Here is the translation:
Speaking of which.
Zhang Wei patted Wu Nian on the shoulder.
"Brother Wu Nian, am I making sense?"
"Actually,"
"You say these Bodhisattvas and Tathagatas can't exorcise ghosts, and no Buddhist practitioners use these to subdue demons."
"That's because you don't use them."
Wu Nian raised his eyebrows.
He clasped his hands together in response:
"Benefactor Zhang Wei, what you said does have some truth to it."
"Whether it's the City God or the Chu Ma Xian, their condensed incense bodies are not formed overnight, nor are they easily condensed."
"Let alone immortals or Buddhas."
"If it's just pure faith, in my humble opinion, it's not enough for condensation."
Although Zhang Wei spoke logically.
Ultimately.
Wu Nian did not believe his claims.
Hearing this, Zhang Wei's dark eyes flickered with a hint of brightness.
"That's because you don't know how powerful the vast number of netizens are. Don't underestimate the faith of netizens."
Zhang Chao also nodded in agreement.
He looked at Wu Nian seriously.
"Don't underestimate the world of anime, and don't underestimate netizens. Their obsessions, I believe that one day paper figures of wives will come to life! Ula!"
At the same time.
Zhang Wei looked at Wu Nian, lost in thought.
While chatting with Wu Nian.
He had an idea.
He had previously thought about finding someone to help him, to carry the items he had empowered with system points to deal with ghosts, to provoke emotions in the ghosts, and to see if he could gain system points.
Now wasn't that an opportunity!
A virtuous young monk, summoning the Western Military Firepower Tathagata, or the Southern Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, to deal with ghosts.
The ghosts' emotional reactions would surely be very intense.
So.
If he could really get system points, he would definitely get a lot of system points then.
Thinking of this.
Zhang Wei couldn't wait and interrupted Wu Nian and Zhang Chao's conversation.
"Well, since Brother Wu Nian doesn't believe me."
"As the saying goes, empty words are not proof."
"How about this, tomorrow I'll give Brother Wu Nian a picture of the Southern Namo Gatling Bodhisattva that I've been worshipping for years."
"Brother Wu Nian, find an opportunity to use it to exorcise ghosts and see, how about it?"
"Then we'll know if the Southern Namo Gatling Bodhisattva exists."
Wu Nian was stunned after hearing this, and a wry smile appeared on his face.
After thinking about it.
He finally nodded.
"Fine, since Benefactor Zhang Wei says so, I'll try it when I have time."
Not only was Wu Nian stunned.
Zhang Chao was also stunned.
He pulled Zhang Wei to his side and spoke in a low voice.
"I say Zhang Wei, are you being led astray by Wu Nian, or are you getting impatient?"
"There's no need to argue with this quiet monk. He's always been the best debater. Even a virtuous eminent monk couldn't win a debate on Buddhist principles with him before."
"Not to mention you, who are still going to test if the Gatling Bodhisattva exists."
"How can there be a Southern Namo Gatling Bodhisattva? Isn't this like forcibly pulling a cow's son, pure nonsense?"
"I'll give you a way to back down later, to avoid you being thoroughly embarrassed."
Zhang Wei smiled.
Just as he was about to decline Zhang Chao's kind offer.
Suddenly.
Huh?
As if sensing something.
Zhang Wei and the other two stopped in their tracks.
At this moment.
They were still some distance from the construction site, on a road.
Because the road was secluded, and it was midnight.
Besides the three of them, there was no one else on the road.
The surroundings were quiet, so quiet that when they stopped, they could hear their own breathing.
However.
They stopped not because they wanted to hear their own breathing.
But because they were looking at the grass by the roadside not far ahead.
Under the dim yellow light of the streetlights.
It was vaguely visible.
The grass was shaking without wind, with rustling sounds, as if something was there.
The next second.
Under Zhang Wei's gaze.
A short figure emerged from it, precisely at the edge where the dim yellow light could not reach, making it impossible to see its full appearance, only a blurry silhouette.
The figure did not appear tall.
Less than half a meter.
Although the figure stood upright, and seemed to be wearing a black traditional jacket, like a small person.
But it was not a human.
It was only because the human-like figure had a tail wagging behind it.
