The merit spiritual energy that a wild ghost can provide to Zhang Yan will not change, but compared to the total amount of spiritual energy he needs now, it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. More depends on quantity, and one or two is of little significance. .
But as a demonstration, Wang Nian, who was standing beside him and was forced to watch, watched with great interest after a transcendental ceremony. Apply what you have learned. Things that were just on paper before are now all in front of your eyes, and they will naturally become more vivid. The fear in Wang Nian's heart was further diluted.
The reason why a living soul becomes a ghost is because of the interaction of resentment, obsession, and hostility, all of which have negative effects. When the ghost becomes a ghost, it will naturally appear gloomy and ferocious.
The meaning of salvation is to remove the negativity of ghosts bit by bit, so that they will no longer be violent and resentful, and become peaceful and serene. In this way, they will become ghosts after death. The ferociousness and gloominess will naturally dissipate, and it will no longer look scary.
"The soul is supposed to have no thoughts. This is true in life and in death. This is the way of heaven! Our salvation of ghosts is to let them return to their origin and end. It is also a kind act in accordance with nature, so why should we be afraid?"
Now that Zhang Yan is saving a wild ghost, Zhang Yan doesn't even need to recite the sutra once. Halfway through, all the hostility and evil spirits on the wild ghost have dissipated, and then he bows to Zhang Yan in a decent manner. , and then return to the embrace of heaven and earth. This process looks very solemn.
At this time, Zhang Yan had already unlocked Wang Nian's verbal immobilization, and the little kid was shocked by the magical scene in front of him. He blinked his eyes and did not scream because of the release of the immobilization. He watched with concentration even though it was short-lived. But the whole ceremony was shocking.
"Brother, this, is this a ghost?"
Wang Nian discovered the special feature of this method for the first time since he practiced "Yin Yang Pupil Technique". He just tried the Eye Retraction Technique, but he really couldn't see the wild ghost anymore. After turning it on, it reappeared in his field of vision. And because it is a spirit body rather than a physical entity, although ghosts can be seen with the pupil technique, it is still in a magical translucent state.
Novel things are inherently interesting, especially after he is no longer so scared. Wang Nian is already eager to try them.
Zhang Yan was very satisfied with Wang Nian's current state. That's how it should be. How can Taoist people be afraid of ghosts? This needs to be practiced more, so as not to make more jokes in the future.
"Are you ready?"
"Yeah! I'm ready!"
Dang, dang, dang... The ghost-catching bell was rang again by Zhang Yan, and another wild ghost trapped in the bell was released. Zhang Yan didn't take action and let the other party wander around the room. Because a magic circle was arranged in the house, it couldn't get out no matter how hard it bumped left or right, and it couldn't even sneak into the ground.
"Brother, this?"
"Don't be afraid, it can't escape here, and you already have Dao Gang on your body. It's impossible for such a ghost to get close to you. Give it a try and see if your salvation ritual can save him."
"Um!"
"At that time, Taishang Daojun, and all the saints..." Wang Nian also used the "Taishang Daojun Jingjing Jingjing", and also had a peach wood sword specially prepared for him. At this young age, the rituals were performed in a childlike manner with a bit of solemnity.
The huge gap in cultivation between Wang Nian and Zhang Yan made Wang Nian's rituals very slow to take effect. It took a full twelve verses to frighten the wild ghost. After another twenty-seven times of reading the sutra, the wild ghost's hostility and evil spirits were completely dissipated.
When the wild ghost was successfully redeemed and saluted Wang Nian, Wang Nian followed Zhang Yan's example and returned the salute solemnly. The little boy's sense of accomplishment was so strong for the first time in his life, surpassing his sense of accomplishment as Yang Rui's "big brother" in the academy.
"Okay, do you still think "Yin Yang Eye Technique" is boring? Are you still afraid of ghosts?"
"Hehe." Wang Nian scratched his head and smiled sheepishly. Then he suddenly seemed to think of something and asked: "Brother, since there are ghosts in this world, why haven't I seen any ghosts even though I have been studying "Yin Yang Eye Technique" for so long? Where did the ghost in your bell come from? of?"
The boy's reaction was quick, but Zhang Yan did not intend to tell the other party these things for the time being, lest the twists and turns disturb his practice. Only when Wang Nian's mind grows a little more will it be appropriate to tell him these things.
"Of course there are other reasons, but it's not what you need to know yet."
"oh."
"Okay, now you sit down cross-legged and calm down, and I'll see how you're doing with your homework of running the exercises." The questions in Zhang Yan's heart should be answered by then. He wanted to see if Wang Nian could also get the reward of meritorious spirit after saving an evil ghost.
Wang Nian didn't know what Zhang Yan was going to do. He just thought that Zhang Yan was testing his homework, so he sat down cross-legged and took a deep breath, trying to calm down his emotions. After a while, he slowly Enter a calm and peaceful state, and then start to operate the exercises.
This is not the first time Zhang Yan has watched Wang Nian perform kung fu from the side. It is clear that every time Wang Nian's technique is running normally, the spiritual energy of the surrounding world will slowly gather together, and it will be much more dense than when the breathing technique is used alone, and form wisps of spiritual energy pulsating into Wang Nian's body.
"Here we come!" Zhang Yan's heart suddenly moved. He felt a trace of golden spiritual energy appear on Wang Nian's head without any warning, and rushed in without hesitation.
Sure enough, you can also get the spiritual energy of merit!
Obviously, Wang Nian also felt the golden merit entering his body, which was far from the concentration of normal spiritual energy. Wang Nian was a little panicked, and the calm expression on his face quickly became entangled.
"Don't panic, calm down! Consume it bit by bit according to the rhythm of the exercise. It is the feedback from this world to you after you just saved the ghost. Don't worry about temporary stagflation..."
Although the spiritual energy of merit appeared, Zhang Yan also guided Wang Nian step by step to digest it into his own strength.
But Zhang Yan discovered that the merit spiritual energy Wang Nian received was wrong. Compared with the normal merit spiritual energy that should be obtained by saving a wild ghost, it was much less, almost only a little more than 10%.
As a result, although Wang Nian has made great progress in cultivation, he is still far from Zhang Yan's expectation of taking the opportunity to break through to the middle stage of the Qi Entraining Realm.
why is that?
He called the smiling Wang Nian back to rest. Zhang Yan sat alone in the room and thought for a long time but couldn't think of a reason. Could it be that the heaven and earth in the Desolate Heaven Realm really reduced the amount of merit?
In order to verify this guess, Zhang Yan also sat cross-legged and started running his own skills. He had also saved a wild ghost before. If the merit and spiritual energy he obtained had not decreased, then the reason why Wang Nian had so little was Fang Tiandi was not good with people. On the contrary, the heaven and earth in this area are uniformly reducing the rewards of merit and spiritual energy.
