Chapter 205 Zhongyuan Shenzhou Tribulation, Holy Land Suzaku Heaven
Time flies as time flies.
As if in the blink of an eye, the chirping of cicadas echoed through the mountains and fields, and the time has come to the Xiaoshu season.
On the eighth day of July, Jiang Xuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the bluestone of Zhushan Mountain, finally opened his eyes again.
Stretching out his right hand, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but feel a little confused as he felt the myriad avenues in this world that seemed to be at his disposal.
"Isn't it a little too simple?"
"How come you got so many benefits all at once?"
I don't blame him for feeling confused, it's just that the benefits he has received in the past few months have been too great.
The huge Youying ancient tree in the Nine Springs absorbed Jiang Xuan's true energy and nurtured the mythical beast Youying.
Well, Jiang Xuan used his pupil technique to see the aura on Youying's body.
The spiritual light it emits is equivalent to almost a million spiritual points, and it is still growing at a terrifying rate every day.
Jiang Xuan couldn't even imagine how far it would grow in the future.
In addition to his own terrifying background, Jiang Xuan also received the inheritance of the Earthly Evil magical power from Youying after he wrapped his arm around it.
The complete seventy-two techniques of Disha.
No matter it is the techniques such as "Tongyou", "Sitting on Fire", "Entering Water", etc. that he has already mastered.
It was also the "Expelling God", "Carrying Mountain", "Forbidden Water" and other techniques that he had never obtained.
They were all inherited by him.
And these inheritances also have true meaning.
With the blessing of inspiration, it took him just over a month to practice these magical powers to a certain level.
Although it is not all perfect yet, it is only a matter of time before it reaches Taoism.
"In about six months, I should be able to perfect all these magical powers."
"By that time, the understanding of 'Tao' should be able to reach 30% or even 40%."
While his mind was spinning, Jiang Xuan first scanned Sixi County with his thoughts.
After seeing that his master was gone, he stepped out to Qinglongtian and found his master uncle.
"Uncle, there is going to be chaos in China."
Naturally, there is a reason why he has acquired so many supernatural powers but does not sit quietly on the mountain to realize enlightenment.
And the reason for this is because of Jiuyuan.
Li Shouxian, who was standing by the pond feeding the fish, threw away all the feed in his hand when he heard this, then turned to Jiang Xuando and said:
"We know that."
"On the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, on the Ghost Festival, the gates of hell will open, and the catastrophe of the Central Plains will come."
"In the past, there were ghosts and gods suppressing us, so the countless ghosts on the Nine Plains would naturally have difficulty in invading our vast land of China."
"But now only Huang Tian is left in Jiuyuan. There are no ghosts and gods in this world who can suppress Jiuyuan."
"If we don't make preparations, ghosts will naturally be rampant on July 15th."
Hearing this, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but understand:
"Uncle, has my master gone to Jiuyuan?"
Li Shouxian nodded when he heard this, "That's right."
"There are many passages from Jiuyuan to the real world, but there are only nine passages that can accommodate the ghost generals of the fourth realm and the ghost kings of the fifth realm, and they are all in the Nine Cities."
"As long as these nine passages are guarded, China's disaster will naturally be over."
"What about those passages that allow ghosts from the lower three realms to pass?"
Hearing this question, Li Shouxian could not help but be silent for a moment:
"There are too many passages that allow the Lower Three Realms to pass, and we don't have enough manpower to completely guard them."
"In the past, although Tianshi Dao did not do anything, it would be okay to let the city god and the land protect the people on July 15th."
"But this year, it's hard to say."
After receiving this answer, Jiang Xuan also fell silent.
Tianshi Dao has "Liujia Qimen" to control ghosts and gods. This time on July 15th, let alone letting the city god's land protect the people, it would be good if the city gates are not opened to allow evil spirits to massacre the city and raise ghosts.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but say:
"Uncle, what about the Zhu family?"
"The Zhu family and Tianshi Dao have teamed up to build the City God's temples in various places. Should they also be able to control the City God's land?"
"Also, if we go to the capital, there are so many soldiers cultivating outside the city. Can they be mobilized to guard the people?"
"You can't count on the Zhu family."
Li Shouxian shook his head helplessly:
"In the past hundred years, the Zhu family has rarely shown their faces."
"Other than sending soldiers from the Six Realms to all prefectures and counties every twenty years to recruit soldiers from all over the world, the Zhu family has never taken any action."
"You ask ordinary people, besides knowing that this court is the Ming Dynasty, how many of them also know that this world is nominally the Zhu family's?"
