Chapter 257

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan had just arrived. Although he said he would follow orders, Yan Yan Renying and the people of Zhan Biyun Nunnery naturally wouldn't let someone go to work as soon as they arrived.

After the six people chatted for a while, they went about their own business, and Yan Yan Renying personally arranged a place for Cheng Cheng Xinzhan to stay.

Because the Sword Pavilion Master Yan Yan Renying and the old Elder Lu of Zhan Biyun Nunnery, who is Daoist Mingding Mingding Sanren, both lived on the bottom floor, the floor height of this Sword Pavilion had nothing to do with realm or status; living on which floor was entirely up to personal preference.

On the second floor, Cheng Cheng Xinzhan's room was arranged near Daoist Daoist Tanbai. Because he had attendant children, Yan Yan Renying specially picked a large guest residence for him.

It had multiple quiet rooms, as well as a study, elixir room, tea room, flower hall, etc., all fully equipped. Moreover, it was decorated with many exotic flowers and trees in pots, and adorned with screens, calligraphy and paintings, incense burners, clean bottles, lamp stands, and strange stones.

Even so, Yan Yan Renying apologized repeatedly.

"Brother Yunlai takes mountains and rivers as friends and enjoys the vastness of heaven and earth. Now that you have come to my place, you can only be confined to a square inch; it is truly a grievance."

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan kept saying it was already very good.

When seeing Yan Yan Renying off, he made a request to Yan Yan Renying: he needed the gazetteers and ghost legends of the Little Xikang region. If Xuanmen disciples had any gains in this regard during the process of eliminating demons, he was willing to pay for them.

Yan Yan Renying told him to rest assured, saying that as long as there was anything in this regard, he would definitely send it to him. Don't even mention paying; as a Golden Core practitioner coming to the Sword Pavilion to contribute, he, Yan Yan Renying, should be the one giving offerings.

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan didn't decline and smiled, saying good.

After Yan Yan Renying left, he re-examined the room and soon found that the decorations in the room were unusual. For example, the clean bottle contained spiritual water, the strange stones emitted golden Qi, and when combined with the incense burner's smoke, the exotic wood in the pots, and that painting of Shushan, this was clearly a Five-Element spiritual array, which could strengthen the flow of spiritual energy in this guest residence, but at the same time, it was also strengthening and nourishing this building.

If every piece in this building had such clever ideas, then the power of this building magic treasure was truly not to be underestimated.

In the Dao of Refining, there is a refining technique called 【Assembly】, which says that if some low-grade materials are used, through clever arrangement and layers of spiritual prohibitions stacked and accumulated, one can eventually refine an extraordinary magic treasure. The saying "a nine-story platform rises from accumulated soil" means exactly this.

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan looked at this Sword Pavilion; it was carved from a kind of spiritual stone as a whole, with magic prohibitions hidden inside, and it was originally a magic treasure of extremely high grade. Then it was decorated with various ornaments, using the 【Assembly】 method to raise the power of this building magic treasure to a higher level.

Although he knew Mount Emei shouldn't be playing tricks in such a building, for the sake of caution, Cheng Cheng Xinzhan still walked around twice.

During this time, he moved the positions of several ornaments and pasted several talismans according to the Five Elements and Nine Palaces orientation to ensure that this place would not be eavesdropped on, and only then did he feel relieved.

He chose a quiet room with a window facing north for himself and let the two children go pick the rooms they liked.

He sat cross-legged with his five hearts facing the sky.

Every time he went to a new place, he would make a plan. Of course, he would also adjust his plan according to variables.

The trip to Little Xikang was a plan he had made while copying scriptures in the sect, including posing as a hermit, choosing Bailongqi Mountain as a foothold, making friends, and inquiring about the reality of the Xuanmen under the pretext of compiling a travelogue. These were all within the plan.

He had two purposes for coming to Little Xikang: one was to eliminate demons, especially to see how the demonic heads after the evil transformation of ancient Western Buddhism were different from the Northern and Southern sects and overseas demonic heads; the other was to enter Shu and truly see the demeanor of the Xuanmen with his own eyes.

After getting to know Daoist Daoist Tanbai, he thought he would first focus on inquiring about the Xuanmen, and eliminating demons would be a later matter. But he didn't expect that with a decree from the Xuan Tian Sect, his familiar friends would come to the west to eliminate demons.

