Chapter 540: Black Mountain Reveals Palace

Above the clouds, an immortal mountain towered.

This "Baiyujing" was originally just an ornament, but after being magnified countless times, the momentum of the immortal mountain was immediately highlighted.

The shadows of those palace reliefs were even more extraordinary.

A joy appeared in Li Yan's eyes, and he quickly stood up.

He hadn't guessed wrong!

He had researched this treasure for the past two days and had already had his suspicions.

Like this type of special Heavenly Spiritual and Earthly Precious item, it usually acts on the spiritual level, and its true power is also manifested on the spiritual level.

Just like the Cloud Lord's Divine Palace and the Wushan Goddess Palace.

Perhaps the original body had already been destroyed, but thousands of years later, it could still allow people to enter dreams and tour the scenes of a thousand years ago.

The more powerful ones could even exist between the virtual and the real, taking things out from within, just like the Cloud Lord's Divine Palace.

This "Baiyujing" ornament naturally wasn't that powerful, but for Li Yan, it was enough to meet the requirements.

He chanted the "Fengdu Precious Decree" constantly, his two hands forming seals, tapping on his knuckles, operating the numbers of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha.

Rumble!

Thunder roared in the sky, and Gang and Sha Qi churned.

The massive immortal mountain phantom of "Baiyujing" also slowly descended from the sky, getting closer and closer to the top of Fengdu Mountain.

In the Cave Heaven outside, strange phenomena were simultaneously produced.

The innate Gang and Sha Qi circulated, forming mist visible to the naked eye, injecting into the "Baiyujing" ornament.

Numerous pores rang out in unison, with drums, sheng, and flutes, as if a band were playing Daoist music.

That Martial Uncle on Mount Qingcheng had ultimately misjudged.

If he had heard this "Dao Sound," he would likely have wept with joy and happily placed the treasure on a high shelf, and it would never have fallen into Li Yan's hands.

This innate Gang and Sha Qi shuttled through the honeycomb-like pores of the "Baiyujing" ornament, gradually becoming stained with a layer of pale purple.

Purple mist swirled, rising and not dissipating.

And as the immortal mountain slowly descended in the visualization space, this mass of purple mist also drifted toward Li Yan's mouth and nose.

Rumble!

In the visualization space, thunder roared even more violently.

Seeing the immortal mountain getting closer and closer, Li Yan's Great Luo Dala Dala Fa Shen also began to stir.

Li Yan endured this craving, continued to chant the spell, and simultaneously focused all his spirit on the immortal mountain.

This thing looked like a mass of phantom shadows from afar, as if it were real.

But upon getting closer, he discovered it was more like a mass of thick white clouds composed of innate Gang Qi.

The moment it touched the mountain top, this mass of Qi instantly collapsed, wrapping around the mountain top, with wild winds howling and lightning flashing.

And outside, the mass of purple Qi emitted by "Baiyujing" was also completely sucked into Li Yan's mouth and nose.

As if all its spiritual charm had been plundered, the texture of the "Baiyujing" ornament, originally as delicate as jade, rapidly became rough, as if it were weathered jade, even turning into a plaster-like state.

This treasure had completely become a mundane object.

"Judging life and death, rewarding good and punishing evil. The Ten Palaces are all devoted, the Six Caves all bow their hands..."

In the visualization space, Li Yan's chanting grew louder.

That mass of white mist was also gradually absorbed by Fengdu Mountain.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but the white mist dissipated completely.

Fengdu Mountain had also completely changed its appearance.

The original high mountain had been desolate and dead, with jagged rocks, looking like no good place.

But now, bluestone steps had appeared, mountain paths wound and shuttled, with Li Yan's Divine Tower Palace as the core, crisscrossing stone halls, and there were mountain caves and shrines.

Only, inside the shrines, it was empty.

It looked chaotic, but it had its own rules. Inside, there were eight cave dwellings, distributed according to the Eight Trigrams positions with the Divine Tower as the center.

And outside, there were also eight cave dwellings.

At the very bottom of Fengdu Mountain, six stone cave palaces also appeared, even more massive, dark and deep, with what was hidden inside unclear.

Success!

Seeing this, Li Yan was full of joy.

The Fengdu Method has the Master Class, the Saint Class, and the General Class.

