The Demon Soul is Coming

Following Hu Cuier, Liu Sang finally came to Yinzai.

I thought it would be like Zhouqingqiu, where the full moon never sets, a dreamlike place, but when I arrived here, a towering sacred tree was already half dead, the ground was scorched black, and there were dead flowers and weeds everywhere.

There are many foxes around, and they all look sick.A few little foxes rushed over, shouting weakly and excitedly: "Tweety, Tweety...", Hu Cuier stroked them: "Have you become obedient?"

The little foxes were jumping and running.

Hu Cui'er took Liu Sang to the depths of Yinqiu.Liu Sang said: "This place..." Hu Cui'er sighed: "Silver Hill has long been cursed, and the foxes here will not live long."

Liu Sang said, "Who did it?"

Hu Cui'er said: "Fusang religion."

Fusang religion again?

Hu Cui'er said: "That happened thirty years ago. The previous leader of the Fusang Sect surrounded Yinqiu and forced the Yinqiu fox clan to worship the Emperor Fusang, who was the only god in the clan. My fox clan is used to it, how can I do it?" Would you listen to him? Who knows that the Hierarch of Fusang used some kind of yin and yang spells to curse the entire Silver Hill. Life is full of disasters and illnesses."

Liu Sang said, "Why don't they leave Yinqiu?"

"It's useless," Hu Cui'er said, "Even if they leave Silver Hill, this curse has been following them all the time, and there is no other help except to bring this curse to other lands."

She led Liu Sang into a tree house in front of her. In the tree house, an old fox clan was lying on a wooden bed, coughing continuously.Hu Cui'er shouted happily: "nainai."

"Tweety?" The old lady looked at her kindly, and asked again, "This is..."

Hu Cui'er cupped her face and shook it back and forth: "He is Liu Sang. I told Nainai the last time I came here."

The old lady said with a chuckle: "So he is the boy you mentioned, the boy you like."

Hu Cui'er twisted her body: "It's just that I have no conscience this afternoon."

Liu Sang sweated a little.

Hu Cui'er supported the old lady: "nainai your illness..."

"It's useless," the old lady coughed anxiously, "The curse is getting stronger and stronger, and the protection given by Yinqiu is getting weaker and weaker. I'm afraid there is no way to survive this fifth day."

Hu Cui'er was sad.

The old lady smiled and said: "Life is a matter of life and death. If you still come to see Nainai at this time, Nainai is already very happy, not to mention bringing a handsome young man with you."

Hu Cui'er looked at Liu Sang happily.

Liu Sang and Hu Cui'er accompanied the old lady and talked a lot. Although she was close to death, Liu Sang still admired the old man's open-mindedness and cheerfulness.Although Hu Cui'er seemed cheerful, she was obviously depressed in her heart.

***

The old lady was too weak, chatted for a while, and fell into a deep sleep.

Liu Sang accompanied Hu Cuier to the outside, sat on a branch and looked at the pale sky and the scorched earth.

Hu Cui'er said in a low voice: "This place originally has natural magic like Qingqiu. No matter it is day or night, the moon is round, and the sun's light will never shine here. It is thanks to the magic of Yinqiu that everyone can Persist until now. But on the Dragon Boat Festival of the Berry Year, the curse will be stronger and the magic power will be weaker, and by this Dragon Boat Festival, the magic power will completely fade away."

Liu Sang said: "Is there no other way?"

Hu Cui'er lowered her head: "Maybe you can only bow to the Fusang Sect, maybe you can ask Dongsheng, You Youxu to undo the curse on Yinqiu and everyone, but in order to fight against the Fusang Sect, so many compatriots have died. Every inch of the land is stained with the blood of our compatriots and the hatred for the Fusang Sect, if Yinqiu is asked to beg You Youxu for mercy, everyone would rather die."

Liu Sang sighed... Is this choice right?He couldn't tell either.

Which is more important, dignity or life?

Hu Cui'er said again: "There is another way, but it can't be done."

Liu Sang said: "What way?"

Hu Cui'er said: "The remaining solution is to destroy the fire."

Liu Sang said: "Huo Ruins?"

Hu Cui'er said: "Grandpa said that it was the sky fire stolen from the universe by the Suiren clan back then, which can dissolve all the curses in the world. This fire once fell into the hands of the first emperor of Qin, and was hidden in the five underground palaces by the first emperor."

