The next day, Master Mao brought a new jade clasp, Lisa took it and fastened it on his hand. He looked at the new jade clasp, thought for a while and said, "Master Mao, do you have any thoughts about the bronze sword?"
"That bronze sword does have a problem." Said Master Mao, "There's a totem on the hilt which contains a very strange energy."
"Strange energy?" Lisa thought of the information faxed to him by the National Academy of Sciences, which also stated that a strange energy was detected.
"It's not a spiritual power, but it's also not an evil spirit." Master Mao said, "I can't be sure for now, but what I'm certain is that this sword shouldn't be a general's sword."
"It's not?" Lisa was a little surprised.
"Although it's still uncertain, but it must be related to Xuan Men*." Master Mao said, "I mentioned it before, many sects have lost their inheritance, it's very possible this sword is one of them." [T/N: it can be translated as Dark / Mysterious Gate]
"You mean... this is the sword of a Celestial Master?" Lisa understood what Master Mao meant, he asked in astonishment, "But, why is a Celestial Master's sword inside a general's coffin?"
"This has to wait until the Nanling Archaeological Team's research reaches a conclusion. After we have a certain understanding of the tomb owner, then it would be more accurate to extrapolate." Master Mao said, "However... there are two possibilities."
"First, this general was also a Celestial Master. There's a secret technique in ancient books: through a certain medium, Celestial Masters can call forth Yin troops from the Underworld to fight. This bronze sword is likely to be the medium for calling the Yin soldiers." Master Mao speculated. [T/N: Yin as in yin and yang, Yin represents death]
"Calling soldiers from the Underworld? Is it really possible?" Lisa was obviously shocked by this hypothesis.
"It is indeed possible to use soldiers from the Underworld, as long as a Celestial Master has enough cultivation. When the Celestial Master come across an especially malevolent demon, they can use a *local city god's Yin troops for assistance. But each time they use this kind of technique, they can only call one or two soldiers at most, and it also consumes a lot of spiritual energy. The ancient books recorded this mystical technique of using millions of Yin troops have been lost, so it can only be regarded as a legend at this point." Master Mao explained, "As for whether it's really possible to use this technique or not in ancient times, we're unable to determine this." [T/N: (from Wikipedia) is a tutelary deity or deities in Chinese folk religion who is believed to protect the people and the affairs of the particular village, town or city of great dimension, and the corresponding afterlife location.]
"Then, what about the other possibility?" Lisa continued asking.
"The other possibility is also very high, it's that the general was an altered corpse." Master Mao said.
"Altered corpse?"
"That's what we call zombies [T/N: jiang shi, Chinese zombies]. I saw the topographic map around the cemetery, it's a good place to raise corpses." Master Mao explained, "The owner of the tomb was a general in the Warring States Period, so he must have fought and murdered countless numbers of people during his lifetime. This kind of person with a heavy aura of death, if he was buried in a place with thick Yin energy, it would be easy to change him into a zombie. It's even easier with this kind of place that's good for raising corpses."
"But there was only a pile of bones inside when the coffin was opened, ah." Lisa said, "If it was a zombie, then the cemetery wouldn't be dug out so smoothly."
"That's why this sword appeared there." Master Mao said.
"You mean..." Lisa reacted quickly, "This general was likely a zombie a long time ago, then a Celestial Master entered the cemetery and sealed the zombie with the bronze sword?"
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