What Juechen taught was the General Class.

And the generals of Fengdu are divided into inner and outer eight generals.

Don't underestimate these Yin Division Divine Generals.

Li Yan had witnessed their power; they would appear when capturing demonic Qi, directly suppressing it.

One must know, this was the power of the Seventy-Two Demon Gods. Although it was only one-tenth, it was immortal and indestructible, truly difficult to deal with.

Of course, even if Li Yan practiced the Fengdu Method, it was impossible to break the rules and summon these divine generals from the underworld at will.

Perfecting the Fengdu Method had three benefits.

One was to increase the power of the Gang Order.

Previously, when he consumed the Gang Order, he could only summon Yin Division troops. But after condensing the Yin Generals through stored spirit, he had the ability to mobilize them to send out troops.

This was the difference Juechen spoke of.

Previously, he was just an "official," but now he could be considered an "officer," no longer on the same level as other "Living Yin Officials."

After completing more tasks, one would also have an official position in the Yin Division.

The second was the power of the Yin Generals themselves.

By performing the Fengdu Method, one could condense Yin General divine statues in these palace cave dwellings and borrow their power.

For example, the Outer Altar Eight Generals mostly had images of holding iron rods, wearing yellow turbans and soap-hemp shoes, with fierce expressions.

New techniques required borrowing these Yin Generals to perform.

The third was fighting others.

In the future, when performing the Fengdu Examination and Summoning Great Method, with all sixteen generals of the inner and outer altars appearing, he would have no fear even when fighting those great Mystic Sects.

What made Li Yan even more delighted were the Six Caves at the foot of the mountain.

Inside were the Six Cave Demon Kings. When the "Fengdu Classic" is practiced to a profound level, there is an opportunity to summon them, with astonishing power.

He hadn't expected that absorbing "Baiyujing" would cause them to appear ahead of time.

Of course, with Li Yan's current cultivation, he couldn't summon them at all.

But the power of the Yin Sha Qi in the sea of souls had already been gestated within them.

The Fengdu Method had another difference. When reaching the Sixth Layer and Ninth Layer of cultivation, and condensing the second and third palaces, one could obtain two astonishing supernatural powers: the "Fengdu Nine Springs Command Talisman" and the "Inspect Three Realms Ghost and God Seal."

As long as one obtains the "Fengdu Nine Springs Command Talisman," one can drive the Six Cave Demon Kings and allow a portion of their power to descend.

It could be said that the road ahead had been paved.

Li Yan endured the excitement in his heart, continued to chant the "Fengdu Precious Decree," formed Dharma seals, and connected the power of the three Divine Towers and one palace with the eight palaces outside.

Originally, wanting to visualize these palaces would require long-term polishing, with a difficulty only slightly less than building the tower.

Absorbing the spiritual charm of "Baiyujing" saved him time, allowing him to take a step directly to the goal, and it was even more mysterious.

But building the palaces was just the foundation.

One must condense the Yin General Dharma body to be able to borrow their power.

With his current cultivation, he could only condense the Outer Altar Eight Generals.

Rumble!

While connecting the cave dwellings of the Outer Altar Eight Generals, thunder roared constantly in the visualization space, Yin Sha Qi gathered, and black wind howled in the caves, gradually forming a blurry human figure.

But just at this moment, the Gang and Sha Qi suddenly weakened.

It was because Li Yan had been cultivating in seclusion, and unknowingly it was already dawn. After the Hour of the Rat, the innate Gang and Sha Qi also faded away.

Whoosh~

The wind howled, and those figures dissipated at any moment.

A flash of disappointment crossed Li Yan's eyes, and he slowly opened them.

He saw that in the cave, the original thick frost was dissipating bit by bit, and the lotus lamps around him were all extinguished.

Crack!

That "Baiyujing" ornament also suddenly shattered.

Having used a whole night, he hadn't succeeded in building the tower.

Condensing the Yin General Dharma body and building the Fourth Layer still required two more nights.

Thinking of this, Li Yan stood up and pushed open the stone door.

Whoosh~

The icy wild wind immediately howled in.

But compared to the Yin cold inside the Guanlan Ancient Cave, it didn't count for much.