Liu Sang sighed, "That's why you want to enter the underground palace?"

"But this time, I sneaked out," Hu Cui'er said sadly, "After knowing that there was an underground palace of the first emperor in Pengsaw Mountain, I hurried to find my grandfather, but my grandfather had already calculated it using astrological techniques, and the ruins of the fire were not the same. Not in this underground palace. Just, just go...,—"

Liu Sang hugged her: "It's just, you still want to give it a try?"

Hu Cui'er gave a soft "hmm".

Liu Sang thought, if it was him, he would do the same.

The two chatted for a while. Although Hu Cui'er forced a smile in front of her grandmother, she was already physically and mentally exhausted, and soon fell asleep in his arms.Liu Sang sighed softly, hugged her and jumped down, walked to the empty room next to her, put her on the bed, and covered her gently.

When he came outside, he sighed in his heart when he saw only the black and white world and the dying sacred tree.

Life and death, there are always many unsatisfactory things in this world, and no one can do anything about it.

While meditating, a kind voice came from the side: "Young man."

Liu Sang turned her head to look, but it was Hu Cuier's grandmother who came outside.The old man held his cane and said, "Young man, are you free to walk with me?"

Liu Sang stepped forward and supported the old lady.The old lady hunched over and walked towards the forest tremblingly.

Liu Sang said, "nainai, why don't you take a rest?"

The old lady sighed: "The older a person is, the less he can sleep a few times, probably because he knows himself, anyway, there will be plenty of time to rest in the future." She laughed and said: "Look at you, young man, you are quite smart, why is it a The face is deep, like Tweety who can't think about it? It's better to look at it when you are young."

Liu Sang said: "Tweety, she..."

The old lady said: "Tweety is a good child, but she is a bit playful. When she came here last time, she talked about you every now and then, but I thought you didn't like her. Now it seems that I This old woman is too caring."

Liu Sang was stunned and said, "Nainai has never met me, how could he have such an idea?"

The old lady smiled and said: "That girl Cui'er, whenever you are mentioned, she just jumps up and down, looking very happy. She looks like a fool, but she doesn't really have any intentions. She just thinks that since she is the person she likes, As long as I treat him well, he will definitely treat me well too. Why would I think too much? I don’t know that people have seven orifices, and the human heart also has seven orifices. The seven orifices of people can be seen, but the seven orifices of human heart cannot be seen. When she mentioned you, although she was very happy, judging from the details she mentioned, you don't seem to be very enthusiastic about her. What's more, she obviously lied to you before, although she didn't take it seriously, but I I know, for the human race, the feeling of being deceived is very uncomfortable, so I have been worried that you will think too much, and now I know that it is me, the old woman, who thinks too much. You are the same as Tweety. Good boy."

Liu Sang secretly felt ashamed.

The old lady said: "When Cui'er wakes up, you take her out of here. This place is not suitable for staying longer. I'm afraid no one can make it through on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. I don't want her to look at us alone. die here."

Liu Sang felt helpless. According to what she said, these foxes in Yinqiu couldn’t even survive the Dragon Boat Festival. Not to mention according to the astrology of the old fox in Qingqiu, Ruinhuo was not in this underground palace at all, even if it was really there. The lady will not climb Pengsaw Mountain until the Dragon Boat Festival. Even if the underground palace is opened, there must be many traps inside, and there is no time to save them.

Was what Hu Cuier did meaningless from the very beginning?

Deep in the forest, there was a large warehouse, and he helped the old lady into it.Looking closely, there are many scrolls around, and there are various charms and patterns symbolizing the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth hanging on all sides, as well as various other distorted ancient seal characters.

Liu Sang said: "Nainai, let's go..." The old lady said: "These are the various treasures of the Yin-Yang family collected by many magicians of the Yinqiu Fox Clan in the past 30 years. The curse of Yinqiu is a Yin-Yang technique We have always hoped to find a solution from these collections, but it is a pity that over the years, other people have died and died, and now, I am the old woman left. Actually, I also know that this is the only one left. One month, so many people can't do it, it's useless to rely on me as an old woman, but Berry has to come here all the time, and I'm used to it."

He said again: "Go and accompany Tweety, when she wakes up, take her out of here, she should listen to you."

