While talking about my conjecture, I recalled the previous situation. I did remember that the man would often make some meaningless actions or get more inexplicable wounds. Because it was harmless, I didn't pay much attention to it at first. Now
When I thought about it, it was probably the fat man attacking him.
After listening to our description, my mother-in-law pondered for a while, and then said with some hesitation: "I have heard of a sneaky creature in Japan called a doppelgänger. It can completely copy its host, change into his appearance, and possess him.
The memory, personality and all characteristics of the host will then be frozen and closed in the mirror, and the self will slowly replace his life. As long as the original self does not die, the doppelgänger will not be destroyed. On the contrary, all the damage suffered by the original self will be reflected in the second body.
If you are seriously injured, my suicide may even lead to the death of both the jade and the stone."
"Do you mean that this three-ghoul ghost is also a doppelganger?" I followed my mother-in-law's words and analyzed, "One of me and the fat man are the clones, and the other is the original body, so regardless of their appearance,
, magical powers and physical conditions are exactly the same?"
The mother-in-law shook her head and denied: "I just feel that the current situation is somewhat similar to that of this doppelganger, but I am not necessarily sure that this is the case. From your words, I can hear that there is a two-way influence between the two people, but the doppelgangers
Only the clone will respond to the damage of the main body, but the main body will not be affected by the injury of the doppelgänger.”
When she said this, she took out some wild thatch from her arms and arranged them in a nine-square shape on the table. Then she took out some small objects that looked like carapace or shell. After looking carefully, she realized that they were probably
Props such as insect sloughs and pupa shells.
I was just curious about what she wanted to do, so she just like building blocks, put all the insect sloughs into the nine-square grid according to the four-nine rules of Dayan, and then muttered something in her mouth, her voice was not soft or loud, her expression was focused and pious, as if
It is singing and praising some unknown existence.
Then, a seven-star ladybug shell that was originally placed motionless in the Nine Palaces suddenly floated inexplicably on its own and began to move slowly towards the lower right corner.
When the mother-in-law saw this scene, the rhythm of her chanting became faster and faster, more like singing a Nuo song that was full of exotic frontier style in both lyrics and melody.
At this time, all the insect sloughs on the entire Nine Palaces disk began to move, or just trembled slightly in place, or leaped directly from one end of the disk to the other end, intersecting with each other in an endless stream, as if there was an invisible figure in the air.
The naughty children played with these colorful gadgets with relish out of curiosity.
Suddenly, the pitch in the mother-in-law's mouth suddenly rose, like a sharp and crisp chirp.
A few of us couldn't help but feel dizzy, as if we heard a very high frequency, even close to ultrasonic waves. We didn't know how the ghost grandmother's usually dumb voice could produce such a sharp tone?
A gust of breeze blew past our door for no reason, but the doors and windows in the carriage were clearly closed, and the air conditioner was not turned on. Where did the wind come from?
I looked down and saw that the thatch that had been arranged neatly like a nine-square grid was all scattered, and the little bits and pieces were arranged crisscrossed among the insect sloughs, creating a very messy and complicated scene.
The fat man and I looked at each other and basically understood what was going on. Although I had never seen such a ceremony, the ghost mother-in-law was probably using thatch and insect sludge for divination, just like the Taoism in the Central Plains also has a similar "Suo Qiong Mao Yizhu"
Thatch divination is based on the fortune-telling spirit atmosphere, but the ritual materials and processes are very different.
Especially before, my mother-in-law specially arranged the thatch into the shape of nine palaces. This is basically the nine-gong hexagram technique unique to Taoists in the Central Plains. The use of the movement and placement of insect sloughs for divination should be derived from some kind of divination.
The idea of primitive witchcraft in southern Xinjiang was presumably fused together in a unique way by my mother-in-law, who was proficient in the cultures and supernatural powers of both places.
The ghost granny stared at the seemingly scattered and disordered patterns on the table, but in fact they might indicate some kind of hexagram. She fell into deep thinking for a long time. The fat man and I both shut up obediently and did not dare to disturb her, because the divination ceremony was such a divination ritual.
We have just entered the most important stage of "knowing destiny". If we interrupt it now, it will easily confuse the destiny and cause misunderstandings. In fact, it is better not to divination.
Taozi saw the serious expressions on both of our faces, and saw that her mother-in-law seemed to be deep in thought, so naturally she didn't dare to speak, and sat blankly in her seat. The three of them didn't dare to express their anger. After a while, they looked
The mother-in-law finally raised her head slowly and said tiredly:
"So that's the case. It makes sense. He's really a crazy person."
Hearing this, the fat man and I suddenly showed expressions of joy. It seemed that my mother-in-law had seen through each other's true nature and quickly asked what the truth was.
Unexpectedly, my mother-in-law did not answer me directly, but asked instead: "Yang Fan, based on your current strength, do you know where your upper limit is?"
I was asked a confused question by her, and I didn't know how to answer it. After thinking about it for a while, I could only answer vaguely: "I think my current upper limit is to exhaust all the Taoist energy and Buddhist energy in my body.
The power that can be exerted together, right?"
Unexpectedly, she actually accepted this answer that was almost nonsense, nodded, and said: "Then if you are split into two, one person will concentrate on studying the power of Buddhism, and the other will specialize in cultivating the power of Taoism. Wait a minute.
After you have made some small achievements for a while, will you be stronger than if you had to devote your mind and energy to cultivating both methods at the same time?"
I thought about it, and logically there seems to be no problem. In my free time every day, I either meditate and practice qi, learn Taoism and draw talismans, and improve my Taoism;
, I feel very busy every day. Many times it is difficult to have both, and I have to make a choice.
Firstly, it is because these two powers have a great effect on me, and it would be a waste not to practice. Secondly, it is also to maintain the balance of the Golden and White Eight Diagrams in the Qi Sea, and to prevent a certain force from becoming too strong and causing the rotation between the two rituals.
The originally stable order collapsed into a one-sided situation.
But if there is really a way to split me into two people, and cleverly separate the two forces, then I will have twice the energy and time to concentrate on one of them every day, and the combined achievements of the two will definitely be far greater than
Right now?
So I nodded in agreement, and my mother-in-law seemed to know that I would answer yes, and quickly asked another question: "Then if there is such a secret method in front of you, which can split you into two, what will you do?