There is a trick

Chapter 118 Scissors Seeking Evil (2/2)

After giving Zhou Chang some advice, Yang Rui looked a little depressed again: "Forget it, the situation is stronger than people.

How can we predict what will happen in the future?

Even if you write down these instructions now, there is nothing you can do when you encounter dangerous situations in the future and have to make adjustments.

Let’s not talk about this anymore.”

He looked at Zhou Chang and said, "Duke Duan has three treasures: the iron seal, the master's sword, and the Nuo mask.

The iron seal represents that you control an altar and are the master of the altar.

The master's sword is used to study and judge ghosts and gods, and can suppress evil spirits and eliminate evil. The master's sword of each family is often passed down from generation to generation, and it is impossible to pass it on to outsiders. Your grandfather also had a master's sword in his hand.

Unfortunately, his master's sword is as good as nothing. It is duller than an ordinary kitchen knife and has no ability to ward off evil spirits. So you have to collect materials yourself and find a good blacksmith to forge a master's sword for you later.

Forging the master's sword is not an easy task. The lowest quality material is made from a butcher's knife used to kill pigs. The better quality ones are made from the armor and swords of soldiers who died on the battlefield. The best quality should be made from various iron tools that evil creatures dare not approach. The master's sword made from these iron tools will be the most effective after being smelted in a furnace.

As for the last Nuo mask - I have never made a Nuo mask, and the older generation did not pass down any Nuo masks to me, so I don’t know the ritual for making Nuo masks.

Few of the Taoist priests today know how to make Nuo masks.

Because the making of Nuo masks involves a lost subject - "The Mirror of the Gods".

You can only wait and see if you can meet some Taoist priests in the future whose family has fallen on hard times and whose sons have sold their father's land. Maybe you can buy a few old Nuo masks from them.

A Nuo mask represents a deity and has extraordinary effects. I guess even if you meet a Taoist priest selling Nuo masks, you may not be able to pay them a price that satisfies them."

After hearing what Yang Rui said, Zhou Chang turned to Yang Rui and asked, "Uncle Yang, my master's sword is no longer usable.

I wonder what your master's sword looks like? Does it have the effect of warding off evil spirits?
Let me take a look..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Rui shook his head repeatedly:
"My master's sword is just like your grandfather's, it's totally useless!

"This is a family heirloom, but these unworthy descendants have used it carelessly, and have completely worn away the sharpness of the knife!"

Uncle Yang's words actually included a curse on himself.

After all, the master's sword passed down in his family was often used by him to deal with various dangerous situations in the past.

With such reckless use and lack of maintenance, the evil spirit accumulated in the master's sword was completely dissipated and naturally became scrap metal.

While he was talking, he took out his master's sword from his bag.

The master's sword was covered in rust and had some bright red bloodstains.

The bloodstain had obviously dried up for who knows how many years, but it still retained such a bright color.

It can be seen that this kind of blood could never belong to an ordinary creature.

Zhou Chang took the master's sword and examined it carefully, and finally confirmed that this master's sword handed down from Grandpa Yang had indeed lost its evil aura and no longer had the function it should have, and had become a decoration with more symbolic meaning.

At that time, my grandfather distributed various magical weapons to everyone for self-defense.

Zhou Chang also looked at those magical weapons, and they were all useless.

In fact, this is understandable. In this world, there are too many disasters and misfortunes, and even the living people are getting fewer and fewer. Even a Taoist priest, as long as he has never stepped into the threshold of the strange immortal way, is just an ordinary person who has more self-protection means than ordinary people.

Whether it is the master's sword, Nuo mask, or other kinds of magical instruments, they are all one of their means of self-protection.

Every time they encounter danger, they consume several magic tools. In a world where disasters are so frequent, how many good things can be left in the end?

"Master Yang, why don't you refine your sword again?
It is stained with the blood of ghosts and gods. After being forged again, it might become evil again." Zhou Chang handed the master's sword back to Yang Rui and asked.

"There's a lack of materials." Yang Rui also felt quite regretful about this, "If we melt it again, we will definitely have to add more materials.

But it has already taken shape, and even if it is melted again, the "nature" in its bones will not change. If you add some materials that are incompatible with its "nature", you will only end up casting useless burdens.

I can't figure out the temperament of this knife, nor can I find material that matches its "temperament".

We can only trust future generations and see what they can do.”

Zhou Chang nodded upon hearing this.

