Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 392: Folk Customs of the Horse Spirit and the New Year (Original)

"God damn, the sky is falling and the ground is gushing with golden lotus. Is this the way the old thief Qingshan thinks differently from us?"

"I first learned that Qingshan the old thief is a mental patient? Can the thinking pattern of a mental patient be the same as that of a normal person?"

"I can only say that Qingshan the old thief is really ill and needs to be treated as soon as possible. After drawing the comic "Dao Weird Immortal", I feel that his condition is getting more and more dangerous."

"It's normal. This is what a cyber-psychopath is like. And he's gone to get treatment. Are you going to draw "The Tao of Weird Immortal" for me?"

"The plot of this comic is based on the personal experience of Qingshan Laozei. Is it possible that this is the hallucination that occurred when Qingshan Laozei became ill during the time he was a Taoist priest in the mountains?"

"Don't tell me! Hey! It's really possible!"

"That old thief Qingshan is really crazy. Who knows what he will do next time."

"They say there are three religions: Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Taoism has done it, Buddhism has done it, so it should be Confucianism's turn, right?"

"What does Confucianism do? Let me think... Does Confucianism have such a story about strange phenomena?"

"I can only think of a mountain of books and a sea of ​​learning. To put it bluntly, in terms of influence, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism are right, but there is a saying in Confucianism that a man does not speak of strange things. Even if there is a relative theory of the connection between heaven and man, it is only aimed at the king. Confucianism itself rarely creates such strange phenomena."

"As a model teacher for all ages, later generations fabricated some visions of the saint. When he was born, a unicorn delivered him and auspicious clouds filled the sky. However, this is probably not as famous as the three flowers gathering at the top of the head, the ascension to heaven, the falling flowers from the sky, and the golden lotus emerging from the ground."

"Or it could be that Confucius lamented that the phoenix did not arrive and the River Map did not appear, which could also be regarded as the highest level of vision in Confucianism, because the arrival of the phoenix and the appearance of the River Map are signs that a saint will be born."

"I probably won't paint Confucianism, after all, there aren't that many famous stories, and... it's impossible for anyone to guess what the old thief Zhong Qingshan was thinking."

"Every time a contestant guesses a lantern riddle, he always fails. Unless you are also a psychopath, there is no way you can guess what the old thief Zhong Qingshan is thinking."

"What I'm more curious about is the last part. Was it Li Huowang's hallucination, or did Dan Yangzi really win the resurrection match?"

"I think that it was Dan Yangzi who had been protecting Li Huowang since he accidentally became an immortal. Otherwise, how could Li Huowang have defeated and devoured Jian Dun and the others? What Goudan and Bai Lingmiao saw was probably Dan Yangzi's trick."

"Yes, they have all become immortals. I think Danyangzi deliberately tricked Li Huowang and created a trick to deceive people. After all, the monks in Zhengde Temple all know how to deceive people, so it is impossible for Danyangzi, who has achieved enlightenment and become an immortal, not to know how to do it."

"That's why he smiled at Li Huowang later... He's a typical person with good intentions!"

"The key is, Xinhui said that Li Huowang is a rare Xinsu, what does that mean? I think this is the key."

"First of all, the identity of this Xinsu must be Li Huowang's ability. As far as we know, the protagonist's ability is to travel through the twin worlds. He is temporarily suppressed by Hei Taisui and cannot return to the modern world, but this does not mean that the modern world is purely the protagonist's fantasy."

"After all, when the protagonist was about to die, it was indeed the modern world's gastric lavage machine that saved him, so it is very likely that Xinsu refers to the protagonist's ability to travel between two worlds!"

"The second is why the immortality method invented by the protagonist by mistake could enable Dan Yangzi to become an immortal. We overlooked one point. In fact, before that, Li Huowang invented a set of small and large circulation cultivation techniques for Dan Yangzi. Dan Yangzi was not easy to fool. He chose to continue to believe in Li Huowang only after he succeeded in practicing that set of techniques."