This is what happens when plans can't keep up with changes.

To say that he could find another like-minded person like Daoist Daoist Tanbai in Bailongqi Mountain, it wasn't impossible, but it would be time-consuming, and in the end, it would be a bit deliberate.

There is no need for this.

So Cheng Cheng Xinzhan followed. This is also good; it doesn't delay the compilation of the Earth Book, and at the same time, understanding the Xuanmen's fighting methods and eliminating demons can be done together.

In addition, the conflict between Zhan Biyun Nunnery and Mount Emei, the relationship between Qingzhou loose cultivators, Dianwen Zen sect, and Mount Emei, as well as the Mount Emei senior brother, Yan Yan Renying's "body in Cao camp, heart in Han," Cheng Cheng Xinzhan believed that these matters also needed to be understood more deeply.

Now moving into this Chuanxi Sword Pavilion is an opportunity.

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan glanced out the window again. She was also here. In the last battle at Fuxia Lake, he still owed her a favor; he had to find an opportunity to repay it.

So the first thing to do on the surface is to cooperate well with Yan Yan Renying to eliminate demons. Daoist Daoist Tanbai had a good point: if Yan Yan Renying really became the Mount Emei Sect Master, the convergence of Dao and Xuan would be a good thing for the Dharma lineage of the world's Xuanmen.

The second is to compile the Earth Book well. The more time he invests in the Earth Book, the more he feels that this book is not just about the 【Yang Quiet】 method and assisting in contemplation and the Five Elements. This book seems to have a great connection with his future Dao path. This feeling is like the first time he realized his Jingwei ambition; it has been deeply branded in his heart, and just like eliminating demons, it must be done persistently.

And beneath the surface, in his own practice, the focus is still on comprehending the "Taiyin Dharma Spell," "Waiting for the Wind Bird Divination," and contemplating the Inner Landscape God of the Wind Residence.

The above three are only focused on the present. Looking further ahead, how to advance the Golden Core Tribulation and comprehend the Golden Core Dharma Phase is something to be thought about at all times.

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Yan Yan Renying's work was very efficient. The next day, many gazetteers and maps of the Little Xikang region were sent over. The gazetteers here were basically immortal records, rarely mentioning mortals, and the maps here made Cheng Cheng Xinzhan feast his eyes; the complexity of the mountain and water terrain was truly rare.

And the only drawback was that most of the characters used in the text here were a kind of script called "Vine Script." This kind of script was long and twisted, as if vines were entangled and climbing upward, which really made people unable to understand.

The Cloud Script, Thunder Seal, Wind Grass, and even Dragon Seal Phoenix Script that Cheng Cheng Xinzhan had come into contact with before, although the fonts were very different, all had a kind of stretching beauty. Only this Vine Script, the strokes were entangled and tightened, which could be called unique.

When Daoist Daoist Tanbai saw it, he took the initiative to offer to translate it for Cheng Cheng Xinzhan, classify it, take its essence, remove its dross, and was willing to teach Cheng Cheng Xinzhan the Vine Script.

Being able to learn new characters, Cheng Cheng Xinzhan was naturally happy, and he didn't even know how time passed.

Three days later, Wu Mei came to the door, saying there was a matter of eliminating demons she wanted to invite Cheng Cheng Xinzhan to accompany her on.

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan naturally agreed happily.

Daoist Daoist Tanbai and Cheng Cheng Xinzhan were together and wanted to go together, but Cheng Cheng Xinzhan told him not to move, saying his injury hadn't healed, and the newly acquired travelogue of the Mohe Sect monk hadn't been translated yet, so he should rest assured and translate the scriptures, and he would go and come back.

Wu Mei also took the opportunity to persuade him a few words. This uncle had suffered a Dao injury when he broke into Mount Emei Mountain many years ago, and was injured again by the demonic head's counterattack a few days ago, so it was indeed not suitable for him to move.

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan gave a wink, and the two children, Bai Long and Cheng Zhaoli, each pulled one hand of Daoist Daoist Tanbai, while Cheng Cheng Xinzhan and Wu Mei disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After leaving the Sword Pavilion, Wu Mei told Cheng Cheng Xinzhan the reason.

