The Secret History of Mars

Cui Xingmeng carefully took down the piece of embroidery from the ancient shelf.

When I took it into my hands and unfolded it, it was indeed the size of a shawl! It's just that one end of the embroidery is in the style of an ordinary shawl, while the other end is in a triangular design!

The burgundy wavy pattern decorates both ends of the shawl, which should be the blood waves mentioned by Qinghe. The main body of the shawl is a leopard print!

Cui Xingmeng looked at the embroidery from side to side, "I don't think Elder Cang Xi would put an embroidery shawl on the ancient shelf!"

"Xiao Min, what is this embroidery for?" Yuan Yizhou also felt that the color and pattern of this embroidery were very strange.

"This is a demon-beckoning flag!" Xiao Min said!

"Monster summoning banner?!" When Cui Xingmeng heard these three words, he thought of the soul-beckoning banner often mentioned in his industry!

When excavating cultural relics from ancient tombs, fine silk paintings with exquisite images and complex yet organized details are often unearthed.

In the ancient funeral system, it was believed that the soul would leave the body after death! It is necessary to resurrect the soul so that it can be laid to rest in peace, enjoy the sacrifices of future generations, and bless the descendants. Otherwise, he will become a lonely ghost scattered outside the body, and will disturb future generations!

The soul-calling banner allows the wandering soul to recognize the image of the owner of the tomb and return on its own. The soul will follow the banner and the soul will follow the coffin, and they will rest in peace!

Compared with what Cui Xingmeng and the others often see, the luxurious and exquisite soul-calling flags in the ancient tombs of emperors, generals and ministers, and the flags on Elder Cangxi's ancient shelf are not considered luxurious. But the material is not ordinary cotton, silk or linen. It does look weird and makes people feel uncomfortable just looking at it!

"This is Empress Nuwa, one of the three ancient magic weapons. It is woven from soul-locking silk and is used to guide demons and ghosts back to the right path!" Xiao Min continued to explain.

"Lingshao Silk? What is it?" Cui Xingmeng felt that this might be the key to balancing Xing Luo.

"How much does Miss Xingmeng know about 'spirit'?" It was rare that Xiao Min did not answer Cui Xingmeng's question directly, but chose to ask the other party in return!

"'Spirit'? Soul, the spirit of living things?" After Xiaomin asked, Cui Xingmeng realized that what this familiar word really meant, he had never studied it in detail!

"Yes, spirit is the basis for the existence of all things in the world! The sun rises and the moon sets, the clouds roll and relax, the four seasons change, everything has spirit! From flowers, plants, trees, animals to people, spirit is the prerequisite for everything." Xiao Min was afraid of herself What he said was too philosophical, and it was difficult for Cui Xingmeng to understand, so he changed his perspective, "In other words, you can understand it as the interaction between spirit and the most basic constituent particles of matter! If there is no such interaction, then matter will They are just discrete particles and cannot exist in the world!"

"General Xingluo's main skill is to control the thoughts and actions of all spiritual species by controlling this force!" Xiao Min explained in a persuasive way around Cui Xingmeng's worries, "And Suo Ling Silk is to lock this force so that the outside world cannot interfere and control it!"

"Are you saying that Elder Cang Xi's demon summoning flag can block Xing Luo's ability to confuse people's hearts?" Cui Xingmeng asked in surprise.

"That's just the basic function of the soul-locking thread. Elder Cang Xi's ancient artifact, with the blood-wave leopard pattern on it, is a highest-level curse on demons and monsters!" Xiao Min continued, "If anyone, If you want to defy heaven, this demon-beckoning flag will capture all of his spirit into the flag, and he will float in the sea of ​​blood forever, never to be reincarnated!"

"What does leopard print mean?" Cui Xingmeng listened to Xiao Min's explanation and felt that she just wanted to check and balance Xing Luo, and did not want to curse him. Therefore, it is safer to fully understand the lethality of this artifact to avoid hurting innocent people.

"The leopard is the totem of the Qingyao Mountain Clan. Their leader Wu Luo was both good and evil back then! He has been in charge of ghosts all year round, and his own spiritual roots have been eroded by ghosts and monsters, and he has almost become a demon! Elder Cang Xi's demon-beckoning banner was originally It was created to guide Wu Luo’s spirituality towards good! Therefore, the leopard pattern on it is not only the protection of Wu Luo, but also the containment of the dark side in her body!”

When Xiao Min said this, Yuan Yizhou and Cui Xingmeng probably understood what Ye Qinghe meant.

Xing Meng looks exactly like Elder Cang Xi, and the curse of Wu Luo's descendants on the demon-calling banner is the fear marked in their genes. As Wu Luo's direct heir, Xing Luo will naturally react.

If Xing Luo is good and the two sides live in peace, of course you are good to me and everyone is good; but if he uses that terrible skill to harm the world, the Demon Summoning Banner should never be merciful, and it will only take a matter of minutes to absorb his spiritual root.

"How to use this demon summoning flag? What commands are needed to drive it?" Yuan Yizhou asked when he saw that Xing Meng had been playing with it for so long and had no reaction.

"It is the magical weapon of Elder Cang Xi, and the magical weapon knows its owner! In addition, countless demon spirits have been locked by the spirit-locking silk for thousands of years. This magical weapon itself is so powerful that only Elder Cang Xi can do it. It’s driven, there are no instructions!” Xiao Min’s words made Cui Xingmeng feel like a deflated rubber ball.

‘I finally got an ancient artifact, but I still can’t use it after working on it for a long time. It seems that my joy was in vain! Even though I look similar to Elder Cang Xi, I guess this demon summoning flag has already discovered that I am a fake, so it didn’t even bother to talk to me for a long time! ’ Cui Xingmeng thought in frustration.

‘You are quite self-aware! ’ A misty and naughty child’s voice suddenly entered Cui Xingmeng’s ears.

"Who, who's talking?!" Cui Xingmeng had goosebumps all over his body!

"What's wrong with Mengmeng?!" Yuan Yizhou was startled by Cui Xingmeng's sudden roar and asked with concern.

"Yizhou, I heard a child's voice just now, saying that I am very self-aware!" Cui Xingmeng was shocked.

"Child's voice? Xiaomin, is that you?" Yuan Yizhou asked the virtual butler.

"Mr. Yizhou, I did not send any message in any way to Miss Xingmeng just now!" Xiao Min clarified.

Cui Xingmeng and Yuan Yizhou looked at each other, and both of them cast their eyes on the demon summoning flag in Xingmeng's hand at the same time!

‘Yizhou, it’s not alive, is it? ! ’ Xingmeng asked in his heart.

‘Xiao Min said that it knows its owner and has recruited so many demon spirits. It should mean that it has self-awareness. Can you try and see if it will say a few words to you again? ’ Yuan Yizhou’s experience in the past few days has made him no longer surprised by these phenomena that science cannot explain for the time being.

‘Then why only I can hear it speak, but neither you nor Xiao Min can hear it? ’ Cui Xingmeng continued to ask suspiciously, wondering if he was hallucinating.

‘Foolish woman, because I am in your spirit! With your virtue, you don’t need to be bewitched by the descendants of Wuluo. When you see him, you lose your mind. It’s really a waste of Empress Wa’s good genes! ’ The demon-calling banner continued to laugh at Cui Xingmeng!