Chapter 1178 Past Events

Among the magic methods, there are two methods that are deeply hated by people. One is to seize the fetus and reincarnate, and the other is to resurrect the soul through the corpse.

Needless to say, the former is that the practitioner relies on the strength of his soul to directly guard the union of essence and blood. Once the conception is successful, he will drive away or even devour the spirit body that was supposed to be reincarnated, and occupy the magpie's nest to replace it. .

This is a very wicked thing, because most of the ghosts who can be reincarnated don’t know how much they suffered in hell and how many queues they had to wait in before they got their turn to be reincarnated. In the end, when it was their turn, they were robbed again. If you don't get a quota, you will even be beaten to death.

Therefore, taking the reincarnation of a fetus is definitely an evil method and cannot be tolerated by the righteous way. It’s just that this method is beneficial to practitioners after all. It can avoid the confusion in the womb and retain the memory of past lives. Therefore, there are still many methods that are secretly passed down in the human world.

As for the resurrection of the soul through the corpse, the so-called "corpse" does not refer to the corpse, but the body of a living person.

In the earliest times, corpses were indeed borrowed to bring back souls. For example, Li Tieguai, one of the legendary Eight Immortals, was said to have borrowed the corpse of a beggar to be reborn. But in fact, those who need to resurrect corpses are cultivators who have not yet become immortals, and immortals are not needed at all.

However, this method is shocking to the world. The resurrection of a person after death often shakes up one party and causes many troubles in the future. Therefore, in the end, this method was "improved" by someone who cared about it and became a method of resurrecting the soul by borrowing the body.

Despite this, the method of resurrecting a corpse was still a niche and unpopular technique in ancient times. It was not until ghost cultivators used this method to find a substitute and seize the body to be reborn that this method became widespread and was not tolerated by the world.

Different from the reincarnation of womb-snatching, womb-snatching is a fight between humans and ghosts for an opportunity, but corpse-resurrection is ghosts wresting bodies from living people.

In terms of the degree of badness and the corruption caused by the influence, the latter is actually even worse.

Others have worked hard for half their lives, working hard to build a family fortune, a beautiful wife, and a prosperous career. At this time, a lonely ghost from nowhere forcibly takes over someone else's body, sleeps with someone else's wife, inherits all the achievements of someone else's hard work, and... Taking away the remaining decades of other people's lives. It caused that person to become a lonely ghost and its replacement.

Different from taking a fetus and reincarnating one's body, resurrecting a soul through corpse is actually very short-sighted. It is completely a practice of drinking poison to quench thirst, harming others and benefiting oneself, and is malicious and malicious.

Don’t think that you can achieve another kind of immortality by borrowing corpses and resurrecting souls. In fact, it is impossible. Generally, after three times at most, the ghost cultivator will become insane and confused. This is the side effect of the spell's backlash.

But the reason why there are still ghosts willing to do this is because it is too difficult to be a ghost, especially the lonely ghosts who are stranded in the human world, suffering from the seven-day reincarnation and being tortured and burned by the fire of karma. At this time, as long as there is someone who can escape I hope that even if it is a trap, many ghosts will be willing to jump.

What's more, it's a trap full of temptation for them, such as being able to be a new person.

Even if they drink poison to quench their thirst, they will accept it.

The matter of fetal abduction and reincarnation is very secretive. If it is deliberately concealed, it is unlikely to be known to outsiders unless the person involved and insiders are exposed.

But if a cultivator is serious about the matter of resurrecting a corpse, it can be easily seen. After all, if the body and the soul are not in harmony, there will still be flaws.

Moreover, the reanimation of corpses is very harmful to the social order. First, it causes harm at the ethical and moral level, which is not tolerated by the world. Second, the temperament of the person involved changes drastically. When ghosts turn into humans, their behavior is often extreme, weird, dark and treacherous.

Therefore, the spiritual practice world has always cracked down hard on the phenomenon of borrowing corpses to resurrect souls without mercy, unlike turning a blind eye to reincarnation.

"That man succeeded in resurrecting his body. As far as the law is concerned, he is the same person. There is nothing that can be done to him." Uncle Feng said solemnly, "But in fact, we all know that this ghost is vicious and vicious, killing people and taking away bodies. Anyone with a righteous mind Neither should be right Ignore this matter! What is the purpose of us practitioners practicing magic? Is it not to do justice for heaven? If I just watch evil spirits harming people and do not punish them, I will be ashamed of my profession and practice. identity!"

Su Yi frowned: "If Uncle Feng wants to deal with this ghost, there are many ways. Why did you choose the most intense one, Uncle Feng?"

