Chapter 398: Luo Luo Feng Kao Zhao and Summoning Great Dharma

Li Yan's face was gloomy, knowing Sha Lifei was right.

Shen Kui were not wild beasts, but monsters in the mountains, loving Yin and hating Yang, listless during the day, and even afraid of the scorching sun, so they only moved at night.

But human-faced owls were not in this category.

They could act during the day, counting as scouts for the Shen Kui tribe, first to guard against enemy sneak attacks, and second to lock onto prey.

This behavior clearly showed they had been targeted by the Shen Kui tribe.

"What to do?"

Sha Lifei was a little anxious, "How about waking up the mountain god and running away quickly, otherwise I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on tonight."

"Useless."

Li Yan looked at the human-faced owls circling in the sky and said in a deep voice, "These things came suddenly, clearly knowing we are here. If it wasn't for sensing yesterday's movement, it was someone luring them."

"If it's the latter, it's very likely that Lord Tian Sheng Sect demon people are hiding nearby. Leaving rashly will instead be attacked from front and back."

Sha Lifei rubbed his large bald head, a flash of ferocity in his eyes, "You melon-head, it seems we can only fight head-on. I'll go bury some more materials and properly test this Tiger-Crouching Cannon!"

After speaking, he ordered Wu Ba to assist in defense, while he followed the rope and climbed down to the cave grotto.

Li Yan looked at the sky. Seeing those human-faced owls didn't dare to approach again, he lowered his head and looked at the one he had just slaughtered.

Looking closely, this thing was even stranger.

Its head was covered with thick hair, its lips were extremely thick, its brow ridge was prominent, very similar to the ape-man seen in the previous life, and its mouth was full of fangs.

Its body was a bird, and its strong single claw was as thick as a bowl.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a naturally born thing.

Li Yan frowned, and couldn't help but feel some suspicion in his heart.

According to what was recorded in "Mystic Strange Records," demons, spirits, and monsters had different distinctions.

Demons were animals that had spirituality and obtained cultivation. Although they knew various magic, their body size would change, but their original form remained unchanged...

Spirits were old objects that had spirituality, would possess bodies, and would make trouble. Most of the time, they were somewhat similar to ghosts and gods. Nanmu King was said to be an old demon, but strictly speaking, it belonged to "spirits"...

And monsters were mutated wild beasts.

They would be born for various reasons. For example, the earth dragon beheaded in Yunyang was the transformation of the earth dragon absorbing the Qi of heavenly spiritual treasures.

This Shen Kui tribe was not right. The same kind of monster gave birth to different forms, completely violating common sense.

Could it be, man-made?

This situation was not impossible.

For example, Wu Ba's Renxiao tribe was originally a tragedy caused by mountain spirits making trouble. Because of the benevolence of Zhenwu Palace, it was born.

Shen Kui in other places didn't have this situation. Only Shennongjia appeared, and there must be something tricky in it!

Although suspicious in his heart, he couldn't care less for now.

Li Yan didn't change his expression, patrolled everywhere on the mountaintop, while guarding against those Renxiao, while checking the Five-Direction Luo Feng Flags.

If there was a big battle tonight, this item would be their guarantee.

The Five-Direction Luo Feng Flags saw blood for the first time, and he didn't know how powerful it was, and whether it could block the Shen Kui tribe.

No, it's still not safe enough.

Thinking of this, Li Yan took out the compass again to check.

Although the Five-Direction Luo Feng Flags had troops and horses, they were not driven by Yin official power, and their power would inevitably be greatly reduced.

Dealing with ordinary small monsters was no problem, but if "White Lord" launched a sneak attack personally, I'm afraid it couldn't hold on. Once the array flag was broken, they would fall into danger.

In this situation, he had to use the "Luo Luo Feng Kao Zhao and Summoning Great Dharma."

The so-called "Examination and Summoning" is to examine merits and demerits, and summon ghosts and gods to come for interrogation and disposal, which is called Examination and Summoning.

This method was usually used to deal with possessed evil spirits. The steps included establishing a prison, sending generals, detaining souls, punishment, and questioning.

