Qin Sang stood at the entrance of the grotto and felt the old atmosphere emanating from inside.
In front of him was an ancient altar.
The three floors of the altar are made of a special kind of stone that has been carefully refined. The surface of the stone is carved with complex thunder patterns, which is full of ancient meaning.
This altar is not as tall as the altar that Qin Sang saw in Lei Zuo Zuo Mansion, but it is still comparable to the size of a house.
Only the bottom floor of the three-story altar is relatively complete. The two upper floors are seriously damaged, and only a few broken stones remain on the third floor.
Because of this, the Dharma altar has no power at all.
On the altar, there are some out-of-place stones with dense runes carved on their surfaces, but they are obviously much cruder and shallower.
It was probably the Lei Xiao Sect that was trying to repair the altar, but it obviously didn't succeed.
After all, Qin Sang could only understand the meaning of many runes in the altar because he had seen the seal of the Five Thunder Envoys. The inheritance received by the Lei Xiao Sect was not enough to support their understanding of the mystery.
Qin Sang took two steps forward and stared at the altar. His eyes slowly and carefully scanned every stone and every rune, and finally he closed his eyes and thought carefully.
This altar is different from the urn altar in Lei Zuo Fu.
It may not belong to a certain governance that Qin Sang expected, or it may be that the Taoist court has evolved several times, and the legal altar will also change, which cannot be deduced by common sense.
However, one thing is for sure.
The cultivation level of the person who built the altar is no less than his!
Qin Sang obtained the meaning of the scriptures in the seal of the Five Thunder Envoys and understood the runes in the altar, but he found it a bit difficult to understand quickly and understand the function of the altar.
Even if I am here, I cannot directly repair this altar.
Looking only at the inheritance of Lei Xiao Sect, although Qin Sang overestimated the origin of this altar, he unexpectedly underestimated it.
This frightened Qin Sang, but also gave rise to greater expectations and doubts: "There is such an altar hidden in the mortal world, which shows that there were Taoist masters who once stayed here. Why has the Yundu Mountain cultivation world not been influenced by Taoism?"
court impact?”
When the Taoist court expands its territory, there is a situation where Taoist priests leave the Taoist court, select a geomantic treasure land, build a Dharma altar, set up an altar to preach, and open an altar to accept disciples.
When the power gradually grows and the prototype of a rule is formed, it begins to condense the Du Gong Seal. Until the Du Gong Seal is completed, it can be upgraded to a Zheng Zhi. It is a backbone force recognized by the Taoist Court and included in the Taoist Court's territory.
Before this, according to different situations, it was called lower treatment, combined treatment, free treatment, special treatment, etc.
Subordinate governance and combined governance are mostly around the inherent forces of the Taoist court and are dependent on the development of a certain positive governance.
According to Qin Sang's investigation, it seems that there is no Taoting Zhengzhi near Yundu Mountain.
And Youzhi, as the name suggests, is free from outside.
Taoist priests who dare to open up their own country are all extremely powerful Taoists.
After all, You Zhi is far away from the core sphere of influence of Tao Ting, and he cannot get timely reinforcements when he encounters danger.
There are three possibilities for this altar.
One is that Taoist priests opened caves here for cultivation.
Second, when a Taoist priest encounters a strong enemy, he sets up an altar to practice Dharma, and then abandons it after fighting.
The third is that this is a certain Youzhi, and a Taoist priest left his Taoist tradition here.
Qin Sang believes that the third possibility is the highest, and the inheritance received by Lei Xiao Sect is the evidence.
However, if you want to explore the true purpose of the altar, you must first understand the runes on the altar and repair the altar.
In Qin Sang's mind, runes flashed one after another, producing various complex scattered and concentrated shapes. Some of them were not even found on the seal of the Five Thunder Envoys, but there were five Lei Envoys' thunder spells to refer to, and he wanted to understand them thoroughly.
It's not difficult, it just takes some time.
"It would be great if it's Yuji."
Qin Sang thought to himself.
If you travel to Zhi and find the Zhi Altar, you may be able to connect with the Divine Court. Not only can you borrow the power of the Divine Court, but most importantly, you can reconnect with the Taoist Court.
…
Just when Qin Sang was looking at the grotto altar.
The scene of the collapse of the secret realm is getting more and more intense.
Monks from various sects rushed into the secret realm one after another and took out the monks who had entered the secret realm before.
Several sect leaders also discussed the charter and ordered people to send the young man out and surround the Jade Pavilion in the middle.
'Boom! Boom! Boom!'
The jade pavilion shook violently, rainbow light flashed randomly, and the cracks on the pavilion became more and more dense.
Everyone activated their secret techniques one after another, understood the restrictions of the Jade Pavilion, and looked for a safe way to break the restrictions.
Their eyes towards Jade Pavilion were full of enthusiasm.
A woman in palace attire licked her lips and said with a sweet smile: "This suggestion from Sect Master Ruan is good. It has been passed down and we will discuss it together. Today's news must not be hidden. I don't know how many people are jealous of Lei Xiao's inheritance. We only have
Only by forming an offensive and defensive alliance can others not dare to take a peek."
