My master is a person who never tells lies. Now that he dares to say this, he must be sure of it.
I squatted beside my master in a hurry, holding his hand, and asked anxiously: "Are those two things really still there?"
"Nine out of ten, otherwise, it is impossible to explain everything we are experiencing now!"
My master said seriously: "I found a very interesting thing in your family's ancestral temple. There is a mechanism on the statue of Shengwu Tianguan. When it is opened, a small box will pop out. The box looks like a mold. On the mold, one thing looks like a knife and the other looks like a pair of scissors, which means that this statue should have hidden these two objects before. At that time, I was wondering what kind of knife and scissors would be so important that they are worth hiding in the statue of Shengwu Tianguan. You know, Shengwu Tianguan is no less important to you ritual officials than Sakyamuni in the eyes of Buddhist believers. If it is an ordinary object, hiding it there is a blasphemy to Shengwu Tianguan!
I thought about it for a long time. Only those two things related to your ritual officials are worth hiding like this! !
So, I guessed that the two things were most likely taken away by your father. All the little things I found along the way confirmed my guess! "
The two of us talked like a riddle. This time, even Brother Yaozi and Zhang Xinya were anxious. Under their questioning, I told them the whole story.
The kind of puppet that my master has been guiding me to say is called a living servant.
The so-called living servant is actually a puppet made with a human as a model, which is exactly the same as a human, and can communicate with the human mind. With a thought, it can control the other party to do things.
However, to make a living servant, two things must be used, one is called a bone-cutting knife, and the other is called a soul-shaping scissors.
In the legendary era of ancient Chinese history, Taihao Fuxi did not have a surname. For example, Baihuang, Zhongyang, Lilu, Lilian, Hexu, etc., all inherited the title of Fuxi and were all "surnames". Among them, there is a clan named Hao Yingshi.
At that time, wild beasts were rampant in the land of Haoying, attacking humans, making the ancestors uneasy and the population declining.
A young man named Ao, whose family died in the beast tide attack, was filled with grief and anger, so he prayed to the sky, wishing to form an army to stop the beast tide.
His ambition was heard by the gods, so they gave him two treasures, the boning knife and the soul-shaping scissors, and told him that with these two things, his wish could be fulfilled, and he could fight his way out of the world by himself.
So Ao imitated the creation of human beings by the goddess Nuwa, using the boning knife to cut the meat and bones of wild beasts to carve out human forms, and using the soul-shaping scissors to cut open the animal skins, sew the internal organs, and make one human-shaped puppet after another that was exactly like him. When he dripped his blood on the puppet, the puppet was resurrected. He used this method to create a large army and annihilate the wild beasts in the wilderness. Because of his achievements, people called him the Great King Ao.
This is the origin legend of the living servant, the boning knife and the soul-shaping scissors.
It is unknown how these things fell into the hands of the ritual officer. I guess that even if they really exist, they are at most similar to magic tools. They are not as mysterious as the legend says. Humans have already flown out of the earth, and there is no fairy palace on the moon. Missiles are flying all over the sky during the war, and I have never heard of any gods letting them be shot down. Moreover, I have read the notes of the ancestors of all generations. The production method of this living servant is somewhat different from the legend.
First of all, not all kinds of meat can be used to make the torso of the puppet. It must be mutton. I don't know the specific reason. It's just that there is a casual mention in the notes. It is also the guess of an ancestor. He said that some barbaric nomadic peoples in ancient times preserved the tradition of cannibalism, especially women, who were deeply poisoned and called them two-legged sheep. It can be seen that sheep and humans may be quite similar, so using mutton to make the torso is the most spiritual.
Furthermore, it is correct to use the soul-shaping scissors to cut leather, but it is not that simple, and the idea of dripping blood is even more unreliable.
In fact, the leather cut by the soul-shaping scissors is the internal organs, and there are some strange symbols on it, which may be similar to talismans, which can attract spiritual energy and give the puppet spirituality. Finally, the owner's name and birth date must be written, and then blood must be dripped, so that it can be considered successful.
