Early in the morning of the next day, Qin Bai woke up refreshed and checked the harvest he found in Sanniangzi's house last night.
In addition to some money, a shabby book was also found in the secret compartment beside the bed.
The cover had four crooked characters written on it, "Paper Man Becomes a Spirit." After flipping through it for a while, he found that most of the papers inside were yellowed and old, but there were also new pages that had obviously been inserted later.
The inheritance of ancient spells relies on oral transmission and is prone to deviations, so it is normal to find paper secret books.
Qin Bai didn't have high expectations for this. Although he had never been exposed to this kind of magic, he could tell from Sanniangzi that it was definitely not the right way.
Because Ning Caichen was so asleep that he didn't wake up from the big noise last night. Qin Bai didn't rush to call him. He happened to sit down at the stairs and read "Paper Man Becomes a Spirit".
It would be a lie to say that I am not curious. Since I have come to an unpredictable world, I always want to experience the wonderful things in it.
The entire secret book only has about ten pages, and because it is written in classical Chinese, the content has been compressed together.
If Qin Bai's reputation as a scholar had not been confirmed, he might have read the heavenly book.
There are two kinds of magic recorded in "Paper Man Becomes a Spirit", which he thinks are very anti-human, namely peeling skin to make clothes, and paper man becoming a spirit.
The method of skinning and making clothes is written at the end of the book. It was obviously added by Sanniangzi later. It is more evil and he has no intention of learning it. It is full of methods of making clothes from human skin, which makes people's hair stand on end.
To make a paper man become a spirit, you only need to draw talismans. The material can be paper money or talisman paper, but there are also methods of animal skin and human skin, but there is no specific method recorded in "Paper Man Transformation".
Even though Sanniangzi's paper figurine doesn't work on Qin Bai, it's purely because the other party is not good at practicing. If the paper figurine is made with talismans, it will have spiritual intelligence after being refined, and it will be extremely evil, and usually likes to get into trouble. into another person's body.
The records of magic techniques take up seventy-eight percent of the page, but there is only one page about practice.
The realm of Taoist practice is divided into four levels: practicing essence to transform into qi, practicing qi to transform into spirit, practicing spirit to return emptiness, and practicing emptiness to combine with Tao.
And this "Paper Wood into Spirits" only has the method of practicing Qi. Simply put, it is to convert one's own essence into Zhen Qi, so as to activate the magic.
But after Qin Bai carefully read it several times, he still couldn't find a way to replenish his own essence, which is equivalent to saying that practicing Qi is risking his life.
Jingyuan is the foundation of the body. If it is in a state of loss for a long time, it will not survive for a few years.
No wonder Sanniang is so fat. Diet therapy is usually the easiest way to replenish her essence, but this path is definitely unreachable.
Is it possible that if he wants to get into this threshold, he must count on Yan Chixia, but at first glance, the other party is a serious Taoist inheritance, and it is not so easy to recruit disciples.
Wait, his expression changed slightly, and he suddenly took out a dagger from his arms, staring at it and thinking.
As long as you activate the magical power of forging iron, your own Qi and blood will condense into one, just like fine iron. If you use it to refine Qi, will it be miraculous? Can you overcome the disadvantage of being unable to quickly replenish Qi and blood?
The sudden idea made Qin Bai want to try it immediately, but he couldn't stay here for long.
Many people died in the inn, and most of them died in strange ways. It was obvious that they were caused by evil spirits. If Yan Chixia passed by, she would have to behead herself.
Qin Bai stood up and kept the secret book close to his body, walked into the kitchen, and kept rummaging inside to get ready.
When Ning Caichen finished packing and came to the door of the inn, he saw Qin Bai carrying a bunch of things in big and small bags.
Especially on his back, there were twenty or thirty weapons tightly tied, many of which were already rusty and should have been left behind by the previous tenants who had turned into donkeys.
These weapons were all found by Qin Bai from the inn. His forged iron magical power requires weapons. Even though the quality of these weapons varies, it is better than nothing. Even if he goes to a small town to exchange for money, he can still make a small profit.
The only disadvantage is that it is a bit heavy. A weapon weighs at least three kilograms including the sheath, and such a bundle with a hammer weighs hundreds of kilograms.
Even a layman like Ning Caichen, who knew nothing about martial arts, felt his eyelids jump. Nowadays, demons are rampant in the Song Dynasty. Even Kyoto has weapons, but Qin Bai's dressing up like this is indeed a bit too exaggerated.
"What are you staring at? I found an ownerless donkey to use as a means of transportation, and I'm leaving now."
Qin Bai led the only real donkey in the shed over and put everything except weapons on it.
"Brother Qin... why do you need to get fame like me? It shouldn't be difficult to go to the killing field to make a career..." Ning Caichen took a long time to hold back a sentence, and when he was interrupted by the other party, he didn't even notice the inn. anomalies in it.
"Well, what I hate most in this life is fighting and killing. Once upon a time, I was a young man with the same ideals as you. I won three yuan in a row and became the prime minister."
Qin Bai couldn't help but feel a little sad. Even if he couldn't live this life, it would be good to buy hundreds of acres of farmland, raise a few vicious dogs, and become a rich landlord who oppressed women from good families. It was a pity that this damn system was wrong.
Ning Caichen was speechless for a moment. If he went to the examination room then, he would have to stay far away from him. This style of painting was really not in line with the literati.
The donkey beside him shook his head and neighed several times.
"Brother Donkey, do you think so too?"
The donkey nodded seriously, as if he was really talking to Qin Bai.
Ning Caichen was shocked. This strange ability came from nowhere: "Brother Qin, can you really talk to livestock?"
"Brother Donkey said before that although you are handsome in appearance, you don't have enough yang energy, and you might meet a lonely ghost in the future." Qin Bai started talking nonsense again.
Mao Donkey had an expression that said I didn't say that, but Ning Caichen believed most of it, and he suddenly became anxious: "It's true, I've been running into evil spirits since I came out of home, and I almost died when I met Brother Qin. life."
"There is no solution. You will definitely encounter it again next time. Just bear with it."
Qin Bai glanced at him. In terms of personality, he did look like Ning Caichen in the movie A Chinese Ghost Story, but this big face became more and more disturbing the more he looked at it.
Overall, it seems that you have to be careful. It is unknown what will happen in Lanruo Temple, but it is definitely unrealistic according to the plot of the movie.
Qin Bai planned to settle down in the county town, and immediately refined his Qi, and then went to Lanruo Temple after he had a slight success.
It's a pity that Sanniangzi's paper figures were all used up in the battle. Although it is not difficult to make, it may take some time for Qin Bai to figure it out on his own.
He had to practice more on the road and try to get started as soon as possible.
