Becoming a Taoist Master by Walking on the Underworld

Chapter 112: Trial, trickery, and ceremonial guard
“Of course, even I can’t make soldiers out of beans.

To judge the evil spirits, one also needs sufficiently powerful talismans and spirits.

For a ghost walker who has just started to open the altar, if he can use the altar to kill ghosts and gods that are one level higher than himself, it is considered very good. "

I recalled what Sister Qiaoer said in my mind.

Chen Yushu also sighed slightly.

Powerful spirit!

Town object!

Both of these are shackles that restrict him from opening the altar.

Generally, cultivators who can practice the Three-Incense Stick Taoism need to go through untold hardships before they can find the right "spirit" and talisman.

For example, the Qingsong Sword of Qingsong Temple is a powerful talisman.

But ordinary people cannot find such a powerful talisman.

Just like Li Chao, according to him, the talisman he used was actually very simple, it was the magic weapon Soul-Breaking Ruler. As for the 'spirit' he chose, it was a fierce ghost that was a hundred years old.

Use evil spirits to suppress evil!
It is considered the most crude method of suppressing evil.

Although later, after his training, the evil ghost broke through to the realm of evil spirit.

But because of this, it backfired in vain and ended up destroying the Li family.

Everything is truly unpredictable.

"What if I also find a fierce ghost, or even an evil spirit, to use as a 'spirit' to suppress?"

Chen Yushu thought about it carefully.

Evil ghosts are fine, let alone hundred-year-old ghosts. Even if they are a thousand years old, as long as they can't turn into evil spirits, he is not afraid of them.

But it’s hard to say about evil spirits.

Because evil spirits can be strong or weak.

If they become too strong, he won't be able to withstand it and will most likely follow in the footsteps of the Li family.

As for the talisman, he could also use the Soul-Breaking Ruler.

However, according to Sister Qiaoer, it is best for the talisman to be something of great origin, and it may not even be a magical tool, but just an instrument used by some powerful being.

Because it often contains the breath of that kind of existence. When the altar is opened, this breath can be used to suppress the evil spirits and make them surrender.

"In this case, perhaps the red handkerchief I casually gave to Xiaoyin last time can actually be used as a talisman?"

Chen Yushu thought silently.

No matter what, the red handkerchief was also something that belonged to the ghost bride, and it must carry the ghost bride's scent.

The ghost lady is a real evil spirit. Using it as a talisman can naturally borrow the aura of the evil spirit. Once an ordinary evil ghost touches it, it will naturally feel fear.

As his mind was wandering, Chen Yushu happened to see Xiaoyin playing not far away, and he quickly waved to her.

Xiaoyin was indeed well-behaved. She quickly jumped over and stretched out her hand, "Brother Yushu, what's wrong?"

"Is the handkerchief from last time still there?"

Chen Yushu asked.

"Here I am!"

Xiaoyin nodded repeatedly, reached into her pocket, took out the red handkerchief and handed it over.

"Wait a minute, I'll set up an altar, you cooperate with me..."

But Chen Yushu suddenly thought that there was no need to open the altar, he could just face those powerful ghosts directly.

You can practice on those lonely ghosts, small ghosts, or even evil spirits first.

There are a lot of these things in the entire Jianghuan Town, although not a lot, there are definitely a lot.

Even around him, he could see a few when he occasionally looked up.

Of course, just in case, he still told Xiaoyin: "If you feel something is wrong later, go and wake up Sister Qiao'er."

Thinking that Sister Qiao'er was resting in the room, he felt a little relieved.

Then, he ran to the kitchen, took a basin, filled it with a bowl of rice, picked a willow branch from the tree nearby, took some yellow paper, some incense sticks, and finally brought a table.

Yellow paper, just ordinary yellow paper, was given to him by Mr. Fu when he bought incense before, and it just happened to be of use now.

