Chapter 112: Trial, Pretending to be a Ghost, and Ceremonial Guard
“Of course, even I can’t make soldiers out of beans.
To judge evil spirits, one also needs sufficiently powerful talismans and spirits.
For a person who has just started to practice the altar, if he can use it to kill ghosts and gods that are one level higher than himself, it is considered very good. "
I recalled what Sister Qiaoer said in my mind.
Chen Yushu also sighed slightly.
Powerful spirit!
A talisman!
Both of these are shackles that restrict him from opening an altar.
Generally, cultivators who have reached the level of three incense sticks need to go through untold hardships before they can find the right "spirit" and talisman.
For example, the Qingsong Sword of Qingsong Temple is a powerful talisman.
But ordinary people cannot find such a powerful talisman.
Just like Li Chao, according to him, the talisman he used was actually very simple, that is, the magic weapon Soul-Breaking Ruler. As for the 'spirit' he chose, it was a hundred-year-old evil ghost.
Use evil spirits to suppress evil!
It is considered the simplest method to suppress evil.
Although later, after his training, the evil ghost broke through to the realm of evil spirits.
But because of this, it backfired in vain and destroyed the Li family.
Everything is truly unpredictable.
"What if I also find a fierce ghost, or even an evil spirit, to suppress it?"
Chen Yushu thought carefully.
He is not afraid of evil ghosts, let alone those that are a hundred years old. Even if they are a thousand years old, as long as they cannot turn into evil spirits, he will not be afraid.
But it’s hard to say about evil spirits.
Because evil spirits can be strong or weak.
If they become too strong, he won't be able to withstand it and will most likely follow in the footsteps of the Li family.
As for the talisman, he could also use the Soul-Breaking Ruler.
However, according to Sister Qiao'er, it is best for the talisman to be something of great origin, or even not a magical tool, but just an instrument used by some powerful being.
Because it often contains the breath of that kind of existence. When the altar is opened, this breath can be used to suppress the evil spirits and make them surrender.
"In that case, perhaps the red handkerchief I casually gave to Xiaoyin last time can actually be used as a talisman?"
Chen Yushu thought silently.
No matter what, the red handkerchief was also something that belonged to the ghost bride, and it must carry the scent of the ghost bride.
The ghost lady is a real evil spirit. Using it as a talisman can naturally borrow the aura of the evil spirit. Once an ordinary evil spirit touches it, it will naturally feel fear.
While his mind was wandering, Chen Yushu happened to see Xiaoyin playing not far away, and then he quickly waved to her.
Xiaoyin was indeed well-behaved. She quickly ran over and stretched out her hand, "Brother Yushu, what's wrong?"
"Is the handkerchief from last time still there?"
Chen Yushu asked.
"Here I am!"
Xiaoyin nodded repeatedly, reached into her pocket, took out the red handkerchief and handed it over.
"Wait a minute, I'll set up an altar, you cooperate with me..."
But Chen Yushu suddenly thought that there was no need to open the altar, he could directly face those powerful ghosts.
You can practice on those lonely ghosts, small ghosts, or even evil spirits first.
There are not many of these things in the entire Jianghuan Town, but there are definitely quite a few.
Even around him, if he occasionally looked up, he could see a few.
Of course, just in case, he still instructed Xiaoyin: "If you feel something is wrong later, go and wake up Sister Qiao'er."
Thinking that Sister Qiao'er was resting in the room, he felt a little relieved.
Then, he ran to the kitchen, took a basin, filled it with a bowl of rice, picked a willow branch from the tree nearby, took some yellow paper, a few incense sticks, and finally brought a table.
The yellow paper was just ordinary yellow paper, which was given to him by Master Fu when he bought incense before. It just happened to be useful now.
Originally, he needed to make paper figurines for the ceremonial setting, preferably shaped paper figurines, but it was difficult to find them at the moment. He remembered that the coffin shop diagonally opposite Lao Fuxiang's shop also sold paper figurines, but it was already the middle of the night, and he couldn't go there specifically to buy some. The conditions were poor, so he just saved the money.
