Looking at Zhang Wei's file, Old Feng said,
"I didn't expect Zhang Wei to be an ancient shaman. It makes sense, though. His strength is so great, and he can conjure all sorts of magical ghost-exorcising methods, which is similar to shamanism."
As a member of the archives department, Old Feng was most knowledgeable about the profession of ghost exorcists, knowing about many such professions, including the long-lost ancient shamans.
Shaman.
Also known as sorcerers, female shamans are called witches, and male shamans are called xĂ.
They are the oldest ghost-exorcising profession in Great Xia, bar none, originating in primitive times, thousands of years ago.
In other words.
Zhang Wei's ghost-exorcising profession has existed for thousands of years. Not only that, but the various ghost-exorcising professions in Great Xia today, such as Maoshan techniques, Chuma Xian, Zha Zhijiang, and Gan Shi Ren, are all evolutions of shamans over time.
The older and more ancient the ghost-exorcising profession, the more traces of shamans can be found, such as Chuma Xian and Gu Masters.
In fact.
Gu Masters are a type of shaman, shamans skilled in Gu arts. Their history is long and ancient, which is why many novels about tomb raiding feature Gu Masters â they are ancient, mysterious, and terrifying, and were also used for the protection of ancient tombs.
Additionally.
According to records.
Shamanistic magic involves performing certain rituals, or using certain objects and incantations believed to possess magical power, to influence human life or natural events by utilizing and manipulating supernatural forces.
Thinking of this.
Old Feng had a moment of realization:
"Zhang Wei seems to have a lot of strange ghost-exorcising items. So those are shamanic tools? He imbued these items with magical power using shamanism. This means he knows both sympathetic magic and contagion magic from ancient shamanism."
As expected.
He continued to look at Zhang Wei's file, which recorded that Zhang Wei's methods included sympathetic magic and contagion magic.
As for what imitation magic and contagion magic are.
Old Feng recalled his knowledge of shamanism.
There are many types of shamanic methods, broadly divided into seven categories:
Imitation magic, contagion magic, black magic, white magic, sympathetic magic, counter-magic, and Gu magic.
Among them.
Contagion magic is a shamanic method that uses a part of an object or an item associated with an object to seek good fortune, ward off evil, and so on. This magic can be performed as long as it comes into contact with a person's body or their belongings.
Sympathetic magic is the ability to simulate an object or a state, such as beast transformation, which is a type of imitation magic, allowing one to possess animal abilities.
Now, Old Feng thought carefully, the ghost-exorcising methods recorded by the Wei Dao Division regarding Zhang Wei indeed matched these two types of shamanic methods.
Besides this.
Old Feng thought again, there must be another reason why the Wei Dao Division identified Zhang Wei as an ancient shaman.
With this thought.
He continued to look at the information about Zhang Wei in the file and indeed found the Wei Dao Division's evaluation.
[According to records, during the Northeast incident, the eminent monk Wu Nian of Mount Wutai encountered a Nine Evil Yin Gathering Ghost. He was eventually rescued with the help of a Bodhisattva statue provided by Zhang Wei, and successfully killed the Nine Evil Yin Gathering Ghost. His methods are consistent with the earliest records of shamanism, which involve offering sacrifices to deities and having deities appear through these offerings.]
Old Feng remembered.
In primitive times, such as the era of Yao, Shun, and Yu, each tribe had its own totem. In fact, these totems were a form of shamanism. People at that time believed in gods, and these totems were symbols of those gods. By offering sacrifices to the totems and performing totem rituals, they could have the gods manifest and protect them through these totems.
Moreover.
In that era, each tribe had people called shamans. They held a high status in the tribe, serving as intermediaries between gods and humans. They possessed magical abilities, and these abilities were called... shamanism!
Zhang Wei's offering to Namo Gatling Bodhisattva was very much like the ancient totem offerings, except he wasn't offering a totem but Namo Gatling Bodhisattva. This was why Namo Gatling Bodhisattva could appear and kill the Nine Evil Yin Gathering Ghost.
The reason was simple.
Zhang Wei had offered Namo Gatling Bodhisattva.
Afterward.
Old Feng briefly reviewed Zhang Wei's file and put it back into the file bag. At this moment, he exclaimed softly and took a USB drive out of the file bag.
"What is this? Are there other attachments to Zhang Wei's file?"
He knew that for some important figures, in addition to paper files, there would be additional attachments because these individuals were powerful, and paper files alone could not fully record their information, so videos and other items would be included.
As he spoke.
The logistics personnel who brought the file nodded.
"Yes, this is an additional file for Zhang Wei, a video. In fact, it was this video that further proved and confirmed our earlier identification of Zhang Wei's ghost-exorcising profession as an ancient shaman."
In his words.
As if thinking of something, the logistics personnel said with a sly smile,
"Old Feng, guess where we got this video from?"
"Where? Xishuangbanna? I heard Zhang Wei went to Xishuangbanna before."
Old Feng replied.
The logistics personnel shook their heads and no longer kept it a secret.
"No, no, no, it's from the Land of the Cherry Blossoms."
"Huh??"
Old Feng was stunned for a moment, his face blank.
"Land of the Cherry Blossoms? Did you guys secretly film Zhang Wei in the Land of the Cherry Blossoms? And what was he doing there?"
The logistics personnel chuckled and said,
"We didn't secretly film him. It was the Onmyoji of the Land of the Cherry Blossoms. As for what he was doing there, well, to sum it up, Zhang Wei remotely directed the descendants of the Cao family to blow up the Onmyoji, and then he was accidentally filmed in the process."
As he spoke.
Old Feng was stunned again, then his eyes widened.
"Huh???????"
...
Meanwhile.
In the United States, Hawaii.
After dealing with the werewolf, Zhang Wei did not linger. He left the restaurant and went shopping.
"I should buy some small gifts for Wu Nian, Zhang Chao, and the others. I wonder what would be good for them. Junfei is easy; I'll buy him a Marvel Black Widow figurine, hehe. What about Wu Nian? And Zhang Chao, what should I get him? Oh right, and Brother Pang, Captain Lin Tong."
Muttering to himself.
Zhang Wei said,
"But Brother Pang's gift is as easy to buy as Junfei's. I'll get him a realistic bikini beauty figurine, hahaha."
Thinking of this.
He decided to ask the surrounding merchants where the figurine stores were, to get the gifts for Junfei and the others first, and then deal with the more troublesome gifts for Wu Nian and Zhang Chao.
Just as he finished asking the merchants and was about to hail a taxi to the figurine store.
Ring ring.
His phone rang.
He picked up his phone and saw that it was Miss Lis calling.
"Hmm? Miss Lis?"
He exclaimed softly. Zhang Wei remembered that Miss Lis should still be working at this time. She had said that when she traveled to Hawaii for business, she was always busy until the evening. Remembering that he had told Miss Lis to call him if anything happened, Zhang Wei couldn't help but answer the call.
Immediately.
Before Zhang Wei could speak, Miss Lis's voice came from the phone...
...