Chapter 316 Taoist Heaven
Yan Shouyi's tone of interrogation was very urgent.
Therefore, Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian did not make any deductions and returned directly to Taihua Mountain in Yongzhou through the Xingguang Bridge in Ziwei Palace.
Later, the two went to the Golden Summit of Yuxu Peak together.
"Senior brother, what's going on?" Zhou Heng asked doubtfully.
"I've met my uncle." Cheng Jiangjian saluted.
"Yes." Yan Shou nodded slightly, looked in the direction of Yuzhou, and said, "There are things related to ancient immortal Buddhas hidden there. Kashyapa Temple is for preaching on the surface, but actually it is to explore the situation. ”
"Ancient Immortal Buddha?" Zhou Heng was stunned when he heard this, and then said solemnly: "An Immortal Buddha from the ancient mythological era?"
"That's right." Yan Shou nodded and said, "It may be a pure land world. I have heard that Yuzhou belonged to Buddhism in the ancient mythological era, and there were Buddhists who were able to open up the pure land."
"Which pure land world is Kasyapa Temple for?" Zhou Heng asked in surprise: "Senior brother, does he know what level of pure land it is?"
The Buddhist Pure Land is essentially similar to the Taoist Cave Heaven, both of which are opened at the third level of Heaven.
However, in Taoist cultivation, the cave is only the transition between the third level of heaven. The focus of cultivation in the second level of Taoism is the Tao seed. Buddhism will always improve the pure land world and make the pure land world stronger and stronger.
Therefore, the Taoist Cave Heaven is basically only at the third level of Heaven, while the Buddhist Pure Land may be at the third level of Heaven, the second level of Taoism, or even the first level of God.
"The secret of heaven is vague, I can't see it clearly." Yan Shouyi shook his head slightly and said, "I can only see that the essence of that pure land world should be above the third level of heaven."
"Second-grade Dao, or even first-grade God?!" Zhou Heng's eyes widened. He did not expect that Yuzhou would hide such a valuable treasure.
——The ownerless cave heaven and pure land are undoubtedly extremely important treasures.
"It's still unknown." Yan Shouyi was not sure, then he glanced at Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian and said, "I asked you two to come back because I don't want you to be affected.
"If Kasyapa Temple really opens up that Pure Land world, the light of Buddha will probably cover the entire Yuzhou, and then the people of the entire Yuzhou will probably be converted into Buddhist believers."
"Then we should stop them." Zhou Heng said without hesitation.
"No, I will not stop them." Yan Shouyi shook his head and said solemnly: "If we can really open up a high-level pure land world, the hope of our world will be greater."
"What about the people of Yuzhou?" Zhou Heng frowned.
"Uncle, do you want to give up the people of Yuzhou in exchange for the power to resist the evil god?" Cheng Jiangjian frowned slightly.
Buddhist believers who are forcibly converted will not only change their beliefs, but will also have a fundamental change in their human nature, and will sacrifice their lives to become a Buddhist.
This is actually equivalent to losing oneself, no different from being a walking zombie.
How many people are there in Yuzhou?
If all of them were forcibly transformed into Buddhist believers and turned into zombies because of the opening of the Pure Land world, it would be no different from killing the entire people of Yuzhou.
Using this to gain the power to resist evil gods...what is this?
Sacrificing one state to save the world?
"No, senior brother, you won't do that." Zhou Heng suddenly shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not your character to compromise and decide the fate of others without authorization."
"What if I really want to do this?" Yan Shou said with a genuine smile.
"Will one more Dao Lord or one more first-level god be able to resist those evil gods?" Zhou Heng asked rhetorically without answering.
"Well, that's true." Yan Shou nodded, with a bigger smile on his face, and said, "Yes, of course I will not give up on the people of Yuzhou, that is my hometown, the place where I was born and raised.
"However, that pure land world will also be opened. I will carry a peerless magic weapon to Yuzhou and transform this pure land world into the Taoist heaven before Kasyapa Temple."
It is said that the first-level gods can absorb the energy of chaos in the void and exert great power to create galaxies and worlds, and such a world is called "heaven".
Therefore, in some legends, Shen Yipin is also called "Heavenly Lord", "God Lord", "World Lord", etc.