Reasonably speaking, this method was not suitable for dealing with monsters, but this "White Lord" happened to have another identity: mountain god.

Belonging to ghosts and gods, they were all within the scope of disposal.

As long as its soul was detained, there were plenty of ways to deal with it.

Just at this moment, the rope at the cave entrance shook. Not only Sha Lifei came up, but also Lu San.

"Brother Lu San is back!"

Li Yan was overjoyed and laughed, "Just right, with you tonight, I won't fear those Shen Kui!"

Lu San also learned of the current situation, looked at the human-faced owls circling in the sky, and said in a muffled voice, "What do you want me to do?"

Li Yan said, "Shen Kui's power is tyrannical, but what's more troublesome is that they can drive the wild beasts and ghosts in the mountains. Once they come, it's overwhelming. Does Brother Lu San have a way to disperse the rushing wild beasts?"

Driving techniques were a major category of the Mystic Sect, belonging to the last part of divination, taboos, and disaster relief.

Driving evil, driving ghosts, driving five poisons, driving wild beasts... whether it was the Daoist sect or the Shamanic Nuo, they all had corresponding methods.

For example, in the E-Xiang region, there were many lakes and rivers. People hung precious swords under bridges to drive away flood dragons and pythons, which belonged to driving techniques.

There was also the mention in "Records of the Grand Historian: Five Emperors' Annals": Xuanyuan cultivated virtue and shook the army, governed the five Qi, planted the five grains, comforted the ten thousand people, measured the four directions, and taught bears, leopards, pixiu, and tigers to fight with Yandi in the wilderness of Banquan.

At that time, both beast-taming and driving shamanic arts were used.

Lu San learned the ancient Chu Shaman Mountain Ghost Method and was definitely proficient in this way.

Sure enough, Lu San nodded without hesitation, "Originally it was a bit troublesome, but with the mountain god 'Zou Yu,' I can pull some of its hair and set up a mountain ghost taboo, which can make wild beasts not dare to approach."

"Good!"

Li Yan heard this, and was even more confident in his heart, "That's it. Brother Lu is responsible for driving beasts, Old Sha and Wu Ba use the cannon to scatter Shen Kui, and the remaining ghosts and monsters will be dealt with by me."

Sha Lifei hurriedly asked, "What about 'White Lord'?"

Li Yan said coldly, "Don't worry, it won't be able to escape either!"

After speaking, he came to the cave entrance, pulled the rope, leaped, and with just two or three borrows of force, arrived in the cave.

In the center of the cave, the mountain god "Zou Yu" was still sleeping, and the "Jing People" tribe around were still holding sacrificial rituals.

For two consecutive days and nights, these little monsters were very exhausted. Some were swaying, and some fell directly to the ground and fainted.

And the effect was also very obvious.

The smell of incense was rich, constantly being absorbed by "Zou Yu," and the huge wound on its abdomen had basically healed, only showing shallow traces.

"Little Brother Yan, what's the situation now?"

Wang Daoxuan's face was solemn, and he hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.

Li Yan told him the situation, then said in a deep voice, "Daoist, don't worry, you just need to guard the Dharma altar."

"Also, if I need to use the 'Luo Luo Feng Kao Zhao and Summoning Great Dharma,' you immediately activate the Dharma altar to suppress the formation for me."

"Examination and Summoning Method?"

Wang Daoxuan became interested, "What should this poor Daoist do?"

The Examination and Summoning Method, whether it was the Mystic Sect Orthodox or the Dharma lineage, had it, including his Xixuan lineage, but the methods were vastly different.

It was a high-difficulty Jiao altar Dharma technique.

Li Yan replied, "This 'Luo Luo Feng Kao Zhao and Summoning Great Dharma' of mine is to simulate the Luo Feng Mountain Yin official. Originally, the Luo Feng Mountain had ghost god palaces and chambers, and it had to be arranged, and eight generals had to be set up in the inner altar, eight generals in the outer altar, officials, meritorious officers, and straight prison god generals."

"But we don't have enough manpower, so we can only act cheaply..."

While speaking, he opened his bag and took out a token carved from thunder-struck jujube wood, five inches long, three inches wide, and eight points thick.

