Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Keys
Cha Wenbin felt as if his whole body was falling apart, and he couldn't exert any strength.After finally sitting up, I wanted to move my hands and feet, but felt very sore; I tried to open my eyes to look, but found that my eyes were pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers.
He was still holding the Seven Star Sword in his left hand and the scabbard in his right hand, his hands were already numb, "Where is this?" Cha Wenbin said to himself.
He rubbed his temples vigorously, took a few deep breaths, and found that apart from the soreness caused by muscle fatigue, all parts of his body were still there. He rubbed his face with his hands a few times, and he began to recall the previous events.
Cha Wenbin vaguely remembered that he wrestled with the giant ape and fell down the cliff together in the confusion, but the ape was still holding on to his shoulders, and just before falling into the water, he drew out the Seven Star Sword and seemed to stab the ape. Then they fell into the water together with a "bang".
The huge impact caused him to sink to the bottom of the water all at once, and he felt the infinite pressure hit him. The impact brought by the water surface made him weak. He only remembered what he saw in the water before he closed his eyes, but he always can not remember.
His body was still very weak, so Cha Wenbin simply stopped thinking about it, closed his eyes and fell asleep for a while.
In his sleep, Cha Wenbin dreamed of the puppy Heizi who was coming from his uncle.Seeing him, Heizi was very affectionate, throwing himself into his arms and rolling.Maybe it was because he hadn't seen this partner for a long time, so Cha Wenbin lowered his body and hugged its head, which made Heizi even more excited, and kept licking his face with his tongue.Cha Wenbin couldn't help laughing and cursing: "Heizi, itchy, stop licking, itchy..."
But Heizi didn't care about it, and continued to lick it.Cha Wenbin felt his face was wet, this feeling was so real, it was not like a dream at all.
All of a sudden, he was awakened by this feeling. After a slippery face, he felt an itchy feeling. Before he could touch his face with his hands, a pair of eyes the size of copper bells were in front of him. Looking at him, the two balls of green light appeared so bright in the darkness, and then the right cheek was licked again, not only not as rough as Heizi's tongue, but smoother and tenderer.
"What?" Cha Wenbin yelled.
The green ball seemed to be startled by his cry, and immediately dodged back, and after a few steps back, it stopped still, but the green eyes were flickering, very similar to fireflies, but much bigger than fireflies .
Cha Wenbin quickly touched his chest. Fortunately, the Qiankun bag was still there.While trembling and touching his bag, he looked nervously at the pair of eyes in front of him, for fear of something unexpected.After a while, I finally found what I wanted, a fire pocket.
He made this thing himself.Cha Wenbin is always uncomfortable with modern matches or lighters, because in his eyes, the fire produced by natural things is the real fire.Therefore, he usually cuts down small bamboos, makes the bamboo joints into sections, and then soaks the vines of sweet potatoes in water until thick juice comes out.Then take it out and pound it flat, soak it again, add cotton and reed tassels and pound it flat again.Then go to dry in the sun, then put nitrate, sulfur, rosin, camphor and other flammable substances together with various spices, then fold long strips and twist them into ropes, and bake them by the fire at night, but there is a trick , To be baked until it is about to be fired but when there is no fire, it will be stuffed in a bamboo tube.When in use, take it out and shake it to catch fire.
In fact, his talisman papers that catch fire when thrown out have the same reasoning, but the material of the paper is quite special.In the past, there were people who made this kind of paper specially. In his generation, this craft has basically been lost, and he usually needs to do it himself.The difficulty of making this kind of paper is far greater than that of fire folding paper, otherwise it will catch fire immediately in the pocket, and the paper must be ignited by friction with the air at the moment of throwing it out. There are not many necessary skills left.
The fire folder was turned out, and Zha Wenbin pulled out the front plug, put it to his mouth and covered it with his hands, and blew a "huh" in his mouth, and immediately a small ball of flames ignited, red in color , Over time, it gradually became the yellow flame we usually see.
With the light, Zha Wenbin seemed to have a bottom line in his heart. He poked the fire pocket forward a little bit, and before he could see the pair of eyes clearly, there was a loud "cuckoo" sound, which made him fall back again in shock. As soon as he moved, his back just hit a raised rock on the stone wall, and he gasped for breath with a "hiss" in pain.
The pair of green eyes also moved forward a few steps, almost touching his face.Holding the fire folder, the first thing that catches the eye is a huge mouth with two small nostrils above it. Cha Wenbin looked up, and the pair of eyes were staring at him.
"Three-legged toad?" Only now did Cha Wenbin see the true face of the pair of eyes. It was nothing but the three-legged toad that saved his life after meeting several times, because of the white string around its mouth. The copper coin printing in the country couldn't be more obvious.
"Huh!" The toad opened its mouth wide, and swung a huge tongue towards Zha Wenbin in an instant. Zha Wenbin's face was wet again and was still sticky. I'm licking my own face.
Cha Wenbin stretched out his hand to touch it, and felt that apart from the unpleasant stickiness, there was no other harm, and even the coolness was quite comfortable.Zha Wenbin held up the torch and prepared to check his body. He felt a pain in his thigh. He took off his trousers and just touched it. The comfortable coolness came again.The thigh, which was still numb from the pain, started to stop hurting, and he immediately thought that the three-legged toad's saliva is still a good medicine for wounds. So, isn't this toad licking his own cheek to save his life?
Thinking of this, Cha Wenbin didn't care about nausea anymore, rubbed a few saliva left by the toad on his face, and wiped all the sore places all over his body, treating it as a traumatic injury The wine is used up.Not to mention, after the application, there will be bursts of coolness, which is called comfort.After a while, Cha Wenbin felt that all the injuries on his body were healed, thinking that spiritual things are spiritual things, and saliva has miraculous healing effects.
Seeing that toad was still squatting in front of him, Cha Wenbin boldly stretched out his left hand and touched the tip of its nose.The toad didn't dodge. The moment Cha Wenbin's finger touched it, the pair of big green eyes closed.
Cha Wenbin felt that it was very novel, and tried to touch it again. The three-legged toad did not resist, but lowered his body slightly in enjoyment, so that he could touch it better.This was completely beyond Cha Wenbin's expectations, so from gently stroking the bridge of its nose to its forehead, Cha Wenbin became more and more relaxed.Three-legged toad is very obedient, even better than Heizi.Whenever he stopped, the three-legged toad opened its eyes, and closed them again when being stroked, looking very enjoying it.
Cha Wenbin didn't care whether the three-legged toad could understand or not, and said casually: "Dude, you saved me, I have to thank you very much!"
After the toad finished listening to him, he opened his mouth wide and let out a croak, as if answering his words. This also made Cha Wenbin temporarily forget his situation, and laughed loudly. This unknown place gets along happily.
