Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 386: Prince 3, Burning

bang bang!

The banging noises grew louder.

The coffin was shaking more and more violently.

I feel like if it keeps crashing like this, the coffin will probably fall apart.

The Taoist priests were no longer calm.

They all took two steps back and stared at Ju Lie's shaking coffin with serious expressions.

An excited look appeared on Yubao's face.

It was like getting a toy that he had wanted for a long time: "Master, Master, please open the coffin."

"I've never seen a moving corpse."

"Just open it and let me take a look."

Huang Yupu tapped Yubao lightly on the head.

With a straight face, he said, "Nonsense!"

"I used 7749 soul-soothing nails to nail the coffin lid shut."

"I think it will be enough to suppress the evil spirits in the corpse."

"Who would have thought that the evil aura would become even more intense!"

"It seems that the Onmyoji who manipulated Saito Akihiro's suicide must be quite powerful!"

Yubao covered his hit head with his hands.

She pouted and pretended to be pitiful and said, "Master, if you hit my head I will become stupid."

"By the way, what is an Onmyoji?"

Hatred resurfaced in Huang Yupu's eyes: "Onmyoji originated from the Yin-Yang School during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period."

"During the Tang Dynasty, the island nation sent envoys to study."

"Some envoys to the Tang Dynasty brought back the theories of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, which led to the development of the island nation's Onmyoji..."

The Yin-Yang School was once very popular in the island country.

It even became a national martial art.

During the reign of Emperor Tenmu, the Onmyoji Bureau was established, and Onmyoji became the national teacher.

He also ordered that the public be prohibited from studying the Onmyoji's classics.

In the process of integration with the local culture of the island country, the Yin-Yang theory and Shintoism were integrated, resulting in many evil arts.

During the Edo period, the Abe family rose to prominence among the Onmyoji families.

At that time, the Abe family defeated the Kotokui family and gained control of the Onmyoji throughout the island nation.

During the few minutes that Huang Yupu was explaining to Yubao, the coffin underwent another strange change.

Bang!

The big end of the coffin was lifted up high by the impact, making the originally horizontal coffin stand upright!

The coffin stood up like a human!

The bright red satin covering the coffin slipped off as it stood upright.

The yellow talisman affixed to the coffin lid was revealed.

call!

The talisman suddenly caught fire.

In the blink of an eye, it burned up and turned into ashes.

"Not good!" Huang Yupu's old face suddenly wrinkled.

The constantly trembling folds seemed to be filled with anxiety.

"The soul-calming talisman actually burned itself!"

"The evil energy is so strong that even the soul-suppressing talisman can't suppress it!"

"Forty-nine soul-suppressing nails won't last long!"

"Yubao, please invite the gods to come to you!"

"Okay!" Yubao agreed quickly.

I saw him clasping his hands together, shaking his head and reciting quickly.

Not only did he recite at a fast pace, but he also used dialect.

I felt like I was listening to a foreign language.

Although I didn't understand, I could see the change in Yubao's expression.

A look of pain gradually appeared on his tense little face.

The shaking of the head became more and more intense, and the whole body was shaking with the shaking of the head.

The more I watched, the more curious I became.

It's strange, why would the spirit appear to be in pain when possessing the body?

Besides, isn’t this ritual of inviting the gods to possess one’s body too simple?

Does Yubao just need to recite it himself?

Actually, I didn’t know enough at that time.

It is very easy for a medium to possess a spirit. All he has to do is chant according to the rhythm, shake his head, wave his hands and stomp his feet.

Unlike the shaman dance in the Northeast, which also requires King Wen's drum and King Wu's whip, chanting and dancing are also indispensable.

"Uh-huh!" Yubao suddenly made a strange sound.

The head stopped shaking, the body stopped trembling, and even the chanting stopped.

He looked around with wide eyes.

When our eyes met, I felt a chill in my heart.

What a sharp look!

I could even feel the gleam in his eyes.

It’s completely different from Yubao’s look just now!

Could it be that he was really possessed by a god?

Huang Yupu gestured to the Taoist priests on both sides.

