Chen Yang looked up: "Wu Lingjiu?"
The old professor looked at Chen Yang and Du Shuo and said, "Do you know the young man named Meng Xi? His real name is Wu Lingjiu?"
Chen Yang: "Yes. Did you guess it?"
"I didn't find it strange at first, but now that I almost died in this weird deserted village, I know I was cheated." The old professor waved his hand, not letting Zhao Yao and Zhao Gang help him: "I can run faster than you. If I hadn't been unable to see the road clearly and bumped into a tree, you wouldn't have to carry me."
Chen Yang picked up the bones on the ground and put them into the ghost pupa. Hearing this, he asked, "Why did he lie to you?"
The old professor saw the ghost pupa, took a step forward and paused, then asked hesitantly, "Will it suddenly jump out of the ghost pupa and bite me?"
"No. It's just a skeleton, but the ghost cocoon has broken open and the moonlight is shining in. In another three to five years, when it has absorbed enough moonlight essence, it will come out and harm people. If it is stained with blood, it will be a monster. Only then will it harm people." Chen Yang said, subconsciously glancing at Du Shuo beside him.
Du Shuo was standing with his hands behind his back, but when he met Chen Yang's eyes, he simply put his hand on his shoulder. Standing close to him, Chen Yang naturally raised his hand to hold the big hand on his shoulder. The couple atmosphere between the two naturally revealed did not make people feel out of place.
The old professor and Zhao Yao glanced at the atmosphere between the two and accepted it calmly. On the contrary, Zhao Gang was completely surprised. Zhao Yao pushed him and said, "You are so funny. You usually respond to my jokes. Why are you so surprised now?"
Zhao Gang was speechless, and after a long while he managed to say, "But that has never been put into practice, has it?"
"Oh, you still want to put it into practice?" Zhao Yao smiled frivolously and nudged Zhao Gang with her shoulder: "But you can only suffer at best, you can't suppress others."
Zhao Gang was tall and thin but had a feminine face. Hearing this, he was very angry: "I am very strong. Zhao Yao, I am telling you not to talk nonsense. I only like girls."
Zhao Yao rolled his eyes at him: "Who started this joke?" After sneering twice, Zhao Yao was too lazy to pay attention to Zhao Gang. He walked up to the old professor and Chen Yang and said: "Master Chen, when can we go back to find your companions? Will the corpse poison in my wound suddenly break out?"
Chen Yang answered her, "Not so fast." Then he looked at the old professor who was trying to touch the ghost pupa. The old professor noticed Chen Yang's gaze and smiled awkwardly, "I am just doing normal research to see what is inside the ghost pupa. I think Meng Xi, or Wu Lingjiu as you call him, lied to me because I specialize in folk culture, especially funeral ceremonies."
Chen Yang: "Then do you have some knowledge of the two funeral ceremonies in the uninhabited village?" Then he saw that the old professor was very interested in the ghost pupa and said, "This corpse should have been buried for more than three years. As long as you don't do anything to offend it, you can observe and record it."
Hearing this, the old professor quickly called two students to observe and take notes. While observing and recording without damaging the ghost pupa, he answered Chen Yang: "There are many funeral ceremonies in our country, and different ethnic groups have different funeral ceremonies. Many funeral ceremonies look weird and scary, but they are actually related to their religious beliefs. The original intention is to place good wishes on the deceased, but most people are afraid of corpses and death. Therefore, some weird funeral ceremonies cannot be accepted by people, especially water burials and tree burials. By the way, are you, are you a heavenly master?"
Chen Yang: “Yes.”
The old professor glanced at the two of them and continued recording: "If you are heavenly masters, you should also know about funeral ceremonies."
"I do have some understanding, but not in depth." Funeral ceremonies represent the religious beliefs, customs and cultural development of the local people. You won't know these unless you study them specifically. Chen Yang only has a superficial understanding of some funeral ceremonies, but not a deeper understanding.
The old professor said, "You don't need to know too much. It's not easy to understand this. After all, it involves the dead. You have to believe in some weird things. If you don't respect them, you don't need to know about this. You all know about water burial and tree burial. Some people believe that fish are the incarnation of the river god, and the river god will send the soul of the dead to reincarnate. Some people believe that trees are the place where the dead reside, so they bury the dead in trees. But few people know about the follow-up."