After a long time, he remembered that he had to see where he was, and his body was no longer in pain, so he held up the torch and got up to check, when there was a little reflection not far away, he ran over and saw that it was the gun he was carrying. light lens.
Picking up the spotlight, I patted it vigorously with my hand, and with a "pop", a beam of bright light shot out. It must have fallen into the water just now and broke the filament.
Holding up the spotlight, Zha Wenbin could now see the whole place clearly. Behind him was a deep cave, and in front of him was a pool of water on the ground, with a small opening and a diameter of only two or three meters.
Cha Wenbin was about to walk over to have a look, when the toad suddenly came from behind, jumped into the water, and disappeared immediately, just as he was wondering, the toad came out of the water again and jumped back into the water. beside him.
Cha Wenbin touched the toad's head, which was about the same height as himself, and said with a smile: "Dude, you mean we came here from that hole?"
The toad "croaked" to confirm his answer. Zha Wenbin smiled and looked at the bottomless hole behind him: "Dude, do you know what is behind that?"
After speaking, he looked at the toad, but this time the toad ignored him, just twitched his head from side to side, as if he was thinking about something.Cha Wenbin looked at its appearance, and said to himself: "I'm so stupid, you are a toad, how can you understand me?" After speaking, he was ready to pick up his burden, and planned to go out from the pool again .
"Cack! Cack!" The toad yelled loudly, and Cha Wenbin turned his head to see that it was yelling incessantly into the cave.Whatever it is, no matter how amazing the three-legged toad is, it's just a toad. He was picking up his sword when he suddenly saw something shining next to the scabbard. "Hey, what is this?" Cha Wen Bin bent down and picked it up.
This is a stick, only 50 centimeters long, and it is a bit heavy to hold in the hand.On the surface, it looks golden, with some patterns engraved on it, and these patterns immediately reminded him of the lines on the walls of the ancient well.One end of the staff is obviously larger, and a set of strange symbols are engraved on the top part: fish, arrows and birds.
Looking at the thing in his hand, Zha Wenbin put it in his mouth and bit it lightly, leaving a tiny tooth mark. This is gold!How could there be a golden rod in this place?
Hey, this guy is fine, Cha Wenbin looked at the toad and said, "Dude, do you know what this is for?"
The toad opened its mouth wide and flicked its huge tongue out, instantly scraping away the stick from Cha Wenbin's hand.Cha Wenbin looked at himself with empty hands, and then at the toad, it was as if nothing happened.
Just as he was about to ask it, the huge tongue stuck out again, and then the stick flew into Zha Wenbin's arms, and he took several strokes before catching it.Cha Wenbin looked at this precious thing, couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Is this your thing?"
The toad ignored him, instead, it took a step towards the cave behind him, moved its fat body slowly, and gave a "croak" to Cha Wenbin.
"You mean to let me in?" Cha Wenbin asked, pointing to the dark cave ahead.
The three-legged toad continued to remain silent, so Zha Wenbin had no choice but to pack the luggage on the ground, replaced a set of batteries for the spotlight, took out a piece of soaked tortilla and gnawed on it, and said to the toad: " Do you want to have a bite too?" The three-legged toad was not interested in this kind of food at all, and even turned away.
Glancing at the entrance of the water pool again, Zha Wenbin thought, well, anyway, I don't even know where I am now, if I go out from here and meet a viper or a viper, didn't I just make their snacks?It's better to take a walk into this hole. If there is this three-legged toad by your side, no matter whether it can understand human nature or not, at least from the present point of view, this big guy doesn't have any malice towards him. Even the corpse silkworm king can be poisoned to death, so killing himself is not a piece of cake!Alright, let's go in here and have a look, if it doesn't work, go back and try again.
"Dude, let's go!" Cha Wenbin was carrying a gossip bag, holding the Seven Star Sword in his right hand, his big seal pinned to his waist, and a spotlight on his head, and walked towards the dark hole .That three-legged toad, he takes a step, and he follows behind, always keeping a distance of about one meter. It is really a spectacle that one person and one toad are in front of each other in a completely unknown world like this.
But Cha Wenbin also knows that in their Taoist legends, there are probably treasures where there are three-legged toads, because this guy also has a more auspicious symbol, which is money. A string of copper coins pattern, in short, no one has given it any malicious evaluation so far.
Another one, the bunch of pimples on its back may look disgusting to others, but to Cha Wenbin it is all too familiar.Because the seven bumps are completely arranged according to the position of the Big Dipper.In this way, a tattered Taoist priest and a three-legged toad the size of a cow temporarily formed a team. In terms of combat effectiveness, they were not bad, so although Cha Wenbin didn't know what else he would encounter ahead, he still had it in his heart. I am sure that I can get out of my body.
This cave seemed to be formed naturally when I first walked in. Some sections were so narrow that he even had to lower his head to pass through. This was a pain for the toad behind, whose chubby body almost got stuck several times. Fortunately, it is also very smart, knowing how to exhale and flatten its stomach a little before it barely passes.While admiring its IQ, Cha Wenbin smiled and said, "Dude, your skin is really thick enough, so it doesn't hurt."
It is true to say that the three-legged toad has human nature. It seems to know that Cha Wenbin is laughing at it. Every time after being laughed at, it sticks out its tongue and throws it at Cha Wenbin's neck. Although it does not hurt, it is still sticky after being attacked. Being vague doesn't make him feel very comfortable, and it makes him feel that this road is not boring at all, but it's easier than before outside.
Finally, after they walked for an hour, Cha Wenbin saw the first "person", a dead person to be precise.Not far in front of him, there were a few fragmented bones scattered on the ground, many of which had decayed, and the remaining parts such as the skull, pelvis and thigh bones could still be identified. This was a "person", not a human being. other animals.
Cha Wenbin tried to paw around with his sword, but he didn't find anything that could prove the person's identity or age. Except for these few bones, there was nothing else.
He simply gathered the bones together, pried some moss from the stone wall to cover it, and prepared to continue on his way.After walking a few steps forward, he felt uncomfortable again, turned around and took out a stick of incense from the Qiankun bag, lit it with a fire pocket, stuck it in front of the pile of bones, and then turned and left.
The three-legged toad didn't care about these things. Seeing that Zha Wenbin was on his way, he immediately moved his steps. Now that there is enough space, it can finally use the jumping method. With a kick, it can shoot several meters away, and it has rushed to the ground several times. Cha Wenbin is ahead.Looking at the big toad, Cha Wenbin smiled and said, "I'm not competing with you, slow down." The flame of the stick of incense was left to burn slowly there, and when Cha Wenbin turned a corner, the stick of incense "cracked." "The ground fell to the ground, and after a wisp of green smoke passed, it immediately went out, but this scene was not seen by Cha Wenbin.
I don't know how many turns and how many hurdles they passed, but a pile of rocks in front blocked their way.Zha Wenbin spread his hands and said, "Dude, there is no way ahead, we can't get through, let's turn around."
