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Chapter 422 Witch Drum
About half an hour later, a burly wizard about fifty years old followed Wu Dai, came up to him, bowed to Qin Di and Ao Ying, and said, "I'm playing the Wu drum, and I saw two big Musician!"

Qin Di hurriedly said: "Please sit down! Master Wugu, who gave you this name?"

Wu Gu's hair fell out, half of his head was bald, and he said with a smile: "Wu Gu is not my original name, it is equivalent to an official position. There is a Wu Gu in every generation of our Wu Xian Kingdom, although my drumming level is very low. , but slightly stronger than others, so I took on this responsibility. When I am old, I will pass this name on to my descendants. But unfortunately, my son died young, so I can only pass it on to my disciples! Wu Dai is also the candidate One, but he still doesn’t know how to play the drum, and he needs to practice for two or three years if he wants to become a witch drum!”

But Wu Dai said: "Master, you are not old. If you keep working hard, you may still have children when you are old."

Wu Gu ignored what he said, bowed to Ao Ying and said, "I heard from Wu Dai that you are a great drummer, can you accept me as an apprentice? I am willing to give all my property, just to learn how to play drum!"

Ao Ying glanced at him, and replied with a smile: "It's fine to accept apprentices! You take out the cowhide for writing, no matter whether you can understand it or not, I'll just teach you how to play the drums. But I only teach you one day a month, No more than two years before and after. Whether you can learn it or not depends on your own luck!"

Hearing this, Wu Gu fell to his knees with a "plop" and paid homage, kowtowed three times, and shouted: "Thank you, master! You only need to teach me for a day, and you will be my master, whether you recognize it or not!" He took out a sandalwood box with fragrance, and opened it to find a rolled kraft paper inside.

Ao Ying took it, and she was dumbfounded after just a glance!

"Msanggong, this job is entrusted to you!"

Qin Di took it and spread it out, and looked intently, only to see that what was written on it was not words, but symbols. These symbols looked like oracle bone inscriptions, and they looked like some kind of runes. He opened his eyes wide to recognize them for a long time, but he could only guess. There are very few.And there are at least three or four thousand words on this kraft paper.

Wu Gu looked at him expectantly and asked, "Sir, do you know what is written on it?"

Qin Di replied calmly: "This is a very ancient character, and I can't recognize it for a while, but after a slow guess, it can still be resolved. Can you let me rub a copy of these runes?"

Wu Gu smiled heartily and said, "Sir, you don't need rubbing anymore! I'll put the kraft paper here for you, and I'll pick it up in a few days. To be honest, it's useless for me to keep it. I look at it every day, staring at it. Small eyes, not thinking about eating and drinking, I have a heart disease! If this continues, I will definitely die early! If it is not something passed down from my ancestors, I really want to burn it with a fire!"

Qin Di couldn't use mana, and didn't even want to use his spiritual sense, so he took a pen and ink, drew those runes, and returned the kraft paper to the other party.He knew that although Wu Gu said so, if he really wanted to keep the kraft paper, this guy might have trouble sleeping and eating!

Wu Gu took the kraft paper and carefully put it away, said with a "hehe" smile, "Thank you, Mr. Qin, for taking your troubles."

Since Ao Ying agreed to teach the other party how to play drums, she taught Wu Drum for an hour that day, and asked Wu Gu to go back to practice and come back a month later.After all, she comes from the Immortal Sound Sect, so just teaching a little content is enough for Wugu to practice for a long time.

Wu Gu was very happy, thanked him and left.

Qin Di continued to ponder over those runes, but after several days of effort, she couldn't make out too many.After all, he is not an expert in ancient characters. He has never learned these things, so it is still difficult to rely on guesswork.

So he entered the cave and asked Shi Babao and others for advice.

As a master craftsman, Shi Babao didn't know much about these runes.

Fang Jiufu is the great master of making talismans. He glanced at it and said: "This is a very ancient eclipse of witches and immortals. It has been extinct hundreds of thousands of years ago, or even millions of years ago. Because of my research on runes, I read all the ancient books of the Immortal Talisman Sect and saw some related content, so I can recognize a small part of the characters."

Qin Di was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Thank you, master, please mark the words you know."

Fang Jiufu looked at the runes intently, and finally marked 300 characters, and there were more than [-] characters that he was not sure about, so he reluctantly wrote them down and put them aside.

Qin Di took these records as if he had found a treasure, and then went to ask Dayan 73 for advice.

As a result, Dayan 73 smiled slightly, and quickly untied all the remaining words with ease!
Qin Di was shocked when he saw it: "Master, you are really amazing! How come you are so familiar with this kind of writing?"

Dayan 73 smiled and said: "Our Dayan lineage, in addition to the formation method is divination, and divination is also the main method for the witch family to walk in the world. So in some places there is no distinction between witchcraft and Taoism, there is Tao in witches, and there are witches in Tao. Because of this, our Dayan lineage must also be familiar with this kind of eclipses of witches, it is said that in the heavens, some places rely on eclipses of witches to record things."

