Chapter 506: Skeleton City, Nine Heavens Thunder

There is something in the sky!

Li Yan's hair stood on end, and he raised his guard.

One must know that in this "Luo Shihai Forest," supernatural powers were suppressed, and he could only observe with his own five senses.

Even for him, he couldn't see anything further away.

But this thing could make him perceive it.

This was the suppression from the strength of life and divine soul, which made his martial artist's intuition take effect.

Also, the hook-warrant jade accessory had enhanced his sensing.

What exactly was this thing?

Li Yan gritted his teeth, ready to use sorcery at any time.

Sha Lifei was holding the ceremony outside; he couldn't handle this level of thing at all.

If necessary, even if it meant interrupting the ceremony, he had to take him away to avoid falling into this place and becoming an evil spirit.

But with his sorcery, he likely couldn't deal with it.

Thinking of this, a fierce light flashed in Li Yan's eyes, and he took out the hook-warrant.

He had already understood the nature of this place; like the Qiongqi tribal land on Mount Xianshan, it was a crack between the mortal world and the Great Luo Dala Fajie.

Although he didn't know what relationship it had with Fomen.

But False False Yin Si troops could definitely be summoned.

Li Yan was already prepared, staring fixedly at the sky.

Strangely, that thing didn't descend to attack but moved slowly in the sky, like a kite drifting about.

Subsequently, another feeling of being watched came.

Even if it was just a divine soul, Li Yan's eyelids jumped wildly.

He guessed what these things were.

Dakinis, or Dakas.

This was a special deity in Tibetan Fomen, rumored to be able to travel between the heavenly realm and the human world, serving as a connection between the Buddha-land and the practitioner.

Li Yan now already knew that the False False Yin Si, the Heavenly Court, and the Buddha-land were all within the Great Luo Dala Fajie, perhaps located in different regions.

It was just unclear what relationship they had with each other.

Did the Buddha-land also follow the "Heavenly Law"?

If it followed, what was the intention of occupying this gap?

Various doubts surged into his heart.

But Li Yan knew clearly that these things should all be so-called heavenly secrets; if it weren't for a coincidence, he was afraid he wouldn't have discovered these things.

After waiting for a while, Li Yan felt slightly relieved in his heart.

From the current point of view, these special deities had no malice for the time being, just observing quietly in the sky.

Since that was the case, Li Yan didn't want to cause trouble.

Letting Sha Lifei successfully complete the ceremony was more important.

Outside, Sha Lifei was also becoming increasingly difficult.

Yin Sha black fog and evil spirit blood eyes seemed to turn into a storm, whistling around him, and his ears were filled with all kinds of bizarre sounds.

These things attacked crazily, wanting to drown Sha Lifei.

Unfortunately, the three life fires around him flew up and down; although they swayed, they never extinguished.

It was like a wind-calming pearl, keeping the three feet around him calm.

These three life fires were driven by Lu San's altar, drawing out Sha Lifei's life essence, maintained by his will.

Whether he could hold on depended on Sha Lifei.

Fortunately, after this period of torment, Sha Lifei had adapted in advance, and the anger in his chest turned into murderous intent, driving away all fear.

The soul-returning grass sachet in his mouth also continuously transmitted a cool breath, allowing his nerves, which were stretched to the limit, to continue to maintain.

Pfft!

He didn't know how long it had been, but one life fire suddenly changed.

Originally it was ghostly blue, but at this moment it turned red.

"Good!"

Seeing this, Li Yan couldn't help but cheer in a low voice.

Lu San had said that the sign of success was that all three life fires changed color, and one of the six Yin roots would turn into a Yang root, giving birth to supernatural powers.

At the same time, outside the bamboo forest cottage, around the altar, one fire basin also roared, igniting a fierce flame.

Lu San danced the Nuo dance, his steps seemed to be full of joy, sprinkled spices again, and took out a lotus lamp, drew fire from the fire basin, and carefully placed it near Sha Lifei's left shoulder.

