let's take the good and the bad and go on living in silence. Let's take the good and the bad, and then go on living without saying a word. --- Brooke's proverb
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This is the day of John's funeral.
Two days have passed since the battle, and John still has lingering fears.
Standing in Klaus's room, under the service of a maid, she changed out of her pajamas. She followed Klaus's habit and chose a black aristocratic dress that was not often worn. This was specially designed to attend trials or funerals.
Dress for serious occasions.
This is a style between Brooke's simplified dress and Franz's gorgeous dress. It will not be rude when attending some formal occasions, but it is not as restrictive and uncomfortable as a formal dress.
The casual clothes he wore back from the crime scene had been destroyed that night to avoid leaving any traces behind. After all, they were just taken from the clothing store next door.
Thinking of his own soul in Klaus's body, John is still a little uncomfortable after two days!
Klaus is about an inch shorter than his original body. This is not a big difference. The key is that he is not used to Klaus's dazzling handsome appearance even in pajamas. His eyebrows are like a peacock's tail.
, to use the term from the previous life, it means that you are born with a romantic aura and walking hormones.
This is the real reason for his awkwardness.
John, who was neatly dressed, walked out of the room and went to the manor hall. He saw Lucian, Henry and the housekeeper, all dressed in black, with sad expressions on their faces, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.
John stepped forward to greet Uncle Cheap, and then nodded with the others. No one said anything, and the group boarded the carriage and followed the black carriage carrying John Walker's body to the family cemetery in the north of the city.
The Mid-levels area is actually not far from the cemetery area in the north of the city.
Because this is where the cemeteries of various families in Jinsha Port are located, it is not considered an administrative district. It is just called the cemetery area.
The Hessenser family cemetery is located on one of the sunny slopes. This is to receive the positive energy of the sun and prevent the corpses from mutating.
John raised his eyes and forgot about this cemetery in his memory,
In addition to the families of past dynasties who were buried in the underground palace, after the death of other family members or retainers, their tombs were placed one after another outside the underground palace.
Of course, this kind of tomb is also made of stones, just like a basement. The Walker family, as retainers, also has an underground tomb here that is similar to a small underground palace, and John's grandparents and parents are sleeping in it.
Now it was his body's turn to be buried.
This kind of tomb is just like the vampire tomb in the movie. It is a sarcophagus. When burial, the wooden coffin is placed in the sarcophagus and the lid is closed.
Because none of the Hessenser family were Illuminati, there was no funeral like a priest preaching. Instead, the living were buried directly after paying homage solemnly and expressing their condolences.
Of course, if there are priests of the King of Knights at the scene, they will be asked to perform a blessing ceremony on the deceased. After all, the Heisensel family and many of the guests are followers of the King of Knights.
The function of the ritual is to prevent corpse transformation and allow the soul of the deceased to ascend to the kingdom of God and enjoy blessings, instead of wandering to the earth or falling into the underworld to suffer without relief.
However, there was no priest of the King of Knights present. It was not that he could not be invited, but that John was planning to hold the ceremony himself. Lucian thought that Klaus was now also an extraordinary spellcaster. Although he was just an apprentice, it would not be difficult to host such a ceremony.
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This can be considered as complying with Klaus's wishes and allowing him to feel some relief from his grief.
As the head of the family of this generation, he still values his nephew Klaus very much and does not want Klaus to immerse himself in sorrow and languish.
"let's start!"
After listening to Lucian's instructions, John took a few steps forward, stood on the stage, and said solemnly:
"Today, it is with heavy hearts that we..."
This set was based on his memory of the memorial service in his previous life.
Nowadays, people in Jinsha Port are all concerned about the Ripper case. With the disclosure in the newspaper, the people of Jinsha Port know that such a terrible murder happened around them. So while they are talking about it, they also have questions about the Black Continent.
People couldn't help but keep a vigilant eye, looking at everyone who seemed to be that kind of weird and evil voodoo wizard.
While the people's awareness of safety precautions has been strengthened, many hidden illegal immigrants from the Black Continent have been uncovered in a short time, and many criminal gangs' transactions have been accidentally disrupted. At the same time, the military and police have not been dispatched to suppress the situation, which has incited a large number of workers.
The turmoil caused by the Church of Steam and Machinery, which the class participated in the gathering, has temporarily calmed down.
After all, everyone is paying attention to the most popular Ripper incident, and many novelists have even created stories based on it and published them in newspapers to gain popularity. Who has the heart to care about steam and machinery, a godless belief?
In John's view, this is an alien version of the public relations team behind the artists who were exposed in the entertainment industry in their previous lives to divert attention.
Therefore, the funeral of the Heisenser family has attracted less and more attention. People who came from various aristocratic families and the government in Jinsha Port were not only good friends with the Heisenser family, but also out of favor.
Come and visit, or simply come over to see and spy on the current situation of the Heisenser family.
However, John had no intention of caring about the guests who came with their own agendas. At this time, he was standing in the host position, reciting the prayer of the Father of Nature, clearly blessing the deceased, but in fact, he was secretly using other methods.
He took a look at his body in the coffin. He was dressed in a classical dress and holding a sword with a brass scabbard in his arms. Apart from being pale and thin, he looked like a stranger in the sun.
In fact, John had previously intended to refine the corpse of his predecessor into a protector using the Taiyin Refining Method, otherwise it would be a waste to just let the corpse rot.
Taiyin refining is originally a Taoist corpse-dissolving method. Those who are of the highest level cultivate the Yin Spirit Immortal, while those who are of the lower-level use corpses to transform alien beings into immortals. Like other methods of corpse-extraction, it is the lowest level of the way to become immortals. Among them, Maoshan Taoism once used it.
It was changed to the art of controlling ghosts and refining corpses, which is widely circulated among the people. This kind of side method was not lacking in the Taiyin Dharma Assembly they established themselves in the previous life.
Du Guangting's "Records of the Collection of Immortals in Yongcheng" says: "For those who are above the immortals, they fly with clouds, chariots and feathers covering their bodies and spirits; secondly, the female valley and secluded forest reveal hidden scenes; secondly, they interpret the form and support the images, with snakes and cicadas flying."
However, those who soar to the sky are superior, and those who disintegrate into corpses are inferior."
Although the Zhijie Immortal from ancient times is much stronger than the later Ghost Immortal, it is a path whose achievements have been finalized. Restricted by the corpse decomposition path, it is difficult to practice and has many taboos. It has always been abandoned by the predecessors of Taoism.
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But now that his own soul has been transferred to Klaus's body, he naturally cannot disintegrate his body and become a god. The second option is to make his own bones into a puppet. Whether it is a skeleton or a zombie, John feels a little horrified.
He panicked, so he was excluded.
There is also water decomposition, and fire decomposition is the same. Sacrificing the body to achieve spiritual enlightenment, considering his previous body's extraordinary bloodline and blood being extracted from the whole body, it is estimated that he will not be able to become a corpse decomposition immortal. At most, he will be able to improve his cultivation by one level.
, which is equivalent to an enhanced version of the five-party form-refining method. In addition, both methods require a lot of time and preparation, and are not favored by him.
"However, there are other corpse dismemberment methods that can be used to refining magic weapons and magic weapons, such as the rod dissolution, clothing dissolution, and sword dissolution in the military dissolution method."
That's right, the sword held in the arms of John's body now is his flying sword weapon, the Sword of Nicholas.