Strange Tale

Chapter 25 Soul Destroyer 2

The so-called harvesting black art is also known as the method of harvesting souls into idols.To use this spell, one must be proficient in the three spells of soul collection, ghost enslavement and curse at the same time.Moreover, the performer must take the five internal organs such as the facial features, hair, fingernails, heart, liver and lungs of the person whose soul is harvested while it is alive.Those whose souls are taken often die in pain before the ceremony is over, so picking lives has high requirements for the performer.

When the adopted living soul dies, the five sense organs, internal organs and nails are dried, ground and preserved.Finally, the hair of the deceased is tied to paper figurines, wooden stakes or stones with five-color silk and five-color velvet thread, so that the caster can use the charm to remotely control these things tied with hair and colored thread to attack others.And Dudu Wanshi likes to let those living souls attach to the dead and let them manipulate them.

After Long Jiu finished speaking in a flat tone about the general implementation method of the Harvest Harmony, Jin Ji's face turned pale, and Si Ren felt extremely uncomfortable with several layers of goosebumps.

"That's a big favor..." Jin Ji turned her face towards Long Jiu with a trembling voice.

"Yes, he is the living soul that was taken in this way. But he is not among those paper figurines. Because the magic of picking life has been lost for a long time, many people mistakenly think that the paper figurine is used to manipulate the living soul, but in fact the paper is just a carrier , the paper figurines are gone, those living souls will naturally leave the paper figurines and wait for new orders from the master. You see." Long Jiu pointed at the air as he spoke.

At this time, the bags on the ground had been burned, and the wine cellar immediately became "crowded".Long Jiu, Ye Chang and Jin Ji could already see visions.Si Ren felt that something was wrong and cast the spell. Immediately afterwards, he saw the living souls floating around them without support—it turned out that the people who were attached to those paper figures were all children about ten years old.

Si Ren shuddered, "Why... would you allow the Dudu Wanna witch to attack such a young child?!"

Long Jiu looked up indifferently, "We bought them when the Law of Harvesting Souls into Idols was banned."

"Bought it?" Si Ren and Jin Ji said in unison.

"Yes, about 200 years ago. At that time, Li Zicheng's army invaded the capital and the Jurchen entered the customs. The world was in chaos. At that time, warlocks were everywhere, and many orphans lived on the streets. Later, local separatist regimes rose up together, and the land of Middle Earth was re-divided into 36 cities in Kyushu according to the "Yu Gong".

"After nearly a hundred years of wars in various cities and places, the art of conjuring ghosts and ghosts became popular. The city owners recruited wizards and warlocks to control ghosts and ghosts as military forces. After ten years of natural disasters began, natural disasters continued in various places and people were destitute. The city owners thought it was their cause In order to offend the gods, we finally started a truce to make peace."

"Since then, collecting living souls into idols has become a forbidden witchcraft and has been included in the list of dark witchcraft. Then many people did not dare to cultivate their souls and abandoned those souls in the wilderness. So we took some of the coming The discarded living souls were bought at a low price. The young ones were left alone to serve food and daily life, and the adult ones were compiled into Wushang and the ghost army by me."

"What's wrong with being thrown into the wilderness, it's better than being enslaved. You're clearly making excuses for yourself!" Jin Ji interrupted Long Jiu.

"No." It was Si Ren who responded to her, "Those people experienced extraordinary pain before they died. If they are left alone, they will become evil spirits."

"Then how can we free them?!" Jin Ji asked impatiently.

Si Ren looked at Long Jiu, "I only know how the ghost slaver releases the ghosts he controls. But I don't know how to live souls."

Long Jiu laughed sinisterly, and moved his hand clasping Jin Ji's neck, "You'd better use the last time to think about what to do, don't worry about the dead people."

"Then that means, Dudu Wanshi can use the magic of harvesting life?" Si Ren asked Long Jiu.

"Of course, anyone who became a witch before Caisheng was banned would."

"Have you ever used it alone?"

"Used."

Si Ren frowned, "To whom?"

"Captives, captives who refused to surrender and were captured alive. For example, this beauty's precious city lord, Shi Daen." As he spoke, Jin Ji shook his hand and turned to look at her, "Huh? How about it, say Tell me, what wish do you have before you die?"

Jin Ji gritted her teeth and stared at Long Jiu at first, but after persisting for a while, the fearlessness she was trying to pretend collapsed under Long Jiu's cold eyes and shed tears.

"Release the great favor and let him go to reincarnation... Please, let me do whatever..."

