Chapter 133 Seal
Chapter 133 Seal (6.5K big chapter, double monthly ticket activity starts after 0:, please give me monthly tickets!)
Fighting is fun after all.
Soon after the fight began, the atmosphere in the square began to heat up again, with the sounds of various spells blasting, breathing exercises, and cheers of encouragement merging into one.
There are no restrictions on martial arts combat, including the five elements, evil spirits, swordsmanship, talismans, thunder magic, etc. The colorful magical auras are a feast for the eyes.
As for why Cheng Xinzhan, who had performed brilliantly in the prayer for rain, did not leave, everyone speculated that it might be because he had used up all his magic power in performing the altar ritual just now. After all, it must not be easy to perform a ritual for such rain.
Some people also speculated that Cheng Xinzhan was afraid of showing his weakness, and perhaps he was not very good in a real fight, so in order to avoid damaging his reputation, he simply did not fight.
There were also some people who had excellent eyesight and could read lips, and they "saw" what Cheng Xinzhan explained to his teacher.
These people may not necessarily agree that Cheng Xinzhan will definitely be in the top three, but in general, they feel a little relieved. There will be plenty of opportunities to play with Cheng Yifu in the future, but if you are in the top three today, you can see the Heavenly Master Seal, which is a rare opportunity.
Everyone brought out their best skills, making this fight unique.
The fight didn't end until the sun went down.
Cheng Xinzhan enjoyed it as if it were fine wine. He benefited a lot from this fight.
The young Taoist priest announced the rankings of the fighting competition.
Second Realm:
First place, Taoist priest from Tianshi Mansion, Longhu Mountain;
Second place, a Taoist priest from the Jingming Sect of the Wanshou Palace in Xishan;
Third place, the swordsman from Lushan Sword School.
Cheng Xinzhan was very impressed. The Taoist from Mount Longhu who was ranked first was indeed the most powerful among all the other Taoists. With all the evil spirits coming out, the shapes of dragons and tigers looked real, and he deserved the first place.
Brother Zheng Miaoji must have had a grudge against him, and when defending the ring, he called for him to come up, but unfortunately he lost by one move. Otherwise, with Brother Zheng's strength, it would be no problem for him to enter the top three.
The performance of the second Taoist priest from Jingming Sect was amazing. He held a whisk in his hand and controlled a flying sword with his mind. His water skills were superb and ordinary people could not get close to him. The flying sword was agile and sharp, invincible.
The third one is an old acquaintance, Lan Yuqing. His two-handed sword is even more tricky, making it difficult for people to deal with it.
A scene:
First place, Taoist priest from Tianshi Mansion, Longhu Mountain;
Second place, the Taoist priest of Wanfa Sect of Sanqing Mountain.
The third place is a Taoist priest from the Shenxiao Sect of Bingfeng Mountain;
The leader of this realm is also an acquaintance of Cheng Xinzhan, Liang Zhenjing.
However, Cheng Xinzhan could see that Liang Zhenjing's face was not looking good, and he could probably guess the reason. When the two first met, they were about the same age and realm, but Liang Zhenjing was still in the first realm.
Cheng Xinzhan didn't believe that Liang Zhenjing was not qualified enough.
He had dealt with Liang Zhenjing many times. They had fought over thunder many times in the early days, and had even fought in Baiyujing in the middle. He also came during the battle in Xikunlun later.
This person is very concerned about his reputation. He is the closed disciple of his master and was brought up in pampering. He is a bit arrogant because his master is like that and most people in Tianshi Mansion are like that.
However, Cheng Xinzhan felt that this person was not a bad person at heart, especially when he was in West Kunlun. Cheng Xinzhan changed his appearance and used a pseudonym in the second half of the year. When he repeatedly encountered him saving people from danger, he did not ask for rewards or fame. He was a very free and easy person, or it could be said that he was a person who was easily self-admiring.