As he said that, he turned around and was about to go back. Unexpectedly, the three-legged toad yanked out his tongue and just hit Zha Wenbin on the forehead. The blow was really heavy and it hurt.Just as Zha Wenbin was about to have a seizure, the toad let out a "croak", moved its body and took a few steps forward, then whipped out its tongue and rolled up a piece of gravel and threw it back. Zha Wenbin was looking at what it wanted to do Well, the toad was digging hard at the pile of rocks with its front paws, then stopped to look at Cha Wenbin, and continued digging.
Cha Wenbin finally understood what it meant. It turned out that he wanted him to move the pile of stones away, so he said, "Man, are you sure there is still a road behind?"
The three-legged toad croaked as a response, and then started working again.
Well, just do it and trust you.Cha Wenbin walked over while thinking, patted the tip of the three-legged toad's nose, and said with a smile: "I'll do this job, you wait at the back."
I thought there were a lot of rocks, but just after moving a few pieces from the top, Zha Wenbin suddenly realized that there is really a hole in the back, and the passage to the inside has been exposed. Zha Wenbin simply used his hands to force a pile, "Wow "La" came the sound, and the pile of stones collapsed in an instant, but the stone wall was really so weak, which was completely beyond his expectation.In less than half an hour, he had already cleared out a path that allowed him and the three-legged toad to move on.
As they continued to move forward, gradually, the space of this cave began to grow slowly. Cha Wenbin stopped several times to carefully examine the surrounding rocks, and came to a conclusion that there was a high possibility that someone had been active here.Because he found that although it has been a long time ago, some traces left by man-made excavations are still vaguely discernible.
Walking along this road, several bones were found one after another, one of which was relatively well preserved.Cha Wenbin has been a Taoist priest for several years, and he has seen this kind of thing not once or twice.Zha Wenbin could tell that these people were all men, and they were all young and middle-aged, so why did they die here?Did they die on the way out from the inside, or on the way in from the outside?
Squatting down, under the light of the spotlight, Cha Wenbin carefully inspected the relatively intact corpse, and found that the man's cervical spine had obvious broken marks. Judging from the marks, it looked like he had been beheaded by a sharp weapon, that is, Beheaded.
This discovery made him feel that these people probably did not die by accident but by killing, and as they went deeper, there were more and more bones of this kind, and the frequency of appearance became higher and higher, and the closer they got, the more they piled up appeared.The color of the ground also gradually turned black. He scraped a little off with the tip of a knife, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and confirmed that these were blood stains.
Looking at the mottled stone walls around and the large expanse of black under his feet, Cha Wenbin could reproduce the killing scene in his mind. From the fact that no artifacts were found around these people, it can be inferred that these people were unarmed at the time and were killed by someone behind them. He chased and killed him to the place where he just came in and found the first body. It was most likely the last person to be killed. Unless someone escaped from this hell on earth, what kind of person was buried deep in this cave? Secrets can make them kill so cruelly?For this lost world, Cha Wenbin not only had the original purpose, but fell into more confusion.
Although it has been thousands of years, it is still possible to smell the ruthless and cruel killing in ancient times across the distance of time.Frowning, Zha Wenbin carefully held up a skull, and gently brushed off the dust on it. Judging from the degree of wear and tidiness of the teeth, this person was never more than twenty years old when he died. Massacre such a group of young people?
"Hey, what is this?" There was a small black spot on the skull. At first, Zha Wenbin thought it was just a stain, but after several times of wiping, it still remained and protruded slightly.
Cha Wenbin said to the skull: "I'm sorry!" Then, he suddenly exerted force with his fingers and pulled it violently, heh, it's really not a stain, but a long and thin black lacquer. metal objects.
He took out the kettle at his waist and rinsed the thing carefully. After all the solidified black substances were removed, a bronze nail with a length of about seven centimeters appeared.Zha Wenbin observed it carefully, and was shocked. This thing was not an ordinary nail, because it was engraved with patterns, and this pattern was not an ordinary decoration, but a character that Zha Wenbin could recognize: Ghost seal!
What this ghost script is, Zha Wenbin couldn't be more clear, it is the most difficult to read among Taoist scripts.This kind of writing is also called "Lei Zhuan" by them. It is said that when a person is struck to death by lightning, a picture and text will appear on the body or nearby objects.
Taoism believes that Lei Ting has a priest, who has the power to control life and death, rewards and punishments.This is a manifestation of divine power, with the supreme power of heaven, earth and thunder. Because these characters are very difficult to read, they are also called "ghost seals".
There is a record in the Taoist classics: "In the world, if you are unfaithful and unfilial, you create karma under your orders, and the evil is full of evil, but the law of the sun can't reach it, the three officials drum the brush, the society order plays, pay five thunders to cut and investigate, and the commander strikes it; Evil, the crime should be punished by thunder, and the six animals are still punished as reward; or the temples and temples have evil spirits attached to them, or trees and vessels, under which poisonous insects are invisible; or obscenity, so that the place is shocked , there must be a heavenly book to show the blame. It may appear on the bottom of the pot, or written on the wall of the house, or written in its shape. None of the characters in the later generations are written in the city, but they are actually written in the sky. The ancient texts are similar. Liuyue ghost books are miscellaneous and ambiguous, and they are beyond human comprehension."
Zha Wenbin looked at the bronze nail in his hand. Both its workmanship and material were excellent, especially it was difficult to carve such cumbersome ghost seals on such a small bronze object.However, this bronze nail was nailed into the brain of a man who seemed to have been executed. Why?
Cha Wenbin put down the head, and then went to the side to look for it.When I picked up the second skull, I also found a black spot. I pulled it out and saw that it was exactly the same as the previous one. This person also had a nail in his head.
He put these two nails together for comparison, no matter in terms of material, size or carved ghost seals, they are all the same, as if they were mass-produced.You must know that bronze wares basically have their own styles, and there are few similarities, because in ancient times when clay was used to make molds, it was difficult to make two identical molds, let alone casting such delicate things.
Apart from these two remains, Cha Wenbin discovered four other bronze nails one after another, all nailed down from the middle of the top of the head.Why do you have to make up for it after you die?Cha Wenbin was puzzled.A very unexpected action gave him an idea.
Cha Wenbin took one of the nails and drew on his head, thinking about the scene when he was smashed into it. Suddenly, he thought of something, and blurted out: "Soul-killing nail!"
This scene appeared again in his mind: for some reason, a group of people were running out in this long passage, and a group of people with weapons in their hands were chasing after them. The place fell down.The murderer in the back waved the sharp weapon in his hand and chopped them down one by one.
Then when the person was about to die, the murderer used this kind of bronze nail engraved with ghost seals to smash it in from the middle of the victim's head, so that these people would be scattered after death, without even a chance of reincarnation, and turned into piles of bones .How much crime did these people commit to be punished like this?Cha Wenbin thought to himself, no wonder there was no trace of hostility in such a massacre site. It turned out that people's souls were scattered, and it was impossible to be a ghost.