Originally, he needed to make paper figurines for ceremonial purposes, preferably shaped paper figurines, but it was hard to find at the moment. He remembered that the coffin shop diagonally opposite Lao Fuxiang's shop also sold paper figurines, but it was already the middle of the night, and he couldn't go there specifically to buy some. The conditions were poor, so he just saved the money.

Anyway, as long as the key things are there, it's fine.

He put the red handkerchief aside and told Xiaoyin to stand on his other side.

Then he thought for a while, made an emergency plan, took a deep breath, lit three incense sticks, and then burned paper in the basin.

Then, he stepped on the nodes one by one, and as his mental power radiated, he quickly outlined the spell structures one by one.

This is also a "skill".

If it is a 'spell', it has a spell structure.

Until the final spell structure is formed.

hum!
He instantly became one with the surrounding world.

It seemed that at this moment, everything around him was under his perception and control.

Then, he whispered, "Heaven and earth, please help me. I, Chen Yushu, will open the altar today. Please, ghosts, come quickly!"

As he spoke, he held the soul-breaking ruler in one hand and grabbed the rice in the bowl with the other and threw it forward.

In an instant, the mental power seemed to be pulled and spread out around.

In a trance, it seemed as if the heaven and earth began to speak, spreading his voice to the surroundings.

woohoo...

In the void, there were endless gusts of cold wind. In a trance, Chen Yushu saw a series of figures suddenly appear outside his door.

These figures all looked confused and staggering, some of them were not even in human form. Of course, there were some who were wearing plain clothes and still maintained their shapes. They were shadowy and their faces were extremely pale.

"This one actually attracted so many people?"

Chen Yushu was also surprised when he saw this.

His call seemed to attract all the ghosts within a certain range around him.

Without hesitation, he immediately selected one of them whose soul body was slightly illusory and who looked only in his teens. He pointed at him and said, "Come forward for trial."

Suddenly, the figure turned into a faint light and rushed to the ground in his yard, as if it had turned into a grain of rice and knelt on the ground.

"Do you know your guilt?"

Chen Yushu said in a low voice.

"Villain..."

The shadow seemed to be frightened. As soon as the voice came out, its whole body shook and disappeared.

I was actually frightened out of my wits by his shout.

"This……"

Chen Yushu was also surprised.

So not frightened?
People often say that people are three parts afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are seven parts afraid of people. There is indeed some truth to this.

Especially the ghost he was referring to at this time, the entire soul was very illusory, and it was simply a lonely ghost type, it might not even be able to maintain consciousness, and perhaps it would naturally dissipate and cease to exist in a short time.

When he called him again and faced his interrogation that was like that of the King of Hell, he was immediately frightened out of his wits and disappeared prematurely.

Opening +1
But because of this, Chen Yushu noticed that there was a row of openings on his attribute panel, and he entered the door directly.

"Has the introduction to the method of opening the altar proved that my method is actually correct?

Although the ghost was weak, I succeeded in casting the spell, and of course, I was able to enter the art of opening the altar."

Chen Yushu muttered to himself, feeling slightly relieved.

Then he raised his eyes and looked at the shadowy figures with pale faces.

This time, he chose an old man whose soul and body were still relatively intact.

"You, do you know your crime?"

The voice came out again.

“Little old man, I know my crime.

I shouldn’t have peeped at my daughter-in-law taking a bath all day, and I shouldn’t have been pestering my son all day long because I was afraid of being lonely, wanting him to come down early to accompany me…”

The ghost was extremely frightened, and the sound came out intermittently.

“Since you know your crime, you should do it this way.

Xiaoyin, go and give me a whip."

Chen Yushu's face twitched slightly. He didn't expect that the first person to be fully tried was an old man who was unwilling to behave himself and was thinking about having an affair even after his death.

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyin immediately stepped forward excitedly, took a willow branch and hit him with it.

what……

A scream.

This ghost immediately became countless times more illusory, and its entire body became transparent.

Following Chen Yushu's words, he stepped back.

As soon as it left the yard, it was blown away by the wind.

