Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 101 The Scientific Truth About Exorcism

But Yazai's expression was wrong, his mouth that was not covered by the sunglasses was tightly pursed, without saying anything, he directly grabbed the soul-leading thread in Lao Yan's hand and touched it inch by inch, as if he was touching some rare treasure. But at the same time, it is also touching a hot potato.

"I didn't expect the legend about the corpse clan to be true..." Yazai wrapped the soul-leading thread around the index finger of his left hand, with a dignified tone.

We looked at him puzzled, but his eyes were fixed on the soul-leading thread in his hand, and he said slowly: "The corpse exorcist clan started off by collecting corpses for others, and they have two skills. One, one is to ensure that the corpses do not rot, and the other is to allow the corpses to follow them by themselves, which greatly improves the efficiency! One corpse chaser can catch up with several corpses at the same time, instead of being in a foreign land like before. People can only invite a group of people to carry the coffin back to their hometown, not only slowly but also farther away, the corpse will stink before the hometown, which is why the corpse-hunting clan can develop."

"We all know that there are many ways to ensure that the corpse does not rot, such as smearing the whole body of the corpse with honey and spices, pouring mercury into the corpse, or putting the corpse in a jade box, etc. It is not surprising, it is strange How does the exorcist make the corpse follow them?" Yazai said slowly: "Generally, people know that the exorcist holds a soul-calling flag and a soul-rescue bell, and when the soul-calling flag is waved and the soul-rescue bell is shaken, those who are pasted with talismans Paper’s corpse followed the corpse chaser as if it had received instructions, this phenomenon has always been difficult to explain, and the rumors are miraculous, but in fact there is another legend that has not been widely circulated, which is this soul-drawing thread.”

Following Yazai's explanation, we all understand the function of the soul-drawing thread: the so-called soul-drawing thread is made of silver thread, and some materials unique to the corpse clan are painted on it, making it look flexible but actually very strong. In other words, the corpse chaser actually buried the soul-leading threads on the corpse, and then led them away.

As for the soul-calling flag and the soul-suppressing bell, I am afraid that they are meant to confuse others, otherwise, if other people learn the way of them, the corpse clan will not be so mysterious...

"No, the soul-suppressing bell and the soul-calling flag are still effective. If you encounter a dead body, you can still save the life of the exorcist, otherwise they wouldn't be so fancy." Lao Yan said slowly.

I think about it too, the Soul Requiem Bell in my hand is really important to him, seeing how the corpse exorcist looks like.

"So that's how he controls the zongzi, just like a marionette?" When I thought of the zongzi that had changed from white to green, I always felt that it was not that simple.

Yazai twisted the thread even tighter: "It's not that simple, there are so many untold secrets about the Zombie Clan, and there are so many legends about them, some of which can be explained by science, and some of which are only known to them. gone."

"That's right." I shrugged. For example, the skeleton in the depression is also unexplainable, but it is definitely a trick.

Speaking of the secrets of the Zombie Clan, I suddenly glanced at Kunbu, the Gu worms he controls are also miraculous.
"Hehe, Kumbu's Gu worms don't have so many gossips." Lao Yan saw my intention, and seeing that Kumbu didn't care, he explained to me: "You should also know that in the eyes of ordinary people, Gu worms are what?"

I nodded. There are actually two theories about Gu worms. One is that the Gu worms controlled by Kumbu are real insects. Two highly poisonous worms, put them in a jar, the last one that survives is the prototype of the Gu worm, and then it will be carefully trained by the Gu keeper, and gradually cultivated into an all-round little follower.The other refers to poison, which is the same as before, but after the prototype of the Gu worm comes out, it will be dried and ground into powder to make a highly poisonous poison that harms people, because it is mixed with other substances. The toxicity of eleven kinds of poisons, so if it is not for the personal guidance of the person who raises the poison, the person who is poisoned will generally die, because the bugs used by each person who raise the poison are different, even a master detoxification can't get rid of the poison. Research out the antidote before the human poison occurs.

"It's almost like this, but Gu people need to know a craft." Old Yan smoked a cigarette, and his tone was quite envious: "It's just to understand insect language."

Insect language?

My eyes widened in astonishment: "Does this thing really exist?"

