The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 86: The Real Changshan School and the Practice of the Five Elements Evil Sublimation Method

In the living room, Li Xiangwen was pacing back and forth.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew into the house without warning.

Even though he knew that the mysterious being had arrived, Li Xiangwen still shuddered instinctively.

When the other party suddenly came to find him last night, he felt that the evil spirit on the other party was very strong, so strong that it frightened him...

Without daring to dwell on it, Li Xiangwen pointed to the computer on his desk and said, "I found the copy of the 'Spiritual Talisman Scroll' you requested. I couldn't find it online, and I asked several people associated with the Changshan School but couldn't find any information about it. In the end, I bought it from that ancient book collector."

"It is said that this is one of the core talisman techniques of the Changshan Sect. Most of the Changshan Sect's disciples practice this talisman technique."

"It's a pity that Changshan is five or six hundred kilometers away from us, otherwise I could go directly to Changshan and ask."

Li Zhen, who was looking at the computer with the vision of a ghost, did not check the talisman first, but opened a folder named "Successor of Changshan Faction".

Inside is a list of heirs similar to a family tree.

It can be traced back to a certain Heavenly Master during the Jin Dynasty.

It has been passed down from that Heavenly Master to the present day for dozens of generations, and almost all the important figures of each generation are recorded in this material.

On the computer screen, the list of successors was displayed using a dense tree diagram, and Li Zhen needed to enlarge the image to see the words he wanted to see clearly.

Li Xiangwen felt a little surprised that this mysterious person in front of him could use computers skillfully, and labeled him as "modern" in his mind.

After Li Zhen had looked at it for a while, Li Xiangwen said, "This list records the important figures among the successive generations of the Changshan School. The deeds of many of them can be found in history books."

Li Zhen browsed through the relevant era several times, but did not find the names of the Taoist Fang Xing and Taoist He Yan who died at his hands.

After comparing them, he found that most of the inherited figures in the Taoist's memory could be seen here, with the biggest differences being the figures from the Republic of China period.

The Taoist didn’t see any of the uncles and uncles in his memory, nor any of his peers here.

It's like a tree that split into two completely different branches during the Republic of China period.

Li Zhen controlled the little ghost to write a message on the white paper beside him: "The Changshan faction is seriously divided. Can you sort out the famous figures besides the direct descendants?"

The reason I keep writing is to maintain the sense of mystery.

If the little ghost were to talk directly to Li Xiangwen, it would be too awkward and the sense of mystery he created would be gone.

Li Xiangwen explained, "The Changshan sect is very complicated. After it was introduced to the common people, many small factions arose among the people, each claiming to be the direct descendant. It is very troublesome to sort it out."

"However, any celebrity will be included here, because it is a matter of honor. If they are not included, it means that the person is not famous, or is not a member of Changshan Sect."

Is it true that there are no Taoist Fang Xing and Taoist He Yan in the Changshan Sect today?

If they have, it seems impossible that they have no reputation at all given their abilities...

Putting the question aside, Li Zhen did not ask any more questions and turned to look at the "Scroll of Spiritual Spells and Talismans".

This scroll, like other ancient books, was written vertically from right to left, and the characters on it were also in traditional Chinese characters. Li Zhen found it a bit difficult to read.

After reading two pages, Li Zhen concluded that this was exactly the same as the content of the scroll in the Taoist's memory.

The only difference is that someone has written annotations on this photocopied version of the scroll.

Judging from the handwriting, many different people have written annotations on it. Li Zhen saw three different handwritings.

He turned the book to the last few pages and saw the "Method of Sublimating Evil Spirits through the Five Elements".

The article was not long, only two or three pages, but Li Zhen still spent a lot of time and effort to finish reading these pages.

It only talks about using this method to make talismans, and does not involve any discussion of its application on humans, which is the same as what the Taoist remembers.

However, there are many annotations on this scroll, which talk about many details that should be paid attention to, allowing Li Zhen to understand this method more thoroughly.

At the end of the chapter, Li Zhen saw a striking annotation:

Using it on talismans is the right way, using it on people is the wrong way. Future generations should remember this.

Below that, another line of even smaller handwriting read: "The human body is not a talisman. From the method of talismans, we can deduce the method of human cultivation..."

I can't see clearly behind.

After reading these two sentences carefully several times, Li Zhen felt a little strange.

There seems to be nothing wrong in saying that this method is evil when used on humans.

This method has a strong evil quality.

But the latter sentence seems to mean that the application of this method on humans is inferred from the talismans?