His magic of talismans is very powerful, which Cheng Xinzhan admires very much. His talent is naturally very high, otherwise he would not have been accepted as the last disciple by the famous elder of Longhu Mountain, and the young master would take him with him when he went out.
Such a person who practices in Longhu Mountain, has resources to support him and has talismans on him, should not remain in this realm.
It can be seen from his sullen face that he was probably told to suppress his state of mind when attending the Dharma Assembly, just to compete for the first place.
Moreover, Cheng Xinzhan guessed that the one in the second realm should also be in a state of suppression. Seeing that his evil spirit had condensed into substance, he should have been able to form a pill long ago.
The second one was a family member. Cheng Xinzhan was not very familiar with him. He only knew that he was a new disciple of Baihu Mountain. He was still very young but very talented. He used sword formations and formation diagrams.
Cheng Xinzhan was very inspired by what he saw and was also preparing his own five elements magic sword so that he could form a sword formation when the time came.
The third one is a Taoist priest from the Shenxiao Sect, also an acquaintance, the younger sister of the Meng family. I didn’t expect that these two siblings are so talented and have such amazing thunder magic.
In the top three of the two martial arts fights, Longhu Mountain ranked first. This is understandable. As the host, it is normal for them to suppress their realm and win a title. After all, they accepted a new disciple today and they can't lose points in front of the new disciple.
On the contrary, there is not a single one in Gezhao Mountain, which is normal because the Lingbao Sect of Gezhao Mountain focuses on fasting and salvation, and fighting is not their strong point.
Thus, the first day of the Dharma Assembly came to an end.
In the evening, there were naturally endless banquets and feasts.
During the banquet.
Lan Yuqing took the wine glass and sat down next to Cheng Xinzhan, with a lot of complaints in his words.
"Friend Cheng, you promised me a competition last night, why didn't you come out today?"
Cheng Xinzhan offered him a glass of wine and said with a smile,
"Don't blame me, my friend. I am really not strong enough today. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
Lan Yuqing wanted to say something else, but Cheng Xinzhan started a new conversation.
"Fellow Daoist, when we were discussing swordplay in Baiyujing last time, your [乂]-shaped sword energy was really hard for me to resist. I saw it again during the fight just now. How did you come up with this idea? When your magic power becomes stronger, won't you be able to turn your sword energy into a net?"
Lan Yuqing laughed when he heard this, "That's it..."
So the two of them started chatting happily. Later, Zheng Miaoji, Zeng Jinian and several people from Toujian Mountain, including those from Mingyue Mountain, also came to this table to discuss kendo.
Several people talked about everything from magic swords to physical swords and flying swords. Cheng Xinzhan was able to say a few words about everything and always had some brilliant ideas and brilliant theories, which made the group of people admire him very much.
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Day two.
The great Jindan masters from each family were invited to a secret place individually. According to several Jindan masters from Mount Sanqing, they were going there to discuss the Dao.
Discuss the essentials of cleansing the elixir and methods of avoiding disasters.
Compared with Gangsha and supernatural powers, this is a topic of another level.
The leaders of the four territories also gathered in another secret realm and began to discuss the issue of Yuzhang resource allocation in the next three Jiazi years.
The performance results of the first and second realm disciples yesterday also served as bargaining chips for them to divide resources.
As for some sects that do not have the fourth realm, such as the Jinxiang Sect, they will unite the forces of the entire Poyang Lake and elect one to participate in the resource allocation meeting, but this kind of sect can only pick up the remaining corners after the big ones are divided.
At this time, several major religious ancestral temples not only had to fight for themselves, but also for the smaller branches of the same religion.
To be honest, only this meeting is the real Dragon and Tiger Dharma Assembly, and the others are just extras.
Since the big guys are not here, those who are at the first or second level can have a good stroll in Longhu Mountain accompanied by the host. There is no such opportunity on ordinary days.
Under the envious gazes of the crowd, the top three in yesterday's alchemy, praying for rain, and martial arts competition were personally taken to the Tianshi Mansion by the little Tianshi.