Anyway, as long as you have the key things, it's fine.
He put the red handkerchief aside and told Xiaoyin to stand on his other side.
Then he thought for a while, made an emergency plan, took a deep breath, lit three incense sticks, and then burned paper in the basin.
Then, he stepped on each node with his feet, and as his mental power radiated, he quickly outlined the spell structures one by one.
This is also a 'skill'.
If it is a 'spell', it has a spell structure.
Until the final spell structure is formed.
Buzz!
He instantly became one with the surrounding world.
It seemed that at this moment, everything around him was under his perception and control.
Then, he whispered, "Heaven and earth, please help me. I, Chen Yushu, will open the altar today. Please, ghosts, come quickly!"
As he spoke, he held the soul-breaking ruler in one hand and grabbed the rice in the bowl with the other and threw it forward.
In an instant, the mental power seemed to be pulled and spread out around.
In a trance, it seemed as if the heaven and earth began to speak, spreading his voice to the surroundings.
Whoosh…
In the void, there were endless gusts of cold wind. In a trance, Chen Yushu saw a series of figures suddenly appear outside his door.
These figures all looked confused and staggering, some of them were not even in human form. Of course, there were some who were wearing plain clothes and still maintained their shapes. They were shadowy and their faces were extremely pale.
"This one actually attracted so many people?"
Chen Yushu was also surprised when he saw this.
His call seemed to attract all the ghosts within a certain range around him.
Without hesitation, he immediately selected one who looked slightly illusory and only in his teens. He pointed and said, "Step forward and be judged."
Suddenly, the figure turned into a faint light and rushed to the ground in his yard, as if it had turned into a grain of rice, kneeling on the ground.
"Do you admit your guilt?"
Chen Yushu said in a low voice.
"Little man..."
The shadowy figure seemed to be frightened. As soon as the sound was uttered, its entire body shook and disappeared.
I was actually scared out of my wits by his shout.
"this……"
Chen Yushu was also surprised.
So not scared?
People often say that people are three parts afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are seven parts afraid of people. There is indeed some truth to this.
Especially the ghost he was referring to at this time, the entire soul was very illusory, and it was directly the type of lonely ghost. It might not even be able to maintain its consciousness. Perhaps it would naturally dissipate and cease to exist in a short time.
If he called them over again and faced his interrogation that was like the King of Hell, they would be frightened out of their wits and disappear prematurely.
Opening the altar +1
But because of this, Chen Yushu noticed that there was a row of altars on his attribute panel, and he entered directly.
"Has this introduction to the method of opening an altar proved that my method is correct?
Although the ghost was weak, I was able to perform the spell successfully, and of course, I was able to directly enter the door of the altar opening method."
Chen Yushu muttered to himself, feeling slightly relieved.
Then he raised his eyes and looked at the shadowy figures with pale faces.
This time, he chose an old man whose soul and body were still relatively intact.
"You, do you know your crime?"
The voice came again.
"Little old man, I admit my guilt.
I shouldn't be peeping at my daughter-in-law taking a bath all day, and I shouldn't be pestering my son all day long, wanting him to come down and accompany me because I'm afraid of being lonely..."
The ghost was extremely frightened, and the sound came out intermittently.
“Since you know your crime, you should do it.
Xiaoyin, go and give me a whip."
Chen Yushu's face twitched slightly. He didn't expect that the first person to be fully tried was an old man who was unwilling to behave himself and was thinking about having an affair even after his death.
Upon hearing this, Xiaoyin immediately stepped forward excitedly, took a willow branch and hit him with it.
ah……
A scream.
This ghost immediately became countless times more illusory, and its entire body became transparent.
Following Chen Yushu's words, he retreated.
As soon as it left the yard, it was blown away by the wind.
“This one doesn’t stand up to the fight either.
