Myriad Paths

It was broad daylight, the sun was shining brightly, and the surroundings were full of life and warm spring atmosphere.

But Li Qi looked around intently and felt a chill.

In this vibrant place, some kind of shadow gathered.

The momentum is like a huge wave, with mountains and obstacles, coming fiercely.

Li Qi stood beside the altar, holding up the wine cup.

Then, like a dragon sucking water, the wine in the wine cup began to swirl in the wine cup, and then turned into a thin line, quietly flying into the air and disappearing.

It's like it's been broken down.

Afterwards, someone who was visiting me on the altar on the ground started to use chopsticks.

It was invisible to the naked eye, but Li Qi could sense it from the "qi". It was a spherical, chaotic, weird existence with no specific form.

This... is, a ghost?

Li Qi continued the ceremony, and when he saw this, he sat down, took the bean sprouts in his right hand, poured some meat sauce on them, and offered the sacrifice between the two beans. Serve millet, millet, and cut lungs to the "corpse" as food.

"It tastes delicious." A voice sounded in Li Qi's ear.

Even the surrounding temperature has dropped a lot.

Li Qi didn't answer. He knew that this was just a part of the sacrifice. He then continued to place the bowl closer, moved the bowl of millet on the table, placed the soup and gravy on the north side of the meat sauce, and raised the lung spine to offer it to the "corpse". ".

At this time, the host, that is, Wang Yuanwai, kowtowed repeatedly in the distance.

This was what Li Qi ordered at the beginning, because according to etiquette, the host needs to worship the "corpse" at this moment, and then offer sacrifices to the "corpse".

The "corpse" took rice three more times and told the master that he was full.

Zhu persuaded the "corpse" to eat again, and offered the tibia of the pig queen, the tibia of the beast queen, and a fish to the "corpse". The etiquette was the same as before.

The "corpse" fetched rice three more times, telling the owner that he was full, and Zhu persuaded the "corpse" to eat again, the same as before.

Li Qizhan acted cautiously and in accordance with etiquette.

Because he knew that although the "corpse" was the deceased, it was not.

Here, "corpse" means the person who represents the deceased during sacrifice.

After a person dies, his or her body is regarded as the god's Lord. As the saying goes, "The dead person is the end; the corpse is the Lord, so it is called the Lord of the End."

Now the "corpse" being sacrificed is actually the sacrifice, the blessing, and the ghost itself, which are combined into one, and what appears is the "ghosts and gods" representing the attitudes of the three parties.

If the sacrifice is successfully completed, it means that the person has successfully communicated with the "ghost".

The king was kowtowing outside, his whole body was hairy and he was about to urinate.

Because, he saw with his own eyes that an unknown person was having a feast with Zhu Ren in broad daylight.

The temperature all around has dropped, and even the vegetation is a little wilted.

The terrifying thing that destroyed his family was right in front of him.

The intense fear made Wang Yuanwai almost cry.

However, Zhu Ren had repeatedly told him to do as he was told. Now all he has to do is to stand honestly after kowtowing. If he ruins the sacrificial ceremony...

Then just wait to die.

So although his tears were streaming down his face and his legs were shaking like chaff, he still kept his legs crossed to prevent himself from peeing and at the same time, he stood still.

Although Li Qi was not that scared, he was still wary.

He concentrated on completing the ritual until two quarters of an hour later, all the complicated rituals were over.

The final rites.

The person wishing to pray removes the host's urn, beans, and straw, and places them under the east order. Then the person desiring to take his or her urn, leave the altar, and stand facing east on the west side of the altar.

The "corpse" got up, drank, drank all the wine in the wine cup, and put down the wine cup.

Li Qi went down to the hall.

At this time, it is necessary to wish the person and tell the owner: "The ceremony is completed."

Li Qi followed suit and walked solemnly towards his master, Yuan Wang.

Wang Yuanwai couldn't hold it back and really peed.

Because in this step, after the "corpse" has finished eating, the "corpse" stands up and prays in front of the "corpse" to guide it to its owner.

Watching this scene, Wang Yuanwai couldn't hold it back anymore and almost fell to the ground, his face as white as paper.

But although he held on and didn't fall, he couldn't hold his lower body back.

If I had known... I wouldn't have had soup when I had breakfast in the morning...

But you have to hold on now.

Li Qi walked up to Wang Yuanwai with a solemn expression.

It’s the end, but we can’t let all our efforts go to waste.

The closer you get to the end, the more cautious you must be.

"After the ceremony, please ask the master to present the 'corpse'." Li Qi said.

Wang Yuanwai stayed where he was and made no move.

Li Qi was furious, he channeled his inner energy, exhaled forward, and glared at him.

The breath he exhaled after Luck was like a slap, and it slapped Wang Yuanwai on the face, which made him react after being frightened.

The king rolled around and hurriedly knelt down towards the "corpse" and worshiped twice.

The "corpse" receives two bows from its owner, and then salutes the person wishing the blessing.

After saluting, the "corpse" spit out a cup of wine out of thin air.

This is half of the wine that the "corpse" drank just now.

Li Qi took it solemnly and drank it in one gulp.

At the same time, Li Qi's eyesight went dark.

The ritual was completed and he got the "invitation".

"Corpse" invitation.

There was darkness in front of him, and Li Qi felt that his soul was being pulled by some kind of force.

He knew that the drama was coming.

According to Li Qi's own understanding, sacrificial rituals are essentially methods of communicating with ghosts and gods. Through these methods explored by predecessors, some incredible things can be accomplished.

For example, it is like some chemical experiments, where different things are thrown in in order and some weird operations are completed, such as cleaning test tubes, twisting bottle caps, filling solutions, etc.

The sequence of these experiments is similar to the various key points in "Sacrifice".

The only difference is that he doesn't know the principles behind these etiquettes, so he can only follow them.

When he reaches a higher level of cultivation, he may be able to analyze the principles behind it himself.

Speaking of business, through sacrifices, blessings, and the ghost itself, the three together form a "corpse" to receive the ceremony. The existence of the "corpse" represents the coordination and balance of the three parties.

If something goes wrong in the ritual, or the person wishing is unwilling, or the ghost is unwilling, any one of the three appears, which will lead to the collapse of the "corpse" and failure of communication.

But if the sacrifice is completed, it means that through the channel of sacrifice, the ghost and the wisher can start to communicate.

Drinking the wine spat out by the "corpse" at this moment is proof that the person has accepted the communication.

So, after drinking this wine, Li Qi's soul was immediately pulled by the ritual, and at the same time, the ghost was also pulled!

The two will be communicated in the special environment constructed by the ritual!

This is Zhuren's most famous ability.

That is to use sacrifice as a means to communicate with gods, earth, humans and ghosts!

When light appeared in front of Li Qi's eyes, he realized that he had arrived in a strange black space. There were candles lit during the previous ceremony around him, illuminating the darkness.

In front of him, there was a ball of chaotic energy!