Chapter 149

The third scene of the register receiving ritual was the granting of the dharma register.

The Little Tian Shi went to the golden hall to take the register from the Tian Shi, and after taking it, returned to the square.

Forty-nine "Tai Shang Three-Five Capital Merit Scripture Registers" emitting clear brilliance and precious light were granted one by one, and those who received the register were all moved to tears.

This was also the foundation and advantage of Long Hu Mountain. These children who had not yet practiced cultivation held the register on their bodies, and inhaling spiritual Qi was faster than others. After opening the mansion acupoints, they placed the dharma register in them, and the growth of magic power was even faster than others.

The last scene of the register receiving ritual was the thanksgiving of the four sides, thanking the Ancestral Tian Shi, thanking the contemporary Tian Shi, thanking the Little Tian Shi, thanking the recommending master, and thanking the guests from all sides.

Amidst the sounds of congratulations, these new disciples left the field.

And inside the golden hall, naturally, there were some people who praised the Little Tian Shi for his extraordinary bearing and ability to inherit the great cause.

In an atmosphere of fusion, another scene of auspiciousness flashed by, and they arrived at the second rule of the Long Hu Longhu Fa Hui.

Opening the furnace to refine pills.

Refining pills was the foundation of Long Hu Mountain. In such a grand ceremony, naturally, it could not fail to appear.

Following the chanting of the ritual officials, Long Hu Mountain and guests from all sides sent first and second-realm disciples to the field to refine pills and participate in the grand event.

The Four Masters and Two Ges all had people in the field. Refining pills was a great Dao, and it was at the Long Hu Longhu Fa Hui, so even the Lushan Sword Sect, which never refined pills, shamelessly sent two disciples down. Each sect had at most two people; this was the rule of the Long Hu Longhu Fa Hui.

Someone looked at the viewing platform of Sanqing Mountain. Eh, is Cheng Yifu not going down?

Does Cheng Yifu, who is peerless in talisman and sword, not know how to refine pills?

Cheng Xinzhan's buttocks didn't move at all; he naturally didn't know how.

On the Sanqing Mountain side, Fang Weimin and Zhu Jianrong went down.

In the end, there were forty or fifty people in the field. The meditation cushions had been placed long ago, neat and uniform, with a very large distance between them. The pill refiners who went down found a good position to sit on and released their respective pill furnaces.

Some people's pill furnaces were no more than half a person tall, while some people's pill furnaces were as tall as a floor. They were of different sizes, shapes, and colors, a mixed bag.

The Little Tian Shi, as the host, announced the rules for refining pills this time.

As usual, the pill formula and medicinal materials for this pill refining were provided by Long Hu Mountain. It was a pill formula that had not appeared in the world before, fair to everyone. With one hour of time, whoever refined the best was the winner.

Someone would ask, although it was claimed to be a pill formula that had not appeared in the world, would Long Hu Mountain have let the Long Hu Mountain disciples see it before the Longhu Fa Hui started?

It should not be.

Because every new pill formula was in the golden hall, with guests proposing questions to the contemporary Tian Shi on the spot, and the Tian Shi thinking of the pill formula on the spot.

They were all great cultivators of the fourth or fifth realm, so there was no need to collude and deceive in such matters.

If one really wanted to talk about it, it was the people participating in pill refining on the spot who picked up a big bargain, getting a pill formula that had never appeared in the world, created by Zhang Tian Shi, for nothing.

This was the extraordinary place of Long Hu Mountain. Just relying on colluding, closing the door, and passing it from father to son, naturally, they couldn't become the leader of the Daoist sect.

Half of the world's pill formulas come from Long Hu Mountain.

This was the confidence of Long Hu Mountain.

Besides this, Long Hu Mountain sent talismans and water to remove diseases to the mortal world every year, and its reputation in the red dust was also very good.

The Little Tian Shi went to the golden hall to receive the pill formula from the Tian Shi, and subsequently, gave it to the pill refiners on the square to read one by one.

Time was limited, and everyone read it very quickly but extremely carefully. This pill formula not only had a list of medicinal materials but also ratios, dosages, sequences, and the yin, yang, civil, and martial arts of the furnace fire. How much one could understand depended on one's personal comprehension.

