Chapter 411: Combining the Two Swords

They are fighting over there, but what is Xu Jia doing?

It turns out Xu Jia is currently fusing those Heaven and Earth Forbidden Laws, attempting to decompose the steps and derive Register Methods, so that from now on, there can be a division of labor and cooperation, with each being passed down, achievable even by those who are not Earth Immortals.

The so-called "Cleansing Heaven and Earth Pulse Construction Micro Spirit Vein Forbidden Law," when broken down, is "Cleansing," "Heaven and Earth Pulse," "Construction," and "Forbidden Law."

The "Cleansing" character is easy to explain; in the series of Daoist altar-cleansing rituals, the "Cleansing Character Incantations" occupy four of the Eight Great Divine Incantations: Cleansing Mouth, Cleansing Body, Cleansing Heart, and Cleansing Heaven and Earth Divine Incantation.

As for Heaven and Earth Pulse, the Heaven Pulse does not require them to find it, but they are capable of finding the Earth Pulse. When carefully broken down, it is nothing more than Qi-gazing, Seek Dragon, and Dotting the Acupoint—these are the skills of a Feng Shui master. However, these are all directed at the Yang world's Yang pulses; for the Dharma Realm's Yin pulses, one must "walk the Yin," which is the ability of the soul to leave the body and enter the Dharma Realm.

"Construction" is the most important of all. Yin pulses and Yang pulses conflict, yet they must be connected and harmonized; this requires skills in geography, civil engineering, and surveying.

"Forbidden Law" requires a certain degree of understanding of arrays and Talismans.

Only by letting the whole population join in "mass production" and mobilizing the power of the masses can these micro Spirit Veins enter every household, allowing ordinary people to break their shackles, awaken their selfhood, and gain power, so that they do not gradually become what that old man on Mount Lu said: "Mortals and cultivators are two different species; can mortals even be considered human?"

Xu Jia's ideal state is to first eliminate hunger, then eliminate poverty, and then enter universal cultivation (literacy), relying on basic universal cultivation to complete the industrialization of cultivation and finish the most important infrastructure.

There is nothing to say; he is just following the path of his predecessors and mentors.

But this method is not so easy to decompose, and even if it is decomposed, the mutual connection and work still require compatibility.

"Standardization is a problem, but Earth Veins are strange and varied; what they lack precisely is standardization." Xu Jia thought to himself: "The early stage relies on manual work and individuals, which is fine, but for true development, one must pursue standardization and scale."

Xu Jia not only wants to cultivate the corresponding talents but also wants to set the corresponding standards.

"Old Immortal, it's bad, Old Immortal! Hurry and go take a look, they are fighting over there."

Xu Jia had not heard such words for a long time; he looked up and saw it was "War Eagle," that Sparrow Spirit.

Xu Jia asked: "When I took attendance a few days ago, why were you not there, and now you suddenly appear under my nose; are you just looking to beg for some benefits?"

"Hehehe, Old Immortal, how could I be that kind of bird? War Eagle is not one of those little demons anymore; War Eagle is now the Chief Instructor of eight hundred thousand birds and sparrows, mastering a lot, a lot of intelligence work."

Xu Jia saw that her figure was agile, her feathers were bluish, and besides the few feathers refined by the Reverse-Feather Chicken back then, there were a few more feathers of other colors on her tail. It was clear she had taken Xu Jia's words about "Phoenix Cultivation" to heart. Although her Daoist Practice was not very high, she was indeed slowly walking the path of "Five Virtues" to add color to herself.

Hearing that she had eight hundred thousand birds under her command, Xu Jia acknowledged her: "I named you War Eagle, and you have indeed gained some luck; even eagles are not as good as you."

"That's right, I've teased eagles several times." War Eagle was quite proud, then suddenly seemed to remember something: "Master, they are fighting in the south, it's so intense. Our people, their people, those I know and those I don't, it's a total mess."

"I saw two especially beautiful young ladies, and I saw two especially annoying stinking Daoists. Those Daoists have a treasure called the Pure Yang Demon-Suppressing Tower. I vaguely approached it and my body went soft; it's very powerful. I also heard from the birds near their military camp that they are going to the South Sea to find a treasure called the Fish Basket, just to deal with those beautiful Immortal ladies!"

"Old Immortal, hurry and go help them."

Xu Jia smiled: "Since they have the Twenty-Four Vast Sea Bright Moon Pearls and have obtained my Gold and Silver Swords, they have nothing to fear. My Gold and Silver Swords were refined according to the Supreme Three-Five Evil-Slaying Male and Female Swords. Among them, the Golden Flood Dragon Sword has the sharpness of Beheading Dragon, with its Qi leaning toward the Cleansing Bright Dragon-Slaying Immortal Sword, while the Silver Sword leans toward Beheading Evil."

