Chapter 889: Filling in the gaps and restoring the old ritual

Chapter 889: Filling in the gaps and restoring the old ritual

Chapter 889: Filling in the gaps and restoring the old ritual

It is not surprising that the relics of Xuanjiao fell into the intersection area. In history, Xuanjiao and Chanjiao fought against each other, and both sides experienced ups and downs from time to time.

Moreover, there are many branch sects on both sides. Whenever one side is at a disadvantage, they may put some treasures of their own sect in the blending area and entrust them to some people from the branch sect to keep, so as to avoid external robbery. The key is that they can take them away at any time when encountering danger.

But the situation in the blending area is complicated. In order to seek refuge, sometimes the seniors of the sect disappear along with their belongings.

In order to prevent things from being lost, they would also make some marks on the path that only people in the sect could understand. They might also use secret language in the sect to hint at their destination in advance, so that future generations could use it to find it back.

This should be what Protector You is looking for.

When Chen Chuan was reading the records on the stone tablet, he discovered that although Protector You had seen the stone lotus in the early days, he had not given up the idea of ​​looking for the treasure between the lines. Sometimes he would remind himself with a word or two, saying that he would try to look for it again once the lotus seeds were ripe.

Even later, because he was immersed in those "wonderful methods", the words written on the stone tablet became intermittent and confusing, but there were still some sentences about the relics mixed in.

Such as "Is the treasure in the water or in the sky?" "What can a lake that is as high as the sky rely on?" and "I know, I know. Now that I have obtained the Dharma and see it, whether I take it or not, I am troubled!"

In addition to these, there are some intermittent clues on other stone tablets, which mention some place names, which may be from the map compiled by Xuanjiao of the integration land.

Chen Chuan had never seen this map. Some things of the old state religion, including classics and secret records, are still hidden in the National Archives, but they are not open to the public. People with a certain status must submit an application and state the reason before they can query and read them.

This means a lot of key information is missing, without which it is difficult to find the exact place.

Moreover, the clues that Protector You knew might be missing, so he secretly wrote them down for the time being and decided to check them again when he had the chance in the future.

His main purpose of coming to the Land of Blending this time was hunting and practicing. Seeing these lotus seeds was already a pleasant surprise. There was no need to ask for too much. The practice in front of him was the most important thing.

In the next few days, he hunted nearby during the day and continued to practice the Great Bright Light Style and the Great Blue Sky Style at night.

In the area surrounding the stone lotus, he didn't have to go too far to see some rare creatures recorded in the illustrations.

The reason why these things gathered there was because of the existence of demons and ghosts. They knew that they could avoid some dangers here, and the more ferocious the creatures were, the less likely they would dare to approach here.

This saved Chen Chuan a lot of effort and made hunting much easier for him. Of course, he had no intention of killing them all, so he would change direction after one hunt.

With sufficient nutrition supply, his practice rhythm returned to the right track. Currently, he can practice one move in about three to four days, so on the sixth day, he had mastered two moves of the Great Blue Sky Style.

His practice was not focused on one path, but on making progress in both, because the two styles have the function of tempering the spirit and body respectively, and they correspond to each other, and he had previously practiced the Great Bright Light Style first, and now he was adding the Great Blue Sky Style, so that they could ensure that they were not out of sync with each other.

Moreover, when fighting the enemy, both methods can be used together, and the power will be greater. This was proved when fighting against the array demon ghost. At that time, if one side was less restrained, the effect would be much worse, and it would not necessarily be possible to win so thoroughly, and it was even possible for the demon to escape.

You have to know that some of the main alienated organizations of demons and ghosts can escape separately. If one is missed, they may recover the next day. After they gradually regain their fighting consciousness, they may adopt tactics of attacking and fighting, which will be really difficult to deal with.

Although he normally wouldn't mind sparring with such an opponent, his main purpose for coming here was to practice, and he didn't want to be disturbed by these unexpected factors.

During these few days, he took out the lotus seeds during the day and put them back at night, repeating this for many days.

But in the meantime, he also considered a more important matter.

Because the lotus seeds may finally mature at night, so such a rare creature that has grown for hundreds of years is likely to trigger something.

The illustrated book records how to pick "Knot Three" and "Knot Five". The more lotus seeds there are, the greater the danger. Not to mention that this time it is "Knot Seven". There is no record of the situation. As for the so-called "Knot Nine", that is all legend.

He thought that since Protector You wanted to pick the fruits, he would have considered this matter and would have made some preparations. Following this line of thought, he checked over the past few days and was finally sure that the placement of the surrounding stone tablets was actually very particular and it was probably a tantric ritual arranged for the purpose of picking the fruits.