The ceremony had already succeeded by one-third.

What surprised them even more was yet to come.

Pfft!

After not long, another life fire changed color.

"Old Sha is capable!"

Li Yan's eyes also revealed a trace of surprise.

He didn't expect Sha Lifei's speed to be this fast.

What he didn't know was that Sha Lifei was exhausted from being tormented that day, but because of the news from afar, he gave birth to heroic spirit, spending the whole night helping Wang Daoxuan make magic tools, squeezing out all his energy.

When forging iron, he was fully focused and could feel subtle changes.

In fact, there were already signs of awakening.

Unfortunately, he was not young, and having mixed in the martial world for many years, his seven emotions and six desires were infected, and his divine soul had already become turbid.

Fomen had a saying about a pearl covered in dust.

This was no different from sealing his heart with cement.

If it were someone else, in that situation at the time, they might have awakened supernatural powers, but he only opened a crack.

Until now, it had gradually peeled off.

Just one step away!

Li Yan calmed his mind and observed carefully.

But just at this moment, an abnormality appeared in the sky.

It was those two Dakinis or Dakas who were watching them, suddenly flying up and down, Sanskrit sounds ringing, and strands of innate Gang-qi falling.

What do they want to do!

Li Yan was shocked in his heart and hurriedly walked out of the palace.

But seeing points of faint light falling in the sky, like dust, surrounded by burning light halos like flames.

This was a Buddhist secret technique; looking from afar, it was like a sky full of golden lotuses falling, the scene was very spectacular.

The black fog below touched it, as if encountering a nemesis, and fled one after another; in just a short time, it ran away completely.

At this moment, Sha Lifei sat cross-legged, surrounded by three life fires, and the sky full of golden lotuses fell, actually having a sense of holiness.

Terrible!

But seeing this, Li Yan secretly thought it was bad.

At the same time, he vaguely understood what was going on.

Holding the ceremony attracted too many evil spirits, seemingly triggering some mechanism, attracting the Dakinis.

Once a threshold was reached, they would take action to disperse them.

Speaking of which, there was no problem.

But Sha Lifei was at a critical moment; without the pressure of these evil spirits and Yin Sha Qi, he would give up halfway.

Thinking of this, Li Yan gritted his teeth, leaped, returned to the palace, walked with long strides, and sat on the divine platform.

He pinched the magic seal and flipped his hands.

Pfft, pfft, pfft!

Lotus lamps suddenly appeared around the divine seat.

He was preparing to cast the "Northern Emperor Yinshan Technique."

This technique, speaking of which, was similar to Sha Lifei's ceremony, both borrowing external force to practice.

However, the Northern Emperor Yinshan Technique was more powerful, artificially simulating an environment similar to the False False Yin Si; Li Yan often used this method to accelerate his practice.

This "Luo Shihai Forest" was just right.

Whoosh~

As Li Yan's spirit sank in and he chanted the incantation, the Yin wind whistled outside again, and Sha Qi surged.

Rolling black fog not only came from all directions but even fell from the sky, as if black clouds were pressing on the city.

Gang-Sha Qi were Yin and Yang to each other, originally without high, low, righteous, or evil distinctions.

Such terrifying Yin Sha Qi directly blew away the sky full of golden lotuses, drowning and disappearing them.

Li Yan was also startled.

He didn't expect that casting the "Northern Emperor Yinshan Technique" in the "Luo Shihai Forest" could cause such a big movement.

With such terrifying Yin Sha Qi, Sha Lifei couldn't bear it.

Li Yan hurriedly slowed down and weakened the incantation.

In the sky, the roar of wild beasts vaguely came.

Carrying Sanskrit sounds, it echoed continuously in the sky.

These sounds, if heard by others, would mostly be incomprehensible, just feeling like thunder, but Li Yan's ear supernatural power could hear ghost and god language, and he immediately understood what they were saying. "Bold!"

"Presumptuous!"

It seemed his behavior had caused dissatisfaction among the deities.

Dong, dong, dong!

