Xiao Wen looked at Qin Ye.
At thirteen or fourteen years old, she was just beginning to experience the stirrings of love. When she saw Qin Ye's appearance clearly, her eyes almost lit up. Even the two female spirit mediums beside her were staring straight at him.
Seeing that everyone was looking over, Qin Ye recounted his earlier conversation with a passerby, pretending to be an outsider who came after hearing about the festival to watch the deity parade.
"I was wondering why I hadn't seen you before." Xiao Wen didn't suspect much, since many outsiders had come recently because of the event.
Rather than suspecting, she was more doubtful about Qin Ye's explanation of "mystic roots."
"Uncle Li, is what this person said true? That mystic roots are just a kind of constitution?"
Xiao Wen, speaking in Minnan dialect, asked a middle-aged elder.
"What he said is correct, more or less that's what it means." The middle-aged elder replied.
"So you can't just randomly pull someone to be a spirit medium. Your mystic roots, or you could say your mystic body, is the 'Canopy Constitution.' This kind of body is very suitable for cultivation in both Taoism and Buddhism."
"Otherwise, do you think Granny Wang would just casually ask you to be a spirit medium? You'd better train well and don't worry about being laughed at."
"Alright, Uncle Li."
"Good. Then you all go on and train. I have things to do."
Before leaving, the middle-aged elder didn't forget to exchange a few polite words with Qin Ye, welcoming him to watch the deity parade and inviting him to stay at the temple to watch Xiao Wen and the others practice spirit medium possession.
Qin Ye thanked him with a smile. He wasn't surprised by the elder's warmth. Because Minnan people are very hospitable, especially during the deity parade festival. They are extremely warm and eager for everyone to understand their culture, full of pride in their own traditions.
However, Qin Ye didn't stay for too long. Before long, he watched Xiao Wen and the three girls practicing spirit medium dancing to prepare for inviting the gods on the day of the parade.
Qin Ye confirmed, they were performing the authentic deity-inviting spirit medium dance, a tradition properly passed down in Minnan.
Immediately after, Qin Ye found an excuse to leave, heading to the neighboring village's temple.
According to what the earlier passerby elder said, this time three villages were jointly organizing the event, and each of the three temples had invited spirit mediums. He planned to go there to check on the other spirit mediums.
After Qin Ye had visited all three temples and observed their spirit mediums, it was now afternoon.
Qin Ye sat on the public bench outside the last temple gate, thinking over all the spirit mediums and the deity-inviting dances.
'All of them are authentic and flawless spirit medium dances. If the gods of the Heavenly Court are still alive and can really be invited to possess someone, though whether they still can is unknown, but if they can…'
Qin Ye looked at the divine cage on his wrist beads. 'Old Brother Hu San, the mystic roots incantation you revealed, could it be that you were trying to remind us that those with mystic roots can summon infected celestial beings?'
He hadn't forgotten, and had never given up exploring. The mystic roots incantation that Old Master Hu San kept repeating, he must have wanted to convey some message to the living.
And the moment he saw the spirit mediums, especially when mystic roots were involved, Qin Ye immediately recalled Old Hu San's incantation.
"Can't rule out the possibility." Qin Ye muttered thoughtfully, wondering whether to stop the spirit medium performances on the day of the deity parade.
But soon, he rejected the idea.
"Forget it. To stop a traditional festival passed down by generations for an uncertain reason, that's kind of inhuman."
Qin Ye patted the dust off and stood up. "At most, I'll just pay extra attention. Just as well, I can use this time to run some tests."
And at the thought of conducting experiments, Qin Ye immediately took out the jade pendant to check if there were any messages from the Black Mist.
Shortly after as he read the information within the jade pendant, he learned that the Black Mist had started escorting the infected priest.
Qin Ye grinned. "Black Mist's work efficiency is pretty good."
But that smile didn't even last half a second. Because he received more detailed information about the infected priest from the Black Mist.
Qin Ye raised an eyebrow. "An infected celestial being, whose laughter can even influence earthly immortal cultivators?'
Qin Ye thought of Old Master Hu San. 'Both were infected beings. Why doesn't Old Master Hu San laugh, but this infected celestial does, and even has a strange, contagious laughter?'
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With these thoughts, it was now 1 PM.
"Qin Zun, here is the infected being you requested. Be careful, his laughter is strange. Listening too long will breed negative emotions in your heart."
The Black Mist handed over the cell containing the being.
The moment Qin Ye took it, he examined the infected celestial being inside, his appearance, and the laughter.
Just as the Black Mist had said, upon hearing the laughter of the infected being, Qin Ye sharply detected that negative emotions were starting to arise within him.
But the next second, "Now this is interesting."
With those words, without needing any heart-protecting talismans or magical artifacts, Qin Ye willed it, and the negative emotions in his heart were instantly wiped clean.
Next, Qin Ye casually threw the cell into the divine cage.
Compared to the angel-engraved cell, once inside the divine cage, the laughter was instantly and completely cut off.
"No wonder it's the divine cage." The Black Mist praised upon seeing this.
Qin Ye chuckled. "Of course. Although the angelic runes carved by Michael are powerful, the Heavenly Dao script was co-carved by all celestial gods and Buddhas, and even embodies the will of heaven and earth, it's on a whole other level."
"Oh right, where's Xiaogu? Didn't you say you came back with her?"
He put away the divine cage and looked around, not seeing Lady Miao Gu anywhere.
"Well, I didn't dare bring her directly to meet you without your permission. After all, she's a member of Bureau 749. I was afraid she'd report your appearance to them, causing unnecessary trouble."
The Black Mist always remembered, Qin Ye liked to keep a low profile and hated being disturbed.
The Black Mist continued, "So I found an excuse to let Xiaogu wait for me somewhere else."
Qin Ye nodded. "Wait until you and Xiaogu grow closer and rekindle your fate, then bring her to see me. I haven't seen Xiaogu in a long time, I wonder what she looks like in this era."
"She's very beautiful," the Black Mist replied bluntly.
"I don't believe that." Qin Ye laughed heartily.
"After all, beauty is in the eye of the lover. I'll judge for myself when I see her."
"Alright, I'll make sure to bring her to see you soon." The Black Mist said, looking at Qin Ye.
Qin Ye was still sitting on the public bench outside the temple gate, organizing the items needed for the deity parade.
"Oh right, Qin Zun, what exactly are you doing here?"
Qin Ye didn't keep it secret. He explained the situation about the spirit mediums and said, "To get closer access to the spirit mediums, I told the temple I was here to help out."
"Do you need my help?"
"No need. You handle your own tasks, go investigate the fall of heaven in Europe with Xiaogu. Just be careful. Even God has gone mad. That situation isn't any better than the Heavenly Court."
Qin Ye took out a pair of yin-yang fish jade pendants, handing them to the Black Mist.
"You and Xiaogu, one each."
"Thank you, Qin Zun."
The Black Mist accepted them and didn't linger any longer, bidding Qin Ye farewell and turning to find Lady Miao Gu.
Before leaving, thinking about the infected celestial's weirdness, the madness of God in the video of Heaven's collapse, the Black Mist knew well how terrifying infected deities were. He bowed toward Qin Ye and said, "Qin Zun, take care as well."
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