This item was when he was at Wudang Mountain, he entrusted the Daoists of Zixiao Palace to choose good materials and make it on the day of the Six Dings. On it were written the four big characters "Fengdu Command."

Li Yan explained, "This item is the array eye. The Yin soldiers in the Five-Direction Luo Feng Flags are the troops guarding the altar. When the time comes, I will consume a gang order and directly detain that 'White Lord' soul. This monster is fierce, with quite a bit of blood on its hands. Daoist, you control the five-altar troops to suppress it, and I will set up a water-fire prison to interrogate, figure out the origin, and after sentencing, directly beat it into the Netherworld!"

This was the tyrannical aspect of the "Luo Luo Feng Kao Zhao and Summoning Great Dharma."

To give a simple analogy, his previous living Yin official could at most be considered a temporary worker, but by borrowing this method, he could interrogate and sentence, report to the Yin official, and directly beat it into the Netherworld.

Directly consuming the gang order to summon Yin official troops to do it was also fine, but the other side was a mountain god, and it was not guaranteed that there was any way to avoid it.

Using the "Luo Luo Feng Kao Zhao and Summoning Great Dharma," he could directly lock onto it. As long as the other side was still in Shennongjia, it couldn't escape!

"This poor Daoist understands!"

After Wang Daoxuan heard this, he immediately understood his duty.

His task was to assist Li Yan in the Jiao altar.

Li Yan carefully urged again, then took a group of Dharma artifacts, pulled the rope, and climbed out of the cave entrance.

He took out the compass, found the due East of the mountaintop, placed the "Fengdu Command Token," set up incense and candles for worship, and found the Northeast, inserting the Dharma flag.

Doing this naturally had its reasons.

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Luo Feng Mountain was in the Gui land of the North, so the token was placed for worship, while the Northeast was the ghost door, the root of death energy. Summoning Yin soldiers and divine generals started from here.

Others were also busy.

Lu San returned to the cave, and under the angry eyes of the "Jing People," cut some hair from the divine beast "Zou Yu."

He took some stones from the cave, performed simple carving, turned them into the appearance of various mountain-guarding divine beasts, and stuffed the hair into them.

After a shamanic Nuo ritual, these stones were buried in every corner of the hillside...

As for Sha Lifei, he was constantly preparing gunpowder packs, and asked the "Jing People" to find various sharp stones underground.

In the distance, human-faced owls circled under the overcast sky, staring at them, just waiting for the Shen Kui tribe to move after dark...

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At the same time, Baokang County, hundreds of miles away.

The county town was built against the mountain, facing a wide river.

Within the territory of Baokang County, there were the South River, Ju River, and Man River.

Among them, the Man River led directly to the Han River, which was the section he passed by taking a detour when Li Yan first went to Yichang.

And the Ju River went all the way South, passing through Danyang County, passing by Guanling, leading to the Yangtze River. The river channel was narrow and not suitable for ships.

On the other side of the river in Baokang County was the imperial court military camp.

The imperial court's two hundred thousand troops had already quelled the rebellions in Zhushan, Zhuxi, and Fangxian, and were advancing from all directions, sweeping through the mountains.

This time, the civil chaos in Jingshan was just a banner for the Lord Tian Sheng Sect. Besides them, countless mountain people had been hiding for thousands of years, with countless mountain strongholds, and a population of millions.

The imperial court's two hundred thousand troops didn't seem small, but facing such a huge population, they didn't dare to mess around.

They advanced step by step, combining kindness and power, just grabbing the Lord Tian Sheng Sect and beating them hard, while the rest were comforted as much as possible.

These millions of Jingshan mountain people were located in the belly of the Divine Land. For thousands of years, they had been a hidden danger. On weekdays, demon people and martial world greenwood people hid there. Whenever there was troubled times, they would roar in the mountains and forests, attacking government offices.

The imperial court this time wanted to clear this thousand-year-old stubborn disease in one go, so they were not in a hurry, and the emperor didn't urge them for several months.

And the Lord Tian Sheng Sect remnants had been forced into Shennongjia, naturally they couldn't be let go, so two more ten thousand troops were transferred to Baokang County.