The old man next to him said warmly: "We are all descendants of Lei Xiao, and we have no life-or-death enmity. Maybe when we understand the classics, our relationship will be further developed and the glory of Lei Xiao will be restored."
The old man is the patriarch of a family, and he hopes in his heart that the factions will merge, but unfortunately others don't think so.
The leader of Jindu Mountain laughed, "We are allies, otherwise why would we come to the Leixiao Conference? No! The mountain is about to collapse! Bring the Jade Pavilion up quickly to avoid being affected!"
"good!"
Everyone responded, moved with all their strength, lifted the jade pavilion, and flew high into the sky. Soon they heard the earth-shattering roar below.
Smoke and dust are everywhere, the mountain peaks are constantly collapsing, and the secret realm is in a mess.
Little did they know that the collapse of the mountain beneath them was just an illusion. Qin Sang used formations to stabilize the mountain and hide the mountain, hiding it from everyone's eyes and ears.
The masters of each sect knew nothing about this, and concentrated on breaking the restrictions of the Jade Pavilion. Finally, they broke in and obtained the true inheritance of Lei Xiao Sect and various mysterious skills and secrets. Everyone was happy and excited.
It's a pity that the secret realm is no longer what it used to be, and that part of the mountain range has returned to the present world, but it has completely turned into ruins.
Later, various sects searched carefully many times, but found nothing. After confirming that nothing was missing, the number of people gradually decreased.
Unknown to everyone, there is an unknown mountain peak standing there silently.
These are all things for later.
Qin Sang originally took Xiao Wu down the mountain for a trip. He never thought that the world would be unpredictable, so he went up the mountain again before going very far. Moreover, he stayed there for more than ten years, which invisibly matched the state of mind of letting nature take its course.
Qin Sang needed to understand the Dharma Altar, but was worried about Xiao Wu going down the mountain alone, so he and Xiao Wu could only live in a cottage next to the grotto.
Not in front of Qin Sang, Luohou and Zhuque were both a little afraid of Xiao Wu, even though Xiao Wu had changed from when he first came down the mountain.
Suzaku is better, but also a little timid, while Luohou stays away from him, preferring to be a quiet green horse.
Qin Sang set up a simple restriction at the foot of the mountain. If there were little beasts lingering nearby, they might be sucked in. He also hoped that Xiao Wu could have some more companions.
The fifteenth year after the Lei Xiao Dharma Assembly.
this day.
Qin Sang walked out of the thatched cottage and saw Xiao Wu sitting on a stone bench in the small courtyard. There was a fox sitting opposite him.
This fox was all white, with smooth and shiny hair. It stuck out its tongue and kept licking the cup in front of it.
There was only water in the cup, but the fox ate it with gusto, his eyes narrowed to a slit.
Xiao Wu held his chin in his hands and looked at the fox quietly. When he sensed that Qin Sang had left the seclusion, he got up and trotted over.
The fox was frightened and swooped under the table, accidentally knocking over the cup.
'boom!'
The water in the cup spilled all over the floor, emitting a faint medicinal fragrance.
The sound of the cup hitting the ground frightened the fox again, and he ran out without daring to look back. He rushed into the forest and hid.
Qin Sang picked up nearby elixirs, randomly refined some elixirs, and fed Xiao Wu to the monsters. One of them was melted into the glass of water.
"The little fox is quite clever. He knows there are benefits here and comes here often." Qin Sang looked at the fox's back and said thoughtfully, "This fox has a similar aura to that group of demon foxes. They should be related by blood. They are really destined."
The group of demon foxes may have been tamed and brought to Beikuo County from Jiguo. It is normal for blood descendants to stay nearby.
Back then, all those demon foxes were hunted down by Gao Ruoxu, and they were all punished according to law and sent to prison.
The Yin Law is fairly fair. It only considers crimes and will not be biased based on whether the other party is human or demon. These demon foxes are forced by others to only suck Yang Qi from mortals without harming their lives. The crime will not lead to death.
I don’t know if it has been released now.
"Are you feeling bored? It's not as colorful as the world below? Don't worry, it won't take long for us to go down the mountain."
Qin Sang rubbed Xiao Wu's hair, and just now he cast a spell to sense the deity and tell him everything about the situation here.
Xiao Wu shook his head gently.
at the same time.
In the realm of fire, in the dojo.
Qin Sang woke up from his trance, looked towards the south, and murmured: "Altar..."
His figure flashed and he escaped into the fire room.
In the fire room, the Gray Warbler Sword and other treasures are being tempered by the flames.
He sat cross-legged on the top of the copper pillar, meditated for a moment, stretched out his hand, and the surrounding flames turned into docile fire dragons, obediently surrounding Qin Sang's palm.
Then, he took out various spiritual materials from the Qianjun Ring, changed the seals continuously, tempered them with fire, and concentrated on inscribing various runes to refine a stone bar one foot long.
The shape of the stone is consistent with that on the altar, and its surface is covered with extremely complex thunder patterns. It is the result of the incarnation's ten years of deduction.
