Chapter 394: Incense and the Magical Use of Black Whale

Chapter 394: Incense and the Magical Use of Black Whale

Chapter 394: Incense and the Magical Use of Black Whale

"Did Daoist Master Long also learn the true method of worshipping gods?"

Looking at the mist floating in the air, Li Yuan couldn't help but wonder. When he asked before, he was just brushed off. It was obvious that this person saw something.

But he was no longer surprised.

The small temple consists of three connected rooms. The main hall houses the tablets and incense burners of the ancestors of Longmen from all generations. The two rooms on the left and right are the residences of Long Xixiang, with the ancient elephant spirit dragon pestle and the blue dragon cassock placed respectively.

Li Yuan knew the layout of the small temple very well, but he had never been into the two rooms on the left and right on weekdays. Now that he had the promise of Master Long, he looked around.

On the bookshelf in the left room, I saw a yellowed booklet with four small words on it:
"A brief biography of the incense."

Li Yuan reached out and picked it up, taking a quick glance. In addition to this book, there were more than ten other books on the bookshelf, some new and some old. They were not martial arts secrets, but various miscellaneous books.

Such as Biography of Xiang Huo, Biography of Yuan Qing, Biography of King Zhenwu, Daily Notes of the Patriarchs, etc.

Li Yuan did not go out either. He picked up the biography of Xiang Huo and started reading it on the spot.

"The foundation of human beings, the three treasures, are essence, energy and spirit."

"Incense is the power of God. It originates from the human heart. It can be transformed into incense only through special rituals and methods. It can be used to make elixirs and forge weapons. It is also an indispensable item for various rituals."

"Burning incense and gathering fire can carry the immortality of God."

Li Yuan was attracted by the first few sentences. The ancient book was obviously quite old, and the text on it clearly had the style of the previous dynasty.

"This is an ancient book from at least a thousand years ago. And the tone of the book seems to be related to the worship of gods?"

Li Yuan changed his mind and, relying on his photographic memory, memorized every word in his mind.

After the opening, this booklet mentioned the method of collecting incense and offerings that he was very concerned about. As expected, it was the method of worshiping gods.

"Incense is the power of the spirit. It can only be drawn by a 'god'. Only when one has mastered the art of worshipping a god and touched a person who has entered the Dao can the incense be gathered."

Enter the house?

Li Yuan pondered.

Although he only had the introductory chapter of the God Worship Method, he had practiced meditation every day over the years, and his accumulation was actually very deep. In addition, the Black Whale's Qi nourished his spirit, so he obviously met the requirements.

"Strong emotions are more likely to give rise to incense."

In the book, Li Yuan saw the part that confirmed his guess. Apparently, Longhu Temple had mastered the secret of incense many years ago.

He was not surprised, after all, incense was still wafting through the main hall.

Later, this booklet mentioned that the relationship between statues, tablets and incense is not complicated. At its core, it is just an introduction.

By leaving behind your own spirit and using it as a support, you can attract offerings from within a certain range.

"The fastest way to collect incense is to build a temple..."

Li Yuan was not surprised and continued to read.

The booklet mentioned "God", and as he had learned before, the gods on the Dayun God List were divided into three categories: Dharma Master, Boy, and Master.

"Nine Dharma Masters, thirty-four Boys, and eight hundred Masters."

Li Yuan wrote down this number, but couldn't help but think of the Nine-Headed God he had seen before. There were as many as eight hundred evil gods of this level.

"No, this booklet is quite old. In the past thousand years, various forces have hunted many of them. There must not be so many now."

There was a booklet titled "Two or Three Things About the Gods" on the bookshelf. Li Yuan took a look at it and continued reading.

Afterwards, this booklet recorded information about the nine great Dharma masters, among which the one mentioned most was the Hundred-Armed Taoist, and the one mentioned least was the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva.

"Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva, one of the Nine Dharma Masters, is suspected to be the oldest god, perhaps from outer space. It is said that there was a similar legend in the year of his birth..."

Li Yuan subconsciously looked up and only saw the roof.

"Hmm, it matches what Emperor Qian said. Did this Thousand Spirit Dharma Master, or Thousand Eyed Bodhisattva, also fall from the sky?"

After a moment, Li Yuan closed the book and put it back in its place. He thought about it for a moment and did not touch the other books on the bookshelf.

If you can't grasp this sense of distance, how can you coax the old man?

"There are three grades of incense."

Li Yuan returned to the main hall and lit incense for the ancestors one by one, still pondering the contents of the incense biography.

The master of the Dharma, the boy, and the master.

This ancient book divides incense into three levels, and each level is divided into upper and lower levels. Based on the description, Li Yuan felt that this was very similar to his classification.

But there is no such thing as not being able to enter the level.

"A devout believer can get a wisp of lower-level incense in a year. Well, it takes three to five years for a first-level incense to get a wisp of second-level incense..."

Li Yuan discovered that incense was more precious than he thought.

What is a devout believer?