The old professor recorded what he wanted to know, and told the two students to observe carefully. Then he took a step back and pointed to a corner in the dark forest, where there were countless hidden branches and countless ghost pupae. He said: "The tree trunk is the place where the dead souls reside. When the dead souls miss their relatives, they can have a place to live. But they have to reincarnate, and the souls have to leave. The tree trunk is not only the place where the souls live, but also the place where the souls are locked and not allowed to leave. In order for the dead souls to reincarnate, a second burial must be carried out. Secondary burials have existed in many places since ancient times. However, many people now believe that the custom of secondary burial and bone collection originated from southern Fujian and Hakka. In fact, many places in Guangdong and Guangdong have this custom. When you were in the uninhabited village, did you see a half-person-high jar placed at the door of those watchtowers? The bones in it are the bones of the secondary burials."
Maybe it was because the old professor, who always lectured students and liked to talk at length before getting to the point, told them the point after he had given them a lecture on the custom of secondary burials: "Water burial and tree burial will never appear in the same village. These are two different theological beliefs and cannot coexist in the same closed place. Water burial is throwing body parts to the fish in the river. In fact, in primitive religious beliefs, it is a sacrifice to the river god to bless the local weather and avoid drought."
"This is exactly why I am interested in the No Man's Village. What made this closed little village so tolerant of two different funeral ceremonies? Later, I looked up information and found that the No Man's Village was originally a tree burial, and water burial came later. However, Eguiling was once a place with severe droughts for many years, and corpses were everywhere. So I suspect that the villagers of the No Man's Village used water burials to worship the river god and bless the No Man's Village with good weather and good harvests."
Chen Yang's eyebrows moved. "There is an ancestral hall in the uninhabited village, and there are hundreds of anonymous tablets in the hall. There is a well in the center of the courtyard of the ancestral hall. We found that someone was performing a funeral ceremony next to the well last night. If it is a sacrifice to the river god as you said, why would someone perform a water burial when there is no one living in the uninhabited village now?"
The old professor said, "This is why I came to the Uninhabited Village to investigate in person... No, I don't know about the ancestral hall you mentioned and the water burial last night. What I mean is that maybe what I have investigated can answer your questions. The villagers of the Uninhabited Village have moved away one after another, but before that, the Uninhabited Village was once a prosperous village, although it declined due to the inconvenience of transportation. I checked and found that the government was planning to invest in building a road that would connect the Uninhabited Village and K City. But the villagers still insisted on moving away, and after moving away, they all died one after another. The cause of death was all accidental, and they all died violently."
"It's not over yet. The children didn't die. They forgot about the village when they grew up, got married and had children. After giving birth, they met with disasters and died unexpectedly. They left their children behind and started a new cycle of reincarnation." The old professor asked them, "What does it sound like? Curse and revenge, endlessly entangled with the villagers of the village for generations."
Du Shuo whispered in Chen Yang's ear: "It's a ghost's grudge."
Chen Yang: “Huh?” The old professor also looked puzzled.
Du Shuo: "The uninhabited village uses a water burial ritual to worship the river god, chopping up the body parts and throwing them to the fish in the river... In fact, they throw the body parts to the fish in the well. They build an ancestral hall and set up tablets for the anonymous people, trapping them in the ancestral hall to bless the uninhabited village with good weather. They are forced to leave their homes and cannot be reincarnated, and we still don't know whether those who were buried in the water died of natural causes or died in 'man-made' accidents. The souls are trapped in the ancestral hall day after day, and they are full of resentment. Without offerings, they possess the fish that ate the body parts and become ghosts."
Ghost grudges are curses, murders and hatred. They give up the chance of reincarnation and turn themselves into a curse, taking revenge on their enemies in every life. It is very weird and strange.
The old professor said, "I remember that the villagers of the No Man's Village have a tradition. They will let their children drink fish soup and eat fish meat at the coming-of-age ceremony when they are fifteen years old. It symbolizes peace and health, and freedom from disease and disaster. After I got the information, I specifically went to ask a few families in the No Man's Village. But when I asked about the No Man's Village, they acted very secretive."
Chen Yang looked up at Du Shuo, trying to get a clue from him. Du Shuo suddenly raised his hand on Chen Yang's shoulder and gently tapped his cheek to remind him: "Everything happens for a reason, and every cause has an effect. Cause and effect will always be cyclical, and retribution will always come."
Chen Yang: "You're becoming more and more weird." You used to say half of what you said and hide what you said, but now even your words are hard to guess.
Du Shuo smiled and rubbed Chen Yang's head: "Yang Yang is smart and understands me, so he can guess it." After that, he looked up at Zhao Yao and Zhao Gang. Zhao Yao was taking notes seriously, while Zhao Gang turned around and accidentally saw their intimacy, with a weird and embarrassed expression on his face.
