Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 62: Wanli Years Leader

Kong Wenju practiced the method of "appraising antiques" and he could distinguish the ancient meaning of objects.

Legend has it that in the archaeological industry, there are some experts who have reached the pinnacle of cultivation in this way.

Not only can you tell at a glance the age when the antique was made, but you can also vaguely feel some of the major events that the antique has experienced in history.

They regard antiques as fragments of confession left by the ancients.

Even if a person stays in a gloomy and terrifying ancient tomb, to people like them, everything seems colorful and gorgeous.

On some items, you can hear the cheers of the Lantern Festival in prosperous times, and on some items, you can feel the roar of military orders in troubled times.

It doesn't feel eerie or deserted at all.

On the contrary, if there are students following them, they will feel annoyed.

"The sounds in the ancient tomb are so beautiful, don't you hear them?"

"Shh! Stop talking! Your vulgar words are making it so noisy that I can't hear the ancient music!"

Kong Wenju was certainly far from achieving that kind of accomplishment, but after he had made some progress, he developed an intuitive distinction between ordinary objects and antiques.

For him, living in a house with clean windows and elegant decoration may not necessarily make him feel comfortable.

Even a large bed that is soft yet firm and fits the curves of the human body, and a fluffy and huggable quilt may not necessarily make him feel at ease.

But if you have an antique that you like, you will feel comfortable even if you sleep on cement.

Sometimes he wondered if the Dharma he practiced had alienated him, and he could rarely feel sadness or joy in other things.

Only from the breath of antiques can you get a fresh experience.

But if you think about it carefully, it's just like some people like to live in the south and some people like to live in the north.

He has this talent, so he can develop this type of telekinesis, and the telekinesis in turn highlights his habits. It's just a natural thing.

It's just a habit, far from being alienation.

After all, he was not crazy enough to spend every day in a museum just to feel the atmosphere of antiques.

The antiques accumulated at home have made him quite content.

Unfortunately, his old friends were unwilling to sell his favorite antiques of calligraphy and painting.

This life of contentment with a little regret changed about a month ago.

That day he was playing with an ancient jade when he suddenly heard a sound like a dusty shell breaking or an egg cracking.

The ancient jade suddenly turned into his right hand and swam into his body, making him extremely frightened.

But he soon discovered that the ancient jade entering his body did not bring him any harm, but only benefits.

His nose became unusually sensitive, and he could sense the scent of antiques much more clearly than before.

Compared with Kong Wenju at this moment, even when he entered the state of enlightenment, he still seemed like a patient with severe nasal congestion.

This olfactory pleasure made him inexplicably not seek anyone for a more detailed examination of his body.

After a few days, he discovered that in addition to his nose being more sensitive to the smell of antiques, he could also smell the toxicity of certain items, which would be introduced into a certain part of his body, deposited there, and combined to form several specific toxins.

Some toxins can cause people to see absurd scenes.

Some toxins, like truth serums, can make people answer questions and tell the truth without realizing it.

There are also toxins that can amplify people's desire to attack. When the dose exceeds a certain level, it can suppress people's desire to attack and create a great sense of intimacy.

Kong Wenju familiarized himself with his newfound power and began to carefully investigate the origins of the ancient jade.

First of all, the ancient jade should be from the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the half-true and half-false rumors told by the seller, Kong Wenju consulted historical materials and finally narrowed down a range.

This piece of ancient jade should have been a personal belonging of the leader of a folk sect during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

The man's name was Liu Tianxu. He once gathered people in Nanjing to start an uprising and called himself the Emperor of Longhua and the Leader of Longhua.

This sect, nominally following the mainstream, worships Maitreya Buddha, who attained enlightenment under the Nagarjuna tree.

In fact, the Maitreya mentioned in the teachings of this sect is very insignificant. What they really worship is the Dragon Flower Tree.

They believe that human ancestors were originally born from trees, without any sexual intercourse between men and women, or any bloody or filthy things. It's just that their ancestors were polluted by the secular world, so that their descendants had to be born through sexual intercourse between men and women, coming from filth and suffering.

Worshiping the Longhua Tree removes one layer of filth, and people will have one less layer of suffering. After death, they can return to the Longhua Tree, be reborn, and enjoy all the blessings of immortality.

At that time, many people recognized his efficacy and followed and served him.

However, Liu Tianxu wanted to start a rebellion, and he actually chose the Changzhi Festival, when all the officials gathered to pay homage to the mausoleum. He was really brave, but he was quickly surrounded and killed.

After Kong Wenju's investigation to this point, he felt that he understood.

His newly acquired abilities were indeed very suitable for preaching.

It seems that he has inherited the legacy of an ancient sorcerer.

Anyway, he wouldn't do anything stupid to join any evil sect, so he could just use this ability with peace of mind.

When Chu Tianshu heard him say this.

The description of the actual situation and his own psychology is still very organized.

But later on, it became a little difficult to explain Kong Wenju.

When asked to recall his actions, he couldn't explain why he could bear to abandon his property and shop, steal calligraphy and paintings and ancient books from several families in one go, and leave his hometown.

He didn't think much about why he chose to come to Australia, it seemed like he just chose it at random.

But he still remembers the attack on Hong Ying's brother.

"That's Tang Bohu's calligraphy and painting, Tang Bohu."

"His 'Falling Flowers Poems' is housed in the Princeton University Art Museum of America, and his 'Waterfall Viewing Scroll' is housed in the National Palace Museum in Taipei."