The Tianshi Mansion is located on a beautiful peak on the east side of Xianding Mountain.
The mansion is built on the mountain and is majestic.
The gate of the mansion is closed, and a plaque with the words "Successor of the Han Tianshi Mansion" hangs above it, indicating that this mansion was built during the Han Dynasty and has been passed down for 8,000 years.
There are couplets hanging on the two central columns in front, which read:
There are immortal guests in the Qilin Palace and the prime minister’s home in the Longhu Mountain.
The first line of this couplet says that Zu Tianshi is a descendant of Liu Hou, a founding minister of the Western Han Dynasty. As for Liu Hou, it is said that he was a friend of the ancient immortal Chisongzi, and a disciple of Huang Shigong, a divine man from Xia Pi. After helping the Western Han Dynasty to establish its country, he ascended to heaven and went to Taiqing Heaven to serve the Taoist ancestor. He was a figure who could not be more immortal.
The second couplet talks about how after Patriarch Tianshi established the Longhu Mountain lineage, he was successively conferred titles from the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Two Jin Dynasties to the present day.
The young Taoist priest led a few people in through a side door.
This is natural.
These youngsters are not qualified enough to open the doors of Tianshi Mansion.
After entering the Tianshi Mansion, to the east is the Xuantan Hall, where the great god Zhao Gongming is enshrined, and to the west are the Falu Bureau and the Tizhu Office. The former is where the Falu are kept, and the latter is where the religion is governed.
As they walked in, they saw all kinds of magnificent palaces and forbidden magic lights along the way. The further they went, the more they lost their direction. There were magic lights and spiritual restrictions everywhere. In the end, even the ground they were standing on was not land. They seemed to be walking on a virtual bridge formed by magic lights.
Until the light before their eyes suddenly changed, everyone suddenly stood on solid ground and stopped in front of a courtyard.
There is a plaque on the gate, which reads:
The place where the Heavenly Master keeps his seal and sword.
Everyone stood in front of the courtyard gate, which was closed but not locked.
The little Taoist priest stepped forward, bowed and said,
"Auntie Bao, in compliance with my father's order, I have brought the talents from various families to see the seal. Please open the door."
When everyone heard this, they knew that such an important place must be guarded by someone, but from what the little Taoist said, it seemed that the guard was a woman.
squeak--
The courtyard door opened.
Everyone stepped in.
There are two halls facing each other on the left and right in the courtyard. On the left hall are inscribed the words "Feng Yin" and on the right hall are inscribed the words "Feng Jian".
And right in the middle of the two halls, directly opposite the courtyard gate, stands a wooden building.
There was a person standing downstairs of the wooden building.
A beauty.
This woman has an extremely beautiful face, but her body is too thin if she is a pound less and too fat if she is a pound more.
The beauty has her hair combed up in a bun, which is a woman's attire. It is difficult to tell her age, as she is naive at 28, youthful at 20, or graceful at 30.
The woman had golden hairpins and green necklaces in her hair, flower rings around her neck and hands, she wore a dress made of clouds and a shimmering silk scarf, she had a naturally charming figure, the demeanor of wealth and nobility, and the air of an immortal.
Among all the women Cheng Xinzhan had seen, Xiao Shiyi Niang was already stunningly beautiful, but compared to this girl, she still looked a little immature.
The woman smiled and nodded to everyone, with a beauty as beautiful as a shy flower and as bright as the moon.
Fortunately, the people who came today were all talented people from their respective families. Although they were distracted for a moment when they saw this beauty, they quickly lowered their heads and did not lose their composure.
The young Taoist priest who led the way never raised his head to look at the girl from beginning to end.
The woman walked towards the Fengyin Hall on the left, and the little Taoist priest led everyone to follow.
Aunt Bao, as mentioned by the little Taoist priest, made several gestures in front of the hall, and a spiritual light shot up into the sky from the Fengyin Hall, and then the door of the hall opened.