Liu Sang replied, "I'll stay with nainai for a while." Looking around at the various seal characters and patterns, he suddenly asked: "Among these five long sheets, there are five ancient seal characters on the raspberry sheet. It's gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, but what are the other four?"

The old lady said: "Although the Yin-Yang spells of the Yin-Yang family vary greatly, in general, they can be divided into six types according to the number of spells, and five types according to their roots."

Liu Sang said, "Which six kinds?"

The old lady said: "These six are the six styles of yin and yang", namely astronomy, calendar, five elements, tortoise, miscellaneous, and shape.

Liu Sang said: "Then what are the five categories?"

The boss said: "No matter how the six styles are applied, in the end, they can't get rid of the application of 'five'. The Yin-Yang family uses 'Yi' as the origin, and Yi is divided into Yin and Yang. Yin is the earth, and Yang is the sky. The number of days is five, and the earth The number of yin and yang is five, and the number of yin and yang is fifty to five. According to the yin and yang family, the "five" of fifty to five is the "root" of yin and yang magic, and is divided into five, five se, five tones, Five qi, five movements! Five transformations: birth, growth, transformation, collection, and storage. Five colors: green, red, yellow, white, and black. Five tones: exhale, laugh, sing, cry, and groan. The five movements: wind, heat, dampness, dryness, and cold. The five movements: grasping, worrying, noisy, coughing, and trembling. All kinds of spells come from this."

Liu Sang turned around again, and suddenly asked: "nainai, there are three five changes in this painting. They are intricately numbered, and through their changes, they can determine the text of the world. If they are extremely numerous, they can determine the image of the world." Why are there so few in the front? A 'three, the word?Is there some mystery in it9"

The old lady was astonished: "Three five to change?"

Liu Sang followed in astonishment: "Isn't it 'San Wu Yi Chang' in the Book of Changes?"

The old lady stared at him blankly for a long time before she smiled bitterly and said, "We can't find the complete Zhou Yi at all, we can only find the Yi Zhuan, and the Yi Zhuan is the modified Yi of the Confucian Confucius." Even so, we can The found Yi Chuan is also incomplete.I heard that Yinyang's family has the complete "Book of Changes", but it's a pity that we can't get it. "

Only then did Liu Sang realize that the word "three" is missing here, not because there is some profound mystery, but because it is missing a word...

The old lady looked at him suspiciously: "Have you read the Book of Changes before?"

Liu Sang quickly told the story of "when I was a child, I met a strange man who sat by the stream for more than a year without eating or drinking, and the strange man taught him to read and write".

The old lady was naturally skeptical.

Liu Sang asked the old lady more about the yin and yang spells.

He also did a lot of research on "Book of Changes", and Yinyang's "Moon Order", "Five Virtues Always Say", etc., he also found it from Gu Yuli and read a lot.But these are only the source of the Yin-Yang spells of the Yin-Yang family, just like mathematics is the source of physical chemistry, but it does not mean that mathematics is good, and physical chemistry must be good, but on the other hand, if you can't even learn mathematics well , also don't think how good it is.

In order to unravel the curse cast by the former leader of the Fusang Sect, the old lady has spent the past 30 years studying the yin and yang spells with other masters of the Yinqiu Fox Clan. So she answered them one by one, but Liu Sang's comprehension was stronger than she expected, and she could always understand it easily by analogy.

The so-called "mysterious art." It was originally the collective name of Taoism's Taoism and Yin-Yang's Yin-Yang art. Taoism is more focused on the philosophical understanding of the universe, and the Huang Lao's art of governing the people and the country. The research is far behind the Yinyang family.

In Liu Sang's previous life, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism were three religions, but Taoism at that time was no longer pure Taoism, but a fusion of Taoism and Yin-Yang School. They are all from Yinyang's family.

But in this life, the Yinyang family's profound arts have already spread, such as Xia Zhaowu's five-color spirit witch's obedience method, which is not much different from the Yinyang family's profound arts in essence. The use of mutual generation and mutual restraint has even surpassed most of the Yin Yang family's spells.

But the "curse" of the Yinyang family is still the secret of the Yinyang family.