After the pill refiners finished reading, the Little Tian Shi put away the pill formula and sent people to bring medicinal materials, basket by basket, cabinet by cabinet, which was truly atmospheric.

By the time each family started to light the fire and warm the furnace, the Little Tian Shi was free and introduced the pills to be refined at this Longhu Fa Hui to the guests.

The Little Tian Shi looked at the pill formula and said, the pills to be refined this time are called Tiger Bone Dragon Tendon Pills. This sounded like a name taken by the Tian Shi on the spot to add color to the Longhu Fa Hui.

These pills could enhance magic power after being taken, could treat knife and soldier wounds, and could also treat internal diseases and hidden injuries. If the medicinal power was strong, it could also improve the root bone, transforming the mortal body into the firmness of tiger bone and the toughness of dragon tendon.

Once everyone heard this, they knew the preciousness of this pill formula.

This was a good medicine for healing wounds that could be used for both internal and external injuries, and also a strong body-strengthening medicine suitable for both old and young.

As for the evaluation method of this pill refining competition, it was to test whose medicinal power was strong.

As for who would test it, naturally, it was the famous mountain monkeys of Long Hu Mountain.

Furnace fires shone on the square, pill smoke intertwined into clouds, fragrance was pungent, the scene was grand, truly having the style of an immortal family.

Among them were outstanding ones, pill smoke condensed into phenomena, lingering on the pill furnace and not leaving.

Cheng Xinzhan saw clearly that Fang Weimin's pill smoke had the shape of a white tiger, lying on the pill furnace, while Zhu Jianrong's pill smoke emitted a scorching red light, which also made people look sideways.

But among them were also those with poor skills, whose furnaces exploded, making themselves covered in dust.

But what made people most speechless were the two sword heroes of Lushan, who didn't even have a pill furnace at all. After remembering the pill formula, they sat on the spot and meditated.

Cheng Xinzhan looked at the viewing platform where Lushan was. Several elders of Lushan watched the people below refining pills with relish, without any embarrassment.

Cheng Xinzhan watched the fun as a layman, not understanding the yin-yang deployment and the assistance of monarch and minister, just looking at whose magic fire was dazzling and whose pill smoke was mysterious, and also felt it was very interesting.

The hour was almost up, and the pill refiners had basically restrained their magic fire, just waiting to open the furnace.

The Little Tian Shi counted the time, saying that one hour was one hour. Once the point was reached, he shouted loudly,

"Open the furnace!"

Thus, each pill refiner stopped their actions and lifted the furnace lid.

In an instant, it was colorful, fragrance overflowed, and there were even more phenomena.

The Little Tian Shi waved his hand, and the monkeys led over couldn't wait anymore, each competing to run to the side of the pill refiners, holding their hands high above their heads, praying for the pills, looking extremely well-behaved.

Two were a bit unlucky, slightly slower by one step and didn't compete with other monkeys, so they had no choice but to walk to the side of the two from Lushan. Even if the monkeys were stupid, they knew, without a pill furnace, what were they refining?

At this moment, some people were hesitant. This was a newly appeared pill formula, and the pill was also appearing in the world for the first time. No one knew the medicinal properties. He was worried that the pill he refined was not pure and was afraid that the pill poison inside would harm the monkeys, so he asked.

This person was Fang Weimin, who looked quite wooden.

The Little Tian Shi was very surprised after hearing this. He didn't expect someone to worry about such a problem. Weren't they already using monkeys? And they hadn't used humans.

"This Daoist doesn't need to worry. With us here, naturally, we won't let anything happen to the monkeys."

At this time, a Long Hu Mountain elder who was observing the ceremony answered for the Little Tian Shi.

Fang Weimin nodded, and only then did he feel relieved.

Thus, those who refined the pill shape took the medicine from the furnace and handed it to the monkeys. There were also those who didn't refine the pill shape, or refined it into powder, or refined it into charcoal, or refined it into mud water, so naturally, they didn't take the pills to show their ugliness.

As soon as the monkeys got the pills, they couldn't wait to swallow them. Instantly, mysterious light appeared on each of them.

Everyone waited for a while, until they saw these monkeys jumping up and down, not showing any weakness or pain, and only then did they feel relieved. Fortunately, no poisonous pills were refined.