Ghosts can avoid human laws when they harm people. Warlocks are the ones who catch ghosts, so of course they can do this. Not to mention anything else, if Su Yi wants to harm someone now, if he uses magic, he can die however he wants, and no matter how the police investigate afterwards, they can't find Su Yi's fault.

If Uncle Feng really wants to do justice for heaven, there is no need to shoot and kill people directly, right?

The consequences of doing this will be too great. People who kill people must pay for their lives, and practitioners must follow the rules.

"It's also my fault that I was too young and energetic at the time." Uncle Feng shook his head. He suddenly glanced at Alian, who was still listening, and said with a straight face: "Alian, it's getting late, go and have a rest."

"Uncle, can I be later..." Alian said timidly.

"No! Rules are rules!" But before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Uncle Feng.

"Old old-fashioned!" Alian muttered.

"What did you say!" Uncle Feng raised his eyebrows.

"Just a little bit!" Alian stuck out her tongue to Uncle Feng and made a face, then ran out quickly.

Uncle Feng shook his head and let out a long sigh, as if he was planning to say something.

Su Yi had already expected this, and Uncle Feng suddenly sent Alian away. He guessed that what Uncle Feng was going to say might have something to do with Alian.

"The situation at that time was actually unavoidable." Uncle Feng said solemnly, "When we found this ghost, he was carrying his luggage and planning to go abroad and never come back again."

"I saw something was wrong with him at that time, so I directly tested it with the Zhuxiang Curse, and it turned out that it was an evil ghost who had borrowed a corpse to resurrect the soul."

The incantation mantra is one of the basic mantras of Taoism. This mantra was originally recited by Taoist priests to offer incense to the spirits of the ancestors, so that the content of their prayers could be "heard directly in heaven".

However, due to the principle that "the Tao is born from the heart, and the false fragrance is transmitted from the heart", this mantra also has the function of distinguishing falsehood and preserving truth. Therefore, when reciting this mantra, evil ghosts can appear and reveal flaws.

However, Uncle Feng was a little too dismissive of this ghost when he directly explored its roots in front of him. He was indeed young and energetic.

"The evil spirit got angry after being exposed by me, and made sarcastic remarks, saying that it would leave Hong Kong Island and fly away. What can I do to it?" Uncle Feng snorted coldly, "I planned to capture it first and take it back to the police station, and then It was not easy to concoct it, but it possessed this man’s wife. He actually knew Brother Yi, the ghost guy at the time. After a phone call, I and the guys who were with me were ordered to let him go immediately and we would be punished if we went back.”

"The evil ghost saw us being defeated, and he was even more sarcastic. I couldn't bear it anymore, so I shot him to death!"

Su Yi looked at Uncle Feng speechlessly. If he had been Uncle Feng's partner back then, he would have been in a terrible mood at that time.

Do you want to be so impulsive?

"Actually, even if I didn't destroy it at the time, I would do something to make it die again afterwards, and I still wouldn't be able to get rid of it." Uncle Feng saw Su Yi's thoughts and defended himself, "Then I might as well just do it. "

This is completely different, okay Uncle Feng!

As long as others can't get evidence, there's nothing they can do about you afterwards. But if you shoot and kill someone on the spot, who can protect you?

Sure enough, Uncle Feng sighed and said: "Because of this incident, I was suspended from my job, and the woman wanted to sue me, saying that I beat her husband to death. No matter how I explained, she didn't believe it."

It’s strange that people can believe it…

"Fortunately, our superior believed in me at the time and finally bailed me out and assigned me to the Miscellaneous Affairs Department..."

"Miscellaneous affairs department?" Su Yi raised an eyebrow.

"It's called the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, but it's actually a department that specializes in dealing with supernatural events." Uncle Feng explained, "It's just that things like ghosts and ghosts can't be made public to the public after all. After all, everything is about science now."

Su Yi wanted to ask further about the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, because he also had tasks related to the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, but after thinking about it, he did not extend the topic and continued to listen to Uncle Feng.

"Actually, when I got to the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, it was more to my liking, but it's a pity that my style of doing things always makes me uncomfortable." Uncle Feng snorted, "They want to cover their ears and completely disguise things like ghosts and monsters as scientific phenomena. But this is simply an insult to us practitioners!”

Su Yi actually wanted to say that I didn’t feel I was insulted…

"And this is also fooling the public and treating the citizens as fools!" Uncle Feng said, "They also came up with some first commandment philosophy and wanted me to abide by it. Do you know what the first commandment is?"

"There are no ghosts in this world?" Su Yi said.

"How do you know?" Uncle Feng asked in surprise.

"Things about ghosts and gods will definitely cause public panic and are not conducive to social stability." Su Yi said.