"Moreover, people cannot make up something that they have never seen and that has no logic. In other words, Li Huowang's pill formula may be purely made up, but the small and large Zhoutian cultivation method cannot be completely made up."

"Compared to this world, whether it's Danyangzi's Qingfeng Temple or the monks in Zhengde Temple, the scriptures and cultivation methods they recite are all circulated in the modern world or the methods of immortals and Buddhas in ancient novels, or Buddhist scriptures and Taoist scriptures. This proves that the documents related to the two religions in the modern world may be the supreme cultivation manuals in this world."

"So it may be because of this that Dan Yangzi really became an immortal. The reason is not the elixir, but the technique!"

"The prophet upstairs is a knife! If that's the case, I will immediately help you contact the best mental hospital in the whole Republic!"

"Shocked! If you really say that, I will believe it!"

"It's worth the half year I spent in the mental hospital to gain enlightenment! As expected! Hahaha! I, the Taoist master, have gained enlightenment!"

……

Lin Qingshan cannot see the discussions of these professional lantern riddle guessing contestants on the Internet. If he saw it, he would also think it makes sense.

However...it's not really like that!
All we can say is that if we use common sense logic to reason about the worldview of "The Tao of Immortal", we will definitely not be able to deduce a complete worldview.

In Lin Qingshan's opinion, Mr. Hu Wei's condition is not much better than Mr. Fujimoto's, so it is definitely impossible for a normal person to easily deduce the subsequent plot!
The plot of "The Tao of Immortals" continues to move forward. After Li Huowang gets rid of Jian Dun and others, the group embarks on their journey again.

I don’t know whether it was because of the death of Jiandun and others, or because Li Huowang and others went too far, but Zhengde Temple did not send anyone to hunt down Li Huowang and others afterwards.

However, just in case, when Li Huowang met a peddler on the road, he spent a huge amount of money to buy a batch of self-defense items for Bai Lingmiao, Goudan, Xiaoman and others.

But this also cost me a lot of money.

Then, after Lu Zhuangyuan's family arrived at a small town, it was time to say goodbye, and the two groups parted ways.

Next, when they were about to arrive at Xiaoman’s hometown, Siqi Kingdom, Li Huowang became cautious and specifically asked whether there was a "famous and upright sect" similar to Zhengde Temple in Xiaoman’s hometown.

Li Huowang now finally understood that all the sects and forces in this world were extremely evil.

Can you believe it? Compared with the monks in Zhengde Temple who broke the precepts and made weird Buddha statues for practice, Danyangzi who used people to make elixirs seemed much more decent.

At least Dan Yangzi never kills innocent people every time he makes the elixir. As long as Bai Lingmiao and the others are not chosen as materials for making the elixir, they can all live well.

However, Li Huowang had not yet seen the scene of Xinhui making the vase girl, otherwise he would definitely feel that his cheap master Danyangzi was an upright Taoist priest - compared with the monks in Zhengde Temple.

Therefore, there are definitely big problems in this world. You may encounter a sect that is even more evil than the Zhengde Temple. By then, Li Huowang, who is carrying the Heavenly Book, will definitely be targeted again and get into trouble.

Of course, what he didn't know was that compared to the heavenly book on him, he, as a Xinsu, was more attractive.

Anyway, Li Huowang was really scared, so he asked Xiaoman carefully.

Xiaoman said she didn't know. After all, she had never left the village before. Until she suddenly appeared in Qingfeng Temple, she just talked about the custom in her village - shaman dancing.

When the word "God" was mentioned, Li Huowang became PTSD and asked again in detail.

However, Xiaoman said that those who performed shaman dances all lived in their own homes, and then they each worshipped the "immortals" at home.

As for the names of the "immortals", Xiaoman only knows five: "Red, Yellow, White, Willow and Sad", but he is not sure what they are specifically.

