I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 19 Main Mission
Yan Daozi suddenly stopped talking, picked up the teacup and sipped it slowly. A sense of low pressure enveloped Sang Que, making her extremely nervous.

But Sang Que knew that nervousness would reveal her weakness, so she did nothing and just maintained her Yao Yu Niang persona, quietly waiting for Yan Daozi to finish his tea.

A full minute passed before Yan Daozi put down the teacup.

"You are very studious, which is very gratifying to me. For you, the most important thing right now is to strengthen your heart lamp and stabilize your soul in the underworld. However... since you are curious, it would be okay for me to briefly explain a few things to you."

"There are only a few ghost walkers among ten thousand. People say that you need to be 'lucky' to meet an evil spirit that is suitable for you to control and become a ghost walker. This is not wrong. Ninety percent of ghost walkers are formed by accident, and this is also the case with me."

"In the Evil Suppression Division, there are two ways to control evil spirits for your own use: treat them with courtesy and use them with force."

Yan Daozi paused, and Sang Que glanced at the cup of tea in front of the seat next to Yan Daozi. It seemed that what he was currently using was "treating with courtesy".

"To treat it with courtesy is to act as if you are asking for help. First, offer blood and food to the evil spirit to satisfy it. Then, when it is in danger, negotiate the conditions and ask the evil spirit to help. Afterwards, fulfill your promise and offer a thank you gift. Then you can keep it together for a long time."

"However, the evil spirit will not always be obedient. Its appetite will grow larger and larger, and it will be harder to satisfy it each time. If the evil spirit is not satisfied, it will take advantage of the person who is walking on the Yin. The person who is walking on the Yin will also be retaliated against, lose his mind, and eventually lose control."

Sang Que frowned slightly. In other words, this method was to first kill a person for the evil spirit, and then promise to give it benefits when the evil spirit takes action, and then double the benefits?
No wonder Yan Daozi had to use two people for blood sacrifice after he took action on the corpse nest incident.

This method is inhumane!
"Most of the people who walk the underworld in our dynasty will be controlled by the Suppression of Evil Department once they are discovered. In the Suppression of Evil Department, I use prisoners in the prison for blood sacrifice. This time I have no choice but to do it. I don't have time to go to the Suppression of Evil Department to pick up people. It's all for the upcoming summer harvest in Heishan Village. Don't listen to the villagers' nonsense."

Yan Daozi gave a hypocritical explanation, and Sang Que just listened. There would always be loopholes in any rule, and the Evil Suppression Division might not be able to control much.

"To use it to strengthen yourself is to use your own strength, or to use powerful external objects to suppress evil spirits and force them to serve you. Your own strength refers to the heart lamp. If the heart lamp is stronger than the evil spirits you control, the evil spirits will naturally not dare to act rashly and will allow you to drive them. However, it is easy for evil spirits to grow, but it is difficult for the heart lamp to grow stronger. Our dynasty does not allow the people to privately build temples, write biographies, or form gangs."

Sang Que nodded, which meant that all the ways to become famous and earn worshippers had been almost blocked by the imperial court. It was easy to earn gratitude and respect from others in a small range, but if he wanted to expand the scope, he would probably be immediately accused of holding obscene sacrifices and be wiped out by the Evil Suppression Division.

When the evil spirit in oneself grows and becomes stronger than one's own heart lamp, one will no longer be able to suppress it.

What if you gain fame through the Temple of Exorcism?
Yan Daozi didn't go on to elaborate, so Sang Que put the idea aside for the time being.

"As for the object... There are less than a dozen known objects in this world that can suppress evil spirits for a long time. Each one is enough to cause a bloody storm. Currently, only the Prime Minister has one in the entire Xuan Dynasty. Ordinary people should not even dream of it."

Sang Que couldn't help but clench her fists. If she wanted to control Yin Tong, she had to use force, but she had no way to strengthen her heart lamp in a short period of time.

Even if she made all the villagers of Heishan Village grateful to her, there would only be about a hundred people.

and many more!

Can she find a modern way to obtain incense and strengthen her heart lamp?
Sang Que's eyes lit up slightly, and he felt that there was a way. He would know after trying it when he returned this time.

In addition to the suppression of the heart lamp, the talisman money itself has the ability to suppress evil spirits. Yan Daozi and the people behind him must be looking for this thing.

But now the power of the evil-averting money is insufficient and needs to be replenished. To replenish it, one needs to control the Yin Tong to eliminate other evil spirits. After all, only evil spirits can kill evil spirits.

At present, she does not have the ability to control the Yin Tong, but she cannot really use a living person for blood sacrifice.

Well, there is no solution again!

"In fact, I have another method to control the evil spirits. It does not require blood sacrifice, heart lamps or other external objects, and the cost is also very small."

Hearing this, Sang Que's eyes almost lit up, but fortunately she remained alert at all times, her eyes and expression remained the same as before, without a single leak.

The method mentioned by Yan Daozi is the secret method mentioned in Ming Zhang's notes, right? The high-ranking officials of the Evil Suppression Division relied on this secret method to control the evil spirits and survive for more than ten years.

Sang Que waited for Yan Daozi to speak, but Yan Daozi stopped talking and stood up from his seat.