"One person goes in at a time, and each person has two quarters of an hour. How much one can understand depends entirely on one's luck."
The little Taoist priest said.
Everyone nodded, feeling a little excited. This was a spiritual treasure that was ten thousand years old. If we talk about seals in the world, this one is the one that can never be avoided!
After everyone agreed, they entered according to the order and ranking of yesterday's performance.
The first person to enter was the Taoist priest from Mount Longhu. The piety and the excitement he pretended to be calm on his face were visible to anyone with a discerning eye.
He went inside.
The Fengyin Hall seemed to be able to block out all sounds and Dharma lights. After the Taoist priest went in, no one heard any movement.
Until two quarters of an hour later, the man still didn't come out.
Not surprisingly, the young Taoist priest took out a bell, shook it, and it made a crisp sound.
"It's normal for him to forget about time as he is obsessed with the spiritual treasures and magic."
The sound of the bell is not loud, but it can be heard steadily in the hall.
After a while, everyone saw him coming out.
Everyone’s first feeling was that what was coming towards them was not a person, but a mountain.
His body was entangled with layers of magical light and spiritual aura, which had not yet dissipated.
Everyone was very surprised. It seemed that he had understood a lot in just two quarters of an hour.
He had a smile on his face, and seemed to be extremely satisfied.
He stood aside, and the next person to go in was Fang Weimin. Two quarters of an hour later, the little Taoist rang the bell and called Fang Weimin out as well.
Fang Weimin's body was glowing with red flames, like a fire spirit.
It seems that everyone understands something different.
Cheng Xinzhan was the fourth one to enter.
He walked through the temple gate and entered a long corridor. There were murals on both sides of the corridor. The first mural on the left side depicted a valley. In the valley, a Taoist with an ancient appearance was sitting on a stone. He held a seal in his hand, which he stamped on a talisman. Opposite him was a long queue of people, each holding a bowl in his hand.
Cheng Xinzhan looked at it carefully. This should be a story about the ancient master distributing talisman water to the people to eliminate disasters and cure diseases.
On the other side of the mural, the Taoist priest was sitting cross-legged on a high peak, making hand gestures. At the foot of the mountain, there was a large seal that looked like a small mountain. Under the seal, there were many evil spirits struggling to escape.
This painting should be about the story of Zu Tianshi suppressing the demons.
He continued walking forward. The corridor was very long and there were many murals, but there was a seal on each painting. The seals might be big or small, ordinary or brilliant, but they all had the same style.
This is the "Yangping Zhidu Gong Yin".
At the end of the corridor there is a door with two doors that open opposite each other. On the left and right doors are hung wooden plaques with carved door gods. They are two warriors in helmets and armor, holding Taoist weapons, with eyes as bright as fire bells, staring at the visitors.
The door was open at this moment, and Cheng Xinzhan walked in.
This is a large and empty room with no windows. The only door leads to a deep corridor. No sunlight comes in, but the room is bright.
Because in the middle of the back wall of this room, there is an object that is emitting infinite bright light.
There are two Dharma tables here, a taller one close to the temple wall, and a shorter one in front.
There is an incense burner on the low table, with smoke rising from it.
There was only one object on the high table, a seal, and it was this seal that was emitting light.
Behind the table for offering the seal, there is a picture on the wall of the hall, showing a Taoist holding a seal with his palm. There is a dragon and a crouching tiger on the Taoist's robe, which is exactly the appearance of the ancestor Tianshi. The seal in the picture is the same as the seal on the mural in the long corridor and the seal on the table.
The true shape of the seal on the ritual table is square, seven fen thick, three and a half inches long, as white as ice and snow, and the seal button is a crouching Yinglong.
Cheng Xinzhan knew why the Fengyin Hall was so empty, because once your eyes fell on the seal, you could never move them away, no matter how many things you put in it, it would be useless.
His eyes were tightly hooked by the seal.
He took the first step.
He took a step, but watched helplessly as the seal suddenly rose into the air and turned into a mountain pressing down on him.
