Zhao Ran worked hard all night and finally sorted everything out. It was already dark.
All the dignitaries and sects who were watching the ceremony were led by Wudang's disciples and arrived outside Yuxu Palace. Yuxu Palace is located at the foot of Nanshan Mountain. Outside the palace gate is a huge bluestone square. The entire bluestone square has been placed
Four to five hundred futons were placed, each with a name and surname. The monks watching the ceremony sat in their seats, and the scene seemed extremely orderly.
Zhang Xian Tower, which was refined by Sun Biyun, was finally completed yesterday. It was placed in place at the time of Chou. It stands on the west side of the Bluestone Square of Yuxu Palace. Zhang Xian Tower is nine feet high and is divided into three floors. Each floor is
They are all open structures, so you can see the whole thing at a glance.
Each floor is covered with talismans, and a large array of talismans is arranged. There are many niches in the vertical beams, and some of the magic tools that Zhang Laodao uses on daily basis. The magic weapons are in the niches, including purple gold bamboo hats, dragon sticks,
Water-proof coir raincoats, Luotian gourds, etc. all have shining brilliance flowing on them.
These arrangements are not to help Zhang Laodao resist the catastrophe, but to protect Zhang Xian Tower and the monks watching the ceremony from being disturbed by the tribulation thunder.
The top floor of Zhang Xian Tower is actually a platform. On the platform is a golden urn that is about 10 feet wide and 2 feet high. This is the "coffin" used by Taoist masters to hold relics or physical bodies.
When high-level Taoists in the Hedao realm ascend, they usually have two states: either the entire physical body ascends together, leaving behind empty clothes; or only the Yang Shen transformed from Yuan Ying ascends, leaving behind the body.
Which method of ascension is depends on the level of cultivation and the situation after enduring the heavenly tribulation. In essence, the Taoist heavenly tribulation is the same as the Buddhist nirvana, except that it is in the form of a tribulation thunder.
Transformation, and the other manifested in the form of inner demons. For example, the great monk Xuanci who was "encircled and suppressed" last year was actually overcoming the tribulation.
For Taoist monks, those with high cultivation level can easily withstand the heavenly tribulation or the thunderstorm is not heavy. The body, hair and skin will not be damaged much, and the physical body will ascend together with Yuanying Yangshen. Those with slightly lower cultivation level, or the heavenly tribulation is extremely severe.
If the body is destroyed, the Yang Shen ascends and leaves the body behind.
No matter which kind, the last relics are left in the golden urn, which serves as a tomb for future generations of disciples to pay homage and offer incense.
Amidst the solemnity, all the monks who were watching the ceremony were present, and the scene was completely silent.
Zhang Laodao was wearing a purple gold Taoist robe with black turtles and spiritual snakes embroidered on the Taoist robe. He walked slowly into Zhang Xian Tower, climbed up the stairs, and came to the golden urn.
Qingjun followed him and climbed to the top of the building step by step. After looking at the golden urn, he frowned and said, "Master, I don't like this golden urn."
Zhang Laodao smiled: "This is the custom of our Taoist sect for thousands of years. This urn is the best for inducing and resisting the natural disaster. Qingjun can bear with it a little."
At this point, Qing Jun just complained, so he took a few commonly used magic weapons and placed them in several specially vacated niches around the platform to help Zhang Xian Tower defend against heavenly calamity.
Zhang Laodao and Qing Jun floated up, entered the golden urn, and sat down respectively. Zhang Laodao made a secret and shouted: "Exercise a furnace of true sun and moon, and sweep away 3,600; the yin, fire and yang talismans are divided into
Ziwu, sins and stains of mortal world are wiped away in one stroke! Wisdom is clear and pure, mind is peaceful, three souls are eternal, soul has no loss! Tribulation Thunder, come and wash!"
When the mantra was uttered, the alchemy furnace in the body was like fire, and the whole body exuded an unstoppable aura. This aura expanded in all directions, was blocked by the golden urn, gathered at the mouth of the urn, and shot out towards the sky, straight into the clouds.
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At the same time, Qingjun manifested his true form, which was a green snake with bamboo leaves. The body of the snake was crystal green and almost transparent. It coiled on the mouth of the urn and spit out its scarlet core toward the sky.
