Manjushri's gaze narrowed slightly, and he asked, "Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by this? Could it be that you also have a similar method?"
The corners of Lu Ya's mouth curved into a smile. Unhurried, he took out a scroll of dark, muted color, one that exuded an ancient, obscure aura.
"By a twist of fate, Poor Daoist once obtained this Dingtou Qijianshu.
"If this method succeeds, its might is even greater than that of the Luo Po Formation.
"One must set up a camp, build an altar within the camp, and bind a straw man upon the altar.
"The enemy's name is to be written on the straw man's body, with one lamp placed above its head and another beneath its feet.
"The caster must step according to the Dipper pattern, write Talisman Seals by hand and burn them, three times a day, bowing in worship to the straw man.
"If this continues for twenty-one days, then at noon on the twenty-first day, the enemy's Three Souls and Seven Spirits will be worshiped into scattering and drifting apart.
"At that time, if one then shoots the straw man with a peachwood arrow or a magic arrow, it will be as if striking the enemy's true body, causing him to die in an instant, his Primordial Spirit collapsing."
Samantabhadra clapped his hands and said, "If this method succeeds, it can indeed break the present deadlock.
"Fellow Daoist Yun Biao and Zhao Gongming have met their match.
"If they keep stalemating like this, are we to let the Qin army's soldiers waste coin and grain, waiting here for nothing?
"This method may decide victory or defeat swiftly."
Daoist Cihang frowned slightly and raised the key question. "Though this method is wondrous, who is to perform this 'Dingtou Qijian' art?
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