There was still a sarcastic smile on Long Jiu's face, and there was still no emotion in his eyes, "Hmph, please? It's too late. To tell you the truth, I didn't plan to trap those living souls forever, but now It's not time to let it go. However, since you have come to provoke me again and again, almost killed me and tried to release all the souls in my dungeon, now I have changed my mind. Others should When I let it go, I will let it go naturally, Shi Daen, let him follow me as long as I live."

"What did you say?!"

"Hmph, do you think they can escape by opening the door of the dungeon? You don't think that those monsters outside that you recruited for help are often dealt with alone?"

Jin Ji showed a surprised expression, Long Jiu nodded.

"By the way, that's right, it seems that you are finally smart once again. I have already caught all those who should be arrested, and they are as obedient as before, and no one dares to disobey orders. Including Shi Daen. Huh? Do you want to Goodbye to him for the last time? Although it’s just a light ghost, it’s not bad to see him once, maybe he will remember something when he sees you.”

A light flashed in Jin Ji's eyes, obviously she wanted to see Shi Da'en very much.

But Long Jiu frowned, "Well, but...let's forget it, it's useless to meet him, he still wants to be at my mercy forever, and you still have to die. Why bother? It just adds to the sadness."

"You..." Anxiously, Jin Ji grabbed Long Jiu's wrist with both hands, "I'll tell you who told me about you and give me a god's dagger, please let me go!"

Long Jiu disdained, "Hmph, no need, you want me to die that much, since you didn't succeed, I believe that person will come to me soon by himself."

Jin Ji bit her lip and bled, and her nails also dug into Long Jiu's wrist. She was completely desperate, "I... I'll never let you go even if I'm a ghost!"

"Being a ghost? Hahahaha..." Long Jiu shrugged his shoulders with a smile, "You are so naive, do you think I will give you a chance to be a ghost? Let you be reincarnated?"

Jin Ji let go of her hand, and gradually slumped to the ground.

Long Jiu bent down and looked into her eyes, "Don't you know? To be a ghost, you must first have a soul, but the soul can be destroyed. After the soul is destroyed, there is nothing left, just like you have never existed in this world. From now on, it is not bad not to be born or die, not to enter reincarnation, not to fall into hell. Ha, I suddenly envy you a little bit."

After sitting and panting for a while, Jin Ji slowly stood up from the ground again, her voice and tone returned to the previous aggressive, "Don't be envious, you will have that day."

Long Jiu smiled lightly, "Really? Unfortunately, I have no soul to destroy."

"Really?" Jin Ji also laughed, "I think sometimes it's painful if you can't die all the time? You disgusting monster, no one can accompany you to never die, you just live a good life alone Well, always be alone, always..."

Long Jiu's hair and eyes began to change color.

"Long Jiu!" Si Ren shouted and took a step to stop him.

A wall of fire suddenly shot up on the ground between the two.

Long Jiu pinched his hand hard, and with a click, Jin Ji's neck was broken.Then he let go of his hand, and Jin Ji fell to the ground. Her once plump and soft body quickly shrank into a small pile, and Jin Ji showed her original shape.As soon as Long Jiu raised his hand, an emerald green light cluster floated in his palm.

It was the soul of Jin Ji, most of the spirits were like this, and only after death would they retain their human form.

Si Ren put the unicorn on the ground and tried to pass through the wall of fire, but he didn't know what kind of fire it was, and Si Ren didn't feel that it was burning when it touched his body, but he just couldn't go through it.The souls of those children were so frightened that they hid behind Yechang.

There was no other way, Si Ren had no choice but to shout again: "Long Jiu, don't!"

In the firelight, Long Jiu turned his head, "Why, do you feel distressed?"

Si Ren stomped his feet angrily, "Didn't you already see that, I said those words because I was afraid that Jinji would hurt Xiaolin!"

"Then why are you stopping me?"

"For the sake of Jin Ji's obsession with City Lord Shi, you should also forgive her this time. Besides, she is already dead!"

Long Jiu shook his head, "She died with great resentment towards me. Even if I let her go now, she can't be reincarnated. Unless I die, but I can't die. She can only suffer infinitely at the junction of Yin and Yang forever linger on."

"Then you can't just break up other people's souls! You will already be punished by God for using souls and ghosts. If you continue..."

"God's punishment? Hahahahaha!" Long Jiu smiled and bent over, "If the sky can send me, why let me live until now?!"

"But……"

"Stop talking! You can't stop me!"

In desperation, Si Ren had no choice but to look at Ye Chang, "Ye Chang! Stop him!"

