Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 466: Facing History (Original)

And in the following story, the facts were just as Li Huowang had guessed.

In addition to the Lion Dance Palace, there is also a force that believes in death in this place.

Then, while continuing to search for Hei Tai Sui, they first encountered a hanged female ghost in red.

I actually met disciples from forces other than the Lion Dance Palace.

"Haha, it's no problem, it's no problem. I'm Han Fu, a disciple of Luo Sect, nice to meet you, monk."

A thin Taoist priest, after helping Li Huowang solve the problem of the hanged ghost named "Rope Son", bowed to them.

And this Taoist priest is obviously not a normal monk, or rather, this is how the world is, monks are definitely not normal.

The same was true of this Luojiao Taoist priest, who had a thin face, wore a yellow Taoist robe, black cloth shoes, and a Taoist crown with a Tai Chi diagram printed on it on his head.

Looks normal.

While bowing to Li Huowang and the others, he inadvertently showed off his "good teeth".

All I could see were yellow and black rotten teeth sticking out in all directions in his mouth, with the roots of his teeth tightly covered with yellow tartar. In the cartoon, a lot of scattered yellow-green gas was drawn on the scene where his rotten teeth were exposed.

As you can imagine, his mouth is very ugly in the comics.

The strong bad breath wafting from between the teeth made the others quietly step back a few steps.

"This person's mouth stinks..."

Li Huowang also covered his nose at this moment, thinking, "It's even stinkier than the toilet, but... it's better than the nuns at Anci Temple."

The nuns in Anci Temple never take baths or clean up. Not only do their mouths stink, but their sweat and feet also stink. It's unbearable.

However, this Taoist's bad breath problem, coupled with the fact that he came from the Luo sect, is actually a patchwork fusion of the three religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.

So this made Feng Yiyuan think of the Buddhist concept of the Five Deteriorations of Heavenly Beings.

In Buddhism, this refers to the various strange phenomena that occur when the lifespan of a heavenly being is about to end.

There are two types of five declines: major five declines and minor five declines.

One of the five major signs of decay is dirty clothes. Originally, the clothes of heavenly beings are smooth and graceful, but at the time of death, they will begin to become dirty.

The second is the withering of the flowers on the head. The celestial beings usually wear bright and colorful crowns on their heads, but at the time of death, these crowns will slowly wither.

The third is sweating under the armpits. It is said that the bodies of heavenly beings are usually very clean, but when they are dying, they will start to sweat under their armpits.

The fourth is body odor. The fragrant and clean body is no longer there, but gives off an unpleasant odor.

The fifth is that one is not happy with one’s current seat. Originally, the heavenly beings lead the most comfortable life, but when they reach the end of their lives, they are not content with their current seats and may even feel bored and impatient.

The five minor signs of decline include the beautiful celestial music no longer rising, the natural light emitted from the body gradually fading, and the bathing water actually sticking to the celestial being's smooth and creamy skin.

At the same time, he became reluctant to leave the realm of wonderful desire, and his originally unobstructed divine eye was also affected, unable to illuminate the world as before.

However, this Taoist had bad breath, which was not one of the five signs of decline of the celestial being.

On the contrary, the nuns in Anci Temple are more like the Five Degenerates of Heaven.

Later, Han Fu told them why the hanged ghost was called the son of rope.

"That's the rope son. Some people are old and have no children to take care of them, or their children are unfilial. They say they can ask it to take care of them in their old age and see them to the end of their lives."

"Can that thing really help people survive in old age?"

"Hey, do you think others are stupid? They are just deceiving themselves. Anyone with eyes can see that such things cannot help people in their old age."

"But the old man is useless anyway. He can't do any work or till the fields. He's just wasting food. So when the time is almost right, the neighbors pick an auspicious day, beat gongs and drums, and carry a sedan chair to give the old man to his son."

"As for the house and family property left by the old man~ Hehe, of course everyone shared the matter together."

"I know! That's called eating up the whole family!"

……

In the conversations between Han Fu, Li Huowang and others, those dark and unbearable folk traditions were gradually revealed.

"What a wild and dark past..."

Feng Yiyuan was feeling a little heavy, and said, "So many of the evil spirits in this world...are from those dark myths and folk customs of the past...and are artificially created."

The Rope Son is an artificially created evil spirit. It comes from the greedy and heartless humans who send their old fellows to the hands of the evil spirit, which then makes the evil spirit even more powerful.

