Chapter 292: Cheer Up
"Are you here?"
"The little one is here."
White smoke came out of the wood carving and it turned into a big-headed ghost.
The silver-eating ghost looked at Lin Jue expectantly, touched its belly, and felt hungry. But when it looked around, it couldn't help feeling a little confused.
"I'm not here to treat you to a meal today. I've been forging weapons in the mountains for a while and haven't been back to the capital to make money. The ten taels you ate before are my last ten taels." Lin Jue said to the silver ghost, "But I invited you out today to ask for your help so that I can earn money for this meal."
"Me? Help? How can I help?"
"I have something to ask you."
"Please ask, real person!"
"What can be done with a woman's blood and essence in alchemy?" Lin Jue asked directly.
The Silver Eater also answered directly: "If it is a human's essence and blood, it has many uses. If it is just a woman's essence and blood, it is not very useful. It is nothing more than using yin to replenish yang, or using yin to replenish yin."
It's pretty much the same as what was said in "Refuting the Predecessors".
"What if we were in the capital?"
"The capital?" The fox stretched out its claws to poke it again. The silver-eating ghost shrank its neck and dodged while answering, "Whether it is taking yin to replenish yang or using yin to replenish yin, isn't it the place where it is most useful in a bustling place like the capital? If it is taking yin to replenish yang, it can at least make a man strong and powerful. If it is using yin to replenish yin, it can make oneself beautiful and keep youthful."
When Lin Jue heard this, he suddenly frowned.
It seems like I have vaguely caught something.
Lin Jue thought for a moment and continued to ask, "But what if it is related to you?"
"Ah? Is it related to me?" The silver-eating ghost was shocked.
"I once asked a medium about this matter, and the medium gave me a poem. In addition to mentioning the capital, the mountains and rivers, and alchemy, this poem was the original poem given by another medium when we asked the Corpse Tiger King about the accumulation of silver on Fuqiu Peak." Lin Jue said, "There must be a deep meaning in it."
"Real man, real man, are you kidding me? I have been staying in this wooden sculpture the whole time, how could it possibly have anything to do with me!"
"That's not what I meant. It's that they can be related."
"That's unlikely! You don't know that even the most powerful mediums can't always say the right thing. The main reason they write medium poems is because they themselves are not accurate. When others question them, they can just say that the person asking the medium misunderstood."
The silver-eating ghost breathed a sigh of relief and even laughed: “I’m not a gold-eating ghost, how can I be related to a woman or her blood and essence, hahahaha…haha…ha…ha…ha…”
Lin Jue suddenly looked at him straight, as if thinking about something.
The silver-eating ghost's smile gradually stiffened, and his laughter gradually slowed down and stopped completely.
It opened its eyes wide and became serious. After avoiding the fox's claws, it stood on the table and saluted Lin Jue solemnly:
“What I know is the Gold Devouring Ghost, which swallows ten ounces of gold every day, and the Soul-Spitting Pill, which is often called the Rejuvenating Pill by the world, but this elixir actually has more than just the effect of retaining beauty.
"If a woman eats it, if she is a virgin, she will stay young and her appearance will not change, but she must continue to eat it. If she is not a virgin, she must take it with other elixirs to keep her appearance. Otherwise, the effect is to help give birth to a baby boy.
"If a man eats it, if he is a virgin, he will become extremely strong and indestructible. If he is not a virgin, he will become indestructible and give birth to a boy.
“You have to keep eating.”
After the silver-eating ghost finished speaking, he looked at him.
"I see."
Lin Jue muttered to himself.
Just now, when the silver-eating ghost mentioned "using yin to replenish yin, making people beautiful and lasting youth", he thought of the legendary gold-eating ghost.
If so, the purpose of "Refuting the Senior" using this spirit writing poem is to remind them that the source of the chaos in the capital at this time is the same as the silver-eating ghost at the beginning, and is one of the three ghosts of the alchemy path.
"So, the problem is with the elixir that was taken with the Rejuvenating Pill?"
"No." The Silver Eater said, "I have told the Immortal the formula of the Rejuvenation Pill. Just like the Spiritual Essence Pill, in addition to being spit out by us, the Rejuvenation Pill also has its own formula and can be refined. And there is an important medicinal ingredient in it, which is the Yin Hua of the human world. It must be collected in the prosperous places of the human world on the Yin month, Yin day and Yin time every year, and it requires advanced collection skills. If you don't have it, it will be difficult to obtain. But it can be extracted from the essence and blood of women."