He also often keeps the children behind him motionless, "I will never stop what he is going to do."

"Two Light, Shuang Ling, You Jing." Long Jiu called out the names of the three souls.

If you don't stop it, it will be too late, but you can't get over the firewall, so Si Ren gritted his teeth, meditated on the spot and recited the Vajra Mantra.

The Vajra Mantra sounded, and the three souls that had just been separated immediately returned to the light ball.

Long Jiu frowned and turned around, "Are you going to fight me?!"

Si Ren ignored him, and continued to chant loudly: "Ah Ashasa Maha, Ashasa Maha..."

Now Long Jiu was completely enraged, he grabbed Jin Ji's soul tightly with one hand, and tore his upper body clothes with the other.

In the burning fire, Si Ren saw that Long Jiu's hair was all floating on top of his head, his eyes seemed to be about to burst into flames, and the imprints of nine-headed monsters began to appear faintly on his body.Then he also started to chant the mantra, but the sound didn't seem to come from that thin body, but resounded throughout the wine cellar.

What surprised Si Ren the most was: Si Ren couldn't understand what he was reading at all, and as the voice got louder, Si Ren felt his head hurt more and more, and his ears seemed to be deafened.

Then the weird incantation didn't stop, and Si Ren heard Long Jiu call out the three souls again.

"Fetal light, loose! Shuangling, loose..."

Si Ren could only speed up the speed of reciting the Vajra Mantra, but it was useless, and soon Long Jiu was calling Qi Po again, "Corpse dog, scatter! Fu Shi, scatter! Sparrow Yin..."

……

Si Ren lost completely.

The fire died down gradually, and nothing in the wine cellar was burned.Returning to normal, Long Jiu took out a brass bell from his waist, raised his arm and shook it twice, and a living soul floated into the entrance.

"Great grace." Long Jiu pointed to his feet, "Take this."

Shi Daen, who was already a ghost, walked over and picked up Jinji's body on the ground with no expression on his face.

"You don't ask me why I let you take a chicken?" Long Jiu asked him.

"Why did the General ask me to take a chicken?"

Long Jiu frowned slightly, "Do you still remember a woman named Jin Ji?"

Shi Daen thought about it and shook his head, "I don't remember."

Long Jiu sighed, "Okay, you can take this golden pheasant away."

"Where are you taking it?"

"Take it back to the General's Mansion and find a place with lush vegetation."

"and then?"

"Then...buried."

Shi Da'en left, Long Jiu glanced at Si Ren on the ground, didn't say anything, just walked past him and stood in front of Ye Chang.He often took off his coat and put it on Long Jiu. He said in a low voice, "Go and see", and then took the children away.

He often walked up to Si Ren, "Are you okay? Can you go back to Buji Pavilion?"

"It's okay." Si Ren's voice was hoarse and weak, and it could be heard that his vitality was somewhat damaged.

"That's good." He often turned around and wanted to leave.

Si Ren hurriedly called him to stop, "Yechang!"

"what happened?"

"What kind of monster is Long Jiu?"

"You are a mage, you shouldn't ask me this."

"Then how capable is he?"

"Well... if there is no physical restriction, the whole city of Yan can be wiped out in an instant."

"..."

"Listen to my advice, sir." He also often glanced at Qilin who was still asleep next to him, "Leave Yancheng with your friends and find another place to live, the farther away from us the better."

Yechang also left, and Si Ren sat where he was and rested for a while.Thinking of the way Shi Daen walked out with the golden pheasant in his arms, he finally realized that the familiar figure in the prison he saw when he went to Duduwan two days ago when the door finally closed was Shi Daen.

Maybe it's a good thing that Jin Ji didn't know that Shi Da'en no longer remembered her in the end?Si Ren thought.

The author has something to say: the witchcraft of harvesting life, this is a witchcraft that really existed in ancient my country.The operation method is basically the same as that written at the beginning of this chapter.

Kyushu, "Yu Gong", some people should know about this.Kyushu is another name for China, which first appeared in "Yu Gong".There are a lot of detailed content, if you are interested, search it yourself.

The names of the three souls and seven souls are actually very easy to find, but they are simple enough to list.The three souls are Taiguang, Shuangling, and Youjing.The seven souls are corpse dog, volt arrow, bird yin, swallow thief, non-poison, decontamination, and stinky lung.

The Vajra Mantra, the book I checked did not contain specific content, so I used the six Vajra Mantras I found on the Internet, but I don’t know if it refers to the same one.