Chapter 329 Returning to Taihua, Yan Shouyi's current situation
The face of the old man riding a cow was blurred and unclear. He held a scroll of scriptures in his hand. Just standing there, it made people feel as if he was the embodiment of the rules of the Great Dao.
Wu Cheng did not know who the old man riding a cow was, nor did he know what his true form was, but he could clearly sense that the old man riding a cow was a great threat to him.
"Run!"
The Daliang State Master made a prompt decision. He had no intention of fighting with the old man riding a cow at all, and chose to run away directly.
The moment he saw the old man riding a cow, Wu Cheng felt as if he had seen the source of the Great Dao, as if the old man himself was the pinnacle of all cultivation, the destination of everything, and the source of everything.
Facing such a supreme being, he even had the idea of simply turning into his original form and submitting to the old man to sit as a servant.
However, he was a demon king comparable to a cultivator in the Tianxin realm after all, and his mind and consciousness were extremely powerful. He came to his senses after a flash of thought, but he never dared to face the old man riding a cow again.
Running away is the best plan!
However, as soon as Wu Cheng moved, the old man riding the cow gently raised the scripture in his hand, and the Tai Chi diagram in the sky rotated. Suddenly, a golden bridge rose up in the sky, as if it crossed the endless void and reached the other side.
This is a golden bridge to the other side, which contains incredible power. Just by unfolding in the sky, the Taoist image of Baizhang was shattered and disintegrated.
At the same time, Wu Cheng was fixed, making him unable to move, and even unable to leave his body.
"No!!" He looked terrified.
Then, a golden light fell and enveloped Wu Cheng, and then the golden light flickered slightly, and the demon king turned into ashes, completely destroyed.
The whole confrontation process was like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, and Wu Cheng was easily killed.
"Congratulations! Killed the enemy 'Wu Cheng' who is doomed to die, lucky bag [gold] +1."
"Congratulations! Gained the Qi of Xuanhuang Merit, and the proficiency of the Taoist method "Xuanhuang Pagoda Jue" [Absolute Fourth Grade] +500."
The reward prompt sounded.
Zhou Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he realized something in his heart, "Grandmaster level, it turns out that I am not my opponent now."
This Wu Cheng is really strong. With such strength, he can definitely be called a grandmaster even in Da Qi.
And his strength in this world is actually weaker than that of Da Qi. Fighting against such a strong man, it is almost impossible to win, and he will definitely die.
If it weren't for the Xuanhuang Pagoda Jue and the Supreme Riding Bull Map as a trump card, he would probably have to use some special permissions or skill cards obtained from opening the lucky bag before.
However, after this battle, the Xuanhuang Pagoda Jue has been improved, and the Supreme Riding Bull Map has also become useful. After returning to Da Qi, perhaps he can really fight with Zong Wupin.
At this time, the world was dead silent.
In the capital of Liang State, anyone who saw this scene was shocked to the extreme.
Wu Cheng, the national teacher, was so powerful and confident of victory just now. Who could have thought that the situation would be completely reversed in just a blink of an eye?
Whether it was the Xuanhuang Pagoda or the old man riding a cow who appeared behind, it was amazing.
Even Cheng Jiangjian looked at Zhou Heng with curiosity. She had never heard of or seen such a powerful pagoda and old man riding a cow.
This power was too strong.
Even if Wu Cheng, the demon king, was compared with the fifth-grade master of Da Qi who was proficient in many martial arts and even Taoism, there might be some slight gap in strength, but at the level of realm cultivation, the two were still very similar.
Zhou Heng was able to kill such a strong man with the cultivation of the True Form Realm, which was almost equivalent to the sixth-grade Qi Realm warrior, and killed the fifth-grade master!
And it seemed that he killed him easily and effortlessly.
It was incredible!
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have even doubted whether it was true.
After all, this was too unbelievable.
"It seems that the state teacher can't evaluate my move." Zhou Heng smiled, and gently pushed his hair crown twice.
Then he saw that the pagoda turned into Xuanhuang gas, and the old man riding the cow and the Tai Chi diagram in the sky also turned into clear air. The two auras intertwined and fell back, drilling back from the top of his head.
As soon as the two auras returned, Zhou Heng immediately felt an indescribable sense of fatigue. His spirit seemed to fall from the peak to the bottom in an instant, and his face became extremely gray.
Now he is just a spirit possessed by the body, without the infinite vitality of the cave world to replenish, and using these two magic skills in succession will naturally consume a lot of energy.
"Are you okay?" Cheng Jiangjian said worriedly.