There are actually very few believers who kowtow three times in the morning and evening, burn a stick of incense in the morning and evening, serve the god with sincerity, and recite the god's name and scriptures day and night. The vast majority of people just worship occasionally.

Such a believer may not even be able to obtain a wisp of first-level incense in a year.

"According to this calculation, it would take at least 129,600 years for a devout believer to obtain a strand of seventh-level incense..."

The numbers on the ancient book were both zero and integer, which made Li Yuan a little frightened, but then he changed his mind and realized that the number was not that big.

After all, no god has more than one believer.

If we find 130,000 devout believers, we can gather one strand in a year. If we find 1.3 million believers, we can gather one strand in a month. If we find 13 million believers...

"Thirteen thousand devout believers, I'm afraid only those nine Dharma Masters have them? Or maybe they don't have them?"

Li Yuan thought about it.

There are tens of millions of households in Hengshan City, but those who intend to worship gods may not number in the millions, and there may not even be tens of thousands of devout believers, not to mention that there are hundreds of gods to share.

After doing the math, he felt that this was a very large number.

"Not too much. If the Dharma Master-level incense is so precious, it would be a waste to use it to convert Chu Xuankong... Or do you have other plans?"

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and sensed the Thousand Spirits Saving People Stele. Before, he only knew that the incense was precious. Now that he had a reference, he found that he still underestimated it.

With so many incense sticks, I’m afraid even Master Qianling would feel pain, right?
When Li Yuan thought of this, he felt a chill in his heart:
"This stele must not be taken out!"

boom!
Suddenly, Li Yuan heard a faint loud noise, similar to the roar of an animal, the roar of a dragon, or a thunder explosion.

"This is?"

Li Yuan was startled and quickly walked out of the house and climbed onto the roof.

It was already dark at this moment, but he saw at a glance where the loud noise came from. A fire dragon wrapped in dazzling red light suddenly rose into the air from somewhere in Hengshan City.
Like a divine sword, piercing deep into the night:

"Roar!"

As the dragon's roars echoed, large areas of lights in Hengshan City lit up. At the same time, multiple sounds of breaking through the air were heard in the Longhu Temple, and human figures flashed by on every hilltop and rooftop.

"This is the Flame Dragon Phase!"

"Red Flame Dragon King! One of the four Dharma Kings who protect the Evil God Cult. He is actually in Hengshan City?!"

"Oh no! Go and inform the Lord!"

All kinds of exclamations were heard among the mountains. The fire dragon rising into the sky was so dazzling in the night that the drifting flames could be seen from dozens of miles away.

"Red Flame Dharma King?!"

On the roof, Li Yuan was startled and instantly thought of Long Xixiang who had just come down the mountain:

"There is such a big fish?!"

Li Yuan was a little surprised. He found that he had the potential to be a fisherman and he could always find these big fish that could eat people.

"Long Xi Xiang!"

In the night, from an unknown distance of several miles, Li Yuan heard a roar, the voice was full of astonishment and disbelief:

"You, you actually..."

Boom!

The voice of shock and anger disappeared completely after a moment.

Li Yuan looked up and saw a familiar blue dragon soaring in the night. It was one of the 'Wind Tiger Cloud Dragon' forms of Taoist Dragon.

"Master Long also came down the mountain with us?"

The cloud dragon danced across the sky, and the hundred-foot-long fire dragon was crushed by one claw, turning into a large flame and dissipating in the air. Immediately, the cloud dragon let out a long roar, resounding through the night and waking up the entire Hengshan City.

The roar of the Red Flame Dharma King was completely drowned out and covered.

"The world is too complicated." Li Yuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and felt somewhat relieved.

If he had not been cautious, he would have taken action as soon as he saw the people from the Evil God Cult. If he was not careful, he might have suffered a great loss.

The Scarlet Flame Dragon King is not an ordinary master...

"This old guy is hiding too deeply."

Li Yuan felt a little annoyed.

In the past two years, Longhu Temple has eliminated the evil god's followers at least three times. During two of them, Taoist Master Long was paying close attention. How dare the Red Flame Dragon King lurk, or even avoid him?

This……

"call!"

After a brief shock, the night returned to calm, except for the bright lights in the Longhu Mountains.

Li Yuan turned around and saw an old man of plain appearance striding towards him and landing on the eaves of the house.

"Uncle Cang."

Li Yuan hurriedly bowed in greeting.

This old man was Cang Xianzhi, the deputy leader of Humen.

"That was just a wisp of true energy taking shape. That old thief doesn't have the guts to come in person."

Cang Xianzhi gazed into the night sky, his face as gloomy as water.

"Come with me."

Before Li Yuan could reply, his shoulders were held down. The next moment, the wind whistled, and the scenery on both sides passed by at a high speed. He was being dragged towards Hengshan City.

The true Qi is like a shield, fighting against heaven and earth.

Li Yuan was filled with envy.