He activated his Dan pupil, but still couldn't tell whether this was real or an illusion.
He seemed to be locked tightly by a mysterious force, unable to escape or hide.
But he knew that he was not barging in recklessly, and Longhu Mountain would not kill a disciple from Sanqing Mountain in its own temple.
So he put life and death aside, and concentrated his whole body to experience this immediate impact, a impact that left him with nowhere to escape, a impact that was like a mountain pressing down on his head.
When the seal fell, darkness appeared before his eyes, as if he had fallen into an abyss. His body, thoughts, everything turned into nothingness.
His last thought before he died was,
Does Longhushan really want to kill me?
I don’t know how long it took, maybe just a moment, his thoughts came back again.
He was gasping for breath as if he had surfaced after drowning.
At this moment, only breathing made him feel alive.
He had experienced extreme pain when he was in the Zhensha acupuncture point, but the feeling of coming back from the dead was his first experience.
In his last thought, he really felt that he was going to die.
But he immediately came to his senses, steadied his breathing, and began to recall the seal.
He suddenly had a deeper understanding of the "Zhen" spell.
He previously used the [Zhen] spell as the [Ding] spell, which is wrong. [Zhen] means [Zhen], which can sink people into eternal darkness, can crush people to pieces, and can make people doomed from everlasting damnation.
It's not just the feeling of being hit.
Furthermore, he also gained an understanding of the [Destroy] spell that he had been pondering in his heart. When he was in Miaojiang, he started with the [Burn] spell and created the [Burn and Destroy] spell. However, simplifying [Burn and Destroy] to the [Destroy] spell troubled him for a long time.
Now he has gained some insights, because he has personally experienced what "extinction" is.
[Extinction] means nothingness. It turns all visible and invisible things into nothingness. This is [extinction].
He took another step forward.
Endless flames burst out from the seal again and swept towards him. His consciousness was burned into nothingness by the flames and he woke up once again.
Then the roaring dragon tore him to pieces...
Then there was a thunderbolt that destroyed him completely...
He didn't know how many times he had hovered between life and death, but every time he regained consciousness, he didn't dare to delay and immediately took another step. Time was limited, and he just wanted to realize more.
This time, the seal pressed towards him again, transforming into a thousand-foot-long golden light, which seemed to pierce every inch of his flesh and blood and wipe out his three souls and seven spirits.
He was once again plunged into silent darkness.
In the darkness, he had no perception and didn't know whether it was ten thousand years or just a moment, but his consciousness had been extinguished and revived so many times, and the little Taoist priest had not rang the bell to remind him, so the duration must have been very short each time.
For some reason, he couldn't feel the passage of time, but he felt that this time seemed to be particularly long.
"Wang!"
Somewhere in the dark, he seemed to hear the sound of a dog barking.
It’s strange, when consciousness has turned into nothingness, how can I still hear sounds?
Or is it the sound of a dog barking? Is it waiting for my brother?
Aren’t you waiting for your brother to stay in Mount Sanqing?
Weird, do people in Longhushan also keep dogs?
No, why does this dog sound so familiar to me?
"Ow!"
Hey, why is there the tiger sound again?
It doesn't quite sound like a tiger's voice, but it is also extremely familiar.
In the state of nothingness, Cheng Xinzhan's thoughts seemed to be frozen, turning very slowly, and he was struggling to think about the two voices.
"Wow!"
After an unknown amount of time, he heard the third voice.
This sound is very strange and is rarely heard.
But it still sounds very familiar, as if I had just heard it not long ago.
"It's "Fushi"!"
The barking of dogs and the roaring of tigers could not make him remember.
But the last sound, like a baby crying, reminded him immediately.
This sound is heart-wrenching, like the cry for help from the most helpless baby.
He remembered that this was the sound of "Fu Shi" among the Seven Souls.
