Chapter 15: Corpse Poison
When I woke up, I saw Wei Ge's face full of injuries, and the two little ghosts Zhen Zhen and Ah Fan also looked very weak, their bodies almost transparent. I had no idea what happened, only knowing that my body seemed to have gained a lot of weight, my head was dizzy, Master recited an incantation and inserted a crimson talisman into my heart, suddenly I felt much clearer, Master helped me sit up.
"Fei Fei, you've been afflicted with Corpse Qi this time. Although it's only a minor case of Black Corpse Qi, as a mortal, your body was previously injured by zombies. If you didn't have the power of the Immortal Spirit on you, you might already be dead. Fortunately, these two little ghosts helped block the peripheral ghostly energies for you, but they were also severely injured and probably won't be able to follow you for a long time. I plan to take them to the Nine Yin Territory to recover their energy. You should be careful on your own for now; your calamity hasn't passed yet." The master spoke slowly, his tone laced with concern. "I have one more Revival Dan here that can probably withstand the invasion of Corpse Qi in your body and keep you safe for two years."
As he spoke, the master reluctantly pulled out a small white porcelain bottle from his gray cloth bag that hadn't been washed for tens of days. After pouring it for half a day, he finally poured out a red pill and had me swallow it. At this point, I didn't care about anything else, as long as I could survive, eating shit would be fine, let alone the master's pill. The foul-smelling pill was swallowed by me and transformed into a white energy in my body, instantly suppressing the black corpse qi on my body. The blood on my neck wound also solidified, and only then did the master breathe a sigh of relief.
"I have to go to the capital to find your Shifu's brother, he is a descendant of the medical family, but later followed your second Shifu to join the Dragon and Tiger Sect. A few days ago, I heard that a evil spirit called Hei Mo severely damaged the Dragon and Tiger Sect, I don't know if your Shifu is still alive. If he is alive, he can definitely save you, if your Shifu unfortunately passed away, then you will only become a voiceless zombie." The master said, walking three steps out of the room, took out a duster, walked a few circles, and stuck a yellow talisman on himself, muttering: "Urgent like law, thousand miles tracking technique, swift!" Immediately after that, a flash of lightning flashed in the room, and the master disappeared with two little ghosts into a puff of smoke.
Later, my master told me that this is our Mao Shan sect's thousand-mile tracking technique. No matter how far the distance is, as long as there is a token of faith between both parties, one can rely on the aura of the token and use incantations to instantly traverse thousands of miles and arrive at the other party's side. And this time, my master was able to save me mainly because the red jade pendant he gave me had my aura on it, and that pendant was also refined by Master for over thirty years, making it very spiritual. But I'm really scared right now, turning into a zombie... how can I still pick up chicks in the future?!
Big Brother was facing the direction where Master had left, his mouth wide open in shock, and then he shouted: "Immortal, I saw an immortal!" Although I was also very surprised by Master's skills, after seeing him summon lightning and subdue the Ghost Queen with my own eyes, I felt even more that Master was incredibly powerful. At first, when I saw Master use the Maoshan Five Thunder Technique to summon lightning, he was so exhausted that he was drenched in sweat, and I thought he was just a mediocre practitioner.
It wasn't until later that I found out my master, Chen Tianyi, was actually the founder of our Mao Shan sect, Yimiao Daoist. And why Master Shi's demonstration of the Mao Shan Five Thunder Technique was so exhausting, according to Master Shi himself, was because the Mao Shan Five Thunder Technique is a divine art that only immortals who have cultivated their golden bodies can practice. Ordinary people who try to force it will either suffer a loss of lifespan or a significant reduction in their cultivation, because the impact of summoning the divine thunder on the body is not something ordinary people can withstand.
Taoist magic is divided into four levels: Tian, Di, Xuan and Huang, corresponding to the talismans of purple, black, red and yellow. To practice Taoist magic, one must first strengthen their body, for only with a strong physique can one gather abundant spiritual energy to perform various spells. Each level of magic has different powers and corresponding incantations.
For example, Huang Jie's magic, ordinary Taoist priests can cast spells, the talismans used are our common yellow soil color, and the symbols drawn are also cinnabar and black dog blood.
The magic of Xuanjie requires a certain spiritual power, and the talismans are also bright red. The talismans are drawn with the tip of the practitioner's tongue or heart blood.
