Wuxu and Duoji were chatting while returning the same way. When they left the secular area, they saw Fairy Yu and Li Mingshan drinking tea leisurely in a teahouse, facing the wooden window.
After Wuxu and the others passed by, Fairy Yu smiled and said, "The rules of the competition have come out." After saying that, he raised his hand and a jade slip flew out.
Enlightenment, Dorje, and spiritual consciousness are gone.
These so-called rules of the competition were jointly issued by the Zhou royal family and Tianren Academy. From a time perspective, they are divided into two stages.
In the first stage, each sect is divided according to strict realms. All monks below the true spirit level and above the mundane realm will send six people from each realm to participate in the competition. The competition method is a round-robin battle. In other words, the monks selected by a certain sect
, must compete with the monks of the same realm sent by other sects, and then select the top six.
In the second stage, the top six in each realm who won in the first stage will form teams and enter the corresponding testing ground to conduct a simulated team competition.
There are many detailed rules. For example, in the first stage, six players per level are the upper limit; abstaining and surrendering are allowed; and cross-level challenges at lower levels are allowed. In the second stage, the team must be consistent with the outside world and must not fight internally. During the competition,
, it is strictly prohibited to use high-level magic weapons, elixirs and formations.
The location of the competition is in the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty; and the official time of the competition will be three days later.
"The competition is being held in the palace. I'm afraid you can't just go in and watch the battle." Wuxu put down the jade slip and said lightly while glancing in the direction of the palace without leaving any trace.
"This fellow Taoist," a monk next to him suddenly stood up and walked towards Wuxu, and then saluted Wuxu and others, "I wish you good luck. I have met all of you fellow Taoists."
Wuxu and the other four looked at this uninvited guest and said nothing.
The monk who called himself Fu Jiayun was dressed in straight robes. Judging from his appearance, he was not old, but he seemed to have deliberately kept his gray hair on his temples. Under the gaze of Wuxu and others, he was calm, neither humble nor overbearing, and he saluted and said, "This
A fellow Taoist, I must not know
, there is no need to go to the palace for the grand competition. We have many elegant rooms in Wanxiang Pavilion. The first stage of the competition can all be projected in real time. You can enjoy the fine wine and food as you like. Fellow Taoists can not only watch it, but also feel free to do so.
Place your bet."
It turned out to be BD.
Wuxu smiled and said, "It's easy to talk about. If we go to Wanxiang Pavilion, I will definitely mention your name."
Fu Jiayun smiled brightly and handed a jade slip with tightly clustered patterns to Wuxu.
Wuxu took a look and saw that there was a word "GAM" between the patterns. His heart was moved and he asked, "What does Wanxiang Pavilion have to do with the gambling city?"
Fu Jiayun's expression condensed and he replied respectfully, "Wanxiang Pavilion is the new place of the casino in Shenjing. Thousands of miles of projection, thousands of miles of sound transmission, thousands of miles of opportunities."
Gambling turned out to be an opportunity. Unexpectedly, Huo Dong's hands and feet were quite fast.
Wuxu felt a little funny and accepted the jade slip.
Seeing this, Fu Jiayun saluted Wuxufu again and respectfully withdrew.
After this good fortune, some monks came to bother them. Wuxu was tired of waiting and sent them all away.
"We are busy with worldly affairs," Duoji suddenly frowned and said to Wuxu, Fairy Yu and Li Mingshan, "I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you today."
Then I saw Duoji's figure flashing and disappearing.
Wuxu and the other three sat for a while, then got up and left. After paying the bill, a pot of spiritual tea and two plates of spiritual fruits cost more than a hundred spiritual stones.
Walking on the street, Fairy Yu couldn't help but smile and said, "If it hadn't been for something gained the night before, I'm afraid I would have had a hard time in the capital these days."
Wuxu sighed, "The spiritual energy down here is getting thinner and thinner, and most of the spiritual resources have been collected. If things continue like this, what should we do?"
"In order to operate the formation and fight against foreign enemies, most of the spiritual energy was diverted away. But after all, the foundation is underneath, and it is said that a lot of it is still left." Li Mingshan said.