"Even if it's just a fan, and its artistic value is far inferior to the first two, it should still be kept at home and properly worshipped."

"That's not an ancient jade, how can he hold it in his hand?!" Kong Wenju's expression was extremely excited, and he completely ignored his previous fear of Chu Tianshu.

"These nouveau riche gamblers may have high social status and lots of money, so officials have to give them face."

"But once they get the good stuff, they don't know how to maintain it."

"I only regret that the fan was snatched back by them. I didn't know the madman was looking for his son, otherwise I would have tricked him into helping me snatch the fan back!"

Chu Tianshu looked at him indifferently, his gaze slowly turned to the big bag over there, and then turned back.

The meaning is obvious.

If you stuff calligraphy, paintings, and ancient books into such a big bag, does that count as taking good care of your collection?
Kong Wenju argued, "I have no choice. If I want to carry these good things with me, I have to disguise myself."

"Fortunately, there are many people in the world who don't know what treasures are. If I stuff them into my bag like this, others won't even know what they are."

Chu Tianshu was too lazy to say anything more to him and just stared at his spleen carefully.

The evil spirit in Kong Wenju is much weaker than the one in Zhu Heng.

This may be due to the different environments during the preservation process over hundreds of years.

But there is probably another factor, which is Zhu Heng's influence on Kong Wenju.

Among the five internal organs, the spleen belongs to earth and the lungs belong to gold, and earth can produce gold.

Zhu Heng's strength is much higher than Kong Wenju's, and he is a madman himself, with a frenzied will, even stronger than his physical strength.

When these two people were together, Zhu Heng invisibly caused the evil spirit in Kong Wenju's body to become disordered, and even his power was sucked away.

But this is not without its benefits.

For Kong Wenju, it was precisely because the evil spirit in his body was weakened that his mind was clearer than when he first left his hometown.

"Advisor Chu, where are you?"

Fang Jun’s shouts came from downstairs.

Chu Tianshu took a few steps and approached the outside of the floor.

Fang Jun got a roll of green gauze commonly found on construction sites, wrapped Zhu Heng's body in it and brought it over.

He didn't plan to carry the body up to the third floor, so he just shouted from below: "What's going on?"

"Caught."

Chu Tianshu said, "You should have sensed the evil spirit's aura on Zhu Heng's body. There is also an evil spirit on Kong Wenju's body."

"It should be something left behind by the evil leader of the Ming Dynasty. Distributed according to the five internal organs, it may have a combined effect."

Fang Jun's expression changed. He put the body down, found a bamboo pole, and jumped to the second floor with a pole.

He practices telekinesis, so it is easy for him to jump down from a high place, and he can use some means to cushion the impact. It is okay to jump from the third floor, but jumping up is a bit troublesome.

Chu Tianshu squatted down, put his hand on him, and pulled him up to the third floor.

Fang Jun stared at Kong Wenju for a while, then slowly raised a playing card: "Kill him."

Kong Wenju was horrified and said anxiously, "Wait a minute, my, my, my crime is not punishable by death, right? Aren't you afraid that the Special Investigation Department will come to find you if you do this?"

Fang Jun smiled grimly.

"I'm from the Special Investigations Department."

Kong Wenju's back slumped, and he murmured, "The Special Investigation Division is so dark, I should have known it earlier..."

"Very good. For slandering the Special Investigations Division in front of the investigating officers, you can add a little more to your sentence."

Fang Jun smiled and said, "However, considering the amount of money involved in your case, I estimate that I will be in jail until you die of old age."

Kong Wenju didn't know whether to be sad or happy for a moment. From the sound of it, it seemed that they were not prepared to kill him.

Chu Tianshu was in a good mood after seeing Fang Jun scare Kong Wenju, and said with a smile: "Actually, you mean killing evil spirits, right?"

"Ah."

Fang Jun said seriously, "He's not a serious dangerous person like Zhu Heng. If you can save his life, then keep him."

"According to the repeated orders from above, we, the Special Investigation Division, must be fair and strict in our work, even if we have the situation under control."

Chu Tianshu added: "This group of evil spirits is a combination of the five internal organs. The two known ones have both revived recently. I wonder if I should keep them first and use them to cast spells to track down the others."

Fang Jun shook his head.

"We have a priority principle when handling cases. Evil spirits, if you see one, kill it."

"Especially those evil spirits that form groups. If we have the chance, we must first kill and cripple their group. The more crippled, the better. Otherwise, if they really gather together, who knows what will happen."

"Also, regarding tracking, any evil spirit relic of any quality will be encrypted."

"It would be more difficult to track their companions if they were still intact. It would be easier to track them based on their remaining aura after they were killed."

Chu Tianshu really didn't know this.

Hailing is really peaceful, and there are no ancient evil spirit inheritances.

At most, there will be some unconventional ways like that of the scholar in the late Qing Dynasty.

The inheritance of witch doctors focuses on medical skills, while the secret blessing method focuses on the improvement and accumulation of one's own mental power.

There was little mention of the fact that the evil spirit's relics could encrypt themselves.

"Then I'll kill him!"

Chu Tianshu spoke quickly, and while speaking, he had already pointed at the position of Kong Wenju's spleen and stabbed it in the air.

Since you have to kill it, of course you have to open the treasure chest yourself to get the materials.

If Fang Jun gets there first, I’ll be at a loss.

(End of this chapter)