Subsequently, dozens of lucky monkeys who took the pills were brought to the center of the square. Each monkey was given an iron rod, letting these monkeys divide into teams themselves, and they started to fight like martial artists.

This could also be considered part of the Longhu Fa Hui performance to add fun.

These monkeys danced the iron rods until they were airtight, flashing and moving. If they were put in the mortal world, they would really not be inferior to some martial arts masters.

As long as those sitting were practicing pupil arts or dharma eyes, they could see at a glance that these monkeys brought up in the immortal mountain were naturally very spiritual, but before eating the pills, they were all mortal bodies.

However, after eating the pills, the monkeys held iron rods like grass, and at the same time were not afraid of iron rods adding to their bodies. Although they were knocked and bared their teeth, there was no blue or broken skin on their bodies, which was enough to see the magic of this pill.

As the monkeys danced with sticks, the differences in medicinal power gradually manifested. Those with strong medicinal power were naturally full of life, while those with weaker medicinal power gradually couldn't bear the knocking of the iron rods, crying in pain and abandoning the sticks to flee.

After a burst of clanging, the monkeys also decided the winner and gave birth to a monkey king.

At this moment, looking at the monkey king again, in just a short while, it had actually grown quite a bit, and its whole body was emitting a faint mysterious light, which was a sign that the medicinal power had not been completely absorbed. This monkey king didn't know how many iron rods it had taken, but its body showed no injuries, and its face showed no pain.

At this time, go back to check whose pill this monkey king ate.

As expected, it was a Long Hu Mountain disciple.

Two other monkeys got second and third place, and the pills they took were refined by a disciple of the Jingming Sect and Fang Weimin respectively.

The Little Tian Shi announced the rankings.

"Not appropriate, third place promoted to second place."

However, just after the Little Tian Shi announced it, a voice came from the golden hall, denying the Little Tian Shi.

However, the Little Tian Shi didn't show any displeasure, but instead listened to the instruction with his hands down, because he could naturally hear that this was his father's voice.

"The Tian Shi's words are reasonable. The high disciple of Sanqing Mountain refined eleven pills in one furnace, and he was kind-hearted, worrying that the monkeys couldn't bear the medicinal power, so he took the one with the weakest medicinal power."

At this time, another voice came from the golden hall, and the disciple of the Jingming Sect also bowed and said yes. This was the voice of the Vice Hong Jiaozhu of the Jingming Sect.

"All are talents, all are talents! Hahaha!"

Cheng Xinzhan recognized that this last loud laughter was Hong Jiaozhu Lu.

After the several big figures finished speaking, the Little Tian Shi re-announced the rankings and said,

"These three people, after the meeting, can enter the Fengyin Hall of the Tian Shi Mansion to observe the 'Yang Bin Shi Capital Merit Seal' left by the Ancestral Tian Shi."

Once these words came out, although they knew this was the rule of the past, a huge wave of exclamation still erupted in the venue.

That was the number one seal in the world!

A ten-thousand-year-old Dao treasure. If it was said that there were still a few spiritual treasures in the world today, then the Tian Shi Seal of the Ancestral Tian Shi—"Yang Bin Shi Capital Merit Seal"—must be among them. This was a treasure with a bigger reputation than the Tian Shi Sword.

What kind of opportunity was this!

If one could get one ten-thousandth of the true rhyme of the dharma seal, that would be an extremely extraordinary protective seal technique!

In the envious eyes of the crowd, these three returned to their original positions, and the monkeys were also taken down. Following the two rules, the main guests rested for a while, chatting and drinking wine.

By the afternoon, the spring sun was warm and the sky was cloudless, and only then did the third rule of the Longhu Fa Hui begin.

Praying for clear weather and rain.

Praying for clear weather and rain was the foundation of the Daoist sect.

If it was just fighting and killing, that was the Demon Sect. If it was just clearing the heart and reducing desires, that was a hermit. Being in the mountain when there was nothing to do, and coming out of the mountain when there was something to do, this was a Daoist.

Praying for clear weather and rain for the farmers was the initial duty of a Daoist.

Praying for clear weather and rain was also the root of thunder art cultivation. Thunder art was initially used to pray for favorable weather, and as for suppressing demons, that was still behind this.

