I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 57 Preparation
"You understand the reason, and the choice is in your hands, so I won't say much. You don't have to worry about me. The two red candles you got from Yan Daozi are ghost-dispelling red candles. Leave one with me. I am a fan of the book, and maybe I already have a very powerful heart lamp, so I won't be afraid of those evil ghosts."

"In addition to Yan Daozi's Bagua mirror, copper coin sword and other things, I will also buy some high-purity cinnabar products. According to what Yan Daozi wrote in his book, it will not be a problem to set up a feng shui arrangement to drive away ghosts. I also have the little general. When it grows up to be a big general, no one, let alone ghosts, will dare to approach me."

Every word Sang Wan said was to help Sang Que resolve her worries so that she could move forward courageously and do what she wanted to do.

But Sang Que still couldn't rest assured, because both the red candles for exorcising ghosts and the talismans for exorcising evil spirits were consumables, and the Bagua mirror and copper coin sword also needed regular blessings.

However, those talismans all borrowed the power of the "Taoist Lord", and only Taoist priests who had been ordained to have talismans in that world, or believers of certain gods and goddesses, were capable of making them.

This is also why she wanted Xu Shufen to move in. Grandma Xu should be able to make these things.

"It's getting late today, you should get some rest first. I will explain these things to you in detail tomorrow. In the future, you should also tell me your experiences so that I can write a good story."

Sang Que got up and hugged Sang Wan, and whispered in her ear, "Mom, I love you so much."

After saying that, he ran away immediately, leaving Sang Wan sitting alone in the study, feeling sad and tearful.

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That night, Sang Que dreamed of the Nine Nether Hell again, and she dropped 109 steps off a cliff, before her not-quite-strong-enough heart lamp finally stabilized her at the 228th step of the third level of the Nine Netherworld.

After one night in Xujiawan Village, the power of the wish in her heart lamp increased by 3 points.

Yin Tong has also reached the 99th step of the second level. With one more step forward, he will be able to break through to the third level.

However, the evil spirit needs a certain ritual to break through, and each evil spirit is different. It may be an unfulfilled wish in life, or it may be some strong need, which requires the evil spirit to actively tell the ghost.

Sang Que thought about her current relationship with Yin Tong, as well as Yin Tong's previous passive resistance. She was afraid that this naughty child was scheming and might continue to act badly and would never tell her.

She can control Yin Tong's soul, but she cannot control Yin Tong's mind.

The next morning.

As soon as Sangque got up, he saw Xiaohei beating Xiaohei.

Her black cat and black dog started fighting in the yard, but after just two rounds, the black dog was frightened by the black cat and whined at her mother with its tail between its legs.

My mother said that the black cat was a female, about a year old, so she asked Sangque to take her to have a bath, deworming and vaccination.

After working all morning, she returned home at almost noon. In the yard, her mother gave her some ancient knowledge about cats, saying that this kind of pure black cat was called "Black Cloud Roaring Iron" in ancient times.

The one with a black body but white belly and paws is called "dark clouds covering snow"; the one with only white paws is called "treading snow to find plum blossoms".

There is also a species that is completely black with a white tail tip, called 'Black Jade Pearl'.

When the black jade pendant beads were mentioned, the black cat meowed, as if it liked the name.

Sang Wan raised it and looked at it. "It seems that you like names with a more ancient style. Let me think..."

"I dare not use black jade lightly when it is first made, and the Wanli leopard bag was once presented as tribute. These two sentences compare the ink ball among the four treasures of the study to black jade, which shows the preciousness of ink. How about calling you black jade?"

Meow meow~
Xuanyu called out happily twice, with light in the green cat's eyes. It liked this name very much.

"It's very smart. It seems like it can fully understand what we say and can respond." Sang Wan rubbed Xuan Yu's head affectionately.

After lunch, Sang Que and Sang Wan went to the study and listened to their mother continue to talk about the things on the A4 paper, as well as the information she should pay attention to collecting next time, so that their mother could enrich her "story" world.

Sang Wan couldn't figure out which dynasty in China that place was similar to, so he told Sang Que to remember to observe the types of crops, daily utensils and materials, weights and measures, official system, etc. next time he went there, and it would be best if he could get a map of the Xuan Dynasty.