Just as he was thinking about it, the three-legged toad, which had been quiet all the time, let out a croak, bringing Cha Wenbin's thoughts back to reality. His ears trembled slightly, and he shouted loudly, "Come out!"
Sure enough, at the corner behind him, a white figure floated out faintly, about twenty meters away from him.When Zha Wenbin saw it, he was just a dead soul!
It was not surprising that a dead soul appeared in such a place, but it was just that he appeared behind him, and then Cha Wenbin remembered that there was a corpse in front of the stone wall that was knocked down when he came in. , could it be that person?I was really careless just now, and I didn't realize that there was such a thing.Cha Wenbin glanced at the toad and said, "Man, did you not notice it just now, or do you not care about it at all?"
The three-legged toad was not interested in his words at all, and looked ahead without moving.Zha Wenbin smiled, turned his left hand, and there was already a big seal in his hand. Now is not the time to pretend to be a good person, especially in such an unclear place, they still adhere to their consistent style of Tianzhengdao: Be the first to attack!
The seven-star sword in his right hand was about to be unsheathed, and the white figure gradually became shorter. Cha Wenbin took a closer look, and the dead soul actually knelt down for him!What is this for?Is it because you are afraid of yourself?Then there's no need for it to follow all the way. Could it be because I cleaned up the bones for it just now, and now I'm grateful to myself?
It's just that the white shadow was very blurry, and Zha Wenbin couldn't see it clearly, so he took a few steps towards the back, trying to get closer to it so that he could understand it.But when the dead soul saw him approaching, he stood up and backed away, and knelt down for him not far away.
Cha Wenbin thought to himself, you are a strange ghost. Since you are here to give thanks, why do you have to keep a distance from me?He tried to take two steps forward, but the shadow got up immediately and backed away.This is really strange, is it afraid of me?Cha Wenbin simply put down the big seal and sword, and took another step, but the shadow still retreated.
Cha Wenbin looked at himself, could it be possible that such a shabby and dilapidated look could make this dead soul respect him so much?Because of the separation of yin and yang, direct communication between a person and a ghost is actually impossible. Therefore, many people only have dead relatives or friends to entrust their dreams when they reflect in their dreams. In fact, Taoists are the same.Cha Wenbin was a little more interested in the vague ghost in front of him, so he simply took out an incense stick, lit it and stuck it in front of him, and he didn't forget to say hello to the three-legged toad: "Man, I'm looking for you in front of me." Talk to that person, I'll be back within a stick of incense, you help me watch." After speaking, regardless of whether the toad could understand or not, he closed his eyes and fell into samadhi immediately.
When Cha Wenbin opened his eyes again, the person in front of him could be seen very clearly. From his appearance, he was a middle-aged man with clothes that were even more ragged than his own. A mess of hair knelt in front of him.
Cha Wenbin said, "Get up and talk."
The dead soul seemed to be able to understand, raised his head slightly to glance at Zha Wenbin, and immediately lowered his head again.
Seeing that it still didn't work, Cha Wenbin lowered his voice by an octave on purpose, made a gesture to get up, and said again with a fierce tone: "I'll let you get up and talk!"
It really worked. Seeing that he lost his temper, the dead soul finally stood up slowly, trembling as he stood, looking like a slave.
"Why do you hide when you see me?"
No response... Well, since you can come out, I have a way to make you speak. He took out his right hand from his ripped pocket, and six soul-destroying nails appeared in his hand, as if he was about to throw them over.
The dead soul finally spoke, but what Cha Wenbin didn't expect was that the dead soul kowtowed towards him on the ground, muttering words that Cha Wenbin couldn't understand.
"What on earth are you going to do? I'm not your savior, or I'll give you a ride so that you can enter reincarnation earlier?" Cha Wenbin was impatient with it anymore, shaking his head and said.
Just when he was about to go back to do a small ceremony, the dead soul stretched out his hands, pointed at Cha Wenbin, and then made another salute.Cha Wenbin thought to himself, do you really think of me as a god?Eh, no, the ghost was not pointing at himself, but beside him. He turned around and saw that it was his pile of baggage on the ground!
What is my burden for you to worship?Well, the bundle... what's so special about the bundle?By the way, there was a stick inside. Cha Wenbin remembered that the golden stick he saw next to the three-legged toad was put in his bag!Could it be that the dead soul has been afraid of not himself but the stick?He decided to take out the stick and try it.
Taking out the stick that I didn't know what it was or what it was used for, the dead soul immediately knelt down.It seems that it is really afraid of this thing on the opponent, but the dead soul seems to be unable to communicate except for chattering, and there is no way to ask why.Cha Wenbin decided to give it a ride, so he said a formula, and returned to the real world again, the white shadow was still kneeling on the spot.
It only took a few minutes for him to take out the evil spirit bell and some incense paper to perform a simple ritual. For this thousand-year-old soul, Cha Wenbin adopted another more traditional method to let it wash away from the world. dust.
First, sacrifice a stick of incense, stick it on the ground, and report to the four palaces of the League of Heaven and Earth. Miaoyan Palace, Fengdu Palace in Beiyin, Ten King Palaces in the Underworld, and four merit windows of year, month, day, and hour.
After chanting, Zha Wenbin took out the rootless water, flicked it towards the position of the white shadow, and shook the evil spirit bell with his right hand, and sure enough, the shadow followed, kneeling in front of Zha Wenbin, but it seemed thinner and thinner up.
He took out a small handful of tea leaves and rice from the Qiankun bag, and sprinkled them around the dead souls. What is this called?Unwash.It means that you can go away with peace of mind. I have freed you from the connection with the world and washed away the dust here.
For such a poor soul, why is he still so afraid of this stick after death? Cha Wenbin sighed again, took the evil spirit bell and circled the shadow three times, and then read a sentence: The heavenly decree pardon of death and life, pardoning the sins of the dead." This is called exoneration, which allows the person to escape from the mistakes and mistakes of his life after death, relieve the accumulated crimes and punishments, and not bring the old debts in front of him into reincarnation. .What are the specific ones?Generally speaking, there are three disasters and four evil spirits, five deficiencies and six consumptions, seven injuries and eight difficulties, and nine calamities and ten entanglements.
After doing this, Zha Wenbin took out another small bowl, poured some water into it, placed it in front of the dead soul, lit a stick of incense again, took out half a cornbread and put it in front of him, and took out seven tortillas from his pocket. With a sound of "ding dong", all the copper coins fell into the bowl, splashing a little bit of water.Cha Wenbin said in his mouth: "Money falls into water to solve the injustice, and the years and moons can be thrown away!"
