World Occult User Guide

The teenagers couldn't wait to eat the honey with their hands. The herbalist's attention was focused on Lin An, and he didn't bother to stop their hurried behavior, so he asked meaningfully.

Overhearing their conversation, someone interrupted enthusiastically.

“There is a ghost named ‘Zai’ possessing—aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The herbalist's pupils shrank. Before the group of teenagers could finish speaking, they were stung by bees and screamed. They kept shaking the hive, throwing out the little fighters who were guarding their homeland, and hugging the hive as they followed. Escape.

“We’ll bring you olive oil and some strings of shells tomorrow!”

The energetic young man disappeared into the hot alley. Lin An and the herbalist looked at each other for a moment and took the initiative to break the silence.

"The currency system on your side is not very clear."

"The economy has collapsed a long time ago. Although Dole or Youle are used as currency units in official transactions, I haven't seen real money in several years." The herbalist dusted off the dust, "Follow me. I want to What herbs are you getting?”

"Exorcists, and..." Lin An paused, "Psychic."

A few hours ago, Zai told him the origin of the Bantu Family [Four Living Gods].

According to Bantu tradition, Nzambi, the creator of the universe, created the four worlds in which humans live.

When a person dies, he enters the underworld according to the Muthoni time, takes care of the living and protects them from the spiritual world, until he enters the chaos of conception again, and then is born and grows in the earthly world, and dies again to join the reincarnation.

Nzambi is in the form of a cross, and he stretches out one finger to each world. The myth mentions that he left the material world through a reed reaching the sky four thousand years ago, and left four fingers to his successors——[ Four Living Gods].

The finger that Zai inherited is called "Prophet", the current president is called "Sheik", and the other two members are called "Witch" and "Witch".

The Bantu family has a long history and guarded this ancient land before the unification of the ancient kingdoms in the 15th century AD, until the Portuguese explorer Diego Cao landed on the Kuba River in 1484.

The ancient kingdom started trade with the Bantu Gossamers, sending ambassadors to each other in the then capital Mbambuca (called San Salvador in Portuguese), and the Xizhou family also got involved and infiltrated the Bantu Kingdom.

Then the neighboring countries from the east rose up, invaded this ancient kingdom, and dismembered it to pieces. The colonial boom in the 17th century transported another 13 million people to the New World, leaving little of the once glorious civilization.

Finally, at the Bailin Conference that divided Southern Continent, Bantu was assigned to the Flanders.

Although the [Four Living Gods] tried their best to save it, they were outnumbered by other aristocratic families in Nanzhou and Xizhou aristocratic families and hid everywhere.

Until the 20th century, a religious movement called Kimbanguist became a springboard for anti-colonial sentiment. It was a church that integrated Redeemer, evangelical and Bantu indigenous beliefs, and then developed into "Pentecostalism".

The missionaries taught the Law of Moses and opposed superstition, fetishism and polygamy. They received widespread support, and even internationalists from across the ocean invested money to make it a formal unofficial organization and enjoy a high reputation in central South Africa.

[Four Living Gods] took the opportunity to blend in, using the "body" of the Pentecostal Sect to avoid being targeted by the Xizhou Family, while blending into society to reorganize civilization, and with the help of the Eagle Kingdom, they gradually moved toward independence.

Eagle country?

Was it [Xi Yong] who did it?

Lin An was thoughtful. He heard what the Countess said inadvertently before, that the goals of [Xi Yong] are different from most aristocratic families, and they are not allies of [Heidu].

After the Xizhou Family left, the [Four Living Gods] once again appeared on the stage of history, planned the first election, and appointed a relatively good president.

Everything was developing prosperously until "Chief" Tshisekedi Kumasi, one of the "Four Living Gods", betrayed.

He was dissatisfied with the obscure behind-the-scenes work and secretly accepted the olive branch from [Heidu].

Tshisekedi cooperated with the [Red Poppy Chamber of Commerce] to stir up ethnic conflicts in various parts of the Bantu, creating gaps between tribes, and encouraging them to believe that the current president is a Tutsi, an outsider, and the culprit of poverty. .

Just as the [Four Living Gods] were trying to remedy the situation, Tshisekedi introduced the forces of [Black Capital] into the base camp of the Four Living Gods.

Except for the "prophet" who managed to escape, the "wizard" and "witch" all died tragically on the spot.

