Chapter 603 Natural Disaster
After personally sending his disciple to the Great Sun Imperial Palace, Xie Que left without making any further stops.
Whether his disciple can successfully obtain the Tianxin Mark is still unresolved at this moment.
Xie Que didn't intend to just wait for the results to be announced.
For him, all matters in Yingzhou have been settled and come to a successful conclusion.
But that doesn't mean he can relax completely, because there are a series of other tails waiting for him to deal with.
Nowadays, in addition to finding ways to help his disciple obtain the Tianxin Seal,
Xie Que still needs to rack his brains to peel off the cave, which is an extremely difficult task.
After all, Yingzhou Tiandao has already set his sights on Dongtian Mingtu and wants to integrate it.
When Xie Que received the imperial edict, he had already felt it.
At the same time, he had to try to cut off the causal relationship between the original body and the body of Takeshi Kurokawa.
Not only that, but there were also the Yinsi and the City God whom he had worked so hard to cultivate. Xie Que naturally planned to take them all away together.
After all, it is not an easy task to re-train these dead ghosts to become first-class cultivators. He does not want to have to go through the trouble of finding and cultivating them again in the future.
And for him, the most difficult and troublesome thing is nothing more than this.
Although Yinsi and Chenghuang are both top-notch ghost cultivators, in any case, they are native creatures of the land of Yingzhou, and they are inextricably linked to this land.
Xie Que wants to "smuggle" them all out. This is tantamount to stealing the will of all living beings in the Yingzhou world, and it is also a damage to the power of heaven.
Therefore, he also planned to do this after obtaining the Tianxin Seal to ensure nothing went wrong.
Now, the most important thing is to wait and see whether the disciple can succeed.
If the disciple can successfully obtain the Tianxin Seal, then everything will become much simpler.
However, if his disciple fails, then Xie Que can only place his hope on Furukawa Hideki.
During the period when Hase Toshiki entered the Dainichi Imperial Palace, he claimed that he had been summoned by the gods.
He needs to go to see His Majesty Amaterasu in person to listen to the teachings of the gods, so as to better govern the land of Yingzhou.
Such a claim adds a layer of nobility and divine power to the young emperor Hase Toshiki, and has gained great support among the people.
Moreover, the servants of the gods in Kyoto all saw Hase Toshiki step into the Dainichi Imperial Palace with their own eyes. This cannot be faked at any cost.
This move has many benefits for Toshiki Hase.
Not only can it effectively enhance Hase Toshiki's reputation, but it can also further confirm his noble status as the emperor, as well as the legitimacy and authority of the entire Heian shogunate.
Such claims and actions undoubtedly brought great political and religious benefits to Hase Toshiki and his shogunate.
Time passed leisurely, and three years passed in the blink of an eye.
However, there was no movement inside the Imperial Palace, and Hase Toshiki did not come out.
Xie Que held his disciple's soul lamp in his hand. The flames on this soul lamp were burning brightly.
This also shows that Toshiki Hase is not only living well, but his strength has also grown greatly through constant tempering.
So for now, Xie Que is not worried about his disciple's situation.
Xie Que originally thought that after waiting a few more years, regardless of whether Toshiki Hase succeeded or not, he would be able to step out of the Imperial Palace.
However, things are unpredictable. At this critical moment of the three years of peace, disasters suddenly occurred frequently in the four islands of Kyushu. The seriousness of the situation is really rare.
In particular, natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis occur almost every day, causing great suffering and destruction to the creatures in Yingzhou.
And every time it happens, it is accompanied by the mysterious death of the local onmyoji.
Faced with such a situation, even though Jiazizi was a half-created expert, he was still very busy and the avatars he sent out were simply not enough.
She tried her best to run around to rescue people, but disasters occurred frequently and it was difficult to cope with them.
Moreover, even with Mustard Seed's gas-gaining technique, which had another breakthrough because Hase Toshiki grew into a true dragon, it could not figure out what exactly caused so many disasters.
At first, Xie Que thought that because his identity was exposed, Yingzhou Tiandao believed that Hase Toshiki was unfairly appointed, which triggered Tiandao's revenge.
But after observation, he found that this was not the case.
As the "Grand Master of the Netherworld of Great Vision" personally conferred by Yingzhou Tiandao, Xie Que can still clearly feel that there is a steady stream of incense faith every day.
