The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 66 Visualizing the Spider Demon
After stretching his stiff hands and feet, Li Zhen stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

Taking a large bowl, he went straight to the room where the talisman paper was stored.

According to what Chen Hua said, Li Zhen took out a yellow talisman, burned half of the talisman paper, silently chanted "Master, please help me" in his heart, and then threw the remaining half of the yellow talisman into a large bowl filled with half a bowl of water.

What appeared on the water surface was indeed the appearance of the bat-faced evil god.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Li Zhen felt that the face of the bat-faced evil god he saw this time was clearer and more vivid.

Li Zhen knew that he didn't have much time left.

If "Half-Ghost Descent" can enhance the soul, then it would be the best choice.

Otherwise, you can only take greater risks and try other methods to suppress the evil god.

He must make a decision before the next mission arrives...

Back in the basement, Li Zhen lay back in the coffin.

There was something wrong with his soul, and he himself didn't know to what extent his actions were influenced by evil spirits.

The less you do now, the fewer mistakes you will make, so the best option is to just lie down...

The next day, Li Xiangwen worked all day and finally returned home with a pile of ancient books.

After thinking about it, he still felt that it was not enough, so he took out the laptop from the room and put it on his desk.

In the evening, Li Xiangwen, who had been waiting for a long time, finally heard the sound of turning pages.

He walked over to the table and quietly introduced, "These few books placed alone on the left are from the collection of the old Taoist priest on Qianniu Mountain."

"That old Taoist priest was truly a master. He was in his seventies or eighties and still full of energy. He could walk up the mountain without even taking a breath. And then the person behind him suddenly disappeared."

"A while ago, when Qianniu Mountain planned to develop tourism and renovated the Taoist temple, they cleared out the old Taoist priest's things, and some of the books fell into the hands of my friend."

"The book I borrowed is the notes of the old Taoist priest. It records some of his own insights. Some of the passages discuss the Yuanshen and Yinshen. There are a few sentences that the old Taoist priest commented on a sentence in the 'Xingming Guizhi' related to the Yinshen. It's on the page where I put the bookmark."

Looking at another pile, he continued, "These are the books I borrowed from a few colleagues nearby. Some are quite interesting, while others... are less credible. I've marked the relevant content."

Finally, he looked at his computer and said, "In this day and age, finding information is essential. I contacted a caring online friend remotely, and with my help, he helped me collect almost all the relevant information that could be found online."

"Some of these books are out-of-print handwritten manuscripts. The one in them, 'Handwritten Notes on the Cloud Book of Secrets,' is said to be extremely valuable. Even photocopies of it aren't available on the market. This resourceful netizen directly found a scanned copy and posted it here."

As Li Xiangwen was speaking, the notebook that he said was the old Taoist priest's opened by itself.

Even though he had experienced this kind of thing before, Li Xiangwen still felt it was strange.

After waiting anxiously for a while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party did not express any dissatisfaction.

For three consecutive days, Li Xiangwen worked diligently to find information and even spent a lot of money.

Even the matters concerning the Huang family were temporarily glossed over by him.

Until the fourth day, Li Xiangwen waited in the house until midnight but did not hear the sound of books turning.

……

Professionals are highly efficient in collecting information.

In the study, Li Zhen put down his pen after writing down the key points.

He picked up his notes and went through what he had written down from the beginning, reorganizing his thoughts.

Most of the information provided by Li Xiangwen was public information. Even if it was not public information, the content did not deviate from Taoist thoughts, and Li Zhen could not be fooled by this.

Li Zhen gained a lot from the things collected by Li Xiangwen.

Combining the knowledge of black magic he gained from Nai Mi and He Mei, his understanding of black magic was several levels deeper than before, and he basically sorted out the contradictions in Nai Mi's memory.

The black magic is indeed an evil way. In pursuit of quick success, it not only does not take the usual path, but also seems to have no complete system and does not seek a higher path.