“This one doesn’t work either.

However, it directly increased my experience in opening a forum by six points.

The speed is very fast."

Chen Yushu also became slightly excited.

Soon a third one arrived.

Judge them one by one and deal with them one by one.

It feels like the living king of hell.

But soon, he discovered something was wrong.

Because gradually, many of the ghosts that gathered around dispersed.

But there were also many more evil ghosts with malevolent auras. From a distance, he even saw some evil ghosts with red auras, including Xiaohong, who had been standing in the yard at some point in time.

“Something’s wrong. Something’s wrong.

This jar cannot be opened.

If we open it again, who knows what it will bring?”

Chen Yushu's face changed.

While his mental energy had not been consumed too much, he quickly said: "Today, the altar will be closed, and everyone will disperse!"

As he spoke, he was performing a ritual with his hands. His mental power spread along with the sound, clearly reaching the ears of these ghosts.

Slowly, some ghosts, as if they had heard his voice, retreated.

But there were also a few who never moved.

It just wandered around, as if wanting to get closer, but also as if it was afraid of something, and did not move.

At this time, Chen Yushu also frowned slightly.

It’s not because those who stay here are all evil ghosts with strong malevolent aura. Ghosts of this level are no longer a big threat to him now.

But this only means that the altar I opened was not successful yet and could not scare off these ghosts.

When opening a forum, the first thing to do is to follow the rules of conduct.

Since he had already told them to disperse, these ghosts must disperse. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to him, which would be considered a failure in the opening ceremony.

failure.

This means that these evil spirits actually saw through the situation.

Think he is playing tricks.

It is possible that someone might attack his altar, or even overturn his altar, thus taking his life.

Such deeds are not uncommon.

As Li Chao wrote in his Record of Seeing Ghosts, one must be careful when opening a ritual.

If you pretend to be a ghost and are seen through, the ghosts will immediately retaliate and you will be besieged by a group of ghosts.

really.

Soon, this group of evil ghosts could no longer sit still. As one of them quickly stepped forward, the other five or six evil ghosts turned into streams of light and quickly rushed towards his yard. The closer they got, the more ferocious their expressions became.

Fortunately, Xiaohong didn't move.

I don’t know if she recognized this house, as the place where her playmate Xiaoyin took her, or for some other reason, but she was still lying on the wall, not moving.

Her fiery red clothes also made these evil spirits dare not approach her, let alone provoke her.

"Bold!
Do you want to cook?"

Chen Yushu let out a low shout and slammed the soul-breaking ruler in his hand on the table.

"Pretending to be a ghost, kill!"

"Lift up his jar and take away his flesh and blood."

"Kill the God, ascend to heaven..."

……

After the altar was opened, Chen Yushu hid behind the fire altar and the group of ghosts could not see him.

Only the slightly stronger evil spirits could vaguely foresee that behind the flames was an extremely tall "god".

That's right.

After the altar is opened, in their eyes, the person behind the altar is God.

It's just like building a house in the wild. Once the house is built, according to the agreed upon rules, they cannot enter without permission.

Once it enters, the owner can attack it, and other ghosts and spirits will not help.

At least, strange ghosts will no longer help ghosts that break into other people's private homes, because they do not follow the rules.

This is actually also true at this time.

After the altar was set up, he became a god in the eyes of the demons.

This god, no matter which god he is from or how strong or weak he is, is still a god. He must have karma and divine power.

And this kind of incense karma and divine power is the supreme nourishment for ghosts. Once swallowed, it can make them evolve and become stronger, or even directly promoted to evil, evil spirits, disasters, and calamities...

Although in fact, it is not.

Chen Yushu is not even a false god, let alone a god, as he has not yet entered the Tao.

But the ghost didn't believe it.

They sensed his power from the altar and found that it was not as strong as they had imagined.

You will instinctively think that this is a weak god who is playing tricks.