It seemed like something was knocking on bones.

The originally condensed Yin Sha Qi dissipated again.

Seeing this, Li Yan's heart sank.

Speaking of which, he helped Sha Lifei with this place without any malice, thinking that a small mortal wouldn't disturb the master of this place.

He didn't expect to cause this trouble.

But Sha Lifei's opportunity was afraid it was only this once.

Forget it, offend if he must.

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At worst, summon Yin soldiers and then run away.

Thinking of this, Li Yan pinched the seal and chanted again, exerting the "Northern Emperor Yinshan Technique" with full force.

This "Luo Shihai Forest" was a spiritual space, competing in divine soul.

Li Yan exerted full force, even storing the spirit and building the tower, immediately manifesting strange phenomena.

Behind his divine palace, Gang-Sha Qi gathered crazily, and simultaneously Yin and Yang separated, vaguely forming the shadows of the Yin Sea and Mount Luo Feng.

At the same time, the Gansi Lianwan Repeated Tian Gong also appeared and disappeared.

Finally, strands of Yin Sha Qi gathered again, among which there were many bizarre black shadows, no longer just evil spirits, but some strange existences with three heads and six arms, dancing and clawing.

They gathered beside Sha Lifei again.

Not just simple wailing, but even dancing with hands and feet, as if demons were dancing wildly, and there were also withered, corpse-like hand claws reaching out of the black fog, wanting to extinguish Sha Lifei's life fire.

Sizzle!

But being burned by the life fire, they retreated rapidly.

Sha Lifei's pressure increased suddenly; even though he held anger in his heart, turning into murderous intent, a certain innate fear could not be avoided from surging into his heart.

In fact, this was the essence of the ceremony.

Borrowing fear and pressure, breaking first and then establishing.

Sha Lifei stumbled upon it, using the anger and murderous intent in his heart to restrain the initial fear, changing two life fires in succession.

However, it also made his last one even more difficult.

Under sufficient pressure, Sha Lifei fell into a wonderful state.

Fear, murderous intent, anger, were about to drive him crazy.

But from the soul-returning grass sachet, a cool breath kept coming, allowing him to maintain a trace of clarity, as if walking on a tightrope.

But Li Yan at this time couldn't care about checking.

As the Yin Sha Qi in the sky was drawn down, as if the pitch-black sky curtain was torn open, a strange scene also appeared in the sky:

Two three-headed and six-armed shadows were flying up and down.

Their lower bodies were female bodies, skin dark, three heads and six arms, holding various strange bone-shaped magic tools, but their heads were lion heads.

Points of flame light dust circled and danced around them, colorful and bizarre, looking like a huge Thangka appearing in the sky.

Lion-Faced Dakini!

Li Yan happened to have heard of it.

This Lion-Faced Dakini was a deity in Tibetan Buddhist legends, with a ferocious face but possessing the power of light.

Chanting her heart mantra could resist the attacks of evil arts.

They should be the guardians of this place.

What made Li Yan's scalp tingle even more was that a much larger shadow vaguely appeared in the sky, as if it were a city composed of countless skeletons.

Before he came, he had studied the Luo Shihai Forest.

This place was managed by the Lord of the Luo Shihai Forest.

Legend has it that he lived in the "Luo Shihai Luo Shihai Pure Land," and in the Pure Land, there was a square skull city, and the bone city had a corpse forest.

That thing in the sky should be the Luo Shihai Luo Shihai Pure Land.

The terrifying pressure it transmitted made Li Yan's brain go blank, and he unconsciously gripped the hook-warrant, about to summon Yin soldiers.

Boom, boom, boom!

Just at this moment, a thunderbolt fell from the sky.

Crack!

Thunder light flashed, directly striking the palace.

Whether it was the Luo Feng Mountain, Yin Sea, Gansi Lianwan Repeated Tian Gong behind, or the palace he built, all were like mirages, dissipating instantly.

Li Yan fell to the ground from the air, his spirit trembling.