However, it directly increased my experience in opening a temple by six points.
The speed is very fast."
Chen Yushu also became slightly excited.
Soon a third one was brought in.
Judge and deal with them one by one.
It feels like the King of Hell today.
But soon, he discovered something was wrong.
Because gradually, many of the ghosts that gathered around dispersed.
But there were also many more evil ghosts with malevolent auras. From a distance, he even saw some evil ghosts with red auras, including Xiaohong, who had been standing in the yard at some point in time.
“Something’s wrong, something’s wrong.
This jar cannot be opened.
If we open it again, who knows what will happen?"
Chen Yushu's face changed.
While his mental energy was still not depleted, he quickly said, "Today, the altar is closed. Disperse!"
As he spoke, he was performing a ritual with his hands, and his mental power spread along with the sound, clearly reaching the ears of these ghosts.
Slowly, some ghosts seemed to have heard his voice and retreated.
But there were also a few who never moved.
It just wandered around, as if wanting to get closer, but also as if it was afraid of something, and didn't move.
At this time, Chen Yushu also frowned slightly.
It’s not because those who stay here are all evil ghosts with strong evil spirits. Ghosts of this level are no longer a big threat to him now.
But this means that the altar I opened was not successful and could not scare off these ghosts.
When opening a forum, the first thing to do is to follow the rules of conduct.
Since he had already told them to disperse, these ghosts must disperse. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to him, which would be considered a failure in the opening of the altar.
fail.
This means that these evil spirits actually saw through the situation.
Think he is playing tricks.
It is possible that someone might attack his altar, overturn his altar, and take his life.
Such deeds do happen.
As Li Chao wrote in his book "Records of Seeing Ghosts", one must be careful when opening a ritual.
If you pretend to be a ghost and are seen through, the ghosts will immediately retaliate and you will be besieged by a group of ghosts.
really.
Soon, this group of evil spirits could no longer sit still.
As one of them quickly moved forward, the other five or six evil ghosts turned into streams of light and quickly rushed towards his yard. The closer they got, the more ferocious their expressions became.
Fortunately, Xiaohong didn't move.
I don’t know if she recognized this house, as it was the place where her playmate Xiaoyin took her, or for some other reason, but she was still lying on the wall, not moving.
Her fiery red clothes also made these evil spirits dare not approach her, let alone provoke her.
“Bold!
Do you want to cook?"
Chen Yushu let out a low cry and slammed the soul-breaking ruler in his hand on the table.
"Playing tricks, kill!"
"Uncover his jar and take away his flesh and blood."
"Kill the God, ascend to heaven..."
…
After the altar was opened, Chen Yushu hid behind the fire altar, and the group of ghosts could not see him.
Only slightly stronger evil spirits could vaguely foresee that behind the flames was an extremely tall "god".
That's right.
After the altar is opened, in their eyes, the person behind the altar is God.
It's just like building a house in the wild. Once the house is built, according to the agreed upon rules, they cannot enter without permission.
Once it enters, the owner can attack it, and other ghosts and spirits will not help.
At least, strange ghosts will no longer help ghosts that break into other people's private homes because they do not follow the rules.
This is actually the case at this time.
After the altar was set up, he became a god in the eyes of the ghosts.
This god, no matter which god it is from or how strong or weak he is, is still a god. He must have karma and divine power.
This kind of incense karma and divine power is the ultimate nourishment for ghosts. Once swallowed, it can make them evolve and become stronger, or even directly promoted to evil, demons, disasters, and calamities...
Although in fact, it is not.
Chen Yushu is not even a false god, let alone a god, as he has not yet entered the Tao.
But the ghost didn't believe it.
They sensed his power from the altar, and it was not as strong as they had imagined.
You will instinctively think that this is a weak god who is playing tricks.
Weak gods are also gods. If they can unite and kill him, they can devour the incense karma and divine power, and become powerful...