As for the speed of Qinggong, he was still faster than Master Cang when he exerted his full strength, but this kind of true energy release still made him a little jealous.

"call!"

After several ups and downs, the two landed in Hengshan City.

Li Yuan took a quick look and saw the old man he had seen in the evening. At this moment, he was slumped in the yard of a private house, his legs trembling, as if he had seen a ghost.

"This old thief is so brave!"

It was the first time that Li Yuan saw Taoist Long like this. His long eyebrows twitched, his face was as gloomy as water, and he was filled with murderous intent.

"Deserves to be killed!"

Long Xixiang's voice was low.

The murderous aura of the two great masters, even if only a trace of it was released, made Li Yuan feel terrified, and Yu Banzhou, who was slumped on the ground, was almost frightened silly.

He never dreamed that when he got up at night, he would actually run into these two giants. The actions of the grandmasters almost frightened him to death.

"Master Long, spare my life!"

Suddenly, as if he noticed the gazes of several people, Yu Banzhou came back to his senses and fell to the ground with a plop. His legs and feet were shaking and he couldn't even kneel down.

"He forced me to come to Hengshan City to hide..."

"who are you?"

Long Xixiang glanced at him coldly.

"Yu, Yu Banzhou, deputy head of Youzhou branch, head of which is Lin Chonghu..."

"Lin Chonghu?"

"A few days ago, I and Fang Chao were both guardians, and we were captured by Daoist Master Long..."

"When did you sneak into Hengshan City?"

When Long Xixiang was interrogating them, everyone in the courtyard was a little surprised. There were very few people in the Evil God Cult who were so spineless. Before, Fang Chaotong and Lin Chonghu had both shown an attitude of refusing to cooperate even if they were beaten to death.

“This time, it’s only been more than ten days.”

Yu Banzhou felt weak all over.

"Oh? This time?"

Long Yingchan frowned slightly.

"Reply, Reply to Taoist Master Long, the three times before and after, it was that old fellow who forced me to come..."

Yu Banzhou was very cooperative and told me everything he knew.

"That old thief has been lurking for several times. What is his intention?"

Long Xixiang asked.

"To find the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer..."

"..."

Li Yuan was shocked. Was this coming for him again?
Yu Banzhou gasped: "... and, and the Star Picking Tower Master Qin Shixian!"

"Master Qin?"

"Master of Zhaixing Tower?"

A sword light broke through the air and then retracted. Nie Xianshan landed in the yard with a frown on his face:
"This old thief thinks the owner of Zhaixing Tower is hiding in Longhu Temple?"

"……Yes."

Being scrutinized by the four great masters, Yu Banzhou felt his voice tremble as he answered with a trembling voice:

"He, he said there was a secret letter in the sect, saying, the deputy leader calculated that the Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale Hammer and the owner of the Star-Picking Tower are both here, both in the Dragon and Tiger Temple!"

The Star Picking Tower Master?

Li Yuan frowned and instantly thought of the bronze tower master. After thinking about it for a while, he was shocked.

Born in Zhaixing Tower, knew Wang Wenyuan, and was injured by the Demon Subduing Dragon God Sword...

"They all match!"

Li Yuan pinched his fingers. How could the Evil God Cult even find the master of Zhaixing Tower, a grandmaster who was hiding deliberately?

"Are there still people of yours in the city?"

"Have!"

Yu Banzhou struggled to answer, mentioning the names and characteristics of more than ten people.

Long Yingchan glanced at Nie Xianshan, who frowned and turned away.

"Re-examine the case and bring Lin Chonghu and Fang Chaotong here as well!"

Long Yingchan grabbed Yu Banzhou and disappeared into the night without a trace of movement, and Cang Xianzhi followed him.

Long Xixiang reached out and grabbed Li Yuan's shoulders, tapped his feet lightly, and crossed the night sky like a rainbow.

"The speed of the Grand Master is much faster."

Li Yuan did not hear the sound of the explosion, but the speed was far beyond his current speed. He was distracted for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he had already arrived at the small temple.

"Master..."

He wanted to ask something else, but Long Xixiang just waved his hand and disappeared on the spot. The appearance of the Red Flame Dragon King made his heart boil with murderous intent, which he couldn't suppress at all.

"Star-Picking Tower Master, Black Whale Hammer..."

Li Yuan silently closed the temple door. He frowned. He felt annoyed when he thought that there might be people from the Evil God Cult lurking in secret.

"The bronze tower master should be the Star Picking Tower master. Unfortunately, he has not been seen since he drew his sword..."

After a while, Li Yuan, who had calmed down, returned to the house. He glanced at the cat and mouse who were sleeping soundly. He felt a little tired, so he lay down with his clothes on.

hum~
In the space where the soldiers were in control, there was a faint red light.

After the Black Whale Hammer recognized its master, theoretically he could already use it outdoors.

only……

"We have to think of a way to cover it up. If we take it out and cause a big commotion, we'll be asking for trouble."

(End of this chapter)