Section 37 Post-war 2
The border town is calm.
In this world, war is spreading. Border Town and Kunwu City are obviously important nodes connecting the South and Middle-earth, but they seem to be an eye of a typhoon and are temporarily forgotten by the war. So much so that the doctors in the border town actually have the leisure to go out to hunt at this point in time.
Not only hunting is just as simple as it is, Zhang Cheng, a border town doctor, has also been quite interested in divination recently.
Of course, in this era, whether it is hunting or divination, it is elegant and normal, and it is a hobby that meets the public's tastes.
In the border town hall, Zhang Cheng looked at the arranged divination supplies.
The usual divination method in this world is not the tarot card crystal ball or pen fairy for fortune telling. The main method is to use flames to grill certain fixed things. The most common one is the turtle shell.
However, there are also requirements for turtle shells, which require a certain size. If a turtle of this size cannot be caught, then use secondary products, cow bones, and large and flat things like shoulder blades.
"Young Master, this is a divination utensil purchased from the Chu people." Xinhua said.
In a year, the boy who could only say that he could run very quickly grew taller, and he was almost close to Zhang Cheng's height. Now he is the messenger in the territory, responsible for conveying all kinds of trivial matters about the lord.
As far as Zhang Cheng knows, the common method of divination is to communicate with the gods. First, ignite the sacrifice flames in front of the statue (or the god emblem), recite the name of the gods, offer various common sacrifices in the flames, and finally place the divination instruments (turtle shells or bones) on the flames to burn. After the turtle shells are burned, you can judge the revelation given by the gods by cracking the patterns.
This kind of ritual seems simple, but it is not that easy to be specific. If you don't say anything else, the biggest problem is: you are not sure whether the gods will respond to your sacrifice.
If Doctor Kunwu has no need to worry about Zhurong, then he is Zhurong's own son. If you can give him a little bit of sacrifice, don't be too shabby, Zhurong will definitely give him a reward.
But if it were someone else, for example, Huang Gong came to offer sacrifices, Zhu Rong would probably only accept sacrifices and not work. If Zhu Rong was dissatisfied with Huang Gong, he would even give an opposite result at all. So this divination can only be said to be more metaphysical, which can be referenced, but cannot be completely believed.
In addition, it is also a problem to interpret the prompts of gods. Usually ordinary nobles cannot understand it and must have a professional priest, that is, a witch, to make judgments. But no one can be sure that the witch will tell the truth.
To truly ensure that there are clear results, a high-standard sacrifice must be made. The expense is relatively high.
Not to mention scholars, even lords like Doctor Kunwu are very supportive.
Previously, in order to understand the situation of the war, Doctor Kunwu conducted a relatively high-level sacrifice activity on Zhurong and received guidance from the statue of Zhurong. Only then did he know that the emperor and the prince had unfortunately died. In addition, he also saw Zhang Cheng (the original owner of the body) from the statue and understood that he was trying to protect the prince's entourage. Although the prince died in the end, Doctor Kunwu also left a good impression of Zhang Cheng.
Doctor Kunwu is like this, let alone others.
So although there are unquestionable ghosts and gods in this world, everyone does not completely follow the instructions of ghosts and gods. Zhang Cheng used to be no longer interested in this aspect, and no one in the border town felt that something was wrong. Now he suddenly became interested, and everyone also felt that it was normal.
But the Great Witch is definitely an exception.
The great witch's divination is almost zero cost, but it is absolutely accurate. The great witch can divine almost everything, including itself.
Although you can usually only choose one of "big bad", "small bad", "big good" and "small good", it is already very powerful.
All the great witches can do this trick, including the wizard and Wu Qing, whom Zhang Cheng knew.
Unfortunately, this kind of privilege is unique to the great witches. Others cannot learn it, or it cannot take effect after learning it. Therefore, Zhang Cheng did not consider studying in the past at all. Not to mention studying, he did not even think about learning in the past and understanding the details of divination.
But the future is really unpredictable... Now he has become a great witch. Since he has become a great witch, he has to learn divination no matter how he has become.
"Is this the divination tools of the Chu people?" Zhang Cheng looked at the various things in front of him.
