What appeared in front of him was the face of a young child. It was a child about six or seven years old, less than half the height of Chen Zhi. He was wearing a dark red jacket and had a pair of small horns. But that was it.
The face of a child that should have been innocent and cute is now an extremely terrifying face.
The face that should have been young and white was covered with blue-grey skin, giving people goosebumps at first glance. The whites of the eyes were turned up and no black eyes could be seen. The lips were shriveled, revealing a row of eerie little lips.
The child had teeth, and the bottom of his eyes was heavily red, as if the child had been tortured and turned into a human specimen.
"What is this? Child? Are you alive? You look completely like a zombie!",
Chen Zhi was thinking in his mind and took two steps back. He held the dagger tightly in his hand, ready to be attacked by the young zombie at any time. After a stalemate like this for a long time, the zombie child still stood in front of Chen Zhi.
He stood motionless and made no sound, with no intention of attacking at all.
"This child must have come to me, and since he can walk over on his own, it means that he is active. What does he want to do? There is absolutely no way he can be human. The appearance of this Shenren... Could it be?
Is it a ghost boy?"
Chen Zhi suddenly remembered the ancient evil word ghost boy.
Ghost children, also called Gumantong, are the product of a very popular evil method in ancient times. In ancient times, in order to obtain slaves that were easy to drive and had a long life, some nobles used evil methods to soak living children in medicinal oil.
They are cruelly tortured and finally made into ghost children, which is similar to raising little ghosts. These ghost children will live forever and can be driven by their owners at will. Even now, the custom of raising ghost children is still very popular in Thailand, Indonesia and other Southeast Asian areas, and is called
Wealth-lucky boy. It’s just that the ghost boys raised now are all deceptive tricks, and the real evil method has long been lost.
After seeing the real ghost boy in front of him, Chen Zhi not only thought of his sacred ancestor Jiang Ziya. For thousands of years, Jiang Ziya has been the embodiment of holiness and justice. Could it be that he would have done such vicious spells in the past? And why was he so cruel to him?
A young child?
At this time, Chen Zhi noticed the hood the child was wearing. It was a common pullover hoody during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It was made of typical native silk at that time. The textile technology at that time was primitive, and this artificial textile
The silk and satin in the room can only be used by noble families. The color of the jacket is dark, the texture is stiff, and it looks very old. It seems that the incense in this room really has the effect of antiseptic and renewal, which can make such ancient silk fabrics disappear.
dissipate into ashes
Chen Zhi saw a tiny stain on the little pocket, like a mark left after the original pattern faded, but this detail still could not escape Chen Zhi's eyes.
They were two faded sacred characters, writing one name - Chiyunzi.
Chen Zhi knew this Chi Yunzi. Although few people knew his name, his master before him was famous, and that was the legendary figure in Fengshen Performing Arts - Shen Gongbao.
Shen Gongbao is a mythical villain familiar to Chinese people. His surname is Shen, and his given name is Bao. Gong is a title, and he is a disciple of the Chan Cult. He and Jiang Ziya worshiped under the disciples of Yuanshi Tianzun. He is Jiang Ziya’s younger brother. He is jealous of Jiang Ziya’s power to confer gods.
, had been the enemy of Jiang Ziya all his life, so he instigated a large number of experts to deal with Jiang Ziya, aiding Zhou in his crimes, and causing huge difficulties for King Wu Jifa to defeat Zhou. Later, because of his many evil deeds, Yuanshi Tianzun filled up the eyes of the North Sea, and was finally named the "Eastern Sea Branch" by Ziya.
"General Shui". And Chiyunzi is his guardian boy and his beloved disciple.
"If Shen Gongbao was defeated by Jiang Ziya at that time, then his beloved disciple Chi Yunzi fell into Jiang Ziya's hands after that battle, and then... would Jiang Ziya cruelly turn this child into a ghost boy?"
Chen Zhi shuddered when he thought of this. The image of the kind-faced, white-haired Jiang Ziya was a little blurry at the moment. If human nature is complex, then divinity is even more complex. Maybe Jiang Ziya thousands of years ago was not as charming as later legends say.
He is an immortal, humble and kind. Maybe he was once ruthless, maybe his cruel methods are no less than those of the gods.
In the following time, Chen Zhi kept trying to communicate with the ghost boy Chi Yunzi, but he soon discovered that no matter what instructions he gave, the ghost boy did not respond at all.
After several failed exchanges, Chen Zhi tried to touch the ghost boy's heart with his hand. He was surprised to find that the ghost boy's heart actually had a soft beating sound, but the beating frequency was much slower than that of ordinary people.
many.
This ghost boy's skin is very cold and feels as smooth as a fish in the deep sea. His hair is petrified and his joints are stiff, but his bones are completely normal, like a cold stone doll. The hair on the back of his head is
After shaving, many charms were engraved on the skin, and several long silver needles were inserted into the acupuncture points on the back of his head.
The ghost boy's eyes are motionless and look dull, but his eyelids sometimes fluctuate, which proves that his nervous system is absolutely intact.
"This ghost boy must be left here to serve the Jiang clan leader. The ghost boy can resist his master's last wish and is the most reliable slave. He also has a long lifespan. It is indeed suitable to stay here to manage the library, but since he is the Jiang clan's
My slave, why don’t you respond to my orders?”
Chen Zhi looked at the terrifying face of this ghost boy and continued to think in his mind.
"If this library has always been entered and exited by the Jiang clan chiefs alone, does it mean that... does the language accepted by this ghost boy have to be divine script?"
Divine script is a straightforward language. It is directly translated into information and conveyed to the human brain through the brain nerves. It is not a text that can be understood by learning. Chen Zhi has not yet fully mastered the pronunciation of divine script. While reading
When reading the divine words, Chen Zhi naturally formed some pronunciations in his mind, but some of them have not yet been formed. If he wanted to directly communicate with the ghost boy using the divine words, Chen Zhi could not do it for the time being. But just the two words "Ghost Wood"
The pronunciation of this divine text is relatively simple.
Chen Zhi recalled the two words, and after silently reciting them several times, he read them clearly in front of the ghost boy.
"Ghost Wood".
When Chen Zhi's voice just came out, the ghost boy in front of him, who looked like an evil ghost, trembled all over as if he was electrocuted. With a click, the two upturned black eyes turned down and looked at Chen Zhi with extremely resentful eyes.