In the past long years of Kunlun Continent, whether it was the immortal secrets of cultivating the truth or the secrets of magic diagrams, most of them were only circulated within the sect or family. The barriers between the sects were strict, and they were rarely spread to the outside world.
The Tianxia dynasty made great changes to this. Because there were many emperors in Tianxia who yearned for immortality, they devoted the whole country to collecting scriptures and scriptures, and even recruited people with skills extensively, and established many positions, such as Secret blessing officer, curse banner, fortune teller, prescription and medicine department, etc. They not only pray for the emperor to exorcise evil spirits, refine bait and medicine, but are also responsible for investigating disasters and exterminating evil spirits.
Nowadays, the Guanshe system of Huaxu Kingdom has also imitated the Tianxia Dynasty to a certain extent. And due to the urgent needs of the Five Kingdoms War, the magician monks trained by Guanse are not simply to surrender to the king, but to participate in it. to the cause of protecting the country and even opening up new territories.
In addition, the War of the Five Kingdoms brought about nearly a hundred years of turmoil and chaos, and many famous sects and families also declined and withered. Huaxu State seized the opportunity and used the Guanshe system to absorb many arts and practices, and worshiped Xuan. The museum is one of the best.
It is also for this reason that there are no obvious barriers in the exchange of magic techniques among the Huaxu Guoguan.
For example, Zhao Shu often used the Qingxuan pen to shoot evil arrows, which originally came from a sect that was proficient in the thunder method. Originally, the method was to drop thunderous arrows to bombard the evil temple where the evil spirits were attached. However, this method has a negative impact on cultivation. The requirements are quite high. Later, after several simplifications and improvements by Huaiying Hall, it became a technique that collects various qi and condenses them into arrows and shoots them out.
Within the Huaiying Hall, it is normal for monks from different family backgrounds to communicate and learn from each other.
Xin Shunying told Zhao Shu about the method of refining the Chonghui Armillary Sphere, part of which came from her fortune-telling family knowledge. From how to observe stars and identify their positions, to thinking about the movement of stars in the sky, and then to guide the downward flow of star energy to make them It is condensed into the meridians around the body, causing the true energy in the body to circulate. From this, it can sense the stars and use the power of the stars to perform various spells.
Just relying on human power, if you want to attract the star energy all over the sky, you may not be able to complete it in your lifetime. Therefore, the Xin family wants to refine this heavy radiance armillary sphere. The magical effect of the magic weapon is similar to the method of cultivation.
But the problem is the same, that is, the guidance of the heavenly star energy depends on the natural movement of the weather, and the refining of the magic weapon is slow and time-consuming.
"Since ancient times, I have been refining energy to preserve the spirit in order to seek immortality and immortality. It is because nature and I are one." Zhao Shu remembered Lingxiao's previous teaching: "The so-called law of heaven and earth is based on the sun, moon and stars as the sky, and the mountains, rivers and swamps as the earth. Heaven and earth The qi intersects and forms scenes of wind, rain, clouds, fog, thunder and lightning, and transforms into vegetation, trees, animals, and other living beings.
What you see when you open your eyes, what you shine when you close your eyes. Take the sun's rays and make fire to refine your bones and flesh. Swallow the moon's rays and drop the fluids to cleanse your veins. Use the elephants of heaven and earth to push forward the power of creation. Life and death of yin and yang are all here, and the six qi are inseparable in the four seasons. in."
Most of the advice given by Lingxiao was from a high level and directed towards the mysteries. Zhao Shu, on the other hand, focused more on the use of techniques. After listening to Xin Shunying's account, he asked:
"Capturing all the stars in the sky with one device is a skill, but it is also a bit complicated. As far as I know, the stars in the sky have their own territories, just like the territories on the earth. You astrologers also make predictions by looking up at the stars in their territories. Good luck, bad luck, demons and auspiciousness. Then why do you need to refine the stars in the sky in one go instead of cultivating the stars in the realm one by one?"