The Taoist priest standing in the front holding the Sanqing Bell immediately shook the bell.

Ding!

As the clear bells rang, eight Taoists chanted scriptures at the same time.

Huang Yupu turned around and bowed to Yubao.

"Please ask the Third Prince to exorcise the demons!"

Yubao raised his eyebrows, and the sharp light in his eyes became even sharper.

With a strong shake of his wrist.

I then realized that he had a roll of rope in his hand.

Could it be that it appeared when I shook my wrist just now?

Or did he gain magical powers after being possessed by the Third Prince?

No wonder I thought that at the time.

What we see with our eyes is really too deceptive.

It’s just like Master Wang who later became famous for catching snakes in an empty basin.

Relying on the skills of ancient magic tricks, she became a famous fairy.

There have been countless charlatans and immortals like Master Wang from ancient times to the present day.

It takes advantage of people's mentality that seeing is believing.

When we see something that we think cannot be explained by science, we often think about it in terms of metaphysics and the supernatural.

Master Wang doesn't need to fool people much, many people can regard him as a god just by their own imagination.

Later, I asked Taoist Master Zhang about the mystery of spirit possession.

Only then did I realize that most of the spirit possessions were just acting.

The more skillful ones will use ancient magic tricks to add to the drama, making people believe that there really is a spirit possessing the body.

The low-level ones rely on shaking their heads and making abnormal movements to attract attention.

There are very few mediums who can truly communicate with the gods.

And this kind of people will not ask for help from gods casually.

Let’s get back to the present.

Yubao raised the rope and rushed towards the coffin.

Bang!

The moment the coffin jumped, Yubao threw out the rope.

The rope was put on the top of the coffin like a lasso and slid down.

The noose fell to the center of the coffin, and Yubao pulled hard with his wrist.

The rope buckle was tightened tightly around the coffin.

Then Yubao flew up.

He jumped more than one meter high and kicked the coffin.

boom!

Boom!

The upright coffin was kicked to the ground.

Yubao also fell on the coffin, grinning and crying out in pain.

"It hurts! It hurts so much!"

"What did the Third Prince do with my small body?"

"Oh!"

"Why am I sitting on a coffin? Master, come and save me!"

He was screaming and yelling.

His butt slipped and slid off the coffin lid.

Huang Yupu hurried to the coffin.

Stick the talismans densely on the coffin.

In the blink of an eye, the coffin lid was covered with talismans.

The coffin also became quiet.

Not to mention the collision, even the sound of scratching the coffin was gone.

It was as if the strange things that just happened were all illusions.

Seeing that the coffin was completely quiet, Huang Yupu raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Yubao, are you okay?"

Yubao was leaning against the wall with his legs apart, gasping for breath.

It seemed as if he had just summoned a spirit and it had consumed a lot of his energy.

"Something's wrong. I'm almost dead from exhaustion."

"Please, Third Prince, I have never been so tired."

Huang Yupu walked over and touched Yubao's forehead.

He also used his sleeve to wipe the sweat off his body.

She said with concern, "Go back to your room and wipe off your sweat. I'll have someone make some ginger soup for you."

Yubao frowned and said aggrievedly, "Master, I'm too tired to walk."

Huang Yupu waved his hand.

Two Taoist priests immediately came over and helped Yubao up.

After watching the three people leave the hall, Huang Yupu came to me with a frown.

"You saw what Yubao looked like."

"The spirit summoning can no longer be performed."

"Also, this coffin must be burned immediately for safety."

"look……"

He passed the problem on to me.

As long as the coffin is burned, it is likely that Saito Akihiro's soul cannot be summoned back.

But don't burn it.

God knows what kind of trouble the corpse in the coffin will cause.

I was just wondering whether to burn the coffin or not when I heard the Taoist priest next to me exclaim.

"The talismans are all burning!"

"Master Yu Pu! The talismans on the coffin are all burning!"

Huang Yupu and I turned our heads at the same time.

I saw thick smoke billowing from the coffin.

The talismans that were densely packed on the coffin just now all started burning.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the coffin lid was torn open.

A pale arm stretched out from the gap!

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