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Chapter 299
Looking at the respectful Ah San and Ah Si in front of him, Fang Yang waved his hand.

moment.

A large amount of spiritual energy gathered and went straight into the bodies of the two ghosts.

Feeling the spiritual energy that is usually extremely difficult to absorb, they swarmed in. The two ghosts froze for a moment. Before they could figure out the situation, they heard Fang Yang's voice.

"Calm your mind and absorb the spiritual energy!"

After reacting, the two ghosts hurriedly tried their best to absorb the spirit energy that was still pouring in continuously.

moment.

The bodies of the two ghosts continued to solidify and expand, and the two ghosts, whose Yin Qi and ghost Qi were constantly solidifying, suddenly showed pain, and their eyes glowed red.

Violence soared!

Originally, the two ghosts, who were just lonely and wild ghosts, were only full of evil spirits, but their morals were not high. If ordinary people knew how to deal with ghosts, they could deal with them, and the two ghosts were relatively peaceful.

But now, the infusion of a large amount of aura has actually made the strength of the two ghosts increase, and at the same time, their eyes are glowing red, and their violent aura is rising. In Fang Yang's feeling, the spiritual wisdom of the two ghosts is slowly dissipating. replace.

Like a beast.

At Uncle Jiu's place, Fang Yang didn't notice this when he inadvertently improved the strength of that ghost, but now, he has used Maoshan's method of controlling ghosts on the two ghosts, and there is a kind of spiritual relationship with them. connect.

He could easily feel the feelings and changes of the two ghosts, and only then discovered the dissipation of their intelligence as their strength increased.

Therefore.

Feeling this, Fang Yang frowned, and waved away the spiritual energy gathered by him.

What he wants is a ghost with independent intelligence that can help him with things, not a beast that has no brains and acts on instinct.

After the aura dissipated, Fang Yang carefully observed the two ghosts in front of him, sensed what they were thinking, and heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the shot was still timely, and it didn't really make the two ghosts lose their wits.

Knowing that a substantial increase in the strength of ghosts would cause them to lose their sanity, Fang Yang lamented that the heavens are indeed fair, and there is no way to cheat.

Either be honest and practice slowly; or your strength will increase greatly, but you will become like a beast, driven by instinct.

Seeing that the two ghosts were still digesting the aura in his body, Fang Yang didn't care about them, but flipped through the "Maoshan Secret Record" in his mind to see if there was any record about this in it.

As a result, I recalled "Maoshan Secret Record" carefully, but I didn't find any records about this point, not even a single word.

Soon.

I saw that the two ghosts standing in front of Fang Yang with their eyes closed and trying to absorb the spiritual energy in their bodies suddenly opened their eyes, and the eyes that were originally glowing with a faint green light were mixed with a trace of red light.

Feeling the two ghosts waking up, Fang Yang raised his eyes: "How do you feel?"

"Thank you, master, I feel very good!"

After waving his arm, which was more solid than before, Ah San's voice sounded slightly violent, full of excitement.

"How's the strength?"

"To my master, we have now had 150 years of Taoism!"

Hearing Ah Si's answer, Fang Yang nodded. Fang Yang was quite satisfied with their 150-year Taoism. Now, the strength of these two ghosts is equivalent to that of a Taoist cultivator.

It can be said that the strength has improved a lot compared to before, and for Fang Yang, it can be regarded as a little help to him.

Ghost cultivators are also recorded in "Maoshan Secret Records", but their realms are different from those of ascetics, and they are calculated based on Taoism.

Road behavior demarcation line every 200 years.

And this practice does not refer to the length of time they survive, but refers to the strength they can display.

Those who have just become ghosts and have less than 100 years of Taoism are ghosts with little strength. Anyone who has learned some methods of exorcising ghosts can deal with them.

Those between 100 and 300 years of practice are equivalent to cultivators who have entered the realm of Taoism. At this time, they are no longer capable of being dealt with by ordinary priests, and it is very difficult for cultivators of the same realm to deal with them.

And those who have practiced Taoism for 300 to 500 years are equivalent to real-life ascetics, and they can already be regarded as the overlord of one side.

And those who have practiced Taoism for 500 to 700 years are equivalent to masters. At this time, they can be called ghost kings or demon kings, dominating the distance.

It's just that it's not easy to become a ghost cultivator in the guru realm and become a ghost king.Not only do ghosts need to be highly talented, but they also need to go through a small calamity, one of the three calamities of heaven, earth, and human beings.