Ever since the Xuan Tian Alliance made a big move and set up the Sword Pavilion at the border, the demonic heads in the Little Xikang territory felt the malice from the Xuanmen.

But the demonic heads here naturally didn't want to leave Little Xikang. First, they had been rooted here for many years and were used to it. Second, this land was vast and rich, with rich spiritual energy, a top-notch place. And in the surrounding areas of Little Xikang, that is, the Western Sea and Longyou within the traditional Northern Sect sphere of influence, the Dianwen and Miao Frontier within the traditional Southern Sect sphere of influence, plus the Tibet to the west, in these territories, any good spiritual mountain had already been occupied. Going there, they were unfamiliar with the place, and not only would they have to lower their heads, but they would also be excluded.

And the demonic heads who chose to stay in Little Xikang could basically be divided into four types.

The first type chose to go to rely on the Heart-Piercing Monk, crossing the Nujiang to Xuanxin Temple to shave their heads.

Xuanxin Temple was indeed a good place, located at the border of Little Xikang and Tibet. The terrain of Mount Baiguai where it was located was special, easy to defend and hard to attack, and it was the dojo left by the Eight-Sufferings Bright King, which must be extraordinary.

If Mount Emei's thunder was loud but rain was small this time, then they would follow the Heart-Piercing Monk to re-occupy Little Xikang. If they were serious, they could also abandon Xuanxin Temple at any time and hide in the depths of Tibet.

And because the Heart-Piercing Monk broke the seal not long ago and was still recovering his vitality, he was also recruiting people, and he basically didn't refuse anyone who came to rely on him.

So, the Xuan Tian Alliance making such a big momentum also indirectly helped the Heart-Piercing Monk.

The second type, naturally, was to go to rely on the Bai Gu Bodhisattva and recite the scriptures in the Bai Gu Zen Monastery.

The Bai Gu Zen Monastery was in the north of Little Xikang, backed by the Western Sea, and it is said that it had some relationship with the Blood God Sect, with a very solid background.

However, precisely because the Bai Gu Zen Monastery had a background and had been rooted in Mount Queer for many years, and the monastery master, the Bai Gu Bodhisattva, was a person who escaped True Person Elder Changmei's hands back then, he had long been a giant on one side, so this Bai Gu Zen Monastery was much harder to enter than Xuanxin Temple.

But despite this, many demonic heads valued the background of the Bai Gu Zen Monastery and this ability to escape, so they sharpened their brains and wanted to get in.

The Bai Gu Zen Monastery took in a batch of those who were somewhat famous in Little Xikang and those who offered generous gifts, allowing them to practice in the Mount Queer area, which meant they would be covered.

There were also some demonic heads who kowtowed before the Bai Gu Zen Monastery, hoping to practice in their original places, but they offered tribute to the Bai Gu Zen Monastery every year, only asking that if the Xuanmen came to attack, the Bai Gu Zen Monastery could provide a helping hand, or if they fled there at that time, the monastery could open a convenient door for them.

For this quite interesting request, the Bai Gu Bodhisattva also agreed.

This third type was those who felt they had some ability, basically all old-brand Golden Cores, who neither wanted to leave Little Xikang nor wanted to rely on others.

These demonic heads felt deep in their hearts that no matter how powerful the Xuanmen in Shu was, it was impossible to kill all the demonic heads in the world. With so many demonic heads in all directions of Shu, and so many great demonic heads who had been famous for a long time, they wouldn't go to kill them, but would insist on catching themselves?

As for the fourth type of people, these demonic heads had similar thoughts to the third type, but their realms were lower, small demons of the first or second realm. They thought Little Xikang was so big, if they hid in a mountain ditch, who could find them?

Except for the above four types, those who relied on Xuanxin Temple and Bai Gu Zen Monastery but were not wanted, and were timid, had basically all left Little Xikang by now.

"The current demonic scourge in Little Xikang is basically like this."

Wu Mei said.

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan nodded and then asked.

"So what do you plan to do now?"

Wu Mei replied.

"There is really no way for the Heart-Piercing Monk's side; the location is already close to Tibet, and the Nujiang is so dangerous, so as long as he doesn't cross the river, we won't pay attention to him."

"The Bai Gu Zen Monastery has received a death order from the alliance, and it must be eliminated, but now is not the time."

