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In fact, the usage of the Black Water Corpse Coffin is not just the one that uses the back to push the evil corpse’s chest. However, it is undeniable that this usage should be the most direct and best-effect of all usages.

As for other uses, most of them are to communicate with the Black Water Corpse Coffin with the power of mind, and then gather the Qi field of the Black Water Corpse Coffin somewhere in the body. For example, I can condense the Qi field of the Black Water Corpse Coffin on the tip of my fingers, and then touch the evil corpse with my fingers, which can cause harm to the evil corpse.

According to Master, as long as we disciples of the righteous lineage have the power of mind, they can easily extract the Qi field of the Black Water Corpse Coffin. However, because my Taoist practice is too low, I can only extract a very small amount of Qi field at a time. Even if all of these Qi fields are condensed at a certain point, it will not cause considerable damage to the evil corpses.

I originally thought I had been recognized by the first generation ancestor, but maybe with a little bit of thought, I could extract the strong Qi field that was completely beyond my master's expectations from it. Unfortunately, I found that I was thinking too much about this matter.

When I used my mind power to resonate with the Black Water Corpse Coffin for the first time, the Qi field I extracted from it was very small and almost difficult to perceive.

However, the master said that my strength is that I can resonate with the Black Water Coffin at a very fast speed, but after all, I still have too shallow my Taoism. I still have a long way to go to control the Qi field of the Black Water Coffin.

No matter what, it is not too difficult for me to use the power of thought to bless the Three Corpse Art or to extract the Qi field on the Black Water Corpse Coffin. What really stumped me was actually drawing talismans.

In terms of techniques, our technique of drawing talismans by keeping the righteous lineage is much simpler than the orthodox Chenzhou talisman. If you are more proficient, it will take a few seconds to draw a talisman. You can draw talismans by keeping the righteous lineage, without paying attention to techniques, but you pay great attention to thoughts.

The thoughts mentioned in the lineage of the righteous are one thought, one mind, first thought, then thought, but the mind is more important than thoughts.

Specifically, the so-called thought means the power of thought, while the heart means sincerity. Strictly speaking, our lineage does not belong to Taoism, but when drawing talismans, we need to ask Taoist gods to help, first invite the Three Qingshu, then Yan, Huang, Chiyou, and finally ask the great god Wu Xian. There is another saying about this, called "attached gods", which roughly means attaching the divine power to the talisman to be drawn.

When inviting God, there is no extra ceremony, but only seeking piety in the heart. The master said that only when the heart is sincere can you get the help of the seven great gods.

But our Soul Village never worships gods, nor has any religious beliefs. Piousness was really a very illusory thing for me at that time, not to mention that I had never even heard of the great god Wu Xian at that time.

Later, my master explained to me that for our righteous lineage, all the gods can be regarded as the concrete or personalization of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. No matter whether these gods exist or not, as long as I have enough awe of heaven and earth in my heart and keep my inner tranquility and naturalness, I can produce a feeling of being completely integrated with heaven and earth, as if I am the heaven and earth, and it seems that the me between heaven and earth does not exist at all. As long as I have this feeling, it means that I am already pious enough.

The master also said that this is somewhat similar to the Taoist harmony between man and nature.

When I first learned to draw talismans, I was honest and didn’t care about the word “heart” in “mind”. I always thought that as long as I had enough thoughts, the talisman could be drawn well.

After all, it is too mysterious to me to ask for divine power. When my master first said he wanted to ask for divine power, I thought he was fooling me.

It was precisely because of this idea that I wasted more than a dozen pieces of talisman papers, but I only drew a bunch of waste talismans. My mind power attached to it and soon dissipated. Then the talisman papers turned into ordinary yellow paper with various patterns.

After wasting so much talisman paper in a row, although my master hadn't said anything, the expression on his face had become a little angry.

I was also a little scared, so I tried to "please invite the gods". I didn't know what to do to be pious. But when I was a child, I saw my mother burning incense, so I imitated my mother, and while lifting up the brush, I whispered in my mouth: "Bless the Three Pure Land, bless the Yellow Emperor, bless the Yan Emperor, bless the Great God Chiyou, bless the Great God Wu Xian..."

I was muttering, and my master slapped me on the back and shouted at me: "Silence!"

I closed my mouth, but my heart kept silently reciting those things. There was nothing I could do about it. I really didn’t know how to become pious, nor did I know how to achieve that state of unity between man and nature.