Next, he moved quickly, and stones were constantly forming in his hand.
At the foot of the mountain.
Marquis Gui, who was training the demon soldiers, twitched his ears and immediately flew to Qin Sang Cave Mansion. He heard a voice coming from inside, "Go down the mountain immediately and send these to Jiguo."
The cave opened, and a ball of spiritual light flew out, which was wrapped with stones and various spiritual materials.
By repairing the altar rather than rebuilding it, the incarnation can barely refine the stone itself, but there is not enough spiritual material, so it can only be turned to the deity.
"As you command!"
Marquis Gui put away his things, bowed to the cave, turned into a demonic wind and went down the mountain.
It was also very curious about the world, but it was even more afraid of Qin Sang's blame. It also understood that Qin Sang was not afraid of it running if he dared to let it go down the mountain. It did not dare to stop along the way, and reached Jiguo as quickly as possible, delivered the things, and greeted Luohou.
After a few words, he hurriedly returned.
Qin Sang took the stone and entered the grotto.
He already had a suspicion in his mind and quickly repaired the altar.
‘Crack!’
There was a sound of thunder inside the grotto, and a dazzling light of lightning shot out, illuminating half of the mountain peak.
The little beasts in the mountains panicked, and the fox panicked and shivered in the grass.
At this moment, Qin Sang was sitting cross-legged on the altar, and the altar under him had been completely repaired.
He poured his true energy into the altar.
Frequent phenomena occurred in the altar, with dragon-like lightnings wandering inside and outside the altar. The entire altar seemed to be made of lightning, emitting a terrifying thunderous atmosphere.
"wrong……"
After careful sensing, Qin Sang suddenly frowned.
Unexpectedly, Qin Sang still did not get the information he wanted after repairing the altar.
"This is an altar!"
Qin Sang understood immediately.
The Taoist altar has various wonderful functions. Multiple altars can be arranged, with monarchs and ministers assisting envoys, forming an altar array, which is infinitely powerful!
The layout of the Zhitan, Jingtan, Capital Altar and Sub-altar is also a kind of altar array. When the two true monarchs summoned Emperor Lei Zu and Gouchen, they relied on the power of these altars.
There can be countless variations in the altar array, and different quantities and different layouts will make great differences.
Not only are there primary and secondary, but there are also auxiliary altars that have a single function and are only used for auxiliary purposes, etc. The slightest difference can make a huge difference.
Naturally, it is impossible to get a full picture by just relying on one altar.
"A separate altar is so mysterious. How high is the cultivation level of the person who set it up?"
These discoveries made Qin Sang secretly frightened, maybe he would get unexpected benefits this time.
The premise is that the altars in other places have not been destroyed, at least like the altar in front of us, there are relics preserved.
Endless years, vicissitudes of life, no one can say what will happen.
Qin Sang is not optimistic about this either, otherwise there would not be only one Lei Xiao Sect.
He sank into concentration and tried to sense other sub-altars and the main altar through the sub-altars.
As expected, no matter what he did, nothing happened, and other altars were also destroyed.
He asked me to send the spiritual materials. It was indeed a foresight to save him the trouble of going back and forth later.
Qin Sang came back to her senses and looked thoughtful.
As a result, he could only use this sub-altar as a reference to deduce it on his own, and it was estimated that he could only determine a rough direction at most.
However, as long as you find the second sub-altar, it will become easier and easier.
Qin Sang estimated that by repairing the three sub-altars, he would be able to judge the pattern of the altar array and determine the location of the main altar.
Thinking of this, Qin Sang entered concentration again and tried his best to calculate.
This calculation took a full month. Qin Sang determined three rough ranges, none of which could be ruled out and had to be verified one by one.
That day, Qin Sang walked out of the grotto and told the news about going down the mountain.
“Finally, I’m going to travel down the mountain again! It’s so boring up there!”
Zhuque was extremely excited and didn't want to stay any longer. He urged Qin Sang and Xiao Wu, "Quick! Quick!"
Qin Sang and Xiao Wu got on the green horses and rode down the mountain. When they left, they cast spells to move the small beasts out of the mountain. After they were far away from the Leixiao Sect, they released them.
Most of the little beasts were not very intelligent and fled in all directions.
Only the fox was hiding in the grass in front, poking his head, unwilling to leave.
It looked at Xiao Wu on the horse and whined, seeming a little reluctant to let go. It wanted to get closer, but didn't dare.
The green horse walked slowly by and stopped beside the grass.
The fox suddenly retracted his head, and after a moment, he shrank and poked his nose out a little, his body trembling.
Xiao Wu is also watching the fox.
One person and one fox faced each other. After a while, Xiao Wu raised his head slightly.
Qin Sang nodded.
Xiao Wu jumped off his horse, took out the remaining elixir, and placed it in front of the fox.
'Ta! Ta!'
The two of them rode towards the sunset and headed towards the distant mountains.
The fox in the grass carefully held the elixir in his arms, squinting his eyes until the figure in the distance disappeared, then quietly retreated into the grass.
(I couldn't send it out last night, because it showed a system or code abnormality.)