The two powerful forces combined together and immediately triggered changes in the sky. Bursts of muffled thunder resounded over Wudang Mountain. The sky immediately darkened, giving birth to rolling calamity clouds, which thickened layer by layer, and then began to rotate.
stand up.
A bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky, hitting the golden urn directly, shaking and shining continuously from the clouds to the ground! At this moment, Zhao Ran had an illusion, as if there was only such a bolt of lightning in the sky and on the ground, as if the entire Wudang Mountain had been destroyed.
This flash of lightning enveloped it.
Zhao Ran had never seen the scene when Taoist Songxue ascended twenty-three years ago, but he heard Zhang Laodao describe it. Comparing the two, he speculated that this tribulation thunder was more than twice as powerful as Taoist Songxue when he ascended that year.
!This should be the reason why Qingjun and Zhang Laodao signed a master-servant contract. The calamity thunder strikes together and treats master and servant as one body. Qingjun’s calamity must be shared by Zhang Laodao, who is the master, otherwise Qingjun
It will be difficult for you to get through it yourself.
The power of the tribulation thunder was extremely astonishing. Although Zhang Laodao had been prepared for it, he was still a little shocked knowing that this was the consequence of bringing Qingjun along with him to face the tribulation. He did not dare to neglect, and used his skills to protect himself and endure the bombardment of the tribulation thunder.
.At the same time, the talisman array arranged in Zhang Xian Tower and the magic weapons everywhere also began to operate, adding various protections to Zhang Xian Tower to prevent the tribulation thunder from spreading and harming innocent people.
When the calamity thunder comes, it can only be resisted, not counterattacked. Zhang Laodao and Qingjun work together, and indeed have the strength to disperse the calamity cloud. However, in this way, the calamity will be in vain, and the cause and effect cannot be washed away and cannot be defeated.
How can evil be transformed?
Even when you are going through a tribulation, you cannot borrow external force. You can only use one or two of your own natal magic weapons or talismans at most, otherwise the "purification" effect will not be achieved. As for how many natal magic weapons you can have, it all depends on your personal cultivation and skills.
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On that day, Long Yangzi was planning to refine the "Penglai Immortal Game" as his natal magic weapon, and later planned to separate a ray of divine consciousness into the Sakyamuni Lion Seal. What about Zhang Laodao himself? What about Qingjun?
The natal magic weapon Zhang Laodao used was a flying sword called "Tai Chi Sword". He took out the Tai Chi sword and drew a series of Tai Chi patterns, hovering above his head. Qing Jun spit out a dark green emerald stone.
Black rain spewed out from it and sprinkled on the calamity thunder.
The two of them worked together to offset most of the power of the tribulation thunder. The remaining tribulation thunder penetrated the golden urn and struck the two of them. They had to bear the power with their own bodies.
It is to endure, not to resist. If the calamity thunder does not purify the body and mind, it will not be able to transform into a physical body and Yang deity that can adapt to the heaven, and it will not survive in heaven - this is the real purpose of the calamity.
Of course, in addition to resisting the Yang God with the physical body and resisting with the natal magic weapon, there is another thing that can be borrowed, which is the faith that the Taoist school has collected for decades. The faith can offset the tribulation thunder and can be equivalent to the purification of the tribulation thunder.
The ultimate goal of Taoist gathering faith is to ascend. During ascension, faith can be used in two ways. One is to offset the power of thunder and protect the body and the sun god; the other is similar to Buddhism, forming a rainbow bridge.
, lead the monks to heaven.
According to Taoist records, whether it is using faith to offset the power of thunder or building a rainbow bridge to welcome monks, its essence is an offering to heaven. To put it bluntly, faith is used in exchange for ascension.
A tribulation thunder lasted for about a few breaths, and then disappeared in a flash. Then, thunder clouds rolled in the sky and continued to strike down a second tribulation thunder.
After hitting the nine tribulation thunders, Zhang Laodao breathed rapidly, and Qingjun's snake body began to change erratically, which was a sign that he was beginning to struggle. So Zhang Laodao pointed his fingers and spoke plausibly.
A stream of rainbow light flew from the southeast, blessing the golden urn, and eliminated the thunder that struck down. Zhang Laodao and Qing Jun were both able to breathe, and each seized the opportunity to close their eyes and recover.