"It's okay." Zhou Heng waved his hand and said, "It's just a bit of consumption."
"I'll support you." Cheng Jiangjian dragged Zhou Heng's hand without leaving a trace, and said, "The battle just now was quite loud, and it might attract other cultivators. Let's leave first."
"Okay." Zhou Heng nodded, summoned the double-winged flying tiger puppet, and took the two away from the capital of Liang State.
Until the two of them disappeared in the sky above the capital of Liang State, many people, dignitaries, and people in the palace came back to their senses and were amazed.
Especially Emperor Ye Feng of Liang in front of the Qinzheng Hall.
He had already collapsed on the ground, staring at the sky with a wooden expression, muttering, "I, what did I do before, what did I do!"
Soon after, some True Form Realm and Manifestation Realm cultivators sensed the violent fluctuations of the heaven and earth vitality in the Liang State Imperial City. After coming here to inquire about the situation, they learned that a demon king in the Heavenly Heart Realm had been killed and turned into ashes.
This shocked all the great immortals and saints.
In the era when the Taoist gods did not appear, the Tianxin Realm was the pinnacle of the world, and was a figure like a land immortal.
Could it be that there is a new Tianxin Realm in this world?
This is a big deal!
Since ancient times, every new Tianxin Realm that appeared would cause a reshuffle of many major forces in the world, involving a lot.
Therefore, many cultivators returned to the sect, preparing to report the situation and deal with the upcoming storm.
While those cultivators were nervously returning to the sect, Zhou Heng had recovered his spirit and went to Qingxiang Town secretly with Cheng Jiangjian.
He also told Yu Jianghe the essential secrets of the Seven Steps of Longevity, asking him to establish a sect at the right time and spread this newly opened path of cultivation.
At the same time, Zhou Heng also left a "heart seal" in the minds of Jiang Xianchu and Jiang Houlai, a pair of siblings.
It also contains the essentials of the Seven Steps of Longevity, and can also serve as an automatic answering machine to answer their questions and help them practice.
After doing all this, Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian went to the Great Snow Mountain in the north.
This is where Cheng Jiangjian descended, and it is also where she obtained the current body of the ancient Guanghan Dao Saint. This place was once the mountain gate station of the ancient Guanghan Dao.
Although the things on the ground have basically been taken away by later people, there is still an extremely hidden ancient tomb palace underground that has not been discovered.
This ancient tomb palace has seventy-two palaces. Cheng Jiangjian only opened one of the palaces, and it was there that the ice coffin containing the body of the Guanghan Dao Saint was found.
As for the other seventy-one palaces, because of the extremely strong restrictions, no matter the last time the main body came to this world, or this time with Zhou Heng's joint efforts, it could not be opened.
So, in the end, the two returned to the only palace that could be entered and opened the ice coffin.
Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian were ready to go back, but before going back, they had to preserve their physical bodies, so that they could descend accurately the next time.
——You can only possess and descend into a corpse equivalent to the lower third grade. This is the limitation of the first descent. If you can preserve your body and then perform precise individual descent, there will be no such limitation.
In the ice coffin, Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian lay side by side.
"Maybe, when we come again next time, the seeds of the Taoism you left behind will have spread far and wide, changing the world." Cheng Jiangjian chuckled.
"The soul visualization method here has been passed down for too many years and is deeply rooted. It is not easy for a new path to spread." Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Everything is still unknown."
Boom!
The ice coffin closed and the inside of the coffin became dark.
But Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian could feel a group of purple air wrapped in starlight descending, forming a road that runs through the heavens and the worlds.
The souls of the two moved slightly, and then they left their bodies and returned along the starlight road.
With a slight sense of trance and dizziness, Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian woke up.
Then they both felt that their soul power began to grow rapidly, and their perception of natural laws became clearer.
"This is the benefit brought by the return of the stronger soul thought!" Zhou Heng understood in his heart.
Previously, he had only a little soul thought, but later it grew too much. In this way, after the soul thought returned, it would naturally greatly enhance the original soul power.
"It's a pleasant surprise." Cheng Jiangjian was also quite happy.
"Yes, the cultivation has improved again. After a few days, I should be able to try to condense the real energy." Zhou Heng smiled.
"Real energy?" Cheng Jiangjian was a little surprised and said, "You are so fast."
"Actually, there is no rush." Zhou Heng shook his head gently and said, "I still have to digest what I have gained from this practice first."
"Then go back to the mountain?" Cheng Jiangjian said.
"Well, go back to the mountain to see." Zhou Heng nodded gently, "I don't know if there have been any changes during this period."