When this episode was serialized in the comics, it actually caused quite a stir.

"How ironic... Isn't this a different kind of cannibalism?"

"It's even more frightening than cannibalism. Most cases of cannibalism occur during famines caused by natural disasters, and a few cases occur during foreign invasions. Only when there is a shortage of food will people resort to such helpless acts.

But this kind of behavior of robbing one's son and destroying one's family is not out of helplessness, but comes from the greed in people's hearts."

"The greed in people's hearts is scarier than evil spirits... It makes me despair just thinking about it."

"That's why people in the past tried every possible means to have a son. They were afraid that their family would be wiped out. After working hard for most of their lives, they would end up with such a fate."

"Gender tragedies actually come from greed and prejudice in people's hearts! They are still deeply rooted and cannot be eradicated."

"The past was ugly and bloody... and that is why we seem so happy in this era."

"I think... this is what Qingshan the old thief wants to show everyone, using ugly things to contrast ordinary happiness. I also hope that such things will not happen again."

"Qingshan Laozei just wants us to face up to the unsightly aspects of our past history and traditional culture, to face up to history, and not let it repeat itself."

"We can learn from history and understand our gains and losses. This is also the meaning of entertainment works, to depict the beautiful side of human nature, as well as the ugly side of human nature, to prevent us from repeating the same mistakes."

"Mr. Aoyama must be a manga artist who is full of righteousness and hopes for peace, otherwise why would he like to draw such manga so much?"

"I understand! Qingshan the old thief is a peace fighter, who only cares about love and peace!"

"Love and peace Lin Qingshan, humble and friendly Itchy Mouse! Got it! These are all the love of the old thief Qingshan! Love for everyone!"

"God damn, the love of Qingshan the old thief! Phew, I can't help but burst out laughing."

"Humble and Friendly Itch Mouse? Hahaha that's a complete antonym. Arrogant and Unfriendly Itch Mouse!"

"To be honest, comparing Itchy Mouse to Qingshan Old Thief is a bit insulting to Qingshan Old Thief."

"That's right, the old thief Qingshan is not guilty of such a crime."

"For example, every comic by Qingshan Laozei has landed smoothly and has an excellent or even god-like ending. It's a good thing that Yanyangshu's "Divine Clan" is not cut off now."

“Aoyama has never created any super long comics. All of them were novellas and long comics. This doesn’t mean he is better than Yanyangshu.

After all, it is well known that super-long comics test the creative skills of cartoonists. Although Yanyangshu's "Protoss" is also bad, it is bad because it is a super-long comic.

What if the plot of this film, Daogui, also fails later on? "

"Even so, Qingshan Laozei's previous works are much better than Yanyangshu. At least he stopped when he saw the good results and didn't force himself to continue."

"That's right, even if the ending of 'Daogui' by Qingshan Laozei is a failure, his other works are still better than 'The Gods'."

"You're already criticizing Qingshan the old thief before the painting even breaks down? No, buddy...isn't this just a loan?" "Stop arguing, Qingshan the old thief is a god!"

……

The depiction of this folk tradition in the plot of "The Taoist Immortal" has also attracted some attention from the upper echelons of the Ministry of Culture.

In fact, "The Tao of Immortals" attracted some attention from the upper echelons from the very beginning.

Since the completion of "Purple Air Coming from the East", the work of promoting the culture of the Republic urgently needs a new masterpiece to take over.

Therefore, the massive publicity for "The Tao of Immortals" immediately attracted everyone's attention.

After all, Lin Qingshan has created many excellent works before.

But what to say...

"EdgeWalker" is set in a Western science fiction setting, and "Flame Fist" is obviously also set in a Western setting.

"Chainsaw Man" is set in the Republic, but the settings of demons and monsters are obviously also from Western culture.

"Parasyte" has nothing to do with either Chinese or Western culture.

So they are actually not very optimistic about "Taoism of Immortals".

However, later on, "The Taoist Immortal" suddenly broke the circle, but it was not because of the traditional culture of the Republic, but because of the plot and pictures that were full of neurosis and sense of substitution.

What confuses them the most is that the setting and story of this comic actually have some dark mythological connotations.

The elixir of life, the vase boy, the god of joy, the evil Buddha, the horse-riding fairy, the nun of Nur, the way of sitting and forgetting, the eternal heaven, the paper beauty, the lion dance, the lama of the Luo sect, the son of the rope...

