fairy family

Chapter 94: Lighting Sky Lanterns and Practicing Cool Methods

Everyone seemed to have come to a wasteland of bones, and there was smoke all around, separating the scene outside the crematorium from this place.

Nearly half of the ten people were already trembling all over, foaming at the mouth, and having dry mouths as soon as they set foot here.

Teacher Zhu ignored these people. After greeting the other teachers, she continued to lead everyone towards the center of the rooftop.

Not long after, a huge skeleton appeared in the eyes of Yu Que and others.

This skeleton is not in human form. It lies face down in a bone jungle that looks like a bird's nest. It is more than nine feet tall and shaped like a bird's bone, but its head is sharp and ferocious, like a dragon's head, and it has not just one but three.

There was no flesh and blood on the skeleton, but a fierce aura rushed into everyone's mind when they saw it, making people shudder.

Xiao!
A shrill scream appeared in the minds of all the students at the same time, causing their souls to tremble.

"What is this!?" Everyone was shocked.

Whoosh, whoosh, as the shrieking sounded, clusters of deep red flames emerged from the bird bones, which turned into long snakes and swooped towards them, making him scared to death.

Fortunately, at this moment, several cold snorts sounded.

Zhu, the teacher, had a fierce smile on his face and shouted, "Good fellow, you are indeed a three-headed snake crow that has refined true fire. Even after being dead for so many years, you are still so fierce!"

She had already stepped forward, standing in front of Yu Que and the others. Streams of yellow spiritual light emerged, also in the shape of birds, hovering on the left and right, like a hen protecting her chicks, sheltering Yu Que and the others under her wings.

"Stop!" Teacher Zhu shouted.

And she was not afraid of the power of the bird bones at all. She took a big gulp and sucked all the fixed flames into her stomach.

This scene made Yu Que and others feel shaken.

Someone whispered, "The luck is as yellow as millet, Zhu Jiaoyu is a seventh-rank immortal!"

This luck is not that luck, but it is the abbreviation of the luck of incense.

Because the quality of incense that can be refined is different for each level of immortals, the spiritual light and magic power they manifest are also different, and this can be used to judge their realm.

Generally speaking, the luck of a ninth-grade immortal is gray, shallow and rough, the luck of an eighth-grade immortal is black, fierce and gloomy, and the luck of a seventh-grade immortal is yellow, as yellow as corn, and as bright as jade, with a few traces of nobility, and no longer just ghostly aura.

The incense power that Teacher Zhu displayed in front of everyone at this moment was exactly the corn-yellow energy that only a seventh-grade immortal possessed.

In the midst of the yellow light, Teacher Zhu sensed it for a moment, then she withdrew her magic power and nodded to the surroundings.

Except for Yu Que and his friends, students from other classes also encountered the attack of bird bones. However, under the protection of their respective teachers, they were all safe and sound, with only a look of shock on their faces.

"Okay, keep going if you can. I won't wait for anyone."

Teacher Zhu said a few words and then set off again.

Perhaps it was because of the prestige of having just killed so many students, until everyone walked to within ten feet of the huge bird skeleton, the skeleton only emitted endless heat and there was nothing unusual.

At this moment, Yu Que also discovered that there was suddenly one more person on the rooftop, or that the other person had been waiting for everyone on the rooftop for a long time.

He was somewhat familiar with this man. He was none other than Uncle Qing, the doorman in charge of the county school's fire room.

Uncle Qing stood hunched over with his hands behind his back about three feet away from the bird bones, staring up at them like a statue.

"Stand outside this red line and don't move around casually."

Zhu Jiaoyu and the others threw down a sentence, stepped forward one after another, and bowed to Mr. Qing:
"Greetings, Master Qing. This year's new students have arrived. Please preside over the sky burial and open the temple."

The doorman, Mr. Qing, slowly turned his head and looked behind him. He looked at all the students, counted them, and showed satisfaction on his face:

"This year, there are more people who dare to come to the sky burial temple than last year. This is not bad."

After this person spoke a few words, he started explaining something to the Five Veins Instructor.

Yu Que and others stayed obediently on the periphery and found that the closer they were to the bird bones, the darker red the ashes on the ground became.