Senior Sister Xin thought for a moment: "It's like a child's puzzle game?"
Zhao Shu laughed when he heard this: "It's almost the same, but for me, it's closer to the theory of the scattered shapes and the gathering of shapes in the talisman and seal script. Each piece of the Qiao board is not subordinate to each other, but the scattered shapes of the talisman and seal script have their own charm, and it is effective when written alone.
.Different scattered shapes are aggregated, the qi movement is connected, and the spells are used, and finally they are combined into a talisman, and the pattern is very complete."
"I understand." Senior Sister Xin held her chin with her hand: "Different territorial star energies have corresponding spell effects, so let's just focus on them first, and then slowly accumulate them into the image of the cloudy sky."
Zhao Shu added: "But there is also a problem with this method, that is, the richer the armillary sphere, the more difficult it will be to perfect it in the future. For example, at first, you just hold a tea cup to fill the water, but later it may be like holding a cup of water.
Take up the rice vat and fill it with water."
I don't know if Xin Shunying thought of the way she was holding the rice vat, but she couldn't help but smile.
"What Junior Brother Zhao said, which magic weapon is not the more magical it is, the more difficult it is to practice?"
"That's true."
Xin Shunying stopped laughing, went to the altar and fiddled with the armillary sphere for a while. Finally, she made up her mind and picked out a ray of blue light from it, condensing it in the palm of her hand.
"Junior Brother Zhao, can you help me translate this star energy into a talisman?"
Seeing Xin Shunying speak, Zhao Shui rolled up his sleeves, holding a Qingxuan pen in his hand, and slowly passed the tip of the pen onto the group of faint blue brilliance.
With just a slight touch, a complex array of stars appeared in Zhao Shu's mind, which contained auras of energy and aura. It was those who were proficient in talismans who needed to translate them into talismans that could be written down.
Zhao Shu concentrated his energy and moved his qi, grasping the spirit and charm of the qi. The Qingxuan pen in his hand, which was as thin as a tree branch, was as heavy as a mountain. Without hesitation, he directly pulled out a piece of black paper from his sleeve.
Wherever the stroke of the pen falls, silver light spreads across the night like stars; with twists and turns, the magical method comes to the world along with the talisman diagram.
"call--"
The book was just a black talisman of Chenjing, and Zhao Shu let out a big breath. Translating the qi and aura of natural objects into talismans was more difficult than he imagined. Even if it was just the tiny star qi that Xin Shunying picked out from the armillary sphere, it would be too difficult.
Exhausting Zhao Shu's thoughts.
Only then did Zhao Shu truly realize the gap between himself and the immortals. Even if Lingxiao was hiding in the True Essence Lock and observing Bai Egong's practice from the side, he could clearly understand his spirit and aura, thus creating the "Shenhu Hidden Text".
"I have tried my best." Zhao Shu handed the black talisman to Xin Shunying: "I can only discern some spell effects such as sealing and concealment. The specific use depends on Senior Sister Xin's methods."
Xin Shunying took the black talisman with some surprise and looked at it carefully for a moment: "Brother Zhao, you finished the painting in one go?"
"Uh...what else?" Zhao Shu was stunned.
"In my impression, translating natural objects into talismans requires careful contemplation for a long time before a certain charm can be extracted. It also takes countless attempts before the actual writing is completed before the talisman is finally completed."
Xin Shunying knew that Zhao Shu was the first student of Zhang Duanjing, so it was normal for him to have a preference in teaching and giving guidance on magic. But magic cannot be learned by teaching, nor can it be mastered by learning. It depends on family background, wealth and power.
Doesn't matter.
"Probably practice makes perfect." Zhao Shu rubbed his brows and was highly focused just now. At this moment, the blood vessels in his brows and forehead were pulsing.
Xin Shunying shook her head slightly: "Brother Zhao, don't force yourself. I think you are spending too much time writing talismans like this. Go back and rest first."
