The so - called "seeking an official title" refers to an animal that has practiced for several hundred years. After gaining spiritual energy, it goes to the human world to find a fateful person and asks for an oral bestowal from that person.
Humans are the spirits of all things and are like earthly immortals in the animal kingdom. Every word they say carries power.
They usually ask, "Do you think I look like a human?"
If the person answers yes, the animal has successfully sought the title and can save several hundred years of cultivation and smoothly advance to a higher level.
If it fails, all of the animal's cultivation will be nullified, and it has to start all over again.
Seeking an official title is a technical task. The person the animal chooses must be reliable, and they should know how to respond when bestowing the title on the animal.
Although humans have the ability to bestow titles on animals, they cannot promise too much.
As the saying goes, if one's virtue does not match one's position, disasters will surely follow.
If the person just talks nonsense and casually bestows the title of a god or Buddha on the animal, not only will it not come true, but the animal will also be backlashed by fate. It will not only lose its cultivation but also easily invite disasters and meet its end.
Therefore, it is very dangerous when an animal seeks an official title from a human. If the answer is not right and the animal happens to be vindictive, the human will form a karmic bond.
However, Yu Nian was seeing someone like Jiao Qi who was severely backlashed by a weasel for the first time. She asked Jiao Qi, "When the weasel sought an official title from you, what did you answer?"
Jiao Qi suddenly looked a bit guilty and stammered, "I scolded it and then killed it by throwing it to the ground."
Yu Nian:........
She thought to herself that it was no wonder. Jiao Qi's actions were really mean. If he was scared, he could just run away and find a master to resolve the matter.
But he had to ruin the animal's cultivation and take its life.
Moreover, weasels are extremely vindictive animals. With that throw, Jiao Qi had surely formed a feud with the weasel.
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Jiao Qi's house was big enough to accommodate everyone from the Qingxin Temple.
After the sky darkened, Yu Nian and the others didn't sleep. They sat by the window and quietly observed the sounds in the yard.
When the moon was high in the sky, a rustling sound came from the yard. Yu Nian looked out of the window. Vaguely, she saw a furry figure jumping up and down in front of Jiao Qi's front door, as if gesturing at something.
Ming Mingzhong wondered, "What's it doing?"
He Zhiping chimed in, "It seems to be dancing."
Yu Nian slowly shook her head. "It's marking its enemy. No matter where the enemy flees, it can easily find them."
The people who had been laughing immediately stopped. They all thought to themselves that they must never offend a weasel!
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At the same time, the door of the room where Xiao Lin was staying was suddenly knocked on.
Xiao Lin was startled. She summoned her courage and asked, "Who is it?"
There was silence outside the door for a while. Then a shrill voice slowly replied, "It's me, your sister - in - law."
Xiao Lin breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking that her sister - in - law must have something to say, she opened the door without a second thought.
The moment the door opened, a stinky smell hit her. It was indeed her sister - in - law standing outside, but her expression was extremely strange.
Her eyes were constantly emitting a greenish glow in the darkness. The sister - in - law let out a strange cry and suddenly raised her hand to grab Xiao Lin's neck.
Her hand was extremely cold, and her long red nails dug fiercely into Xiao Lin's delicate neck. As she grabbed, she shouted loudly, "Give me back my child! Give me back my child!"
Xiao Lin was stunned by the sudden change. Thinking that her sister - in - law was just stimulated, she desperately squeezed out a voice from her throat to defend herself. "Sister - in - law, are you crazy? It wasn't me who caused you this!"
But the sister - in - law's strength was so great that Xiao Lin had no power to fight back.
Just as Xiao Lin was about to suffocate, Yu Nian quickly rushed over. She quickly chopped the back of the sister - in - law's neck. The hand that was gripping Xiao Lin's neck slowly loosened, and the sister - in - law rolled her eyes and softly collapsed.
The commotion here was so loud that it woke up everyone who had already fallen asleep. They quickly carried the sister - in - law into the inner room.
Jiao Qi looked at the blue and purple marks on his daughter's neck. His already tense nerves completely broke down. He slapped his thighs and cried, "What kind of sin have I committed! When will this beast finally leave our family alone!"
Unexpectedly, before he could cry for long, the sister - in - law's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.
She gave a sinister smile and actually started to speak. Her voice was extremely harsh, making people's hair stand on end.
"You killed my son, so I'll kill your grandson! Moreover, I'll make your whole family restless!"
The moment her voice fell, she suddenly started to roll on the kang mat, laughing as she rolled. Her appearance was absurd and terrifying.
The sound of her laughter gave Yu Nian a headache. She quickly stepped forward and pasted a talisman on the sister - in - law's back. There was a soft "hiss" sound, and a white mist suddenly rushed out of the sister - in - law's body. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared outside the door. The room finally became quiet.
Yu Nian slowly sighed and asked Jiao Qi, "Where did you discard the weasel's body?"
Jiao Qi said awkwardly, "In the back mountain."
Yu Nian wanted to solve the matter as soon as possible. Without waiting for dawn, she led everyone up the mountain under the cover of night.
The wind was extremely cold that night. Dark clouds covered the moon, and every street was quiet. There was no one on the mountain path.
Occasionally, a shrill meow came from the dense forest, making the surroundings seem even more desolate.
Ming Mingzhong behind her was not as calm. He rubbed the goosebumps on his arms as he followed Yu Nian and curiously asked, "Boss, this mountain is so big. Where exactly did Jiao Qi throw the weasel?"
Yu Nian walked at the front of the team, holding the dim yellow lantern that Xiao Lin had given her. She hummed a tune leisurely and chatted with Feng Chengyuan beside her from time to time.
Yu Nian pondered for a while and smiled. "There's no need to look for it. That thing will come out to find us on its own."
"O... Ah??" Ming Mingzhong felt even colder. He didn't dare to ask anymore and quickly followed Yu Nian.
Before long, everyone reached the slope halfway up the mountain. There was a cemetery in front of them.
On both sides of the slope were dense and silent forests. At a glance, they looked like bottomless black holes. Guan Sheng followed behind Yu Nian, looking at her with increasing admiration.
This path was extremely evil. Not only would ordinary villagers not dare to approach it at night, but even those who dealt with corpses and funerals had to gather in large groups. Only when everyone had a powerful flashlight in hand would they dare to go in. It was rare to see an outsider like Yu Nian who could lead the way calmly without changing her expression in decades.
But Yu Nian wasn't afraid. After walking many night - time paths and catching many ghosts, her courage had naturally been trained.
Everyone walked for about ten minutes and finally climbed to the top of the slope.
What greeted their eyes was a large expanse of dark stone tablets, one next to another. The cold air rushed straight into their noses.