"When the two swords are combined, they can behead flood dragons, behead evil spirits, and naturally, they can also behead evil people."

Xu Jia told War Eagle the method of combining the two swords into the "Gold and Silver Shears": "Go back and tell them to refine them with water and fire, let Kan and Li intersect, Draw Kan and Fill Li, and combine them into one hexagram. That is the Weiji Hexagram, and it will naturally have a fierce Qi."

Earth-Heaven Tai is a meaning of stability and harmony.

Heaven-Earth Pi is a hexagram of great misfortune.

"Even if they cannot form Heaven-Earth Pi, there is still Upper Li and Lower Kan, which is the Weiji Hexagram. But I forgot, I still have an Innate Killing Sword here, also named Weiji? Can it release the Heavenly Killing Intent, Earthly Killing Intent, and Human Killing Intent?"

Xu Jia taught her the usage: "Those two Luofu Daoists, since they stand on the opposite side of the people, they are enemies. No need to say anything more; I do not accept negotiations and don't want to waste my breath. Just kill them. They have already cultivated into Yang Spirits, which is different from Earth Immortals; killing them is just helping them with Soldier Dissolution and sending them to ascend early. If the Yang Spirit remains obsessed, then arrest them for Conferred Gods."

War Eagle heard this and felt it was explosive: "Okay, okay, I'll go tell the two Immortal ladies, and by the way, ask that beautiful Bi Fang sister for a small feather."

That was her plan; she wanted to act as an "angel" by delivering messages to Xu Jia to receive some benefits.

Xu Jia was too lazy to expose her, only saying: "As for the Fish Basket Guanyin, that depends on the attitude of the Buddhist sect. If they really come, what if I take action myself?"

"The sacred affairs of the Five Emperors and Three Sovereigns have deceived the travelers of the boundless." Xu Jia shook his head: "It is enough that they do not reform themselves, but they actually want to maintain the Five Emperors Rotation system; it is simply ridiculous."

War Eagle swooped from Sanqing Mountain to Ganzhou and landed on Ao Jin's shoulder. Ao Jin was curious: "War Eagle, War Eagle, why are you here?"

"Hmph hmph!"

"I have a Dharma Decree!"

The crowd was suddenly alarmed: "So the messenger has come. We wonder what Dharma Decree the Sect Leader has to instruct his disciples?"

Even Yun Chen Xiao and Huo Lingmu did not dare to be arrogant.

They saw War Eagle cough, and her voice suddenly became clear; it was her innate Divine Ability of "mimicry," imitating Xu Jia's voice, tone, and even his aura.

Xu Jia's teaching on the usage of the Gold and Silver Immortal Swords was soon known to Yunxiao and Huo Lingmu.

"The Sect Leader wants us to kill these two thieving Daoists?" Yunxiao had already begun to ponder after receiving the decree. Huo Lingmu said to Yunxiao: "Good sister, I told you, these Gold and Silver Immortal Swords are meant for you and me. This Golden Sword is named Beheading Dragon; I have eaten so many Poison Dragons, it perfectly matches my Qi nature. The Silver Sword is named Beheading Evil; you purify seawater in the deep sea, so this Evil-Slaying Sword is perfect for you. And with such a matching combination method, whether it is Water Fire Not Yet Completed or Heaven-Earth Pi, they are both top-tier killing moves."

War Eagle cheekily said: "Good Immortal sister, give me a feather you don't want."

Bi Fang smiled: "You little thing, you are also walking the path of Phoenix virtue, but my feathers have a very high temperature and burn with Bi Fang's green fire. If you are not afraid of being roasted into a burnt bird, then take it. You must cultivate Fire Virtue to truly make it your own; otherwise, begging like this, even if you really collect a hundred feathers from a hundred birds, you cannot gather feathers to become a phoenix."

War Eagle said: "Fire Virtue, Fire Virtue, isn't war a Fire Virtue? I understand it very well. My critical message delivery is as swift as the wind and as fast as fire; how can this urgent information not be considered fire?"

Huo Lingmu smiled and plucked a feather from her body. War Eagle hurriedly caught it in her beak, but it was extremely hot. However, the other true feathers on her body began to exert power, so she stuck it onto her rear.

Suddenly, a burst of flame engulfed her. Except for a few true feathers, all her other feathers were burned away, leaving the whole bird bare.

"Ah! My feathers, where are my feathers? So embarrassing, don't look at me, everyone!"

War Eagle let out a painful cry and wanted to flap her wings to fly away, but her wings had no feathers, so she could only walk on the ground.

"Ahahaha!" Ao Jin gave her no face at all and mocked: "You bald little bird, still pretending to be an angel. This used to be something our brothers did. You like to show off so much, you've met your retribution."