The top true spirit monks have greater demand for spiritual energy and are more sensitive to it. Li Mingshan turned from a demon to a righteous person, and her cultivation level is lower than that of Wuxu and Yu Xianzi. Although she is also a true spirit monk, she seems not as good as Wuxu and Yu Xianzi.
Yu Xian felt the thinness of spiritual energy.
After listening to Li Mingshan's words, neither Wuxu nor Yu Xianzi started talking to each other. Li Mingshan had a strong personality, so it was useless to dampen her spirit in these places.
"It seems that the guards are so tight even during the day." Fairy Yu suddenly smiled faintly.
As soon as she said this, Wuxu and Li Mingshan discovered that uniformed patrols could be seen everywhere along the street, and at important checkpoints there were three posts, one post, five steps, and one sentry, and the slightly larger shops had also strengthened their guards.
Wuxu smiled at Fairy Yu, "Fairy, you won't want to do it again, right?"
Fairy Yu solemnly replied, "That day was just a spur-of-the-moment idea. Speaking of which, it was a bit uneconomical to make such a big fuss but get nothing special."
Wuxu nodded with sympathy, "It's really not worth it."
"So, I have to do some research in the past few days, and do something big before I leave." Fairy Yu said leisurely.
Wuxu and Li Mingshan couldn't help but be startled, and then they laughed in unison.
"Let's go for a walk first." Wuxu said to Li Mingshan, "When the time comes, we can share the benefits."
"Let's go, let's go." Li Mingshan also joked, "The master comes from Buddhism, Fairy Yu comes from magic, and I can barely be regarded as coming from Confucianism. As the saying goes, rabbits don't eat grass on the edge of their nests. Why don't we go to Taoism's shop in the capital first?
Turn around.”
Each of the six sects has a presence in the capital, and they all have business premises that specialize in selling some spiritual materials of the sect. In later generations, these were called official flagship stores, or specialty stores. Although not as comprehensive as a comprehensive supermarket chain like Duobao Pavilion, they are still
It can be considered unique and the only one.
The Taoist shop in the capital that Li Mingshan mentioned refers to the Taoist specialty store in the capital, which is called Lingbaofang and specializes in selling Taoist talismans and elixirs.
Wuxu and the other three moved to Lingbaofang. Lingbaofang is now also heavily guarded. There are two Zhenling Taoist cultivators in charge, and dozens of real Taoist priests are everywhere.
In fact, nowadays, after many major cultivators have been promoted to the Celestial Star Formation, the things on the surface of ordinary shops are nothing more than ordinary things, and it is difficult to understand the Dharma eyes of Xu and other true spirit cultivators. It is the former Wantong Pavilion
, the same is true.
After entering and looking around for a while, Fairy Yu showed her true spirit a little and asked, "Is there anything better?"
Immediately, a True Spirit monk named Sujizi came out, received him personally, and led him into a private quiet room. Then, while talking, he displayed many True Spirit-level products.
There are all kinds of magic talismans, elixirs, and magic treasures, but they are very expensive.
Wuxu bought a jade finger ring as a token of appreciation. This thing is called the Xuanjing ring ring. After wearing it, it can repel water and fire, drive away dirt, and even has certain resistance to many evil spells. But the true spirit monks
, it can usually protect the body with the true spirit energy, so it is a bit useless. But Wuxu thinks it is good, because he doesn’t like to show the true spirit energy all the time. More importantly, it is cheap, only two thousand spirit stones.
Li Mingshan fell in love with a pair of black iron swords. This object is called the Feihong Zimu Sword. It is said that the black iron is mixed with some meteorites from the sky, placed in the alchemy furnace, and refined using the method of alchemy. One is long and the other is refined.
A short, short sword is sheathed in a long sword. When fighting an enemy, the short sword can suddenly fly out like a flying rainbow. This sword is expensive, asking for fifteen thousand spirit stones. Li Mingshan pondered for a moment and then bought it.
.
Fairy Yu was the most generous. She bought several valuable items in one breath. A spiritual pen that was said to be able to write mysterious Taoist talismans, and a bottle of Qingxu Pill that was said to be able to cure hundreds of poisons, which helped in meditation.