"Senior brother, you must have paid too much attention to this Buddhist pure land." After hearing Yan Shouyi's words, Zhou Heng breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he was a little worried, "He actually has to bring a peerless magic weapon with him. This is something he is determined to win. ”
The existence of the peerless divine weapon itself is equivalent to the power of the first-grade god. Even if the third-grade god cannot exert its full power, with Yan Shouyi's strength and the peerless divine weapon in hand, Dao Lord may not be his opponent even if he comes to the world.
"Yes, I am determined to win." Yan Shou nodded and said in a deep voice: "The Zhoutian Xunjie Division should have already met, and you should know that Yuan Zhenzi was sacrificed by the evil god of Yunxiao Tiangong.
"At this time, Master is resisting an evil god who has penetrated the power. He is unable to cope with it. If we can gain access to a heaven, we can completely block the evil god from outside."
"Well, I already know." Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian nodded in unison.
"The Zhoutian Xunjie Division has saved me a lot of things." Yan Shouyi laughed, and then said solemnly: "Junior brother, Jiangjian, in the next short period of time, I should have no time to take care of you. .
"Recently, Daqi is not very stable. Not only are there many monsters and ghosts, there are also many evil spirits that have penetrated the world barrier and come. The three major evils are also ready to move. The first one to target must be the Zhoutian Xunjie Division. You have to careful.
"You all have extraordinary talents and bright futures. You can't die before you grow up. I suggest that you either concentrate on training or choose the safest way to travel before I come back. If you go out, you must have a death talisman."
"Brother, don't worry. I still have many ways to save my life." Zhou Heng chuckled.
"Uncle, please rest assured. I am not good at other things, but I have studied life-saving for a long time." Cheng Jiangjian also smiled.
"Okay, in this case, I am relieved." Yan Shouyi nodded and smiled, saying: "There is no time to lose. I am going to Yuzhou now. When I come back, I will check your progress in martial arts."
"Brother, just go with peace of mind." Zhou Heng smiled and said: "Come back as soon as possible."
...
Yan Shouyi stepped into the air and disappeared after leaving the golden top of Yuxu Peak.
There were only Zhou Heng and Cheng Jiangjian left here.
"Jiangjian, what are your plans next?" Zhou Heng looked at the girl beside him and asked.
"Since Master Uncle has told us to be cautious when traveling during this period, it's a good time to try a new way of traveling." Cheng Jiangjian smiled and said, "Do you remember my previous invitation?"
"Of course I remember." Zhou Heng nodded and smiled.
"Then let's go." Cheng Jiangjian took Zhou Heng's hand, and then jumped directly from the golden top of Yuxu Peak.
...
Cheng Jiangjian's previous invitation to Zhou Heng was to go to a world together to complete a mission after both of them stepped into the sixth level of the secret.
It's just that Cheng Jiangjian didn't say about the situation of this world before.
In front of the soul star gate of Ziwei Palace.
"This is a new world I discovered." Cheng Jiangjian said to Zhou Heng: "In a mission after becoming Beidou, I came to a new world where magic is the main way of practice by 'ascending'.
"In this world, demons and monsters are rampant, and mortals are completely powerless to resist. Only the cultivators who master magic can fight against them and kill them, so as to barely maintain peace.
"For us, this world has many benefits. The principles of magic there are actually connected with Taoism. If modified, it can become a Taoist method that is effective in killing evil spirits.
"In addition, killing demons and monsters can also gain good deeds. If you can kill a sixth-grade secret level, you can even gain a certain degree of merit. Hey, you know about merit, right?"
"Yes, I know." Zhou Heng nodded and smiled, "It sounds like a good place. I just need to collect merit to practice a Taoist method."
"That's perfect." Cheng Jiangjian smiled like a flower, and then said, "I carefully investigated that world last time. The strongest person in the world should be equivalent to the fifth-grade level of Zong, but it is not ruled out that there are strong people comparable to the fourth-grade Jue. We still have to be careful."
"What about the speed of time?" Zhou Heng asked, "If we come with a soul, it will take some time to recover our strength."
"Ten times the speed, time should be sufficient. "Cheng Jiangjian said: "As for restoring strength, since I didn't know the situation of the Soul Star Gate before, the preparations I made were actually for the arrival of the real body.
"However, those preparations can also be used to restore the strength of the soul-possessed body. I just don't know what to do on your side, which is a bit troublesome.
