The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 98 Salute
Immediately, I went into the bathroom to take a shower. According to Zhou Xuanye's instructions, I washed it clean, changed into clean clothes, and entered the south room.

As soon as I entered, I felt that the atmosphere inside was not right.

The lights were not turned on, only two candles were lit, Xiao Hei did not know where he was hiding, except for Zhou Xuanye's hazy back, everything around him was wrapped in darkness.The statue of the patriarch is blurry, with obscure outlines.

He said, "Close the door."

I closed the door smoothly, and for a while, the surroundings became darker.

The axis also turned around immediately, and a yellow futon had been placed under the desk at some point.Zhou Xuanye motioned for me to kneel down. Because of Tang Linlin's previous reminder, I already guessed what Zhou Xuanye was going to do, so I knelt down without hesitation. In this world, I have nothing to care about.

Zhou Xuanye saw that I knelt down without asking any further questions, with a trace of surprise on his face, he immediately smiled with satisfaction, stood to one side, and said: "Tonight, I asked you to kneel here, I didn't mean to embarrass you. The previous The three-altar descending spirit technique is a forbidden technique, I told you earlier, even if you survive now, if you don’t accumulate Yin virtue, there will only be a lot of disasters, and catastrophe may strike at any time.”

I nodded.

Zhou Xuanye said again: "Today I will recommend you for you. I am sheltered by the patriarch, so you can avoid bad luck, but you still need to accumulate virtue when you do things on a daily basis. The job you take today is a good opportunity to accumulate virtue. Tomorrow When you act, I will guide you." Only then did I understand why Zhou Xuanye suddenly asked me to 'work', and it turned out that he intentionally entrusted me with some tasks of accumulating virtue and doing good deeds.

Thinking of this, I was quite moved. I glanced at the strange statue of the patriarch, and was a little curious. Since I am about to be sheltered by the patriarch.You should know the origin of our patriarch, right?Thinking of this, I asked.

Zhou Xuanye said: "The Taoist Sanqing is honored above, and the patriarch Que Yuan is honored below."

The three Qings of Taoism are Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing. The master of Yuqing is Yuanshi Tianzun, the master of Shangqing is Lingbao Tianzun, and the master of Taiqing is Daode Tianzun, the Taoist ancestor Taishang Laojun.These Sanqing gods are the highest gods in Taoism. Zhou Xuanye and Tan Ren took a relatively partial path, but they are also from orthodox Taoism. It is normal to enshrine the Sanqing.

It's just that I haven't heard of Patriarch Que Yuan.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Xuanye told me about the origin of Patriarch Que Yuan.

The lineage of refining corpses is originally a Taoist technique, but in the Taoist school, it is inevitable that there will be Xiaoxiao rebellion, and they use this technique to do evil.

Don't think that corpse refining is just shown in the movie, holding a face gong, holding a soul calling bell, and leading the corpse to walk at night is corpse refining.There is no corpse refinement, it is just the most superficial branch of corpse refinement, that is, walking corpses, which is called corpse exorcising among the people.

Those Xiao Xiaohui's are not simply walking corpses. They have learned all the orthodox corpse refining techniques, which is actually a very powerful skill.Refined to a high place, the corpse is a weapon, so powerful that it can even make it fly into the sky and escape from the ground.

However, the refined corpse, no matter how powerful it is, is only under the control of the corpse refiner.What if the corpse is used to rob the house?To do evil?It was so easy.

Therefore, the world hated the art of refining corpses, and called it a sorcery. For a long time later, the Taoist sect even removed the art of refining corpses.

It wasn't until Patriarch Que Yuan came out that this situation changed.

He studied the art of refining corpses, and achieved outstanding results. He used this technique to do good deeds, and passed down the "blood of expelling corpses", so that those who die in a foreign land can return their souls to their homeland.The ancients paid attention to returning fallen leaves to their roots, putting them in the soil for peace, and regard life and death as very important. The richer people also paid attention to death as life.It can be seen from this that for the ancients, it was a very serious matter for the corpse of a relative to live in a foreign land.

Due to the traffic conditions at that time, it was very difficult to transport the corpse back from a foreign land.Firstly, the journey is long and expensive, and secondly, the corpse will rot.After Patriarch Que Yuan handed down the walking corpse lineage, it benefited countless people, which made the corpse refining line gradually recover its reputation.

It's just that when Patriarch Que Yuan came here, he formed a family of his own, so the Taoists took Sanqing as their patriarch, and Zhou Xuanye's master practiced corpse refining, so they had to worship Patriarch Que Yuan.

I did not expect.This ugly patriarch is actually so inspiring, he has cleared the stigma of his industry and benefited the people of Xiangxi.Of course, now that Zhou Xuanye has expanded his business from Xiangxi to Shenzhen, it will not only benefit the people of Xiangxi.

