Chapter II Ceremony
Unlucky or lucky? Jiang Yangshuo couldn't help but compare his previous life, a fat house on earth with a scholar on this planet.
Compared with his mediocre days in the past, Annick, the original owner of this body, has a bright future.
If you don't commit suicide, there will be no problem in becoming a middle class person in the future. After all, college students are not as overpopulated as the earth in the 21st century.
Suicide? The biggest mystery surrounding Annick Saston. The son of a small farmer and a promising young man about to graduate, he hanged himself from a southeastern branch in a rental house.
In the remaining memory, it seems that I have been running to the school library these days, and the excerpted note about the summoning ceremony should also be found in the library.
I looked through the desk drawer and found an envelope without a stamp inside. I pulled it out and looked at it. It looked like a suicide note, with scrawled black pen writing on it.
Dear parents:
I am Annick, and I have received the kindness of raising you over the years. I should have repaid you, but I committed an unforgivable and blasphemous sin.
Now I don't want to affect you because of my fault, so I can only use my life to make up for my fault.
Your son Annick is the last word.
Black Iron Age June 9, 1886.
Suicide? It doesn't seem like it, it's just a ritual. This suspicious ritual doesn't seem to be a magic that actually blasphemies the gods or blows up the entire city.
If it was the brighter Middle Ages, I would probably commit suicide because of fear. After all, there is a tradition of gloriously hunting wizards and black magic.
Was he forced? Did someone knock Annick out and hang him up, or did he use some magic runes or hypnotic control? Jiang Yangshuo's brain was a little messed up.
What time is it now? There is no watch-like thing found on this body. But to establish a civilized society, there must be a calendar and the concept of time.
On this planet, which is different from the Earth, the year is also 12 months based on the cycle of the big red moon.
According to the changes of the small blue moon, each month is divided into four weeks, with ten days per week.
Unlike the earth, there are only 360 days per year here. The accumulation of astronomical observation results naturally forms a calendar. The establishment of the calendar is the cornerstone of civilization, Jiang Yangshuo sighed.
"The current temperature is about 28 degrees Celsius on Earth, which is about late May and early June," I thought silently in my mind.
Apart from this common sense, there are only fragments of the legal knowledge that Annick studied. If there was a judicial examination in this world, he would definitely fail miserably.
Maybe it was the influence of the remaining memory, but I suddenly felt sorry for Old John's careful cultivation. I wasted a huge sum of nearly a thousand pounds, which would be enough to survive in this world for many years.
Although it is a salted fish, you should still strive for it. Jiang Yangshuo does not want to stay in the era without air conditioning and wifi. He recalled in his mind the ceremony he held at home before traveling through time. If he did not do it again, he would strive to be able to give himself away this time.
Go back to Earth.
The reason why Jiang Yangshuo wanted to perform a death ceremony on earth was very simple: he wanted to change his recent bad luck.
Last month, the colleague I had an unrequited love for resigned from my job and went home to inherit the family property. Jiang Yangshuo hadn't even sent out his confession, and then he didn't even get a good person card, so he decided to give up.
Then there were the constant fines for being late for work, forgetting to bring an umbrella when it rained when I got home from get off work, and buying instant noodles without a hairpin inside.
In order to change his bad luck, Jiang Yangshuo dug out the "Complete Collection of Eastern and Western Metaphysical Rituals" that he bought at a street stall for five yuan.
I chose one of the magical-looking occult transfer rituals and tried to hold it at home. This ritual is a suture monster that combines Wicca magic and Kabbalah life magic.
Fortunately, the required materials are almost free, so no money is wasted when you try it. It is said that it can restart your life and change the current situation.
Looking at the situation in front of him, Jiang Yangshuo smiled bitterly. His life was not only restarted, but the world was completely changed.
No, I was summoned by him. I want to do it again, I want to go back to the earth, and maybe I can send myself back.
Even if he failed, if he managed to get an unlucky guy from Earth to stay with him on this planet, he would still have a partner. Jiang Yangshuo firmly decided to hold another ceremony.
"I think about it, Annick should also have held this kind of ceremony, although the name is different. The materials should be easy to find, maybe you can get it together by just looking through it." Jiang Yangshuo searched the room.
The first thing to look for is items that symbolize the four elements.
The feather that symbolizes the element of wind, use the feather pen in the ink bottle to remove the front nib, this is the element of wind, just use it, Jiang Yangshuo comforted himself.
Matches or fuel that symbolize the element of fire are easy to find. There is a box next to the kettle.
Next is the item that symbolizes the element of earth, which is naturally minerals or soil. Jiang Yangshuo found leather shoes beside the bed and knocked a piece of soil off the soles.
Finally, there is the water element, and the shell I just stepped on is just right for use.
The four major elements were gathered together, and the next step was the formation. Jiang Yangshuo picked up the soot from the stove, drew a circle on the floor, and then drew a six-pointed star inside the circle with the help of a book.
Inside the six-pointed star are three mutually perpendicular straight lines on the left, symbolizing space, and on the right, a dial symbolizing time.
Place symbols of the four elements in the four positive directions of the circle, namely the soil of the earth element in the north, the feathers of the air element in the east, the matches of the fire element in the south, and the shells of the water element in the west.
"As it is above, so it is below; in this way the miracle of the One is accomplished. All things are originally the One, and are created from the One through differentiation. The sun is the father, and the twelfth is the mother. What I think is also what the Lord thinks. Where I am
Seek what the Lord desires. Going back to the beginning, you have achieved extraordinary results.”
As soon as the ceremony was completed, the whole room immediately became dark. Jiang Yangshuo felt a little difficult to breathe, and the air seemed to become solid.
My body also froze, and I couldn't even do the simple act of extending my fingers. Then the surrounding room became darker and darker, and I felt that my body became lighter and lighter.
Jiang Yangshuo fell into darkness, trying to open his eyes to catch a ray of light. In his ears, there were whispers of chanting, vicious curses, pious prayers and greedy requests.
Different languages, different sounds, loud or soft, far or near, poured into Jiang Yangshuo's ears, and then he felt a severe headache, as if someone had stuffed a firecracker in his head and lit it.
Chapter completed!