Since Uncle Feng mentioned it himself, Su Yi simply asked the question he wanted to ask: "Uncle Feng, are practitioners in charge of the Miscellaneous Affairs Department now?"

"The current head of the miscellaneous affairs department is named Azu. He is a boy who worked with me back then. He is not a cultivator, and he supports the first commandment issued by the higher-ups." Uncle Feng said, "The higher-ups basically deal with things like ghosts and monsters harming people. They just let it go, they don't want to solve the problem at all, they just wipe their butts and do nothing. The monsters and monsters have been rampant outside for so many years, all because of their inaction, huh, they are simply incompetent! "

Uncle Feng seemed to be very concerned about this, and his face was full of dissatisfaction when he mentioned it.

Su Yi pondered slightly, but he could understand the reason why the above implemented this policy.

The reason is simple - it is better to do less than to do more.

Ghosts are rampant. This sounds serious, but is it really serious?

What is the probability that a normal person will encounter a ghost and harm someone?

Among the millions of people on Hong Kong Island, how many people die at the hands of ghosts every year?

In fact, this proportion is very small, not even as high as the number of deaths due to accidents such as car accidents.

Moreover, ghosts are very subtle when it comes to harming people. Such cases are either not known to outsiders, or they can be easily disguised as various accidents. Coupled with the deliberate concealment policy, this kind of thing can be completely suppressed.

Moreover, ghosts do not always harm people. They also have interests to pursue, or they harm people when they are in a state of emotional catharsis. There is always a period of calm.

The most important thing is that the ghosts in the Yang world do not do whatever they want without scruples. They also have to take into account the cross-border law enforcement of the Yin difference. If they make too much trouble, the Yin difference will inevitably be alerted.

In short, under the influence of various reasons, the influence of ghosts and monsters on people will be controlled within a certain range, and this range is tolerated by those in power. They will naturally feel that this policy is the most suitable.

Just imagine what would happen if there was no first commandment?

Do the police want to explain to the public why ghosts harm people?

Does science need to be redefined?

Will the temptation of life and death matters attract more people to take risks?

Will various organizations or religions spring up like mushrooms after a spring rain in the name of studying ghosts?

How are these organizations managed?

Should we introduce laws regarding ghost crimes?

How to define the standards and boundaries of this type of enforcement?

Should the government take the lead in signing an extradition agreement with the underworld regarding crimes?

Should diplomatic relations be established with the underworld?

And so on and so forth...

In fact, if the ghost story is confirmed and accepted by the public, these issues must be considered step by step, and they will inevitably cause many social problems and even chaos, and even have a subversive impact on the existing social structure.

After all, life is the first demand of mankind.

So the question is, for a small number of supernatural cases that can be suppressed, is it worth paying such a huge price to subvert society?

The answer is obvious-not worth it at all.

So the first commandment is very necessary.

As for whether the existence of ghosts will trigger the pursuit of immortality and cultivation by those in power?

This is another topic, but it is not a big problem.

Because how many people can be confirmed to have become immortals throughout the ages?

Most of the monks wasted their time and became corpse-guarding ghosts, which is not as free and easy as mortals.

And no one can tell whether becoming an immortal is a good thing or a bad thing. Immortality must have a price. For people, is this price really worth paying?

So in fact, in this "low-magic world", ghosts have little impact on social structure and order.

As a cultivator, Uncle Feng feels that the higher-ups are "lazy and inactive", which is completely limited to their status and position. It is reasonable for the higher-ups to suppress people like Uncle Feng.

In other words, maybe it will be useful to support Uncle Feng someday. Otherwise, if he is accused of "spreading feudal superstition everywhere and causing social unrest and panic", will Uncle Feng still have a chance to turn things around?

Su Yi thought a lot about divergent thinking, but it only took a moment.

Uncle Feng skipped this episode and continued to tell the story of that year.

"After I joined the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, I continued to investigate the car accident case at that time, because there were still some strange things in that case, and there would definitely be follow-ups." Uncle Feng said, "You should also know that this kind of case where a ghost looks for a substitute can easily develop into a tragedy of passing the parcel. After the victim becomes a ghost, he becomes a new perpetrator, and the cycle continues."

"The most important thing is that the source of this evil method of reincarnation must be eliminated, otherwise it will only treat the symptoms and not the root cause. This kind of ghost harming people will never be solved, so I continued to investigate."

At this point, Uncle Feng took a deep breath, his expression was obviously much heavier, and his tone became lower.

"Who knew that I dug up an organization called the 'Ghost Story Association' in this case. In order to deal with this organization, we paid a very painful price."