"Does this mean there are no more gold-eating ghosts in the capital?"
“I don’t know…”
When saying this, this usually timid kid also revealed some emotion about the passage of time and the world.
"Thank you very much."
"You're welcome, really."
The silver-eating ghost returned to the wood carving.
Lin Jue sat here, looking thoughtful.
When Second Senior Brother talked about the Silver-Eating Ghost, he also mentioned the Gold-Eating Ghost and told this interesting story:
Twenty years ago, the late emperor favored the imperial concubine and was obsessed with women, unable to extricate himself. At that time, he sent out strange men from the Juxian Mansion to travel around the world to look for the gold-devouring ghost.
Later, after the current emperor ascended the throne, he was also addicted to women. At that time, the imperial concubine was already quite old, but he took her for himself, which became a scandal in the dynasty and was despised by both the civil and military officials. Even now, when the country is in chaos, many people in the north who have risen up in rebellion have used this incident to criticize the current emperor and seek justice for their rebellion.
At that time, they were in Fuqiu Peak, far away from the capital, so naturally they couldn't figure out whether this matter was true or not. But now Lin Jue is in the capital, isn't it easy to find out whether this is true or not?
If it's true...
It is possible that they did not find the gold-devouring ghost at that time, but they found the formula of the youth-retaining pill.
Lin Jue thought about it for a while and then gave up.
Then he took out the ancient book and opened it.
"Wow..."
Advising you to be cheerful is one of the four methods of Beichen.
The so-called Four Methods of Beichen: Advise You to Frown, Advise You to Cheer, Talk Nonsense, Recite Poems and Sing Fu, and Have Stomach Twist and Diarrhea. They were created by Beichen Zhenren in his spare time. He originally used them to tease his disciples and did not take them seriously. However, after they were spread out, they became popular for a time and were often used by Taoists to tease the people and show their own magic power.
The first three all have the effect of blocking the chanting of mantras.
This is to encourage you to be cheerful.
I advise you to frown, I advise you to cheer up, there is also one who talks nonsense and chants poetry, and has diarrhea...
I don't know why that "nonsense" is also called "reciting poetry and singing fu". Are people nowadays under a spell and can recite poetry while talking nonsense, or does Master Beichen look down on these literati and think that their reciting poetry and singing fu is no different from talking nonsense?
"I have mastered two of the Four Methods of Beichen. It seems that I have a connection with Master Beichen."
Lin Jue suddenly smiled and thought to himself.
But it seems that I got the two mildest ones.
Then he held the paper tightly and listened carefully.
These two spells are similar, and the mysteries of the spells are mostly similar, the only difference is the emotion.
This emotion is also the most important. To be honest, Lin Jue actually likes this method of persuading others to frown. It has unexpected effects at critical moments, and can also be used to amuse people at ordinary times.
I don’t know if it was influenced by Senior Brother Seven or by the moment when the flowers bloomed, but Lin Jue became more and more fond of this kind of magic that could be used for performances, to please others and himself, as well as in battles.
However, if you want to fight, learning one is enough.
Just learning this kind of magic is actually about comprehending an emotion and catching that hint of mystery. It may not necessarily help one in terms of Taoism or cultivation, but it is still a certain gain anyway.
Moreover, after learning this magic, if he encounters someone trying to persuade him to be happy in the future, he will naturally be able to resist.
Of course, you can also pretend to listen to advice.
Before I knew it, it was already midnight.
While waiting for Lin Jue to let go of the paper and open his eyes, he thought carefully and found that it was almost dawn.
He was sitting comfortably on the head of the bed, with two pillows behind him and a bearskin blanket covering him. His fox was also lying on the bearskin blanket, curled up into a circle, but he was not sleeping either. Instead, he was staring at him with his eyes wide open.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Lin Jue asked, "Didn't you light the night watch light?"
"story!"
The fox stared at him.
"You waited all night just to hear a story?"
"story!"
"Okay, I'll tell you about it."
Lin Jue happened to have been thinking a lot, and now he felt his mind was surprisingly clear, without any sleepiness at all, so he leaned against the headboard and said to it leisurely:
"Legend has it that there is a fairy in heaven, called the Weaver Girl, also known as the Weaving Girl. People on earth need to wear clothes, and the fairies in heaven also need to wear clothes. The clothes worn by the fairies in heaven are so comfortable, probably more comfortable than the hair on your body, because they are woven from clouds."
