Day and night tour

Chapter 176 Incense Trap
Zhou Xuan had not lectured since he came to Mingjiang Prefecture. Now that he was back to his old job, he not only did not feel tired, he even found it quite enjoyable.

Especially when he saw the audience immersed in the book he was talking about, he felt an inexplicable joy.

"Guo Jing walked closer and saw nine skulls under the moonlight. He was startled and said in a trembling voice, 'The Black Wind Twins are here again...'"

"Oh!"

When Zhou Xuan was talking about "Guo Jing's encounter with Mei Chaofeng again after he grew up", he felt movement in the blood well.

The blood well in the Crimson Moon rose up in the black water of Divine Revelation, surging with blood, forming blood-colored waves that crashed into the secret realm, causing a bang.

He stopped talking and clasped his hands together: "To know what happens next, please listen to the next chapter!"

"Xiao Zhou, don't try this."

Yun Ziliang, who had criticized Zhou Xuan the most harshly at the beginning, was the first to prevent him from finishing his work.

"It's time to get to work." Zhou Xuan smiled, took a snack, poured some warm tea into his mouth, and said that he couldn't talk anymore today because he had things to do and would talk next time.

"Besides, it's past dinner time. Aren't you hungry? Go eat something and drink something."

"It's my treat. It's my treat."

Si Yuer raised her hands high.
The daughter of a wealthy family has no shortage of money.

"You guys eat first. I have something to do, so I'll leave you alone for now."

Zhou Xuan clasped his fists again and went upstairs.

After he closed the door, he checked his divine secret realm.

"Why are they suddenly rioting? Didn't I just burn two inches of incense?"

Zhou Xuan put his mind into the secret realm.

In the secret realm, he was still carrying the bride with the lantern on his back, and the incense hanging over his shoulder had burned two inches and six.

He walked to the blood well rising from the scarlet moon.

The blood well was shaking slightly, and an old voice was echoing in the well.

"The believer Li Chengfeng is in a state of confusion. Please ask the high priest to come in person!"

"Oh? Li Chengfeng is looking for me?"

When Zhou Xuan thought of this, Li Chengfeng's projection at this moment appeared in the black water.

He was kneeling on the ground with a pious look on his face, so Zhou Xuan could see him clearly. Even the environment around Li Chengfeng was in Zhou Xuan's sight.

At the same time, Zhou Xuan also discovered that he and Li Chengfeng's projection were connected by a bloody umbilical cord.

"Is this the link's true form?"

"Please ask the High Priest to come in person!"

Li Chengfeng's requests became more and more frequent.

"He is asking me to come? How?"

Zhou Xuan walked towards Li Chengfeng. When he was only half a meter away from him, Zhou Xuan mastered the method of descending without any guidance.

Very tacit understanding,
This tacit understanding seems to come from the instinctive reaction between faith and believers.

Zhou Xuan first wrote the word "井" on his forehead with his right hand, and then touched Li Chengfeng's brow with his left hand.

The projection immediately shattered into tens of thousands of light points, wrapping Zhou Xuan.

Suddenly, there was a bright white light.

When the light stabilized again, Zhou Xuan saw that he had appeared in Li Chengfeng's office.

“Is this the arrival of the Dharmakaya?”

Zhou Xuan subconsciously raised his hands and looked at his palms carefully. The lines on his palms were deep and the skin was very wrinkled.

"High Priest, stop looking. This is my body. I am now the container of your soul."

At this moment, Zhou Xuan felt truly shocked.
It was the first time that he, as a "spirit", descended directly into someone else's body from several kilometers away. A mysterious and interesting feeling arose spontaneously.

"We have two souls in one body, so who controls the body?"

"Of course it's you!"

"Once you enter my body, the control of my body will be yours."

"Are all advent ceremonies performed in this way?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"uncertain."

