Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 137: Zhong Kui Eats Ghosts, a Mercy for the World

The situation in the underworld is not good, and it is difficult to control the affairs of the human world and the underworld. Qiu Chuji also knows something about this.

Apart from other people, Lin Jiu's position as the boss of the underworld bank in the future is extremely important. If the underworld had not already been unable to continue, why would it place such financial power in the human world and be controlled by Lin Jiu alone?
As for the saying that paper money is only printed on earth, even if it is true, when the paper money is burned in the underworld, if there are sufficient manpower and capabilities, there will be a thousand ways to manage and raise funds. Why should one let an outsider control one's life?

Now listening to Lin Jiu's words, it is not just that the power has fallen into the wrong hands, even the core matters of reincarnation are difficult to handle. Compared with the human world, it has reached a precarious point.

"Since there is a way, why not just urge it directly?" Qiu Chuji knew that there was something else going on. He asked this question only to express an idea in his mind.

Lin Jiu really said: "Although Aunt Zhe has a wonderful method, this wronged soul and evil ghost are originally wronged and evil, it is very difficult to eliminate them."

"A person's life is all about adding, while the existence and destruction of ghosts lies in subtraction."

"Addition is easy, subtraction is hard!"

Hearing this, Qiu Chuji laughed and said, "It's not that difficult actually. I have a method here that I would like to discuss with you. It may be of use to you."

After saying this, Qiu Chuji stretched out his hand and a book appeared out of thin air.

This booklet condensed outside the small world, naturally it would consume Qiu Chuji's upper limit of true Qi, but if it was not lost and was returned to the small world, the consumed upper limit of true Qi would be replenished.

"The Record of Zhong Kui Eating Ghosts?" Lin Jiu glanced at the book and was shocked when he saw the name.

There are four great judges in the underworld, from the Ten Kings of Hell below them, namely Wei Zheng of the Reward Department, Zhong Kui of the Punishment Department, Lu Zhidao of the Investigation Department and Cui Jue of the Yinlu Department. These four judges are not subordinate to each other, but all of them are powerful and have extremely strong magical powers. Among them, the most adept at fighting is Zhong Kui.

Lin Jiu took the book handed to him by Qiu Chuji, turned on the light and started reading without any hesitation.

When he looked up, he saw that the east was already bright. With the crowing of roosters, the sky gradually became brighter, and Lin Jiu came back to his senses after a night of reading.

Holding the book in both hands, Lin Jiu looked respectful and said with emotion: "Master Zhong Kui, you are really merciful."

"Although it is called eating ghosts, and the cooking method is cruel, it is only a shallow simulation of the eighteen levels of hell in the underworld. The ghosts eaten by this method will shed their shackles and be purified into pure souls. They can be reincarnated on their own and will no longer have any sins... and the resentment and evil, sins and punishments of this life will be borne by the ghost eater."

Qiu Chuji said, "There are some benefits. I talked with you earlier and I know that when you practice magic, you don't focus on polishing your physical body and blood, but emphasize the spirit more. Maybe it is also related to the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth in this world, so you only regard the external Yuan Qi as a kind of auxiliary practice, and don't take it seriously."

“But in this way, the cultivation of one’s mind and character is extremely important. If one cannot attain enlightenment, one will always be blocked from the door and will find it difficult to make any progress.”

Qiu Chuji was not talking nonsense. Several of Lin Jiu's fellow disciples of the same generation were only at the third or fourth level of human master, not much different from ordinary people. His disciples Wencai and Qiu Sheng were also only barely at the entry level. They had some simple talismans and spells, and had made sufficient preparations, but they were often not effective.

Even the only son of Shi Jian, the current senior brother of Maoshan Sect, can only use some unorthodox tricks that are not worthy of being shown in public.

This is because the spiritual cultivation is not enough, so the magic power is not smooth. Even if you have resources, it will be in vain without talent and ability.

Therefore, the cultivation in this world is not like the internal strength cultivation of the warriors in Qiu Chuji's original world. Even if a stupid person learns the superior method and practices diligently for decades, he can barely become a good fighter.

In the zombie world, cultivation does not emphasize "hard work can make up for lack of talent", so even if Lin Jiu, with the support of Qiu Chuji, started a business of exchanging demon pills, only his own cultivation level gradually improved. Although the two disciples made progress, it was still limited.

The wonderful thing about the Record of Zhong Kui Eating Ghosts is that it is not only a method for truly liberating ghosts, but also the spirit of the ghost eater will be enhanced and strengthened as the energy of the 'ghosts' eaten dissipates.

This is roughly equivalent to the "Star-sucking Art" targeting ghosts, but the Star-sucking Art steals people's power, which is really not good for people. The purpose of eating ghosts is to save them, which is a truly compassionate technique.

"From what I heard, brother Taoist, do you want to practice this art of compassion?" Lin Jiu asked Qiu Chuji in a serious tone.

Qiu Chuji nodded: "That's right! Recently, I have been thinking about my future practice, and I feel that it is difficult to cross the chasm. Although I have obtained the golden elixir and my spirit, energy and soul are integrated into one, it is still difficult to separate the soul from the body. The soul exists as long as the body exists, and the soul dies when the body dies."

"This is the strength of my lineage's practice, but also its drawback."

"So if you want to strengthen your spirit and cultivate the Yang God, I'm afraid you'll have to spend a thousand years to carefully hone it."

Speaking of Qiu Chuji's path to becoming a martial artist, there is no need to mention its powerfulness, but if one does not have the opportunity and means, the time and accumulation required will also be extremely great.