Cold Jade Futon. The three items together cost nearly 100,000 spiritual stones.
Only then did Su Jizi show a smile on his face, and the reincarnation added more incense and personally took out a bottle of tea.
After a cup of good tea, Fairy Yu casually asked, "Does your place have a cave spiritual formation?"
The so-called cave spiritual array is a cave that is arranged with spiritual arrays. For example, the small courtyard of Duoji in Ci'en Temple is actually arranged with spiritual arrays.
Sujizi straightened his back, with a flash of light in his eyes, looked at Fairy Yu, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, you should know that during the "Little Ascension", a lot of the Cave Spiritual Array was taken away. What was left behind,
There are very few of them, and now they are all being treasured and not easily shown to others."
Fairy Yu smiled and said, "Everything is subject to discussion and modification. If the Taoist Master has a way, I will certainly be able to pay him."
Sujizi smiled faintly and just said that he would help to inquire.
After leaving Lingbaofang, Wuxu asked secretly with his spiritual consciousness, "Fairy, if you are so generous, could it be that you want to attack the cave spiritual formation?"
Fairy Yu, with her head held high, replied, "Since he has exchanged communication talismans with me, there is a good chance that he has some skills. Let's talk about it when the time comes. If it doesn't work out, I can also spend some spiritual stones to buy it."
This was a rift between him and Duoji. Wuxu wanted to make peace, but suddenly thought of the two people looking at each other at such a close distance before, so he remained silent.
Sure enough, after a while, Fairy Yu said, "I am a demon cultivator, so it is quite inappropriate to live in Ci'en Temple." After saying that, she walked towards a brightly decorated inn nearby.
Li Mingshan thought for a moment, then followed Fairy Yu away, and said to Wu Xu, "That Su Jizi must be observing us secretly. If he goes to Ci'en Temple to stay, I'm afraid his identity will be somewhat difficult to hide."
Wuxu was a little speechless. He thought that Duoji had left in a hurry and seemed to be involved in something. He might not return to the cave in Ci'en Temple in the near future, so he followed him.
Fairy Yu seemed to be very familiar with this inn. She entered the main entrance and went straight to the backyard. The waiter who greeted her quickly followed up and shouted loudly, "If you want to stay in the hotel, please go to the counter to select a room first."
yes."
Fairy Yu ignored him at all and kept walking along the corridor.
The shopkeeper behind the counter was also alarmed, and followed him quickly with a sullen face.
At this time, Fairy Yu slightly released her true spirit demonic energy, and at the same time pointed to a screen in front of her and said, "What? I can't go in?"
The shopkeeper was suddenly startled, and then bowed and saluted, "I didn't know that the senior was here, so please forgive me. But I don't know the name of the senior?"
Fairy Yu said coldly, "Zou Lingshi, you don't recognize me either?"
The man called Zou Lingshi looked at Fairy Yu and was suddenly surprised and happy. He saluted again, and then said calmly, "It turns out that the fairy is here."
As he spoke, a ray of light shot out from his sleeves. The landscape screen split from the middle, and the devilish aura lingered inside.
Wuxu suddenly realized that it turned out that there was a place for demon cultivation hidden inside. This situation was similar to the so-and-so office in Beijing that Wuxu later knew. It looked unremarkable on the outside, but actually it contained the universe. This is the Demon Sect's Great Freedom Palace in the capital.
a stronghold.
Wuxu and Li Mingshan followed Fairy Yu and Zou Lingshi through the screen.
It seems to be another world, extremely luxurious, with all kinds of food, drink and entertainment, even some weird and bizarre. As far as you can see, most of them are demon cultivators, but there are also monks from other sects and even ordinary people.
"I want a quiet courtyard with at least three independent rooms." Fairy Yu seemed to have not seen such a scene for a long time. She paused for a moment and then said slowly.
Envoy Zou Ling was submissive, turned around with a solemn look, gave the order, and then led Fairy Yu, as well as Wuxu and Li Mingshan who were following behind, to a quiet courtyard.
This is not inferior to Duoji's cave at all.
