Chapter 347 The Secret of the Mysterious Soldiers

Chapter 347 The Secret of the Mysterious Soldiers

Chapter 347 The Secret of the Mysterious Soldiers
Woo!
The surroundings suddenly became quiet and you could hear a pin drop.

Feeling the gaze from behind the clouds, Li Yuan felt like a reptile under the feet of a giant beast. Under its gaze, his hair stood on end and he could not move.

Fortunately, the gaze behind the clouds did not last too long and slowly dissipated.

'Is it the will of the Taoist master or the two ancestors?'

The pressure was slightly relieved, and Li Yuan felt relieved. He looked carefully and saw that the fog in front of him was gradually dissipating, leaving a small path for him.

"This is a bit like the back of the Black Whale Mountain Gate?"

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and felt that the sense of déjà vu was too strong. He looked back and saw that the fog behind him was even thicker, obviously asking him to continue along the path.

"Could it be that behind the secret realm of the health-preserving furnace, there are also ruins similar to the 'Mysterious Whale Gate'?"

Li Yuan's mind moved, and he immediately changed his gloves. All six pairs of boots were replaced with weapons that increased his hammer skills and physical talents. Feeling all the blessings, he slowly walked forward.

The ground beneath his feet was soft, as if he was stepping on air. Li Yuan took a glance and felt his calves go a little weak. Beneath the clouds and mist, there was a bottomless abyss.

Woo~
Beyond the clouds and mist, smoke was lingering inside the eighteen floors of the Dragon and Tiger Tower.

Long Yingchan sat cross-legged. Behind him, the health-preserving furnace was burning fiercely. The smoke came from it. A dragon and a tiger were perched in the middle, and their eyes met with Long Yingchan's.

"This kid is cautious, but he still has some courage."

Through the swirling smoke, Long Yingchan saw Li Yuan walking slowly and nodded in his heart.

When he walked this path in the past, his performance was not as good as this kid. He could not see anything around him and there was an abyss under his feet. Walking step by step like this was a huge test for his spirit.

“Why is this road so long?”

Li Yuan felt like he was walking on a tightrope. Although he knew it was impossible for him to fall, it was not a good experience either. Fear of heights cannot be overcome overnight.

Woo~
In the eerily quiet fog, Li Yuan quickened his pace and walked for more than ten miles before the lingering fog showed signs of dispersing.

He took a few quick steps, crossed the path, and his vision suddenly became clear.

Behind the clouds is an extremely tall mountain with dense forests. It is narrow at the top and bottom and thick in the middle. At first glance, it looks like a furnace.

Steps descend from a high place to the foot of the mountain. There is a tall mountain gate with various intricate patterns on it.

"Sea-Splitting Divine Script."

Although he couldn't understand it, the words on the mountain gate in front of him were too similar to those of the Xuanjing Gate. Li Yuan took a glance and had an idea in his mind.

"There is also a relic of a sea-breaking star in the health furnace, but judging from the text, it is not from the Mysterious Whale Sect. It should be another sect?"

Li Yuan was curious, could it be that behind the twelve Tianyun Xuanbing were similar relics?

hum~
When Li Yuan's thoughts were scattered, the clouds and mist around him gathered together, and in the blink of an eye, Long Yingchan walked out of it.

"Greetings to the Taoist master."

Li Yuan bowed. This miraculous act was so enviable that one would feel envious no matter how many times one saw it.

"Ah."

Long Yingchan responded: "Do you know where this place is?"

"Secret place for health preservation?"

Li Yuan could only pretend to guess.

"Yes, this is the depths of the health-preserving secret realm, and it is also where the true secret of the health-preserving furnace lies."

Long Yingchan frowned:

"I cannot enter this place normally. I must follow the guidance of the two ancestors. The path you took is the shortcut to this place."

"Shortcut? What about the right way?"

Li Yuan's heart moved and he thought of the ladder to heaven.

"The correct way is to reach the eighteenth floor of the Dragon Tiger Tower, or get the approval of the Health Furnace and take the ladder. But those two paths are really difficult to take."

Long Yingchan had no intention of hiding anything. Now that he had come to this point, he naturally had to make it clear.

It’s more than just difficult to walk.

Thinking about the ladder, Li Yuan couldn't help but complain in his heart, it would take 67,000 to penetrate it.

'There really is a shortcut.'

Gazing at the huge mountain gate in front of him, Li Yuan's mind was full of thoughts. Could it be that there were similar relics in the twelve Tianyun Xuanbing soldiers?
"We let you in through the mountain gate because the two ancestors want to take a look at you."

Long Yingchan explained.

"Are the two ancestors satisfied?"

Li Yuan thought of the huge creature looking down at him in the clouds.

"Your talent is indeed excellent."

Long Yingchan slightly tightened his fingers that were pinching his long eyebrows and looked at the tall mountain gate in front of him: "These lines are a kind of strange text, which means, the gate of health preservation."

"Health gate?"