Li Chengfeng said: "It mainly depends on the strength of the connection between the gods, the white walkers, and the evil gods. The gods, the white walkers, and the evil gods all need to grow. The higher the strength, the more magical they will be when they descend."

"I have a question. Since gods, ghosts, and evil gods all need to cultivate incense, and as the level of incense becomes higher and higher, the intensity also increases, then what is the difference between them and people who worship gods in the underworld?"

“Gods, strange ghosts, evil gods, they have already mastered the way from one incense stick to nine incense sticks since they were born!

Their path to ascending through the ranks of incense is incredibly smooth, but for us mortals, our abilities are taught by gods and white walkers.

After we reach the level of six incense sticks, it will be very difficult to go any higher, because the gods and the White Walkers will feel threatened by us and will no longer teach us the path beyond the level of seven, eight, or nine incense sticks!"

"Are you hiding something?"

"If the gods and the strange ghosts want to ascend to the sky, they need the incense and vows of the disciples. This is why they are willing to teach us the way.
However, according to current research, not every god or alien can successfully enter the sky. There is an upper limit to the capacity of the sky.

The more people with high incense, the greater the competition between gods and white walkers.
Hiding secrets is a means of competition for them to enter the Sky Dome."

Li Chengfeng said: "But things in the world are not always like this. For example, some gods may feel that their own abilities are weak and not enough to enter the sky, so they will cultivate several mortals with high incense to form their own forces to assist them in entering the sky."

"Old Li, if the gods and the strange ghosts don't teach the way after seven, eight, or nine incense sticks, can't mortals understand it on their own?"

"Of course you can, but it requires great enlightenment and great opportunity. Although the paths are controlled by the gods and the strange ghosts, they were not created by them. They are originally scattered in the laws of all things in the world.
Gods and White Walkers are just born with the ability to sense these laws..."

Li Chengfeng said: "For example, some time ago, the magic weapon of our Bone Elders Association detected that someone in Pingshui Prefecture had comprehended the seventh incense stick. That person must be a brilliant person."

"Is it possible that the person you are talking about is... my master?"

"..." Li Chengfeng. "High Priest, you actually have a master who is as old as seven incense sticks?" Li Chengfeng was shocked and a little melancholy.

Originally, Li Chengfeng thought that since he had just reached the level of six incense sticks, he could become Zhou Xuan's first protector.

I never expected that there was a capable person behind Zhou Xuan.

The First Protector's hopes have been shattered.

"My master also stumbled upon that by accident."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "His master always stressed that he should be restrained. Later, when he saw that I had a domineering style, he took the storyteller's way and walked out of the domineering style. Then he realized the seventh incense stick."

"High Priest, this is not an accident. This is an escape from the incense trap set by the gods."

"Teaching incense, but there are also traps? Are gods so wicked?"

"The gods and strange walkers who have ascended to the sky are ruthless people at the god level. They are even more afraid that someone will replace them, so they will plant incense traps in the skills they teach their disciples.

These traps have little impact when the level of incense is very low, but the higher the level of incense, the greater the impact. It affects the incense thinking. Once the thinking is restricted, it is very difficult to overturn it.

For example, the storyteller's way of "restraint". The ancestor of storytellers, Bifang, clearly knew that "restraint" would not lead to super high incense, but he buried the trap of "restraint" in the disciples' incense thinking, making it difficult for you to find the right direction. "

Li Chengfeng said so.

Zhou Xuan recalled what Yuan Buyu once said - the storyteller hasn't produced "eight incense sticks" for three hundred years.

If we understand this sentence in reverse, three hundred years ago, storytellers had offered eight incense sticks, or even nine incense sticks, and there were also ruthless people who went into the sky to compete with Bifang for the "position of god".

Bifang's position as a deity suffered a great challenge. From then on, he began to plant mental traps in the way of his disciples' worship to prevent the emergence of "threats and challenges".

"Old Yuan, Old Yuan, you are lucky to have me as your disciple, otherwise you would have to spend many more years in vain."

