Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 217 Did you burn paper money today?

Zhong Cai once said that after opening the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture, one could unleash abilities similar to being blinded by ghosts.

However, after developing the Yin Aperture, Chen Miao did not experience any such sensations, and he had no idea how to use abilities like Ghostly Blinding.

Either Zhong Cai was just repeating hearsay and didn't know the specifics, or he needed to use corresponding techniques to unleash such an ability.

Chen Miao felt the latter was more likely.

The Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture is probably just a basic condition for casting illusions; to actually cast them, you still need the 'technique'!
Chen Miao doesn't possess this technique, so he can't use it.

Although he didn't have the technique, Chen Miao truly felt the passive enhancement.

The most intuitive way is to perceive with your eyes closed!
When Chen Miao switched his acupoint to the Heavenly Spirit Yin Acupoint and activated the Ice Heart state, the range of his perception with his eyes closed doubled, reaching a radius of twelve meters.

If Chen Miao wanted, he could sense part of the situation in the lobby on the first floor from his second-floor office.

This change made Chen Miao have higher expectations for the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture.

If Tianling Yinqiao continues to be nurtured, will he be able to perceive everything in the entire funeral home while lying in bed?

If that's the case, wouldn't he be able to control the scorpion and win battles from a hundred meters away?

Unfortunately, for the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture to improve, Chen Miao must resolve the crisis of the Yin Pattern.

Another factor is the effectiveness of communication with the scorpion.

After activating the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture, even without activating the Ice Heart state, Chen Miao was able to communicate effectively with his Ghost Pattern Scorpion and issue commands.

When he activated his Ice Heart state, he could even sense some simple information transmitted back by the Ghost Scorpion!

Normally only Ghost-faced Scorpions can relay information to their owners, but Chen Miao managed to communicate with a Ghost-patterned Scorpion.

This may be related to the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture, or it may be related to the fact that Chen Miao went to Shi Lang's breeding base every week during this period to select about ten high-quality scorpions for his Ghost-Striped Scorpion, which continuously improved the Ghost-Striped Scorpion's quality.

In order to select scorpions for his ghost scorpion, Chen Miao even pretended that he wanted to learn how to raise them and gave Shi Lang 20,000 yuan for tuition!
That's how Shi Lang accepted him.

Not only did they let him pick scorpions, they also allowed him to stay overnight at the breeding base.

Over time, Chen Miao and Shi Lang became acquainted, and Chen Miao even learned a lot about scorpion farming.

Effort will naturally be rewarded!

Normally, it takes at least a year for a scorpion to advance from Ghost Mark to Ghost Face. But in just one month, judging from the growth trend, it seems to have already progressed more than halfway!
Chen Miao thought that after the New Year, he would be able to get a real Ghost-Faced Scorpion!
That's not all; Chen Miao's most important aspect, resistance to illusions, has also been strengthened.

When Chen Miao switched his gaze to the windmill through his Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture, he was still attracted, but not enough to make him fully immerse himself in it.

After trying dozens of times, Chen Miao was able to break free from the windmill's control by willpower alone, without relying on any other means!

This is completely different from the situation of having the ability to see ghosts.

The Yin-Yang Eyes' condition is more like temporarily raising Chen Miao's 'illusion resistance' to a very high level. As long as the Yin energy is not completely depleted, Chen Miao will not be controlled by illusions.

But once the Yin energy is depleted, Chen Miao will be instantly controlled.

But the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture is different.

The yin energy within Chen Miao's Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture would not be consumed when he was attracted by the windmill.

Its existence is more like raising the lower limit of Chen Miao's 'illusion resistance', making it a passive ability.

As long as the illusion isn't powerful enough to ignore Chen Miao's 'illusion resistance', Chen Miao won't be completely controlled and will have a chance to break free.

This reminded Chen Miao of the old ghost from back then.

The reason why the old ghost was able to resist the windmill's illusion was very likely because the other party had also opened the Heavenly Spirit Aperture or Yin-Yang Eyes.

Perhaps the old ghost's main cultivation was the Navel Yin Well, but given his level of strength, his cultivation of the Navel Yin Well must have reached a very high level.

It seems quite possible that he could take some time to practice the techniques he has already mastered.

Of course, these are just Chen Miao's guesses.

Perhaps the old ghost possesses some kind of magic, the power of which allows him to be immune to some of the effects of illusions.

More likely, the old ghost tattooed a yin mark with related abilities on him!
After all, Chen Miao had witnessed the wonders of the Yin Pattern.