This is really weird to the extreme.

This kind of dark subject matter is actually on the edge of taboo.

It’s just that the higher-ups haven’t said anything, and they don’t have the power to ban a work by a local cartoonist with far-reaching influence.

If Lin Qingshan was born in the Peninsula or Japan, then they really have the ability to ban his works.

But if you are from the local area... then there is no need for this.

The decision must be made from above.

However, the higher-ups have always turned a blind eye to this somewhat taboo comic book...

This makes it impossible to guess what the above means.

But this time, after this episode of the comic caused an impact and even raised important topics such as gender and tradition.

The higher-ups finally made a decision, but it wasn’t…

"Folk custom trend... face up to history, learn from history, treat people equally..."

A woman with slightly gray hair nodded and said, "That's right. We can't just erase the past. We have to face up to history in order to put ourselves in the right place."

"Next... let's focus on promoting "The Tao of Strange Immortals"! Let's continue to promote our brilliant culture to the world, and let the people of the world see our confidence!"

At her order, the promotion of "The Taoist Immortal" originally had some meaning of the Viet Cong poking its head.

But now it suddenly seems to have become legitimate, no longer a guerrilla army, but a regular army that has appeared on the Internet on a large scale.

This, of course, made "The Tao of Immortals" even more popular.

There was even a time when some university teachers of cultural courses used this as an analysis of works and gave lectures analyzing traditional culture.

……

However, at this moment, Feng Yiyuan is still catching up on the plot of the comic book "The Tao of Strange Immortals".

After meeting Han Fu, both sides were very friendly at first.

Han Fu also told Li Huowang some of the past experiences of this world. It turned out that the previous "rot" and disappearance had happened before.

But what disappears is not the "rot", but the other laws of this world.

That's when the "lie" disappears.

All living beings in this world can no longer lie or even cheat.

However, this has brought many things that were still hidden in the shadows to the surface.

Therefore, a great war broke out in the world at that time, and there was chaos and war everywhere.

Also because of this, those guys in Zuwang Dao who enjoyed playing tricks on others were so anxious that they almost committed suicide.

After all, if they can't lie to others, what's the point of them living?
Li Huowang was immediately immersed in Han Fu's words, but he didn't pay any attention...

Han Fu was too close to him, and suddenly he reached out and knocked off the copper coin mask on his face that concealed Xinsu's identity.

"I was wondering what it was, it turns out to be Xinsu."

The shrill girl's voice from before suddenly came from his body.

Then, to everyone's shock, a baby head the size of a fist popped out from Han Fu's collar.

Just like that, Han Fu turned into a strange Taoist priest with a small head with sparse hair like a baby's and a square Tai Chi Zodiac crown on top, the same as Han Fu's head.

A Taoist priest wearing a yellow Taoist robe had two heads, one big and one small.

It's really weird to the extreme.

This is even a bit like what happened when Danyangzi achieved semi-immortality before, but this time it is not the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head, but the Nascent Soul.

The fans of the comics, however, are too tired to complain, as they have seen "Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head" and "The Sky is Falling" before.

This Yuanying is actually very reasonable. Although people complain about it, no one really finds it strange.

Li Huowang Xinsu's identity was revealed by Han Fu, which Master Jingxin had mentioned before.

Xinsu is a coveted existence for monks. Once discovered, he will suffer endless attacks.

Fortunately, he had obtained a copper coin mask before, which saved him from a lot of trouble along the way.

But unexpectedly, as soon as Li Huowang relaxed a little, his true identity was revealed by Han Fu.

Then, he and his companions fought against the strange Han Fu.

Although Han Fu's methods were quite strange and they were led to a haunted place called Fengdu, Li Huowang finally managed to capture Han Fu by using all kinds of magical powers and tricks.

At the same time, he also obtained "trophies" and harvested the Seven-Star Copper Coin Sword and Han Fu's Nascent Soul, and then gave the gold to his mother Sun Xiaoqin in the real world.

Then he ate the Black Tai Sui with peace of mind, temporarily isolating himself from the interference of the modern world on this world.

After tortured Han Fu's Nascent Soul and learned that Jiantiansi could deal with Zuowang Dao, he set out on his journey again.

Before leaving Qingqiu, he used the white spike of the lion dance to help restore the disordered organs in Sun Bao's body to their original positions.

(End of this chapter)