It is flowing to him from the deep cave, heaven and earth through the channels of the ghost cultivators such as the Yinsi and the City God.
That also shows that his identity is still safe in the eyes of Yingzhou Tiandao.
After all, with the power of heaven, it is extremely easy to kill your body with a thunderbolt, so why should you use natural disasters to warn or punish yourself in such a roundabout way?
How could the losses caused by these natural disasters harm him?
Although Xie Que thought deeply and searched for various possible reasons, he still could not explain why disasters occurred frequently on the four islands of Kyushu.
He could only attribute it to the laws of heaven, believing that this was an unpredictable change in the way of heaven that could not be predicted and controlled by human beings.
After all, no matter how much divination and calculation are done, one cannot know the secret of the changes in the way of heaven.
And even after Xie Que gave up looking for the reasons for frequent natural disasters, natural disasters still happened frequently.
With the support of Onmyoji and population transfer, although the number of people who can survive is increased, it is only a drop in the bucket and cannot fundamentally solve the problem.
And those natural disasters seem to be becoming more and more rampant, each time more destructive than before, making people live in fear and uneasiness.
Faced with this situation, Jie Zi had no choice but to turn to Xie Que again.
Xie Que thought about it a lot, and he even began to wonder if it was the void summoning spirit formation that had been used frequently before.
It attracted real void creatures to cause trouble, leading to the frequent occurrence of these natural disasters.
However, after a thorough search, they still could not find the real cause of these disasters, so they could only shelve the matter temporarily.
At this time, the four islands of Kyushu had already suffered severe damage due to tsunamis and earthquakes.
Three islands and one state have been submerged by the sea, leaving no room for human habitation.
In desperation, the population can only continue to move inward.
Mustard Seed also frequently speculates on the causes of these natural disasters, but never gets a clear answer.
She even began to doubt whether there was something wrong with the calculation techniques she had learned, and this self-doubt almost made her go crazy.
She is now in the critical period of breaking through from the divine realm to creation. This is a crucial turning point.
If something goes wrong at this time, I'm afraid she will never have the chance to break through to the realm of the God of Creation in her life.
Under the frequent occurrence of these disasters, even the four-clawed true dragon cloud energy that had first condensed in the Heian Shogunate became much weaker, as if it would dissipate at any time.
In order to protect Hase Toshiki's status as a true dragon, Xie Que thought for a long time and finally decided to take the risk and ask the sky.
As the Grand Master personally ennobled by Tiandao, Xie Que's status is no different from that of the God of Creation born in Yingzhou. Naturally, he has a way to contact Tiandao.
Xie Que is not willing to do this. After all, Heaven has always coveted his own cave, heaven and earth.
But at this moment, there is no other way.
After Jie Zi carefully calculated and selected a good day, Xie Que began to make intensive preparations.
He knew very well that when communicating with Heaven, he had to show enough sincerity and sacrifices in order to get Heaven's response.
Therefore, he decided to use the corpses of the great monsters in the Pantheon that were infected with the power of the void as sacrifices. As "world traitors", these great monsters were undoubtedly the best choice for sacrifices.
In New Kyoto, Xie Que set up an altar.
Under the leadership of Jie Zi, all the officials of the imperial court kowtowed respectfully three times.
Afterwards, Xie Que also poured several large incense sticks, and the incense curled up into the sky.
For these semi-void creatures, although Heavenly Dao cannot convert them into its own power, it is the existence that can best summon Heavenly Dao to respond.
In the midst of the changing situation, an eye suddenly appeared on the sky.
The coercion radiated from those eyes immediately made everyone present except Xie Que and Jie Zi lose their ability to resist.
They felt an invisible force pressing on their hearts, making them unable to move at all.
He didn't even dare to raise his head and take another look at this eye, for fear that his gaze would anger this heavenly eye.
Xie Que also recognized on the spot that this eye was exactly the one that appeared when he received the imperial edict.
He knew in his heart that this eye was the incarnation of the will of Yingzhou Tiandao.
During the roar of thunder, the eyes glanced at the corpse of the big demon, and then several rays of golden light fell, like rain from the sky, falling on the altar.
Many weak onmyojis present felt this power and broke through their bottlenecks on the spot.