But what's strange is that after I kept talking about these things, I wrote the talisman and a trace of spiritual charm really produced on the talisman. Although the talisman was very, very weak and almost equal to nothing, I could still feel it. After all, this talisman was mixed with my thought power.

For me, it has been a great improvement to be able to draw such a talisman, but for my master, this talisman is still a useless talisman.

Until the end of that summer vacation, I couldn't draw a talisman that satisfies my master. This became a heart-wrenching problem for my master at that time.

Many years later, Liang Houzai and I occasionally talked about the experience I had just learned to draw talismans.

Liang Houzai said that in fact, when their lineage painted the Chenzhou talisman, they also had to reach the state of unity between man and nature to a certain extent. However, when he first learned to draw the talisman, he was in the deep mountains of Guizhou. In that environment, he was more likely to perceive the spiritual charm of heaven and earth. Theoretically, it was easier to understand the true meaning of the unity between man and nature. When I was learning to draw the talisman, I was in the city, with traffic and reinforced concrete buildings everywhere. Where can I perceive the spiritual charm of heaven and earth?

At that time, when my master saw that I failed to draw talismans repeatedly, he also blamed the environment for my failure. So much so that after that holiday, my master always looked for various opportunities to take me to some deep mountains and forests, hoping that I could understand the spiritual charm of the world.

It was not until Liang Houzai and I survived this two-month summer vacation that we finally entered a new stage of our life as a high school student.

When I was in elementary school and junior high school, for my master, academic studies and inheritance were equally important, and I could not leave either. But after I went to high school, in my master's eyes, inheritance became more important than anything else.

I think the reason why Master has such a change is probably because what Master said in the Dragon King’s tomb had a great impact on him.

That is, since I went to high school, my master almost forcedly deprived me of all my time in order to pass on the inheritance, leaving me without the time and energy to study at all. This made me go from a top student to a so-called poor student overnight.

Although I didn't care much about this kind of thing, my master still had requirements for my studies.

I remember that it was probably after a mock exam in my second year of high school, and my grades were ranked at the end of the entire grade. That was the first time my master saw my transcript after I went to high school.

That day he called me into the house, put the transcript in front of me, and said to me earnestly: "You Tao, over the years, I have indeed delayed your studies for the inheritance of our lineage. Don't blame Master, it's impossible for Master to do this. But no matter what, you must at least get into college. You have extra time to read books and make up for your lost homework. Don't go online whenever you have the chance."

When I talked about this, I had to say more. At that time, I was indeed fascinated by the Internet.

Actually, when I think about it, I seem to have liked this kind of thing since I was a child. When I first saw an arcade, I was obsessed with arcades. When I was in junior high school, I was also obsessed with seeing others playing PS. I guess people who are not interested in game consoles may mistake the "PS" I mentioned as Photoshop software for processing pictures. In fact, the full name of PS here is PlayStation, a CD game console. Game enthusiasts should be too familiar with this machine to be more familiar with.

Of course, there are many other game consoles like this besides PS, but I only saw this type in a small game console hall when I was a child.

After I went to high school, I went to an Internet cafe by chance and have been fascinated by the Internet since then. However, I almost never read web pages and only do one thing with the computer, which is to play games. I play Red Alerts and Diablo 2 at most. CS was also very popular in Internet cafes, but unfortunately I was not interested in shooting games.

Fortunately, I became obsessed with the fascination. Because I have been practicing my mind with my master since I was a child, I am not addicted. Moreover, I don’t have time to go to the Internet cafe, and I occasionally go there, and I only stayed for about an hour for the day. I remember it clearly. At that time, I played Dark 2 and only hit the blood bird in the first scene at the farthest.

Let’s talk about this in advance on the Internet, and now I will talk about the college entrance examination.

After my master said this to me, I couldn't help but defend myself, "But Master, since I was in the first year of high school, you have been running around with me. How can you have time to study?"

Unexpectedly, the master directly avoided my question. He sighed and said, "If you can't get into college, I will owe your parents a lifetime."

After the master said this, there was a deep guilt in his tone and expression, and I couldn't bear to continue to argue.

Anyway, no matter how much time my master takes up or how difficult my high school class is for me, in my eyes, I have to get into college.

It seemed difficult for the master to find a balance between inheritance and my studies, so he threw this huge burden to me, and the only thing I could do was to throw it away.
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