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Chapter 25 Bear Head Sacrifice to the Soul of the Dead (please recommend)
In order to support the economic construction of the motherland, the Northeast, which used to be sparsely populated, also welcomed batches of pioneers.Many of these pioneers were forestry workers, traveling across mountains and rivers to cut down trees and transport the wood to all parts of the country.

As more workers were engaged in forestry, villages based on forest farms began to take root among the white mountains and black waters.Xinmin Village, where Mushanhe is located, was a village that was established one after another due to the changes in forest farms after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

There are more than a dozen similar villages like this around the forest farm.With the emergence of many villages, towns and even counties gradually emerged.In addition to the older generation who know where their ancestral home is, the new generation of forest people regard the forest as their hometown.

After getting rid of the bear that broke into the garden, Mu Shanhe did not take the body of the bear to collect the so-called bonus like other hunters.In his opinion, the copper gall he harvested alone was enough to satisfy him.

As a human being, you should always be content with what you have.The most important thing is that Mu Shanhe doesn’t want to be too famous!
In order to comfort Li Laoliu who had been buried, Mu Shanhe, who had breakfast early in the morning, took up his spear and dog, and crossed the mountains and ridges to Lijiatun.Because the distance between the two villages is not too far, and Mu Shanhe also came here in the early years.

Mushanhe, who had not yet entered the village, went straight to the graveyard of Lijiatun in search of traces in the snow.The remains of papyrus and messy footprints on the snow clearly told people passing by that a funeral had just been held here.

Following the messy footsteps to the tombstone, Mu Shanhe took out the incense candle and lit it when looking at the recently erected tombstone. Then he placed the specially reserved bear head directly in front of Li Laoliu's tombstone to comfort the souls in the tomb.

"Uncle Li, this should be the bear that caused you harm. I killed it, and you should be able to rest in peace!"

Although Mu Shanhe didn't know whether Li Laoliu, who had been laid to rest, could sense all this.But for Mu Shanhe, he felt that this should be done.If you don't do it, you will feel uneasy.

After returning from rebirth, Mu Shanhe felt that one should only seek peace of mind when doing things.Only when you have peace of mind can you live a comfortable and transparent life!

Furthermore, after shooting the bear, he finally received the mountain god's inheritance.Mu Shanhe didn't know if such a thing as cause and effect really existed.But he felt that using a bear's head to comfort Li Laoliu's soul was the right thing to do.

He didn't have to accept the reward from the forest farm, but he had to do the work of offering bear heads to the souls of the dead so that they could reincarnate with peace of mind.Once upon a time, my grandfather, as a veteran leader, also helped some of the dead souls who were harmed by ferocious beasts to offer sacrifices.

Blood for blood, life for life, this is a matter of course!

After completing the sacrifice, Mu Shanhe did not stay at the tomb mountain for long and left as quietly as when he came.It wasn't until the next morning when the Li family came to pay their respects again that they were shocked when they saw the bear's head in front of the tombstone.

"This, who did this?"

"How do I know? This bear head must be the murderer who hurt our dad, right?"

"Probably! But didn't those people who hunted him before say that the bear fled into the deep mountains and forests?"

"Who knows! However, I don't want to show up, or even go to the forest farm to receive the award, maybe because I don't want to be too public!"

After Li Laoliu and several of his children discussed it, they did not publicize it in the end.But deep down in their hearts, they also felt that their father would be able to rest in peace.Even they felt relieved.

For the sake of their children, they also want to avenge their father.The problem is that although Li Laoliu is a well-known leader in the village and even the commune, he is not willing to let his son hunt with him.Because Li Laoliu felt that it was not good to have too much blood debt.

Sure enough, Li Laoliu, who hunted at least one bear every year, was kissed by a bear and died this year.It can be seen from this that Li Laoliu had not allowed his son to learn hunting from him in his early years, so he must have expected this day!Although the Li family did not publicize it widely, the news that Xiong Zhen was hunted still spread quickly.But what surprised and puzzled many hunters was that no one went to the forest farm to receive the so-called hunting rewards.