After Li Shouxian finished speaking, Jiang Xuan recalled his past memories and couldn't help but frown:
"Uncle, why do I feel that the Zhu family is removing me on purpose?"
"If you think about it carefully, no matter whether it is a liberal arts academy, a martial arts academy, or a Taoist academy, there is very little information about the royal family."
"As for the Enlightenment School, there is no record of any information about the Zhu family."
"As a member of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, we established the Three Academies and the Enlightenment School. Shouldn't we try our best to promote the idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism and brainwash the people?"
"Why do I feel like something is wrong with the Zhu family?"
"What you thought about, we also thought about."
First he replied to Jiang Xuan, and then Li Shouxian continued:
"It's just that the Zhu family hides itself behind the scenes, which is good for other forces, including us."
"So we didn't go to get to the bottom of it."
"But they must have their own considerations?"
Jiang Xuan nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.
He suddenly remembered various novels from his previous life.
In many novels, the royal family is unable to practice cultivation due to the dynasty dragon energy and other things, or their life span will be short after practicing cultivation.
So is there any reason why the Zhu family does what they do?
However, recalling the breath he felt in Bai Yujing, Jiang Xuan secretly shook his head.
There are countless powerful people in the imperial city, so this shouldn't be the reason.
Thoughts were swirling in his mind, and Jiang Xuan thought of something and suddenly said:
"Uncle, the Zhu family wants to hide themselves behind the scenes, but what will happen if we establish the Dao of Heavenly Masters, or lay out formations to cover China, and then go everywhere to promote the Zhu family?"
"Spread the wisdom and martial arts of Emperor Chongzhen, tell the people about his great achievements in developing water conservancy, running schools, compiling Taoist scriptures, and spreading military power all over the world, and expose the Zhu family to the eyes of the people all over the world."
"If we do this, how will the Zhu family react?"
Hearing Jiang Xuan's words, Li Shouxian couldn't help but showed a trace of speechlessness:
"Aren't you afraid of backlash from the Zhu family if you gain fame?"
Jiang Xuan shrugged indifferently:
"It can't be counterattacked."
"Conquer the Celestial Master Dao, destroy the evil cultivators in the Xuanming Territory in the north, then win over aristocratic families and suppress them one after another, and finally deploy the entire Shenzhou."
"When everything is done, there will probably be more than sixty or seventy monks in the Sixth Realm of Shenxiao Sect. With the formations included, who in the world can stop them?"
"Even if we promote the Zhu family, we only promote Emperor Chongzhen."
"If the Zhu family really wants to backlash, then let's compare the current emperor with Emperor Chongzhen."
"It is true that Emperor Chongzhen was wise and mighty, but his descendants are not so good."
"If it weren't for the current emperor's failure, what would the land of China be like?"
"After several reversals, how many people can still turn to the Zhu family?"
"Aren't they afraid that after the Zhu family gains real power, it will turn China into what it is now?"
After listening to Jiang Xuan's plan, Li Shouxian nodded thoughtfully:
"You can try it."
"The Zhu family wanted to hide, but we caught them anyway. Maybe there will be a surprise."
"Maybe when we really do this, the Zhu family will come to us."
Jiang Xuan also nodded when he heard this.
What Li Shouxian said is what he thinks.
However, looking at Li Shouxian who looked thoughtful, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but ask again:
"Uncle, it is said that there are nine plains on the earth and nine heavens in the sky."
"I've seen Jiuyuan, where is Jiutian?"
After asking Jiutian, it was because Jiang Xuan had his mind set on Zhuzhao.
The legendary Zhuzhao is completely opposite to Youying.
The dark firefly reaches yin to evil, and the candle shines to yang and righteousness.
If the firefly is in the eye of Jiuquan, will the candlelight be in the sky?
Jiang Xuan didn't know, but he wanted to go to Jiutian to look for it.
When Li Shouxian saw Jiang Xuan asking about Jiutian, he couldn't help but reveal a wry smile:
"I have never seen Jiutian, and I don't even know if Jiutian exists."
"Jiuyuan is the Netherworld Cave. We reached it after going down to Jiuquan through the "Tongyou Technique"."
"I think the nature of Jiutian should be similar to that of Jiuyuan."
"It's just that there is no magical power to take us to the Nine Heavens, and there is no such thing as ascension in the world, so there is no trace of the Nine Heavens."
"Maybe it once existed, maybe it has been destroyed, who knows?"
After saying this, Li Shouxian looked at Jiang Xuan again:
"Why did you suddenly ask about Jiutian?"
