Beauty Comprehensive 1999

Chapter 5 Incense creates gods, virtual idols

Xie Zihao knew it was done.

Because he had already had such an experience before. Although this ritual of consecrating the soul of the paper puppet could not make the paper puppet "alive" immediately, it had initially given it spirituality.

As long as we continue to rely on incense sacrifices to continue to perform sacrifices, and then slowly collect the power of belief generated by the thoughts of people who know the images of these paper puppets around the world, it will be the same as the power of worshiping gods.

With the power of incense, they can be sacrificed to become guardian gods like living creatures, and they are closely connected with their own true spirits, so that the paper puppet substitutes can act on behalf of the disaster and give feedback to the master to help the master practice.

Of course, the two paper figures are still far behind now. Only his eldest son, Uchiha Itachi, who has been worshiped for the longest time, can barely move his eyes in reality. This is because of the fame he accumulated from his predecessor.

The power of these beliefs is transformed into a stream of incense through the plug-in of the God Ball in the head, and all the power of faith is used to consecrate the relationship between a dozen seven paper puppets.

The second Superman paper puppet, as the second son, has only been successfully initially enlightened by him, but now he has little magic power and does not have a second wave of incense faith supply. He relies entirely on his own sacrifices. The Superman paper puppet barely has some psychic abilities.

, can’t even move a finger, and naturally cannot move in reality in a short time.

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Speaking of which, the "Method of cutting paper into soldiers, psychic avatars, and transforming into gods" originally recorded by the Xie family's ancestors is a fusion of Shinto methods from folk sects such as White Lotus and Luo Jiao. The art of cutting paper into soldiers has been passed down since ancient times for worship and refining and has been passed down among the people.

Paper figures of a wide range of gods and historical celebrities are used as guardian spirits, such as Erlang Shen, Nezha, Sun Dasheng, Guan Erye, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, etc., and then combined with the Yin God cultivation method inherited by the Taiyin Sect, with the help of the guardian spirits as stand-ins

To return spiritual mana to improve yourself.

In fact, it is equivalent to stealing the beliefs of those gods for one's own use. It is similar to asking gods to take over, but there is an essential difference.

Therefore, although the practice of the Xie family is not considered evil, it is still a heretical practice.

At that time Xie Zihao thought:

"It looks more like a profession called "Profane Priest" in the DND game. It is a 'thief' who steals faith and is not compatible with those gods and the sacred Xuanmen lineage that enshrines them."

"No wonder my ancestors of the Xie family have been hiding quietly among the people for many years, and have successively used Qingyang Sect, Bagua Sect, Plum Blossom Boxing and other vests as cover. They will never show off to the public, expose their own family background, and are afraid of encountering fake feelings.

Fight against piracy!”

After traveling through time and being reborn, Xie Zihao came to this world with extraordinary power and felt that this approach was not only inefficient, but also risky.

"After all, this is a world with puppets, so it is very likely that there are gods. Furthermore, beings that can be called gods are often powerful. It is more difficult to use them as images to worship paper puppets of related gods, and it is difficult to master.

.And since there may be gods in this world, wouldn’t his behavior of stealing faith also easily offend certain forces or gods, leading to more serious conflicts and disputes?”

So on the day he was discharged from the hospital, when he was passing through Hollywood Boulevard in the car, he saw from a distance the "artists" on the street who were asking people to take pictures, and saw some of them dressed as superheroes, and he suddenly thought of a different way.

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That is to abandon traditional gods and select suitable characters from virtual works such as movies, TV series, comics, etc. as the prototypes of paper puppets.

This approach has two advantages. First, most of those virtual characters were created since the 20th century. In this era, countries all over the world have basically entered modern society, so naturally few people will worship these characters as gods.

This also reduces the conflict of faith with the original god form after he sacrifices the paper puppet to become a god in the future.

For both, compared with the historical celebrities and gods in ancient times, modern society has experienced a huge explosion in technology and entertainment since the 20th century. People can obtain consultation from a wide range of sources and easily, and many virtual characters are more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people than gods.

, such as the superhero movies that are now popular around the world, and the animation works that are widely circulated in East Asia and even Europe and the United States.

Now, if you randomly stop any young man on the street in the East and ask them who the prototype of Erlang Shen is or who the five tiger generals of the Three Kingdoms are, they may not be able to tell you. But if you ask them what the names of Captain America and Batman are,

Why is Uchiha Sasuke called Er Zhuzhu? They may come just by talking about it.

It has to be said that this is also a kind of cultural invasion, but from another level, the wide spread and strong popularity of these virtual characters are definitely more powerful among young people than traditional gods and historical figures.

Even those born in the 1970s and 1980s may not be familiar with some anime and movie characters, and most of them can be called by their names or nicknames. In addition, those born in the 1990s and 2000s who have grown up with these characters have already taken over the world.

At least one-third of the population.

According to Xie Zihao’s expectation at that time:

"Among the billions of people, if one percent of people are familiar with and understand a certain virtual character, then there are tens of millions of people at most. And among these tens of millions of people, there don't need to be many who are die-hard fans. As long as

There are millions, so according to the setting of the divine belief system in DND, the power of faith generated by the millions of iron fans who are equivalent to ordinary believers may not be as pure as the power of faith generated by the prayers of truly devout believers.

Quantitative changes can lead to qualitative changes, and this huge force can definitely turn a virtual character into a true god with powerful divine power!

"How powerful is this?"

"If I can use the paper puppets to bond with the characters in the work, and then use the magic ritual to give the paper puppets of the corresponding characters spirituality, and when the paper puppets become powerful enough, I can use the power of faith of all living beings, that is, movie fans, comic book fans and other audiences, to transform the paper puppets into spiritual beings.

To support paper figures for the sake of incense and faith and make them become one's divine protectors, isn't that no different from offering paper puppets to those gods, and it is easier and less risky?"

This attempt was verified after he used two pillars to beat his brother one to seven, and the results proved that it was indeed feasible.

Moreover, the strength, popularity and influence of many virtual characters are not inferior to or even better than many legendary gods.

"The key is that using this kind of stand-in prototype will not be counterattacked by the corresponding gods. This type of virtual image is different from the gods who have been formed by incense offerings. They do not have a spirit of their own will. Whoever refines it first will take possession of it.

Opportunity."

"And who said that the characters in comics and movies are weaker than the gods in legends? If I can obtain all of Superman's abilities, then I won't have to train hard and become a god directly! Even Itachi can use all his abilities.

, it’s no worse than ordinary gods, right?”

Therefore, after Xie Zihao made an initial attempt with Itachi Uchiha, he then made a paper doll of Superman, and finally succeeded in making it today.

Compared with Batman, the most popular figure in this era, Superman, who also belongs to DC, is undoubtedly more suitable as a psychic paper puppet.

"After all, Batman's greatest ability is the ability to make money. He is still a mortal. After being sacrificed, he probably won't be able to give back the gift of money ability, right?"

Looking at the Superman paper puppet Xie Zihao said eagerly:

"And this Clark is a god on earth!"

There will be more at night

(End of chapter)