Chu people believe in witches and ghosts. As a once-prosperous country in Tianyuan Continent, witchcraft was prevalent. This country once produced some famous cultivation schools. Even after the country was destroyed, some cultivators in Chu still believed in this kind of belief.

It has been inherited, such as the witchcraft religion during the Anti-Japanese War in Southwest China. In fact, its birthplace was the Chu State in Tianyuan Continent.

Chu people believe in witches and ghosts, which is a deep-rooted belief of Chu people. Many of the practices of Chu people are also related to customs such as sacrifice, divination, witch doctors, raising ghosts, sealing spirits, witchcraft, etc.

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This kind of witchcraft related to superstition and occultism makes Chu people very different from people in other places.

Ding Yi advocates natural science, cultivation technology, and mechanical civilization, which are incompatible with the Chu culture where witches and ghosts are prevalent, but this does not mean that Ding Yi rejects this culture.

Chu Yuan was frightened by Ding Yi's approach of calling him Po Xingzang as soon as he met him.

The killing tactic that Chu Yuan carefully arranged in the wooden house was completely useless. The opponent had the ability to predict the unknown, which made him somewhat cautious.

"Sir, who are you? How do you know me, the names of my family, and what the hell do you mean by coming here?" Chu Yuan clearly felt that there were a lot of cultivators in the distance, which made him a little confused.

nervous.

"Let Lu'e clean up all those poisons and let's go into the house and have a good talk." Ding Yi said with a smile.

Chu Ke and Chu Feng pretended to be harmless, carrying a basket filled with tempting poisonous apples, and pushed out the door.

Ding Yi smiled and greeted the two pretenders.

"Hello Chu Ke, Chu Feng!" The two children were obviously a little frightened.

Chu Yuan didn't know what Ding Yi wanted to do, but the young man did not attack his family with the cultivators not far away. This made Chu Yuan feel uneasy, but he was not ready to rush out now.

"Let your mother remove all those poisons." Chu Yuan ordered his son.

After a while, Ding Yi entered the wooden house at Chu Yuan's invitation.

Lu'e nervously protected Chu Feng and Chu Ke, and looked at the little puppet master opposite.

Ding Yi sat across from their family in a leisurely manner.

Ding Yi was also a little afraid of the other party's methods, and he did not force the other party. He first introduced himself, and of course he packaged himself a little.

He claimed to be inspired by the heroic spirit of Qu Tong, the late great witch of Chu State, and came to meet them.

"I know everything about you!" Ding Yi said boldly.

"I know that the current living situation in the lake area is not optimistic. I am here to solve your livelihood and future development problems. Hiding in the colorful swamp is not the answer. The colorful swamp is currently expanding, which has caused Tianyuan

Mainland China's high-level officials are paying attention to it. They will carry out comprehensive renovation of this area in the near future. Our people will be discovered sooner or later, and we must solve this problem as soon as possible."

"It's a pity that I don't have much time this time, otherwise I can have a good talk with the clan elders. But don't worry, since I have agreed to the great witch's entrustment in the dream, I will definitely not sit idly by. Don't worry. Yes.

Sister-in-law Lu'e, please don't keep holding on to the dagger under your clothes. I've said it before, I have no ill intentions. Brother Chu Yuan has already seen it. Those cultivators who are still by the lake, if I really want to do something bad to you.

, will I come here specifically to talk to you about this?"

After Ding Yi said that, he took out some belongings and clothes from the storage bracelet.

"I came in a hurry this time without any preparation in advance. These clothes are gifts to Chu Ke and Chu Feng. After you cash in these belongings, buy some iron pots and salt and send them to the lake area. I am now with the group of cultivators.

Together, I don’t have time to go to the lake area and ask for help from the clan elders. What a pity! I can only wait until next time. I can’t stay here longer. What I told you are all important matters. When you go back to report to the clan elders, you must

Let me be clear. By the way, I also brought a few books on puppetry this time. I don’t know why the heroic spirit of the great witch came to me, an outsider. Maybe it’s because I am a puppet master. These books, you

Send it to the Lake District to see if anyone is willing to learn it. To be honest, puppetry is a Taoist art with no threshold, and everyone can learn it. Maybe this is the hope of the Chu people! Okay, it’s getting late, I

I can’t stay here for too long, I’m leaving.”