With a bang, a piece of talisman paper in Zha Wenbin's hand had already burned, and before the talisman paper fell to the ground, Zha Wenbin picked it up with the Seven Star Sword again, and turned the unburned talisman paper over the head of the dead soul. After a circle, the talisman paper just burned out at this time.Then, Zha Wenbin put the sword in front of him with a "chuckle", then knelt down reverently, put his hands together, and said: "I invite the Taoist ancestor of Sanqing to welcome Gaozhen from the upper realm, and I invite the Lord Yan from the lower realm to enlighten you Please protect the dead souls of the five directions and the five old gods, so that they can reincarnate as soon as possible!" Everyone understands the Sanqing Yama. Seven Qi Tianjun, Southern Red Emperor Danling Zhenlao Sanqi Tianjun, Northern Black Emperor Wuling Xuanlao Five Qi Tianjun, Central Yellow Emperor Xuanling Huanglao One Qi Tianjun!
After finishing speaking, he kowtowed heavily, stood up again, patted the dirt on his body to show respect, and said to the dead soul, "Go!"
Then the figure of the dead soul began to become thinner and thinner until it disappeared.Cha Wenbin has finished this part of the ritual.As for what will happen to it after it enters the realm, it depends on its own good fortune.Cha Wenbin picked up the half corn tortilla on the ground, blew off the dust on it, and put it back into the bag again, wondering if this would make the three-legged toad despise him.
In the past, he would never have robbed ghosts and gods of this tribute, but right now there is only the last half of the cake left, and he has to rely on it for a while, so he doesn't care about that much.
Why do we have to lay down tributes and honor the gods and ghosts when Taoism transcends?
In fact, this is also divided into two parts, one part is for ghosts to eat, because there are many hungry ghosts in the realm, and they lack food, so we have to donate food and invite them to eat.There is another part, that is, filial piety, which can be regarded as a kind of bribery. This is the reason why money can make ghosts turn the millstone.
There is another one, that is, burning paper money, which is also a kind of treat, and burning paper is a gift of wealth.Reciting mantras for them is also called dharma offering. A real ritual event of salvation is always nothing more than the three offerings of wealth, dharma, and fearlessness.
Whether the effect of giving can be accepted by dead souls and ghosts depends entirely on the Taoist priest who presides over the ritual. If the Taoist priest is capable and the things in his hands are true, then the effect will be great; Follow the rules, recite mantras, and draw symbols, then the effect will be smaller.
For example, as a tribute, there are only three steamed buns on the table, how can it be enough for these gods and ghosts?Especially with half a tortilla left like Cha Wenbin, what kind of treat is there to talk about?But he still has a way, which is to change.how to change?Heart change!