Weak gods are also gods. If they can unite and kill him, they can devour the karma of incense and devour the divine power and divinity, and become powerful...

Therefore, they were particularly crazy at this time. As soon as they approached, Chen Yushu could feel the intense Yin energy coming through the brazier, just like a knife scraping his face, which was a bit painful.

"Humph! Courting death!"

Seeing this, Chen Yushu was not afraid.

Seven or eight evil spirits, and a dozen ghosts that were dragged along, did not pose a big threat to him. Even if he had not opened the altar, he would have been confident in facing these, let alone now?
"Breaking into the altar and disregarding the divine power is a crime worthy of death!"

After saying that, Chen Yushu suddenly threw the red handkerchief forward.

boom!
It's like pouring cold water into a frying pan.

Endless negative energy swept up in an instant.

The terrifying negative energy and evil spirit quickly gathered together.

At this time, Xiaoyin seemed to feel a special power infused into her, which caused her strength to surge rapidly.

"Ah... he deserves to die!"

Then Xiaoyin jumped out, holding a willow branch in her hand, and hit the nearest evil ghost hard!
"what……"

With a scream, 70% of the ghost's soul immediately dissipated.

The second whip went down.

Soul fly away!

"kill!"

Seeing this, Xiaoyin immediately became excited.

He held a whip in his hand and kept whipping. Every hit was accurate. At most, only two whips were needed to send an evil ghost to its death.

When encountering ghosts that were dragged along, they would disperse before the whip could even hit them.

She enjoyed the killing.

For the first time, I felt that killing ghosts was so joyful.

Although she herself was a ghost, she felt extremely refreshed.

"Have mercy! God, have mercy on me!"

“We know we were wrong!

I know I was wrong! Please forgive my rudeness..."

As soon as the evil spirit of the ghost lady came out, it frightened the group of evil ghosts.

Even Xiaohong, who was standing far away, immediately straightened up and quickly retreated three or four feet.

Evil spirit.

It is an existence above the evil spirit.

Even if the handkerchief contained only a little bit of the ghost lady's aura, it was definitely not her real body that had descended at this moment.

But it also has a strong deterrent effect on beings below the level of evil spirits.

Therefore, the evil ghosts that were somewhat crazy just now were immediately frightened. Coupled with Xiaoyin's continuous beating, they could not bear it one by one and knelt down to beg for mercy.

But at this time, Chen Yushu was also angry and ignored him.

Although he also felt that his mental power was dissipating rapidly as time passed, in just a few breaths, he had consumed much more mental power than when he was judging those ghosts before.

But when he saw that the experience value of the opening altar skill on his attribute panel was rapidly rising, he became slightly excited.

Opening +15
Opening +17
Opening +14
……

Open the forum and master it!

In an instant, Chen Yushu felt that his mind was filled with countless information and experiences about the method of opening the altar.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why these evil spirits dared to jump out and bluntly accused him of playing tricks.

Because his procession was wrong.

Without ceremonial guards, it is like he has no face. When the ghosts see such a simple jar, they will know that this person is not very spiritual.

In addition, without the ceremonial guard, it would be equivalent to him facing these ghosts and gods directly, although there is the fire altar blocking him and the smoke formed by the incense burning entangled him, confusing the eyes of the ghosts and gods.

But for those slightly stronger ghosts, it is difficult to stop them.

Through the brazier, they could vaguely see him behind the fire altar. He had a childish face and looked like a human, not a god.

Apart from that, his level of Taoism is not that high either.

Erxiang Daoxing, when issuing the order, did not have that kind of majesty.

The direction and position of the table is not the "positive yang position". The so-called positive yang position is the place with the heaviest yang energy in a place. Once the altar is opened in that place, the power of the decree will also increase to a certain extent.

This is why they dare to collide and want to retaliate madly.

After understanding this, Chen Yushu lifted the table and immediately moved his body to one side, directly occupying the appropriate Yang position.