"That world has laws that suppress it, and many of our martial arts here are not very applicable. It is best to practice the magic of that world, but I'm afraid we won't be together at the beginning. "
"Well, unless a precise individual descends, it is impossible to determine the specific location, and we can only limit the location characteristics. "Zhou Heng nodded and said: "And now we don't know much about that world, so we can't carry out individual descent for the time being. "
The individual descent of the Soul Star Gate is to accurately locate a specific corpse.
This requires the Star Gate to have a very comprehensive analysis of the world, and all kinds of information must be detailed. Usually only some worlds that have been explored many times or originally belong to the star position in the Zhoutian Star Map can do it.
Just like the newly discovered world like Cheng Jiangjian, although the world coordinates can be located through the Star Gate, it is still not fully analyzed, so it is naturally impossible to perform individual descent, and at most it can only perform group descent.
"Hey, Junior Master, I can actually perform precise individual descent." Cheng Jiangjian laughed and said, "I once entered an ancient tomb in that world. There was a girl's body lying in an ice coffin, which happened to be used for individual descent. "
"Is there such a situation? "Zhou Heng was stunned. Cheng Jiangjian's luck was too good. He had to admit that some people were born lucky.
Then he had to make his own choice.
Afterwards, based on Cheng Jiangjian's rough understanding of that world, Zhou Heng chose an identity group that was easier to find people, and also limited the area.
The two also agreed on a code and a general meeting place.
It would be convenient for future actions.
...
Moist and tight.
A feeling of being bound came up, and the head seemed to be congested.
Zhou Heng opened his eyes with great difficulty and found that he was tied up tightly with ropes, hanging in the air like bacon, and there were many similar "people" around him.
To be precise, it should be a corpse.
The stench here was so strong that the smell alone could make people dizzy.
Zhou Heng barely concentrated and roughly determined that this should be a dark and damp cave.
At the same time, he also obtained some information from the remaining soul fragments of the corpse he possessed.
This body is named Ye Long, a prince of Liang Kingdom, one of the thirty-six kingdoms of the Central Plains. He is only nineteen years old and ranks eleventh.
A month ago, Ye Long caught the eye of an immortal master passing by the Liang Kingdom and was accepted as a disciple. Then he left the capital and followed the immortal master to practice in the cave.
Unexpectedly, what this so-called immortal master practices is an extremely sinister evil method. He uses living people as raw materials to refine puppets. The nobler he is in life, the more powerful the puppets he creates.
Now Ye Long's "corpse" has actually become the puppet of that "immortal master".
"No wonder I feel that the various points all over my body are not functioning smoothly. It seems that it is not just the result of being possessed and resurrected from the dead."
Zhou Heng had a clear understanding in his heart and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's a bit tricky for this group to come. I have qualified them as princes and nobles from the Central Plains region, but they actually possessed a corpse that was refined into a puppet. Look, After coming, you still have to come as an individual."
Originally, he was thinking that if he possessed him and became a prince, he would be able to mobilize various resources more easily, and it would be easier to find Cheng Jiangjian.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be such a prince and noble.
In fact, it makes sense when you think about it. It is not easy for princes and nobles to die. Death is usually not caused by ordinary things, and since it is possessed by a corpse, the previous experience of the corpse must not have been good.
"Thinking about it this way, I feel much more comfortable." Zhou Heng comforted himself in his heart. At the same time, he was also thinking, "The most urgent task is to escape first, and then find some suitable training methods to regain a certain strength as soon as possible."
Ye Long's corpse has never been trained at all. It only has some characteristics of a puppet, such as a hard body and infinite strength. The strength it can exert is quite ordinary. At most, it can compete with an ordinary ninth-grade warrior. .
There are no cultivation techniques in the remaining memory fragments, so Zhou Heng can only find them by himself.
Tap tap tap.
At this moment, footsteps came from the cave.
A skinny man in black robe walked over, glanced at Zhou Heng who was hanging in the air, and sneered: "Boy, you actually woke up and got rid of my puppetry?!"
At the same time, Zhou Heng sensed a force of soul erosion, rushing towards him, trying to control his spirit.
"You are being attacked by the [Puppet Technique] [Level 8] used by the enemy Han Lin. Due to the strong will of the soul, you are not affected. You have some understanding of this technique, and your proficiency is +0.2."