Chapter 166: Refining Japanese Paper Figures

He held a ritual altar, summoned soldiers and horses, and taught Gong Youwei the method of inner alchemy practice. Seeing that she was figuring it out on her own, Li Daoxuan ignored her.

From the test just now, he found that the monster was indeed a creature born and raised by nature. After just the first guidance, it was able to master the basic method of refining Qi.

"These goblins are really enviable." Li Daoxuan sighed. After all, there are many people in the world who want to enter the Tao, but only a few can actually step into it.

Some people find it difficult to enter the Tao in their entire life, while others can only barely get started after decades of hard practice.

Those who can refine essence and transform it into energy are one in a million.

Gong Youwei had only just started practicing inner alchemy, but she was able to practice it so skillfully. It really made people feel the gap between mediocrity and genius.

But on second thought, this little rabbit spirit was transformed by chance, and it absorbed moonlight for a hundred years to become what it is now.

Li Daoxuan also felt that this should be the case. Perhaps nothing in the world can be obtained so easily, and there will always be a price to be paid in invisible places.

"If there is anything you don't understand, remember to ask me, don't rush in blindly." Li Daoxuan reminded.

"Hmm!" Gong Youwei nodded, sat down cross-legged, and was busy feeling the energy in her dantian.

Seeing that Gong Youwei had comprehended the cultivation on her own, Li Daoxuan stopped talking to her, took out the peach wood sword and placed it in front of the altar, glanced at the light outside the window through the gap, calculated that it was almost the afternoon, and began to chant incantations to sacrifice and refine the magic weapon.

The last time he fought with the Zhao family zombie, his peach wood sword lost a lot of its power. If the old Taoist had not chosen the material well enough, perhaps this magic weapon would have been destroyed by the Zhao family.

Now that there is still time, he plans to perform more rituals. After a brief investigation of the current situation in Lijia Village, Li Daoxuan feels that it is full of crises, and he needs to be prepared as much as possible.

"Please ask the Peach Wood Sword God to descend upon the human world and patrol the heaven and earth. The divine soldiers are as urgent as the law!"

He chanted something in his mouth, dipped his hand in the black dog's blood, wrote seal characters on the peach wood sword, and finally used the Vajra Finger as a seal. He then felt as if spiritual energy was surging all around, all converging towards the peach wood sword. The exhausted Qi in it gathered again, and the sword seemed to become heavier. The dirt on the surface gradually dissipated, leaving only a faint mark.

This is the mark of erosion by the blood pool. If it is not purified for a long time, it will penetrate into the heart of the sword and affect the effectiveness of the peach wood sword.

"This blood stain is really filthy. I'm afraid it will take another seven days of rituals to clear it away." Li Daoxuan sighed, placed the peach wood sword in front of the incense burner, and then took out a piece of white paper from the package he was carrying.

One hand is used as a knife to cut along the white paper, cutting it into pieces of small figures, which are then placed on the altar one by one.

He then picked up the brush, dipped it in black dog blood, and dotted the head of each paper figure with dog blood.

Although these paper figures do not have facial features drawn on them, the location of this point seems to be between the eyebrows.

"There is one thing left to do."

Muttering softly, Li Daoxuan opened the bundle again, took out a small cloth bag from it, opened the four corners of the bag, and pinched a strand of hair from it with a look of disgust.

When he thought of someone, he showed a look of disgust in his eyes. "I haven't had time to bother you these days. Now that I have a break, I will try my hand on you first."

Li Daoxuan muttered to himself as he tied the strand of hair to the paper man, then pinched it up and lit black dog blood to write and draw on the paper. Finally, he bowed around three incense sticks.

"Conscript the soul boy, the soul boy, hiding in the land of the underworld, unable to survive, pray for the spirit to protect him and make him hungry and plague. Conscript his three souls and seven spirits, chase him to see the Five Dao Immortal Masters, he is talking nonsense, the most spiritual and white ghost six lines, walking on the road has a headache, his feet and hands are like ice, his whole body is like a force, his spirit is scattered, I am under the command of the King of Hell, the Ghost Power, to escort him, hurry up as ordered!"

After the spell is recited, the paper man is placed on the prepared yellow cloth, wrapped in the yellow cloth, and then placed in the box.

This method is a method of defeating evil, originally from the secret teachings of Lu Ban, and later spread to the south, where it was combined with folk witchcraft, giving rise to this kind of magic. This method is also called nightmare magic, and often uses external objects as a medium. It can bless or curse people, or even play tricks on people.

It’s just that ordinary people don’t like this kind of magic, and there are many evil spells among them, so they are not welcomed by the people, and are mostly practiced by people with evil ways.