This is completely contrary to what Taoist Heyan said, that this method was first created by the ancestors for people to practice, and then applied to humans.

Who is right?

This question is not important for now.

What’s important is that this method can be applied to humans.

This kind of record can be found both in Taoist Heyan and in this book.

This can't be a coincidence.

Li Zhen wrote a line of crooked words on the white paper: "This law book has a second volume."

Li Xiangwen, whose waist ached from standing, found a chair and carefully sat down, then quickly stood up. "I've asked, and they're sure they only have this one copy. If there's one, it's definitely not in his hands."

Li Zhen continued writing: "Try to find the next volume."

Li Xiangwen was a little embarrassed: "In this era, things that should be spread out have already been spread out, but no one has ever paid attention to them."

"If there really is a second volume, then I must find an authentic mage from the Changshan school, but those people are not easy to deal with."

This is exactly the opposite of the Taoist's memory that Li Zhen obtained.

In the Taoist's memory, every secret book represents the face of the sect. Once it is spread out, he must do everything possible to get it back.

But in the real world, those secret books are like stones on the roadside, and you can find a lot of them with just a simple search.

However, many ancient books still have a certain threshold for acquisition.

It is not easy to obtain a photocopy like the one Li Zhen is reading now, and even few people know about this scroll.

Without giving it much thought, Li Zhen wrote on the white paper: "Go contact the direct descendants of Changshan. I will provide you with funds."

Even before entering the mission, he was not short of money.

In modern society, there is almost nothing that money cannot buy.

Seeing this sentence, Li Xiangwen quietly labeled this mysterious existence as "rich" in his heart.

“I will try my best to contact the people of Changshan, but Changshan’s tourism industry is developing very well now. The mages on the mountain are definitely not short of money, so they may not be interested in money.

Li Zhen wrote: "Just try to do it."

Li Xiangwen nodded: "I'll try to contact them through my connections."

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "My daughter called me today and told me that my granddaughter has been crying at night recently and that going to the hospital for a checkup has been useless. Can you...can you help me take a look at my granddaughter's problem?"

Li Zhen wrote the word "可" on the white paper.

Li Xiangwen breathed a sigh of relief, then said a little embarrassedly, "That Huang family kid is having a heart attack again. He urged me to go over and check on him during the day. What do you think I should do?"

Li Zhen wrote the two words "It's up to you" and returned to his original form.

Opening his eyes in the coffin, Li Zhen sorted out what he had just seen, and a question arose in his mind.

The mission world also has the "Spiritual Talisman Scroll", is it generated according to the real world?

But why aren't those people generated according to the real world?

How strange...

But now is not the time to think so much.

Li Zhen felt the state of the evil demon in his consciousness.

Even though the forces of both sides were opposing each other in his consciousness, they were still constantly eroding his spirit.

Just as he said to Taoist He Yan, he relied entirely on his transformed soul to forcibly suppress the chaotic will of the two evil demons and provide a certain degree of guidance.

Even if he visualized another evil demon, it would not be of much benefit to his soul.

After changing the god into an evil demon and using it as the object of visualization, he did not achieve his idea of ​​refining and nourishing the primordial spirit.

If this continues, the evil will that is becoming stronger and stronger in his consciousness will definitely overwhelm his soul again.

In this way, it is also impossible for him to visualize a third evil demon.

As long as he visualizes the evil spirit again, the erosion of his soul will surely deepen again, pushing him into a very dangerous situation.

Unless he can keep finding different evil methods to continuously strengthen his own spirit.

But this is impossible.

It is already very difficult to use evil magic to push his soul to its current strength, and it will definitely be even more difficult to go further.

This problem can be solved perfectly by the "Five Elements Evil Spirit Sublimation Method", because this method itself has the effect of strengthening the soul, which is completely in line with Li Zhen's idea.

Although there are still some doubts, this method is worth a try.

Li Zhen stood up from the coffin.

All the magical tools he needed were in the pile of things he brought back, he just had to find them.

Prepare yellow paper, cinnabar, ink, brushes and other things needed to make talismans.

Li Zhen came to the study and tried to make talismans for the first time.

Li Zhen tried to concentrate his mind and drew a crooked line on the first piece of paper, almost like writing with the body of a little ghost.

His spirit was strong, so he naturally had strong control over his body. However, his joints were extremely stiff, making it difficult for him to make small movements in accordance with his will. He was also not used to using a brush.

However, this talisman does not need to be drawn too finely. It should be effective as long as you copy it. The important thing is to attach his spiritual power to the talisman with the pen.

