Chapter 29: Shi Family Disciple

Yao Yan observed silently for two days.

Contrary to his expectations, the Taoist disciples did not come to him.

This made his plan fail.

He originally wanted to test what Lao Jia said.

After the target was polluted, the spirit changed, and if he devoured the target's spirit, he could increase his strength.

But the target did not come to him, and he could not even confirm whether "pollution" could be formed in the form of fabricating rumors.

Did the other party not hear the rumor he made up?

Or did the other party not take the rumor seriously?

Or was the other party the type of cautious and cautious, waiting for the opportunity?

However, although it was not certain whether the target was polluted,

He stretched out his palm, and a strange crow with half a beak like a sawtooth, sharp claws, half a head with horns, and rough claws and feet came out of his hand.

Yao Yan could feel that there was a faint white power lingering on its body.

This white power was vaguely condensed, forming a faint pattern, like a crow's mark.

Spiritual seal?

And Bohe's memory gave him the answer.

This is a spiritual seal.

But it is not a real seal, but a wild seal.

A wild seal that has not been passed by the Dasheng official.

Under the cover of this layer of crow mark, the black crow looks much more ferocious.

Demon.

From Ye Xiu Bohe's memory, he can clearly understand how this strange crow will be judged in this world.

And why this strange crow will become a demon.

Although Yao Yan cannot be sure, according to his thinking, the reason is probably that he spread it himself, based on the story of playing with the princes with beacons, combined with the posture of this strange crow, and changed it.

Localizing this story and involving it with King Sheng, he made this "legend".

What is a rumor?

According to his definition, a rumor refers to a statement that is somewhat different from the facts, but is accepted and believed by people.

The fact is that it only says that someone has a cow.

So, if someone says how big and heavy this cow is, which is different from the size of the cow, then it is a rumor.

Similarly, the description of the color of this cow is different, which is also a rumor.

If there are two cows, then this is also a rumor.

If it is a horse, that is also a rumor.

Calling an adult cow a calf is also a rumor.

Calling the owner of the cow another person is also a rumor.

Calling the cow ownerless is also a rumor.

Any difference from the facts, whether it is exaggeration or deviation, is a kind of rumor.

One thing Yao Yan wants to confirm is the category of his own "rumor".

However, now, there is an unexpected gain.

According to the memory of "Bohe", "wild cultivation" is indeed related to spreading rumors, but there are still conditions.

For example, Bohe himself, he claims that he is a Taoist disciple.

But this alone is not enough, he also needs to be "confirmed".

He needs to publicly reveal his identity as a Taoist disciple, and through confirmation, let people "believe" that he is a Taoist disciple, so that he can obtain spiritual power.

If he wants to use these spiritual powers and perform Taoist magic, he needs to obtain Taoist magic by himself.

Simply put, by publicizing his identity and making people believe in this identity, he can only gain spiritual power, but he cannot actually obtain Taoist magic.

There is a process from "publicizing" to "confirming" before he can obtain spiritual power.

He cannot generate spiritual power by himself, and needs to rely on people to believe in this "fact" to obtain spiritual power.

In other words, this power is not his own.

This feeling is a bit like the feeling of "incense and gods" in some stories that circulated during his lifetime.

Those small gods, small temples, and land gods will disappear without incense.

In this world, this power similar to "incense" has become the basis of the extraordinary power of this world.

Has it become a "natural law"?

But.

It's different here.

These "spiritual powers" have already belonged to this strange crow.

His strange crow even underwent some changes in appearance because of this.

The appearance looks more hideous and terrifying.

It is related to the story he spread, but it should be more than that.

"Rumors".

Whispering, Yao Yan once again recalled the words describing "rumors" when he entered the "trial space" that seemed to be "Crow Paradise".

"Ignoring conditional constraints"

"No premise required"

"No evidence required"

If it is as he thought, then although his power is not directly destructive, the scope of his power may be unusually broad.

At least, the "natural laws" of this world can be used by him.

After taking back the strange crow, Yao Yan walked out of the door.

Perhaps, he can put on a show.

In front of the teahouse.

Instead of entering the teahouse as usual, Qi Li chose to sit at the table outside the teahouse. This time, he was alone, and his fellow apprentices did not move with him.

Adjusting the high crown on his head, Qi Li silently observed the waiter.

He observed for two days. After asking the escort named Luo that day, the waiter also asked several guests in the teahouse.

The next day after that day, when he came alone to drink tea, the waiter also asked several guests, but he seemed less interested than the first day, because those guests said they had never heard of it.

Today

He didn't even hear the waiter talk about the strange bird story related to King Sheng.

It was precisely because of this that he could determine from the change in the waiter's attitude that the waiter didn't really know the story.

I think he heard it from someone, or read it from a storybook.

Could it be written by a "novelist"?

Novelists, he is not unfamiliar with.

Among the hundreds of schools of thought that worshipped King Sheng, there was indeed a "novelist".

Novelists originated from Confucianism.

The predecessor of Confucianism was the sacrificial officials, who were responsible for the rituals and music, and recorded the deeds and words of the kings. They were themselves members of the Great Sheng Dynasty.

Afterwards, after King Sheng conquered the hundreds of schools of thought, Confucianism showed its weakness, and the Confucianism, which had occupied all the official positions, withdrew to the Ministry of Personnel.

Originally, in addition to the Ministry of Personnel, there was also the position of historians for Confucianism.

However, later the historians also separated from Confucianism and became members of the Secretariat. In addition to recording the deeds of the kings, they also recorded the words and deeds of the officials.

There was even a tendency to become historians in their own right.

However, there were too few sons and too few historians to justify their sons.

The sons of historians who could not enter the court were mostly reduced to marginal officials, small officials, and even flowed into the folks to record what the people said and said.

Although it can be called "history", the common people talk a lot, and there are many unfounded stories, so it is not official history, and it is called "wild history".

Those who have fallen into the civilian world have no salary and no benefits, and it is difficult to make a living. Some of their children even make up stories to make money, just to attract attention.

And they are "novels".

There is a saying in the documents written by the historians: "Novelists are probably from the unofficial officials. They are created by street talk and hearsay."

Wild history is okay, just recording the rumors of the people.

The novelist made up a rumor.

The source of many rumors is the novelist's storybook.

Oh, right.

Qi Li glanced around, as if looking for something.

He glanced at the waiter and called out:

"Waiter, where is the storyteller from a few days ago?"

The waiter came over in a hurry and replied with a smile:

"Do you want to listen to the story, Taoist? Old Gao should be at home or looking for other work."

Qi Li certainly didn't ask for the story. The reason he asked this was that

"Storytellers" are often the children of novelists.