Li Yuan took a look and only recognized the third word on the archway: "Men".

"What about the sides?"

"Well, it doesn't matter."

Long Yingchan coughed lightly and said:

"According to the records of the founder, each of the twelve Heavenly Profound Arms contains the remains of a mysterious sect, and they are likely to lead to the same secret place..."

Bafang Temple?
Before Long Yingchan finished speaking, the name popped up in Li Yuan's mind.

"The source of all laws and mysterious weapons, the Eight Directions Temple."

Long Yingchan paused for a moment:
"However, this is just a rumor. No one knows whether the Xuanbing leads to the Bafang Temple. There are even different opinions on whether the Bafang Temple exists."

All things originate from the Bafang Temple...

Li Yuan's eyes flickered. This matched the information he had obtained from listening to Tianyin before.

"According to ancient legends, the ancient temple contains the secret of immortality. Of course, I don't know whether it is true or not."

Long Yingchan was a pragmatic person. Every time he mentioned a rumor, he would add that he didn't know whether it was true or not.

Li Yuan wrote down everything he said.

"Just listen to the rumors I just told you, don't take them seriously."

Finally, Long Yingchan gave another warning.

"Disciple, please remember this!"

Li Yuan bowed in response.

"The Eight Directions Temple is just a rumor, but the ruins here are indeed a treasure land. Not only is it related to the Dragon and Tiger Health Furnace recognizing its master, but you can also get some good things..."

At this time, Long Yingchan started talking about the main business:
"For example, the Dragon-Tiger Pill, the Dragon and Tiger Pills, the Great Rejuvenation Pill, and their recipes."

"Is there a Dragon-Tiger Pill in this relic?"

Li Yuan was shocked. The Bafang Temple and the like were far away from him, but he had a Dragon-Tiger Pill in his stomach, which was a real good thing.

"Yes, there is not only the Dragon Tiger Pill, but also things like Purple Bamboo Rice."

Seeing that he was interested, Long Yingchan said a little more:
“However, it is not easy to obtain these benefits.”

"How to get it?"

"Entering from the mountain gate, you can obtain various trials based on the beginner's aptitude. There are three types: outer gate, inner gate, and true teaching."

Long Yingchan glanced at him and said, "The inner and outer sects of our major Taoist sects, and the true teachings, also come from these relics."

"You have to pass the trial to get the benefits?"

As he thought about Long Yingchan's words, Li Yuan suddenly felt something dawning on him.

Perhaps, these relics are the fundamental reason why the Five Great Dao Sects are different from other sects in the world and can prosper forever.

Recruit talented disciples, help them pass the trials of the relics, and gain benefits such as elixirs and magical rice. Repeat this cycle over and over again, and it will naturally never fail.

"That's right." Long Yingchan nodded.

This is considered a secret of the Taoist sect, and most of the true disciples are not qualified to access it.

"Master, you just said that this relic is related to the Xuanbing's recognition of the master?"

Li Yuan asked.

"It is rumored that the Heavenly Destiny Mysterious Soldiers appear every few hundred years, and when their masters die, the Mysterious Soldiers disappear. This statement is both true and false."

Long Yingchan looked at Li Yuan deeply, but did not point it out:
"There should be two levels for the Heavenly Destiny Mysterious Soldier to recognize its master. The selection of masters mentioned in the rumors is often only a superficial level, so the Mysterious Soldier disappears after the death of the body."

"I see."

Li Yuan nodded. The founder of the five major Taoist sects should have deeply recognized the master and had completely mastered the Tianyun Xuanbing.

"More than two thousand years ago, the Dragon-Tiger Health Furnace appeared in the world. The two ancestors fought and killed many heroes to seize the Health Furnace. They passed the final test in the ruins and were able to completely master the Health Furnace."

Long Yingchan did not hide it. This was not a secret to the Lord of Arms. It was only a matter of time before he found out.

But knowing and doing are two different things.

"The final trial?"

Li Yuan's heart sank slightly. The true trial had already meant fighting against a master, so wouldn't the final trial mean fighting against a grand master?

That's not right. For more than 2,000 years, there have been great masters in every generation of Longhu Temple...

"With your current cultivation, you don't have to think about the final trial."

Long Yingchan interrupted his guess and pointed at the mountain gate: "Go and try to see which kind of trial you can get."

"Is it dangerous?"

Li Yuan just raised his foot and then put it down again.

His current body is not made of true energy. If the trial of the Health Preservation Sect also requires fighting, it will be very bad.

He remembered the Xuanjing Sect's true trial, and the one he fought against was a great master of the all-time level.

There, we are not fighting on the same level as him.

"..."

Long Yingchan, who was waiting for him to ask, was suddenly speechless and glared at him unhappily:
"Of course there is danger, but with the health furnace here, there won't be a life-or-death crisis."

"That's good."