Du Shuo's voice was filled with laughter, but his eyes were cold and pointed directly at Zhao Gang. Zhao Gang was shocked when he saw this, and he quickly smiled stiffly, turned around and huddled together with Zhao Yao. Zhao Yao glanced at him and whispered, "Are you scared?"
Zhao Gang glanced at Zhao Yao's face, and after being stunned for two seconds, he said, "It's just that I didn't react for a moment. I'm not afraid of an angry professor, so why would I be afraid of a gay guy?"
Zhao Yao: “Hello!”
Zhao Gang: "Okay, okay, I was wrong. I'm just a little uncomfortable. Don't pay attention to me for now. Talk to me again when I'm used to it."
Zhao Yao shook her head and really stopped talking to the disturbed Zhao Gang. She was secretly complaining in her heart. She didn't expect that Zhao Gang, who could usually pick up any topic and especially talk dirty, actually had a poor mental and mental tolerance.
Du Shuo retracted his gaze and asked the old professor calmly, "Do you know why Wu Lingjiu lured you to the No Man's Village?"
"I don't know. With my old arms and legs, I can only know a few things about funeral ceremonies. What use can that be?" The old professor walked around the crooked tree twice and saw that Zhao Gang had only written less than a page in the notebook. He slapped him in the face and taught him a lesson: "Do you think it's enough to just write down a few numbers for your measurements?" After Zhao Gang apologized again and again, the old professor let him go.
The old professor said, "I really don't know why the young man you mentioned lied to me. I only study Chinese folk culture and have made some achievements in my field. The articles I published are not bad. Does he want me to find out the truth about the uninhabited village and then make it public? If so, then he might be an angry villain."
The old professor is over 50, but his ideas are very modern. He added: "If that is the plan, I am sorry that he is wrong. I am not an old man who is conservative. Some things can be published. The consequences of publishing some things need to be considered and borne, so I can't publish them rashly."
Chen Yang smiled, and he and Du Shuo accompanied the old professor and his two students, and took them back to the Uninhabited Village after they finished their investigation and recording. While the old professor was investigating the ghost pupa, Chen Yang whispered, "Could it be that Wu Lingjiu really intended to let the old professor find out the truth about the Uninhabited Village and then publish it?"
What is the purpose of publishing
"The professor has made great achievements in related fields, and there should be more. If it is published, it will cause a sensation and attract a lot of attention. If the incident of the No Man's Village is exposed, will the hungry ghosts, ghost pupae, and ghost grudges in the No Man's Village also be exposed?"
It is better to believe in something than not to believe in it. Most people will never see a ghost in their lifetime. If they have never seen one, they will always have doubts in their hearts. If the ghost is fully displayed in front of people and they can see it with their own eyes, they will naturally no longer doubt it.
Du Shuo: "What do you think Wu Lingjiu needs most and lacks the most in order to restore a ghost country?"
After a moment of silence, Chen Yang said, "People." Without people, the so-called country is a joke. "Wu Lingjiu is attracting believers and people, luring the old professor into the deserted village to investigate the truth, and then publishing articles after he leaves. With the old professor's reputation, the published articles can cause a social sensation, especially funeral and weird themes that can arouse people's curiosity. This is the first step, to attract people's attention. The second step is to make people believe in the existence of ghosts. So there is a backup plan, such as video recordings with conclusive evidence."
The old professor and his two students walked deeper into the forest and saw another ghost pupa. The ghost pupa looked very new, as if the person inside had just died. But the village had been uninhabited for several years, so how could there be a new death in the surrounding forest? The old professor told the two students to take notes quickly.
Chen Yang and Du Shuo followed behind and watched the whole process. Chen Yang said: "The old professor and his students are ordinary people. Since we have tricked him into the uninhabited village and want to use him, we must ensure his safety."
The old professor had just opened the ghost pupa carefully and reached out to touch the mummy. The mummy suddenly grabbed the old professor's hand and dragged him into the ghost pupa. Zhao Yao reacted quickly and pulled the old professor. The mummy was extremely strong. Zhao Yao blushed and shouted: "Zhao Gang, come and help me."
Zhao Gang tore off the talisman on Zhao Yao's wrist wound and pasted it on the corpse's forehead. The corpse froze for a moment. The two worked together to pull the old professor out. The next moment, the corpse tore off the talisman on its forehead and crawled out of the ghost pupa angrily. With four limbs like a reptile, it crawled down from the tree trunk. Seeing this, Zhao Gang skillfully carried the old professor and ran away. Zhao Yao saw Chen Yang and the others from a distance, and quickly waved and shouted: "Master! Help!"