What followed was everyone's speculation, who did this?

On the other hand, Mu Shanhe, the originator of the garden, is still enjoying the comfort and fun of living alone in the mountains like a normal person.As he lived here longer, he felt more and more enjoying the loneliness.

Lying on a homemade rocking chair, Mu Shanhe seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, but he was going through a thought storm in his mind.Mu Shanhe, who finally received his inheritance last night, realized at this moment that the world might be more mysterious than he imagined.

"Just think about it! If everything has to be explained by science, how can theology explain it? How can rebirth and ancient mountain gods be explained by science? How can science explain the knowledge that appears in my mind? ?”

In Mu Shanhe's view, if there are mountain gods in the world, then it should also be true that there are immortals in the world.It's a pity that the mountains and rivers have changed, and the immortals and gods have gradually disappeared.This world is no longer suitable for the existence of immortals and gods.

But who can guarantee that he is the only lucky person in this world?
"Sure enough, the more I know, the more I feel in awe of the world. Many things that cannot be explained by science will eventually be summarized in the theological system. Is it possible that the end of science is theology, and it is not false?"

Recalling some of the knowledge he had browsed on the Internet in his previous life, Mu Shanhe was also constantly pondering and thinking about it.In his opinion, after finally receiving the inheritance, he is not yet a mountain god.And there is a difference between him and the mountain god after all.

Mountain gods have temples, incense, and even their own temples.But Mu Shanhe is still a mortal at this moment.Even if you get the mountain god's inheritance, it will take more time to bring out these mountain god's abilities.

After sorting out the inheritance of knowledge instilled by the mountain god, Mu Shanhe summarized it, and it was no different from the five Taoist arts that he had spent time and effort pondering in his previous life.The five Taoist arts refer to "mountain, medicine, fortune, fortune telling, and divination".

The difference is that in the previous life, even if he spent a lot of money on mountains and rivers, he still could not learn the true secret of cultivation.But in this life, with the cultivation techniques passed down by the mountain god, it may be possible for him to become a so-called 'extraordinary master' in the future.

Not knowing what he thought of, Mu Shanhe suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "Even if there are cultivation techniques, given the current environment, I'm afraid it's not suitable for cultivation. Maybe I can choose other methods of cultivation."

In his previous life, he had contact with some masters who really knew how to practice. Mu Shanhe learned from these people that in today's world, there are more methods of cultivating the Tao and cultivating health.In terms of strength, Taoist cultivators seem to be far inferior to martial cultivators.

The so-called martial arts practitioners are the ancient warriors who can be seen from time to time on the Internet in later generations.This kind of martial arts is also rare in later generations.Because many martial arts practitioners know that no matter how high their martial arts skills are, they are still afraid of kitchen knives, let alone guns that are sharper than kitchen knives.
Later generations practiced martial arts mostly to strengthen their bodies or improve their self-protection abilities.As for "violating the forbidden by force", in the face of strict laws, no matter how powerful the warrior is, he will never escape the sanction of the law.

As the saying goes, "The legal net is wide and there are no omissions." Any martial artist who dares to test the law will be severely punished by law!
"These don't seem to have much to do with me. Whether practicing Taoism or martial arts, the purpose is to live more freely in the future. It takes time to practice Taoist skills, but martial arts skills are effective quickly. It may be worth practicing both Taoism and martial arts. Try it!”

In Mu Shanhe's view, since he has received the mountain god's inheritance, he needs to confirm his own path of cultivation.If you want to gain anything from simply meditating and practicing Qi, you may have to wait for several years.But practicing martial arts can produce results faster.

Taoist cultivation focuses on internal strength, while martial arts cultivation focuses on external strength. Only by cultivating both internal and external strength can we build a solid foundation for practice.Mu Shanhe didn't want to become an immortal or a god. He just wanted to live a more exciting life in this life than in the previous life. Only then would it be worthwhile to live another life!

(End of this chapter)