This is what priests do.You have to understand this truth, everything invisible can change with your own thoughts, with a sincere heart and great magic power, half a corn tortilla can turn into ten tortillas and put it in front of you.The realm is indeed turning with the thought. If the Taoist priest can follow the thought, it is true that these invisible ghosts and gods can get enough tribute.
Every Taoist priest is different, and the strength of his mind determines the amount of these tributes.Even though we are ordinary people, it is not impossible for us to do it. If we do it sincerely, it will be effective.Sincerity, that is, when you recite the mantra, you recite it sincerely without any distracting thoughts. Only such a mantra is effective.
This is the same as Taoist priests painting talismans. During the whole process of drawing talismans, there should be no distracting thoughts. As long as there is a little distracting thought, the talisman will not work.Therefore, many people can draw talismans, like drawing gourds, but well-drawn talismans may not be effective, and a talisman by Cha Wenbin will be effective immediately, this is his skill.
处理完这场小法事，查文斌摸摸三足蟾的脑袋说道：“伙计，你给我领的好地方，咱们继续赶路？”不过对于这一行，查文斌还真收获挺大，单单说手上多了的这六根灭魂钉，这可是一等一的除鬼冥器，遇上哪个不长眼的出来捣乱，只需要一根，足以让它魂飞魄散。不过这等凶恶至极的东西，查文斌还是打算带回去给何老做做研究。
再往前走，就出现了一道大门，一道用青铜浇铸的大门！上面刻着用鬼篆描绘的几段文字，很像一对符纸被贴在了这个通道之中，不过这其中的内容连他这个道士也读不出来，像已经失传了的鬼篆。不过这种东西在这儿出现，多半是没什么好事的。看了看旁边的三足蟾，那家伙表现得就像跟自己无关一样，还是那副天然呆的表情。既然它没叫，应该没什么大事吧，查文斌心想。
查文斌试着用力地推了一把，而大门却纹丝不动。看着眼前这东西，他总觉得哪里不对劲。这种门多半会出现在哪里呢？对了，墓道！古人修建坟墓，多半会搞出一条墓道来，为了防止那些盗墓贼进去，多半会在墓室顶上用各种方式加固，让你无从下手，然后在抬进棺材的位置放一道大门，从里面关闭，而外面的人永远都不可能打开，留在里面的那几个人就做了陪葬。而这道门也就永远地隔绝了外界与主墓室的联系。
查文斌心想：难不成自己进了一座大墓？看样子这玩意儿还真不是用蛮力就行的，查文斌看着那蛤蟆说道：“伙计，你也看见了，这回是真到头了，就算你上去也是推不动的，咱还是回去吧。”说完，转身要走。可那蛤蟆猛地甩出大舌头，朝他背上一卷。查文斌只觉得一个东西被抽了出来，用手一摸，那杖子不见了！转头一看，正在那三足蟾的嘴边叼着呢。
三足蟾用舌头卷着那杖子朝着青铜门使劲一扔，“咚”的一声，那杖子掉到了地上，然后，它又挪了挪身子看着查文斌。
查文斌被它这莫名其妙的举动弄糊涂了，拾起杖子对三足蟾道：“伙计，你这是要干吗？发脾气了？”说着就转身打算回去了，可那三足蟾身子一挪，挡住了查文斌的去路。
“你还不愿意让我走了是吧？可是你也看见了，没办法，被堵着了啊，这门几千斤重，怎么弄得开？”查文斌看着跟前这个大家伙，耐心地解释道。
三足蟾自顾自地走到那青铜门前，用舌头朝着那门“咚咚咚”的连敲了三下，然后退到查文斌的身边，对他“咕呱”叫了一声。
虽然查文斌听不懂这蛤蟆到底在说什么，但是这一路走来，他明白眼前这个家伙绝对是通人性的，还十分聪明，它的这种反常举动一定是有要表达的意思。
还在思考着的时候，那蛤蟆舌头一卷，查文斌手中的杖子再次被它拿了去，又被重新扔向了那青铜大门。查文斌不得不再次跑了过去。还未等他捡起杖子，“咚咚咚”，又是连续三下，那大舌头再次砸到了大门，而这一次查文斌发现，这三足蟾前后两次用舌头点的位置居然是同一个！
三足蟾的舌头上具有黏液，查文斌很轻易地就找到了那三个点，青铜门上有三处地方湿漉漉的，用手一摸，那股清凉的感觉立马传来。而这三个点恰好成了一个“品”字形。更让查文斌意外的是每个点上都有一个特殊的符号，这些符号他见过，正和手中这杖子顶端雕刻的一样，分别是鱼、鸟和箭。
查文斌发现门上的三个符号都被隐藏在了鬼篆之中，要说一眼就能看出来还真不容易，难不成这门和手中的杖子有关？抱着试试看的心态，查文斌先从左下角的那只鸟开始。
这是一只象形鸟，从雕刻的手法来看，虽然不是那么栩栩如生，但也有尾巴、有翅膀。要是它真有什么特别的，就是和附近的青铜颜色略有不同，偏黄，但是夹杂在这么巨大的一堵门上，若不是被这三足蟾特意地给点了出来，还真发现不了。
查文斌用手轻轻摸过，并没有什么很特别的感觉，这只是一只巴掌大小的青铜鸟，越是这种时刻他知道越是不能浮躁，索性闭上眼睛去感受。
这只鸟的雕刻似乎刻意用了一个圆形，整个身子恰好处在一个比较规则的圆中，放下手掌，查文斌恰好捏住了那杖子，心头一动，对了，这个圆的大小似乎和手中这杖子的粗细是一致的。再次联想到那三足蟾几次三番的动作，把杖子都丢向了青铜门，他的心中多了一个词汇：钥匙！
“如果这杖子真是钥匙，那总得有钥匙孔啊！”查文斌对着三足蟾自言自语着。可那老兄除了在那儿鼓着自己的肚子，就是盯着那青铜门。
查文斌心想，难道说这门真的有钥匙孔，只是自己看不见？这杖子的头部分别也刻着鱼、鸟和箭头，管它呢，我就当作没有钥匙孔试试。
查文斌索性拿起那杖子，就准备往那门上的鸟戳去，想想不对劲，又转动了手上的杖子，使得那只鸟朝上，对着青铜门上就杵了过去。要说这有的事情真的就那么出人意料，这青铜门看似坚不可摧，可查文斌却觉得此刻手中的杖子根本是戳在了豆腐上。当那杖子的半截没入青铜门的时候，突然传来“咔嚓”一声。
在这古老的地下世界，千百年来，青铜门终于发出了它的第一声声响，宣告着有人触动了它的内心深处，机械而沉闷的这一声也让查文斌愣在了当场。明明是扇坚固的青铜门，怎么这杖子就这么轻而易举地插了进去？
