Chapter 124: Luo Feng Divine Palace

"It's just a centipede with cultivation."

Dian Shu drank the wine, his neck turned red, and he became even more talkative, "Little Daoist heard Master say that all things and creatures, once they have spirituality, will slowly cultivate, hiding in places where heaven and earth Gang and evil qi gather, their wisdom gradually growing, and supernatural abilities gradually born."

"Some, if they swallow heavenly treasures, their appearance will also change, which is very powerful. 'Huainanzi' mentions a kind of flying centipede, saying that the Teng snake swims in the fog and dies from maggots. Its nature can control snakes. Once it sees a large snake, it will climb up and eat its brain. This kind of flying centipede likes to eat snake brains the most..."

"'Earth Master Burial Classic' also mentions it, like a locust but with a big belly and long horns, capable of eating snake brains, but this monster is afraid of thunder and fire, and afraid of cockcrow, fleeing when it hears it..."

"The earth centipede is also one of them. Although it has no wings, it is good at burrowing, can restrain its aura, and ordinary supernatural abilities are difficult to detect. Either wait for it to appear and behead it, or find a clear location and set up a ritual altar to suppress and kill it..."

"However, this kind of thing is also an opportunity. A few years ago, there was an earth centipede causing trouble in Lingnan, as big as a snake or python, capable of eating clouds and spitting fog, with a fierce temperament, harming quite a few people..."

"There, a senior uncle, in cooperation with the disciples of the Dharma lineage, set up a net to suppress and kill it, obtaining a centipede pearl the size of a walnut, which specifically restrains all snake poisons in the world. Even a poisonous snake with cultivation, once touched by this centipede pearl, will become limp all over..."

Although Dian Shu was young, he knew quite a few things about catching demons and monsters in the Doumugong, which made Sha Lifei and Wang Fu stare blankly.

The mountain night wind whistled, everything was dark, the campfire flickered, and listening to these Mystic Sect strange stories had a unique flavor.

A hundred meters away in the gravel pile.

The demon-catcher Red Yecha wore the rag that could hide her aura, sat cross-legged with her eyes closed, and slowed her breathing and heartbeat to the limit.

Her ears moved from time to time, keeping an eye on the movements around her.

The goat she had caught had already been released.

Clearly, this demon-catcher had treated the three by the campfire as new bait...

Inside the blessed land spiritual aperture, it was pitch black.

As the cave was blocked, it was as if it were completely isolated from the outside world, and not a single sound could be heard.

Cold and lonely, it seemed isolated from the world.

Li Yan was not idle either. He had been sitting cross-legged since just now, entering meditation and storing his spirit, preparing for the upcoming ritual.

Unknowingly, it was already late at night.

Nearing midnight, Li Yan slowly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of white mist.

It was not spiritual qi, but because it was exceptionally cold in the cave, like an ice cellar, and breathing could turn into mist.

After standing up, Li Yan did not rush to set up, but practiced the Ten Great Plates of Red Fist in the darkness, letting his body warm up.

Whoosh!

He blew on the fire starter and lit the incense and soul-guiding lamps one by one. The cave suddenly had light, dim but warming the heart.

Li Yan looked at the ritual altar and recalled it again in his mind.

The temple-building ritual is every cultivator's first Dharma event.

Only by successfully opening the ritual altar can one induce changes in the spiritual aperture.

And opening the ritual altar is mostly divided into two steps.

One is pacing the ritual steps, forming seals and chanting incantations, so that the ritual altar forms a layout itself, before it can respond to the external Gang and evil qi.

The second is to draw the Divine Might.

This Divine Might is the source of the cultivator's Dharma method. Some contemplate their own patriarch, some contemplate the stars of heaven and earth, drawing innate Gang and evil qi.

After such a long time of learning, Li Yan had already gained some insights.

If innate Gang and evil qi are compared to the vast night sky, then the various immortals and gods worshipped by the Orthodox Sect Dharma lineages are the stars in the sky.

With a mortal body, naturally, one cannot draw the power of heaven and earth.

However, with these immortal and god stars, it is like having coordinates, using them as channels to draw innate Gang and evil qi.

