Chapter 1389 - 1438 - Linguist
"Yes, otherwise how could I call you? Wouldn’t that be to provoke you?" Yao Lingfu chuckled, feeling she had punished Li Yifei enough, then said, "Before discussing the solution, I first need to talk to you about the distribution of the Miao Ethnic Group. They are not only in our Huaxia but also across the South Asian Countries. Most of them have been assimilated with the Han people and other ethnic groups for generations, making it hard to distinguish between Miao and Han. However, a small portion, like the White Miao, Black Miao, and us, the Miao people, still live reclusively. Most spend their entire lives never venturing into the outside world, and it is these Miao who have inherited the will of the witches."
"The Black Miao and White Miao have inherited the Worm Technique, which is also a type of witchcraft, while we inherited another, called the Body Forging technique. We treat our bodies as alchemic furnaces, as steel, constantly tempering them to reach the peak state, resisting the world with our bodies. This is similar to your cultivation practices, just with different names. Additionally, in witchcraft, there is also Talisman Technique, akin to your Taoist Priest’s Yin Yang practices, such as the Corpse-chasing Craftsman of Xiangxi. However, the Talisman Technique of Corpse-chasing Craftsman is nearly extinct now, as modern society doesn’t allow such occurrences. In ancient times, especially in the Xiangjiang region, transportation was inconvenient, and for those who died away from home to be buried back in their hometowns was very difficult. Thus, the Talisman Masters invented corresponding techniques to control corpses, allowing the deceased to walk home.""
"Furthermore, the Talisman Masters and Han culture merged, becoming a branch of present-day Taoism, but let’s not talk about that now. What I want to mention is another branch of witches, known as the Linguist."
"Linguist?" Li Yifei repeated. He had never heard of this title and instinctively said, "Is it based on writing?"
"That’s right, Linguists are the most mysterious and powerful among witches. They are differentiated from the oldest witches, use writing, study writing, and worship Great Shaman Cang Jie. They believe that the most wondrous thing in heaven and earth is writing, which is a medium that allows humans to create and record civilization. The reason humans are different from other animals is that they have language and writing, which enables them to communicate."
"Linguists, as great shamans, communicate between heaven and earth, nature, and between humans and spirits."
Li Yifei couldn’t help but gasp. When he first heard the term ’witch’ from Yao Lingfu’s lips, he was already quite shocked. According to her explanation, those civilizations before the Xia and Shang, the legends, might be true, and even the tales of ancient humans ascending to heaven and plunging into the earth could also be real.
Originally, Li Yifei did not believe in such things, but now he himself had reached the Innate Realm, with True Qi constantly coursing through his body. He could no longer deny these possibilities, and it made those legendary things seem much more plausible, as due to the passage of time, the inheritance might have been severed.
Listening to Yao Lingfu’s explanation of Linguists at this moment, Li Yifei couldn’t help but be fascinated.