Chen Yang stepped forward and kicked the mummy away, untied the red rope wrapped around the mummy's neck and violently dragged it away, broke its hands and feet, dragged it into the ghost pupa and sealed it again. He also pasted two talismans outside the ghost pupa. The mummy inside the ghost pupa struggled to get out, but was unable to destroy the ghost pupa.
Zhao Yao panted, "Oh my god, this is too dangerous, Master Chen, didn't you say that we can't offend corpses?"
Chen Yang: "A mummified corpse is not a corpse." How can something that has become a spirit be considered a corpse? However, there are too many mummified corpses that have become spirits among the ghost pupae in the forest, which is somewhat abnormal.
Du Shuo said: "It's getting dark, let's go back first."
Chen Yang nodded and motioned for the old professor and the other two to go back with them. The old professor wanted to record more, but seeing that it was getting late, he agreed to go back. After all, it was so dangerous in the daytime, wouldn't it be a riot of demons at night
The five of them ran through the forest for a long time but still couldn't find the exit. Du Shuo pulled Chen Yang and said, "We've been here before." He pointed to a crooked tree they had just passed by and said, "We're just going in circles."
Chen Yang took out the compass and found that the compass needle was disordered and broken. The old professor asked: "Did you encounter a ghost wall? I remember the folk saying that if you encounter a ghost wall, just stand still and do nothing."
Chen Yang: "The premise is that the thing that trapped you here will not take the opportunity to kill you." Both the forest and the uninhabited village are very dangerous. There are ghost pupae and hungry ghosts everywhere. It will be troublesome if you encounter a group attack, especially with three ordinary people.
Du Shuo held Chen Yang's wrist tightly and said, "I'll lead the way, follow me."
The sky darkened quickly, as if a black cloth covered the light in an instant, dark clouds covered the sunlight, and the forest was instantly submerged in darkness. The old professor and his three companions came prepared, took out two flashlights from their backpacks, and handed one to Chen Yang.
Chen Yang illuminated for Du Shuo, who led the way. The woods were becoming quieter and quieter, with only the sound of their hurried footsteps and breathing. Suddenly, a clear "crackling" sound came from behind, and Zhao Yao asked tremblingly, "What, what sound?"
Chen Yang: "Don't look back, keep going."
The crackling sounds became more and more frequent. The sounds of the stiff limbs twisting became clearer, denser, and closer. The strange and horrifying feeling was within reach. Zhao Yao couldn't help but look back, her pupils dilated in fear. She quickly covered her mouth to suppress the scream that almost broke through her throat, and hurried back on her way, her face pale and cold sweat on her forehead.
Zhao Gang glanced and turned his head to ask: "What did you see?"
Zhao Yao quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't look back!" It was too late. Zhao Gang looked back, stiffened his neck and trembled his teeth: "What the hell is this!"
Zhao Gang was so frightened that he shouted loudly, attracting the group of mummies that crawled out of the ghost cocoons behind him. The mummies from all directions gathered around them. Du Shuo's unhappy eyes fell on Zhao Gang, and Zhao Gang trembled and hid behind Zhao Yao. Zhao Yao was also quite disappointed: "I've never seen you so unreliable before."
Chen Yang held the red rope in both hands, turned his back to Du Shuo and said, "Brother Du, take them away first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Shuo reached out and grabbed the red rope in his hand and said, "I'm here, do you still want to fight alone?" Then he hooked the red rope with half of the seal of Fengdu Emperor on it around Chen Yang's neck and said, "The seal is powerful. When facing a siege, you have to learn how to use it."
In front of the seal of the Emperor of Fengdu, all ghosts dare not disobey, and the heavenly soldiers and ghosts will come to help. Chen Yang printed half of the seal of the Emperor of Fengdu on the talisman, and felt that there was still half missing, so he turned back and looked at Du Shuo eagerly: "Brother Du, lend me the other half."
Du Shuo flicked Chen Yang's forehead: "Don't act like a spoiled child, use your heart. If I'm not by your side, where would you find your other half in this situation?"
Chen Yang curled his lips and concentrated on condensing his heart seal. The so-called heart seal is not based on words, actions or texts, but on the heart. Every Heavenly Master can condense a heart seal, and everyone's heart seal is different. When condensing a heart seal, there are two, one is your own heart seal, and the other is the heart seal of the divine soldier and ghost general who is about to borrow divine power. Chen Yang needs to condense his own heart seal and the heart seal of the Emperor of Fengdu. The two heart seals communicate with each other to leverage their power.
