Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

In the tomb-robbing business, there are few tomb-robbers who are monks.

The main reason is that there are few burial objects in the tombs robbed by monks.

There weren't even any decent burial objects.

It is said that money can move people's hearts.

Naturally, no one will do something that brings little or no benefits.

As for the dangers, as long as the benefits are big enough, people will continue to do it even if there is a risk of losing their lives.

I could die from the curse at any moment.

Therefore, dangers like the Hundred Demons Seal are no big deal to me.

Ai Weiguo's face turned pale.

He had just been possessed by an evil spirit, and now whenever he heard about ghosts and spirits, he couldn't help but feel fear.

"Dad, stop talking about this."

Old Master Ai glanced at him with disdain: "Are you scared already?"

"What did you say when you were stubborn with me? Didn't you say you were fearless?"

"..."

Ai Weiguo covered his face.

I felt so ashamed when my shortcomings were exposed in public.

Old Master Ai stopped bullying his son.

He turned to me and said, "I heard someone say that before. It was during the chaotic years of war. I was chatting with the Taoist priest at the Eight Immortals Temple."

The Wanshou Eight Immortals Temple in Xi'an is one of the ten Taoist temples, also known as the Eight Immortals Temple.

Taoism and Buddhism both have ten-direction monasteries and temples for descendants.

The Ten Directions Monastery is of a missionary nature.

Disciples from all lineages can go to the Ten Directions Monasteries to stay, live there permanently, and study, but Ten Directions Monasteries generally do not accept disciples, and all temple and monastic properties are shared.

Zisun Temple can accept disciples privately, and the temple property is also privately owned by each branch. Usually, they do not accept fellow disciples who come to live there permanently.

When Empress Dowager Cixi fled west to Xi'an, she went to the Eight Immortals Temple to pray for blessings.

He then donated gold and silver to build the Wanshou Eight Immortals Palace.

From then on, the Eight Immortals Temple became the Eight Immortals Palace, but the locals still call it the Eight Immortals Temple.

"We talked about Yu Zhenren from the Mongol Yuan Dynasty."

"Master Yu's name was Shanqing. He begged his way into Guanzhong and became a disciple of Ma Yu, one of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen."

"After Ma Yu ascended to heaven, he studied Taoism with Qiu Chuji, Tan Churui, Wang Chuyi, and Liu Chuxuan."

"Five of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen were his teachers, so he is highly respected in the Quanzhen Dao sect."

"Later, he was conferred the title of Tongxuan Guangde Dongzhen Zhenren by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty court..."

According to legend, Yu Zhenren wanted to seek immortality in his later years.

He traveled all over Mount Zhongnan in search of immortality, and later entered a cave and got the opportunity to practice ghost cultivation.

Realizing that his life was coming to an end, Yu Zhenren built a tomb in Ganhe Town, Hu County, hoping to come back to life through ghost cultivation.

Master Yu entered the coffin holding the golden bottle that sealed all the ghosts. Nine iron chains were hung from the top of the tomb, and the coffin was suspended in the air using the Nine Dragon Formation.

A stone vat is placed under the coffin, and lamp oil from various families is added into the vat to light the eternal lamp.

The lamp oil from the hundred families was not added randomly, but required the Taoist disciples to go out and beg for the lamp oil from the people in all directions.

Use the vitality of hundreds of families to light the eternal lamp, help the soul that remains in the body after the death of the real person, and refine the hundreds of ghosts sealed in the golden bottle.

Once you refine hundreds of ghosts and become the Ghost King, you can revive the dead and enjoy eternal life.

The ghost cultivation method was seen as an evil heresy by Quanzhen disciples, so not long after Master Yu was buried, a disciple exposed the matter.

Li Zhichang, the third-generation leader of Quanzhen, personally went to Master Yu's tomb to find out what was going on.

"It's said, it's said... Sect Leader Li's face turned pale before he even entered the tomb."

"The evil energy is too strong!"

"When I went in, oh my god!"