Li Yan was frozen until his face was iron-blue and his whole body was stiff. He couldn't care about thinking too much and ran directly to the thatched hut outside the canyon.

"Li Li Shaoxia, come quickly to warm your body."

The two mountain-guarding Daoists saw this and quickly invited him into the house.

After roasting by the fire for a long time and eating some dry rations with ginger soup, Li Yan finally felt much better, and his complexion returned to normal.

"Many thanks to you two."

"Is Li Li Shaoxia leaving? I'm afraid it will take two more days. Do you have soul-guiding lamps?"

"Of course, the brothers who are cultivating still have quite a few left."

"That's good. I'll buy some and continue tonight."

After a conversation, Li Yan went to sleep in the thatched hut. After waking up, night had already fallen.

He ate something casually, took the lotus lamps, and left quickly, disappearing into the wind and snow.

Inside the house, the two Daoists looked at each other.

"Isn't he supposed to be a genius? Why is it so difficult?"

"Who knows? Ling Yunzi said to take care of him, so let's not meddle in other people's business..."

After returning to the Guanlan Ancient Cave, Li Yan set up the altar again. Waiting until the Hour of the Rat, he continued to close his eyes to store his spirit and gather the Yin General divine statues...

Guanxian, inside the Shunyuan Escort Agency mansion.

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"It seems he won't arrive today."

Sha Lifei looked at the street outside, worry in his eyes, and turned to ask: "Daoist, is Brother Li Yan alright by himself?"

"Rest assured."

Wang Daoxuan stroked his beard and shook his head: "I looked carefully when I came down the mountain. That Mount Zhaogong is a critical place of Mount Qingcheng. Not only is the mountain road dangerous, but an array has also been set up, and there are spiritual beasts guarding the mountain."

"Brother Li Yan has just obtained a new inheritance; it's estimated he will need to spend some effort."

After he came down the mountain yesterday, he quickly rendezvoused with Sha Lifei and the others, helping Wang Tianzuo prescribe some medicine to regulate his body.

"That's good."

Sha Lifei touched his bald head and frowned: "It's a pity we have no clues here. Everyone we've asked hasn't seen the person Brother Li Yan mentioned."

Wang Daoxuan was deep in thought, stroked his beard, and said: "Perhaps, the direction you are looking in is wrong."

Sha Lifei was stunned: "Tell me, Daoist."

Wang Daoxuan gave a signal with his eyes, took Sha Lifei, Wu Ba, and Lu San back to the room, and unfolded the "Ruyi Pearl."

The courtyard of this Shunyuan Escort Agency wasn't large, and with many people, it was messy. It was better to be cautious about some things.

"How old did Brother Li Yan say that Chengdu guest was?"

Wang Daoxuan asked the group.

"About thirty or forty."

"And what about Lu Laoge Lu?"

"Lu Laoge Wang said he was over fifty."

"That's right."

Wang Daoxuan said: "The time of that reincarnation should be thirty or forty years ago. At that time, Lu Laoge Lu was still young."

"Although I don't know what happened back then, the Brothers of Meishan suffered heavy casualties. Perhaps it was also a major case in Guanxian..."

"Also, after that person reincarnated, he couldn't leave people to raise him when he was young. Lu Laoge Lu was a bachelor. If he couldn't raise him himself, he might have fostered him in someone's home. It's impossible he wouldn't visit..."

"That person likes to eat mutton. Ordinary people's financial resources couldn't support that. You can ask the butchers in the city to see whose family consumes the most mutton..."

"Oh!"

Sha Lifei slapped his head hard and cursed: "I always thought about getting news from the martial world, but I didn't think of this. You are still the brilliant one, Daoist. I'll go find Lu Laoge Wang right now."

"No rush."

Wang Daoxuan shook his head: "It's dark, and this Guanxian isn't large. There are also people from the Prince of Shu's Mansion and the Chengdu underworld watching. If we cause a commotion, we might ruin things."

"Disguise yourselves tomorrow and inquire in secret."

"What the Daoist says is very true..."

The group discussed in the room, unable to hear any sound.

A servant from the escort agency carrying hot water passed by outside, peeked secretly, and anger rose in his eyes. He walked into a side room in the adjacent courtyard.

Clang!

A basin of hot water was placed heavily on the ground.

"Yo, Old San, who made you angry?"