In addition to the above situations, Chen Miao's success rate in drawing talismans also increased when the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture and Ice Heart states were in effect at the same time!
Previously, it would produce two to three ordinary talismans every two hours, but now it can reliably produce two talismans per hour!
Finally, there was an unexpected surprise.

That is, in the state of Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture, Chen Miao, due to the improvement in his mental strength, was actually more resilient in resisting that pain when he was practicing his body every morning!

Chen Miao had originally thought he would have to wait another month to try it for the fourth time, but he succeeded a few days ago.

With so many bonuses, the frequency of switching between the Heavenly Spirit and Yin Aperture has increased significantly every day!

In conclusion, Chen Miao is willing to call the Tianling Yinqiao the strongest auxiliary acupoint.

With it, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Chen Miao's soft power has doubled!

This made Chen Miao even more eager to resolve the issue of the Yin marks and then nurture his acupoints according to his own wishes.

……

"collapse!"

With a stomp, Chen Miao unleashed the final move of the Iron-Blooded Eight Extremes, 'Suppressing Mountains and Rivers,' with a resounding boom.

A tingling sensation spread from the soles of Chen Miao's feet throughout his body, but Chen Miao's body did not waver in the slightest.

Once the tingling sensation subsided, Chen Miao was instantly covered in a fine sweat.

After finishing his move, Chen Miao looked at Li Fu standing to the side.

"Not bad, what a pity."

Li Fu's words left Chen Miao somewhat bewildered.

Li Fu explained, "It's good that you've learned this set of boxing techniques very quickly. It's a pity that you couldn't join the army. Otherwise, with your learning ability and talent, you would definitely have stood out."

Chen Miao touched his nose and didn't say anything more.

Uncle Li may still hold the old-fashioned mindset, but nowadays, it's impossible to gain a foothold in the army just because you're good at boxing.

It's very complicated here.

Besides, if he had joined the army, it's uncertain whether he would have encountered this book again.

Without the support of the Heavenly Yin Aperture, the Ice Heart State, and the Extreme Yin Body Refining Technique, he would probably just be an ordinary recruit.

After greeting Li Fu, Chen Miao headed towards the office.

His physical condition has improved rapidly in the past month.

The most obvious sign is that Chen Miao has lost weight.

But this kind of thinness isn't the kind you get from dieting; it's the kind of lean, lean that's lean and lean.

While taking a shower, Chen Miao looked at his eight-pack abs, which were clearly defined when he exerted his abdominal muscles slightly, and felt somewhat dazed.

Once upon a time, he worked out with his roommate for a semester during college, and only then could he vaguely see the outline of his abdominal muscles.

But now, after only one month, it's already like this?
It can only be said that having connections and not having connections are two completely different things!
After washing up, Chen Miao took a look at Shi Manman.

In this past month, not only has he made rapid progress, but Shi Manman has also made rapid progress.

A month later, things gradually improved, and now I can sew blindly for ten minutes without any problems.

Once blindfolded, Shi Manman can gradually learn everything about the corpse model through touch, and then slowly grope his way to stitch it up.

To increase the difficulty, Shi Manman even bought three human models and a considerable number of human body parts models.

Every few days, she would ask Chen Miao to come over and randomly assemble a human body model. What Chen Miao had to do was to assess the model's condition by hand and then choose different methods to repair it.

Today is the day Chen Miao and Shi Manman had agreed upon.

When we arrived at the destination, Shi Manman was already waiting.

"Thank you for your trouble, Master."

Chen Miao nodded, indicating that he should slowly put on the blindfold.

He opened the cabinet and began selecting models.

This cabinet was bought by Shi Manman himself; it's quite large.

Once opened, there were various models of heads and limbs in different degrees of damage. Thanks to his cooperation with Shi over this period of time, Chen Miao is now quite adept at it.

He quickly selected the various parts and assembled them together.

This time, however, Chen Miao did an extra step: he emptied the contents of the current human model's abdomen and stuffed in the head of another model!
"Okay, let's get started."

After saying that, Chen Miao sat down on a chair and began to drink tea.

At this moment, Shi Manman's hands had already touched the platform where the model was placed, and soon she began to make a judgment.

It was slow, but very careful.

While blind stitching requires speed, accuracy is more important than speed.

Accurate judgment, accurate selection, and accurate stitching.

After achieving accuracy, it would be best if speed could also be improved.

It's not yet time to increase speed.

