Chapter 544

The candle had not yet gone out.

At this moment, the Yang energy between heaven and earth had not yet risen, the Yin Sha Qi in the cave remained, and the frost and ice emitted a faint white mist under the candlelight.

Li Yan stood up slowly and stretched his stiff joints.

Pushing Mount Tai, Thousand-Grasp, Sparrow-Ground Dragon...

After practicing the ten major plate techniques of Red Fist one by one, his skin had begun to turn red, and rolling heat rose from his body.

At this time, he was only one step away from being immune to cold and heat.

In this ice cellar, ordinary people would freeze to death, but for him, it was just cold enough that he couldn't sleep.

Li Yan walked off the dharma altar, opened the bundle beside him, took out the secret book of Fengdu Methods gifted by Juechenzi, and carefully examined it by candlelight.

The "Northern Emperor Scripture" he had learned before was a method of the Northern Ghost Emperor; although extraordinary, it was still a notch lower compared to the Fengdu Method.

Some of the techniques on it simply made his heart race.

Especially some forbidden techniques, such as the "Sacrificial Order Secret Curse" and the "Black Wind Great Cover Curse," the power, requirements, and price of using them were simply daunting.

Of course, both methods had their strengths.

The "Northern Emperor Scripture" was strong in personal combat and could not be abandoned in the future.

And the Fengdu Method was mainly about summoning and shaking people for combat.

Li Yan could now only summon the eight generals of the outer altar.

After his cultivation improved, he would be able to summon higher-level powers; according to the book, he could even invite the Northern Emperor himself to provide blessings.

As for whether anyone could invite him?

That was another matter.

Juechenzi was also considered brilliant; throughout his life of cultivation, at his peak, he could at most invite the Fengdu divine generals.

Li Yan was also inviting generals now.

There were two main ways to use them.

One was blessing, the other was summoning.

The method of blessing could not only bless techniques but also bless dharma artifacts.

For example, when he used the Northern Emperor Yin Thunder Palm just now, he could borrow the power of the eight generals of the outer altar, operate the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams, and strengthen the Yin Thunder.

If his cultivation was profound, he could even summon Netherworld Yin Thunder.

As for blessing dharma artifacts, such as his straw-man paper figures, he could summon the power of the outer altar divine generals, allowing them to possess combat capabilities.

And summoning, naturally, was inviting their clones to fight.

Thinking of this, Li Yan immediately took out eight straw-man paper figures from the leather pouch at his waist, paced the steps, formed a seal, and chanted:

"I obey the decree of the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Fengdu God, Fengdu God, descend quickly. Golden hammers dance wildly, iron staves cross. Fengdu generals and officials, descend quickly... hurry, hurry, like the decree of the Great Emperor of Fengdu!"

Whoosh~

As he chanted the spell, a wild wind blew around him.

Black mist rose, eight straw-man paper figures floated in the air, and vaguely, eight phantoms could be seen, dressed in Luo clothes, with fierce faces, one hand holding a token, the other holding weapons of various colors.

"Fast!"

Following Li Yan's order, the eight paper figures immediately circled him, black wind whistled, and with a flash, they appeared on the other side of the cave.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

He used the Northern Emperor Divine Form Technique, the eight paper figures around him danced up and down, their forms flickering, simply ghostly.

Some dharma lineages were good at using the Five Ghosts Escape Technique.

And Li Yan, borrowing the power of the eight divine generals, was even more extraordinary.

After doing this, he suddenly formed a seal again, the paper figures spun rapidly, their aura quickly converged, and his entire person disappeared.

This was the Northern Emperor Mysterious Water Escape, already comparable to an invisibility technique.

Pfft~

Suddenly, the eight paper figures burned without wind.

Li Yan's technique was interrupted, and he revealed his form.

Looking at the paper figures that had turned to ash, Li Yan shook his head slightly.

These straw-man paper figures, the talisman paper used was considered quite good, but they still couldn't withstand the power of the eight divine generals of the Yin officials.

Now, it was the dharma artifacts that couldn't keep up with the progress.

Before on Mount Qingcheng, he had bought some high-quality talisman paper to make paper figures, and the effect should be better.

But they were all with Wang Daoxuan, so he could only act after going down the mountain.

But to fully exert their power, he estimated he would have to ask Lu San for help to make more powerful straw-man figures.

Moreover, they must be heaven and earth treasures.

Thinking of this, Li Yan felt a bit of heartache.

To summon the eight generals of the outer altar, if he wanted to be faster and use them at any time during combat, he had to use good things.

The Northern Emperor Straw-Man Technique was the best partner.

But these were all one-time uses.

Paper figures were fine, but if he used straw men made of heaven and earth treasures, it was simply no different from smashing people with silver.

But this could also be considered a trump card.

He could not use it on ordinary days, but he couldn't be without it.

After practicing, Li Yan sat back on the dharma altar and took out a talisman token from his bosom; it was the treasure of the Diqi Sect: the Bingding Ghost-Generating Talisman.

This was also a new trump card.

He already knew the method of using it, but this treasure was extraordinary; he had to set up a dharma altar, and the steps of casting the spell could not be wrong by even a single step.

Every time he used it, he feared it would drain him dry.

Only in desperate situations could he use it to turn the tide...

In addition, he could also learn the "Northern Emperor Scripture."

At the fourth floor, he could learn more techniques, but human energy is limited, so he could only make choices.

There were some techniques he simply wouldn't use.