只轻轻一用力，杖子就被他拔了出来，而青铜门上则留下了一个黑漆漆的窟窿，窟窿的边缘是一些类似金箔的东西。查文斌顺手一撕，那东西就被扯了下来。
查文斌看着手中的东西，那上面还刻画着鸟的头部。他终于明白了，原来这只鸟不过是一个后天加工贴上去堵着这洞眼的，其实材料本身并不厚实，只是用了一层薄薄的青铜片，然后用金箔贴在外面封住了本来的洞眼。刚才自己用力一戳，这层阻隔就被轻而易举地击穿了。
找到了第一个钥匙孔，那么接下来的两个都已经被那三足蟾点出，要做的不过是重复刚才的动作，查文斌很是兴奋，对于这种未知世界的探索，每个人心中那种好奇的心态都会被激发出来，他也不例外。
他回头朝着那三足蟾“嘿嘿”一笑，竖起大拇指，称赞它的聪明，转而走向右下角，这里是一条鱼。查文斌用手指量了一下，果然，大小跟刚才那只鸟相差无几，也是处在一个圆中。
这心中有了谱，办事自然就快了。他举起杖子，把上面那条鱼的图案朝上放着，对准目标，杵了进去，跟刚才一样，不费吹灰之力，“咔嚓”一声传来，这个机关也被打开了！
查文斌退了几步，看着那青铜门，现在就剩下那最后一个了，这个位置处在门的最顶端，看样子是两扇门连接的地方刻着一支箭头，古代人需要狩猎，所以这武器的好坏往往就决定了收获。所以箭头被放在顶上，也是好理解的，谁能用武器饱填肚子谁就能生存，谁能用武器统一部落，谁就能当首领。可是这个箭头的高度足足有两米多，查文斌试着跳了几次都够不着，而脚下也没个垫着的东西，这可怎么办？
就在他四下寻找垫脚石的时候，把目光落在了三足蟾的身上，他“嘿嘿”一笑，朝着那蛤蟆走了过去，一手摸着它的鼻子，一手指着那最顶端的箭头说道：“伙计，你看，那儿实在是太高了，你看能不能委屈一下，让我骑在你背上？”
三足蟾对于他的这番对话，完全不为所动，只是站在原地。查文斌摸摸自己的头，两手一摊：“既然这样，我也没办法了，只好先出去了。”说完，就假装要走，想着就一个转身，走了几步。果然，后面那三足蟾见他真的走了，马上“咕呱”一声叫起来，查文斌停下身子扭头一看，那蛤蟆极不情愿地挪着自己笨重的身子朝着青铜门走去，在门口把身子一低，像是在等待查文斌。
查文斌笑嘻嘻地走过去，拍拍它的鼻尖说道：“这才是好搭档嘛！”就准备一个翻身骑上去，但一眼看到三足蟾背上的疙瘩，他又不敢上去了，因为自己可是亲眼见尸蚕王是怎么死在这疙瘩上的，不过最后，查文斌还是拍拍它的鼻尖，说：“把脑袋低点。”
三足蟾那对大眼珠斜了一下，估计是想你这人还真不客气，我好歹也是一灵兽，就这样被你骑在头上，那还有面子吗？
不过不情愿归不情愿，它还是配合了，看来这洞中的东西，对这只三足蟾的诱惑力真不是一般的大。
有人骑过马，有人骑过骆驼，但古往今来，骑蛤蟆的查文斌恐怕算是第一人了。他一个翻身，骑上了三足蟾的脑袋，虽然有点光溜溜的，但还是比较稳的。三足蟾慢慢抬起头，这时它那水牛般的身材优势立马就体现出来了，查文斌已经能够得着那箭头标志了，心想就看这最后一下了。
带着对这门后面世界的期待，查文斌举起手中的杖子，用力地朝着最后一个点杵去……
古老而沉闷的青铜声伴随着机械的“咔嚓”声，犹如蛮荒之地的奏鸣曲骤然响起，仿佛一下子把人带进了那个失落的世界。
千百年来，终于有人再次来到了这里，千百年来，这里也终于被重新打开。随着最后一次“咚”的一声响，“咔、咔、咔……”两扇青铜巨门终于被打开。
查文斌随即重新拔出杖子，往包里一塞，招呼三足蟾道：“伙计，这回有路了，走！”
一人一蛤蟆刚进门，后面就又传来一阵“咔咔咔”的声音，这门居然又自己合上了，看着那缝隙越来越小，查文斌心中很是纠结，这到底还要不要继续走了？然而，人往往对于未知世界的好奇总是强于理性判断的，查文斌也不例外。对于他来说，从进了这个村起，一切的一切都太不平凡了，既然他已经进入了这场游戏，就得按照这个游戏的玩法继续下去，直到结束。
只犹豫了片刻，查文斌决定继续往前，既然有人修了这么个地方，就一定有属于它的秘密。“咣”的一声，两扇青铜门再次合并，把两个世界重新隔绝开，等待着他的又会是怎样的安排？查文斌看着三足蟾说道：“伙计，这一回咱俩是彻底捆到一起了，要是你有个什么发现，就吱一声，也好让我做个准备，赶路吧。”
依旧是他走在前，三足蟾走在后，自从进了这个门，三足蟾还没出过声，只是跟查文斌之间的距离保持得更近了，还时不时地停下，像是在感受着什么，可是迎接他们的除了脚下的石头便再无其他了。
这里很安静，安静得犹如一间密封的地下室，除了自己，就再也没有任何东西，好在还有蛤蟆兄陪着自己，不然查文斌真会怀疑这种莫名的安静会不会把自己逼疯。
他尽量在心里说服自己不要被这种空洞的氛围所感染，一直到他的眼中出现了石头之外的东西，就在距离他不过百米的位置，射灯已经照到了一些黑漆漆的影子，虽然不是很清楚，但这绝对是第一次发现。
三足蟾心有灵犀一般，也停住了前进的步子，蹲在地上像在思考什么，很有可能这里的东西也超过了它对这个地下世界的认知，毕竟它远比查文斌更熟悉这里的情况。
“怎么，你也发现有不对劲的地方吗？”虽然三足蟾从他看见的第一眼就没什么表情，但查文斌这会儿确实也感觉到它的谨慎，不由得提高了注意力。看着眼前那些漆黑的影子，他不敢托大，七星剑已经被缓缓地抽了出来，对于那些不可见的东西自然有特殊的办法，其实他更怕的还是那些蛇鼠虫蚁类，毕竟自己也不过是个道士，终究是肉体凡胎罢了。
又接着往前走了些路，那些黑影在灯光的照射下，越发拉得长，随着距离的拉近，可以看见那些黑影周边出现了一个个小红点，犹如有人提着小灯笼一般在那等着。
“鬼灯笼？”查文斌不经意间就冒出这么一句话来，不过那些红点亮光看着确实有些骇人。转身过去看看那三足蟾，它还是那副表情，直勾勾地看着前方，看来指望它给点儿提示是没希望了，也罢，毕竟再聪明也只是个畜生，能跟着自己来就是缘分了。
查文斌无奈地苦笑了一下，什么时候自己变得这么胆小了，地府都下去过，还怕前面有鬼？想着另外一拨人还生死不明呢，自己却在这磨蹭。
正想着呢，眼前突然出现了一个光屁股的小孩，手上提着一盏小红灯笼，笑嘻嘻地站在不远处跟查文斌做鬼脸。
那顽童不过四五岁的模样，白白嫩嫩的很是可爱，这孩子漂亮得就像玉雕出的一般。连查文斌在看见的第一眼都被他身上那股可爱劲儿给吸引了，就感觉心头连日来的压力全无，只看着那孩子在那嬉笑顽皮。
那顽童提着灯笼，朝着查文斌做了几个鬼脸之后，朝他勾勾手指头，然后扭着光屁股一蹦一跳地朝着前面走去。查文斌呢，看那小孩着实可爱，便也一步步随他走去。那小孩每走几步就停下，转过身来笑嘻嘻地跟他打招呼，然后接着勾勾手指。
查文斌呢？也乐得和他闹，小孩停下，他也停下；小孩走几步，他也跟着走几步，脸上始终一副笑呵呵的表情。就这样走了差不多有七八十米，那小孩跳上一块大石头，跷着光脚在那儿直挥手，招呼查文斌也坐过去。
查文斌呢，举起自己的左手像是在让那小孩等等自己，脸上的笑容依旧。那小孩不停地挥舞着自己莲藕一般的小手像是在说：“来啊，来啊……”
一步、两步，眼看着查文斌就要抱起那孩子了，猛地他脸色一变，一直在空中挥舞着的左手一抖，“呼”的一声，一张黄色的符纸带着火花就冲着那孩子飞了过去，“轰”的一声在那孩子跟前烧了起来，那孩子脸色一变，“啊”一声惨叫，不由得就举起双手护住自己的脸庞。