"Master, I want to learn Wuxian's eclipse from you, please teach me!"

Dayan 73 handed him a piece of jade slip, and said: "Here are the etched texts I sorted out, and there are comparisons with our commonly used texts. Just take it and ponder it for a few days."

"Thank you master!"

Qin Di happily walked out of the cave, handed the jade slips to Ao Ying, and asked her to write down the contents on the paper word by word.

And he himself began to ponder the rubbings from the kraft paper.

After reading it from cover to cover, he found that it was indeed an article about drums, including how to make and play drums.The better the materials used to make the drums, the more powerful the resulting drums will be.Most of the drums in the world are made of cowhide.Drums used by shamans are often made of crocodile skin.The drums used by immortals are mostly made of Kui cowhide.

In Yunmeng Lake, there is Kui Niu, also known as Thunder Beast. It is said that it has only one leg and is pale gray. When entering and exiting the water, there must be wind and rain. Just as deafening.If you use its skin as a drum and its bones as a drumstick, you can get a big drum of the spirit level or even the Lingbao level.

After the article talks about making drums, there are several ancient songs in the back, one "Wen Tian Drum" is used for sacrifices by the Wu family, the other "Zhen Tian Drum" is used to boost morale and capture the enemy during wartime, and there is "Twilight Drum". "Tiangu" is knocked every evening, which has the effect of exorcising evil spirits.The remaining few songs are also related to the killing and fighting of the witch clan. They can also be used as a means for the immortal family to capture the enemy and kill people. The enemy was terrified.

Regarding the drum music, there are also some inheritances in Xianyinmen. If it is combined with the drum music of the Wu family, the content will become richer.

Qin Di wrote out two-thirds of the translated content and handed it over to Wu Gu. The reason why he discounted one-third was because he is now a disciple of Xianyinmen, representing the interests of Xianyinmen, and should share the information related to Xianyin. Store the content and prevent it from being passed on to other sects.Wu Xianguo has no masters anymore, even if they keep all the repertoire, these people will not be able to play it completely, and it may bring disaster to them.

It's okay if the tunes on kraft paper are not translated, but once they are translated, they will become a disaster.Instead of causing trouble for these little witches and eventually spreading the drum music to other sects, it is better to just take out two-thirds, which is enough for the sacrifices of the Wu family.

Wu Gu was very excited after getting the drum music, and ran back in a hurry.

Soon, Wuxi, the monarch of Wuxian Kingdom, led more than a dozen princes and ministers to the place where Qin Di lived to pay his respects, and sent a lot of gold and silver utensils of cattle, goats, melons and fruits.

Qin Di accepted it unceremoniously, because the house was small, and he didn't invite these people into the house, and just talked to everyone in the yard.

The monarch Wu Xi was very respectful: "Blessed by God, two great musicians came to our country! This is the supreme glory of the Wuxian Kingdom! Xiao Wang came here in person to invite two great musicians to my palace for a drink. Banquet! It is a great blessing to be able to find the drum music, and it should be a three-day feast for the whole country to celebrate!"

Qin Di politely declined: "The banquet is fine. I just want to live in seclusion here and spend the rest of my life quietly."

Wu Xi didn't move three times, so he had to walk back with everyone with a sullen expression.

Since then, every year and festival, people would bring gifts to their door, and no one dared to disturb Qin Di's peaceful life.

Qin Di let go of his body and mind, and lived leisurely by the Wuxian River. He often sat in a cool chair, read a book, and watched the boats passing by in the river, transporting loads of white salt to other places.

Five years have passed in this way, and Wu Gu has learned Wentian Drum. Although he is still just a beginner and cannot hit the essence of the drum sound, he has gained more and more benefits from participating in the annual sacrifice.

According to him, after participating in the sacrifice before, he didn't feel anything.And after he learned Wentiangu, he participated in the sacrifice in the first year, and felt that his body was much stronger, his spirit was much better than before, and his whole person seemed to have become younger.

In the third year of participating in the sacrifice, his appearance has changed, the thin hair on the top of his head has become thicker, and he seems to be five years younger.

After participating in the sacrifice in the fifth year, his old wife who was over fifty years old was pregnant!

This made him ecstatic, and brought various gifts to thank the master and Qin Di.

Qin Di confiscated his gift, but was moved by what he said about Wuxian Kingdom's annual sacrifice.

He understood in his heart: "This may be another sacrifice similar to the Yunqi Conference or the Immortal Fire Festival, but because the scale of the sacrifice is insufficient, or the wizard skill of the chief priest is not strong enough, the level of auxiliary music and dance is too low to cause the celestial The great witch is sympathetic enough, that's why the people who participated in the sacrificial ceremony did not undergo amazing changes. But these conditions can be changed! The most important thing is that the blood of the Wu family has not been cut off!"

Because he had just improved his skills, he didn't want to intervene in this kind of sacrifice for the time being, so he didn't say anything, but let Ao Ying continue to teach the witch drum the method of beating drums.

(End of this chapter)