Chapter 267 Survival from desperate situation
Chapter 267 Survival from desperate situation
Sacrifice!
It’s not a sacrifice to the Great Tribulation Mountain, but a sacrifice to the whole world!
Taiyi Sect has the most sacrificial rituals, so it also has the most taboos.
Why do ordinary people say not to look at what you shouldn't look at and not to listen to what you shouldn't listen to? It's because even such things can inadvertently become a sacrificial ritual in the Taiyi Sect - almost everything people do nowadays is ordered by Donghuang Taiding, such as wearing clothes to cover one's shame, reading books and observing etiquette, and all kinds of behaviors are rules. Rules are rules, and rules are part of human destiny. If you happen to do it at a specific time and place, you might attract evil spirits.
Therefore, the sacrificial rituals of Taiyi Sect are also the simplest. There is no need to investigate the terrain, find the veins, or offer sacrifices like this sect. As long as the behavior is in accordance with the rules and forms, it is a sacrifice!
Cao Mufang knew exactly what the thirty-six sects were going to do on the Great Tribulation Mountain. They were to play the role of emperors at the place where Taiyi preached, and the monks from the thirty-six sects would bring their own instruments, such as official seals and official symbols, which had been handed down from the Ye Dynasty, and practice the rituals according to the Ye Dynasty's court procedures. Ordinary people would be tempted to do this, but these monks would almost certainly attract Taiyi's true spirit by using their instruments and offerings in such a place.
But Jiang Jie wants more than that!
Although our sect regards Taiyi as an adversary, it has never denied his status as the founder of Taoism - this is the foundation of our sect.
Therefore, the first few lessons for these practitioners are to learn how the current Dao Fa Tian Xia came about. As for the understanding of Li Ye's life, the six sects of cultivators know as much as the people of the Sword Sect, and perhaps even a little more because the inheritance has never been broken.
Therefore, when Cao Mufang saw the disciples stationed in the wilderness in the distance, he immediately thought of the Great Tribulation Assembly.
Li Ye was still a teenager when he was born. Before he was thirty years old, all he did was to educate the people around him.
It is difficult for people today to imagine what the ancient people were like. It is said that they ate raw meat and drank blood, and would not even eat cooked food. Li Ye taught the ancient people how to use fire, forge stone tools, refine copper tools, and forge iron tools. When he was 30 years old, he led 42 disciples around him to fight in all directions and spread Taoism.
By the time he was thirty-five, the so-called Ye Dynasty was just a powerful tribe that governed thousands of people. But because these thousands of people had cultivation, they were already considered an extremely powerful force in the land.
The reason why it is called a force is that there were many innate spirits and monsters in the Central Continent at that time, and the people in ancient times were originally servants and slaves of the spirits and monsters.
Seeing such a force among humans, the spirits naturally wanted to kill them. Li Ye led 42 disciples and thousands of followers to fight bloody battles with various demon kings, but they were eventually defeated and forced to retreat to the foot of the Great Tribulation Mountain, and then there was a Great Tribulation Dharma Assembly.
It was during this great calamity meeting that Li Ye became a baby. It is said that after he and many of his disciples went up the mountain, the pursuers of the demon kings arrived. Fearing Li Ye's fierce reputation, they temporarily stayed at the foot of the mountain, waiting for the other demon kings - this wait lasted until Li Ye came down the mountain as a baby, and then there was a bloody storm, a dark sky, and he killed the thirty-four demon kings of the Central Continent in one battle and ascended the throne to become the emperor!
Cao Mufang didn't know whether the place where the sect's disciples were now was the base of the demon kings back then, but the situation was very similar.
If that was all, he would have considered it a coincidence. But there was something else -
The world was in turmoil back then, and it is the same now.
The disciples of the Sword Sect also escaped all the way here. Their luck in this world is almost running out and they are about to reach their dead end.
Li Wuxiang, who plays the emperor tonight, was also a young man when he was born, and now he is sitting on the throne... He is also a Nascent Soul!
Among Li Ye's original 42 disciples, 35 are the founders of the 36 sects today, and one is missing... and Li Wuxiang is the leader of Ranshan Sect.
Then there is underground fire…underground fire…underground fire!
Tang Xi of the Tiangong sect was arrogant at first but then respectful. He first got the means to ignite the earth fire from our sect, and then became fearless. Cao Mufang now thought that he was most likely to have already defected to Jiang Jie.
As for why they wanted to ignite the underground fire... he was not sure about this, so he could only guess that it was to recreate the scene when Li Ye became an infant and killed people in the area near Dajie Mountain, causing a sea of blood and corpses.