Fairy Yu was sitting there and just now said to Wuxu and Li Mingshan, "This is a secret stronghold of the Great Freedom Palace in the capital. Zou Lingshi, I often walked with me before."
After a while, Zou Ling came to visit again. In front of Wuxu and Li Mingshan, he hesitated to speak.
Wu Xu then said, "It's a little boring here."
To be honest, it was indeed a bit boring. As a Buddhist cultivator, Wu Xu felt a bit uncomfortable in the privacy of the Great Freedom Palace in the capital.
Li Mingshan didn't say anything, she stood up and followed Wuxu out. When he walked out of the courtyard, Wuxu walked towards the screen without stopping.
On both sides of the screen, there were demon cultivators guarding them, whose role was similar to that of a doorman. Seeing Wuxu approaching, he automatically opened the passage respectfully.
Just as Wuxu was about to walk out, Li Mingshan caught up and blocked him, "Master is now the lord of a city, how can he be so arrogant?"
Wuxu could only ask, "Why did Fellow Daoist Li say this?"
"Although that person may say something about the Great Freedom Palace, Fairy Yu has already left the Great Freedom Palace and has been living in Yongzhou. She is an ally who shares weal and woe. How can she be swayed by just a few words?" Li Mingshan said seriously.
.
Wuxu suddenly realized, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Li, for reminding me. I have been uneasy these past few days. I only thought about Fairy Yu's private matters. We had to avoid suspicion, so we took the initiative to leave. But I never thought about this."
Then he and Li Mingshan returned and walked to the entrance of the courtyard. Wuxu stopped again and said, "Stay here until the Zou Ling envoy comes out."
After a while, Zou Ling came out with a sad look on his face. Before leaving, he gave Wuxu and Li Mingshan a hard look.
It seems that what Li Mingshan said is right. She really wanted to persuade Fairy Yu to return to the Great Freedom Palace.
After Wuxu and Li Mingshan entered, Fairy Yu sat there with her expression as usual.
Li Mingshan calmly sat back in her original position, and then asked directly, "Did that person just say something alarmist?"
Fairy Yu shook her head and pondered for a moment, "Zou Lingshi mentioned something interesting just now."
"Oh?" Wuxu immediately smiled and said, "But I don't know what the interesting story is. Fairy might as well tell it."
It turns out that since the Tianren Academy launched the so-called "Heavenly Academy is an academy for people in the world" activities, many classics have been published to the public. In addition to ordinary people, there are also many monks who have gone to read a lot of books. Here at the Tianren Academy,
As long as you are born in the human race, no matter if you are a demon cultivator, a ghost cultivator, or even a demon cultivator, as long as you transform into a human being
, all are not rejected. The scope of the classics it has published to the public is very wide, covering both good and evil; of course, there is no real spiritual level, and there are no special methods. Moreover, there is no charge, but if you need a quiet room,
You need to charge a certain fee according to the length of time, and the price is also very low, only one spiritual stone per day.
At first, when those monks went there, they were still dubious, but then they were overjoyed. You know, even for such classics, many monks had to pay a huge price before they could read and study them. For a time, Tianren Academy
, it can be described as a crowded place.
This is nothing. Even the current imperial family of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the six major sects feel that this is trying to win people's hearts. It should be noted that whether it is the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty or the six major sects, the centripetal force and binding force of their system is very strong.
The system cannot be shaken easily. In the long run, what Tianren Academy can win through such measures is nothing more than some casual practitioners and the so-called good reputation.
However, despite all calculations, there is still a problem. The root cause is that whether it is the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty or the six major sects, they also have their own factions. Their respective factions and their methods are strict to the outside world.
It is confidential; even if some basic skills below the true spirit level are leaked,
But after all, it is only a few words, a general outline, or a rough and vague introduction. But the classics published by Tianren Academy are pure and complete from the true spirit down. Of course, the published classics are not from each sect.
All, but the number is quite considerable. This is the big problem.
What Zou Lingshi mentioned to Fairy Yu just now was the situation in the Demon Sect. It is expected that other sects, and even the Great Zhou royal family, would have similar situations.
