Wet viviparity

Chapter 48 Three Ghosts, Refining
Below the cave is the stone hall.

There were three wooden signs placed in the middle, with Ji Ming's pale, hairless long legs coiled there, his body slightly arched, his hands picking at the rosary and grinding his mouthparts.

Behind him, there is a boy holding a sword; beside him, there is a boy holding a fire.

"Why don't you three come out and talk?"

Ji Ming asked while looking at the tablet.

Under Ji Ming's polite inquiry, the three tablets in front of him remained motionless, like three gloomy dead objects.

"Where is the clear wind and bright moon?"

Jimin called out.

Two boys stood on the side, holding torches, with serious looks on their faces.

It was a while before they realized that the Goblin Master was calling their new names, the names that the Goblin Master had given them.

"Clear wind and bright moon!"

Ji Ming looked a little embarrassed and shouted again.

"Yes, sir!"

Two boys, a boy and a girl, held torches and walked in unison. Because they were too nervous, they even moved their hands and feet at the same time, which was funny yet cute.

With a "puff", the boy holding the sword behind him couldn't help but laugh.

"Silence!"

Ji Ming said seriously.

The firelight shone on the tablet, but the little ghost inside remained unmoved. Ji Ming was secretly amazed, wondering if the little ghost didn't care about the tablet.

"burn."

Ji Ming decided to push it a little further.

The two boys came forward with torches in hand. They had no idea that the spirit master was just testing the waters, so they smashed the tablets with the two torches in their hands directly, and in an instant the tablets all fell backwards.

"You three are so patient!"

Jiming smiled.

Three shadows flowed out from the tablet. A slight cold wind arose under the cave, blowing the flames on the tablet all over the place.

"Songhe!"

Jimin shouted.

"Yes, sir!"

The boy holding the sword took a few steps forward and pushed the old peach wood sword forward. The three shadows immediately shrank to the ground, not daring to raise the evil wind again.

Peach wood is a material for exorcising evil spirits and controlling ghosts.

This is an old peach wood sword, made from peach heart wood. An ordinary kid would never be able to face the blade directly.

There were vague whimpering sounds in the air, like soft singing, and it seemed that these three little ghosts had something to say.

"Pen and ink are at your service."

Ji Ming gave another order, and the three ghosts started writing.

If they could move all the treasures in the Shibai Village’s garden, then this small brush would certainly be no problem.

After finishing writing, Ji Ming took the piece of paper. On it were three lines of crooked Bawen, which was even worse than his.

'Set up an altar to pray for the dead, offer food and support, and you should serve.'

Ji Ming was familiar with the term "Lian Du". It was a type of ritual evolved from the Jiao method, specifically used to liberate the souls of evil spirits.

The most basic method of refining the mind is to burn incense and light candles, which is also called offering food and offering sacrifices. In layman's terms, it means raising little ghosts.

In the bag, there were some incense sticks and candles.

Obviously, these incense sticks and candles were specially made in the Sibeiyun Temple and are used exclusively by Taoists in their daily practice.

A more advanced form of refining is to offer food with talismans. It is rumored that there is also a kind of water and fire refining that can only be performed by those who have mastered the foundation building.

It is said that if the soul of the dead can be refined and saved, it can be reborn inside and out and return to human form. I don't know whether it is true or not.

There were only five paper talismans in the bag, three of which were talismans for refining, and the remaining two were armor and horse talismans.

Ji Ming today is no longer illiterate in spiritual practice. He has a basic understanding of common talisman papers and common knowledge such as alchemy.

Among the other miscellaneous items in the bag, such as the wood needles that can detoxify, it is obvious that they were made by Taiping Mountain to target the poison method of Panku Mountain.

This gave Ji Ming a deeper understanding of the battle between the human sects. As for the three Taoist books in the bag, when he opened them, they were all Buddhist scriptures. He really didn't know how the Four Sad Clouds Temple, as a branch of Taiping Mountain, allowed the spread of foreign Buddhist teachings.

Ji Ming flicked the rosary in his long hand and stared at the three little ghosts in front of him.

He wanted to subdue these three little devils, whose main purpose was to have them act as his eyes and ears and go to the village outside the mountain to gather intelligence.

He was not one of those spirits who meditated in seclusion in the mountains and focused on guiding others, so he could not help but pay attention to the major events outside the mountains.

