I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 194 Ghost Relics (asking for monthly ticket)

Hearing Hua Qianmian's words, Sang Que's eyebrows moved, "You haven't even reached the ghost level, and you dare to think about ghosts and gods?"

Hua Qianmian chuckled and said, "I call this preparing for a rainy day. You must know that for a ghost to become a god, it is not enough to make people afraid. It also needs people's incense and offerings. It is better to prepare early than to do nothing."

Sang Que couldn't help but nod and looked at the uncovered book on the table. "So this is the secret to becoming a ghost?"

"Release your evil fog, I'm afraid someone will eavesdrop on me." Hua Qianmian was very cautious and trusted Sang Que very much.

Sangque did as he was told, and the evil fog filled the entire house, and the surroundings immediately became quiet and silent.

Hua Qianmian then said, "I learned about the contents here by accident, and I summarized and recorded them myself. Most of the incense you obtained from handling strange cases in the Suppression of Evils Division was absorbed by the incense holders. This is good for you in the short term, but over time, you will be tied up by the Suppression of Evils Division, which is very disadvantageous."

"Here I have a method for making a statue of a god. You can make a statue for yourself and secretly give it to those who are willing to worship you. But I can tell you that this statue is not made casually. It must have your personal characteristics and title, and it must be 'dressed' to give the statue a certain power. With the original statue, other statues made based on the original statue can be connected to the original statue."

"In this way, you will be able to hear the worship and prayers of believers and respond through the statue. For example, I have many believers of the Thousand-Faced God in the city. As long as I am within the scope of Wangshan City, I can hear their prayers through visualization. When I am promoted to the ghost level in the future, this range will be even larger."

The practice of 'pretending to be dirty' also exists in modern times, and Sang Que has learned about it from her mother.

Installing internal organs is a very important ritual in Buddhism and Taoism when making statues of gods. It is necessary to install symbolic internal organs and spirit consciousness on the newly built Buddha statues or statues to give them vitality.

This process not only makes the statue look solemn, but also gives it supernatural powers and magical powers to protect all living beings.

If the statues of gods are not kept clean, they will be easily invaded by evil spirits, who will use the statues' bodies to bring disaster to the world.

In the incident of the Nanyang woman, what the Nanyang woman had been holding in her arms was the original statue of the Golden Boy in China. The statues in the hands of other believers were replicas related to the original statue, so after the original statue was shattered, the other statues also shattered on their own.

If all the knowledge of the Gui Dynasty was passed down from modern times, it would not be surprising that the Gui Dynasty had such rituals.

"What you're doing is already illegal, aren't you afraid that I'll report you to the Evil Suppression Bureau?" Sang Que asked back.

Hua Qianmian said indifferently, "I have been doing this for a long time. As long as I work sincerely for the people, you can't kill me. I think that there should be more ghosts and gods in this world so that the people can really benefit. If you worship this ghost and god today and it doesn't work, then change it tomorrow and worship the one who works best. In this way, do you think those ghosts and gods will be better to the people for the sake of incense?"

Sang Que was convinced again, because in modern times, there are many ghosts and gods in China, and they really compete for positions. If someone in the folk mentions a certain god, everyone’s first reaction is whether it is effective or not.

If it works, then worship. If it doesn't work, then worship~
This is especially true for Taoism. When something happens, the Taoists ask ghosts and gods to help. The Taoist priests only need to cheer from the back. They will only ask the powerful ghosts and gods to help, and the Taoist priests will not bother to ask the weak ones.

only……

"If there are too many ghosts and gods, I'm afraid there won't be enough incense for the world." Sang Que said. This is probably one of the reasons why the Gui Dynasty strictly controls the number of gods.

Hua Qianmian did not deny this. "I don't care anyway. Since I have become a ghost walker, I have to become bigger and stronger before I die. What if I am blessed with great fortune and surpass the ghost walkers one day to become a new ghost god? Anyway, I will give you the method of making the statue. You can decide for yourself whether you want to use it or not."

"But let me tell you first, making a statue is not difficult. You can make a ball of mud yourself. The difficult part is the material used to fill it. If you have a relic of a former ghost or god, that would be the best. If not, try to find a relic of a ghost or god that was once worshipped by the people as a god."

"What counts as a relic?" Sang Que's mind moved, and he suddenly thought of the mountain ghost token.

Hua Qianmian said in a deep voice, "It was originally used by the gods to hold the dirt in their statues."

Sang Que nodded to show that she understood. She found the mountain ghost token from the base of the statue in the witch temple in the hidden world of Heishan Village. It was probably the relic of the witch.

So, could this be considered as a revelation for her to revive the witch temple, allowing her to use this ghost and god relic to reshape the statue.