Someone suddenly exclaimed:
"My goodness, the ashes that the teacher and his men were standing on seemed to have been burned into glass. What rank is this beast, that it can still be so powerful even after it's dead?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Que looked at the ground and discovered that the ground about three feet away from the bird bones began to turn into jade. The ground within ten feet all appeared like amber glass, and red light surged, as if magma was flowing underground.

In addition, there are charred skeletons standing on the left and right sides of the bird bones. It is unknown what kind of monster they are or what they are used for.

But soon, Yu Que and his friends found out the function of these skeletons.

Teacher Zhu and the others came running back and shouted at their students:

"Okay, Master Qing has agreed, who will go first?"

Everyone looked at each other and at the sky.

They originally thought that they would have to wait a while longer and then hold some fasting and prayer ceremonies, or perform some rituals, but they did not expect that the sky burial temple fair would come so directly.

Among them, Zhu Jiaoyu chuckled and explained:
"The opening of the temple for sky burial is best done on seven days, which corresponds to the first seven days. If you can succeed, you will have to persist for at least three days. So this little time is not a big deal. The sooner you start, the sooner I can lead others to open the temple."

But at this time, even the twin brother and sister who had just stepped forward first were hesitant.

While everyone was hesitating, they all looked at other people, wanting others to take the lead and try it first.

While Instructor Zhu was hesitating, other instructors on the side, such as Instructor Meng Laogui, were quite quick in their actions.

He did not ask his students at all, but waved his robe and grabbed a student above the skeleton, and asked with a grin:
"Good kid, do you want to be buried upright, upside down, or sideways? The teacher will do whatever you want."

Ahh!

The student wanted to cry but had no tears. He shouted, "I want to wait a little longer."

But Meng Laogui didn't listen at all, and muttered to himself: "Since you don't know how to choose, let the teacher help you choose... You are fat and strong, with a lot of fat on your body. It's not appropriate to bury you from the head to the feet. Let's start from the belly button and bury it horizontally."

The next moment, a scene that shocked everyone appeared.

As soon as Meng Laogui finished speaking, he flipped up his sleeves and threw the student into the air, his back facing down. With a "puchi" sound, the skeleton pierced through his body and came out directly from his belly button.

At this time, Meng Laogui walked forward and bowed to Mr. Qing in front of the bird bone. Mr. Qing nodded and pointed at the fat student in the air.

With a whoosh, a line of fire snake flew out from the bird bones, coiled on the skeleton, and burned fiercely, making a crackling sound, adding a fragrant smell of oil to the scene.

During this action, the student's screams were even more shrill and continuous:
"Let me go, Master. I won't do sky burials anymore. I won't open my temple anymore!"

Yu Que and others who were watching from the side all had horrified expressions on their faces.

In this situation, using people as candles is even more brutal than the three subjects in the county examination.

Many people wanted to retreat and subconsciously took a few steps back.

Moreover, on the rooftop, many students who had been admitted to the school under the protection of the school looked pale, and they even bowed to their respective teachers and said, "Students have decided to give up sky burial, and hope that the teachers will grant this."

However, the five teachers present did not let everyone leave as the students had previously discussed in private.

The teachers were all indifferent, just looking at everyone with scrutiny, asking who would come first.

Among them, Zhu Jiaoyu's words had a little more:
"Unless your sky burial fails, don't even think about leaving this place. After all, if you accidentally anger the bird ghost, it will delay things."

She looked around at the ten people under her command, and seeing that no one had stepped forward, she shouted at Yu Que:

"Yu boy, you were the first one to ask me what method could help me achieve immortality. Why don't you dare to do that now?"

When Yu Que saw that he was called, he gritted his teeth and did not back down. He stood up.

But he still kept his composure and said:
"Sir, may I ask how to maximize the effect of the burial that day? And what are the differences between the three burial methods mentioned by Master Meng: vertical, upside down, and horizontal?"

Zhu Jiaoyu looked at him with appreciation and replied:

"The functions are the same, they are all called lighting sky lanterns, that is, using your blood and spirit as candle oil, and providing a wisp of true fire, in the hope of igniting a spiritual light for you and opening up the ancestral temple.

And no matter what kind of burial method you use, there will always be ghosts and monsters flying over to compete for your blood and spirit. At that time, you must keep your heart and fight against them, and don't let the ghosts take advantage.