Ding Yi left behind a few books on puppetry, and before the Chu Yuan family could fully digest the message he brought, he had already left.

Back at the lake, Kang Rengui looked at the small island in the middle of the lake not far away, feeling very curious.

"Who was that man before? What did you do on the island?" Xue Ren asked.

Ding Yi said: "That is the place where Qu Tong, the great witch of Chu State, once stayed. His heroic spirit entrusted me with dreams and guided me on this trip. In fact, you have also seen that all the journey along the way has happened."

All kinds of weird things happened. I went there to fulfill my wish. The great witch designated me to go alone. I don’t know why. Maybe I came from Liuhua Continent, or maybe our puppet masters have never invaded the Chu Kingdom. Anyway, that’s it.

Already."

He said to the universe: "The saying of witches and ghosts has its origin. Most of the original cultivation sects in Chu also respected their ancestors. Asking witches for divination is very mysterious. Xiaoyi, you are blessed by Qutong, the great witch of Chu State, this time, you can

Leading us safely through this dangerous journey can be regarded as thanks to the blessing of the Great Wizard of Chu. In this case, let us rest for a while and continue on our way."

The Little Heavenly Spiritual Master looked at Ding Yi and curled his lips. Yuan Zhen had the supernatural power of being out of body. As a support for his good friend, of course he traveled secretly and followed Ding Yi to check. Ding Yi's story could not be kept secret.

I live with someone else, but I can't hide it from him. But he won't tell it.

After a short rest, Ding Yi and his party hurried on the road again. Perhaps it was because of the lake, or perhaps they were really blessed by the heroic spirit of the Great Witch of Chu. They never encountered any large-scale monsters along the way. When they came to a place called Sui

In the city, there is a branch of the Five Poison Sect, and they can finally settle down in peace and contentment.

Suicheng is almost a small town gathered by various cultivation sects that practice poison spirits. The Five Poison Sect is the most powerful. This colorful swamp with a radius of one hundred thousand kilometers contains countless mutant monsters and magic plants.

Cultivators provide abundant cultivation resources. Xuanyin Sect, Wutong Sect, Gu Sect...many cultivation sects have their bases here.

Because of practicing poisonous skills, many low-level monks are a little ugly, and their men and women have some weird shapes.

In the past, these people who practiced poisonous arts were called evil cultivators in history, but their names have long been rectified. In the early days of the empire, there were countless poisonous cultivators who defected to the empire. They took the lead and made a great contribution to the establishment of the empire.

War exploits.

The most famous among them is Master Peacock, who destroyed the entire Chu Kingdom and turned it into a place where monsters were rampant. This ruthless and poisonous cultivator, because of this shocking incident, successfully squeezed into the top sect of the 18th National Congress and was imprisoned. Lao occupied a prominent position in the cabinet for the Five Poison Sect.

The empire does not exclude poisonous cultivators. Even the Yin Yang Sect and the Hehuan Sect, which are obscene and evil sects, are recognized by the empire, let alone them.

The empire generally recognizes various types of cultivation systems. As long as it recognizes the empire's rule, obeys the empire's management, abides by the empire's laws and regulations, and does not engage in behavior that harms the empire, the empire is relatively tolerant of various cultivator sects. .

In Suicheng, due to extremely special reasons, ordinary people cannot survive in such an environment. The people living here are cultivators, mainly poison cultivators. Kang Rengui and the others came here and found the local Five Poison Sect members. A manager successfully rented a large courtyard with five in and five out in the city.

This is still a colorful swamp area, but safety is adequately guaranteed.

In the city, there were Poison Spirit monks everywhere, selling all kinds of strange and strange things. Kang Rengui hired a guide from the Five Poison Sect to take the teenagers out to buy various ingredients. As a high-level man who lives a fastidious life Monk, Kang Rengui has always paid great attention to food and accommodation.

Xiang Universe and Chen Shian were left in the courtyard. After all, this was a colorful swamp, and many of the animals and plants here had mutated. Without someone who was familiar with the situation, Lao Kang would really be unable to speak.

There are eight major chambers of commerce here in Suicheng. There are rich cultivation resources here, and it is impossible for them not to take part in them. They exchanged some gold coins here.