Although Li Daoxuan was not proficient in this kind of magic, he knew a thing or two. After all, Uncle Jiu traveled around the world and had dealt with many people who practiced evil magic. He knew a lot of obscure and evil magic and often told Li Daoxuan about them, asking him to accumulate more experience so that he would not be at a loss as to how to deal with such magic again.

The magic he was using now was the method of separating the soul and locking the spirit that was created by Taoist Taiping and combined with Taoist magic. By taking something close to the person's body and then applying magic, he could cause them to develop cholera.

However, this kind of spell also has a drawback. If an expert finds out the drawback and uses spells to counter it, the spell will not only become ineffective but will also backfire on the caster.

"Let's see how well you, a prince of the Qing Dynasty, can protect yourself." Li Daoxuan muttered and put the box in a hidden place.

Then he looked at the other paper figures on the table, picked them up and wrote talismans on them one by one, then dyed them with mud, and walked around the incense burner and chanted: "Left flying, right spirit, eight sceneries and essences... fierce beasts protect the body, followed by heavenly soldiers, breathing rivers and streams, mountains and mountains flowing, finally coming to the kitchen, golden wine and jade juice, taming tigers and leopards, commanding the netherworld, commanding ghosts and gods, subduing thousands of spirits, wishing for everything to be accomplished, splitting the body, changing into different forms at will, supplementing the real person, born together with heaven and earth, with sharp ears and eyes, seeing through the Huangting, six jade girls, serve me!"

After he finished the curse, he swallowed the golden liquid in his mouth, then picked up the cup of tea on the table, drank it, and sprayed it towards the paper figure.

Then he raised the peach wood sword in his right hand, stretched out the index finger, middle finger and pinky finger of his left hand, bent the ring finger inward, and pressed the tip of the ring finger with the thumb to form a command finger. He pinched a yellow talisman between his index finger and middle finger and pasted the talisman on the sword body. He stepped on the Nan Dou Gang step, pointed the tip of the sword at the paper man on the table, and chanted: "The sky is clear and the earth is spiritual. The gods of the four directions obey the orders of the talisman. The magical powers change for thousands of miles. They will capture and kill the wicked people in the world and kill all the unrighteous gods in the mortal world. The left hand holds the seal to communicate with the heavenly soldiers, and the right hand holds the flag to mobilize the heavenly generals. They will mobilize the heavenly soldiers and generals to come forward. If there are evil spirits that refuse to obey, they will be burned. This disciple wholeheartedly prays to invite the soldiers and horses of this underworld to enter the altar and follow the orders of the talisman. They will quickly carry out the mission of slaying demons and eliminating monsters. The divine soldiers are as urgent as the law!"

After he finished chanting the spell, he saw the paper figures on the table shaking continuously. Li Daoxuan then stomped his left foot, and the paper figures were shocked and quieted down.

Li Daoxuan was calm and composed. He walked around the altar three times with small steps and raised one leg. Then he bowed three times towards the altar and put away the paper figure on the table.

"I have to draw some more talismans, in case there is nothing to use when the time comes."

After putting away the paper man, Li Daoxuan rinsed his mouth and washed his hands again, then took out a few pieces of talisman paper and placed them on the table. He picked up the pen, mixed cinnabar with black dog blood, and concentrated on drawing the talisman.

When it got dark and the candle on the table was lit, Li Daoxuan woke up from drawing talismans and looked at the situation in the room.

Seeing the candlelight on the table, he looked at Gong Youwei who was sitting cross-legged on the bed: "Is anyone coming in?"

"Just now, Aunt Sun wanted to ask you what you want to eat for dinner. I said that you are in a state of spiritual connection and should not be disturbed. Then Aunt Sun lit a candle and left with a smile." Gong Youwei said.

".You just met Mother Sun in this manner?" Li Daoxuan widened his eyes and asked after hesitating for a moment.

Gong Youwei nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, then Mother Sun even asked me my name enthusiastically and said that you have made great progress."

"Uh" Li Daoxuan was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Gong Youwei appeared in front of Mother Sun in the form of a human. It seemed that Mother Sun must have thought of many inharmonious scenes.

Child marriages were not uncommon in this era, and many people were betrothed at birth. Moreover, at Li Daoxuan's age, he would be able to get married and have children in three or four years.

"What a sin!" Li Daoxuan sighed.

"What's wrong? Will it cause you trouble?" Gong Youwei asked puzzled.

"It's troublesome, ah, very troublesome. Forget it, it's not a big deal." Li Daoxuan gave up struggling and didn't want to explain anything anymore.

(End of this chapter)