Thunder light crackled in his hand; he hurriedly looked at the hook-warrant in his hand, and on its back, tree-branch-like thunder patterns had already appeared, crisscrossing and vaguely forming a thunder talisman.

Li Yan was somewhat stunned, looking up at the sky.

He knew that this thunderbolt was not the means of the Lord of the Luo Shihai Forest, but came from the Great Luo Dala Fajie, from the Heavenly Court's Thunder Department.

Carefully counting, this was the third abnormality.

One was the thunder-fire refining the hall on Mount Wudang, where the Thunder Department took action, and while subjecting him to a test, it also refined the Soul-Hooking Chain, becoming a more advanced supernatural power.

The second was outside Shennongjia, where the Thunder Department suspectedly intervened, borrowing his hand to behead the trapped dragon that violated the Heavenly Law.

This time, it tampered with the hook-warrant again.

Could it be…

Li Yan already had a guess in his heart.

He was afraid he had another part-time job.

Sure enough, as the thunderbolt shattered the spirit-storing palace, whether it was the Lion-Faced Dakini or the skeleton city shadow in the sky, all disappeared rapidly and were covered by the pitch-black sky curtain again.

Pfft!

As the Yin Sha Qi around dissipated, the last life fire changed color, and Sha Lifei also opened his eyes suddenly.

He looked at the surroundings, full of confusion and shock.

"Damn it, so that's how it is!"

After saying this, he fell to the ground and fainted, and his figure also dissipated rapidly.

It seemed he had succeeded.

Li Yan also breathed a sigh of relief, not daring to stay here anymore, hurriedly pinched the seal, kept his spirit as one, and his figure gradually faded.

Soon, the Luo Shihai Forest returned to dead silence again.

A cold wind howled, blowing across the Skeleton Bhikkhu Pagoda…

…………

Clang!

Outside the Bamboo Grove Cottage, Sha Lifei drew his saber from its sheath.

With a solemn expression, he flicked his wrist gently; the Guanshan Daozi seemed to become even more agile. After circling his bald head once, he struck out fiercely.

In an instant, the blade light flickered, dancing so densely that not even a drop of water could pass through.

His footwork was also swifter, kicking up dust all around him.

The Guanzhong Fast Blade is all about being one step ahead of others.

Before his foot even touched the ground, his blade had already been thrust out.

Unlike Li Yan, who later integrated other saber techniques and focused on both offense and defense, Sha Lifei remained dedicated solely to the fast blade.

And now, his saber technique had clearly improved by a significant margin.

Not only that, but in the split second as he retracted his blade, he suddenly drew the short flintlock from his waist and clicked the trigger.

The flintlock wasn't loaded with gunpowder, but the timing of the shot was chosen perfectly, right in the gap of his Guanzhong Fast Blade technique.

Coming from the same school, he and Li Yan had chosen different paths.

Being able to make such progress was naturally due to his supernatural ability.

Sha Lifei had awakened a Body supernatural ability.

This ability was perfectly suited for him.

His five senses were sharpened, and his control over his body was enhanced.

Not only had his martial path broken through its bottleneck, giving him the potential to step into the Hua Jin realm, but he also received a boost in forging and shooting accuracy.

"Alright, alright."

Lu San found it headache-inducing. "You've been showing off all morning; aren't you tired? Hurry up and practice spirit-storing; the tower hasn't even been built yet."

"Hahaha..."

Sha Lifei rubbed his bald head triumphantly. "That's nothing; I'll definitely be ready before we go up the mountain."

Li Yan stayed inside the Bamboo Grove Cottage, looking through the window at Sha Lifei's triumphant appearance. He smiled silently, then looked down at his hands.

In his hands at this moment was the official warrant, with the False Yin Si Command on one side and the Lei Fu Command on the other, further reinforced by jade accessories.

From now on, there would likely be no shortage of trouble.

At this moment, he finally felt the impact brought about by the changes in the human realm.

Even the Heavenly Court had started conscripting able-bodied men...

(End of Chapter)