The first time she traveled through time and came back, Sang Que's broken and then restored energy bracelet showed that electronic devices were useless in the strange world, and she couldn't bring electric batons and flashlights. It remains to be further verified whether you can bring items when traveling through time, but what the limit is, and whether you can bring living things.

There is also a time limit between going and coming back, which also requires Sangque to carefully verify and record.

Sang Wan also prepared a lot of basic knowledge about ancient times for Sang Que, such as time tables, measurement units of various dynasties, etc., so that Sang Que could catch up on various ancient knowledge, which would always be useful.

"When are you planning to go over next time?" Sang Wan asked during the break.

Sang Que was silent for a moment before saying, "Tomorrow night."

Sang Wan was obviously stunned. She didn't expect it to happen so quickly, but she also knew the reason.

"Okay, I'll prepare some necessary supplies for you as soon as possible. The purity of modern gold and silver is different from that of ancient times, so you can't bring them directly. When you get there, you can exchange brown rice and glutinous rice for money."

"As for weapons, don't you and Zaozi know how to make hidden weapons or something? You can figure it out on your own. If you need money, just swipe my card."

Sang Que nodded. Next time she went there, she would be fully armed and well prepared.

"Also," Sang Wan paused and said seriously, "there is another question that you need to think about in advance."

"what?"

Sang Wan said seriously, "The weird world is not modern, it is a feudal society with imperial power and classes, slavery and oppression, no fairness and justice, and even less law and order. There are murderous evil spirits everywhere, and the people have been living in fear. They are cold and selfish, and there must be people everywhere who have no bottom line in order to survive."

"Ming Zhang's master can threaten the villagers with the entire village's summer harvest of grain and ask them to sacrifice an innocent life to him. Ming Zhang can also kick the old man of the Liu family out without hesitation in order to survive. In such a world where order has collapsed, can you hold on to your bottom line?"

Sang Que had never really thought about this problem. When she was in Heishan Village, she didn't have the time to think about these things. She just acted according to her heart.

Sang Que actually has no specific concept of the word "bottom line" in her mind. She is just a high school student who is confused about her future and doesn't know what kind of person she should become.

She only knew that she would not have any psychological burden if she killed people like Ming Zhang and Yan Daozi.

But what my mother said was right. Human nature is complicated, and some things cannot be simply measured by right or wrong. She must think clearly in advance about where her bottom line is, so as to prevent her sanity from being slowly eroded by evil and losing her original self.

"By the way, Mom, will I still go to school next month?"

Since she might have to frequently go in and out of the strange world in the future, and the time on both sides is synchronized, she definitely couldn't go to school when she disappeared in the modern world. Does she not have to do her summer homework?
Sangque was secretly delighted!

Sang Wan glanced at Sang Que and said, "In ancient times, there was no fried chicken, cola, spicy hot pot, or mobile games or short videos. People only ate bean rice, wild vegetable cakes, and they might not even have meat for a whole year."

"The toilets are all dry toilets in the wild, and you use leaves to clean them. You don't have sanitary napkins during your menstrual period, you don't take a bath all year round, and you have lice on your head. You are still a poor guy who doesn't have a dime over there. Are you sure you can live there for a long time?"

Sang Que suddenly became depressed, thinking back to the three days in Heishan Village. She had never washed her face or brushed her teeth, was hungry every day, and encountered other embarrassing things... It was indeed not a suitable place to stay for a long time.

Sang Wan said, "You are not going to settle there, but just to live better, to gain knowledge and strength, to explore your life experience, because you will still live in the modern world in the future."

"As your guardian, I can ask for sick leave for you, but you'd better stick with this school. At least you have to get your high school diploma, right? It would be best if you can only go there on weekends and holidays and come back to school at other times."

Sangque hung his head. It seemed that he still had to do his homework this summer!

But there is no need to be too anxious. The Ghost Festival is on August 8. She can come back after she has resolved the issues in Heishan Village and asked Kou Yushan about her biological mother and Queen Wu.

By then, I will have at least 10 days to finish my homework, which is enough!

"Okay Xiaoque, time is short and the task is heavy, let's prepare ourselves now!"