Although other onmyojis with higher realms did not achieve a direct breakthrough, they still gained a lot and felt that their strength had been slightly improved.
Afterwards, the thunderclouds gradually faded and the sky began to clear again.
Just when the eyes were about to disappear, Xie Que quickly folded a piece of yellow talisman paper, burned it into ashes, and then threw it directly into the wind.
The next moment, the eyes stopped following the trend.
At the same time, a voice also reached Xie Que's ears:
"An outsider has sneaked into the world of Yingzhou."
The amount of information contained in these words was so huge that Xie Que almost jumped up in shock.
However, he immediately came to his senses and knew that what Tiandao said was not referring to him.
Otherwise, there is no need for Tiandao to inform him of this information.
He pondered for a moment and realized that the purpose of the Heavenly Dao might be to reveal the truth about those natural disasters.
Those frequent natural disasters may have been caused by "outsiders".
Xie Que naturally believed in what Tiandao said.
After all, as a being with absolute rationality, Heavenly Dao will not tell you anything easily. Since it has been said, there is absolutely no way it can be false.
Nowadays, although the canopy has become much thinner and is no longer as strong as before, but with the strength of a Heavenly Lord on the other side,
The power of time contained in this canopy is still terrifying. It is impossible for a strong person in the ordinary realm of creation to break through this film and sneak into the world of Yingzhou.
The next moment, the voice of heaven resounded in Xie Que's mind again: "Remember your promise."
The promise mentioned by Tiandao is naturally the ambition that Xie Que made when he received the decree from Tiandao.
It was this sentence that made Xie Que's pupils shrink in an instant, and he gradually had a guess in his heart.
Thinking back to the people he had come into contact with after arriving in Yingzhou, the only two who knew about this matter were Tianwei Shenjun and Daoming Monk.
Tianwei Shenjun knew about his coming to Yingzhou because he needed him to help "airdrop" some resources;
However, with Tianwei Shenjun's strength, it was impossible for him to sneak into Yingzhou without being discovered.
Daoming Monk was someone he met when he went to the underworld. His cultivation was unfathomable. Xie Que guessed that he was very likely to be a first-class figure on the other side.
Daoming Monk once wanted to return the reincarnation of Yingzhou to the order of the underworld, and promised to reward Xie Que with the power of reincarnation.
Now it seems that the underworld can't wait any longer?
Xie Que frowned, his heart full of doubts and confusion, but he couldn't figure it out.
With Daoming Monk's strength, if he wanted to enter the world of Yingzhou, he could just blast open the sky curtain and expose the world of Yingzhou to the outside, and even facing the way of heaven would not be a big deal.
After all, Monk Daoming's strength is unfathomable, and it is very likely that he has reached the realm of the other shore Tianjun.
Now that Monk Rilian has fallen into a deep sleep, if Monk Daoming really comes, it will be like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, unstoppable.
Xie Que knows this very well, so he can't understand why Monk Daoming would choose this sneaky way instead of directly intervening forcefully.
After some speculation, Xie Que was shocked, and an amazing idea came to his mind. Could it be that Monk Daoming discovered his cave heaven and underworld?
Although his own cave heaven and underworld are nothing in the eyes of the other shore Tianjun, its rules are already perfect. If the complete reincarnation law is completed, it can replace the real underworld after it grows stronger.
If this cave heaven and underworld is discovered by the real underworld, Xie Que knows that the other party will definitely not let him stay.
After all, the existence of the cave heaven and underworld is undoubtedly a threat to the real underworld.
There is no two suns in the sky, and the underworld is the same.
But in the same way, with the strength of Monk Daoming, there is no need to go around in circles. It is just a matter of a slap to directly break the cave heaven and the underworld.
After thinking about it, Xie Que also gave up these chaotic ideas and decided to take it one step at a time.
Just a few days later, Xie Que was shocked to find that his life and death millstone was actually pulled by an external force.
But the pulling force was not strong after being restrained by the entire underworld.
And the pulling force only lasted for a short time and then disappeared.
But this was enough to make Xie Que extremely shocked. After all, this life and death millstone was the result of his hundreds of years of hard work.
In addition, there was nothing else in the life and death millstone except the two qi of life and death.
So there was only one answer to the thing being pulled, that is the will of the emperor. (End of this chapter)