"what is this?"

Fan Siwei was a little confused when he saw this, but he felt that this should be some kind of folk legend.

"Wow, this is the Five Fairy Foxes, Huang Bai Liu Hui, from our Northeastern folklore."

Yao Zihan, a roommate from the Northeast, exclaimed in amazement, "It's Fox Fairy, Wong Fairy, White Fairy, Willow Fairy, and Gray Fairy, but here it's changed to 'Red, Yellow, White, Willow, and Sad'?"

“Maybe it’s changed in this world.”

Fan Siwei said immediately.

"I have to say that this "The Taoist Strange Immortal" is really interesting, and the author of this comic is really crazy!"

Yao Zihan said immediately.

"After all, he's an old thief named Qingshan. People call him a cyber psychopath."

Fan Siwei complained with a smile.

Then he continued to read the rest of the comic story of "Dao Guiyixian".

Li Huowang also paid some attention to this point, but then they really encountered a guy who was performing a shaman dance!
First, when Li Huowang and his men were camping outdoors at night and making a fire, a figure suddenly flashed by and finally landed in front of a pair of embroidered shoes.

The pair of embroidered shoes were very red, so red that it was creepy.

Ever since the last encounter with the God of Joy, Li Huowang and his friends are no longer able to be careless.

Especially these red embroidered shoes... a perfect start to a horror movie!
Just when Li Huowang and others were about to take action, but at this moment.

A gray-haired man in his fifties who called himself Li Zhi walked out of the dark woods.

He was dressed simply, and the patches on his clothes showed that he was probably not rich. Apart from a small package on his back, he also had a dirty old drum with many colorful strips tied on it slung around his waist.

Following him out came a woman wearing the red embroidered shoes, but her face was covered with a red veil, so her face could not be seen at all, and her clothes were extremely bright, with colorful strips of cloth tied around her body like the drums.

She stood there motionless, watching something like a horror movie

Li Zhi told Li Huowang and others that this was his daughter-in-law and they had no ill intentions towards her.

"Brother Li, he is just a shaman."

However, at this time, Xiaoman revealed Li Zhi's identity and said to Li Huowang.

"Yes! That's right, we are performing shaman dance. I am the main shaman and my wife is the second shaman."

Li Zhi also admitted it directly at this time, and then said, "What? Don't believe it? Then let me show you a paragraph... ahem——"

He coughed a few times and then shouted loudly, "Please—God—"

However, this scared Li Huowang. After what happened at Zhengde Temple, he did not dare to underestimate these bizarre things about gods and ghosts.

“Ding-ling-ling-ling——!”

An extremely piercing ringing sound appeared on the screen, and everyone present covered their ears with painful expressions.

In the next picture, Li Huowang's sword was already on Li Zhi's neck.

Fortunately, the misunderstanding was eventually resolved.

Li Huowang and his companions were joined by the shaman Li Zhi and his "wife".

On the way, Li Zhi also explained to Li Huowang the rules of the Chu Ma Xian, claiming that he was just a long-term slave of the Xian family. Then he helped point out that there was a village in the Half Moon Valley ahead where they could take a rest.

However, by chance, when the group arrived at the village, they met a woman who was possessed by an evil spirit, and Li Zhi formally demonstrated his magical powers of shamanism.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Please—God—!"

"The sun sets in the west... The sky is getting dark...! The dragon returns to the sea and the tiger returns to the mountain - the dragon returns to the sea to bring rain - the tiger returns to the mountain to sleep peacefully - hey hey..."

"There are seven-star glazed tiles on the head and eight-sided purple gold bricks under the feet. The feet are on the ground and the head is on the sky. Take big steps and walk in a chain, with both feet standing firmly on the camp. Burn incense and beat drums to invite the immortal..."