When Jiang Xuan heard this, he stretched out his hand and lifted up his Taoist robe, revealing Youying, which was about the same as a bracelet on his wrist:
"Isn't this disciple raising the evil god's stone fetus cut from the Cangwu stone fetus in Jiuquan?"
"While traveling around the Nine Springs, the disciple came across a huge ancient Youying tree."
"But the ancient Youying tree has become alive. After some sacrifices and refinements, it transformed into Youying."
Glancing at Li Shouxian whose eyes were gradually losing focus, Jiang Xuan paused and then continued:
"My disciple thought that since there are fireflies in the Nine Netherworld, will there be candles shining in the Nine Heavens?"
"That's why I wanted to go to Jiutian to have a look."
Looking at the hollow white ring on Jiang Xuan's wrist, Li Shouxian was completely silent.
Is his nephew really the illegitimate son of heaven and earth?
Seeing that his uncle was silent, Jiang Xuan simply took out a jade slip:
"By the way, uncle, I inherited the seventy-two techniques of Earthly Evil from Youying."
Dazedly accepting the jade slip in Jiang Xuan's hand, Li Shouxian was now sure that his nephew was definitely the illegitimate son of heaven and earth.
Otherwise, how could you randomly pick up magical powers that others are looking for?
Seeing that his uncle still didn't speak, Jiang Xuan thought for a while and then said:
"Uncle, after several months of sorting out the formation, although there are still some problems with the formation, it is much better than when it was first laid out."
"On July 15th, there shouldn't be any trouble in Beihu, Nanhu, Sichuan, and Shaanxi."
"So should we send the disciples from the four prefectures to other counties?"
Li Shouxian shook his head when he heard this:
"Your master, they will use their clones to patrol the world and try to minimize the harm caused by ghosts to the people."
"In addition, Buddhists will also enter China to hunt ghosts this time."
"The Academy of Heaven and Earth will also send out disciples to patrol the world. There will be no chaos in the world."
After he finished speaking, seeing Jiang Xuan frowning again, Li Shouxian couldn't help but patted his shoulder:
"Don't think so much."
"Buddha is the Tao. There is no need to worry about any trouble caused by Buddhism entering China."
"As long as they are willing to protect the people and not deceive people, then they can preach in China."
"Besides, Buddha seeks the next life, Tao cultivates this life."
"When we preach to the world, how many people will be willing to chase the illusory afterlife?"
"Have some confidence in yourself."
"How can we let a hundred flowers bloom and seek the great path by suppressing other sects?"
After listening to what Li Shouxian said, Jiang Xuan nodded thoughtfully.
This life, not the previous life.
In the previous life, Buddhism had a bad reputation due to various reasons. Although it is still the same in this life, Buddhism in this life is not without its shining points.
“The sea is open to all rivers and it is great when it is tolerant.”
"Uncle, my disciple understands."
Hearing this, Li Shouxian couldn't help but patted Jiang Xuan's shoulder again:
"Just understand."
"Go back and practice."
"With us in China, nothing will happen."
Jiang Xuan nodded, then said goodbye to his uncle and left Qinglongtian.
Seeing Jiang Xuan walk out of the cave, Li Shouxian couldn't help but let out a long breath.
It is really not easy to teach my nephew a word or two.
As he finished breathing out, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at the fellow apprentices who gathered around him:
"Why are you coming here now? You didn't know to come here when Daoxuan was here?"
"Why are you here? To be stimulated by my little nephew?"
Yang Shoutian, who was holding a baby, could not help but marvel:
"When we first met a few years ago, he had just started Taoism."
"Now you can go in and out of the Netherworld at will. It's really outrageous."
After finishing his words, Yang Shoutian turned his attention to the little baby in his arms:
"Shilai, Master doesn't ask you to be like your little senior brother in the future, but don't be left behind too much."
The little girl with braids and a few missing teeth nodded fiercely when she heard this:
"Shifu, I will definitely work hard."
Seeing that Yang Shoutian was fooling the little girl again, Li Shouxian patted his forehead.
My junior brother has already reached the level of supernatural power, but his temperament has not changed at all.
Can a mortal compare to his evil nephew?
After patting his forehead, Li Shouxian took out the jade slip again:
"The seventy-two techniques of Disha are complete, who wants to learn them?"
The six realm monks looked at each other in shock when they heard this, and then shook their heads:
"We are not Daoxuan. It is already difficult to specialize in one. How can we have so much time to learn other magical powers?"