"White hairs grew out from the cracks in the coffin. Master Yu in the coffin failed to succeed in his ghost cultivation and instead turned himself into a giant zongzi."

"Master Li was afraid that the giant zongzi transformed by Master Yu would be too powerful, and that any rash actions would backfire, so he didn't dare to break the Nine Dragon Formation to burn the coffin."

"He only ordered the Wannian lamp to be extinguished, seventy-seven forty-nine seven-star nails to be driven into the coffin, and talismans to be placed all around the tomb."

"Finally, they sealed the tomb door, filled in the tomb passage, and buried the entire tomb deep underground. They also sent people to perform rituals on the grave for 9981 days..."

What Mr. Ai said was quite mysterious.

Everyone who heard this turned pale, all frightened by the huge zongzi that Master Yu had transformed into.

"Oh my god!" Ai Wuzhuang patted his chest hard.

"It turned into a giant dumpling during the Yuan Dynasty. After a few hundred years, wouldn't it turn into a drought demon?"

The "Classic of Mountains and Seas" records: Huangdi sent down a goddess named Ba from heaven, and the rain stopped, and then he killed Chiyou.

This is the earliest record of Hanba.

It is said that when Huangdi was fighting against Chiyou, Chiyou sent Fengbo and Yushi to stop Huangdi's army. Huangdi sent Nüba to stop the wind, rain and drought, and then won the battle and killed Chiyou.

In Zi Bu Yu, a book written by Yuan Mei in the Qing Dynasty, there are records of three kinds of drought demons.

"A one-legged creature with long hair and a gibberish appearance is called a beast."

"A hanging corpse that has become stiff and has come out to seduce people is a ghost."

The two types of drought demons that we usually encounter are these two types.

The third type of drought demon is even more powerful. Yuan Mei called it "Ge", "It looks like a human but has a long head and a single eye on top. It can eat dragons."

In ancient times, there was also a custom of fighting against drought demons.

When there is a severe drought, people will look for graves that are suspected to have given birth to drought demons. After digging up the graves, they will burn the bodies and coffins together to pray for rain.

But among those that were dug out, there were basically no real drought demons.

Because if you really dig out the drought demon, it’s not a question of whether you burn it or not, but whether the drought demon kills you or not.

Ai Weiguo gasped and said, "It seems like it could really be a drought demon."

"If Master Yu's tomb is dug up and the drought demon inside is released, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Mr. Ai smiled and said, "I had the same doubt at the time, so I asked the Taoist priest."

"The Taoist priest said that at that time, they gathered together high-level practitioners from all over the world and performed a ritual for 81 days, and with the addition of talismans to suppress it, they should be able to dissolve Master Yu's ghost cultivation."

"As for whether or not a drought demon will actually be born, no one can say for sure."

I silently memorized the place name Ganhe Town, Hu County.

I'm planning to go there in the next few days to see if I can find Yu Zhenren's tomb.

The tomb of Wang Chongyang and the Tomb of the Living Dead where he practiced are also in Huxian County.

I might as well go all out and explore all of these.

While I was thinking about it, Mr. Ai smiled and said, "Brother Chen, forget about the Seven Star Nail."

"You can't even find Master Yu's tomb, not to mention whether there are zongzi and drought demons."

"I do have things like the Bagua Mirror on this list, but they are just ordinary stuff, not real magical tools, and they are of no use to you."

It seems that the meaning of the words is that they can't help me.

This is also reasonable.

After all, magical weapons are rare.

Moreover, many things in Buddhism and Taoism were destroyed or lost at that time, and very few remained.

"Grandpa, don't be so stingy. Shitou just saved my uncle's life. My second uncle and the others just used the Bagua mirror and other things..."

Ai Wuzhuang hugged his grandfather's arm and started to act coquettishly.

Old Master Ai laughed heartily and said, "Haha, girl, don't try to bully me with your words."

"Our Ai family always repays favors. Brother Chen will definitely repay your uncle for saving his life."

"Things on the list, but nothing suitable."

“But there’s another good thing!”