This person was originally the guardian of the Jinli Sect, so it was not surprising that he could arrange this. Judging from his limited knowledge of secret rituals, the original purpose of this whole set of things was to isolate the invasion of certain external things, and also to suppress the alienation that was very likely to occur when the lotus seeds of the stone lotus matured.

As for the stones becoming diary sections, that was a matter for later. However, some of these arrangements might have been damaged. When he was hunting, he saw a few processed broken stones outside, which seemed to be thrown out by You Hufa.

It is speculated that this person may have destroyed this thing himself in order to facilitate his comprehension of the "wonderful Dharma".

Fortunately, the traces of the original placement were still there, so he only had to align the stones with these traces and put them back in place.

As for some of them that are completely broken, that is not necessary. Just piece them together to get a rough idea of ​​the outline, then find a stone of similar size and polish it into its original shape and put it there. Anyway, these stones are all locally sourced and there is nothing special about them.

On the seventh day, he put all the missing parts back in place. The moment they were put in place, he immediately felt that something was different around him, as if something was isolated and even the invasive effects of the fusion land seemed to be weakened.

But it seems like something is missing.

As he was pondering, he suddenly felt something. He reached out and took out the heart-like crystal that had fallen from You Zhinan from his pocket. This thing was slightly warm at the moment.

He felt it carefully, and his heart was moved. He turned around and found that the heat would be more obvious when this thing was facing a certain direction, so he walked towards that direction and stopped when the temperature reached its highest point. At this moment, he could feel that the touch under his feet was a little unusual.

He squatted on one leg and reached up to touch it, revealing a very obvious hexagonal edge. He thought about it, reached out and pressed, and then the soil there immediately turned outwards. As he slowly stood up, something slowly rose from under the ground.

When it was completely on the ground, it could be seen that it was a hexagonal stone pillar more than one meter high and about the thickness of a bowl. It was black all over and had a layer of jade glaze on the surface. It looked like it was made of a special material. There was a fist-sized hole that was transparent on all sides near the top of the upper end. There was a pair of ears on each side, which seemed to be used for tying ropes and carrying.

After looking at it for a few seconds, he guessed that this thing might be the legendary secret stone.

Director Lei mentioned this kind of thing in the esoteric Buddhist atlas given to him. In the old days, this kind of thing would be used when major religions held grand sacrifices and ceremonies.

There is no doubt that this thing was brought by You Zhinan, and it is very likely something from the Jinli Sect. This person probably wanted to use this as the core of the entire secret ceremony.

Maybe this thing is very strong, so it was not smashed like the other stone tablets, but was just buried under the ground. It may also be that, in his heart, he did not want to give it up.

He compared the hollow space at the top of the pivot stone and found that it was just the right size to fit the red crystal inside.

He didn't know what this thing was at first, but now he understood that this thing should serve as the initiator and the venue of the ceremony.

Strictly speaking, there is no esoteric material in all the surrounding arrangements, so the communication and use of power must have a source, and this thing should be it.

If this is the case, it is understandable that the demon would keep it on his body. Perhaps it has some other functions besides this, or it may even be a precious treasure of the Jinli Sect.

With these things, he felt more confident about successfully obtaining the lotus seeds.

When it was almost evening, he saw that the time was almost up, so he checked his surroundings again, moved all the things he had brought to the vicinity of the pivot stone, and placed some food and high-energy nutrients in a place that was easy to take, so that Chao Ming would stay by his side obediently.

Then he put the red crystal into the hole. The moment he put it in, the surrounding stones seemed to vibrate slightly, but the feeling disappeared after a while.

At this moment, the black pivot stone suddenly became transparent and emitted a bright light, which radiated in all directions. The light was reflected on each stone, which continuously reflected and connected to each other, thus forming a whole. If viewed from above, it seemed to form a more complicated secret ritual pattern.

Chen Chuan stood here and found that this secret ceremony was quite high-end and completely different from the rituals he had known before. The difference might be in the use of secret ceremony materials, and the effect was also good. It seemed that all the strange and inexplicable attacks at night were blocked out.

He walked to where the stone lotus was and took a look at the lotus pod. At this moment, it had begun to emit a faint, intoxicating fragrance. Seven lotus seeds would be ripe tonight and could be picked early tomorrow morning.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard some strange noises. After a while, there was a loud bang and the ground shook violently, as if something was hitting somewhere, causing all the stones to rumble and shake, and sand kept falling from them.

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(End of this chapter)