"Well, you are not a ghost walker, so it is useless to tell you all this. As I said before, the most important thing for you right now is to strengthen your heart lamp. Once your heart lamp is stable and you can go down to the second level of the Nine Netherworld, I will officially accept you as my disciple."

"By then, I will ask a few old friends to help you find a suitable evil spirit to control. If you are destined to become a ghost walker, I will teach you later. There is a lot of knowledge in ghost walkers."

Sang Que gritted her teeth. If she wasn't afraid of the evil spirit beside Yan Daozi, she could break his bones with one hand with Yan Daozi's physique.

But she must! Must! Must! Keep her sanity and patience. This was the hook Yan Daozi had deliberately set for her, and she couldn't just take the bait foolishly.

Sangque had a sweet feeling in his heart and a look of gratitude on his face.

"Thank you for your guidance, Taoist Priest."

Yan Daozi nodded and helped Sang Que up. "The wheat in Heishan Village will be harvested in a few days. I need to concentrate on dealing with the wheat evil spirit. There are still a few strange things in Heishan Village. I will leave it to you to investigate them first, and then I will solve them."

Well, yesterday was the teaching mission, and now it is the main mission. Only after completing it can you unlock skills and add points.

But what if she wants to find another way and just kill the NPC to get the reward?
Sang Que was complaining in his mind and listening to Yan Daozi's explanation.

"First, the songs that the skinny old lady sings every day are very strange. Go and find out the source. Second, the Li family, who gave birth to twins, are haunted by the earth ghost. Go and ask if there is any clue to repay the earth ghost. If this matter is not resolved, there will be endless troubles. Third, although the Liu family members have all died, there are always strange movements in the courtyard, which seems to be the work of wandering souls."

"It just so happens that your uncle said that there is a difference between you and me as a man and a woman, so it is not appropriate for you to live in my courtyard. You should go live in the Liu family courtyard. The Yin energy there is strong, which is suitable for you to practice in the Yin and shock the wandering souls in the courtyard. If you do these three things well, the villagers will remember your kindness, and your heart lamp will naturally become stronger."

Sang Que was speechless for a while. She couldn't tell whether the skinny old mother was a human or a ghost.

The Li family gave birth to twins, and all the chickens in the chicken coop were torn to pieces overnight.

In the Liu family, one person disappeared out of thin air and no one remembered him. There were always unknown blood-stained books appearing and disappearing, and there was one hanging under a tree in the yard.

These were things she wanted to avoid, and Yan Daozi was clearly pushing her into the fire.

"it is good."

Sangque agreed obediently and scratched the itchy back of his hand.

"You wait here for a moment."

Yan Daozi returned to the bedroom on the right side of the hall, and after a while, he came out with a yellow book.

"Please keep the corpse mud and soul lamp. You will need them for practicing in the underworld and meditating after nightfall and before midnight. The specific formulas and methods, as well as the methods for making corpse mud and soul candles are all here. There is also some basic knowledge of Taoism. Take a look first."

As Yan Daozi opened the book and spoke, a piece of letter paper fell and landed right at Sangque's feet.

Sang Que instinctively bent down to pick it up, and when he saw the words clearly on it, his pupils shocked.

[The temple priest's daughter has been found. When she is caught off guard, kill her immediately! ]

Although it was traditional Chinese characters, Sang Que understood the meaning at a glance. He felt a chill rush to his head and almost started shaking.

But she quickly realized that she was the illiterate Yao Yu Niang!
Relying on the control over his body gained from years of martial arts training, Sang Que naturally shook the letter paper and blew it clean before handing it back to Yan Daozi with both hands.

"So it's stuck here," Yan Daozi muttered, his sinister eyes lingering on Sang Que's face for a moment, "Do you recognize the words on it?"

Yan Daozi handed the line of words on the letter to Sang Que. The strong pressure and the stench of corpse enveloped Sang Que, causing his heart to tighten and his forehead to begin to sweat.

Sang Que frowned, but without deliberately avoiding her gaze, she raised her hand and pointed at the letter.

"This is the word for temple. We have a temple in Wa...Waguan Village. This is...the word for woman. These two look like...like snakes. This is Zhi. This...is not?"

Yan Daozi narrowed his eyes slightly, the low pressure still lingered around Sang Que, and the human-shaped shadow on the empty seat suddenly appeared behind him.

After a full ten seconds, when Sang Que was almost out of breath, Yan Daozi put away the letter and handed the book to Sang Que.

"Go find the old village chief and tell him that I told you to do so. He will teach you how to read. Now go and do your own thing. Don't bother me if you have nothing else to do."

Yan Daozi waved his hand, and Sang Que turned around and left with the book. His legs went weak and he almost tripped over the threshold.

The test just now was unexpected and she was totally unprepared. She didn't know if she had revealed any flaws.

But what if it's not a test...

"and many more!"

Yan Daozi suddenly spoke, a cold wind blew on the back of his neck, and Sang Que's breathing paused.

"Don't forget to feed the donkey in the yard. It's howling so annoyingly."

The black donkey in the corner of the yard kicked up and down and screamed. Sang Que's cold sweat slid down his forehead, leaving a clear mark.

(End of this chapter)