But innate Gang and evil qi are murderous, and mortals are difficult to bear, so when pacing the ritual steps, forming seals and chanting incantations, one must calculate the position where the Gang and evil qi will strike.

Only by avoiding the first murderous intent can one intercept the Gang and evil qi for use.

Whether drawing talismans or performing rituals, none can be separated from this method.

And the method to avoid the murderous intent requires the cooperation of supernatural abilities.

This is the true secret of the Mystic Sect.

Without understanding this key point, one will never be able to enter the door.

The "Luo Feng Jing" is extraordinary, naturally explaining it clearly.

Li Yan stored his spirit in his heart, formed the magic seal, and began to pace the ritual steps.

The so-called pacing the ritual steps is using the Gang steps, with the Big Dipper's Nine Stars (seven stars plus two auxiliary stars) as the Nine Palaces, heaven as the guideline, earth as the discipline, creating a connection with the heaven and earth Gang and evil qi.

One step for one star, as if going to heaven to worship immortals and gods.

Li Yan had already learned two magic arts and was naturally familiar with pacing the ritual steps, but this time, when his hands formed the seal, it was completely different, like a lotus flower blooming upside down.

This is called the Luo Feng Seal, unique to his method.

Following the pacing of the ritual steps and chanting, Li Yan could feel a cold, eerie smell rising from the ground, like a sharp arrow stabbing straight at him.

Li Yan paced the ritual steps, took advantage of the situation to let go, dodged the murderous intent, and at the same time held the ritual seal and drew toward the rear.

The ritual seal immediately became cold and slightly heavy.

This ritual seal was made of peach wood, worshipped at the Doumugong ritual altar, applicable to all Dharma methods, 100 taels each.

To tell the truth, it was just an entry-level ritual artifact.

The power of the ritual seal relates to how much Gang and evil qi is drawn. If there is a chance in the future, it must be refined into a better one.

Of course, Li Yan couldn't care about thinking of other things at this moment.

This wisp of Gang and evil qi seemed to have been drawn from the Nine Nether Luo Feng Mountain, carrying a coldness that made the heart palpitate, but it could dissipate at any time.

Li Yan did not dare to neglect, picked up the ritual seal, slapped it three times on the ritual altar, and then picked up the rootless water in the bowl, spraying it out with a pfft.

Whoosh~

In an instant, wind rose on the flat ground.

Li Yan felt that the innate Gang and evil qi of the entire spiritual aperture had formed a connection with the ritual altar, surging toward him from all directions.

This feeling was exactly like the situation on the Pulling Immortal Terrace during the day, with terrifying Gang and evil qi gathering, making him dizzy.

Fortunately, the twelve lotus soul-guiding lamps played a role at this moment, occupying the twelve earthly branches, like candlelight in the dark night, guarding the divine soul.

Li Yan did not dare to neglect and sat down cross-legged to enter meditation.

Storing the spirit again, it was indeed different.

The deity originally stored, although the image gradually became full and the bright light flickered, everything around was void, just like a candlelight in the dark night, which could be extinguished at any time.

If not for the Great Luo Dharma Body, the stored spirit would have already dissipated several times.

The "Luo Feng Jing" says this is called Taiyi.

Taiyi is when Yin and Yang have not changed, the vastness is too void, without light or image, without form or name, silent and lonely, this is called Taiyi.

Therefore, Taiyi is the beginning of the spirit, and the qi has not yet appeared.

And by performing rituals in this Grotto-Heaven aperture, the innate Gang-Sha Qi infects it, causing this void and easy place to undergo changes.

This step is called Taichu.

Taichu is the beginning, the qi begins to sprout, this is called Taichu.

According to the Western creation scripture, it is that in the beginning heaven and earth were void, God said let there be light, and then there was light...

This step, the secret of heaven changes, and all things are born.

Whoosh!

The Gang and evil qi flowed, wind rose in the dark room, and the twelve lotus soul-guiding lamps flickered, unstable.

Li Yan only felt a gale blowing in his divine soul, and the stored spirit was like a soul-guiding lamp, flickering and flashing, which could be extinguished at any time.

This is the first difficult pass of building a temple. If the stored spirit is extinguished, the divine soul will be seriously injured, and it will take a long time of quiet cultivation to cultivate again.