...
Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian stayed in that world for more than half a year, and more than half a month has passed in Da Qi.
Before the two left, the Kasyapa Temple, a major Buddhist sect in the Southern Jin Dynasty, crossed the border and headed north to Yuzhou, intending to quietly open a pure land left by an ancient Buddhist master in the name of preaching.
Once the pure land world opens, the Buddha's light will cover the entire Yuzhou. The spiritual will of ordinary people cannot resist the conversion of the pure land Buddha's light at all. The moment they come into contact with the Buddha's light, they will be forcibly converted to Buddhist believers.
In order to avoid this situation and to save his compatriots in his hometown, Yan Shouyi took this peerless magic weapon to Yuzhou.
Before the Kasyapa Temple opens the pure land, the Buddhist pure land must be transformed into the Taoist heaven.
The Taoist master is pure and inaction, and does not force anything.
Therefore, even if a heaven is opened, no one will be converted by force. Instead, it will fill the vitality of heaven and earth, clarify the legal rules, and turn ordinary mountains, rivers and rivers into a blessed place for practice.
However, the Buddhist Pure Land that Jiaye Temple is going to open is very likely related to the ancient Buddhist power, which is very important. In addition, the name "Jiaye" also makes Zhou Heng particularly concerned. He is a little worried about Yan Shouyi.
After returning to Taihua Mountain with Cheng Jiangjian, he first went to the Golden Summit of Yuxu Peak and found that Yan Shouyi was not there.
So Zhou Heng went to the Half Mountain Villa to find Chen Xuan, while Cheng Jiangjian returned to Yuqiong Peak to find her master Qi Rui to inquire about the situation.
Chen Xuan is Yan Shouyi's disciple. He has been worshipped in Chunyang Palace for more than 130 years. He is already a fifth-grade master and should know some information about Yan Shouyi.
"Uncle Master." Chen Xuan bowed respectfully and poured Zhou Heng a cup of tea. "Are you here to ask about Master's recent situation?"
"Yes." Zhou Heng nodded slightly, looked at Chen Xuan slightly, and smiled: "It seems that Senior Brother should be fine. I wonder how he is doing?"
As a disciple of Yan Shouyi, Chen Xuan would never be so calm if Yan Shouyi was in trouble.
"Uncle Master is right. Master is indeed fine, but the situation in Yuzhou has become more complicated." Chen Xuan sighed softly and said: "Three days after Master left, the sky above Yuzhou saw the collision of the True Yang Divine Light and the Golden Lotus of Buddhism, and then the entire Yuzhou was shrouded in extremely dense fog."
"You also call it fine?" Zhou Heng was stunned when he heard it.
"Uncle Master, the fog should be the effect of the peerless magic weapon 'Dao Yingyuan Zongtu'. Since the magic weapon is still powerful, Master is naturally fine." Chen Xuan looked serious.
"Can we go in and investigate the situation?" Zhou Heng frowned.
"This..." Chen Xuan hesitated, but still said truthfully: "I have been there, but was directly repelled by the fog. Uncle Chen Fengming of Zixu Peak and Uncle Qi Rui of Yuqiong Peak have also tried, but they couldn't get in."
"Can you still pretend that nothing happened?" Zhou Heng was stunned, but he quickly reacted and said in a deep voice: "You are afraid that I will worry about my brother."
"Ah, this... Junior Uncle, the situation in Yuzhou is unclear. With the strength of Master, it should be..." Chen Xuan hurriedly explained, but he gave up, "Alas, Master will definitely be fine, Junior Uncle, This is also what Master Chen and Master Qi meant. "
"Okay, I get it." Zhou Heng spread his hands and asked again: "What's the matter with the 'Daoyingyuan Sect Map'? Is it its function to repel people with fog?"
"Yes." Chen Xuan nodded and said: "That map was a gift from the head of the Zhixu Sect in ancient times to the founder of Chunyangzi. It is said that it has infinite uses, and the Daoying fog is one of them.
"After the Daoying fog is unfolded, the fog can be isolated inside and outside. Except for those allowed by the owner of the magic weapon and those who master special secrets, no one can enter or leave."
"A gift from the head of the Zhixu Sect?" Zhou Heng was stunned when he heard this, his eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded and said: "I understand."
Then he drank the tea and was about to leave.
"Where is the little master going?" Chen Xuan asked hurriedly.
"Go down the mountain for a walk." Zhou Heng smiled.
Then he jumped off the Yuxu Peak, and after leaving the mountain gate, he flew into the sky with a sword and flew towards the Zhixu Sect.