The remaining members had no choice but to surrender.

Tshisekedi quickly planned an assassination, killing the then president, and united with neighboring Lakon'o to carry out a massacre, purging the disobedient factions across the country, and was finally elected amidst chaos.

At present, Tshisekedi has obtained the fingers of "witches" and "witches", but at least the relics of the "prophet".

[The Four Living Gods] are called living gods because once the "Comes" overlap, they can enter the spiritual world of the creator Nzambi through their fingers and obtain the wisdom of the sages, as if their ancestors are here again. It's like the world has come alive.

Not only that, these fingers are "antique relics" similar to the Holy Shroud, through which the four living gods can lay the foundation for becoming gods and take the first step to control the "Goddess with the Lamp".

Only Lin An in the world can directly skip the step of absorbing the "Lamp Goddess" into his body, because the alien spirit gives him 100% of his potential limit.

Tshisekedi, who has not yet collected all four fingers, can only observe the wisdom of the three realms and cannot stand side by side with the God of Creation. He also lacks ways to obtain more goddesses with lanterns.

Due to the growing demand in Black City, the president had to cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce to catch Zai and ask for the whereabouts of the last finger.

Only then did a series of bad things happen to Lin An.

Zai said that if Lin An hadn't killed the Countess in time, once she caught him, no one would be able to block Tshisekedi's path to becoming a god.

Before the Red Poppy Chamber of Commerce and the President could react, he hoped that Lin An would take back his "finger" to prevent long nights and nightmares.

The herbalist in front of him was one of the few former members of the [Four Living Gods] who refused Tshisekedi’s solicitation and escaped the countess’s extensive search.

He led Lin An towards the pharmacy. The neo-Romanesque appearance was full of grandeur and stood out among the low, dilapidated and messy buildings. It seemed a little self-indulgent.

The most dangerous place is the safest place?

Pushing open the door of the pharmacy, the smell of herbal medicine hit your face. The interior was very bright, with modern lamps, walls and floors. There were dark products in the glass cabinets. The herbalist took a deep breath.

"Everyone, the prophet is back."

The clerk who was sorting the shelves raised his head and looked at Lin An silently for a while. Soon someone closed the lights and the door, and replaced the "Open" sign with "Close."

"Hello everybody, I--"

Before Lin An finished speaking, the herbalist beside him suddenly fell into an epileptic convulsion and made a babbling cry.

The other clerks were indifferent. Lin An calmed down and observed the herbalist carefully.

The energy of "Comes" spread out, and his facial features and body shape changed. He became shorter, his facial features were distorted, and he became a different person.

Zai told Lin An that for the mystics on the side of prophets and magicians, they are often accompanied by trembling zakama when they cast spells, which is a sign that they are communicating with the spirit world.

It turns out to be a "shapeshifting wizard".

Bennett's mystery was also born out of Nanzhou, and this prototype can be seen everywhere here.

I don't know if he has returned to his original appearance or turned into someone else. The herbalist calmed down and nodded to Lin An.

"Sorry. Come with me."

The shop assistants followed him, showing no emotion, appearing numb and indifferent. Lin An felt a little strange, and thought that this might be their habit of hiding and disguising for many years.

To be on the safe side, he used [God's One Eye] and short selling mode to observe his surroundings throughout the process.

The darkness became deeper and deeper, and the rare cool wind blew across the side of Lin An's face, and the moist breath hit his face, accompanied by the "tick-tock" sound of water droplets.

Once his feet were empty, he walked down the steps into a basement.

"Is your 'finger' hidden here?"

"No one can touch it without a ritual approved by me," Zai explained. "It's not here."

Is it similar to Doris' "hidden space"?

The herbalist at the front turned on his flashlight, illuminating the view of the basement.

This is a low space with a round sky and a small square. The rough walls have small holes everywhere, and wind and water leak in, making a pattering sound.

Wooden boxes of different heights were piled in the corner, stuffed with medicinal materials, paints, animal carcasses and old ritual tools.

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary warehouse.

Seeing Lin An looking around, the herbalist said: "The successor designated by the prophet, please lie down and leave everything to us."

The corners of Lin An's eyes twitched. The words sounded both like a waist and a massage parlor in Laburnum.

Curling two fingers, [Devil's Dice] rolled around.

"Am I being misled by the prophet's mind?"

"no."

The dice gave a negative answer.