Li Yuan didn't feel embarrassed. No matter how many benefits he got, they couldn't compare to his own life, right?
"Whoo~"

He took a deep breath, raised his foot, and then put it down again, touching the Mirage Dragon Belt around his waist:

"Master, can I use divine weapons in this trial?"

"..."

Long Yingchan's eyebrows twitched, and he patiently explained: "Of course you can, but your whip has not yet been refined to the point of 'man and weapon integration', so it cannot be used at the moment."

Man and soldier as one?

Li Yuan frowned immediately. This unity of man and weapon did not mean forcibly activating the magic weapon, but allowing the aura of the magic weapon to become completely unified with oneself.

Normally, even with daily blood sacrifices and nurturing, it would take many years to accomplish.

"Go."

Long Yingchan glared at him, and when he saw him walking towards the mountain gate, he suddenly felt a little nervous.

In the more than two thousand years since the two ancestors left behind their will, people can still activate the health furnace and take the initiative to start the true trial.

However, the trial opened by the Lord of Arms is very different from the automatic opening of the Health Gate. The former has no possibility of leading to the subsequent Daozi trial.

hum~
With a slight sound, a dragon head like a house emerged from the clouds, and a divine tiger also walked out of it.

Long Yingchan glanced at them and felt quite jealous, because he didn't have such treatment in the past.

"call!"

The gaze behind him seemed real. Having experienced it once before, Li Yuan was not nervous at all and naturally stepped over the archway of the Yangsheng Gate.

Wow!
The next moment, Li Yuan heard the sound of the tide, which was the sound of the surrounding clouds and mist quickly converging.

Soon, the area behind the archway was also shrouded in fog. A stone tablet rose from the ground, and all kinds of scribbles-like characters popped up.

"the same."

Li Yuan has a good memory, and the words on the stone tablet in front of him are exactly the same as what he saw in front of Xuanjing Gate.

"It seems that the Xuanbing's assessment of talent is consistent. Does this standard also come from the Sea Splitting Star?"

As Li Yuan was thinking, he could hear Long Yingchan's suppressed laughter from behind him:

"well!"

Li Yuan turned around and saw Daoist Master Long half of his body sticking out from outside the archway. His old face was flushed as if he had drunk some wine, and he couldn't stop smiling:
"Unparalleled in the ages, still the best!"

"You can enter and take the True Transmission Trial!"

Woo!
The strong wind blew the clouds and mist, and Li Yuan only felt a flash before his eyes. The huge monster formed by the confluence of wind and clouds at both ends had arrived in front of him, and an anthropomorphic light flashed in his wooden eyes.

"Disciple Li Yuan, I pay my respects to the two ancestors."

Li Yuan took a quick look and then bowed to greet him.

Having been practicing for such a long time, Li Yuan could make some guesses about the existence of the two ancestors.

The lifespan of earthly immortals is two hundred years, and their wills are not immortal. The only way to keep their wills alive is to nourish them with incense.

These two ancestors were in this state, similar to the gods appointed by the imperial court. The difference was that they only accepted incense and offerings from their disciples.

Call ~
The two giant beasts transformed from wind and clouds nodded slightly, and then disappeared in the clouds, leaving only two lingering sounds of tiger roars and dragon roars.

Long Yingchan also bowed and watched the two masters leave. He pinched his long eyebrows which were moving restlessly, feeling happy in his heart.

It's one thing to anticipate it, it's another to see it with your own eyes.

"After more than two thousand years, my Dragon and Tiger Temple finally has a disciple who can open the True Transmission Trial with his own talent!"

Long Yingchan looked up and down at the stone tablet. He only understood a few common sentences among the words.

The only thing that is a little regrettable is the divine gift:

"This divine talent is only middle to lower level, which is a bit low."

"Divine gift?"

Li Yuan seized the opportunity to ask, "What does this mean?"

"This stone tablet shows your talent and divine endowment. The former is excellent, but the latter is not very high."

Long Yingchan was still in a good mood and was not affected:

"Talent, to put it simply, is the upper limit of your bone structure. Changing your bone structure can improve your talent to a certain extent.
As for the divine endowment, it naturally refers to the spirit."

Compared to the explanation of the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer, Long Yingchan's words were much simpler and clearer, and Li Yuan understood it immediately.

"This middle-low divine endowment is similar to middle-low bone structure?"

“It’s not easy to compare.”

Long Yingchan shook his head slightly: "Whether divine endowment is divided in the same way as natural talent, I am not quite sure. According to the records in the ancestors' daily records, the two ancestors are the best."

"Master Dao, what about you?"

Long Yingchan glanced at him and said, "Average."

"Disciple understands."

Li Yuan felt much more relieved immediately, and then he asked what the hindrance was to the level of divine gift.

Long Yingchan glanced at him. Of course he could see what this boy was thinking, but he was in a good mood and didn't care:
“It’s related to the spirit aspect.”

Seeing that he wanted to ask more questions, Long Yingchan shook his sleeves and pushed him into the passage made of clouds and mist.

(End of this chapter)