It takes a thousand years of accumulation to go from True Qi to Golden Elixir, and it takes at least another thousand years to go from Golden Elixir to Yang Shen.

If he were not an immortal, he would have become old and frail after just starting to practice, so how could he practice cultivation?
As for those who give up their physical bodies and only pursue spiritual "ascension", it is nothing more than a shortcut. What most of them will eventually get is not only many restrictions, but also a loss of self. How can they talk about freedom and ease?

"Actually... I am not in a hurry to achieve success. Even if it takes a little longer, I can endure it. It's just a coincidence that I have learned two more methods recently."

After saying this, Qiu Chuji stretched out his hand again and took out the Bing Xin Jue and Dao Xin Zhong Mo Da Fa without any hesitation.

"These two methods, one can suppress the inner demon, and the other can condense the demon seed and gather the heart of Tao. Although both are somewhat biased, it would be perfect if they were combined together and a suitable method was found to resolve them." Qiu Chuji had actually come up with his own 'method' based on the innate diagram. After eating the ghost, he only needed to condense the remaining resentment and evil spirit of the ghost into a demon seed, and then seal it with ice heart and store it.

When Chang Shiyin comes again, Qiu Chuji asks him to take these demon seeds to Tianchi and destroy them.

The Tianchi in the Fairy Sword World can purify all the evil thoughts and evil ideas in the world. It can even melt the Evil Sword Immortal, let alone a mere demon species?
As for the fusion of the demon seed, will it affect Qiu Chuji himself?

Firstly, the evil thoughts in this demon seed did not belong to Qiu Chuji. Secondly, there was a distance between the worlds. Even if it was placed in the Tianchi Lake to dissolve, it would not implicate Qiu Chuji or the many souls that had already reincarnated.

In this way, the subsequent hidden dangers of Zhong Kui eating ghosts have been resolved and only benefits remain.

Since Lin Jiu had already read one book, he would naturally not hesitate to read two more.

The relationship between them is one of borrowing scriptures, which is almost equivalent to sworn brothers in Taoism. It's just a few secret books, so they just take a look at them.

If Lin Jiu had such a benefit that he could share freely, he would not forget Qiu Chuji.

After I finished reading it after some effort, it was already noon in the blink of an eye.

Qiu Sheng went to bed in the middle of the night and was not there to serve him. Wencai got up early, saying that he was going to buy breakfast, but he did not come back until noon. He brought back half a roast chicken and some braised food, and cooked a big pot of rice.

The three of them ate together. After the meal, Lin and Qiu sat together to continue chatting.

"I've read your two methods, and they are ultimately just temporary solutions. Even if the pent-up resentment and evil spirits condense into demonic seeds and are expelled from the body, they still need a place to go!" Lin Jiu said, knocking on the table.

He was indeed tempted, but if there was no foolproof plan... he had to be at least 80% sure, then he could practice, and then try out a way, and then after Qiu Chuji's approval, teach it to his two disciples.

Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai are both old, and now the Taoism is declining and the devil is rising. If they can't learn much skills, Lin Jiu plans to send them away to find other ways to make a living, so that they won't die at the hands of some monster in the future due to lack of skills.

"I heard that Maoshan also has a method of refining corpses. These zombies are born with the resentment, evil spirits, and bad luck of heaven and earth. Feeding the zombies with this magic seed is not the perfect way to achieve life and death?" However, Qiu Chuji did not think of taking all the magic seeds to the Tianchi in the Fairy Sword World to digest them.

After all, he couldn't say when Chang Yin would come again. He had his own small world. Even if he couldn't send the demon seed to the Tianchi to dissolve, he could suppress it in the small world and prevent it from causing any trouble.

Lin Jiu was obviously tempted, and wanted to organize this method and pass it on to his disciples, or pass it on to his very familiar fellow disciples in the future. Qiu Chuji could provide him with the method out of friendship, and although he was grateful to Lin Jiu for lending him the talisman, he would not act as a babysitter for these people and always wait to clean up their messes.

Feeding zombies with demon seeds is another way of taking advantage of the situation.

Although there are risks, as long as you don't mess up when refining the corpse and don't be greedy, the risks are still controllable.

As for the possibility that someone in the future would be greedy for merit and act recklessly, but fail to train the zombies well, causing them to break free from restrictions and cause disasters...there is no need for Qiu Chuji to consider this so much.

If you think about everything here, then there is nothing to do in life.

"Use demon seeds to refine corpses?" Lin Jiu was greatly moved when he heard this.

He has no psychological barriers to refining zombies.

The two junior brothers Simu and Qianhe were both doing the job of driving corpses. They used some means to transform the corpses into the most ordinary zombies and let them drive back home on their own.

As for refining stronger zombies and controlling them to act as thugs, there are similar methods passed down in Maoshan Taoism.

However, it takes time to train a powerful zombie, and it is also quite harmful to the environment, so the brothers and sisters had never touched it in the past.

Qiu Chuji provided a very good idea.

"Then... give it a try?"

"I'll tell Wencai to prepare flour, lard, eggs, red ropes, glutinous rice and pomelo leaves. Let's make the simplest fried dough sticks tonight!" Lin Jiu was not the type to procrastinate. Now that he had made the decision, he would act immediately.

There are some rules for eating ghosts.

Apart from Master Zhong Kui, if anyone else wants to imitate the art of eating ghosts, they really have to follow the recipes and methods recorded in the Record of Zhong Kui Eating Ghosts.

This is because what is recorded therein is actually the method of restraining and eliminating various ghosts. After imitating the methods used by hell to deal with different ghosts, the resentment and evil spirits will be largely eliminated in the process, thus reducing the burden.

(End of this chapter)