As Chen Miao watched, he slowly touched his head down to his neck, then from his neck to his hands, and then back down to his neck, moving towards his chest and abdomen.

Watching Shi Man gently stroke the damaged wound on his chest and abdomen for a while before moving away, a smile involuntarily appeared on Chen Miao's lips.

It has to be said that being a mentor can be addictive, especially when you watch your apprentice make mistakes without giving them any pointers, waiting for them to make one mistake after another before finally scolding them.

Chen Miao didn't know what kind of mentality this was, but he just couldn't help wanting to do it.

Not long after, Shi slowly examined both sides of the needle and thread, then took out bone needles and thread from his needle case and began suturing.

First the top of the head, then the back of the neck, and then the chest and abdomen.

But just as she was slowly sewing half of her chest and abdomen shut, her hand seemed to touch something, and she immediately stopped.

After a moment of squeezing, Shi slowly inserted his hand directly into the model's chest and abdomen.

After touching the contents and noticing their size and shape, Shi slowly and subconsciously looked in Chen Miao's direction.

But she quickly turned her head back.

Picking up the scissors, Shi slowly cut open the part he had sewn open, took out the head inside, and set it aside.

She then groped her way to the simulated adipocere, dug out a small piece with her hand, and returned to the corpse, slowly plugging up the hole she had just made.

After stuffing it in, she began to sew it up again.

This stitching was slow because she had to avoid the previous holes.

After the suturing is finished, slowly apply adipocere wax to the sutured area again.

This step was not originally necessary, but because of her mistake, the body was stitched up a second time. If the previous hole is not repaired, it could easily cause some adverse changes to the body.

Although the art of sewing corpses is said to involve handling corpses, it is actually like walking a tightrope.

Perhaps a corpse that originally only harbored a little resentment had its resentment intensified and gave birth to a ghost due to the poor technique of the person stitching the body.

Such things are recorded in "The Secret Techniques of Southern School of Corpse Stitching". Often, these situations are caused by apprentices who have not yet obtained the status of "corpse stitcher".

Every time it appears, someone almost always dies.

However, the number of people who can stitch up corpses is limited, and in the absence of the necessary resources, apprentices are the only option.

To avoid this situation, various remedial measures have been documented.

But all remedial measures are still based on the premise that one can recognize that one is wrong.

Shi Manman did a pretty good job in this regard.

A smile appeared on Chen Miao's face, but he quickly suppressed it before Shi slowly removed his blindfold.

"Master, I..."

Chen Miao stood up and stood in front of the corpse.

"The art of sewing corpses involves many things. Sometimes, the people who bring corpses to you are not all well-intentioned. So no matter what, you must always remember everything you have learned."

"If you find anything wrong, don't hesitate to verify it according to your own thinking. Even if you verify it wrong, it will only be a little more troublesome."

"But this is better than losing your life or taking someone else's life."

Shi slowly lowered his head.

"I understand, Master."

Chen Miao softened his tone.

“I’m still quite surprised that you could discover this, after all, you’ve never encountered a maliciously destructive model before.”

"The subsequent remedial measures were also very good, but to be on the safe side, in the future when encountering this situation, we can use the Soul-Guiding Needle, the Throat-Sealing Knot, and the Corpse-Binding Knot all at once to prevent the corpse from turning into a zombie."

Shi Manman nodded hurriedly.

"Alright, review it yourself. Next time I come, I'll randomly cause you trouble."

"I hope you will apply this caution not only to the processing of models in the future."

After saying that, Chen Miao turned and left.

As he reached the door, he seemed to remember something and stopped in his tracks.

"By the way, I'm going to Shannan City this afternoon and will be back tomorrow. If there's anything at the museum, do it if you can, otherwise give me a call."

"Understood, Director!"

Chen Miao nodded in satisfaction and left.

In the afternoon, after finishing his work, Chen Miao drove to Shannan City.

The reason, of course, is because of Xiang Shang.

This kid, after four months, has finally drawn his first talisman and is going to test it.

Since Chen Miao had been in Tianmen County for a while, he decided to go to Shannan City to take a look. Xie Songde had something to ask him before, so he could take care of it at the same time.

Just as Chen Miao was heading towards Shannan City, Yang Jiuhua was preparing to start his new live stream at a suburban cemetery in a city a thousand miles away.

After exploring the entire cemetery alone and getting a clear picture of the area, he began his live stream as night fell.

The live stream is called:

"Did you burn paper money today?"

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(End of this chapter)