The production of most of the Changshan School's talismans requires the help of righteous gods or ancestors, but this talisman does not require that, and relies more on one's own will and spiritual power.

After trying for most of the day, Li Zhen felt that his "skills" should have reached the standard of drawing this talisman.

So he took all the materials for making talismans to the desk.

He visualized the spider demon as having the element of earth, so he needed to make several talismans of the five elements belonging to earth. The materials used included yellow paper and cinnabar, most of which were related to earth.

Yellow paper is yellow in color, which belongs to earth in the five elements, symbolizing the earth's carrying power.

Cinnabar is primarily fire-related, but because it comes from minerals, it is also considered to have earth-related properties in the Changshan School.

Li Zhen imagined the six-armed, bat-faced demon to be of water nature, and five corresponding water-based talismans needed to be made with water-based materials.

Blue represents water, so blue cloth is needed to make this talisman.

This talisman is not drawn with a brush, but with willow charcoal.

The Changshan School believes that willow trees are yin in nature, and when carbonized and used to draw talismans, they take on the nature of water.

The blue fabric was cut by Li Zhen from an old piece of clothing.

The willow charcoal was made by Li Zhen asking the little ghost to go out and find a piece of willow wood, which he then burned into charcoal.

Now that all the materials are available, Li Zhen officially enters the stage of making talismans.

Five earth-attribute talismans were made, and some fine ash and ink scraped from the spider demon statue were added into them during the making process.

Similarly, five water-based talismans were made, and some blood of red-eyed bats was added during the production process.

Making talismans is extremely energy-consuming. Even with Li Zhen's spiritual strength, he is exhausted after making these talismans.

Maybe it was an illusion caused by the different colors, but Li Zhen felt that the two talismans gave him completely different feelings.

One is a heavy and condensed feeling, the other is a flowing and gentle feeling...

After resting for a while, Li Zhen used cinnabar and ink to draw a big talisman on his body in front of the mirror, extending from his neck to his abdomen.

Cinnabar was corrosive to Li Zhen. Once it came into contact with his skin, he felt a sharp pain, as if he was really burned by fire.

Li Zhen observed that his skin that came into contact with cinnabar turned a deep red color, like a burn.

This feeling of stimulation made Li Zhen very uncomfortable, and he naturally felt a little irritable.

But Li Zhen still drew the talisman on his body without saying a word.

This method of practice actually involves treating oneself as a special talisman to be refined, just as Taoist He Yan demonstrated to him.

After doing all this, Li Zhen did not start practicing rashly.

He added some of his own blood to the ink, and after the ink on his body dried, he drew some strange runes all over his face and body.

The runes are interconnected and appear densely packed, overlapping with the previously drawn, somewhat crooked strokes, making them appear even more bizarre.

After preparing the things to seal his five senses, Li Zhen officially began his practice.

He brought both the spider demon statue and the bat-faced demon statue into the study, and pasted five earth- and water-attributed talismans on the corresponding demon statues.

Li Zhen's soul was still able to suppress both of them, so neither of them made any noise.

After doing all this, Li Zhen sat cross-legged in front of the two evil demons.

The first step of the "Five Elements Evil Spirit Sublimation Method" is also visualization, but there is no need to introduce the evil spirits into the primordial spirit. You only need to use a special visualization method to visualize the evil spirits into corresponding attributes.

Li Zhen had already achieved this step, so there was no need to make many preparations as recorded in the "Scroll of Spiritual Talismans" to prevent the backlash of evil spirits.

As soon as he visualized the spider demon, the five earth-attributed talismans attached to the spider demon began to move automatically without wind.

After adjusting his posture, Li Zhen lit a talisman on the demon statue and chanted, "The Supreme Mysterious Order, command the Nine Netherworlds to subdue! The evil demons retreat, their wills are imprisoned... The righteous energy of the Heavenly Gang, transforms the filth into the divine! The talisman shines brightly, and the demonic obstacles become dust! Hurry and obey the command!"

The five talismans seemed to be affected by some kind of power and burned upwards at the same time.

In the firelight, the eyes of the spider demon statue flickered, and there seemed to be endless souls struggling inside.

At this moment, Li Zhen felt his spleen sink, as if it had turned into a solidified lump of earth.

The lake formed by the surging of countless souls was also looming in front of Li Zhen's eyes, trying to pull Li Zhen's soul into it.

Li Zhen, who had experienced this kind of thing once, was not surprised at all.

His soul remained motionless, constantly sensing the changes in his own state.