The heart seal of Fengdu Emperor is to kill ghosts, exorcise evil spirits, and subdue demons, not to be kind, convert, or save. The main purpose is to kill and suppress. Pure evil cannot be converted or saved, it can only be suppressed and killed. It is cold, cruel, and inhumane. It achieves the purpose of saving the world and converting the innocent through suppression and killing. It is fair and just. The guilty are punished, the good enter reincarnation, and the evil are unforgivable. The order of the world is running, good and evil are rewarded, and cause and effect are reincarnated.
Chen Yang opened his eyes, and a faint golden light flashed in his eyes. He clasped his hands together, like the Emperor of Fengdu holding a jade sceptre in his two hands in the portrait, and opened his mouth slightly: "Command!"
The invisible heart seal of the Emperor of Fengdu was imprinted on the talisman, and perfectly merged with the other half of the seal of the Emperor of Fengdu. The talisman rose to the sky above the woods, and the golden light enveloped the woods within ten meters. The mummies under the woods were illuminated by the golden light and instantly turned into black ash and merged into the ground. Sensing the danger, the ghost pupae that had just opened half closed one after another, and were as quiet as chickens.
The heart seal and golden light on the talisman were invisible to those who had not opened their third eye, but Zhao Yao saw them. She watched the whole scene with her mouth slightly open in shock. The old professor narrowed his eyes and asked Zhao Yao, "What did you see?"
Zhao Yao: "Gold, golden light, it blinds my dog eyes."
The old professor's face twitched, and he told her to keep quiet and not embarrass herself. Zhao Gang had been staring at Du Shuo and Chen Yang, and said, "You could actually see it? I didn't see anything. I only heard Master Chen say something about the Dharma seal and the Heart Seal, and then the mummy turned into ash."
Zhao Yao was proud: "Hehehe, does this mean that I have some hidden talent?"
No one answered her, and when the woods returned to calm, they continued on their way. This time, there was no ghost wall, but the others still couldn't get out. Because they didn't know the way, Du Shuo led the way. After walking for more than ten minutes, they left the woods and returned to the deserted village. The deserted village shrouded in darkness was extremely terrifying. It seemed that there were many dirty things hidden behind the layers of green plants, watching them all the way. The old things in the alleys at the door stood still, and the occasional sound made by the wind could scare people.
At the door of every household, there was a row of half-man-high water jars. According to the old professor, they were filled with bones of secondary buried corpses. When he mentioned this, the old professor was extremely excited and wanted to open the water jars to observe and take notes. His two students were not so bold and firmly disagreed with the old professor going there.
The old professor had to seek support from Chen Yang, who smiled and told him: "The room is full of hungry ghosts. Do you know hungry ghosts? The greedy hungry ghosts imprisoned in hell are the ones who are satiated."
So the old professor gave up the idea of going to see the corpse in the water jar. The group shuttled through the narrow alleys. They were silent all the way and still felt countless eyes on them. At this time, the old professor finally realized that Chen Yang was not scaring them. There were indeed countless hungry ghosts hiding in every household in the uninhabited village. These hungry ghosts were staring at them with greedy eyes and trying to pounce on them to eat up their flesh and blood.
But they seemed to be wary or even afraid of something, just waiting for them to be left alone. The two students also noticed this, and accompanied the old professor to follow Chen Yang and Du Shuo. Zhao Gang's serious eyes fell on Du Shuo, and he whispered: "We have met a master, nothing will happen."
It was not until they entered the ancestral hall that those terrifying gazes were blocked. The three of them were soaked with sweat, and they continued to follow after a sigh of relief. When they met the others, Chen Yang gave a brief introduction to both parties, and then Chief Witch Yi applied herbs to Zhao Yao's wound.
The fat man who had just finished treating his wound and disappeared into the woods came back. As soon as he came back, he hunched over Zhao Yao, baring his teeth, looking extremely ferocious.
Zhao Yao faced the confusion of others and smiled helplessly: "I have never been liked by cats since I was a child, and I don't know why."
Hearing this, Big Fatty became even more irritable, growling threateningly. He then walked back and forth, baring his teeth and threatening Zhao Yao from time to time. Zhao Yao was slightly startled, touched her nose and said strangely: "Even if cats don't like me, they shouldn't hate me so much, right?"
The fat man's hair exploded all over his body, and when he was extremely angry, he let out a hoarse and vicissitudes roar from his throat: "Xu Ani!"
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