Zhou Xuan felt a little proud when he thought of this.

but,

Since "restraint" is a mental trap set by Bifang, there is probably more than one trap. It is estimated that there are other traps that the storyteller has not discovered on his path to promotion.

"Old Li, the path to advancement is either a secret of the gods and ghosts, or a trap. Tell me, is there a mature way without secrets and traps?"

"Yes, but the world cannot master it. The Bone Elders tried their best, but they only got a fragment of it, called the Talisman Scripture."

Look, isn’t this a coincidence?
"There are too many talisman scriptures, they are too complicated, and they are hidden in every corner. Even if you get a few, they are mostly fragments, not the whole book, and they are not very useful!"

You see, what's even more coincidental is that I just happen to have a way to put together the whole book.

Use the talisman scripture and blood well to ask for divination, can you complete the method of ascending to heaven standing still!
Zhou Xuan suddenly felt that in addition to tattooing, he had found another way to make a lot of money.

The large number of fragments of talisman scriptures that he collected later might not be helpful for his own practice, but they would be of great use to the ruthless people in other halls who had high incense offerings.

For example, if he sold the talisman scripture about the "Five Form Escape Technique" that he got today to Siming, it would be worth a lot of money, right?

"From now on, my clients will all be high-ranking and ruthless people."

Zhou Xuan felt that he had a bright future ahead of him. The secretiveness of the gods and the white walkers actually created huge business opportunities for him.

Moreover, his talismans can be exchanged for more than just money - for example, as a reward for assassinating someone.

"By the way, Lao Li, why did you ask me to come to your office? What can I do for you?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

Li Chengfeng said quickly: "High Priest, a murder has occurred in the Strange Biology Research Institute under my jurisdiction!"

"What murder?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

Li Chengfeng then told what happened last night.

After listening, Zhou Xuan concluded,
"Oh, your students were killed, and then 'Hunger' disappeared without a trace."

"Yes, at present there may be some clues in the blood well human brain, but it is in a state of fear and cannot provide us with any clues."

"Then I'll go take a look."

Under the command of Li Chengfeng, Zhou Xuan left the office and went to the research institute.

Because they are in the same body, Zhou Xuan can communicate with Li Chengfeng through thoughts.

After entering the laboratory of the research institute, Zhou Xuan kept walking forward.

He had to squint his eyes as he walked along the way. The smell of blood was very strong, and there were body parts everywhere. He could see a knuckle on the left and another knuckle on the right.
The scene was so horrific that he almost vomited from nausea.

"Your student is so miserable, there's not even a complete body!"

"Ugh!"

Li Chengfeng sighed heavily again.

Zhou Xuan had already walked to the water tank and was looking at the bloody human brain curled up in the corner of the tank.

"Are these the four brains of the Blood Well people?"

Zhou Xuan couldn't help but feel a sense of "the death of the rabbit makes the fox mourn". If he hadn't been protected by his master and sister, would his brain have also been turned into a flesh and blood instrument?

"You are so vicious that you use the brains of our Blood Well psychics as instruments?"

"It's enough to show how crazy the operation to capture the Blood Well Psychic was fifty or sixty years ago."

Li Chengfeng recalled the arrest operation that year and his hands were shaking with fear.

"Is Jingguo still producing blood-well human brains now?"

"It has been banned in the official decree, but there are still some crazy gods and shady people who are secretly capturing the Blood Well psychics, especially the kidnappers in Mingjiang Mansion!"

"The kidnapper is so crazy, how can you, the Bone Elders, do nothing about it?"

"The Bone Elders Association, the City God, and the God of the Parade have been infiltrated by kidnappers. As long as the kidnappers don't do things too blatantly and affect the reputation of the Bone Elders Association, the Bone Elders Association will acquiesce." Li Chengfeng said: "I and some of the Bone Elders also hate kidnappers to the core, but we are powerless to change the situation."

(End of this chapter)