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

Chapter 67, "Corpse Control Law"

Perhaps if Chen Yulou had not been gifted, his senior brother might not have accepted Chen Yulou, who came from a family of tomb robbers, as his apprentice.

Precisely because Chen Yulou is talented, he also hopes that Chen Yulou can concentrate on practicing Taoism in order to gain a glimpse of the realm of the Heavenly Master, rather than being lost in the windfall from the tomb.

But as I said, everyone has their own destiny, and he can only touch upon it so far.

"Finally, it's the paper figurine technique!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou immediately stared at Taoist Simu.

Taoist Simu then laughed and said, "It is said that the art of paper figurines originated from the great and virtuous teacher Zhang Jue in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He used paper figurines and paper horses to transform into an army and used them to challenge the Han army."

"These paper soldiers and horses don't need food or water, and are invulnerable to weapons. They can advance, retreat, charge, and attack, and can be controlled at will."

The more Chen Yulou listened, the brighter his eyes became.

If the paper figurine technique can really achieve this, it will be of great help whether it is tomb robbing or exorcising demons.

"It's just that this paper figurine technique is quite difficult to practice. Many people in our Maoshan have practiced it, but only one master has mastered it successfully."

Chen Yulou was immediately surprised.

Seeing Chen Yulou's surprised expression, Taoist Simu laughed and said, "I've heard from others that practicing the art of paper figurines requires extraordinary spiritual strength, otherwise you won't be able to get started."

"Mental strength?"

"That's right, it's mental power!"

"Although a cultivator's spirit, energy, and vitality will continue to grow stronger as their cultivation increases, some people are born with spirit, energy, and vitality far exceeding that of ordinary people."

"Just like when we control magic tools, Fu Lu, we rely on our own Qi as well as our mental power!" Taoist Simu looked at Chen Yulou and explained.

Chen Yulou's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Uncle Master, I am gifted. Does that mean my mental strength far exceeds that of ordinary people? Then I should be able to learn the art of making paper figures, right?"

Upon hearing this, Taoist Simu glared at Chen Yulou and said, "Why do you want to learn everything, kid?"

"Just now I told you to learn how to make choices, but you really didn't listen at all!"

"hey-hey!"

"Uncle Master, there's a saying that goes 'It's always good to have many skills, and I've remembered what you said. I just want to learn. If you can get in, that's great. If you can't, I won't force you." Chen Yulou said with a smile as he looked at Taoist Simu.

Taoist Master Simu looked at Chen Yulou helplessly, shook his head and said, "Forget it, as long as you know what's going on, I won't say any more."

"Also, remember the corpse-controlling techniques carefully. Once you've memorized them all, I'll personally teach you."

"Okay, Uncle Master!"

Chen Yulou nodded immediately.

"Okay, it's okay, you can go out first!" Taoist Simu waved his hand.

Chen Yulou immediately bowed and said, "Yes, Uncle Master!"

After leaving Taoist Simu's house, Chen Yulou came to his bamboo bed, sat cross-legged, opened the "Corpse Control Method" and began to read.

The method of controlling corpses is divided into the method of raising corpses and the method of puppetry, but there is no method of controlling beasts and the method of controlling paper figures. It seems that this book of "The Method of Controlling Corpses" is incomplete.

But it made sense. Taoist Simu had probably copied this manual, something he'd used to teach his disciples. After all, the most ancient manual of techniques was crucial to the sect's inheritance, and its value was inestimable. It was certainly not something a Maoshan disciple could take away from the mountain. So Taoist Simu only learned corpse-raising and puppetry, so it was unlikely he'd also copied down beast-controlling and paper figurine-controlling techniques.

First, he looked at the corpse-raising techniques recorded in the book, which indeed contained a lot of information.

First of all, if you want to perform the art of raising corpses, you must know how to build an altar, which means setting up an altar, communicating with the heaven and the underworld, and preparing for driving away the corpses.

The second method is to collect corpses, which includes the soul-collecting technique and the soul-calling technique mentioned by Taoist Simu. These two techniques are used to recall the soul of the deceased and reunite it with the body, allowing the dead body to regain its ability to move and easily drive away the corpse.

The next step is to draw the talisman. Draw a talisman and stick it on the dead body's forehead to control the dead body.

Then there are the walking method, the turning method, the uphill method, the bridge crossing method, the standing method, and the downhill method. After all these techniques are performed on the corpse, the corpse will move and be almost the same as a living person.

And the most important thing is the dumb dog technique.

Dogs are psychic, which means they can see things that humans cannot see, because dogs are livestock with strong yang energy, and black dogs, especially, can ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts.

Therefore, dogs will naturally be encountered during the process of driving corpses, and the mute dog technique is to prevent the dogs from seeing the dead bodies and barking non-stop due to the excessive yin energy.

Next is puppetry, just like how Taoist Simu teased Master Ikkyu, using hair as a medium to attach a spirit to the scarecrow, thereby controlling Master Ikkyu's body.

Just as Taoist Simu said, his teasing of Master Ikkyu could only be regarded as a marginal magic of puppetry. The real puppetry could be done like black magic, through some close-fitting clothes, hair, handprints, nails, teeth and even skin and blood, using the art of soul-stealing to control or even kill the opponent silently.

Of course, if the other party is also a cultivator, it is a different matter, especially if the other party is stronger than you, it will be difficult to kill the other party.

Just like Master Ikkyu, although he was controlled, he still had the ability to fight for control of the body and knew how to break it, so it would be difficult for you to kill him.

Similarly, puppetry can also be used to kill people and raise corpses just like puppetry. He feels that even if puppetry is used to kill people and raise corpses, the zombies raised will be far superior to those raised by puppetry.

Because "The Method of Controlling Corpses" recorded the tricks of raising corpses with puppetry, Chen Yulou was a little frightened after reading it.

He felt that if he could really find the corpse-raising ground mentioned in the corpse-controlling method, and find the corpse that died in the yin year, yin month and yin time, and if he could also find the recorded yin-gathering formation, he might be able to raise a flying zombie in a few years.

If this method of raising corpses were to be spread out, the evil monks would probably go crazy.

However, Chen Yulou was not very interested in this method of raising corpses. After all, raising corpses was not in line with the righteous way, and there was also the risk of backlash.

and many more!

The Yin Gathering Formation?

Suddenly, Chen Yulou's eyes lit up. After all, he could absorb Yin Qi. If he had the support of this Yin Gathering Array, his cultivation would probably increase a lot faster.

Just as he was about to stand up and ask Taoist Simu if he knew about the Yin Gathering Formation, he gave up the idea.

After all, Taoist Simu didn't know that he could absorb Yin Qi to practice, and he didn't want to reveal this to Taoist Simu. Maybe Taoist Simu would think that he wanted to raise a corpse.

So, I should just wait until I get back to Renjia Town and ask Uncle Jiu.

Next, Chen Yulou began to concentrate on memorizing the "Corpse Control Method".

Time flies and it is already afternoon.

After dinner in the afternoon, Chen Yulou began to memorize again.

Taoist Simu was extremely satisfied with his hard work, but Jiale was miserable. Not only was he beaten up by Taoist Simu, but he was also watched by Taoist Simu while practicing for the entire afternoon, and he almost didn't get any sleep.

(End of this chapter)