Uncle Jiu: I am Chen Yulou, the leader of the Xiangling gang

Chapter 66: Three Strategies of Civil Law
Upon hearing about the beast control technique and the paper figurine technique, Chen Yulou's eyes lit up. He quickly looked at Taoist Simu and asked, "Uncle Master, do you also know the beast control technique and the paper figurine technique?"

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Upon hearing this, Taoist Simu immediately shook his head.

Chen Yulou was a little disappointed and immediately said in surprise, "Uncle Master, didn't you say that the corpse control technique includes the beast control technique and the paper figurine technique?"

Taoist Simu rolled his eyes at Chen Yulou and said, "Does it mean that if it's included in it, I, your uncle, must know it?"

"In the Maoshan magic, each general principle contains many sub-principles. If I learn everything, your uncle will not be able to reach the current level even if I practice for another twenty years."

"Your master should have told you about the Dharma Ending Age, right?"

"I did!" Chen Yulou nodded.

"Since you know about the Dharma Ending Age, you should also know that it's difficult to advance in cultivation in this era. Therefore, you must learn to make choices. If you want to learn everything, you won't necessarily learn anything at all, but it will at least consume a lot of your own energy, thus slowing down your cultivation."

Taoist Simu looked at Chen Yulou and reminded him.

When Chen Yulou became his disciple, he noticed that Chen Yulou was interested in everything and wanted to learn everything. Since his senior brother Uncle Jiu was also there, he naturally did not say anything more to warn Chen Yulou.

Being interested in everything is a good thing. Just like his apprentice Jiale, he is used to being lazy and doesn't want to learn anything. Even if you want to teach him, there is nothing you can do.

But being interested in everything and wanting to learn everything is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Because in the Dharma-Ending Age, the vitality of heaven and earth is thin, and it is difficult to make progress in cultivation. If you learn everything, you will inevitably have to divide a lot of energy and eventually miss the big path.

Especially since Chen Yulou has the potential to be a Heavenly Master, it would be a pity if he fails to become one due to distraction.

Chen Yulou saw that Taoist Simu was warning him sincerely, and he immediately straightened his expression and said, "Uncle Master, please rest assured. Yulou knows what's going on!"

Taoist Simu nodded. He had said what he needed to say, and he had fulfilled his duty as a master uncle. If Chen Yulou didn't listen, there was nothing he could do.

After all, there is a saying that a master can only lead you to the door, but the practice depends on yourself, and everyone has their own choices.

"Especially since the beast taming technique requires feeding demonic beasts and spirit beasts, it's extremely expensive, and I'm not interested in feeding animals."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou nodded.

Indeed, not everyone likes to raise animals, and animals that can be used as servants are likely to be monsters. Raising a monster is definitely not cheap.

"As for the paper figurine technique."

Taoist Simu looked at Chen Yulou and smiled, "As the saying goes, Taoism has three pure things: Shangqing, Taiqing, and Yuqing."

"Buddhism has three treasures: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha."

"There are three techniques in civil law: paper figurines, straw figurines, and puppets!"

"Among them, puppetry is also known as straw man magic, and puppetry is also known as corpse training. Some evil Taoist priests or wizards will kill people and train their corpses."

"After death, one of the three souls, the Taiguang Heavenly Soul, will dissipate between heaven and earth after seven days. The Shuangling Earthly Soul will enter the underworld and, after judgment, be reincarnated. The Youjing Human Soul will stay in the cemetery or the Yin house, combining with the ancestral tablets and tombstones to influence the fortunes of future generations." "And the seven spirits will follow the death of the person, just like the Taiguang Heavenly Soul, and dissipate between heaven and earth after seven days."

"Among them, Taiguang is the spirit, Shuangling is the essence, Youjing is the energy, and the corpse dog, one of the seven souls, is the power of the body's instinctive reaction."

"So, after killing someone, the evil monks would use magic to trap the Shuangling, one of the three souls, and the Shigou, one of the seven spirits, within the human body, transforming the person into a puppet. Then, they would use secret techniques to nurture the puppet into a powerful zombie for them to control."

"Of course, there's also a kind of righteous Taoism. They use materials like cloth, wood, or pottery to make puppets. Because they can't harm people, they capture mountain spirits and ghosts, seal their souls in the puppets, and then give them spirits."

"Some people also use the souls of intelligent animals like dogs as substitutes, thus training puppets into Taoist soldiers."

Chen Yulou nodded after hearing this, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Master, what is the difference between puppetry and puppetry?"

"When I saw you teasing Master Ikkyu, you apparently used a technique to capture Master Ikkyu's Earth Spirit and trapped him in a scarecrow?"

Taoist Simu then smiled and glanced at Chen Yulou, saying, "You are indeed watching very carefully, but your uncle didn't capture the Earth Soul of that old bald donkey Ikkiu. He simply connected with his Earth Soul through his hair and used the scarecrow as a medium to control his body."

"It won't do him any harm."

Chen Yulou immediately showed a look of sudden enlightenment. He had gradually understood the difference between puppetry and puppetry.

"However, the art of resurrecting corpses does include the art of seducing and collecting souls. These are mainly used to temporarily retrieve the souls scattered between heaven and earth, thereby controlling the corpse and making it obey orders."

"Among them, soul-collecting techniques aim to help people who are frightened or have lost their souls, recovering their lost souls and thus restoring them to normal."

"The soul-stealing technique uses personal items, hair, birthdates, and other items to seduces a person's soul, partially or entirely, causing them to experience various symptoms, such as prolonged sleep, mental fatigue, forgetfulness, and even death."

"Although the puppetry I used before also involved the art of seducing souls, it didn't actually seduced the Earth Soul of that old bald donkey Ikkiu."

"This is what Uncle Master wants to warn you about. Corpse control techniques encompass a myriad of abilities, and they all intersect. Puppetry techniques can be transformed into puppetry, and killing people and refining corpses can all be done in a split second. So once you've learned it, be sure to use it with caution to avoid hurting others and falling into the evil ways."

Taoist Simu finished his words and stared at Chen Yulou with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou immediately replied solemnly, "Please rest assured, Uncle Master, I will use the corpse control technique with caution."

Upon hearing this, Taoist Simu glanced at Chen Yulou and nodded, saying, "Just remember this. I've said before that the quality of magic lies in the human heart. Even though our Maoshan is a well-known and upright sect, a major Taoist sect, there are still many disciples who use magic. Because of their unstable minds, they eventually fall into evil ways."

"This is also the reason why we in the Dao sect emphasize the dual cultivation of body and soul."

"So, Uncle Master hopes that you will use it with caution. You must not be controlled by evil magic and lose your mind, thus becoming an evil demon."

Chen Yulou nodded immediately, bowed solemnly to Taoist Simu, and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Uncle Master. Yulou will keep them in mind. But please rest assured, Uncle Master, although Yulou is young, he also understands what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil, what can be done and what cannot be done!"

Taoist Simu immediately looked at Chen Yulou, who had a serious expression, and nodded in his heart.

In fact, he was still a little worried. After all, Chen Yulou was the next leader of the tomb-robbing Chen family. Although he did not hate tomb robbers, he did not like them either. But generally speaking, tomb robbing was against human ethics and secular morality.

(End of this chapter)