Chapter 86: So-called Thunder Magic

"Jianxian, I remember you don't seem to have brought a disciple yet, just right, you take this little Daoist master to practice thunder magic!"

Director Miao Jian Daoist said.

Jianxian Daoist was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

Director Miao Jian Daoist handed the note written by Zhao Wuji to him.

Jianxian Daoist looked at it and smiled bitterly, "I am not a good teacher, Sub-department head, don't make fun of me."

Director Miao Jian Daoist glared, "How are you not a good teacher? Among the Jian-generation of Shuji Mountain, whose thunder magic is higher than yours? You just don't want to accept disciples, and you don't want to deal with people. You are either checking documents in the sub-department or going down to watch the door every day. Is your thunder magic not to be passed down?

"It was fine that I couldn't do anything about you in the past, but today with the mountain master's note, can't I cure you? I say you are a good teacher, so you are. If you are not convinced, go find the mountain master yourself!"

Upon hearing this, Jianxian Daoist's two thick eyebrows were about to twist into a ball.

"You see clearly, this is a high disciple of Mount Mingyue. Can he really be your disciple for a lifetime? You just be his teacher for two years and teach him thunder magic. If you don't agree to this, then I won't be the sub-department head either. I invite you to be the sub-department head. Anyway, I can't command you."

Cheng Xinzhan stood awkwardly on the side, not daring to make a sound.

"Disciple obeys."

Jianxian Daoist sighed for a long time and agreed.

"That's right!"

Director Miao Jian Daoist suddenly beamed again, "Teach the little Daoist master of Mount Mingyue well. The mountain master said it will be effective in two years. You must be careful and take him out for more field work, it will be effective quickly!"

Director Miao Jian Daoist was overjoyed in his heart. Originally, the sub-department was short of people. Jianxian was a dull gourd. When practicing thunder magic, the atmosphere was magnificent. Director Miao Jian had seen with his own eyes how decisive he was in killing miasma spirits and fog demons when going out for field work, but this person just didn't want to go out, and didn't want to deal with people in the sub-department. Obviously, his combat power was extremely strong, but he was happy to do some document work and watch the door.

Now it's good. With a note from the mountain master, one was cured and one was sent.

"Go, go, the person is handed to you, I don't care anymore."

Director Miao Jian Daoist also issued an order to chase away guests, seemingly afraid that Jianxian would go back on his word.

Jianxian Daoist took Cheng Xinzhan away from the hall where the sub-department head worked. Jianxian was a kind person. Although he didn't want to accept it, he didn't give Cheng Xinzhan any face after he really accepted it. He kindly led him to an empty small cubicle.

"Xinzhan, you will practice in this office in the future, and my office is the one diagonally opposite to you."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded, "Yes, teacher."

Jianxian seemed to be still not used to having a nominal disciple. After Cheng Xinzhan called him teacher for a long time, he realized that he was calling him,

"Oh, good. By the way, you should not understand our practice of the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion before. I will tell you first."

Cheng Xinzhan said yes, pulled over a chair and asked Jianxian to sit down, while he stood up and waited.

And when Jianxian saw it, he also hurriedly got up and took a chair to let Cheng Xinzhan sit down.

The two sat face to face, both a bit unnatural, but after Jianxian started to teach the Dao, the atmosphere got better,

"Our founding ancestor believed that thunder magic is acting on behalf of heaven. High magic power is absolutely not enough, and it is not the essence of thunder magic. The ancestor believed that thunder magic, besides killing and cutting, also pays attention to majesty, name, and rules."

"Without magnificence, there is no weight of majesty. The ancestor believed that people who practice thunder magic should live in high buildings, wear gorgeous clothes, walk like dragons and tigers, and thunder instruments should be bells, tripods, towers, and statues as the top grade, seals, flags, orders, and swords as the second grade, and others as the lower grade." Cheng Xinzhan nodded upon hearing this. When he saw the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion, he was indeed intimidated by the momentum of the mansion building, and when he went up to the ninth-floor Shenxiao Yuqing Hall, even though it was an empty hall, the seemingly ordinary mountain master sitting there was also as imposing as a mountain. As for thunder instruments, he hadn't seen them yet, but if there were bell and tripod instruments to hold thunder light, it would indeed be enough to intimidate people's hearts.

"The ancestor believed that practicing thunder magic must be famous. Performing thunder magic based on likes and dislikes is not true thunder magic, but just imitating the momentum of lightning and thunder by manipulating the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, which is fake thunder magic. True thunder magic must have righteousness in one's heart before performing the magic, bearing the idea of rewarding good and punishing evil, or descending sweet rain, or killing demons."

"The ancestor believed that practicing thunder magic must have rules and systems. One must not be violent and kill indiscriminately, nor can one be overly compassionate. Where there is drought, where there is magic, it is reported by the patrol office or burned by local people to pray, reported to the mansion, and each department judges the disposal, whether to allow or stop, and then reports to the department, the courtyard, and even the mansion master. The order arrow is signed and issued, and each department acts according to the order arrow, and then goes out to cause rain, solve flooding, or kill demons."