Fortunately, this process is not long.

In the divine soul, the space around the stored spirit, influenced by the innate Gang and evil qi, changed again. In the darkness, something seemed to be stirring.

Subsequently, dots of misty spiritual light appeared, gathering more and more, turning into light mist in the surroundings. The light mist gathered and scattered, gradually having black and white Yin and Yang qi rising and sinking.

This is called the Innate Five Tais: Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji, representing the process of heaven and earth from nothing to something.

Up to this point, the conditions for building a temple were formed. In all the Dharma methods in the world, this stage is basically similar.

But next, a watershed will appear.

Some Dharma lineages' cultivation methods, contemplating broken temples and small shrines, although easy to form and enough for the stored spirit to dwell, the temple is too small to hold a big Buddha...

Some cultivation methods, contemplating pavilions and palaces, luxurious and arrogant, like divine dwellings in heaven, but have no foundation and cannot go far...

And the "Luo Feng Jing" first requires contemplating Mount Luo Feng.

"Luo Feng is in the north of the Lower Yuan, with a sea that is immeasurable. In the middle is a mountain, reaching the blue sky above, entering the yellow spring below, with black and dense qi knotted, this is called the North Capital Luo Feng..."

The scripture echoed in Li Yan's mind constantly, and the surroundings gradually changed.

The black innate Yin evil qi was drawn first, flowing below the stored spirit, constantly condensing, turning into black river water.

When it reached the limit, changes occurred in the middle, turning from void to solid, and a section of black mountain range rose slowly, appearing under the stored spirit's feet.

Subsequently, the white innate Gang qi was introduced, gathering around the stored spirit, constantly changing, gathering and scattering, finally forming a divine palace.

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The divine palace was ancient, magnificent, and majestic, and the stored spirit resided within it.

I don't know how much time passed again, everything gradually stabilized.

The dark room no longer had wind, and the soul-guiding lamps no longer flickered.

Li Yan slowly opened his eyes, feeling relieved while finding it hard to hide the excitement in his heart.

North Capital Luo Feng Mountain, above it is the Night Light Palace, below are the Nine Offices. Yin and Yang, Life and Death, and the disaster notes stop there.

This first floor of Yin and Yang combined,

Finally built!

The days that followed were constant cultivation.

The higher Mount Luo Feng is, the more stable the foundation, and even the Yin evil qi below can turn into the Underworld Sea, giving birth to the Six Great Demon Kings, becoming his protective Dharma generals, far stronger than any troops.

Of course, these are all things for later.

Building the first floor of the temple not only gives the stored spirit protection in the future and will not easily dissipate, but some magic arts in the "Northern Emperor Scripture" can also be cultivated.

There is no perfect method in the world.

If the Tai Xuan Orthodox Sect is mainly based on various grand ritual altars, then the "Northern Emperor Scripture" is mostly offensive magic arts.

The Baopu Dengshan Technique and the Thousand Gold Body Protection Incantation are both derived from the Pre-Qin period. Li Yan judged that they were also passed down from the "Northern Emperor Scripture."

Their true names are the Northern Emperor Dengshan Technique and the Northern Emperor Body Protection Incantation.

These two body protection arts can be used by anyone.

But other magic arts can only be used by those who cultivate the "Luo Feng Jing."

Of course, his cultivation is only on the first floor, and the magic arts he can cultivate are limited.

Li Yan had long been eyeing two, one called the Northern Emperor Divine Movement Technique, and the other called the Northern Emperor Taiwei Chuling Technique, both of which were auxiliary magic arts.

There is no way. With his current cultivation, he is just a small cultivator who has just entered the door, and stronger Dharma methods are simply difficult to drive.

The so-called Northern Emperor Divine Movement Technique is actually a talisman armor horse, gathering Gang and evil qi to make yellow cloth armor horses.

Tied to the legs to perform rituals, the feet are like wind, and the running and jumping power is amazing. It is the best choice for chasing criminals, killing enemies, and escaping.

The difficulty of this technique lies in the materials.