In the military camp, Gong Jun had changed back into his official uniform.

"That trapped flood dragon is in the mountains above Xianglin Gou, and the Lord Tian Sheng Sect demon people are digging canals, connecting to the Ju River..."

He followed the map and carefully marked the location.

"Company Commander Gong has worked hard."

The leading general was a short and sturdy man, full of sideburns, his eyes faintly showing tiger power, nodded with satisfaction, and signaled Gong Jun to retreat.

Gong Jun hesitated, and then spoke to the side, "Daoist Yulongzi, Little Brother Li and the others are still trapped in the mountain, rescuing the mountain god, can't wait long..."

Before the words were finished, the general said coldly, "The task of your Commandant's Office is to investigate enemy intelligence. Military affairs are important, don't meddle!"

"Yes, please forgive me, General."

Gong Jun didn't dare to say more and hurriedly retreated.

Because of some things in the past, the relationship between the imperial court's civil and military officials and the Commandant's Office was not so good.

Especially the army, which was particularly sensitive to the Commandant's Office meddling in military affairs, because it was the Commandant's Office that once controlled military and political affairs, causing a great disaster.

This point had become an unspoken understanding of the imperial court.

Even the emperor would not let the Commandant's Office overstep its authority.

A dog can bite people, but becoming a beast is a big trouble.

After Gong Jun left, the general looked at Yulongzi beside him and asked with a smile, "I didn't expect there to be 'Zou Yu' in this mountain. This is a benevolent beast and auspicious sign, and people offered it to the royal family during the Tang and Song dynasties..."

Yulongzi held the whisk and glanced indifferently, "Since it is a benevolent beast and a mountain god, moving it is inauspicious."

"The Daoist is right."

The general felt somewhat embarrassed, hurriedly changed the subject, "Since the location is known, this general wants to break camp and fight, directly suppressing these demon people. What does the Daoist think?"

Yulongzi pondered for a moment, "It's possible. General, just send troops. When we arrive outside Xianglin Gou, we will set up a Dharma altar to suppress and kill the trapped flood dragon."

Saying this, he looked outside the tent, "There has been a sign of 'Sun Support' these few days, and it coincides with the White Dew Ghost Rain. There will surely be a big thunder storm. The sign of the flood dragon's walk has been formed. There is no time to lose, we must set off immediately."

"Also, there are the Man River and Ju River outside Baokang County. To prevent accidents, it is better to notify the people along the river to evacuate temporarily."

"Good, just follow the Daoist's advice!"

Soon, the sound of horns rang out, and the two thousand troops in the entire camp began to assemble...

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Unknowingly, the sun was setting.

Li Yan and the others were busy for a day and finally made preparations.

Below the cave grotto, Wang Daoxuan had already opened the Dharma altar, burning incense and chanting scriptures.

On the mountaintop, Li Yan and the others also watched the surroundings.

Soon, the sunset gradually fell behind the mountain, the sky was overcast, no stars or moon could be seen, and everything was pitch-black.

Clatter, clatter!

In the Southeast direction, birds were suddenly startled and flew away.

Chirp, chirp, chirp!

Human-faced owls danced and screamed in the night sky, extremely excited.

"It's coming!"

Sha Lifei was a little nervous, gripping the fire-god gun in his hand tightly.

And hundreds of miles away, in the ruins of the ancient ancestors, a huge white shadow climbed to the top of the mountain, waving the tattered black banner in his hand, emitting a long roar.

"Roar!"

Inside the cave, black shadows crawled out one after another.

These Shen Kui were tall, and although they only had one arm and one leg, they were extremely agile. Their thick feet and arms bent, and they leaped down from the mountain instantly.

Roars rang out continuously.

In the surrounding mountain forest, all the wild beasts seemed to have gone mad, rushing toward the mountain peak where Li Yan and the others were.

In the forest, under the bushes, inside the stone crevices, black smoke gathered and scattered, raising Yin wind and anger, mixed in the beast herd.

It could be seen with the naked eye that the trees swayed, and the cold white mist spread rapidly...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 399 =====