These things can be said to be various, the largest of which is a small bronze bonfire rack that can be easily installed
All kinds of props... everything is similar to what he knows. In terms of divination, Chu is actually ahead of other countries. Whether it is the history of the earth or the world, everyone thinks that Chu is particularly superstitious and believes in ghosts and gods.
It is hard to say on earth. In this world, it is probably related to the fact that King Zhao fought against the Six Armies of the Emperor Zhao and the King of Siming was dealt with by the Six Armies of the Emperor. The State of Chu relied on the power of the gods to avoid destruction, so it is understandable that he respected and devout the gods. Of course, the Zhou Shi turned around and beat Siming into an evil god.
"I have confirmed it repeatedly, and it is indeed the whole set here." Xinhua kowtowed below and replied.
"Okay, you go down."
Xinhua left, and Zhang Cheng found Hu Chen—the others were usually in the card, but Hu Chen was on standby in the border town—guarded at the door to prevent others from coming in.
The little girl went to inspect the paper workshop. As the actual person in charge of the territory, she was actually quite busy and could not stay in the border town every day to do nothing. After all, this is a world without telephone, wireless network, and videos and photos.
It is good to develop agriculture. If you develop industry, even if you develop such a relatively basic industry, you must always spend enough energy to pay attention. Various problems that arise in a timely manner should be solved to avoid troubles such as increased waste rate and increased costs.
I have divination tools, but I don’t know how to divine. And it’s not suitable to find a great witch to ask about this right now.
But Zhang Cheng didn't care, so he took out the card and took out Bai Ze.
Bai Ze is known to know astronomy and geography, and trivial matters. He must know how the great witches want to divine.
The unicorn sheep is still unconscious - it is loaded into the card in a coma, so it is still unconscious when taken out. However, this problem is not very big. Zhang Cheng now doesn't care about the consumption of healing spells at all.
The little bear was originally a abilities to steal the power of the gods, which was learned from the "Blasphemy Book". However, the little bear was still cautious at that time - after all, if this matter was exposed, the outcome would never be pleasant. But after mastering the distorted priesthood, the little bear was no longer afraid of this!
When Feng'e openedly distorted the flow of divine power in the divine realm, she was simply robbing the power of the gods openly, and the reactions of the gods were just like that. It can be seen that what you do is not important, but what your identity is important.
If you do something like blasphemy or even killing gods, it would be a traitor and would be disgusted and cursed by the gods. If another god does it, it would be a normal confrontation between gods, and no one (god) would say a word. And if you do it well enough, everyone might cheer you up and encourage you.
After several healing spells, Bai Ze's body twitched significantly. After a few seconds, it opened its eyes. The one-horned lamb struggled to stand up and looked at the surrounding castle room.
Bai Ze was given to Zhang Cheng by the mountain ghost, but the mountain ghost did not say clearly whether it was a loan or a gift. Of course, the situation was urgent at that time, but since the mountain ghost did not say it, the right to explain was of course in Zhang Cheng's hands.
In fact, even if it was said to be borrowed, Zhang Cheng didn't plan to pay it back-he knew that the mountain ghost would not dare to ask for it.
Because the little bear actually doesn't like the mountain ghost very much. This is mainly because the mountain ghost and the yellow bear are hostile... Of course, there is also the extortion she asked for a clergy. Whether it is the little bear or Zhang Chengdu, this blackmail is still fresh in memory.
Although the mountain ghost can force the yellow bear to go desperate and eventually have to hide in the swamp. However, as a god, the mountain ghost is actually very weak, and is the weakest one among the gods.
In this world, the species and number of alien beasts are gradually decreasing and shrinking... This is a clergy with no prospects and poorness. Not to mention that the "Dragon" race has been divided.
The mountain ghost in the past could make the bear endure all new and old hatreds, but now it is different. Even if she has the priesthood of "Gingeria lucidum". Moreover, the priesthood of Ganoderia lucidum basically does not involve battles, and can only be said to be a decent water pipe.
The little bear said that it is no problem to fight the ghost alone now.
In short, this Bai Ze fell into Zhang Cheng's hands, so the mountain ghost should not want to go back.