"If we don't make any progress in a hundred years, we can also learn other magical powers and try to draw parallels, but let's forget it for now."
"What Junior Brother Qi said is absolutely true."
"I suggest splitting up these magical powers and putting them in the Sutra Pavilion."
"It's just that I mainly play life-saving magical powers such as "Earth Element", "Generating Light", and "Sending Staff"."
"For spells like "Clone", "Arrangement", "Dengchao", etc., before you finish defeating the Celestial Master Dao and evil cultivators, you should first stabilize your skills."
"Senior Brother Wang is right, I think so too."
"But since we are going to put the magical power in the library, do you want to clean up those little mice in the door?"
"I've been here for so long. Every time I see them, I want to strike them to death with a thunderbolt. They are really an eyesore."
"I feel like I can clean it up too."
"The general trend is mine. If I weren't afraid that other people would kill and injure my disciples, I would have taken action long ago. Now there is no need to keep other people's secrets behind the door."
"In that case, let's talk to Master and Uncle Master and start cleaning up directly."
"Hey, what do you think my uncle and the others will do after they see the Seventy-Two Earthly Evil Techniques and know that Daoxuan has mastered the mythical beast Youying?"
"I don't know, but I'm curious, let's go together."
"Let's go, let's go together."
"Wait a minute, I'll prepare a few photo charms to record."
Naturally, Jiang Xuan would not know about the bad tastes of his uncles and uncles.
After he left Qinglongtian, he thought about it and walked towards Zhuquetian.
Suzaku Heaven, Xuanwu Heaven, and Qinglong Heaven are the same as the Qinglong Heaven. They are caves created by using the formation foundation and the true spirit to lay out the formation, and then using the formation as the basis.
Nowadays, the Four Elephants Cave Heaven and the White Tiger Heaven have not been opened yet.
As for entering the Suzaku Heaven now, Jiang Xuan had a sudden idea and wanted to try an idea that had been born a long time ago.
"唳~"
As Jiang Xuan stepped into the Suzaku Sky, the endless fire in the sky immediately condensed into a Suzaku.
Then the Suzaku screamed and plunged into Jiang Xuan's arms.
After scratching the slightly hot Suzaku, Jiang Xuan stepped forward and came to the middle of Suzaku Tianzheng.
Unlike Qinglong Tian, which is like spring all year round and has lush vegetation, there is no life in Suzaku Tian, and scorching magma flows everywhere.
But what Jiang Xuan wants is exactly this unique environment.
Stand on the lava and use the magical power "Sitting on Fire" to transform a golden lotus under your feet.
The Golden Lotus was rooted in the magma and absorbed the surrounding earth fire energy in an instant, turning the hot magma into dark rock.
Feeling the fire-attributed spiritual energy fed back into his body after the golden lotus absorbed the earth fire, Jiang Xuan hesitated for a moment before absorbing it, but let it stay in the golden lotus.
After a while, the fire attribute aura completely merged with the golden lotus under Jiang Xuan's control, and the golden lotus turned into a golden-red ninth-grade lotus platform.
"Qiang Qiang~"
After reaching out and knocking on the lotus platform to make sure that it would not break into pieces for no reason, Jiang Xuan walked another ninety-eight steps.
Then, in the Zhuque Heaven, a cave filled with magma, there were a total of ninety-nine golden-red ninth-grade lotus terraces.
"Uh-huh?"
Seeing the Suzaku formation spirit making a questioning cry, Jiang Xuan smiled and explained:
"Since we are preparing to preach all over the world, we naturally have to build a few holy places for cultivation."
"You, Suzaku Heaven, are the future Holy Land of Fire."
"I left the inheritance of Disha's "Fire Sitting Technique" on the ninety-nine lotus pedestals. It can be regarded as a small gift for future generations."
After saying this, Jiang Xuan stretched out a palm.
The next moment, a flame appeared on the palm of his hand for no apparent reason.
If you look closely at the flame, you can see that it is entirely composed of countless flame scriptures.
"唳~"
The moment the flames appeared, Suzaku jumped out of Jiang Xuan's arms, became smaller, and began to fly up and down around the flames, exuding joy.
Looking at the constantly chirping Suzaku, Jiang Xuan smiled.
"I plan to keep this fire in the Suzaku Heaven, but you must keep an eye on it."
"唳~"
While the Suzaku continued to fly around the flames, it emitted a high-pitched chirp, indicating that the bird was in the presence of the fire.
Seeing this, Jiang Xuan laughed again, and then continued to send his understanding of the Tao of Fire into the Tao Fire in the palm of his hand.