Chapter 79 Changes
Chapter 79 Changes
"It's now!"
About half an hour after the heavy rain started, Taoist Master Jianxian suddenly opened his mouth.
Cheng Xinzhan did not hesitate at all and aimed at a bolt of lightning that had just emerged from the thundercloud. The silver-purple "Gao Zhen" seemed to have turned into lightning at this moment, shooting down from the top of the mountain into the sky.
However, before "Gao Zhen" left the mountain, a golden light appeared on another mountain and moved even faster, also shooting towards the sky, and its speed was not inferior to that of the magic sword at all.
Almost at the same time as Gao Zhen, two small red flags rose into the air on the third mountain, but their speed was much slower than that of Gao Zhen and Jin Guang.
Cheng Xinzhan had no mind to look at the golden and red light, all his attention was on the magic sword. He used his magic power to remotely guide "Gao Zhen" and flew directly to the height of the clouds at the beginning to intercept the thunder that had just emerged from the clouds.
At this moment, "Gao Zhen" has transformed into silver and purple lights chasing each other, as if to merge with the thunder between heaven and earth, but it is going against the trend. He did not pay attention to the other two mountains, but the gorgeous "Gao Zhen" attracted others, causing the golden light and the red light to slow down a little.
“Shh—”
Without a single mistake, the magic sword hit the tip of the thunder, and the tip of the sword faced the electric light, as if two thunders from the sky and the earth respectively collided.
Taoist Master Jianxian, who was watching on the side, could not help but admire it. Apart from anything else, the appearance of this magic sword was so good, as if it was born to attract thunder.
When Gao Zhen came into contact with thunder, Cheng Xinzhan saw clearly that the sword did not suffer any damage. Instead, it emitted bursts of high-pitched sword sounds.
And at the moment of contact, the lightning was disturbed by the magic sword, and the direction of its fall suddenly changed, and it went straight towards Cheng Xinzhan along the bridge of magic power between him and "Gao Zhen".
The thunder as thick as a dragon snake quickly became thinner after walking onto the bridge of magic power, as if this tiny magic channel could not accommodate the original huge thunder. But just like a big river turning into a small stream, the surging water could not rush in all at once, but the water that squeezed in was faster than the original big river.
At this moment, Cheng Xinzhan finally understood what lightning and lightning meant. The silver thunder was rapidly approaching his eyes from a distance, as if it was about to hit his eyes.
Taoist Jianxian moved his mouth, as if he wanted to remind someone of something, but before he could finish his words, the thunder was about to come, but Cheng Xinzhan had also adjusted the position of the gourd.
It was like shooting a halberd at the gate, even better than hitting the target from a hundred paces away; it was like an old man pouring oil, the thunder plasma fell right into the gourd mouth.
"Get it!"
At this time, the words that Taoist Master Jianxian wanted to say when he saw the magic sword hit the thunder had just sounded.
Then he saw the first stream of lightning had entered the gourd.
"it is good!"
Taoist Master Jianxian expressed his sincere praise.
The time for the thunder to be injected was very short, the lightning was fleeting, and Cheng Xinzhan had already controlled the magic sword to attract another thunder.
At this time, the golden light turned into a talisman, and also stuck to a thunderbolt, but the height was a line lower than that of "Gao Zhen". The two red flags even missed the thunderbolt, and the trajectory of the thunderbolt was changeable. Their first attack did not even touch the edge.
The golden talisman led the thunder to fall towards the top of the mountain where Longhu Mountain was located. Gao Zhen also chose the right time and received the second thunder that had just emerged from the clouds.
Cheng Xinzhan had just observed that after the thunder came out of the clouds, it would not suddenly bend or split for a certain distance at the beginning. It would only change after it stretched out about three to five miles under the clouds. He only had to wait within these three to five miles and strive to hit the target with one strike.
After receiving the first thunder, the golden talisman also quickly moved upwards, and soon reached the same height as "Gao Zhen", waiting for the next thunder.