"Although the translation of the talisman and seal script has been completed, there are still corresponding spells..."
"We're not setting off tomorrow. Brother Zhao, there's no need to be impatient." Xin Shunying waved her hand.
"Okay." Zhao Shu didn't insist. In fact, in his situation, just one round of breath adjustment would be enough.
After bidding farewell to Xin Shunying and leaving Baiqiyuan, Zhao Shui returned to his dormitory, took out the bag of light-containing beads, and said to Lingxiao: "I am good at drawing talismans. The Chenjing talisman just now was written in one go.
No hindrance.”
"With success in internal refining, the use of techniques will naturally improve." Lingxiao said in a calm tone: "What's more, you have practiced the Nine Palaces and Guarded One Method. You have passed the front gate of the palace and entered the Mingtang Palace. The sun and moon refining method is also correct and existing.
If you imagine that the bright halls are connected, the sun and the moon hang in the bright halls, and the brilliance shines inside and outside, it can not only cleanse the body, but also open up wisdom and understanding, and naturally appear to be erudite and strong in memory.
Translating talisman and seal script is the most important test of knowledge. If you only know how to breathe in and out, even if you polish your physical body like fine steel, you may not be able to achieve success in the talisman method. But if there is no foundation for refining qi and moving qi, the physical appearance will be different.
Qi movement is also elusive. Refining qi and storing spirit complement each other and cannot be neglected."
Zhao Shu tapped his brow: "Before you taught the Nine Palaces to Keep One Method, I knew that the Brain Palace was called Niwan Palace, but I didn't expect that there was also a theory of Nine Palaces."
Lingxiao said: "Because of the nine palaces in the mind, only Niwan Palace is connected to the throat qi pulse, which is most closely related to breathing and refining qi. If the true energy rises abundantly, it will inevitably impact Niwan Palace."
"I know this. The rise of true energy is very dangerous. Many qi practitioners need protectors to pass this level." Zhao Shu smiled and said: "Those loose cultivators in the mountains without the protection of teachers can easily be destroyed by the true energy. Originally, I asked for help.
After a long period of sight, the result is hemiplegia and mental retardation."
Lingxiao became serious: "Don't speak lightly. You are in the hall, with many elders and comrades, and sufficient tools and techniques. You cannot understand that the Qi refiners in ancient times were also groping in darkness, and there were many who had not achieved immortality.
People who died on the way."
"Oh." Zhao Shu didn't dare to talk back, so Lingxiao continued: "Among the nine palaces, the Niwan Palace is the heaviest, connecting the vitality of Qi; the Jade Emperor Palace is the deepest, returning to the origin; and the Xuandan Palace is the highest, the door to the achievement of immortality.
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"Then which palace are you in now?" Zhao Shu asked curiously.
"Of course it's the Jade Emperor's Palace." Lingxiao replied: "My true spirit can only live in this palace so that it won't interfere with your senses. When ghosts and ghosts possess and seize the body, they usually go to the Niwan Palace to control them.
The lifeblood of the human body.”
Zhao Shu recalled the time when he killed the demon vine in Mount Li. The spirit made a desperate attempt to seize his body, but was luckily driven away by the spirit flute. So he asked cautiously: "Then... can an immortal seize the body of a mortal?"
"Yes." Lingxiao's answer made Zhao Mi shiver for a while, but then he heard her say: "But you think I am happy? My mortal body is filthy, and my boots are broken by dirt. If I take away the body, I will destroy the foundation of my Taoism. What can I do?
In the past, those who held the True Essence Lock were all highly skilled and ruthless. Once you try to enter their minds, you will be noticed immediately, and asking them for help may not be worth the loss."
Zhao Shu could tell that Lingxiao would not want to get involved with a mortal like him if he had no choice.
"Don't think that just because I live in the palace of my mind, I can have a backer out of thin air." Lingxiao warned: "Unless some evil spirit breaks into the nine palaces of my mind, I will not appear in front of others."