Therefore, they were particularly crazy at this time. As soon as they approached, Chen Yushu could feel the intense yin energy coming through the brazier, just like a knife scraping his face, which was a bit painful.
"Humph! You're looking for death!"
Seeing this, Chen Yushu was not afraid.
Seven or eight evil spirits, and a dozen or so ghosts that were carried along, did not pose a big threat to him. Even if he had not opened the altar, he would have been confident in facing these, let alone now?
"Breaking the altar and disregarding divine authority is a crime worthy of death!"
After saying that, Chen Yushu suddenly threw the red handkerchief forward.
boom!
It's like pouring cold water into a frying pan.
Endless yin energy swept up in an instant.
The terrifying negative energy and evil spirit quickly gathered together.
At this time, Xiaoyin seemed to feel a special power infused into her, causing her strength to surge rapidly.
"Ah...deserve to die!"
Then Xiaoyin jumped out, holding a willow branch in her hand, and hit the nearest evil ghost hard!
"ah……"
With a scream, 70% of the ghost's soul immediately dissipated.
The second whip went down.
Soul-scarred!
"kill!"
Seeing this, Xiaoyin immediately became excited.
He held a whip in his hand and kept whipping it. Every hit was accurate. At most, just two whips were enough to send an evil ghost to its death.
When encountering ghosts that were carried along, they would disperse before the whip could even hit them.
She enjoyed killing.
For the first time, I felt that killing ghosts was so joyful.
Although she herself is a ghost, she feels extremely happy.
"Have mercy! Immortal, have mercy!"
“We know we were wrong!
I know I was wrong! Please forgive my rudeness..."
As soon as the evil spirit of the ghost lady came out, it frightened the group of evil ghosts.
Even Xiaohong, who was standing far away, straightened up immediately and quickly retreated three or four feet.
Evil spirit.
It is an existence above the evil spirit.
Even if the handkerchief contained only a trace of the ghost lady's aura, it was not her true form that had descended at this moment.
But it also has a strong deterrent effect on those below the evil spirit level.
Therefore, the evil ghosts that were a little crazy just now were immediately frightened. Coupled with Xiaoyin's continuous beating, they could not bear it and knelt down to beg for mercy.
But at this time, Chen Yushu was also angry and ignored him.
Although he also felt that his mental power was rapidly dissipating as time went by, in just a few short breaths, he had consumed much more than when he was judging those ghosts before.
But when he saw that the experience value of the skill of opening the altar on his attribute panel was rapidly rising, he felt a little excited.
Opening the altar +15
Opening of the altar +17
Opening of the altar +14
…
Open the forum and master it!
In an instant, Chen Yushu felt that his mind was filled with countless information and experiences about the method of opening the altar.
At this moment, he suddenly understood why these evil spirits dared to jump out and bluntly said that he was playing tricks.
Because his ceremonial procession was wrong.
Without ceremonial guards, it is equivalent to him having no face. When the ghosts see such a simple jar, they will know that this person is not very spiritual.
In addition, without the ceremonial guard, it is equivalent to him facing these ghosts and gods directly, although there is a fire altar blocking him and the smoke formed by the incense entangled him, confusing the eyes of the ghosts and gods.
But for those slightly stronger ghosts, it is difficult to stop them.
Through the brazier, they could vaguely see him behind the fire altar. He had a childish face and looked like a human, not a god.
Apart from that, his level of cultivation was not that high either.
Erxiang Daoxing did not have that kind of majesty when he issued the order.
The direction and position of the table is not the "Zhengyang Position". The so-called Zhengyang Position is the place with the heaviest Yang energy in a place. Once the altar is opened in that place, the power of the decree will also increase to a certain extent.
This is why they dare to charge and want to retaliate madly.
After understanding this, Chen Yushu lifted the table and moved his body to one side, directly occupying the appropriate Yang position.
Suddenly, Xiaoyin in the audience felt that her strength increased a little bit. She whipped the ghosts one by one and quickly cleared them out.