But why? To invite the Taiyi True Spirit, there is no need for such means. What is he trying to invite?
It turns out that Jiang Jie has been secretly planning and plotting for so many years to create such a big momentum... Cao Mufang was shocked - could it be that he wanted to invite Donghuang Taiyi? ?
This is unbelievable!
According to the Sword Sect, the remains of Donghuang Taiyi are now suppressed in the sect. The reason why it is "said by the Sword Sect" is that even as the leader of Dongyue, he really doesn't know where the remains are - in this world, only the six leaders know about this.
The remains were suppressed in our sect, and Donghuang Taiyi was naturally suppressed in our sect as well. How could we really invite him here?
Moreover, Jiang Jie had been plotting for so many years to seize the power of Taiyi's true spirit. If Taiyi really came in person, wouldn't he be courting death? ?
Or... is he really a swordsman and really wants to rescue Taichi? !
These thoughts raced through Cao Mufang's mind, and then he realized that the matter was no longer something he, the leader of Dongyue Temple, could decide - he should immediately call for reinforcements from the five religions and report to the leader immediately!
However, the thought of "summoning reinforcements" came to his mind again, and he remembered what happened more than 3,000 years ago - when Li Ye was born as an infant in the Great Tribulation Mountain, reinforcements from various demon kings arrived one after another.
When Jiang Jie reached this level, when he reached this level, what he was fighting for was not just the level of cultivation, but also the fate involved... Did this idea also hit the mark of Jiang Jie, and also become a part of the sacrifice tonight! ?
……
Li Wuxiang sat upright on the throne.
Now, he could see his civil and military officials on the top of the Great Tribulation Mountain.
The elders and disciples of the thirty-six sects were already standing on both sides of the earthen platform. Those wearing purple robes like Mei Qiulu stood in front, while those wearing red and green robes stood at the back. They all held instruments in their hands, holding them like a hu tablet, and their expressions were extremely solemn.
But Mei Qiulu was not among them. She also climbed the stairs and stood on one side of the throne.
For a moment, Li Wuxiang couldn't remember whether this was the previously agreed procedure, nor did he know what Mei Qiulu meant by standing next to him, but he didn't care about these details now.
Because his mind was filled with an extremely grand sense of majesty.
This feeling seemed to prop up his entire body, extending and expanding into the distance. This distance did not refer to the present world, but to an existence similar to a sacred mountain, but deeper and darker - Li Wuxiang vaguely felt that right there, he seemed to have touched something.
At this time, he heard Mei Qiulu talking beside him, probably reciting a prayer. But these things also passed through his mind like a breeze, making him too lazy to listen carefully.
Because after sensing the existence of that deep and dark place, he began to feel a little uncomfortable.
He felt that the area around the Great Tribulation Mountain seemed to be blocked by something. It was like a huge cover that restricted the expansion of the sense of grandeur in his heart. Now he looked into the distance and saw that the earth was still boundless, but the cover seemed to have firmly restricted his consciousness inside, making him feel like... he wanted to reach something. That thing also wanted to be reached by him.
However, his fingertips touched and touched, but were blocked by something. He wanted to stretch his hand forward again, but it was still stuck. He tried again and again, but he could only keep touching. This made him gradually anxious and began to feel extremely uncomfortable - Mei Qiulu's prayer was still being recited, which made him feel more irritated. He wanted to figure out what that thing was. What exactly was that thing he wanted to reach and feel?
At this moment, he suddenly heard a voice. Like an auditory hallucination, it came out of his head -
"Wake up, hey, wake up!" a male voice said anxiously, "You are Li Wuxiang, not Li Ye!"
what?
This sound was like an awl, piercing a small hole in his heart, and countless thoughts emerged from this small hole. He was too lazy to pay attention to it just like before, but the sound rang again, like a sharp noise heard in a half-asleep state, trying to wake people up -
"Hey! Wake up! He hasn't got on you yet! Hurry up!" On you? Wake up?
The world before him seemed to dim rapidly, the sunlight began to dim, and it seemed as if the air was getting colder. Mei Qiulu was still chanting the prayer, but the voice gradually became clearer. Li Wuxiang felt that he heard a name - "Dutian Siming Emperor".
The Great Emperor of Heaven… The Great Emperor of Heaven…
The one we are going to invite today is not Taiyi Zhenling...
Taiyi is so spiritual!
The one we want to invite today is Taiyi True Spirit, not some Dutian Siming Emperor!
Li Wuxiang's eyes suddenly widened, and he almost jumped up from the stone seat - when did I sit in this place? !