After the first three days, all the ghosts and spirits that compete with you for food will turn into candle oil for you to open the temple.

At this time, the spirit of the three-headed snake crow will be attracted by the incense you lit and will eat your body and soul. Just remember to fight against it."

Zhu Jiaoyu said softly: "Besides that, the only thing left is one word, 'endure'.

There are no restrictions on the journey, except that you must not faint. You can eat, drink, defecate, and urinate as you please. The longer you can endure, the better."

She added: "If you are lucky and can hold out long enough, you might be able to make a little profit from the bird ghost. Every year, someone can learn a magic from this."

Yu Que bowed to show that he understood.

However, when he took a look at his classmates who were stabbed all over the ground, he suddenly felt a toothache and thought that these three burial methods were still very horrifying.

It's not that he was afraid of pain, but he didn't want to hurt his body for no reason, especially those who were buried vertically or upside down, with the skeletons passing in and out of the mouths and anuses of living people, which was too undignified.

"No wonder not many people would announce the specific process after a sky burial." Yu Que was shocked.

So he thought about it, and then asked again, "Sir, since there is not much difference between the three burial methods, can I go in by myself and receive the true fire without going up to the shelf?"

This question is on the mind of all students.

Everyone, especially the female students, all looked at Teacher Zhu.

To everyone's surprise, Teacher Zhu pondered for a moment and nodded.

However, she also explained: "These racks are not set up by the county school to torture you. It is really the pain of sky burial that is not something that ordinary people can endure.

The more firmly you are inserted in between, the longer it will take for you to survive.

Even so, every year there are students who can’t bear it and pull their bodies out of their skeletons on their own. Some are even willing to cut themselves in half and crawl out.”

Zhu narrowed his eyes and looked at Yu Que, and asked, "Yu Que, are you sure you want to go in by yourself?"

This explanation made everyone present change their expressions, and the joy on Yu Que's face froze before it even started to rise.

He was in a very conflicted mood.

He gritted his teeth and even wanted to choose to be buried upside down, leaving no way out and making sure he wouldn't even be able to scream!
But when the words came to his lips, he held them back.

Yu Que bowed his hands honestly and said, "In that case, I choose to be buried sideways."

"Okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, Teacher Zhu responded, picked him up like a chick, and threw him near the bird bones.

There was a crackling sound!

When Yu Que came back to his senses, he turned his head to look around and found that he was already in a high place.

The students outside were looking at him with pale and horrified faces.

Yu Que realized it later and touched his lower abdomen. He saw that his abdomen had been pierced by a thick stake. It was covered in blood and several of his intestines were pulled out.

But the blood and intestines soon turned black.

Because a fire snake flew over, it coiled around the bone pile, and set it on fire with red flames.

The sizzling sound of burning flesh and popping oil rang in Yu Que's ears.

He watched helplessly as his own intestines turned into wicks, wrapped around the bone pile, providing a living body for the fire snake.

Ahh!

Although the above process seems to be a long one, it is actually just what Yu Que saw at a glance.

He then let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered, his eyes bloodshot.

Yu Que's situation immediately frightened the other candidates under Instructor Zhu.

But not long after, another candidate gritted his teeth and stood up, choosing to join the sky burial.

Especially the twin brother and sister, their faces were only slightly pale, and they were not as scared as the others. Moreover, they did not care about decency and chose to be buried upright or upside down respectively, leaving no room for themselves.

In addition, the remaining people, seeing that there was no way to escape, also joined the ranks of opening the temple one after another, and three of them chose to walk to the bird bones on their own without using the rack to impale themselves.

Facing these three people, Teacher Zhu just gave them a second, sneering look, especially at their cuffs, and then let them go.

In an instant, the rooftop was covered with bones.

Fresh flesh bodies were inserted around the huge bird bones, forming the formation of Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams, and they were wriggling and struggling, which was quite strange.

The evil ghosts and souls that were trapped and burned in the crematorium were hungry. They were soon attracted and landed around the students, howling like a flock of birds, biting their bodies madly.

The students, who were already wailing and almost losing their voices, suddenly screamed even louder and cursed loudly.

"Dad, Mom! I don't want to cultivate immortality anymore."

"Ahh, get out of here, all of you."

(End of this chapter)