Thinking of this, I was quite curious, and said, "Brother Zhou, to what level has your refining technique reached?" Tang Linlin told me before that the art of refining corpses is almost lost, and Zhou Xuanye should be regarded as one of them. One of the rare inheritors.

There are low class, middle class, and upper class in refining corpses. I don't know which class Zhou Xuanye belongs to?
Hearing this, Zhou Xuanye smiled, but did not say anything clearly, but said: "You will understand in the future, let's start saluting." After speaking, Zhou Xuanye lit a stick of incense, with the incense pointing down, he pinched it with three fingers, and the incense lighted up. Turning around, he said in a loud voice: "I have been protected by the patriarch, and now I have a son Su Tiangu, who is honest and virtuous. Please use the skills of the three altars, and follow the boundless karma. Now I take the shelter of the patriarch and refine the corpse for me. The accumulation is boundless. merit." Then, after three bows, he inserted the incense into the incense burner.

The cigarette curled up, there was no abnormality, Zhou Xuanye smiled, and said: "It seems that the patriarch likes you quite a bit." Of course he was joking, I don't know if the patriarch likes me, but I know, He is an old man, he has rewarded us with broken incense twice before.

Seeing that there was no abnormality in the incense, Zhou Xuanye took out a piece of yellow paper and said, "Originally, the date of birth should be written on the eight-character name and surname, but your birth date is unknown, so let's replace it with blood." Before I could react, Zhou Xuanye didn't know where I made a needle, pricked it on my middle finger, and dripped it on the yellow paper. Although I wrote my gender name on the top, I folded it into a triangular symbol and buried it in the ashes of the incense burner.

After doing all this, Zhou Xuanye didn't say anything, and stood quietly aside.Without his order, I naturally couldn't get up, and I kept kneeling on the futon. When my knees were so weak from kneeling, Zhou Xuanye helped me and said, "You can get up now." It's over.

To be honest, I didn't think there was anything special about paying homage to the patriarch. I was just a little curious. When I left the house, I asked Zhou Xuanye: "Brother Zhou, do I count you as your apprentice now?"

Zhou Xuanye laughed, and said: "I still have a master, and it is impossible to accept an apprentice privately, you have to go back to the door and salute together. You are just a name now, what's the matter, do you want to be my apprentice?"

I touched my nose, feeling quite embarrassed, it seemed that I was thinking too much.

However, just as I was going out, a black figure suddenly rushed into my arms, it turned out to be the soul pet Xiao Hei.

I'm surprised, hasn't this black cat always had problems with me?Usually when you see me, you always want to scratch me twice, but now, why did you crawl into my arms instead?
Zhou Xuanye said: "It's a bully. Now that you have the protection of the patriarch, it will not dare to scratch you in the future." I looked at the docile black cat in my arms, and was secretly surprised.Firstly, I was surprised that the black cat was too spiritual. When I saluted with its front feet, its back feet changed into a cat face; secondly, I also estimated that this salutation was definitely not as simple as a ceremony, and maybe there was really some kind of power behind it. maintain?Otherwise, why would this black cat change his attitude towards me so much?

I subconsciously looked at the statue, I don't know if it was my illusion, the statue that usually looks ugly, but now it looks like it has a sense of kindness.

After finishing all this, we went back to our rooms to rest.

The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Zhou Xuanye and I had already packed our things and got up.Unexpectedly, Tang Linlin would also come to join in the fun, dressed as if she was going on a spring outing, wearing a pink cheongsam, standing gracefully in front of us.

Zhou Xuanye raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you doing?"

Tang Linlin acted like a baby: "Boss, I want to go too."

Zhou Xuanye said: "Haven't you been scared enough last time?" I don't know when and what they said last time, it should be something that happened before I came to the office.Tang Linlin said angrily, "Last time, that bastard Fu Nan didn't deliberately scare me."

Fu Nan is another employee of our office. People rarely mention him, and I have only seen him in the photos on the wall.Of course, the room I live in is a double bed, and the other bed is his.The room was tidy and there were almost no personal belongings left behind.

I have inquired about this person's whereabouts before. After all, I have been in the office for almost half a year.

Tang Linlin didn't seem to have a good relationship with him, and said, "Don't ask him, he is not on the same side as us."

The words were sour, and I couldn't help saying: "It's not from the same road, so what does he do?"

Tang Linlin frowned, and said: "Rich, very rich, very rich. But for some reason, he likes to stay in our office, as if he has something to ask Zhou Xuanye. This person is very powerful, not good It’s not easy for Zhou Xuanye to turn against him. In short, he is not on the same path as us, so please don’t provoke him, maybe you won’t even know how you died.” When she said this, she seemed to be Thinking of something, a disgusted expression appeared on his face.

Unexpectedly, she mentioned this person again at this moment.

(End of this chapter)