Several disciples of the escort agency were drinking and eating peanuts. Seeing this, they quickly asked.

"Who would dare to make me angry?"

The disciple named Old San said sarcastically: "Our Escort Chief Wang is loyal, pouring his heart out to those people, taking the initiative to help, and then getting into trouble."

"Look at them, even talking while avoiding people, and I don't know what kind of ghosts they are playing. They are clearly guarding against us!"

He didn't say any names, but everyone naturally understood.

"Sigh, keep your voice down!"

An older escort beside him quickly advised: "Those are all big figures. We are just making a living, we can't afford to offend them."

"That's right, we should meddle less in the affairs of big figures."

Another person also shook his head: "The end of the year is almost here. I want to leave even more, return to Chengdu, collect the interest, and let my family have a comfortable New Year."

Once these words were spoken, everyone complained one after another.

"Who says it isn't?"

"We agreed to stay for one day and leave. It's been delayed for several days. Are we going to spend the New Year here?"

"Spend the New Year?!"

The escort nicknamed Old San sneered: "What kind of good thing are you thinking of? This time we offended the Chengdu underworld and the Prince of Shu's Mansion. It has nothing to do with us, so why should we provoke this right and wrong!"

"If it doesn't go well, we'll all lose our lives here!"

Once these words were spoken, the escorts fell into silence.

Although they were disciples of the Huang Ling Sect, they were all ordinary people. They had worked hard to practice martial arts, but it was just to make a living.

This matter had nothing to do with them.

Only a fool would want to stay here and risk their life.

Slap!

Old San became angrier the more he thought about it and slapped the table hard. "I'm not playing anymore. I'm going to tell the Escort Chief right now that we must leave tomorrow!"

"I'm going!"

"I'm going too!"

The escorts were originally dissatisfied. Seeing someone take the lead, and having drunk some small wine, they all stood up one after another.

This courtyard wasn't large originally. They were noisy, and other escorts and carters heard them and gathered around.

They came outside Wang Tianzuo's room.

Wang Tianzuo had just taken his medicine under the service of his disciples. Seeing this, he quickly stood up, came outside the door, and his face turned gloomy: "What are you doing?"

"Greetings, Escort Chief."

Everyone quickly cupped their hands to pay respects.

Wang Tianzuo had quite a bit of prestige, and the others lost their nerve, but Old San had a fiery temper and said directly: "Escort Chief, this matter has nothing to do with us. Why do you have to meddle? Why don't we leave tomorrow?"

"The brothers are all waiting to spend the New Year!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone looked at Wang Tianzuo.

Seeing this, Wang Tianzuo felt somewhat troubled.

He helped Sha Lifei and the others, firstly for the sake of martial world loyalty, and secondly because he wanted to make some friends. Plus, with Lu Laoge Lu dead, he had to do something.

But as an Escort Chief, bringing these brothers back to Chengdu safely was even more important.

With such a big commotion, Wang Daoxuan and the others also walked out.

Seeing the internal strife in the escort agency, Sha Lifei smiled slightly, cupped his hands, and said: "What you all say is right. It's our fault. Lu Laoge Wang, you can leave tomorrow with peace of mind. Leave that matter to us."

What he was talking about was naturally avenging Lu Laoge Lu.

"This..."

Wang Tianzuo looked embarrassed, sighed, and cupped his hands slightly: "Lu Laoge Sha, I'll be thick-skinned and ask for your help."

Sha Lifei and the others didn't even know Lu Laoge Lu. Saying they would avenge him was completely taking on this karma for him.

The escorts didn't understand, but how could he not know?

With the matter spoken out, it was considered avoiding a disturbance.

The escorts were excited to be able to go home. They packed their luggage overnight and just waited to set off early the next morning.

And Sha Lifei and the others also returned to their rooms to sleep.

To tell the truth, with the people from the Shunyuan Escort Agency gone, they felt even more relaxed.

Unknowingly, it was late at night.

In his sleep, Lu San suddenly opened his eyes, rolled over, picked up the mace beside him, and came to the window silently, lifting it gently.

He saw that under the moonlight, several heads were slowly appearing on the courtyard wall.

Their faces were pale, their seven orifices bleeding, all looking like dead people...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 541 =====