"Foxes in the human world don't wear clothes!"
"Because foxes have fur." Lin Jue said patiently, "This fur is already very comfortable, there is no need to wear clothes."
“Neither do cats!”
“Cats have fur, too.”
"The fox gives you clouds! Make clothes for them!"
"Then you still owe some practice."
"Fox! The fur will fall off! You make clothes!"
"That's not necessary."
"Cat hair!"
"No need."
"..." The fox thought for a moment, "Story!"
"Then don't interrupt me." Lin Jue said, "This kind of cloth woven from clouds is called Yunjin cloth, and the clothes made from it are called Yunjin heavenly clothes..."
Before I knew it, it was dawn.
……
A few days later, at a street stall.
A plate of cherry biro, a few mutton buns, a few plates of seasonal snacks and desserts, and milk sweetened white wine in a bamboo tube. The two senior brothers and sisters sat in the corner with Master Fan.
People around were talking about the recent murders of women in the capital, which had caused panic among the people. Although everyone said that these women were murdered because they went to the mountains outside the city to worship evil gods, it still frightened many timid women and made them afraid to get up alone at night.
It is said that Master Lin and the famous Master Fan, who had easily subdued two stone horses on the street before, were also alarmed by this incident.
In order to restore peace to the capital and to reassure the people, Master Lin and Master Fan decided to check the bodies of the women tomorrow, saying that they could find the monsters that killed them through the bodies of the women.
As for how to find it, that is a matter of divine ability.
Master Lin is definitely not a mortal, and Master Fan is also a deity. Deities naturally have their own abilities.
Is there anything in this world that gods cannot do?
The people of the capital had been living in fear for a long time, but now they could finally rest assured. Naturally, the news spread very quickly and widely.
The legendary Lin Zhenren and Fan Tianshi were sitting together at this time, one drinking milk sweet white wine, and the other nibbling cherry biro. Only the little sister had a dessert in her mouth, a steamed bun in her left hand, and a glass of milk sweet white wine in her right hand, eating and drinking heartily.
"it is true……"
Tianshi Fan said helplessly: "The imperial concubine's surname is Wen. She is now over fifty years old. She has a secret to keep her youthful appearance. She is still at her most beautiful age and even more charming than when she was young."
He did not deliberately lower his voice, but it was not loud either. He kept it at a suitable volume so that more people would not hear it and others would not think that the dignified Master Fan was whispering.
"Your Majesty has been focusing on Concubine Wen for the past few years, and like the late emperor, he rarely even attended court." Tianshi Fan said, "But people are made of flesh and blood, and they eat grains. No matter how well they keep their youth, how can they resist the vicissitudes of time? I don't know how Concubine Wen is doing recently. Anyway, Your Majesty held a beauty pageant last year, selected many beauties to enter the palace, and appointed several concubines."
"How old is your majesty now?"
"I'm over seventy years old."
"Can your body handle it?"
"I'm afraid only the eunuchs who keep watch know this." Tianshi Fan looked at him, "If you want to find out the answer to your curiosity, I can ask someone."
"Fellow Daoist Fan has so many connections!" Lin Jue exclaimed sincerely.
"My friend, you are making fun of me..."
"I'm afraid this kind of thing will be recorded in history books."
"That's for sure." Tianshi Fan shook his head and said, "I just don't know whether future generations will treat it as a curious story or as official history."
"It could also be seen as a supernatural story."
"Mysterious stories?" Tianshi Fan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "That's true. She is over fifty years old and still looks like a young woman. It's really extraordinary. Your Majesty has so many alchemists. Most people in the future will think that it is the effect of the elixir."
"Does Concubine Wen have a successor?"
"No with the late emperor, but with the current emperor, there are two princesses, but no prince."
"The princess is pretty good too..."
Lin Jue handed the steamed bun to the fox, his face was indifferent and his eyes seemed thoughtful.
I have come a long way, but it was not until I arrived in the capital, until this moment, that I came into contact with these emperors' affairs that may directly affect the change of dynasties. It sounds strange, but also like I have heard a lot of similar things. It seems that it should not be wrong, but it also seems that it has never been surprising. Thinking about it carefully, the feeling that I have walked into history came to me.
(End of this chapter)