"Based on the above, this Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion was created. So-called: act on behalf of heaven, grasp the pivot, order from top to bottom, point generals and send troops, this is thunder magic!"

Cheng Xinzhan suddenly realized!

This is thunder magic!

This is the meaning of the pivot!

Cheng Xinzhan bowed and saluted, "Disciple accepts the teaching."

Jianxian Daoist also smiled, pointing to this huge public office, "So the disciples of our Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion, practice and office attendance are one. When quiet, sit in the office to cultivate the degree of majesty and understand the reason of the pivot. When moving, hold the order to perform the momentum of thunder and punish those who are not law-abiding. Thunder magic is slowly cultivated in this movement and stillness."

"I don't know why you, as a disciple of Mount Mingyue, want to come to my Shuji Mountain to practice thunder magic, and the mountain master set a two-year period. But I want to tell you, haste makes waste, and practicing thunder magic is even more so. If you don't understand majesty, name, and rules, you will never learn thunder magic well. I don't understand, and I won't teach you any shortcuts. It's just step by step. Even if it is the mountain master's order, I am not afraid. If you think it is slow, you can find the sub-department head or the mountain master to change people."

Jianxian Daoist said solemnly.

And Cheng Xinzhan also said solemnly, "The teacher's words are pearls of wisdom, the disciple naturally obeys. If it is really learned slowly, it is the disciple's dull talent, and it is definitely not the teacher's fault."

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Jianxian nodded, "Good, then you will practice with me in the future, whether it is sitting in the office or field work, you follow."

Cheng Xinzhan said yes. In fact, after listening to Jianxian Daoist's explanation, he wanted to learn thunder magic even more, even if it wasn't to dissolve malevolent Qi.

Acting on behalf of heaven, famous teacher, isn't this a hero!

"I will tell you in detail about our Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion. The Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion comes from the ancient Thunder Department. Our set of pivots can also be said to be a simplified version of the Thunder Department. I heard that the pivot of the Shenxiao Sect of Mount Bingfeng is more complicated, while that of Mount Longhu is more simplified."

"The top floor of the mansion is the Shenxiao Yuqing Hall and the Five Thunders Institute, which are of the same level. The Shenxiao Yuqing Hall is the mansion master's public office, and the Five Thunders Institute is the residence of the Five Thunders Envoys. The Five Thunders Envoys in the mansion are all high-truth elders with profound thunder magic. In terms of cultivation realm, they are only below the mansion master in the Yingyuan Mansion."

"The mansion has three departments, which are the Yushu Department, Beiji Department, and Penglai Department. Among them, the Yushu Department is in charge of the pivot, and performs the duties of the mansion master when the mansion master is away. The Yushu Department has the Seal-Holding Sub-department, Correction Sub-department, and Self-Correction Sub-department. The Seal-Holding Sub-department is responsible for approving order arrows, the Correction Sub-department is responsible for clearing up whether there are people who neglect their duties and occupy their positions in the Yingyuan Mansion, and the Self-Correction Sub-department is responsible for clearing up the internal affairs of the Yushu Department."

"The Beiji Department is in charge of killing and cutting, and performs the work of attacking and punishing. The Beiji Department has the Punishment Sub-department, Demon-Sweeping Sub-department, Demon-Slaying Sub-department, and Defense Sub-department. You and I are in the Punishment Sub-department. The Punishment Sub-department is responsible for killing miasma spirits, fog demons, filthy clouds, monsters, Yin corpses, evil ghosts, and other Yin evil things. The Demon-Sweeping Sub-department is responsible for sweeping away demon heads of demonic sects, the Demon-Slaying Sub-department is responsible for killing demons that eat people and cause disasters, and the Defense Sub-department is responsible for attacking all those who violate the orders of the Yingyuan Mansion, including clearing up heretical sects and obscene sacrifices."

"The Penglai Department is in charge of vitality and creation, and performs the work of saving lives. The Penglai Department has the Sweet Rain Sub-department, Clear Sky Sub-department, Plague-Sweeping Sub-department, and Conferment Sub-department. The Sweet Rain Sub-department is responsible for dissolving droughts and urging clouds to help rain and descend sweet rain. The Clear Sky Sub-department is responsible for dissolving flooding, discharging clouds and steaming rain, and leading water back to the river. The Plague-Sweeping Sub-department is responsible for dissolving plagues and diseases, and sweeping away plague flies and epidemic insects. The Conferment Sub-department is responsible for leading the thunder tribulation, conferring and correcting some spiritual demons and fierce ghosts who do good deeds, and allowing them to build temples and practice."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded, thinking that it was divided so finely. I don't know what kind of complexity the Shenxiao Sect and even the ancient Thunder Department were.

And Mountain Master Zhao arranged for him to come to the Punishment Sub-department, which was obviously more compatible with the Divine Thunder among the Five Thunders.

And the fact that Mountain Master Zhao arranged for him to come to the Evil-Slaying Bureau was clearly because he was more compatible with the Divine Thunder among the Five Thunders.

"Our Evil-Slaying Bureau is divided into five offices—East, South, West, North, and Central—each responsible for different regions. You will follow me and work in the North Office."