According to Taoist theory, if the "three souls and seven spirits" of a person do not return to heaven and earth smoothly after death, they will remain as "ghosts". Therefore, ghosts are said to be "the existence of stagnant yin energy, with no place to rely on and no place to go."

Yin Shen is usually considered to be the "yin spiritual body" cultivated by ascetics. It is the condensation of the practitioner's own essence, energy and spirit. It is the initial state of "not yet pure after rebirth, and yin qi not yet dispersed", rather than a "ghost".

In other words, the Yin Spirit is the spiritual manifestation of the practitioner himself and belongs to the category of "cultivation of the living", while the ghost is the soul state of the deceased and has nothing to do with the living.

The unorthodox practice of "half-ghost descent" involves absorbing the powerful resentment and residual souls of others after death, forcibly concentrating one's own energy and spirit, allowing the soul to break free from its shackles and reach the state of out-of-body experience. Does this method count as spiritual practice?
It seems so.

But it is obviously different from traditional practice.

Is the thing "cultivated" in this way a "Yin God"?
It can only be said that it seems to be true.

The things that are "cultivated" in this way are naturally full of resentment and evil spirits, and are somewhat similar to ghosts.

From the perspective of the entire sorcerer, it is indeed correct to say that such a person is half human, half ghost.

But will there be a way forward if we take this path?

Li Zhen didn't know.

Naimi and others' knowledge of black magic did not tell him what happened next.

Therefore, Li Zhen believes that there seems to be no complete system for black magic.

But not knowing whether there is a way out is better than having no way out at all.

If "half-ghost spell" is purely to transform people into ghosts, then Li Zhen, who used this spell, would become a real wandering ghost, because his body is actually turning into a corpse.

The current situation has allowed Li Zhen to see a vague way out.

Can't wait any longer...

Fu Wen has sent a reminder to Li Zhen, telling him that the mission will begin in half a day.

Whether his understanding is correct or not, he will have to find out after further exploration...

Sighing inwardly at the difficulty of the road, Li Zhen went to the basement and took out the sealed spider demon statue.

The six-armed, bat-faced demon on the altar seemed to sense what Li Zhen was thinking. It lowered its head, and pure evil thoughts followed its gaze and fell on Li Zhen.

Li Zhen's heart skipped a beat.

The six-armed bat-faced evil demon statue returned to its original state, as if the action just now was just an illusion seen by Li Zhen.

This evil god is becoming more and more terrifying...

Arriving at the room where the yellow talismans were stored, Li Zhen first took out the yellow talismans that Master Danyang had given him before.

Regardless of whether these talismans were useful or not, he pasted all of them around the room.

After doing this, Li Zhen placed the talisman array barrier made by Chen Hua in the center of the room.

Without hesitation, Li Zhen carried the spider demon statue into the talisman formation.

After closing the small door left on one side of the talisman formation, Li Zhen suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, as if the heavy objects pressing on him were isolated outside.

This talisman array barrier is indeed useful...

Li Zhen felt more confident.

But there are evil spirits both inside and outside, so this talisman formation will definitely not last long.

After tearing off the "bandage" on the spider demon, Li Zhen saw the complete spider demon statue again.

Even though the outside was wrapped so well, the gap between the Buddha shell inside the evil demon statue was still widening, as if the spider evil demon statue inside was constantly expanding.

Spiders have no scales and their bodies are naked, similar to "naked insects", corresponding to the "earth" of the five elements.

Among the five internal organs, it should correspond to the spleen.

This time, he did not take a bath or change clothes, nor did he burn incense to calm his mind. Li Zhen removed all the outer layers of the Buddha shell from the spider demon statue, and then focused his consciousness on the demon statue.

Adjusting his breathing, he quickly cleared away distracting thoughts, allowing his mind to enter a special state of being neither thinking nor not thinking.

According to the method of mind concentration, Li Zhen visualized his spleen transforming into a spider demon and entering his dantian.

A spider demon gradually took shape in his consciousness...

The talismans that Li Zhen had pasted on the wall didn't last even for a moment before they exploded into wisps of green smoke!

(End of this chapter)