"That's natural." Zhao Shu didn't expect much. Lingxiao could teach the immortal family magic, so he felt that his chances were far superior to others.
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Five days later, the chariot and horse guards escorting the three monks in the hall had arrived outside the Huaiying Hall.
No matter how you say it, the monks who came from the imperial palace are not ordinary people. When Zhao Mi acts as a fu official, he can get preferential treatment from the county magistrate. Now that the Huaiying palace is responsible for the appointment of the imperial court, the corresponding guard manpower is also indispensable.
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Under Luo Xixian's arrangement, the Huaiying Pavilion sent a total of twenty-four people. Counting Luo Xixian, there were a total of three casual ministers, and the rest were fuli. There were swordsmen like Luo Xixian, and Zhu Youshi who was proficient in healing.
In addition to Xin Shunying, Zhao Shu and Luo Xixian recommended a talisman named Shi Huoguang who was good at enchanting magical objects and instruments.
Shi Huoguang is over sixty years old and is the oldest among the twenty-four people. He is obsessed with making all kinds of magical objects and charms. He is extremely low-key in the Huaiying Hall and cannot even speak to strangers.
Zhao Shu is one of the few people who can talk to him, and the two have a lot of exchanges on the creation of magic objects. Considering that this time the suppression of bandits and demons cannot be done by one's own magic alone, it is inevitable that soldiers will fight on the front line.
.If an ordinary soldier holding an iron weapon encountered unpredictable monsters and monsters, it would be difficult to deal with them. So Zhao Shu brought Shi Huoguang and prepared to create a batch of magic spells in Xingluo County.
"Zhao Shu, are you sure you want to bring these armor plates?"
There was a large group of people hurriedly moving things outside the main entrance of Huaiying Hall. Shi Huoguang dragged in a camphor wood box, which contained armor iron pieces with broken ropes, many of which were stained with blood.
Zhao Shu took a look and said: "Of course I have to bring it! I have bought this box of armor pieces from various places in recent years. Their original owners have experienced the Five Kingdoms War, and the evil spirit in it has not dissipated for a long time. When the time comes, the magic point will be used.
Each piece can be used as a talisman for the soldiers."
Shi Huoguang nodded cautiously, hung a bamboo sign on the wooden box, and stuffed it into the carriage with other items.
"Junior Brother Zhao."
At this time, Xin Shunying came with two women. When she saw Zhao Shu holding a book in his hand and writing down each item, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Where is Mr. Luo? Isn't he the person in charge? How can he take care of the inventory of supplies?"
Did he throw it to you, junior?"
"Luo Xixian is outside, explaining things to the convoy guards." Zhao Shu said with a smile: "They are all big bosses. I don't know what path Luo Xixian took. I don't think these guards look like official servants. Some of them have long burdens."
The sword is also a first-class swordsman."
Xin Shunying smiled and said: "There are many talented swordsmen in the south of Huaxu Kingdom. They can subjugate tigers and leopards and kill turtles. Some of them are supported by rich and powerful families as guards."
"Humph, it's just a window dressing." Zhao Shu smiled and looked at Xin Shunying and the two women: "You are the only three women in the team of twenty-four people. I have arranged for a diligent maid to be with you. After all,
Instead of going out to enjoy things, just be more patient with everything."
Generally speaking, cultivation matters are not limited to men and women. Most of the women in the hall come from wealthy families. They even have private servants to serve them in their daily lives in the hall.
"Of course it should." Xin Shunying bowed slightly: "Also, I would like to thank Brother Zhao, the Chonghui Armillary Sphere has been refined."
"Then congratulations to Senior Sister Xin." Zhao Shu raised his hand and signaled: "Turn left ahead, the carriage is waiting for you."
Seeing that all the items in the book were checked, Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Luo Xixian strode over: "How is it? Master Zhao, can we leave now?"
Zhao Miao turned his Qingxuan pen and said, "Sword Immortal Luo, I'm counting on you to see if you can make great achievements this time!"