"For the last type, we really have no way. Little Xikang is too big, and there are many such small demons. We can only say that if we meet them, we will kill them; if we don't meet them, we won't specifically go to strangle them. Perhaps a hundred years later, when Little Xikang is like the current Shu, with Xuanmen forests and prosperous righteous paths, then these small demons will naturally disappear."

"What we need to do now is to kill the third type, as well as the demonic heads attached to the Bai Gu Zen Monastery in the second type."

"When these demonic heads are cleared, or forced to leave and completely invest in Xuanxin Temple and Bai Gu Zen Monastery, that will be the time for us to take action against the Bai Gu Zen Monastery."

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan nodded. The strategy was no problem, but he asked.

"But now Little Xikang is still dominated by demonic heads. You are attacking the many with the few like this. If you are surrounded, or if the Bai Gu Bodhisattva and the Heart-Piercing Monk take action against you directly, what should you do?"

Wu Mei smiled upon hearing this.

"We Xuanmen have our own masters. I would rather these two demonic heads take action; I'm just afraid they will shrink back and not dare to come out."

"As for being surrounded, heh."

Wu Mei laughed.

"Yunlai doesn't know, just in this period of time, the Xuanmen mainly focuses on defense against the north, east, and south, and only against the west, that is, this Little Xikang area, is the main attack."

"This demonic tide catastrophe, with danger in front, the internal filth of the Xuanmen was put aside, and the Xuan Tian Alliance was established. The first thing proposed after the alliance was established was to concentrate forces to take Little Xikang. Yunlai, do you know why?"

Wu Mei looked at Cheng Cheng Xinzhan with a smile.

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan also smiled upon hearing this.

"Is Tuo Yan trying to test me?"

Wu Mei nodded with a smile.

But she tested the wrong person. Cheng Cheng Xinzhan's vision was not comparable to ordinary people, and he had been talking about Shu affairs with Daoist Daoist Tanbai during this period, so he naturally knew this well.

"It's nothing more than the prosperity of the Xuanmen. A Duguang Wilderness is already not enough to hold them, and they want to continue to expand their territory. And looking around the Duguang Wilderness, moving east would be blocked by the Eastern Dao sect, moving south is the place where the Fifth-Realm True Dragon joins the Dao. As for moving north, not to mention the resistance of the Northern demonic sect, I'm afraid you wouldn't even look at the barren land."

"In addition, the Xuanmen likes weapons, loves flying swords, and mostly practices the Geng Metal method. And from the perspective of the Five Elements, East is Wood, North is Water, South is Fire, and West belongs to Metal, so you naturally want to continue to move west."

"And for the past thousand years, the great demons and great sects of the Northern and Southern sects have been taking turns, while the Little Xikang region has never had a great demon or great sect. The only one who had a climate was the Eight-Sufferings Bright King, who was killed by True Person Elder Changmei with thunderous means, and he carried the momentum of killing demons to say that the Fifth Realm must not enter Little Xikang. So annexing Little Xikang is something you have been operating all along."

Cheng Cheng Xinzhan said lightly, but Wu Mei's eyes became brighter and brighter as she listened. She said.

"How long has Yunlai been in Little Xikang, and you have already seen through it so thoroughly?"

Although Cheng Cheng Xinzhan felt in his heart that the Xuanmen was powerful and had to be guarded against, from another perspective, no matter what, the Xuanmen wanting to occupy Little Xikang was the righteous path taking land from the demonic path. This was undeniable.

"The mighty torrent, the general trend, as long as you look with your heart, you will naturally discover it."

Wu Mei nodded.

"Yes, it's a pity that there are not many people with heart who can see the general trend, just like those demonic heads who hold fluke mentality, not knowing their death date is near."

"Just now Yunlai said you were worried about them surrounding you, then I might as well tell you directly: starting from this month, a large number of Xuanmen disciples will move west. Not only us and Mount Emei, but Qingcheng Mountain and Mount Heming Mountain will also send people."

"So it's not the demonic heads surrounding us, but us surrounding them. And not only surrounding, but within our Xuanmen, we also have to kill demons and compete for merit."

"It is precisely because of this that I asked Yunlai to take action to help the Xichuan Sword Pavilion compete for merit."

(End of chapter)