The day before yesterday, a Demonic Cultivator from the Great Freedom Palace was ordered to go to the Academy of Heavenly Beings to search and read the basic exercises of the Heaven-defying Alliance, "The Mysterious Technique of Counter-Zhou Tianxuan". The Demonic Cultivator spent three days and nights memorizing the full text before walking out of the Heavenly Being Academy.
In the academy, I happened to meet the demon cultivator from the Heaven Defying Alliance.
There was a little argument, and not only did they defeat each other, but they also recited a section of the "Counter Zhou Tian Xuan Gong" in a half-show off manner, and then made a pretentious comment, ""This skill is nothing more than this, and it can't compare to my great freedom.
"Gong's Kung Fu" and so on.
Once this incident was exposed, it caused an uproar.
Not only the Demon Sect, but also the other five major sects all issued stern notes to the Academy of Heaven and Humanity, strictly prohibiting the academy from leaking the exercises of each sect.
Tianren Academy flatly refused. What is strange is that the Zhou royal family actually sided with Tianren Academy in this matter.
Because of the legacy of the great formation to protect the country, the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty had absolute suppression in the capital. The six major sects were furious, but they had no choice but to send out true spirit monks to guard outside Tianren Academy, strictly prohibiting people from the six sects from entering.
, otherwise he will be killed without mercy. But this is already too late and will not help the matter.
"What a spirit! A big deal!" Wuxu laughed loudly after hearing this.
Fairy Yu, seeing Wuxu like this, said again, "Master, take a look at this jade slip.
Wuxu took the jade slip he threw over and saw with his spiritual consciousness that it turned out to be the "Mandala Dharma Realm" technique.
Wuxu took a closer look and saw four kinds of mandala (big mandala, three-flavor mandala, Dharma mandala, and karma mandala), and one of them contained three types (general door, department, and one door).
), all are discussed in detail, and even the characteristics and taboos of each stage are listed one by one.
Wuxu just looked at it, feeling inexplicably angry. He endured it, considered it for a moment, and said slowly, "The Mandala Dharma Realm is a true spirit-level exercise and the core secret of the Buddha. What is Zhu Yuanzhang doing!?"
Fairy Yu chuckled and said, "The authorities are confused, so you might as well take a closer look."
Wu Xu then carefully read the contents in the jade slip from beginning to end, and just breathed a sigh of relief. If you want to say that these contents are below the true spirit level, it is reasonable. Even if it is detailed, but
Throughout the entire article, there is no mention of God.
Consciousness is all the forms and rituals that a mandala should have. Here and there are pictures of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and even Arhat Vajra pictures. Some kind of magical instruments or sacrifices are placed here and there. Corresponding scriptures are hung here and there.
or a spell...
But Wuxu frowned again, feeling vaguely uneasy in his heart, but couldn't express it for a while.
Fairy Yu reminded her, "Although I don't understand Buddhism, I have a vague feeling that it has some hidden agenda."
Li Mingshan next to her took the jade slip, looked at it, and suddenly said, "Why do I feel that this technique is a bit familiar?"
I am the mandala Dharma Realm that I cultivate, how can you not be familiar with it? Wu Xu smiled, thought about it again, but still couldn’t figure it out, and finally sighed, "The academy of heavenly beings, the academy of people in the world. So said,
How can I be as arrogant as the six major sects of the Great Zhou Dynasty? All Dharmas are Buddhist Dharma and are universally accessible to all sentient beings. How dare I speak nonsense or have selfish motives?"
"No! This technique is quite similar to Fairy Yu's Great Freedom Illusion in some places." Li Mingshan glanced at Fairy Yu first, and then said.
It is quite similar to the Great Freedom Illusion? Wuxu is a little puzzled, but it is difficult to ask. Could it be that asking Fairy Yu how it is similar? This is asking about the privacy of other people's skills.
Fairy Yu sighed, "One thought will make you a Buddha, and another thought will turn you into a demon. The so-called illusions are just some blind tricks at first, but in the end, they have to become a world of their own. Only the unity of truth and falsehood can make all living beings upside down."
Wuxu understood immediately. If a true spiritual monk like Fairy Yu could read this jade slip, he would be able to understand in detail the foundation and mystery of the Mandala Dharma Realm.