At the very least, it is yellow silk that has been offered incense before the ritual altar for five years, and the talisman must be written in a place where Gang and evil qi gather, and the evil must be entered into the taboo.

This kind of armor horse lasts about a stick of incense, which is about ten minutes.

The better the material and the higher the cultivation, the speed and usage time of the armor horse produced will increase.

Another Northern Emperor Taiwei Chuling Technique is to make paper figures, used for investigation and tracking, which complements his nose supernatural ability perfectly.

The "Northern Emperor Scripture" focuses on offense. Even if it is just the first floor, there are offensive magic arts that can be used.

For example, a kind of Northern Emperor Yin Thunder Hand.

Similar to the Daoist palm thunder, they are all foundations of thunder methods.

However, it uses Yin thunder.

Yin thunder is a muffled thunder with a small sound, which is the thunder of the Underworld.

As the saying goes, Yang thunder hits people, Yin thunder hits evil. Although they are all changes of Yin and Yang in heaven and earth, their targets are different.

Yin thunder specifically targets the divine soul.

If you encounter a spirit medium again, a single palm strike will cause the yin soul possessing the opponent to collapse; although it is not as fierce as the Palm Thunder, it is continuous and endless, like a maggot on a tarsal bone that is difficult to drive away.

And Yin Thunder Hand can also hurt people. Combined with dark energy, the hit will surely die.

Of course, Yin Thunder Hand requires deeper cultivation to cultivate.

Thinking of this, Li Yan stood up immediately, removed the ritual altar, came to the blocked cave entrance, dark energy burst out, and his palms pushed forward violently.

Clatter, clatter!

The blocked gravel collapsed immediately.

Looking outside, a whole night had passed.

The horizon vaguely revealed a fish-belly white, the mountain wind whistled, and the light was dim, as if a touch of fire red was about to be conceived.

Li Yan was in a great mood and took a deep breath.

The morning wind was biting cold, making his head clearer.

The temple was successfully built, and the previous restlessness had completely disappeared without a trace.

"Brother Li Yan, you've come out of seclusion!"

Hearing the movement, Sha Lifei and the others ran over hurriedly.

After all, there were monsters nearby. They were either helping Li Yan guard the law or worried about being attacked, so they had been forcing themselves to stay awake all night.

It was cold at night on the mountain. Even though several people were wearing sheepskin coats and wrapped in thick cotton quilts, they still couldn't bear it.

Looking at their tired faces, warmth rose in Li Yan's heart, and he said in a deep voice, "You all rest well, I'll guard from now on."

Sha Lifei and Wang Fu heard this, and smiles appeared on their faces.

No need to ask, this look is clearly successful temple building.

Including the little Daoist Dian Shu, the three had guarded for a night, and were all cold and tired. They casually roasted some dry food on the fire and ate it, then fell into a deep sleep in the shelter of the wind wrapped in cotton quilts.

Li Yan's heart stirred, and he looked into the distance.

Over there, the demon-catcher Red Yecha, who had guarded for a night, also removed her disguise and stood up to stretch her muscles.

There was peace all night, and the monster did not appear.

Li Yan didn't bother with etiquette and shouted directly, "Friend, thank you for your trouble, please come over here to roast by the fire and drink some hot tea."

The demon-catcher hesitated, but still strode over.

The Pulling Immortal Terrace is more than 3,700 meters above sea level, so the tea naturally couldn't be hot, but it could add a bit of warmth.

The two gathered by the campfire and drank tea, both silent.

Li Yan could see that this person was not good at talking to outsiders, and he was sensible enough not to ask more.

"Thank you."

After drinking tea to warm her body, the demon-catcher stood up directly, hesitated for a moment, and still took off an object from her body and threw it over, saying calmly, "Carry this thing, maybe you can avoid the monster."

Li Yan caught it, and the other party had already turned and left.

He laughed dumbfoundedly and looked at the thing in his hand.

He knew this thing. It was made by selecting chicken claws, removing the tendons and membranes, and leaving only the bones, which could be played with in the hand.

What the demon-catcher gave was naturally more extraordinary.

The chicken bone in his hand was thicker than a person's thumb, yellowish on the surface, glazed in color, with an evil-warding talisman carved in Yin, filled with cinnabar.