Whether it is the symbols written on the leather, or the two things, the boning knife and the soul-shaping scissors, they are all indispensable. Only when they are put together can a real living servant be made. It is said that this thing is exactly the same as a human being. Once alive, it has flesh and blood, which is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and it is extremely powerful. It is the best bodyguard in the world.
But this is no different from making a human being after all. It is against the will of heaven, so making this thing will shorten the life span.
"I really can't believe that these things actually exist..."
I sighed and said helplessly: "I saw some records about this before, and I asked my father, but he directly denied it, saying that anyone with a normal mind would not believe this kind of thing. Nowadays, technology is so advanced that it is difficult to clone a sheep, let alone clone a human. How can we do this with a pair of broken scissors? He also told me not to have wild thoughts, some of the notes left by our ancestors are credible, and some are not, and asked me to arrange funerals for others honestly..."
"He is right not to let you know these things. Don't look at your father's mixed life in the market. If it weren't for the last heavenly official who ruined all his luck, based on his layout and planning, he would be much more promising than you."
My master shook his head: "What's the point of making more puppets? What's more, it will cost you your life. You can't make a few even if you sacrifice your whole life. After all, you are just a small Taoist. With these puppets, you can't even deal with the Water Prince. If the real enemies of your ritual officials come to the door, it will be no different from sending food. In general, it is better not to use these two things. If your father hadn't been forced into a desperate situation this time, I don't think he would use them!
However, you should be relieved now. He can make living servants and there is no danger to his life for the time being. No matter how powerful the Water Prince is, he can't tell the difference between living servants and people. With this skill, your father will not be in any danger of life in the short term. Don't think too much. Just follow me back to the Taoist temple to learn skills. Your father must have his reasons for not showing up!"
At present, this seems to be the only way.
After chasing for most of the night, it is not without gain. At least I know the current situation of my parents.
I saw that Lao Bai and the others had been following me around for so long, and they all looked exhausted, so I said I would take a rest before setting off again, and I hid outside by myself. The main reason was that after going back and forth like this, I found that not only my best friend was a pit, but even my ancestors were a pit. Now I have no home to return to, my parents are on the run, and I have to become a Taoist priest to hide under the wings of my master.
It would be better if I didn't think about these things. When I thought about them, I was so depressed that I wanted to vomit three liters of blood. All the bad luck in the world was caused by me. I felt stuffy and suffocated in the cave, so I had to go out for some fresh air.
Blowing the cool mountain breeze, my restless mood gradually calmed down. When I was in a trance, a rustling sound came from the dense forest not far away.
At first, I didn't pay any attention to it. I thought it was a small animal, but the continuous sound made me wake up. I regained my mind and followed the sound with the silver light of the cold moon in the sky. I saw the wormwood surging in the dense forest not far away. Judging from the amplitude of the swaying, it was at least a big guy moving, not a rabbit at all.
Moreover, the opponent's movement trajectory was an arc. Judging from the posture, it was clearly going to outflanking me.
I was a little scared. I thought that I might have encountered a wolf or something. I subconsciously tightened the Tianguan Blade and looked over there. Seeing that the opponent was getting closer and closer to me, I immediately stood up, stood across the cave entrance, and shouted, "What is it?"
The bushes immediately calmed down, and there was no roar of jackals, tigers and leopards.
After a moment, the dense bushes and leaves surged "rustling", and a black head poked out.
At this time, the distance between me and the other party was very close. I could clearly see that it was a human head that looked like an orange that had lost its moisture. It looked dry, and some parts had collapsed, and the facial features were wrinkled together.
"Hehehe..."
A sinister smile came.
This was a real smile, and the other party's face instantly stretched out. It was a man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks, and a face full of green hair.
Isn't this the ghost thing I met in the Yinren Inn?
Why did the other party follow me here? !