"Old Immortal~ I know you are coming, don't make a noise or make a fuss. You are majestic but also murderous. Don't bring your majesty and murderousness with you--"

"The house is small, Galado. It's terrible if you bump into something. If you meet a gentleman, it's easy to deal with. If you meet a villain, you will have to argue with him - hey -"

"Move in some troops, Huang Tianba, Huang Tianqing, Huang Tianhei, Huang Tianhong, the big messenger, the smart one, the quick-talking, the parrot..."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

……

As the folk-flavored yet bizarre shaman-dancing ritual proceeded, the women also showed obvious reactions, either yelling at Li Zhi to get out or strangling their own necks in agony.

Anyway, you can tell at first glance that he is possessed by evil spirits.

While Li Zhi was performing the shaman dance, Li Huowang felt something was wrong.

As Li Zhi's ritual of performing the exorcism went on, the red veil on the head of his so-called wife "Second God" beside him was gradually lifted up by something.

Through the red veil, comic fans can make out the outlines of some strange animal heads with blurred music.

It’s not accurate to call them animal heads. None of these things look like ordinary animals. All of them are severely mutated and deformed.

Anyway, it was terrifying to watch. Everyone knew that the so-called wife of Li Zhi was not a living or normal person, but they didn't expect that not only was she not a living or normal person, but she was definitely some kind of evil spirit.

Just as Li Huowang had thought before, the monks of Zhengde Temple gained strength from the joyful flesh and blood Buddha.

Li Zhi, the disciple who performs the shaman dance, must have gained strength from these bizarre shaman immortals and the two gods.

Not only that, during the process of the ceremony, thick white smoke enveloped the entire villager’s home.

At this moment, a black shadow flew out of the white smoke and rushed straight towards Li Huowang with an afterimage.

Fortunately, Li Huowang reacted in time and used his sword to block... the possessed woman.

That’s right, it was the possessed woman who rushed towards Li Huowang naked.

Then Li Zhi finally assisted Li Huowang and successfully exorcised the evil spirit from the woman.

When talking about this incident afterwards.

"Are you okay? I was a little distracted just now. I knew that with you outside, this guy couldn't get away."

Li Zhi asked indifferently.

"Distracted? In this situation, how dare you be distracted?"

Li Huowang was speechless and said.

But in the end, the matter was resolved.

Li Zhi also hired a guardian deity for this family to prevent evil spirits from disturbing their home again.

At this moment, Li Huowang was looking at the little clay figure named Guardian of the Family, and he seemed to see it move inexplicably.

"Don't look..."

At this moment, another inexplicable voice came from behind him.

Li Huowang turned around suddenly and instantly came face to face with the two gods covered with red veils.

"Do you have anything to tell me?"

Li Huowang asked at this time.

Hearing what Li Huowang said, the pale hands with long nails gently pinched a corner of the red veil and slowly lifted it up...

The story ends here in a weird atmosphere.

However, the comic fans like Fan Siwei were really sweating, and at the same time...

And I find it particularly interesting.

This bizarre world of cultivating immortals involving folk legends, although a little scary, has an inexplicable sense of reality.

After all, compared with those famous legends about immortals and Buddhas, those immortals and Buddhas who are free from desires and only serve to reward and punish good and evil seem too far away.

In ancient times, the only things that ordinary people could come into contact with were the bizarre-looking spirits such as the Kitchen God, the Water God, the Earth God, and the gods that wandered day and night. These half-ghosts, half-demons, half-gods, and half-immortals were a little scary, yet had a bit of a worldly feel and were more real.

Just like ordinary people will never be able to see high-ranking officials of the imperial court in their lifetime, it is the small local officials at the lower levels who are the "great gods" that ordinary people can often see.

Therefore, "The Tao of Immortals" actually has a feeling of being close to reality.

Especially the plot about the Ma-sha fairy made many comic fans from the northeast region of the Republic very curious. They had never seen... a comic about the cultivation of immortals that depicted their Ma-sha fairy customs.

At the same time, the end of another year is approaching.

(End of this chapter)