The so-called Chongyu literally means the language of insects, but I have never believed in such legends. After all, there are tens of thousands of insects. Even if they have their own language, how can humans learn it?

Lao Yan nodded: "Otherwise, why do you think that there are so many people who know how to make Gu worms, but only those from the southern border are good at it? Because they are born worm whisperers."

My eyes on Kumbu became hot in an instant. No wonder people in Nanjiang have never been surprised to talk about their Gu raising skills, because even if they mastered it, it is useless. If you don’t know how to speak insects, you can’t communicate with insects, let alone control them. up.

These ancient families are really more terrifying than each other...

"Okay, let's think about what we should do now?" Lao Yan explained, as if he was a little tired, he dragged a chair and sat on the side, smoking slowly.

Kunbu looked at Yazai who was still studying the soul-drawing thread, and said in a calm tone: "It seems that someone has indeed come in. When everyone was going to the funeral, the other party put the soul-drawing thread on Yazai, and wanted to grab it. It’s actually quite easy to find this person.”

"You, why are you looking at me like that?" Yazai, who had been obsessed with studying the soul-drawing thread, finally felt that something was wrong, and shrank behind Lao Yan in fright.

"Of course I asked you to lure this person out." Kunbu's expression did not change at all.

Yazai was about to ask for help from Lao Yan, but who knew that the latter nodded while smoking a cigarette, saying that this is indeed a good idea, judging by the appearance of the corpse chaser, he must be nearby to control a person with a soul-drawing thread , we just have to wait.Boy, you have to behave well, don't let people see the clues.

Miss Qiu and I looked at Yazai sympathetically, and Yazai said indignantly: "You don't know how to love the young!"

"Young?" Miss Qiu made a movement to untie the wine pot from her waist, and her face turned darker after she didn't catch the wine pot: "Chang'an is younger than you, and Lao Yan is an old man who is still injured now. Are you Do you want me to replace you, or Kumbu to replace you?"

The boy looked around pitifully, then lowered his head, put the soul-leading thread on his body resignedly, and muttered: "You must pay close attention, who knows where they will lead me."

Bang bang bang!
As soon as Yazai finished speaking, there was a knock on the door, and a crisp voice came in: "It's time to eat."

Only then did we realize that it was almost noon, and we hadn't eaten much since yesterday, and when we heard the meal, our stomachs growled.Yazai rushed forward and opened the door in three steps at a time, only to see a little boy about ten years old outside the door, except for the important parts covered by a piece of cloth, the whole body was naked, holding a On the tray, there turned out to be a large plate of white flour steamed buns, accompanied by a few side dishes with no visible ingredients.

"Hey, baby, thanks." Yazai took the tray, unsuspectingly grabbed a steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth.

But I grabbed the boy, stared at the boy and asked who asked him to deliver the food to us?
The boy may have forgotten, but I remember that this child is the boy we saw when we were hiding. It must not be an easy thing to be sent out by the villagers to check our tracks.As long as he can communicate with us, it can be seen that he is probably a more important person in the village, at least someone who can be sent out to do things.

Hearing what I said, the boy scratched his head: "Aren't you going to live here for a few days? If you don't eat, you will die."

After I finished speaking, I didn't care whether I wanted to continue asking or not, and just jumped away.

Yazai stuffed the steamed buns into his mouth while I wasn't paying attention, and said vaguely, "Who cares who delivered it, I haven't eaten for a long time, I'm about to starve to death."

"Eat, eat, eat, you are not afraid that they will poison you!" I slammed the door angrily, the boy was too unsuspecting.

The boy choked, and after coughing several times, he said, "No way, it's shameful to waste food!"

As he said that, he was still eating steamed buns with big mouthfuls, not paying attention to my words at all.

Kumbu came up and took a steamed bun, sniffed it under his nose, and then stuffed it into his mouth. I was finally relieved to see him like this, otherwise I was really afraid that the boy would vomit blood and die in the next second.

Seeing that the kombu had been eaten, we didn't have any scruples. We grabbed the steamed buns and stuffed them into our mouths, but even if we were as heartless as a child, we didn't dare to touch those dishes that looked like poison.

A plate of steamed buns was quickly wiped out. I rubbed my stomach with some unsatisfactory feelings. I don’t know if I was hungry or what happened. I always felt that the steamed buns were very fragrant. .

(End of this chapter)