So this competition was about thunder art, and it was also the housekeeping skill of a Daoist.

However, to this day, I don't know how many people are addicted to flying swords, and I don't know how many people summon thunder and induce electricity, but how many people still remember praying for clear weather and rain, everyone knows in their hearts.

In this rule, Long Hu Mountain did not specify the number of people to compete in the field. Everyone could go down, and the top three could enter the Fengyin Hall to observe the seal. If there was more than one Long Hu Mountain disciple among the top three, then it would be extended to the next person to enter the hall.

No mistakes, one look at everything!

This was really generous enough.

It was just that under such a situation with rich rewards, still not many people went down, and the number of people was not as many as the pill refiners who had restrictions just now.

At this juncture, someone saw Cheng Yifu, Cheng Xinzhan, move.

He left his seat, informed his master, and came to the square.

He had always remembered his father's instructions to him: to attain the Dao and become an immortal was not just to avoid the world, but more to save the world.

Thunder art, he knew. Praying for clear weather and rain, he also knew.

In the end, including Cheng Xinzhan, those willing to go down to compete in praying for clear weather and rain were four from Long Hu Mountain, two from Gezao Mountain, two from Sanqing Mountain. Besides Cheng Xinzhan, there was also one from Shuji Mountain, five from Bingfeng Mountain, and three from Xishan.

A total of sixteen people, all from the Four Masters and Two Ges.

The Little Tian Shi released a dharma altar in the center of the square and subsequently announced the competition rules. This praying for clear weather and rain paid attention to having rain when rain was needed, and having clear weather when clear weather was needed. The order must be followed, rain must come, then order rain to stop, no delay, no dragging.

On this basis, if everyone could achieve it, then compare the number of rain points, compare the range. Today's competition required the rain range to be only on this celebration square, and the rain point count to be three inches and forty-eight points.

Luo Jishi people heard this, and their faces were troubled. Today the sky was clear for ten thousand miles, summoning rain was originally extremely difficult, and it had to be strictly followed, and they had to compare the number of rain points, which was really not something that second-realm human power could reach.

However, since they had already gone down, they couldn't be timid before the battle, so they had to try.

There were not many people, so one by one was fine.

Long Hu Mountain was the host. Since everyone felt it was difficult, naturally they had to go first.

The first Daoist to go up to the dharma altar sacrificed a banner, on which thunder and lightning were drawn.

He waved the banner, and sure enough, he was a high disciple of Long Hu Mountain. As soon as the banner moved, thunder and lightning flashed, roaring.

However, what made people confused was that this Daoist shook the flag for a long time, but only heard the sound of thunder, didn't see clouds rise, let alone rain falling.

This was what was often said: thunder without rain.

The Little Tian Shi snorted coldly, which was louder than heavenly thunder in the Daoist's ears, so he hurriedly put away the banner and walked down the dharma altar.

The second Daoist was the same as the first, also thunder without rain. They didn't summon dark clouds, but instead, dark clouds appeared on the face of the Little Tian Shi beside them.

Waiting until the third Daoist, finally everyone's spirits were lifted. His rain-praying magic treasure was a magic sword imitating the Tian Shi Sword. He chanted words in his mouth, and the magic sword pointed in the void, and there was a breeze blowing on his face.

He stepped on the Gang and walked the Di, danced the sword with seven stars, and dark clouds rose, thunder was born.

The Little Tian Shi's face turned from cloudy to sunny visibly.

Subsequently, he saw the Daoist throw the magic sword into the sky, chanting thunder spells loudly, and in an instant, thunder and lightning flashed.

Everyone only felt a coolness on their faces, and rain fell.

"Good!"

Someone on the viewing platform clapped and cheered.

It was just that this rain fell for two or three drops, and then stopped.

It was not that the Daoist stopped the rain, but that he only summoned so much rain.

However, this was already very powerful, and the Daoist walked down the dharma altar amidst everyone's cheers.

The last Long Hu Mountain sect member to go on stage had an extraordinary bearing, and even the Little Tian Shi nodded to him, not urging him.

After this person went on stage, he sacrificed five triangular command flags.

He pinched the seal,

The first green flag rose to the sky, wind came.