The guide from the Five Poison Sect is also a good eater. Although some of the ingredients he strongly recommended were too unusual, Kang Rengui still only bought some ingredients that didn't look so scary.

Ding Yi and others are all wealthy people. When they see some weird gadgets, as long as they are interested in them, they basically don’t bargain.

"Mr. Kang, this Papa Chong is the most delicious delicacy in the world. Are you sure you don't want to buy some and take it home to try?" the guide of the Five Poison Sect once again recommended it to Kang Rengui and the others.

Ding Yi saw the large group of squirming white worms huddled together, making snapping sounds as they squirmed. The sticky stuff made Ding Yi feel nauseated.

Long Yan was very interested in these strange foods.

"How to do this?"

"How to do it? Fry, stir-fry, stir-fry, fry, whatever you want will do. It nourishes yin and strengthens yang. This is a great tonic!" Xiao Hu, the guide, tried his best to persuade.

Yuan Zhen said: "Long Yan, if you like it, you can do it yourself. I won't help you. I can barely accept poisonous insects like centipedes and scorpions. I really have no interest in these crawling insects."

The vendor selling papa bugs became more energetic.

"Brother, as long as you buy this Papa Chong, I will help you process it. What do you think? I can make Ten Chong Big Tonic Soup and roast Earthworm.

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Seeing that everyone else was a little disgusted, Long Yan hesitated for a moment.

Ding Yi said: "I bought these papa bugs. You pack them up and come with us. And those dishes and ingredients you mentioned, we need to buy them all..." The empire is no different than in ancient times. There are many sects and they attack each other. , cultivators engage in intrigues and deceptions, and use every possible means. That situation no longer exists.

Now, although the cultivation sect still exists, the intrigues still exist, but the stage for their confrontation has moved from the market to the temple. Ding Yi is not worried at all that the hawker will trick them. Besides, there are great masters like Kang Rengui, those people

Nor dare to deceive them.

Shi Yao looked at the writhing white bug and felt disgusted. She knew that Ding Yi bought it for Long Yan. Ding Yi has always been a loyal person, otherwise there would not be so many brothers in Xuanzang Academy willing to accompany him to solitary confinement.

. She glared at Long Yan fiercely.

Other vendors nearby also strongly recommended their products to them. Ding Yi suddenly felt something in his heart and said to everyone: "We are a team from Liuhua Continent participating in the Qinglian Competition. We are fortunate to come to Suicheng today and be able to compete with you all."

It is a great coincidence that we meet friends from the cultivation world. The ingredients you sell are very interesting. I have never seen or heard of them. If you know how to make them, you might as well come with us and bring something with you. We will buy them all.

Here we are, we are indispensable. I also invite you to try the dishes cooked by others. If you have any friends you know, just ask them to come. Today we are here in Suicheng, everyone has fun together!"

Kang Rengui didn't expect Ding Yi to be so generous. These small vendors selling ingredients are just cultivators with low spiritual power and low qualifications. Great masters like Kang Rengui usually don't pay much attention to such people. Moreover, these people

Most of them were poisonous cultivators with weird looks, bodies, and abnormal behaviors. He had never had a good impression of these people. Unexpectedly, Ding Yi was willing to get acquainted with these people.

It can be seen that Ding Yi is indeed speaking from the bottom of his heart and is absolutely sincere. This makes Kang Rengui feel awe.

Shun looked at Ding Yi in the crowd and became even more curious about this magical young man.

From the winery in Suicheng, truckloads of drinks were brought to the small courtyard rented by Kang Rengui and the others. A long flowing mat had been set up on the road in front of the small courtyard. Drug cultivators from all over the world and various sects gathered there.

Together, Ding Yi and the others started their water-flowing mat directly on the street.

Suicheng is just a small town with a permanent population of only five or six thousand people. Including the merchants and travelers traveling from north to south, the whole city has a maximum population of only seven thousand. Ding Yi and his party attracted nearly five thousand people to their party.

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Most of the people here were low-level poisonous cultivators. Ding Yi didn't mind and greeted every poisonous cultivator who came to the party. Basically, he didn't ask about the price. He just brought something and bought it! The whole banquet was just

Nearly two million gold dollars were spent on various ingredients and drinks.
To be continued...