"Where is this?" Bai Ze shook his head, as if he wanted to swing away the dizziness in his mind. Then it should have used its own power. Because before Zhang Cheng could answer, its eyes became sharper. "Border Town? Tsk... It turns out that you are already a doctor."
Although the doctor is not very good, it is also of a middle-class nobleman. The emperor is the highest, the princes are second, and the third is the nobles.
"Are you hungry after coming out of the Kingdom of God?"
"Yes, thirsty and hungry, the worst is the Kingdom of God. It will blind and suppress basic needs." Bai Ze said.
"What food do you need?" Zhang Cheng has prepared several servings of food, including raw meat, cooked meat, fruits, grains and even some honey, and of course milk. Whether the one-horned lamb is vegetarian, omnivorous or meat-eating, there is no problem.
"Just give me some fruit." Bai Ze walked forward, bite the fruit and started to eat it directly.
Zhang Cheng carefully looked at the teeth of the unicorn lamb. From the flat teeth, it can be speculated that it should be a herbivore. However, Bai Ze, the legendary Bai Ze on Earth, seems to be a beast.
Zhang Cheng waited patiently for a long time until Bai Ze was full. Of course, after all, it was just a lamb after all, and its appetite was actually very limited. This also means that if it just eats some fruits and vegetables, it would be really easy to feed.
But it is much better than a certain person who eats endlessly. If Xiao Huihui lets go of her stomach, ordinary people will really not be able to support her. Even Zhang Cheng will try his best to put Xiao Huihui in the card.
After eating and drinking, Bai Ze came to Zhang Cheng and squatted down.
"I'm very happy to survive. To be honest, I thought I was dead." Bai Ze said. "Although some people think it's a kind of honor to be sacrificed to Haotian, I would rather not have such honor."
"Can't you predict?" Zhang Cheng asked.
"I am not omniscient and omnipotent, although it looks a bit like it." Bai Ze said. "Well, since we have reached this point, let's just spread it out. Master Lu... wants what he wants."
"I have a few questions to ask." Zhang Cheng said. He first asked what happened to the Haotian Priest, and then asked the Haotian Priest how to divine. "Why did I become the Haotian Priest?"
"It's very simple, because you gave Haotian more than the sacrifice needed to sacrifice." Bai Ze returned. "But He can't return half of it to you, so he gave you other things as compensation. As for the second question, if you want to know how to divine, I tell you it's very simple, so simple that you can't believe it yourself. You just need to light up the fire, then put Ningshen's spices in it, so that you can relax your body and mind... and then silently recite Haotian's name. You will feel that Haotian has responded to you. At this time, you will send the tortoise shell to the fire to burn it. It's that simple."
It is so easy to talk to Bai Ze because Bai Ze can read the mind. You don’t need to beat around the bush, just act directly.
"But in fact, you don't need such trouble at all. You are different because Haotian favors you. You can throw the spices directly into the fire and relax your body and mind. You don't even have tortoise shells. After you feel completely relaxed, you can silently recite Haotian's name."
"Why?" Zhang Cheng was puzzled.
"Because Haotian likes you... In fact, I can feel that He likes you more now."
This is not the first time Bai Ze said this, but Zhang Cheng couldn't understand what this means before. He could only think that it was because he was lucky 11...ah, now it's 13.
But since that's the case, Zhang Cheng did what he said. For him now, it's not difficult to do such a thing at all.
The sacrificial spices turned into light smoke in the flames, and Zhang Cheng relaxed his body in this fragrance - in fact, he felt a little drowsy. He began to silently recite Haotian's name in his heart.
Once, twice, three times... and then suddenly, the feeling appeared again. A will that was almost mixed with endless power came here from an unknown place. This infinite power made people irresistible.
It was Haotian, and his consciousness came again.
This was so smooth that Zhang Chengdu was surprised. Then he realized that he had not thought about divination or something.
I originally thought that it was almost costless anyway, so I could just think of one at that time. But when I was really communicating by Haotian's consciousness, I realized that this "thinking one at any time" was not simple. Because this is no longer the divination he imagined.
Chapter completed!