Li Zhen's soul is much stronger than that of an ordinary person, so he did not encounter any necessary obstacles here.

He dipped his hand in some ink and lightly drew a line on his spleen, making the talisman on his body more complete.

After this stroke was completed, the entire talisman seemed to be activated, flashing a faint red light.

The spider demon roared, and all of its ignorant will followed the red light and entered Li Zhen's spleen, and then flowed into the lower dantian along with the spleen.

It really works...

Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

The ceremony had not deviated from Li Zhen's idea up to this point.

However, it is different from what is recorded in the "Scroll of Spiritual Talismans".

The will of the imprisoned spider demon should have been dormant, but instead of being dormant, it became stronger and stronger.

Pure evil emanated from Li Zhen, making him even more terrifying.

There was a constant "sizzling" sound coming from the cinnabar marks on his body, and some parts had become dim.

If this continues, the will of the erupting evil demon will overwhelm Li Zhen's soul.

But Li Zhen did not panic.

This was something he had expected.

Others use evil spirits to sublimate talismans, and most of them are evil spirits like ghosts. Only he directly uses evil demons whose details are unknown.

Whether it is the spider demon or the bat-faced demon, as one of the twelve demons relied on for black magic, they are not simple existences.

If you don't have some strength, how could you possibly maintain such a cruel technique as black magic?
Neither the talismans drawn by Li Zhen according to the "Spiritual Talisman Scroll" nor Li Zhen's own powerful soul could suppress the evil demon.

The only way is what Li Zhen had never done before, and it is also what the "Five Elements Evil Sublimation Method" can do, which is to let the evil spirits restrain each other.

Li Zhen used his hand as a pen and drew a line on the kidney area to complete the talisman on his body, and then directly ignited the talisman on the bat-faced evil demon statue.

"Yuqing Yuanshi, command the might of heaven! Seal the evil demons, lock them in the mystery... The mighty light shines everywhere, bringing peace and tranquility to heaven and earth! Hurry and obey the command!"

The eyes of the bat-faced evil demon statue flashed with blood-red light.

Li Zhen suddenly felt as if water was flowing in his kidneys.

This didn't seem like an illusion, even Li Zhen could hear the sound of flowing water.

These two talismans can indeed channel the power of evil spirits into the power of the five elements...

Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

This step is not wrong!

A strange "squeak" sounded in Li Zhen's consciousness, and the will of the bat-faced evil demon became stronger and stronger.

The cinnabar marks on Li Zhen's body became brighter and brighter, turning into blood-red rays of light engraved on Li Zhen's body.

Earth overcomes water. After the spider demon's will entered the lower dantian, it directly overwhelmed the bat-faced demon's will.

However, if the water element is too strong, it will in turn restrain the earth, which is called "counter-insult".

Under the guidance of the talisman, the two evil demons continued to erode each other until they reached a certain limit, and both sides suddenly fell into a special static state.

Li Zhen suddenly felt relieved.

Amidst all the terrifying illusions, Li Zhen felt that his soul had undergone some indescribable and wonderful changes.

The discomfort caused by absorbing too many memories of others suddenly disappeared.

Just like salt dissolving in water, those things that are temporarily indigestible are instantly absorbed by him.

This is a sign that the soul is becoming stronger!

Even Li Zhen was a little excited when faced with this change.

What is said in the "Five Elements Evil Sublimation Method" is correct. When evil spirits restrain each other, you can use the evil thoughts of the evil spirits to further refine their spirits!
Li Zhen had already experienced the torture of the evil thoughts of two evil spirits, so now only a little illusion is left.

Just as Taoist Heyan said, this method had no barriers for him in the previous tribulations.

Suddenly, Li Zhen felt his body become light and was floating upwards.

It was naturally impossible for his body to float up, but what was about to float up was his stronger soul!
The body after "transforming into a corpse" lacks traction, and even the original soul cannot be imprisoned, let alone the current soul?

But Li Zhen also expected this.

Although he was frightened, he did not panic. He first grabbed the prepared glutinous rice and stuffed it into his mouth to seal his mouth, then used the prepared things to seal his nostrils and ears, and finally sealed his eyes with tape and black cloth.

Those densely packed runes on his body weren't drawn in vain.

The method used to seal the seven orifices is the same one Li Zhen had used on Naimi's body before. It can temporarily seal ghosts on the body.

This time Li Zhen was better prepared.

Just seal the spirit inside your body temporarily...

After catching his breath, as long as nothing happens that shocks his soul, Li Zhen will be able to temporarily stabilize his soul.

(End of this chapter)