The second white flag rose to the sky, clouds gathered.

The third purple flag rose to the sky, thunder roared.

The fourth black flag rose to the sky, rain fell.

Clean and neat, everyone looked sideways.

Although the rain was large and sparse, the range of the rain had already exceeded the celebration square, but no one said anything.

Everyone counted the points, and when it reached about three inches, they only saw the Daoist raise another golden flag.

Everyone looked forward to it, but the rain didn't get smaller.

This was 'it's easy to invite a god but difficult to send him away'.

The Daoist on the dharma altar was a bit anxious, his hand magic tricks changed again and again, the command flag rose to the clouds, but the rain didn't get smaller.

So in the silent waiting, the rain fell for another half a quarter of an hour, and only then did it slowly stop.

The Daoist put away the command flag and walked down the dharma altar.

However, the Little Tian Shi was still satisfied and nodded to him with a smile.

More rain was always better than less rain. Now that too much rain had fallen, for those behind, how could they summon rain?

Long Hu Mountain's test was over, and the Shenxiao Sect followed closely.

The remaining few families also reacted. Yes, this praying for clear weather and rain was clearly better the earlier it was! It didn't matter if the ones in front couldn't summon rain, but if any of them summoned too much, it would be very unfavorable for those behind.

The Shenxiao Sect naturally understood this truth, so they didn't pay attention to what was powerful to be the finale. The first one to go up was the one among them who was most proficient in thunder art.

This person used talismans to pray for clear weather and rain. He saw him take out a thick stack of thunder talismans from his bosom and released several paper figures to stand around him, each holding instruments.

He threw the thunder talismans into the sky and chanted to induce sound. Three sounds in a row, and wind came.

Sacrificing six more, clouds gathered.

Nine thunder talismans induced thunder, and twelve thunder talismans brought heavy rain.

When the rain reached the point count, he sacrificed thirty-six thunder talismans to the sky in one breath, and then the heavy rain paused and slowly stopped.

The landing point was close to four inches, exceeding quite a bit, but compared to Long Hu Mountain's rain falling without stopping, it was already much better.

On the viewing platform, dozens of people from the Shenxiao Sect immediately stood up and cheered.

This would definitely take first place!

On the viewing platform, Sanqing Mountain seats.

Zhao Wuji sighed and said in a low voice,

"Long Hu Mountain refines both elixir and thunder, and my Sanqing Mountain cultivates ten thousand arts. Just talking about thunder art, it is indeed not as pure as the Shenxiao Sect.

"Moreover, the current trend in the world is that those who practice thunder are all aiming for the fierce and punishing power of thunder art. Where do they still remember praying for clear weather and rain? Of course, this also includes me.

"Now in the Yingyuan Mansion, newly recruited disciples only want to go to the Beiji Division and don't want to go to the Penglai Division. The new disciple who recently served in the Penglai Division was Cheng Xinzhan who went to audit water thunder."

Ren Wushi stroked his beard and nodded, "Yes, but Long Hu Longhu Fa Hui can have such a rule of praying for clear weather and rain, which is also a wake-up call for us, not to forget the original intention."

"Not forgetting the original intention, this is not easy!"

Zhao Wuji said, thinking in his heart that he must mention the status of the Penglai Division when he returned.

And on the square, the Shenxiao Sect had the first pearl in front, and the following four were mediocre.

The first three were also thunder without rain, which made people feel a bit relieved, but the fourth one still had some rain falling, making the families who hadn't gone up even more annoyed.

Finally waiting for the Shenxiao Sect to end, the Gezao Mountain disciple under the dharma altar smiled and said,

"You two families go first. My family is not good at thunder art, so I won't stir up this muddy water. It doesn't matter if I go first or later."

Originally, Sanqing Mountain and the Jingming Sect wanted to fight for first and last, but once Gezao Mountain said this, it made them look broad-minded and themselves narrow-minded.

The Jingming Sect thought about it and smiled,

"Who doesn't know that Yu Zhang thunder dao is a tripod of three mansions? My Jingming Sect only cares about controlling water and eliminating demons. Praying for clear weather and rain, let you three families come!"

After saying that, the Jingming Sect disciples also took root under their feet and reached out to invite Sanqing Mountain to go first.

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