Further up is the Earthly Order Spell, which requires a Taoist's lifespan to exceed 500 years. The color of the talisman is black, and it is drawn using one's own magical power, that is, one's own innate primordial energy. It can be mixed with fresh blood, allowing the talisman to float in mid-air and subdue an entire region.
As for the mysterious Tianjie spell, it's only heard of in legends. It requires a thousand years of cultivation to become a land-based immortal, whose cultivation is infinitely close to that of a heavenly immortal, and can also be called an earth immortal. When they cast their spells, even just a word, a mouthful of vital energy, a stamp of the foot, or a wave of the hand, can mobilize the primordial energy of heaven and earth without consuming half a bit of cultivation. The talismans drawn are also purple in color, which can seal off space, change shape and position, traverse thousands of miles instantly, and move mountains and fill seas.
Looking at the expressions of the two ghosts in the room, I finally knew what had happened. After being led away by Gui Fei, several black-clad messengers attacked Zhen Zhen and Ah Fan. These people were all ghost soldiers from the underworld who had cultivated to the level of ghost generals. The ghosts of the underworld could also cultivate, just like Gui Fei, but they relied on swallowing the yuanqi of small ghosts or absorbing the essence of animals and humans to cultivate. The underworld was a place of absolute yin, where cultivation required mutual slaughter, survival of the fittest, and even some evil ghosts would harm humans and animals for the sake of cultivation.
The cultivation of the underworld is divided into four levels: king, marquis, general, and minister, corresponding to the heavenly, earthly, mysterious, and yellow realms of the human world, the ancient spirit and strange creatures of the demon realm. The strongest ghost generals can already slaughter the Xuan stage Taoists, so even if Zhenzhen can deal with ordinary ghost generals, she is not a match for them. Ah Fan was even more precarious, and if Master hadn't arrived in time to save her, I'm afraid that the two ghost generals I had just obtained would have been lost today.
Master's current magical power has reached the Earth Stage, and in the mortal world, he is also a top-notch expert. However, I, as his disciple, am still a rookie. But at this time, I didn't know that Master was about to face a great challenge.
Master and the Black Devil fought a fierce battle at the Dragon Tiger Gate for three days and nights, both sides suffered heavy losses, Master's uncle was left with only one breath, the Dragon Tiger Gate was almost destroyed, leaving only two disciples of Master's uncle, Ah Long and Ah Hu, barely holding on. After Master defeated the Black Devil, he took his seriously injured uncle and Ah Long and Ah Hu back to Mao Mountain for treatment. I waited for a full two years until later when Ah Long and Ah Hu went to the Buddha's place to learn martial arts, that I saw Master's uncle who had narrowly escaped death.
The evil energy on my body was temporarily suppressed by Master's dan medicine, and the wound healed in just a few days under the effect of Xianling's power. Since I experienced the ghost queen's affair, after getting her golden heart, I have an inexplicable intimacy with the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and my spirit has improved a lot. In the past, I always fell asleep during class, but now I feel that I can understand what the teacher says at a glance, and my academic performance has actually improved slowly, which makes both classmates and teachers feel very strange.
Before I knew it, the weekend arrived and Wei Ge, Wang Mei Li and I agreed to help out at Teacher Wang Xiao Li's fruit shop. My cousin also insisted on coming along, I know he just wants to get close to Zhang Xiao Li teacher, this guy is such a lecher, how could I bring him to harass our beautiful and pure Zhang teacher? So I taught him the peace charm that my master gave me before he left, and told him to practice it at home.
The peaceful talisman is the simplest of all talismans, but it still looks like a ghostly scribble when I draw it. Although it's drawn with cinnabar and brush, not with the black dog blood used to ward off evil spirits, Master said that the peaceful talisman represents the heavenly gods' wishes, condensing the power of incense fire. As long as you put the well-drawn peaceful talisman in a temple or pray for blessings in front of it, it can really bring peace and safety. So I gave it to my cousin, hoping he would do some good deeds too.
But what I didn't think of was that this small Fu character would bless my brother to spend the best years of his life in good health for over a decade. My brother's birth chart showed that he was destined to die young, and should have passed away at 18. However, because he drew the Fu character every day and prayed to it, he obtained the power of incense and extended his lifespan to 36, doubling it. This is what I later heard from Yanluo Zhenjun himself when I saw him in the underworld.