However, the dark cloud was so vast and thunder was striking everywhere, but the golden talisman rising from the back did not go anywhere else, but instead stopped next to "Gao Zhen".
Just after Cheng Xinzhan had collected the second bolt of lightning, the third bolt of lightning appeared immediately afterwards. Without any hesitation, he directly controlled his magic sword and stabbed it forward.
The golden talisman did not stop for a moment and was pasted on at the same time.
Both the sword and the talisman were aimed at the direction where the thunder was about to fall, but in this instant, while the thunder was still growing and extending, the sword and the talisman collided first.
Just then, thunder exploded, and no other sound could be heard, but a dazzling light burst out from the intersection of the sword and the talisman.
Just as the light came on, Taoist Quanhe of Mount Longhu frowned, and Liang Zhenjing beside him showed a hint of shock and anger on his fair and pretty face.
"Gao Zhen" is a sword, but the golden talisman from Longhu Mountain is also not an ordinary thing. The two treasures intersected in the air and stimulated the light of Dharma, but the result was that each of them only took a step back, just a hair's breadth away from the falling thunder. However, this thunder happened to be caught by a red flag below. While the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman succeeds.
This caused Liang Zhenjing to glare at the hilltop where the three people were in Bingfeng Mountain.
Cheng Xinzhan turned the gourd in his hand almost without thinking, and a beam of fire shot out, like a rocket shooting straight into the dark clouds, while the spiritual light behind the rocket gradually spread and finally formed a vertical red glow.
The flames, accompanied by the sound of swords, shot straight into the sky, but the momentum was not directed towards the thunder, but straight towards the golden talisman!
Liang Zhenjing's face changed drastically and he hurriedly controlled the golden talisman to dodge. He believed in the power of the golden talisman, but seeing the fierce fire, he did not dare to take the risk.
At this time, another bolt of lightning struck, and "Gao Zhen" immediately moved forward, but Jin Fu was frightened away by the fire and missed the opportunity.
"Gao Zhen" attracted the thunder, and the fire stopped beside "Gao Zhen". Liang Zhenjing then saw the true appearance of the fire, and it turned out to be another sword!
The tip of Taodu's sword pointed directly at the golden talisman, protecting Gaozhen behind him.
Liang Zhenjing's pale face turned red, and he pinched out another talisman with his fingertips, as if he was going to hit the sky.
At this moment, Taoist Quanhe grabbed Liang Zhenjing's hand holding the talisman.
"Let him have his way today. The Dragon and Tiger Dharma Assembly will be held soon. Sanqingshan is one of the guests of honor. It is not appropriate to provoke it at this moment."
Taoist Quanhe said.
Liang Zhenjing gritted his teeth, his wrist trembling slightly, slowly put away the talisman, and controlled the golden talisman in the sky to go somewhere else.
Beside Cheng Xinzhan, Taoist Jianxian looked at the decisive and focused young man, and was extremely satisfied. An idea even emerged in his mind:
"It seems like it would be a good idea to have a disciple?"
But he soon drove this thought out of his mind. Not to mention how difficult it would be to find another disciple like Xinzhan, just thinking about the fact that he would have to talk and communicate with someone frequently for so many years to come and he would have to keep him in mind all the time, Taoist Jianxian naturally gave up this idea.
"Gao Zhen" transformed into a silver-purple light, blending into the same color as the thunder, and took on one thunder after another. However, as the sound of thunder gradually subsided, the speed of "Gao Zhen" gradually slowed down until the thunder stopped striking.
Thunder was still building up in the dark clouds, but the clouds themselves were shrinking rapidly and seemed about to dissipate.
Just at this moment, a beam of light appeared on each of the three mountaintops and pierced directly into the dark clouds. After a stir, the thunder in the dark clouds was instantly divided up.
After the rain, the sky clears up.
The two people from Mount Longhu rode away on a cloud.
Taoist Jianxian brought Cheng Xinzhan to the top of Bingfeng Mountain where the three men were. However, before the two could speak, Taoist Yibi spoke instead.