If he hadn't asked this question, he wouldn't have known that the refined master's sword had such a thing as 'temperament'. "In fact, training a master's sword involves many subjects.

The master's sword we forge is just the simplest one, and it is not made according to any particular discipline. As far as I know, some great priests are proficient in the disciplines of sword sharpening, such as "Sharpening Swords in Dark Land", "Sharpening Swords in Ghost Mouth", and "Raising Swords in Haunted House".

If you really find excellent materials in the future, don't waste it by forging it into a master's sword.

I should find an opportunity to learn one or two subjects of this kind before refining the sword.

Anyway, it is better not to refine a bad sword. It is not only a burden but also of little use." Yang Rui thought of something else and reminded Zhou Chang again. He took out a book from his sling bag and handed it to Zhou Chang, "Your grandfather and I studied the same subjects, there are three subjects in total: "Miscellaneous subjects on eliminating evil spirits", "Making friends with ghosts", and "Summoning gods".

The 'Scissors to Find Evil' technique that we are going to use is a small technique from the 'Miscellaneous Techniques to Eliminate and Neutralize Evil'.

Several subjects are in the books. You should copy them down carefully in the next few days and keep them for your own study later."

Zhou Chang flipped through the book as he was told, but found that it was filled with scribbles-like words that he couldn't understand at all.

At this time, Yang Rui handed over another piece of paper, on which were written Chinese characters corresponding to the various ghost symbols: "After you memorize these 'divine characters', burn this piece of paper.

Don’t spread it!”

"Okay." Zhou Chang agreed.

Yang Rui watched him carefully put away the books and papers, and suddenly smiled: "Although you have inherited your grandfather's altar name, you are actually no different from those ignorant Taoist priests who just came to worship on the mountain. You are all penniless and have nothing.

But that’s okay.

If you are willing to work hard and have the ability, you can learn more subjects from other Taoist priests.

If you can calm your mind and have a solid foundation, you can use the power of ghosts and gods for your own benefit.

With the altar name, you have a foundation, so you don’t have to be afraid! ”

After encouraging Zhou Chang, Yang Rui took out a pair of iron scissors. He waved to Shi Danzi who was watching from a distance, and asked Shi Danzi to scoop a basin of water and bring it over and place it at his feet.

"Let's go find the owner of the lacquer." Yang Rui held the scissors and said to Zhou Chang, "Give me the gourd."

Zhou Chang followed his instructions and handed over the gourd wrapped with iron wire.

"Between heaven and earth, there is only one kind of 'qi': 'Xiangqi'.

But this kind of "qi" can be divided into thousands.

Evil spirit, bad luck, bloody energy, etc., are all derived from the feasting energy.

Each sect and religion divides the sacrificial qi into various qi, and uses a certain kind of qi to cultivate oneself. For example, corpse drivers use the corpse to combine with sacrificial thoughts and emit "corpse evil" to practice magic.

We don't have a fixed method of practicing the Duangong meridian, so there is no constant differentiation of a certain type of qi for practice.

Now I will use these scissors to find the strand of "evil spirit" that is entangled between you and the lacquer in the gourd. By following this strand of evil spirit, I can find the owner of the lacquer." Yang Rui held the scissors, talked to Zhou Chang for a while, and then walked around Zhou Chang, muttering something.

Zhou Chang knew that he couldn't disturb him at this time, so he didn't say anything.

After letting him circle around her, she stopped in front of the basin of clear water.

"Is that it?" Zhou Chang asked.

"It's done." Yang Rui nodded, "These little tricks are in the book, you can learn them slowly later.

I will only tell you some key points now - the so-called evil spirit is actually the energy of murder and disaster. Some people, things, and objects are connected with you and will bring disaster to you, so the corresponding evil spirit will be entangled with you.

The reason why this pair of scissors can be used to find the source of evil spirits is because the human body is watched over by souls, and the souls can be regarded as gods at this time.

The stronger the soul, the clearer the spirit.

It can also better reveal the evil spirit.

Compare yourself to a house, and then you are the guardian deity of your house, watching those thieves who try to rob and commit crimes in your house!
look! "

After Yang Rui finished speaking, he rinsed the scissors in clean water.

Then, within a few breaths, the basin of clear water turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye and turned into a basin of ink!
On the dark 'water surface', as if in a mirror, various scenes began to flash!
(End of this chapter)