However, Sang Que smelled a hint of conspiracy. It wasn’t that Empress Wu had a conspiracy, but that the whole thing was weird.

Using the relics of the previous gods to make statues of the new gods, wouldn't that eventually serve as a sham for the previous gods? In the Gui Dynasty, evil ghosts were already considered immortal, unless they were dismembered and downgraded. So when it came to the level of ghosts and gods, could they reach the true immortal level? Even if they were cut off from incense, they would just be dormant.

Just like Goddess Wu, although she has lost most of her worship now, she still appeared when she was in Yufu Village. She has not disappeared completely and has shown signs of awakening.

Sang Que accepted the book and said, "Thank you very much. I wish us a pleasant cooperation. During my business trip, I will arrange for someone else to contact you..."

After agreeing on the follow-up matters with Hua Qianmian, Hua Qianmian left first.

When Kou Yushan sent Xia Chan back, an ox cart came outside to pull a box loaded with gold. Sang Que looked at the young man for a long time and strongly suspected that this man was also Hua Qianmian.

After the young man finished moving the boxes, he even said to Sang Que, "I have a wife at home. No matter how beautiful you are, I will not be swayed!"

Sang Que was speechless and was 70% sure that this was Hua Qianmian.

Sang Que and Xia Chan were busy all day packing things for the trip. In the afternoon, after Kou Yushan was dismissed from office, Sang Que found Kou Yushan and transferred all the things hidden in her yard that she wanted to sell for money to Kou Yushan's house, asking Kou Yushan to contact Hua Qianmian later.

Although Kou Yushan did not remember anything related to Sang Que, he had been secretly worshipping Goddess Wu and was still a loyal believer of her and trusted Sang Que very much.

In the evening, the three of them sat together to have dinner. Sang Que thought about it carefully. In the two months since he was away, in addition to the transaction with Hua Qianmian, there were two other things that required Kou Yushan's help.

"Uncle Yushan, I think Liu Tianyou will arrive in Wangshan City in the next few days. I'd like to trouble you to pick him up. If he has no place to stay, he can stay in my yard first."

Kou Yushan took a big bite of the steamed bun and picked up a piece of food for Xia Chan with his chopsticks. "Well, I will arrange it. It's good for him to go to Wangshan City so that he can catch up with the imperial examination at the beginning of next year."

"There is one more thing, Uncle Yushan. You have also seen Granny Zhuang. She is already 64 years old this year and lives alone in Cuiliu Lane. The weather is getting colder and colder. There is no one to take care of her, and there are no neighbors around. Although the Evil Suppression Division has arranged someone to take care of her, she is a bit stubborn and has severe neurasthenia... She is particularly afraid of noise and doesn't like people around her."

"If she has problems or needs help, help her if you can. If it's too much trouble, go find Wei Ziyan from the Evil Suppression Division. She and Granny Zhuang are both from the Gongcaoyuan. The weather is getting colder and colder. It's always hard for the elderly in winter. I heard that she has a son who lives in another place. I don't know what he does. He never comes back all year round. Everyone says he has passed away. It's really pitiful."

These were all told to Sang Que by Wei Ziyan. If Granny Zhuang's son were still alive, he would be as old as Kou Yushan now.

Xia Chan bit the green vegetables and nodded, "Hello, grandma, may you live a long life."

meow~
The elderly, children and cats can always play together. Although Granny Zhuang and Xia Chan Xuanyu have only met a few times, they both like each other very much.

Kou Yushan nodded solemnly, "Okay, I will go to see her every day after work. Anyway, I don't have much to do right now, so I can take some time to chop some firewood and fetch some water for her."

After arranging everything, Sang Que coaxed Xia Chan to sleep early, and read by lamplight at night, finishing the book that Hua Qianmian gave her.

She was not opposed to Goddess Wu, but she was wondering how many people were still secretly worshipping Goddess Wu like Kou Yushan. If she made the statue of Goddess Wu again, would she be able to hear the worship and prayers of these believers, and then appear in the name of Goddess Wu, or even directly contact the people of Jiuge.

By then, I’m afraid that Jiuge’s people and those who once feared the existence of Empress Wu will all be frightened.

Sang Que felt that now was not the right time. She was too weak. It would be terrible if someone followed the clues and found out about her. She also did not want to contact Jiuge’s people for the time being. Otherwise, when those big guys saw that she was such a weak heir, who knew whether they would choose to assist her or replace her.

A storyteller is scary enough.

It would be better to wait until she is promoted to the ghost level before doing this and then try to contact Jiuge’s people.

Closing the book, Sangque blew out the candle and went to bed.

Let’s go tomorrow!
and also……