"I would like to thank my friend Xinzhan."
Cheng Xinzhan was puzzled when he heard this, and didn't know why, "Why do you say that, Taoist priest?" Taoist priest Yi Bi smiled and
"Liang Zhenjing from Mount Longhu is a proud and arrogant man. If it were just him and me today, he would definitely try to mine the magic weapons of my two disciples. My two disciples are young, and I am a poor master. I have not been able to find any good magic weapons for them. If I really meet him, I will be helpless.
"We have met before, and Fellow Daoist Jianxian also knows about it. But if there are only two families, then we have no evidence. If there are multiple families, then we can't say anything even if he suppresses multiple families.
"It's just that today, the young Xinzhan defeated him. With all three sects here, he can't beat the Sanqing Mountain, but he can't just come and bully our Shenxiao Sect. Otherwise, even if there is a favor of passing on the Dharma, the elders in the mountain will not give up."
Cheng Xinzhan had never thought about this and didn't take it seriously.
Taoist Priest Jianxian also smiled and said, "Xuqi and Xuyi are also very good. It is rare that they can cooperate with each other when collecting thunder. If the upper one leaks, the lower one will definitely catch it. If they can cooperate with people and things like this, in the long run, they can go further in the way of thunder."
Taoist Yi Bi was obviously very satisfied. "They are very good, but it is unfair for them to have a master like me who has a short life span and no special abilities."
Hearing this, the two children were unwilling to do so.
"Master is the best master in the world!"
"Master is very capable!"
The two children talked.
Taoist Yi Bi touched the two children's heads and asked Cheng Xinzhan,
"Is this really the first time for young friend Xinzhan to attract lightning?"
Cheng Xinzhan nodded.
"There are always people who are better than you. Xinzhan, you can come to my Bingfeng Mountain often in the future. Just ask Taoist Yibi from Huozha Mountain to teach my two disciples."
Cheng Xinzhan agreed, and added, "It's just a discussion, not guidance."
After a brief chat, the two groups said goodbye to each other, and Cheng Xinzhan followed Jianxian back to Sanqing Mountain.
On the way back to the mountain, Jianxian said with a smile,
"I just saw that you alone accounted for 50% of the intercepted thunder, which is much more than I thought. Your magic sword almost never missed, and you only focused on controlling two swords. If I hadn't taught you to practice thunder magic, I wouldn't have believed that this was your first time collecting thunder.
Xinzhan also smiled and said, "Victory depends on the sharpness of the sword and the master's reputation."
Taoist Jianxian waved his hand and said, "Don't be so modest. Let's get back to business. We did collect a lot of thunder this time, and you have been infected with the secret of thunder. The next time you can collect thunder will be in summer. During this time, you should refine the thunder slurry in your cave and turn it into thunder qi. When the thunder qi can be connected from beginning to end without interruption in the circulation of the body, you can come to me and I will teach you the thunder method.
"Of course, you have to come to the palace to sit in court at the beginning of every month. Don't forget this."
Cheng Xinzhan agreed.
They soon arrived at Sanqing Mountain, and the two parted at the Lotus Blessed Land and returned to their respective residences.
Cheng Xinzhan returned to Wuyou Cave. He first looked at "Gao Zhen". The sword embryo had been tempered by heavenly thunder. At first glance, there was no change, but upon closer inspection, he could find that the sword seemed to be even more brilliant. Looking at it for a long time, it was like looking directly at thunder. When he closed his eyes, the shape of "Gao Zhen" appeared clearly on his eyelids.
He smiled with satisfaction, but then he remembered something. The magic sword was so dazzling and had so many runes on the blade, it shouldn't be too ostentatious. He should pay attention to good materials in the future to make a scabbard.
Afterwards, he pulled out the mouth of the gourd and squinted to look inside. In the virtual world containing the thunder lava, the silver-purple light was dazzling. With a slight shake, the thunder lava surged and agitated, generating many thunder and purple lightning, and there were constant crackling sounds. It seemed that there were indeed a lot of them.