After searching again, Lin An found nothing strange, so he lay down on the stall paved by the herbalist.

The assistants picked up small drums and sat around, while the herbalist placed a piece of witchcraft charm on the mat. The yellowed paper was filled with ancient words that Lin An had seen in the invitation letter of [Ancestral Spirit Totem].

The herbalist chewed a cola nut, spit the residue into the palm of his hand, and sprinkled it beside the cushion. He lit the candle again, and the smoke rose up through the unknown holes and disappeared.

At the same time, the group of assistants beat the snare drum and shouted:

Ndumba gata diaku, nge udi e

e ngwa samuna Nzambe, kesi kum

Almighty mind, I will clear this space,

This is the essence of the ancestral world, and it is also good for you.

The herbalist took out a black, egg-like bead and placed it on Lin An's navel. It felt cold to the touch and touched his skin directly through the clothes.

Suddenly, Lin An was in a trance.

Strange changes occurred in the empty warehouse. The empty gray walls were printed with colorful paint murals, floating like an aurora or a mirage.

Solemn, dark-skinned men and women wear liturgical vestments of extremely contrasting colors, with striped animal skins around their waists and ostrich and peacock feathers on their heads.

No matter what kind of meaningful pose they take, their eyes are staring directly at the audience, and one finger of their right hand is raised except the thumb.

Four living gods throughout the ages?

Even though it was just a portrait, when Lin An looked at them, he always felt like he was being spied on and a shiver ran down his spine.

He turned his attention to the herbalist, who was fiddling with a lidded box filled with various ingredients, opening each lid three times and sniffing the inside very vigorously.

Finally the herbalist selected a box and took out a bag of fragrant herbs.

He opened two more boxes, scooped out a spoonful of water and a little palm sap respectively, mixed them with the herbal package, and tied them to Lin An's soles.

Similar to the black beads, the soles seemed to be nothing, and the cold feeling went straight to the soles of the feet.

The assistants continued to sing:

E Nzambe, nkosi mbungu zi menga tala yuna nleke nge kunsimbidi,

mono k'insimbidi ko.

Kimpaka-mpaka udia mwaka,

bioko iziola mu nitu, kakala nkonso, kakala ngolo, Nzambe unyambula,

kaleka bwo, kasikama ntangu nlungu.

Bleeding Nzambi, look at this man.

He longs to eat one of your fingers,

So you've got him,

Make him strong, make him full of energy, and do not leave him;

Let him sleep and wake up when the sun is at its strongest!

When the singing stopped, the murals of the Four Living Gods all over the sky suddenly started to move. Several people with white patterns painted on their bodies gathered together into one existence, stretching out a finger like in "The Creation of Adam".

Lin An tentatively faced his fingers.

A flash of light penetrated into his mind, and Lin An instantly noticed that there was a little more obscure fog in his memory.

"You already have the knuckles of the 'Prophet'." The herbalist said, and his assistants stopped playing drums and singing, and looked at Lin An together.

In the darkness, the whites of their eyes were extremely eye-catching.

"It means...did the ceremony succeed?" Lin An frowned slightly.

"It's just one of the prophet's knuckles. Please wait 24 hours before taking back the second knuckle."

As the herbalist spoke, he led Lin An up the steps on the other side. The group of assistants with dull eyes were packing up the remainder of the ceremony, like creeping shadows in the dark, which made people shudder.

Strange guy...

The exit from the basement directly connected to the outside world. Lin An was bathed in the hot sunshine and felt a little bit unreal.

"That'll be fine?"

"Yes." Zai confirmed him, "What was just injected into you is the finger inherited from the 'Prophet'."

The herbalist took the opportunity to warn: "Be aware of some taboos during this period. Do not eat pumpkins or peanuts, do not eat poultry or caterpillars, do not eat any animals that died without obvious reasons, and do not pay respects to corpses or assist in funerals."

"OK."

Lin An wouldn't do these things anyway.

Watching his back disappear at the corner of the street, the herbalist's body once again experienced a violent tremor like a spasm. His eyes turned white and his whole body twitched. Five seconds later, he returned to the same state as before.

"call……"

After the energy dissipated, he exhaled, turned to look at the mirror, and showed a mysterious smile.

I saw a face exactly like Lin An's reflected in the mirror.

"I'm sorry, ranger, for me, nothing is more important than inheriting Bantu civilization..."

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