If you cross it, you will become the realm of the ghost king; if you fail to cross it, the smoke will disappear, and years of hard work will disappear.

As for ghost cultivators over 700 years old, they are equivalent to Jindan practitioners.And if you want to achieve 700 years of Taoism, you need to go through a catastrophe, and at this time, the division of realms is no longer based on 200 years.

Ascetics, when they reach the Golden Core Realm, they can be called Earth Immortals, which means real land immortals, and their life expectancy is five hundred years. Although there are suspicions of exaggeration, it is not much different.

And ghosts who have cultivated for more than 700 years can also be called first-class ghosts and immortals. Of course, the so-called ghosts are not worthy of the name.If you really want to become a ghost fairy, you must go through various catastrophes in the following time, and get another 300 years of Taoism, and reach 1000 years of Taoism before you can be regarded as having the strength of a ghost fairy.

But it's just strength, and you need cause and effect to escape reincarnation. If you are not in the five elements, you will officially become a ghost fairy.

It's just that it is very difficult for human beings to cultivate into immortals, let alone those of a different kind. On the way of cultivation, they have to experience much more disasters than those who practice Taoism.

But to be able to become a ghost fairy, one must have great wisdom, great perseverance, and great fortune. Ghosts can be said to be very few, and it is basically impossible.

As for the ascetics, after the golden elixir, there are two paths.

One is to practice in the world, start accumulating merit, eliminate cause and effect, and become immortals.

The second is to practice in seclusion, avoid cause and effect, practice hard, and finally use one's own skills to forcibly resist the cause and effect, and become immortals and attain the Tao.

These are all recorded in "Maoshan Secret Record".

But in the end, after recording all the texts, he also stated that the disciples should not think about becoming immortals, but should take it as their duty to subdue demons and demons.

To be honest, in Fang Yang's opinion, the reason why I added this sentence later is that in this era, it is too difficult to become a fairy. Instead of practicing with the unrealistic goal of becoming a fairy, it is better It is said that it is good at subjugating demons and eliminating demons.

Daoist Yimei, as a disciple of the main line of Maoshan, is now in his 50s and still only in the Taoist realm, and the patriarch with the highest cultivation level of the Maoshan sect he has seen is only in the realm of real people.

And the way of cultivation, the further you go, the more difficult it is to break through, and the difficulty increases exponentially, not to mention the golden core state, or the master state, and it is not known whether the cultivation world exists or not.

You must know that the Maoshan sect is in the world of Taoism, but it is a first-class sect. They only have real-life ascetics in their sect, and other sects may not be much better.

Therefore, becoming a fairy is just a fantasy in this era!

Think about it.

After watching the two ghosts for a while, Fang Yang knew that he could not increase their strength, otherwise he would be self-defeating. What he wanted now was to find a place for them to stay.

Looking at the things on his body, with a smile, Fang Yang slammed the bamboo stick in his hand: "From now on, you will live in this bamboo stick and devote yourself to cultivation. I will notify you if there is anything!"

heard.

Clasping hands and saluting respectfully, the two ghosts immediately turned into two puffs of green smoke and fell into the bamboo stick in Fang Yang's hand.

Seeing this, Fang Yang got up, and his body was submerged in the darkness.

……

Day two.

After bidding farewell to the village head who warmly persuaded him to stay and the old woman and Awen who came to thank him, Fang Yang, who had a rest at the village head's house for the night, left the village with a bamboo stick.

move on.

Knowing that Fang Yang is a wandering Taoist priest, the village head told Fang Yang that there is another village behind this village.

According to the village chief, there is a mountain path behind the village, follow the path straight ahead, and you will arrive after crossing a few mountains.

However, due to the long distance, there is not much communication between the two villages, so this road can be said to be a small path, and there are even no roads in many places, and it is completely walking and opening.

And now Fang Yang is going to visit the village that the village chief said.

Go all the way along the path.

After walking for a short time, there was no road ahead, only messy weeds remained.

Seeing this, Fang Yang jumped up, tapped his feet, and skimmed over the treetops, following the faint traces of the path below.

As a congenital master, he naturally wouldn't waste time like a villager who really cut through the thorns to open the way.

I don't know.

Not long after leaving, Fang Yang, who was in the air, suddenly heard Ah San's voice coming from the bamboo stick in his hand: "Master, let's not go to that village!"

Hmm~?

Frowning, Fang Yang, who knew there must be something wrong with it, fell down and stood on a boulder in the forest.

