordinary people, but as the body gradually decayed, the consciousness began to slacken little by little, and now it is unconscious."

Ji Qinglin looked at the person on the couch, except that they were still breathing, they were indeed no different from corpses, but thinking of what Chi Ruogu said earlier, he immediately asked: "You said before that after the soul is sealed, the body will eventually rot and turn into bones. , but said that I am afraid it is more than death, what does that mean?"

Chi Ruogu was silent for a moment, then said: "This is just my guess, it may not be accurate."

He walked to the side of the couch, looked down at the man and said slowly: "The change of this person's consciousness is synchronized with the change of his body. Every time the body rots, the consciousness will weaken. I guess, this may be related to the soul element. related to the damage."

Ji Qinglin frowned: "Damaged soul essence?"

"Well," Chi Ruogu nodded and said, "I suspect that the soul of the person whose soul is sealed is not only imprisoned in the body, but also changes with the body. Every time the body rots, the soul will also follow. Break into pieces, and when the flesh is gone..."

Chi Ruogu didn't continue talking, but looked at Ji Qinglin meaningfully.

Ji Qinglin felt a chill in his heart, and finally understood what "more than death" meant.

After a person dies, the soul element can still be reincarnated, but after being sealed, the soul element shatters little by little as the body rots, and in the end...the body and soul are all gone.