Opening the altar +5
Opening of the altar +7
Opening of the altar +8
…
Soon, all the evil spirits and ghosts were cleared out by him.
"Okay! Leave the altar!"
By this time, Chen Yushu's mental strength was almost exhausted. Without hesitation, he immediately turned on the brazier and scattered the rice in the bowl around.
Immediately afterwards, he felt the negative energy around him dispersing.
In the distance, those ghosts also completely retreated.
Only Xiaohong was still standing there, looking at this side with curiosity, especially the scene of Xiaoyin killing everyone just now, which made it very confused.
When did my little playmate become so brave?
Whoosh~!
“It’s finally over!
This time, although it was exciting, it was safe.
But it’s really tiring.”
Chen Yushu let out a long sigh and truly relaxed.
He didn't expect that his sudden inspiration to open the altar would actually work.
At the critical moment, so many ghosts were attracted. And because it was the first time to open the altar, it was seen through and almost caused trouble.
Fortunately, there was no harm.
It didn't cause any big trouble.
At this moment, Xiaoyin suddenly felt the strength in her body being quickly drained away. The willow branch in her hand also felt burning, so she quickly threw it away.
Willow branches themselves have a restraining effect on ghosts.
It is also a rare thing that can be used by ordinary people to directly harm ghosts.
Before, because of her surging power, she was not afraid of the restraining effect of the willow branch, and she could whip other ghosts at will with it in her hand.
But when the force subsided, the willow branch could still cause harm to her, just like a burning flame, so she had to throw it as far as she could.
"You dare to make such a big move on your first trip?"
Just at this moment, a voice came from behind him.
Chen Yushu was startled and turned around, only to see Liu Qiaoer standing at the door with a helpless look on her face.
"When people usually open an altar, they will specifically name someone, and at the very least, they will find a token from the other party. Only when the other party responds can you judge them with the altar and fight with them.
So, you just open the altar and attract all kinds of ghosts. Aren't you afraid of attracting a big one?"
Liu Qiaoer woke up in shock when Chen Yushu just started the ceremony. After all, the noise from the ceremony was quite loud.
Unexpectedly, Chen Yushu attracted so many people as soon as he opened his mouth.
Fortunately, most of them are ghosts, and there are very few evil ghosts. The only fierce ghost is Xiaohong. Because she is a "familiar ghost", even if she can see through it, she will not come close.
If you really attract an evil spirit, it will be a real spectacle.
After all, although Jianghuan Town is relatively peaceful, there are evil spirits, and there is more than one.
certainly.
Most evil spirits would disdain to pay attention to a small altar like his. As long as they weren't standing next to evil spirits, they wouldn't come here specifically to join in the fun...
"First time, no experience."
Chen Yushu blinked and said a little embarrassedly.
He just realized afterwards that something was wrong.
But the jar was already open, so he had no choice but to continue.
Fortunately, the ones that came were not big and he could handle them.
“Fortunately this time, it’s in town, and the big evil spirit has no time to bother with you.
If it were in the wild, it would be different.
When they are in a good mood, they will treat you as a shaman, but when they are in a bad mood, they will come over and smash your altar directly."
Liu Qiaoer warned.
"I understand!"
Chen Yushu nodded. After becoming proficient in opening the altar, he naturally discovered many loopholes and mistakes he had made this time.
He also believes that he will be able to do better next time.
Liu Qiaoer nodded without saying much. She knew that Chen Yushu must have something unique to be able to grow to where he is today.
Just now, the other party handled it very well.
Although he made mistakes at the beginning, he did things in an orderly manner afterwards and got rid of all the evil spirits in one fell swoop.
On the other side, Xiaoyin ran over happily after seeing Xiaohong. If Chen Yushu was doing something sneaky, he would immediately hear Xiaoyin bragging to Xiaohong about her recent display of power.
I don’t know how proud he was that look.
(End of this chapter)
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