He piled up earth in the hall to build an altar, then took out three sticks of incense and two candles from his bag and placed them on the high earthen altar.

Ji Ming gathered his brocade robes, took the old peach wood sword held by the pine and crane boy, and began to walk in front of the high earth altar.

The Gangbu can be used to summon gods and spirits, and it is easy to use it to summon even small ghosts.

Although he was not yet proficient in the Gangbu, he could clearly feel that the connection between himself and the three ghosts was already deeper.

Some of the emotions expressed by the three ghosts on the altar, following the mysterious connection, can also be reflected in his heart.

Ji Ming stepped on the three-light stars, twisted his waist and waved the old peach wood sword in his hand, and the fragrance of the candlelight was brought by his Gangbu body technique.

Amid the lingering fragrance, Ji Ming gained a better understanding of Gangbu.

As they stepped forward, the three ghosts gradually showed signs of submission. Then Ji Ming pointed his sword at the altar and shouted, "Find out the news and report it to me immediately."

After sniffing the incense and candles, the three ghosts bowed deeply to Ji Ming, and then a gust of cold wind floated into the night sky from the cave entrance.

After sending away the three ghosts, Ji Ming began to live a serious and weird life in the cave.

Apart from studying Taoist books every day, he would worship Su Yue at the entrance of the cave, swallowing up his spiritual ideas, and occasionally training the three boys and teaching them some small Zhoutian kung fu.

Although he himself could not learn the small and large Zhoutian kung fu, he could feel the principles behind it by teaching the boys.

There are no years in the mountains, and the days pass like this.

During the following period of time, the three ghosts continued to send information from outside the mountain.

"Rumor has it that a large number of Taoists have sneaked into the neighboring Heshan area west of Lanyin area and caused a big commotion in our area."

'Rumor: In the battle field of Guancai Cave, a senior second-level Taoist secretly went north.'

"There are some unscrupulous people in the Thirteen Camps who are plundering the countryside."

'Shibai Village's garden was attacked by Taoists, and the witch's disciples suffered heavy casualties. They wanted to seek refuge with the monk Dayou at Tubi Peak.'

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Every few days, the three ghosts would deliver news.

This was both a rumor and a gossip, so Ji Ming could only take it as a reference. The only thing he had to pay attention to was the movements of the witch's disciples.

The Tubi Peak was located in the east of Hengshan Mountain, and was only about 30 or 40 miles away from his lair. With the strength of an ordinary person, it would take two or three days to walk there.

Judging from the current situation, sooner or later more unscrupulous people will go to Tu Bi Peak to seek refuge.

After that, Ji Ming didn't dare to go out for hiking easily, and he rarely went to the pond that replenished his spiritual power.

That night, he was coiled on a protruding rock outside the cave, gathering his thoughts, when he suddenly saw a faint glow coming from a nearby spot.

On the protruding rock, Ji Ming shrank his body, then flapped his wings and took a closer look.

Under the cover of branches and leaves, a short-horned musk deer knelt on the ground with its front paws, and kept kneeling and kowtowing to the bright moon in the sky.

Lines of inspiration flowed down and soaked its body, making the little deer's body glow with light. It appeared from the gaps between the branches and leaves and was noticed by Ji Ming.

"You look familiar, have we met somewhere before?"

The little deer was frightened upon hearing the human voice. It immediately stopped kneeling and started running away. As soon as its four hooves started to move, it fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

The little deer felt numb all over, unable to exert any strength, as if it had been poisoned.

He looked towards the source of the sound and saw a huge black centipede coiled on the treetop, peeking out from between the branches.

"You are that centipede liar!" As soon as the little deer said this, he felt deeply regretful and wanted to take back his words, but he didn't know how to say it because he was not good at speaking.

"I remember now. You were one of the followers of Mr. Hutu."

The poisoned little deer, which had collapsed on the ground, raised its head with great effort and said flatteringly, "Yes, yes, the king actually still remembers a little monster like me."

"What are you doing here?"

"The young master will be heading to Gaoli in Taishan soon, and has dismissed all of us who are with him in the mountains, so I am going to go to the outskirts of Liling to practice in seclusion."

"When will your son leave?"

"We will leave in about three weeks. I heard that there will be an exam at Fox Academy that day, so we need to check in at the Gaoli Netherworld three days or a week in advance."

Ji Ming nodded secretly when he heard this. The time was only a few days different from what he expected.

(End of this chapter)