A bamboo stick.

All I saw was a streak of green smoke bursting out of the bamboo stick in an instant, falling in front of Fang Yang, twisting and changing, revealing Ah San's appearance.

"Meet the master!"

As soon as she came out, Ah San saluted Fang Yang.

"Don't be too polite!"

Gently raising his hand, Fang Yang looked at Ah San, "You just said you didn't want to go to that village, but why is there something weird about that village?"

heard.

Not daring to hide anything, Ah San said respectfully, "Master, the village is protected by gods. No ghost within a radius of fifty miles would dare to enter the village to offend us. Therefore, we dare not enter!"

"god?"

With a raised eyebrow, Fang Yang immediately knew that there was something wrong with this so-called god. In this era, it was so difficult for ascetics to practice, let alone a god who followed the Shinto way.

Not at all.

Therefore.

Fang Yang immediately asked: "Do you know how that god came? How about the details?"

Shake his head.

Ah San looked puzzled: "Master, all I know is that this god came to the village ten years ago. As soon as he arrived, all the ghosts and monsters within a radius of [-] miles from the village were driven out. As a result, some evil spirits who refused to obey gathered people." He went to make trouble with his hands, but once he entered the village, he never came out again, causing a lot of commotion.

Only in this way did I know that there was a god there, and I never dared to take a step.So, I don't know anything about him. "

Nodding his head, Fang Yang knew that Ah San didn't know anything, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After putting Ah San in the bamboo stick, he continued on his way, ready to visit the village.

Originally, it didn't matter whether I went or not, but now that I know there is a god there, who is aroused by curiosity, I have to go.

Feeling Fang Yang's direction, Ah San and Ah Si in the bamboo sticks looked at each other, and they both saw the worry in each other's eyes. In their eyes, that was a god!

Fang Yang passed like this, he might be fine as a human being, but they are both ghosts, if one accidentally annoyed the god, and the beating by the god disappeared, I'm afraid they would have nowhere to cry.

Flying quickly, after a while, Fang Yang, standing on the top of a tree, stared intently at the small village at the foot of the mountain.

There is nothing unusual about this village, just like any other village.

The only difference is that above the village, there is a cloud of pale yellow gas.

This kind of gas is invisible to ordinary people, but it is clearly visible in Fang Yang's eyes.

After watching for a while, I found nothing.

Raising his vigilance, Fang Yang headed for the village.

He has never seen this kind of gas before, the ghost's is black gas, and the banana spirit's is green gas, but this is the first time he has seen this kind of gas.

Arrive at the entrance of the village.

Before entering the village, the first thing that catches the eye is a camphor tree at the entrance of the village, as thick as several people hugging each other, and as high as tens of feet!
Camphor tree, in folklore, is a spiritual tree with spirits, which can keep the village peaceful.People regard the camphor tree as a sacred tree and become the incarnation of local protection gods or family ancestors. It is one of the important folk customs to worship the tree to avoid disasters or to name the camphor tree.

Among them, the most common and the most valued by people is to recognize the camphor tree as the master of the camphor tree or the empress of the camphor tree.

Choose an auspicious day on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year in advance, write the child's name and birth date on red paper, hide it in the child's chest and clothes, hold the child in the arms of the parents or elders early in the morning, and serve wine and vegetables at the foot of the tree After the food and other offerings are placed, light two red candles, read the "Acknowledgment Letter" written on the red paper, recognize the camphor tree as the mother, and pray that the old lady of the camphor tree will take good care of the child so that the child will not suffer from all kinds of diseases, day and night. Grow, etc., and then stick or hang the red paper on the camphor tree to be recognized.

Then burn the yellow table paper, pray a few more times, withdraw the offerings, and the ceremony is over.

After recognizing the mother of the camphor tree, it is like signing a life-and-death contract, and the child treats the camphor tree like his biological parents. On the child's birthday or four seasons and eight festivals, incense candles must be used to worship.During the past Spring Festival, children also need to pay New Year's greetings to the camphor tree empress, paste Spring Festival couplets and hang lanterns on it.

This kind of etiquette gradually fades away and ends by itself as the child grows up.

What's more interesting is that some wealthy families will plant a camphor tree in their courtyard if they give birth to a baby girl. When the daughter reaches the age of marriage, the camphor tree will also grow.As long as the matchmaker sees this tree outside the courtyard, she knows that there is a girl waiting to be married in the family, so she can come to propose marriage.When a daughter gets married, the family will cut down the tree, make two big boxes, and put them in silk as a dowry, which means "two boxes of silk".