During the old man's explanation, Liu Sang thought to himself: "It turns out that the spells of the Yin-Yang family use Yin-Yang Qi as the medium to activate the five transformations, five colors, five tones, five qi, and five movements. Affecting the five elements of the world and the five internal organs of the human body, I used to think that the legendary immortals could produce magical effects when they chanted spells, hurting people invisible, almost nonsense, but according to the theory of the Yin Yang family's spells, it is actually based on' Five tones, destroying the enemy's "five internal organs", people who don't know the principle, naturally feel that this kind of "curse" is extremely mysterious. "

He thought again: "The sky also has five elements, the earth also has five elements, and people also have five elements! The curse on Yinqiu and the fox clan here is because the former Fusang leader used powerful spells to borrow five transformations, five colors, and five elements. The sound, the five qi, and the five movements disturb the five elements of the world here, as well as the five elements in the bodies of these foxes, and it involves the "six styles" of the Yinyang family. It is naturally extremely difficult to decipher.But if they know the principle, it's not impossible to do it, but most of what they collect is the application and effect of yin and yang spells, and the basic theories of yin and yang spells like "Book of Changes" and "Moon Order", they I can't even find it. The understanding of yin and yang spells only involves appearances, so naturally I can't find a way to crack them. "

The old lady sighed and said: "Tui'er is about to wake up, you go back..." But Liu Sang suddenly made up his mind and looked at the old lady: "If possible, please let me stay."

Liu Sang was walking between books, and from time to time looked around at the long scrolls full of ancient seal characters, and suddenly had a feeling, and saw a red fox jumping from the branches in the distance, passing through the window , changed into a girl in red clothes and fell to the ground on all fours, but rushed over again.

Liu Sang held her head down.

"Mr. Sang", Hu Cui'er looked at him in surprise, "Nainai said, you want to stay here and help everyone lift the curse?"

Liu Sang said: "Try it, I don't know if it will work." There is still one month before the Dragon Boat Festival. Although I have studied Yi Xue before, I will use "Book of Changes" and "Yue Ling" as the basis within one month. He didn't have much confidence in realizing the Yin-Yang spell from the classics found by the Yinqiu Fox Clan, and thus finding the way to break it.

But this is like a profound geometric problem. Although it is difficult, I still can't help but want to challenge it.

Hu Cui'er naturally knew that this was not an easy task, but even so, she still clung to Liu Sang's arm tightly, very excited.

Of course, Liu Sang is not completely unsure. With four souls and eight souls, his memory and understanding are beyond ordinary people. In addition, he has done a lot of research on the basic theories of the Yin-Yang family.On the other hand, he also thought that the lady would not be able to climb Pengsaw Mountain until the Dragon Boat Festival, and the references and knowledge related to the yin and yang spells collected by the Fox Clan would not be easy to see in the future. Of course he hoped that he could help these foxes, but even if he couldn't, he would spend some time studying the Yin-Yang spells. He had already made enemies with the Yin-Yang family's star gate, and he wanted to go to Fusang, which was probably related to the Golden Crow Valley. Women who teach important places will also help.

So, in the next day, Liu Sang immersed himself in his studies here.

In fact, the fox clan had already researched and produced many results, but the curse cast on Yinqiu was too powerful, and the cracking of the yin and yang curse, even if it was a little wrong, would have no effect.

Liu Sang thought: "Three and five have changed, and the number is intricate... The "Book of Changes" found by the Fox family lacked the word 'three', so that the path followed was completely wrong. It is like a tree. The big tree in the sky, they have sorted out the positions of many branches and leaves, but they can't find the root no matter what. The Yinyang family is based on the six styles and five categories, but the five elements in the six styles should be extracted. Yang Family’s mantras can be broken down into three levels. Among the six forms, the five forms of astronomy, almanac, tortoise, miscellaneous, and form are one level. Five transformations, five colors, five tones, five qi, and five movements It is the second level, and the 'five elements' extracted from the six forms is the last level.' Three five changes, intricate numbers, through the changes, the text of the world is determined, and the number of the world is determined, and the image of the world is determined... ..., only this triple combination can produce infinite magical effects."

However, although the principle is understood, there are too many changes and it is difficult to exhaust them. It is almost impossible for those who have just started learning spells to figure out the various changes and find out the technique to crack them.This is like a mathematical problem with a lot of variables. It often takes a road to die before you know it is wrong, and then you have to start again from the original place, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Liu Sang had to spend all his time there, researching with all his strength...