Aren't we supposed to call on the spirits only during the day? !
But now - there is a full moon in the sky above my head, and it is night! !
He woke up instantly, and only then did he see the faces of the "civil and military officials" below the stage - they all had an extremely numb joy on their faces, like the silly smiles on the faces of mentally ill patients after taking drugs. He told himself not to move his head, and only turned his eyes to look at Mei Qiulu - Senior Sister Mei, the strongest Nascent Soul in the world, had the same smile on her face, and when she called "Dutian Siming Great Emperor", she showed an extremely pious and crazy look!
I was also fascinated just now... After I wanted to "lie down" for a while and not be noticed by the so-called Emperor Sima Ming, I was immediately fascinated because of this thought!
Then he heard the voice in his head again -
"Are you awake?"
"Who are you!?"
The voice did not explain, but said anxiously: "I can't help you for long. You are trapped now. You are all trapped now. You are in the Star Chariot. Do you know the Star Chariot?"
Is it Li Guichen? How did he know about Xingcha?
Li Wuxiang had just asked Kong Xuan about the Xingcha last night. He had wanted to ask the Ninth Young Master about it, but he had forgotten and neglected it because he was so absorbed in it. Now that he heard this voice again, he immediately tried to immerse himself in the Lingshan Mountain - this Siming Emperor was too scary, maybe it was best to slip away first to show respect.
but--
No!
He couldn't sneak into Lingshan, as if Lingshan had been stripped away and no longer existed!
"Don't try. You are all inside the Star Chariot now. Even the Yang Spirit cannot get out or in. This is the magic weapon that the Ninth Young Master used when he first came to this world. It has fallen into the hands of the Tiangong Sect - the Tiangong Sect is Jiang Jie's puppet. Don't you know all this? The Star Chariot has now become a world of its own!"
Bad news. The worst possible news.
But Li Wuxiang felt that he calmed down all of a sudden.
Because this scene is so familiar.
The throne, the dry bones, the stone chamber—the high platform, the officials, the star raft!
...Now, I am trapped in a bigger stove again!
And Zhao Xi—Li Guichen has become Zhao Xi now?
He immediately asked in his mind: "You just said you couldn't help me for too long, do you have a solution? What should I do?"
"The external evil... Taiyi True Spirit's authority has been taken away. It has nowhere to stay now and is being chased by Jiang Jie. Did you feel it just now? It is looking for you. If you invite it to possess you, it will find a way!"
Li Wuxiang suddenly realized what he had touched when he was obsessed and confused just now - somewhere in the darkness, was it the external evil? The external evil wanted to contact him, but was blocked by the star raft and could not enter?
“It may not be a good thing.”
"Not necessarily!" the voice said, "but now the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Think about whether the evil spirit has ever harmed you? Don't you all know that Jiang Jie faked his death? It was Jiang Jie who harmed you - even in Youjiuyuan, it wasn't the evil spirit who harmed you!"
What he said seemed to make sense, Li Wuxiang thought.
"It can no longer stay in Lingshan, so it has a way to survive in the world of the living. Its power has been taken away, and now it is just a wild spirit. How could you really invite it down to the world of the living? It knows more about dealing with Jiang Jie than you do. Don't you still need to practice the Great Tribulation Sword Sutra? It used to be Taiyi's True Spirit. Now that it has come to you, can't you practice it? Hurry up, it's too late!"
What he said does make sense!
"…How can I ask?"
"Tongyou! The Star Raft blocks the Yang world and the sacred mountain, but it cannot block the netherworld! It once had some authority from the netherworld mother, and it could bypass the Star Raft and get on to your body - do you have the life and death order on you?"
"Have!"
"Is there still the Zhiyue Xuanguang of the Tianxin Sect?"
"Have!"
"Then you still don't know what to do?"
Li Wuxiang felt that at this moment, he had been enlightened - he remembered Yulun Mountain!
On Yulun Mountain, Gongfu told me that the Guiyin Zhenjun of Tianxin Sect also had some power in the netherworld, also known as the Immortal in the Well. Therefore, the well in this world is also regarded as the Yellow Spring Road leading to the netherworld. When I left Youjiuyuan to the lower world a few days ago, the death energy spewed out from the top of Yulun Mountain again. The well...
Is this Great Tribulation Mountain where I am now considered a big well? There is a mysterious light pointing to the moon in my left eye socket! This is the treasure of the Tianxin Sect, and it is a magic weapon that Guiyin Zhenjun once used!
A fleeting thought flashed across his mind, but Li Wuxiang couldn't care less about it.
"Teach me how to invite!"
(End of this chapter)