"This is interesting, we've actually encountered a Huang Pizi."
Zhang Chao spoke at this moment, turning his head to Zhang Wei and the other, lowering his body, so that only they could hear him.
Zhang Wei and Wu Nian both nodded.
Although the figure deliberately hid from the light, Zhang Wei and the others recognized its identity at a glance.
It was a weasel.
And in the Northeast, locals call weasels Huang Pizi.
Just as Zhang Chao finished speaking.
The Huang Pizi looked at the three of them.
A hoarse voice, like a human's, came from its mouth as it opened.
"People ahead, do you think I look like a human, or like an immortal?"
Its voice was not loud.
But on this deserted and quiet night road.
It echoed in the ears of the three of them, and they heard it clearly.
This scene was terrifying.
On this deserted night road.
A weasel not only wore human clothes but also spoke human words.
For anyone else.
They would definitely scream in fear and flee.
However, Zhang Wei and the others were calm, having already understood the situation.
This was not encountering a ghost.
But...
Encountering a Huang Pizi seeking a title.
Ancient texts say that China has three dragon脉. The Kunlun Mountains and Changbai Mountains in the Northeast are one of the three dragon脉, the northern dry dragon, and also the dragon's head.
And the land of dragon脉 naturally gathers spiritual energy, let alone the dragon's head of the dragon脉. The spiritual energy gathers here, and the essence of the sun and moon converges. Animals here also benefit from this, easily gaining spirituality, and can become spirits with a little cultivation.
This is why there are Chu Ma Xian in the Northeast.
Because animals easily become spirits, but to attain the Dao and become immortals, the gathering of spiritual energy and the essence of the sun and moon in the land of the dragon脉 is not enough.
After all, in this world.
Humans are the true masters of spirituality.
Therefore, spirit animals will choose people to worship them, gain merit and incense. While humans gain help from animals, animals also rely on the worship and incense of humans, the masters of spirituality, to cultivate to fruition and become immortals.
And Huang Pizi seeking a title.
It is actually a Huang Pizi that has reached a certain bottleneck in its cultivation and is stuck at the bottleneck.
For this reason.
They sought out humans.
They want to obtain a title and reward from the mouths of humans, the masters of all spirits, in order to cross that hurdle.
Because.
Humans are the masters of all spirits, and their words carry the fortune of all spirits.
If a person tells a Huang Pizi that it looks like an immortal, it is equivalent to bestowing the fortune of all spirits upon it, causing the Huang Pizi to transform according to the fortune of all spirits spoken by the person.
Therefore.
In the Northeast.
It is common for Huang Pizi to appear and ask passersby if they look like humans or immortals.
If the answer is that they look like humans.
Then the Huang Pizi will receive the fortune of all spirits and can only become human for life. Once their cultivation is exhausted, they will be able to walk upright like humans, but will not be able to become immortals.
The Huang Pizi will surely retaliate against this person, for you have ruined their centuries of cultivation.
If the answer is that they look like immortals.
Then the Huang Pizi will receive the fortune of all spirits, be granted a title, and have the hope of becoming an immortal.
But this is not necessarily a good thing for humans.
Humans are the masters of all spirits. Once they speak to help it become an immortal, they are, in essence, lending their own fortune of all spirits to the Huang Pizi. If the Huang Pizi can become an immortal by borrowing its fortune of all spirits, it is fine.
Once the Huang Pizi cannot successfully become an immortal.
After all, humans are the masters of all spirits, and they do have the fortune of all spirits, but the fortune of all spirits for each person varies, depending on their merits and demerits accumulated in past and present lives.
The difficulty of becoming an immortal for a Huang Pizi also depends on its own karma and sins.
If the fortune of all spirits is not enough to make the Huang Pizi an immortal.
In addition to provoking the retaliation of the Huang Pizi.
It will also lead to the depletion of its own fortune of all spirits, resulting in bad luck at best, and at worst, increased misfortune throughout its life, and no descendants!
This is why there are often rumors in the Northeast that people turn pale at the mention of encountering a Huang Pizi seeking a title.
And now...
Zhang Wei and the other two have encountered the legendary Huang Pizi seeking a title.
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