查文斌趁着这个间隙，右手马上揣进乾坤袋，掏出一张由麻绳所编的网，上面用白色绳索绘出一张八卦图，他随手一扬，那网便在空中完全张开，盘旋着朝那小孩飞了过去，不偏不倚刚好把他罩住。那孩子一吃痛，马上缩成一团，“啊”的一声哭了出来，像是在跟查文斌求饶。
查文斌看着网中的那个小娃娃冷冷道：“这个地方，千百年来都没个人进来过，怎么会偏偏多出你个娃娃，就这点迷惑之术也想害人，不要以为我不认得你，傒囊！”说罢右手的七星剑已经抬起，作势就要劈下去。
原来他第一眼看见这个小娃娃的时候，就知道自己真遇到了鬼，这种地方哪来的小孩？只是他一直没动手的原因是不知道这个鬼到底是不是想害他，所以就顺着它的心意，将计就计跟着走。
不过这个说是鬼还不确切，更加确切地说是傒囊，这东西他曾经在外婆家那边遇到过，是一些修成了精的动物所化，在一些深山老林里比较多见。以前老人们常说某人在山里走着走着迷了路，然后跌下山崖死了，就说是被小鬼勾了魂。其实干这事的，多半是这种叫傒囊的精怪。凡是遇到这东西的，不要害怕，也别相信自己的眼睛，只要大喊一声，自然就会让它现出原形！
查文斌闭眼默念了一遍清心咒，等再睁开眼睛时，只听一阵婴儿的啼哭声传来，他定睛一看，发现自己的前方出现了一条水路，而此刻在自己网下的是一只样子丑陋的爬行动物，那怪物嘴巴正一张一合，发出类似婴儿的啼哭声。
“原来是一条大鲵在作怪。”大鲵，又名娃娃鱼，叫声很像是婴孩的哭声，喜欢生活在没有光线的地下洞穴中。
查文斌此时也惊出了一身冷汗，因为就在离他不到20厘米的地方，一棵青铜树的树杈直愣愣地支着，眼看就要扎到他的眼球。这棵青铜树的树杈异常锋利，像是一把把匕首朝外凸着，而树上还挂着些白骨。想必这大鲵刚才就是想引诱自己撞到那树杈上被活活戳死。“好你个恶毒的东西！”查文斌正欲举剑刺下，“咕呱”一声响起，一条硕大的舌头抢先甩了出去，等到查文斌反应过来时，地上只剩下了那一张空网了。他回头一看，就见那三足蟾正用舌头舔着大嘴，想必这条大鲵已经给它做了点心。
“伙计，你这可有点不仗义了，刚才就那么眼睁睁地看着我走过去无动于衷，这会儿我能搞定的时候，你才出手？”说完，他装作生气的样子拍了拍那蛤蟆的鼻子，只是三足蟾一副死猪不怕开水烫的德行，我就不出手，你能怎样？让他好气又好笑，索性去看旁边那树了。
他的脚下开始出现了渗水，比起外面暗河里的水温更低，冰凉刺骨，而这棵青铜树就是在这里拔地而起，查文斌数了数，足足有九个枝丫，分三层朝着三个方向分开，每一根枝丫都像是被刻意打磨过锋利无比，而一具白骨倒是引起了他的注意。
这具尸骨不像是自己撞上去的，而像是被人倒挂上去的，因为他的头盖骨和肋骨已经散落在了地上，而盆骨恰好被卡在了树杈上，从这盆骨的位置来看，这个人死的时候，身体是头朝下，脚朝上的。大鲵虽然有迷惑之力，能引人撞上来，但也绝无能耐把尸首倒着挂。查文斌脑中第一个跳出的词汇是：祭祀！
当一个人被选中后，用树上这些利刃，从人后背的皮下刺入，吊在这些青铜树上，用来惩罚或是完成某种祭祀。恰好这个地方有大鲵出没，就拿来当作害人的工具了。
查文斌抬头一看，这头顶上果真有一些红色的东西，在射灯的照射下特别明显，试着用剑戳了戳，应该是某种红色的萤石，因为吸了光亮照射，所以才会变红。
刚出了水路，这会儿又要重新走水路，不过试了试，好在水倒不深，他收起八卦网，便接着朝里面走去，不到几米，再次看见了一棵青铜树，跟前面的那棵几乎一样……
这棵树上同样存在着尸骨的残骸，对于这类邪恶的东西，查文斌向来没有好感的。在他看来，原始的祭祀活动都是建立在各种血腥与杀戮之上，其中就不乏这种活祭。祭品往往是奴人或是战俘，让那些高高在上的神权者用各种理由加以迫害，更甚者和前面那人一样，用灭魂钉这种传说中的冥器将人打得魂飞魄散，永不超生，让他觉得十分厌恶。
不过同情归同情，可这终究是历史，中华文明自古以上下五千年自称，其实有多少是被世人一直流传了下来，又有多少已经埋藏在了岁月的尘埃之中，如他所见的也不过是当时某种盛极一时的祭祀方式罢了。对于历史，人们只有尊重和敬畏，因为你无法改变，也无法重塑。
查文斌这样的人，本来就明白神鬼之道不过是在一念之间。用得好，能够救世度人，用得不好，那就是杀人于无形。毕竟人除了命理之外，真的有太多的意外发生，尤其是像他这样，自从丢了女儿之后，对于天命的探索就一直未曾停止过。
对于我们普通人来说，轮回也好，生死也罢，都不过是顺其自然的安排，可是对于查文斌来说，天道才是追求的终极目标。因为一个道士这辈子可能会给无数人算命卜卦，指点迷津，却唯独永远不会给自己算一次，这也是他自幼入门时便被师父告知的。其中原因，查文斌也曾考虑过，最终他是这样认为的：
因为一个人一旦窥破了自己的未来就会想方设法改变命运，而从命理上来讲，这是不可逆的。命里会不会富贵，会不会有劫难，这些都是注定的。无论你会不会算命，你的命运都是这样，努力的结果顶多是略有点改变而已，不可能有根本上的变化。
另外一个原因，人都有私心，他查文斌也不例外，谁都希望自己能得到更好的未来，总觉得命运对自己不该这么不公平，这就很容易对自己的命理有错误的思想，从而会使自己本来一直追求的天道发生改变。所以，很多真正的高人只能通过别人来解自己的命理，为的是不失偏颇。
所以说，查文斌认为师父告诫他不给自己算命，是因为怕自己受私欲的影响算不准，也怕自己知道自己的命运而心灰意冷，更怕自己努力改命的行为正落入命运的圈套。不过这人往往也就是因为越去规避而越容易遭受，其中的因果既说不清也道不明，他索性关上自己那颗好奇的心，努力追求对于天道的认识，特别是在他得知人除了命运之外还有一层更加深奥而不可解的天命存在，就越发对自己的命运不在乎了。
既来之则安之，这也是查文斌身处在这失落的世界时一直在心中对自己说的话。既然命中需要到这里来走一遭，即使是死在这儿也是命中所属，躲终究是躲不过的，不过是选择死个明白还是死个糊涂罢了。
查文斌检查了这具尸骨，并没有发现灭魂钉这类冥器，也无鬼魂的迹象，空荡荡的只留下一副残缺的遗骸，也只有锋利的青铜还在向他诉说往日的杀戮：挣扎得扭曲的身体、撕心裂肺的号叫、汩汩的鲜血顺着青铜树枝中间的引血槽流到脚下的器皿之中，待最后一滴血流干，那些神职人员捧着装满鲜血的青铜器匆匆离去，只留下那具干枯的尸体慢慢在此风化，慢慢在此腐烂。
至于他们这样做的目的，有可能是惩罚，也有可能是祭祀，古人对于血祭并不是没有记载。据史书记载，在各个民族的历史上都曾有将活人或是活的牲畜用来祭祀，以保佑农业生产富足、族群生活平安的例子，我们不能以现代的眼光去看这些貌似野蛮和血腥的行为，因为它属于历史的一部分，我们只能去解读，而不能去批判。
在肯定了这是属于某种血祭的活动之后，查文斌不忍再去联想那一幕，因为青铜树的底座，即那个用来盛放鲜血的鼎状器物上斑驳的黑色残留已经足够说明一切，那些都是鲜血氧化后形成的痕迹。看来要想彻底弄清楚这里，还得继续深入，我们对于历史了解得太少，尤其是这种已经消失了的文明，谁也无法解释他们是怎样建造了这个历史，同样谁也无法解释他们怎样又把自己灭亡的。对于这点，全世界都有许许多多的未解之谜，相信那也只是我们暂时发现的，还有更多我们未知的或永远埋在了地下，或已经消失在了历史长河中。就像他所擅长的道一样，师父只是传授了他那些咒语、符字以及千百年来传下来的规矩。至于究竟是谁创造了这些，他也一样只是听闻了传说而已，事实的真相是怎样，谁又知道呢？谁又真正地关心过呢？
就像此刻他手中的那六枚灭魂钉，上面的鬼篆和青铜门上的如出一辙，外面的五行三界八卦，十口青铜大棺，将圆极