He also mastered the "Secret Instructions for the Eternal Life and the Divine Manifestation" and "The Principles of Taiyi Jinhua", two supreme methods of cultivating the soul, one yin and one yang. He used the pure yang method to temper the seven souls, and used the original yin to nourish the spirituality of the seven souls.
Not long ago, he perfected the true form of "Fu Shi" - Jiuying.
The cry of Jiuying sounds like the cry of a baby.
When the "Fu Shi" cries, it means a matter of life and death.
Then the previous barking of dogs and roaring of tigers became clear; they were warnings from the "corpse dogs" and the "swallowing thieves".
why?
Has something invaded Zique?
Why didn’t the Seven Souls issue a warning in the previous times, only this time?
The barking of dogs, roaring of tigers and crying of children made him feel upset and irritated. When he became agitated, he found that his consciousness was returning little by little and a little light appeared in the void of darkness.
Cheng Xinzhan knew that this was the pure yang light emitted by his fetal light soul after he practiced the pure yang method.
Where the light is, is the Purple Palace.
His desire to survive grew violently, and he struggled hard in the darkness, swimming towards the light.
It was just that his speed of advancement was so slow that he could feel the cries of the seven spirits becoming smaller and the light of the three souls gradually dimming.
His will to survive was struggling frantically. He knew that once his seven spirits lost their voices and his three souls lost their light, he would never be able to escape from this empty darkness.
But in this nothingness, the more he struggled, the faster his consciousness dissipated.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that "Taiyi Jinhua Zongzhi" said that it means earth and spirit is fire.
He understood the key in an instant between life and death.
The mind is calm and the spirit is moving.
Then, he stabilized his consciousness, which was becoming weaker and weaker with each struggle, and visualized the stillness of the earth.
At the same time, call upon God with your mind.
God is the soul. Although it cannot protect itself, God can also communicate with the heart.
The will to survive is solid, spreading to every corner of this body.
The mind communicates with the spirit, and the spirit communicates with the heart.
So, in the heart, in the palace of light.
Pleiades suddenly opened his eyes, and the river of blood in his heart instantly turned into a raging sea of fire. Endless Bing Fire, Ding Fire, and the three flavors of human fire all rushed out of his heart, burning every corner of the inner world and illuminating the entire inner world.
And when the sea of fire burned into the Purple Palace and merged with the three souls, it turned into Pure Yang Divine Fire!
In the darkness of nothingness, Yi Tu stood firm, resisting the erosion of endless nothingness.
But at this moment, the same boundless Pure Yang Divine Fire poured into the realm of nothingness!
Sweep away the darkness!
It is:
When the divine fire and divine earth meet, my fate is in my own hands.
All of Cheng Xinzhan's thoughts were awakened in an instant, becoming clear and lucid, without any more chaos or delay. His mind, riding on the divine fire, instantly stepped out of the darkness and descended upon the Purple Palace.
And all of this, from the first barking of the dog to the return of the mind to the Purple Palace, took only a moment.
At this moment, his mind returned to the Purple Palace, and he instantly understood why his three souls were uneasy and why his seven spirits were giving warnings.
Because at this moment in the Purple Palace, there was an illusory seal slowly falling, and where it fell was the trembling ghost soul.
At this moment, the "swallowing thief" among the seven souls transformed into Luwu, biting the seal button to prevent the seal from falling.
"Fu Shi" and "Shi Gou" cried anxiously, but were of no help.
The soul "Fetal Light" burst out with brilliant pure yang light at this moment, trying to overturn the seal.
But it seemed to be of no avail, the seal still fell slowly.
It’s because that Dharma Seal is not ordinary. It is square, white as ice and snow, with Yinglong as the button.
It is the treasure of the Heavenly Master, the best seal in the world, the "Yangping Zhidu Gong Seal"!
However, at this moment, when Cheng Xinzhan looked at the inscription on the bottom of the seal, he found that it was not the six characters "Yangping Zhidu Gong Yin". Under the illusory seal, there were clearly six characters:
The heart of Tao is sealed with the seal of heaven!
(End of this chapter)