"I hope I can use this gourd of thunder to open up the Thunder House!"
Cheng Xinzhan thought so. Since the bamboo body thunder house had been completed and the meridians were unobstructed, it was not difficult to achieve what Master Jianxian said about the thunder qi circulating through the body without interruption. Therefore, this gourd of thunder was mainly used to dissolve the true evil in the nasal orifices of the physical body.
So he spent the following time refining the thunder plasma. At the same time, he also began to think about what choice the inner god of Lei Zhai would make.
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On the first day of March, Cheng Xinzhan went to the yamen of the Beiji Division of the Jiutian Yingyuan Prefecture.
On his first day at the office, just after February, his first task was to determine the frequency of thunder in February in Jingchu and Qingzhou over the past ten years. These two places were under the jurisdiction of the Northern Yamen of the Zhuxie Office.
As the saying goes, "If there is no thunder in February, all fruits will not bear fruit and many children will die."
Thunder in February controls vitality. If there is less thunder in February and the evil energy is not cleansed away, the flowers and trees will bear fewer fruits that year, and children will easily die if infected by evil energy.
At this time, the Office of Exterminating Evil would step in. Wherever there was a strong evil energy, they would use their own thunder magic to cleanse the evil and replenish the thunder. This was not only the practice of thunder magic, but also a way to repay the cause and effect of heaven and earth.
Like Yuzhang, Jingchu and Qingzhou are both large counties with plains and hills, and many counties under their jurisdiction, so it is not easy to check. The Zhuxie Office records thunder and lightning every year and every month for five years and every ten years. What Cheng Xinzhan has to do now is to integrate the scattered data of thunder and lightning records in each place of the two counties in the past five years, and then compare them with the data five years ago.
After three or four days of hard work, Cheng Xinzhan sorted out everything and wrote a document and handed it to Taoist Jianxian.
"Master, the February thunders of the two places have been sorted out for the past ten years. Jingchu has no problem, and the thunder is still abundant, but Qingzhou's February thunders are decreasing year by year. Last month's thunder was nearly 30% less than ten years ago."
Taoist Jianxian frowned upon hearing this, "Has it been reviewed?"
"Reviewed twice, no errors."
Taoist Priest Jianxian frowned even deeper, and randomly found a small county under the jurisdiction of Gyeongju, and checked the previous records again, wanting to verify them again himself.
"It is indeed correct!"
Taoist Master Jianxian took Cheng Xinzhan directly to find Taoist Master Miaojian, the head of the office.
"Master, I remember that ten years ago, the thunder in Qingzhou was decreasing year by year. At that time, I just thought it was a coincidence. I didn't expect that it was still decreasing in the past ten years, and it has dropped by as much as 30%!"
Taoist Master Miao Jian frowned upon hearing this. "In fact, since Zhu Ming destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, the righteousness of Jingchu and Qingzhou has been growing day by day. Zhenren Sanfeng opened up Wudang in Jingchu and worshipped the Great Emperor Zhenwu. It is reasonable that the righteousness is overwhelming and thunder is endless. Qingzhou is the hometown of Emperor Zhu Ming. Originally, the dragon energy was prosperous, and there were thunder and rain. There was no evil. But in recent decades, there have indeed been fewer spring thunders in Qingzhou. Could it be that some evil is growing?"
Taoist Jianxian and Cheng Xinzhan looked at each other in surprise.
"Jingchu has Wudang Mountain, but Qingzhou has no major sects. It has always been a place where hermits, independent practitioners, and side sects reside. It is understandable that there is evil breeding and no one has noticed it. How about this, since it was Xinzhan who discovered it, then you can take Xinzhan with you to go there, mainly to investigate. If there is anything, don't alert the enemy and report back to the sect."
Although Taoist Master Jianxian did not like field work, he realized that this matter might not be simple and that an early investigation was indeed necessary. Moreover, it was his people who discovered it, so he did not refuse and agreed immediately.
Cheng Xinzhan naturally agreed.
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