And the camphor tree in front of me is covered with various red and white papers, with birthday characters and various wishes written on it, and the soil at the root of the tree is filled with burnt candles and fragrance.

Stepping forward and looking carefully, Fang Yang did not find anything strange about the camphor tree, so Fang Yang initially removed the camphor tree from his suspicion list.

It seems that the yellowish gas above the village is not from the camphor tree.

Shaking his head, he walked past the camphor tree and entered the village.

As soon as I entered, I saw a group of villagers chatting and laughing around the gate of the ancestral hall in the village.

See here.

In order to find out the details of this so-called god, Fang Yang immediately took a few steps forward and made a quiz: "The poor Taoist has seen all the benefactors!"

heard.

The villagers immediately turned their heads and looked at Fang Yang, "Taoist priest, you're welcome", "Taoist priest, please sit down quickly"... The greetings came immediately, and the aunt even enthusiastically asked Fang Yang to sit down.

"Our mountain is high and the road is far away, and it is very remote. How could the Taoist priest come here?"

After asking Fang Yang to sit down, the aunt looked at Fang Yang with a smile and asked.

The aunts and aunts in the countryside are like this. They are not afraid of strangers. They often ask questions when they meet for the first time. This is a kind of enthusiasm.

heard.

Fang Yang smiled: "I heard by chance that there is a spirit with extraordinary efficacies in the precious treasure land. Therefore, I came here because of his fame. Please forgive me for being rude!"

"Hey~!"

Seeing what Fang Yang said, the aunt quickly waved her hands, "What is the Daoist talking about, it's not rude to be rude, you come to our small place, you are a distinguished guest!"

As she said that, the aunt originally wanted to stretch her hand to point into the ancestral hall, but she suddenly put down her hand halfway, pouted at Fang Yang, and signaled to the inside of the ancestral hall: "The empress is inside!"

"Miss?"

The voice fell.

Seeing Fang Yang frowning, another villager hurriedly said: "The empress is the god enshrined in our village, bless our village with good weather and no evil spirits!"

Nod.

Fang Yang turned his head and looked towards the side of the ancestral hall.

On the wall facing the gate of the ancestral hall, there is a painting of a general in golden armor. According to the villagers, this portrait is the ancestor of the village, who was originally a general in the Song Dynasty.

Because he was framed and lost his position, his family moved here. Over the years, this village was formed.

On the left and right sides of the portrait, there are countless spiritual tablets, which are the deceased ancestors in the village.

As for Fang Yang, there is a shrine in front of the left wall of the gate of the ancestral hall that Fang Yang is looking at. Inside the shrine is a tablet, but the words on the tablet are unclear, and in front of the shrine, there is an altar.

On the table was something covered with a red cloth.

Looking at the tablet surrounded by the fragrance, Fang Yang frowned. After looking carefully, he didn't see any ghosts or monsters on the tablet.

Could it be that this thing pretending to be a god has such a high morality?
I can't see it at all?

Turning his eyes, Fang Yang no longer looked at the tablet, but deliberately pointed at the tablet in the shrine, and said to the aunt beside him: "Mother, I don't know the tablet in the shrine, but it is that god? "

"Don't point blindly, you will be punished!"

Seeing this, the aunt hurriedly pressed down Fang Yang's pointing hand, looked carefully at the tablet, and then whispered, "Master Dao, you can't be rude to God! Your majesty is very clever. , if her old man finds out, you will be miserable! Fortunately, now the empress is practicing in Xianshan, not here, otherwise..."

Speaking of this, the aunt did not continue.

"Cultivation in Xianshan?"

Hearing this, Fang Yang nodded after thinking for a while, it seems that the so-called god is not here, no wonder he can't see the so-called god on this tablet.

Think about it.

Fang Yang asked: "Ma'am, do you know which fairy mountain this lady is practicing in?"

"We don't know that!"

Shaking her head, the aunt smiled and said, "This empress is a god, she is aloof, how do we mortals know where my empress has gone!"

"This is also the reason!"

Hearing this, Fang Yang agreed with the aunt's words, but then he deliberately put on a curious look, "Since you don't know where your mother is practicing in the fairy mountain, if you are in a hurry, won't you be able to contact your mother for a while? A major delay?"

Unexpectedly, Fang Yang just finished speaking.

All the villagers present laughed.

(End of this chapter)