Suddenly, Xiaoyin, who was off the field, felt her strength increase a little. She whipped the ghosts one by one, quickly clearing them out.

Opening +5
Opening +7
Opening +8
……

Soon, all the evil spirits and ghosts were cleared out by him.

"Okay! Back off!"

At this point, Chen Yushu's mental strength was almost exhausted. Without hesitation, he immediately turned on the brazier and scattered the rice in the bowl around.

Then, he felt the negative energy around him dissipating.

In the distance, those ghosts also completely retreated.

Only Xiaohong was still standing there, looking at this side with curiosity, especially the scene of Xiaoyin killing everyone just now, which made it very confused.

When did my little playmate become so brave?
Huhu~!

“It’s finally over!
This time, although it was exciting, it was also safe.

But it’s really tiring.”

Chen Yushu let out a long sigh and truly relaxed.

He didn't expect that his sudden inspiration to directly raise the spirit and open the altar would actually work.

At the critical moment, so many ghosts were attracted. And because it was the first time, they were seen through and almost caused trouble.

Fortunately, there was no danger.

It didn't cause any big trouble.

At this moment, Xiaoyin suddenly felt the strength in her body being quickly drained away. The willow branch in her hand also felt burning, so she quickly threw it away.

Willow twigs themselves have a restraining effect on evil spirits.

It is also a rare thing that can be used by ordinary people to directly harm ghosts.

Before, because of her surging power, she was not afraid of the restraining effect of the willow branch, and she could whip other ghosts at will with it in her hand.

But when the force subsided, the willow branch could still cause harm to her, just like a burning flame, so she had to throw it as far away as possible.

"This is your first time opening a forum, and you dare to do something so big?"

Just at this moment, a voice came from behind him.

Chen Yushu was startled and turned around, only to see Liu Qiaoer standing at the door with a helpless look on her face.

"When people usually open an altar, they will point to a specific person, with a name and surname. At the very least, they will find a token from the other party. Only if the other party agrees can you judge them with the altar and fight with them.

As a result, you just opened the altar and attracted all kinds of ghosts. Aren't you afraid of attracting a big one?"

Liu Qiaoer woke up in shock when Chen Yushu just started the ritual. After all, the noise caused by the ritual was quite loud.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Chen Yushu opened his mouth, he attracted so many people.

Fortunately, most of them are ghosts, and there are very few evil ghosts. Xiaohong is the only fierce ghost. Because she is a "familiar ghost", even if she can see through it, she will not come close.

It would be a real disaster if an evil spirit were to be attracted.

After all, although Jianghuan Town is relatively peaceful, there are evil spirits, and more than one.

of course.

Most evil spirits would not bother to pay attention to a small altar like his. As long as they were not standing next to the evil spirits, they would not come here to join in the fun...

"It's my first time, no experience."

Chen Yushu blinked and said embarrassedly.

He just realized afterwards that something was wrong.

But the jar was already opened, so he had no choice but to continue.

Fortunately, what came was not big, so he could handle it.

“Fortunately this time, it’s in town, and the big evil spirit has no time to pay attention to you.

It would be different in the wild.

If they are in a good mood, they will just treat you as a shaman, but if they are in a bad mood, they will come over and smash your altar directly. "

Liu Qiaoer warned.

"understandable!"

Chen Yushu nodded. After becoming proficient in the opening ceremony, he naturally discovered many loopholes and mistakes he had made this time.

He also believes that he will be able to do better next time.

Liu Qiaoer nodded and didn't say much. She knew that Chen Yushu must have something unique to be able to grow to this point.

Just now, the other party handled it very well.

Although he made mistakes at the beginning, he then proceeded in an orderly manner and eliminated all the evil spirits in one fell swoop.

On the other side, after Xiaoyin saw Xiaohong, she jumped over. If Chen Yushu was doing something sneaky, he would immediately hear Xiaoyin bragging to Xiaohong about her recent display of power.

I don’t know how proud he was that look.

(End of this chapter)