Yunxiao pointed out a bit of Lunar Method Dharma Power to help her nourish some downy feathers. They were gray and sparse, but these feathers were no longer "mortal feathers." After all, Bi Fang Huo Lingmu was a thousand-year-old Great Demon of the Pure Yang God Immortal Realm and a practitioner of the Phoenix lineage, a genuine "Phoenix subspecies."

Not speaking of cultivation or virtue, but just from the perspective of bloodline, this War Eagle had already improved a lot.

"Good sister, beautiful sister, give me a little more, so I can grow all my feathers at once."

Yunxiao laughed: "My Lunar Method Dharma Power only dissipates some Fire Poison and nourishes your body a little. Any more, and there will be Lunar cold poison, which you cannot withstand. You had better focus your heart on cultivation."

Immediately, Yunxiao and Huo Lingmu began to practice the sword technique. This sword technique's power increases with more Dharma Power and decreases with less; it is not a suicidal killing move.

It is just that Heaven-Earth Pi requires a higher level; the two are no different from "dual cultivation." Their Dharma Power and Primordial Spirit must be in sync to Draw Kan and Fill Li and achieve Qian and Kun. But don't look at the Kan hexagram as having Yang inside; Yunxiao seems to become the "Kun hexagram," but in fact, her nature is "clear and spiritual," governing the "Qian." Huo Lingmu represents the Li hexagram, but she resides in a Volcano, and the power she governs is actually "Kun."

Water Fire Not Yet Completed, Qian and Kun are inverted.

The so-called "Pi" is a bad state, vaguely implying "inverting Yin and Yang."

The I Ching explains: "Pi is not the way of man; it is not favorable for the perseverance of the superior man; the great goes and the small comes."

It means that in this society, the air is foul and the atmosphere is corrupt, with petty people who wallow in the mire running rampant, while the superior man who upholds the right path becomes like a fool.

It is precisely that good and evil are inverted, taking evil as glory and good as shame.

This is precisely the source of the meaning of "Reversing Yin and Yang."

"Not Yet Balanced, Obstruction."

Corresponding to this is "Already Balanced, Peace."

Yunxiao had a higher level of comprehension: "These two moves reveal killing intent because the matters of 'Not Yet Balanced' were not completed, carrying regret and unwillingness; 'Obstruction' is dissatisfaction with the current situation, disappointment, and the desire to make changes."

"Only because of dissatisfaction and regret can one unleash the Heaven Earth Human Three Talents Killing Intent."

"If it were Water Fire Already Balanced, the worldly enterprise would be accomplished, the country peaceful and the people secure, and instead, the sword would not have so much killing intent, possessing only magnanimity, tolerance, uprightness, and grandeur."

"For you and me to cultivate 'Not Yet Balanced,' we need to have a state of mind of regret; to cultivate 'Obstruction,' we must have a spirit of indignation and dissatisfaction."

"It's this complicated?" Huo Lingmu sighed: "But you and I have both cultivated to become God Immortals; our states of mind are observed at every moment, and if they change, it would instead become a flaw..."

"This is the mystery within it; we must hold onto 'Peace,' guarding the state of Water Fire Already Balanced to cultivate, but when unleashing a killing move, it is a twist of fate, which is 'Not Yet Balanced' and 'Obstruction'; it seems to have many flaws, but it can better summon killing intent."

"Within this, evolving further, there is also the Shan Huo Ben Gua; you can practice it yourself. What I am evolving here is the Need Hexagram... These two hexagrams also correspond to changing hexagrams, which are the Traveler Hexagram and the Lawsuit Hexagram; combined, they are actually a set of eight sword moves, which can be practiced alone or in pairs."

The two began to practice within a small area, and indeed they were in harmony. In less than two hours, they had mastered the essentials.

This was mainly because they were both in the "God Immortal Realm," their Primordial Spirits were pure yang, and their Daoist Practice was extremely high, so they learned everything quickly; if they were learning from the "Earth Immortal" realm, or even the "Human Immortal" realm, they would not be able to achieve such speed.

……

The next day, Chen Gongming went to challenge them again; this time, the opponent did not use the Flame Cart or the Windmill Formation again, but there was another layer of change.

One could only see mirrors reflecting the sunlight, flashing and flickering, dazzling people's eyes. Then came the sound of gongs, from all directions, vibrating until people's heads buzzed.

This was precisely the "Golden Light Formation" presided over by "Zhang Zhenren."

Once the Golden Light Formation appeared, the Military Official led by Chen Gongming were blinded by the golden light and their eardrums stung by the beating of the bronze gongs; some even began to experience "tinnitus."

"What a disgusting formation!"

But for a time, there was no good way to block the golden light and the sound of the gongs, and even the horses and mounts were thrown into a panic.

(End of this chapter)