For example, the "Northern Emperor Treasure Bottle Method," specifically used for suppression; anything formless, whether it was a fierce ghost or evil spirit, or fierce and violent energy, was no match for it.

Its power was not small, but it required a treasure bottle dharma artifact to cooperate, and it needed long-term refinement, and he hadn't found a suitable one yet.

Moreover, Wang Daoxuan was more proficient in this than him.

There was no need to waste time on it.

Li Yan had now determined his own path.

It was mainly close combat, using various techniques to cooperate, facing various situations, and being able to handle them, reducing pressure for his companions.

Moreover, his speed had to be fast, and he had to be able to control the field.

As for those trump cards, they must have the power to suppress the situation.

Thinking of this, Li Yan looked at one of the methods.

This method was called the "Northern Emperor Divine Transformation Scripture."

Simply put, it was the method of using Fengdu supernatural powers.

Before, he couldn't understand some things, but after experiencing one trial after another and the guidance of those seniors, he finally understood this method.

Supernatural power, also known as communicating with the divine.

Even for cultivators, they are ultimately mortal bodies; if they want to mobilize various Gang and Sha Qi between heaven and earth, they can only rely on dharma altars or dharma artifacts.

But there was another method, which was Dala Fajie supernatural power.

In ancient times, those figures in myths and legends could have various astonishing powers because they used supernatural powers to drive Gang and Sha Qi.

And Dala Fajie supernatural powers would usually appear in the form of dharma artifacts.

Such as his Soul-Hooking Lock, and the future "Fengdu Nine Springs Command Talisman."

Back then, the Thunder Mansion grabbed strong men, and although it made him go through a life-and-death test, it also gave him great benefits, which was the Thunder Lock.

The original Soul-Hooking Lock could only drive Yin Sha Qi.

And now, it could store thunder.

This was a heavy gift.

It was equivalent to directly giving a kind of supernatural power.

He had stumbled upon it several times before in the secret cave of the Goddess Palace and when beheading the flood dragon, borrowing the blessing of thunder techniques, feeling like a god.

This method was called "Divine Transformation."

And the "Northern Emperor Divine Transformation Scripture" was the method of systematic use.

After learning this method, he could easily control, and even control the power of thunder, and be able to fight for a long time.

The thunder stored in the Thunder Lock had been exhausted.

There was no thunder in Shu during the winter.

But mastering this method could also borrow the blessing of Yin Sha Qi.

In other words, Li Yan could master two kinds of "Divine Transformation."

One was the Yin God, filled with Sha Qi.

One was the Thunder God, with fierce Lei Gang.

And the power of "Divine Transformation" depended entirely on the Dala Fajie supernatural power, which was the strength of the Soul-Hooking Thunder Lock.

Others might only be able to let nature take its course, but he had captured demonic energy several times and stored three divine Gangs, which he hadn't used yet.

Completing the Heavenly Court mission would also earn him Lei Gang, further enhancing his Dala Fajie supernatural power. At this moment, Li Yan completely understood his own path.

Without the slightest hesitation, he took out the hook, and the three divine Gangs stored in it all surged into the Soul-Hooking Thunder Lock.

Clatter!

The two Soul-Hooking Thunder Locks bared their fangs and brandished their claws, spreading outward, and only after growing to about fifteen meters did they exhaust the power of the divine Gang.

What increased was not only the length but also the strength.

Because the divine Gang had a slight repair effect, the cracks that appeared in the Great Luo Dharma Body during previous battles were all restored.

Li Yan didn't care, but paced the steps, formed a seal, chanted the spell, and said in a deep voice: "I am not a mortal body, the truth of the Northern Emperor. Head like black clouds, hair like chaotic stars. Above to the Yang realm, below throughout the Netherworld. Ten directions of the world, Sha Qi is heavy..."

As he chanted the spell, the Soul-Hooking Thunder Locks clattered back, wrapping around his body and four limbs, and the last two meters turned into two ribbons flying in the air.

Yin Sha Qi gathered.

Li Yan's whole body was filled with black mist, blurry, his form seemed to have grown larger by a circle, like a Yin God from the Netherworld...

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A wild wind whistled, and heavy snow flew.

In the thatched cottage of the tea garden on the mountain.

The charcoal in the fire basin crackled, the orange-red flames flickered, maintaining the temperature in the room.

"This goddamn weather, why is it snowing again?"

Sha Lifei had just opened the window, but was startled by the wind and snow, cursed, then carried the teapot and ran out, smashed the floating ice on the surface of the water vat in the courtyard with a punch, and drew a full pot of water.

Returning to the room, he first kicked the door shut with one foot, latched the wooden door bolt, and then hung the water pot on the fire basin.

The environment of this tea manor wasn't that high-class.

Hou Xuan and others invested money to set up this tea manor just to plant tea leaves to sell for money; they didn't think about entertaining any guests, so they were all ordinary thatched houses, and the mud walls weren't thick either.

Living in winter was truly suffering.

"It's not bad to have this place."

Wang Daoxuan shook his head slightly, reading a book by the firelight, and said, "The blizzard came suddenly; having a brick or tile to cover yourself is enough. If we returned to Guan County, we might be hiding from the officials in the snow right now."

"Daoist, what you said."

Sha Lifei was happy, "I'm not complaining, I just remembered when I had no money before, suffering in a broken carriage shop, smelly and cold, thinking that if I had money in the future, I would definitely enjoy life."

"I didn't expect that now that I'm wealthy, I'm still suffering!"

He was just talking for the sake of talking, playing with words.

There was no way around it; the room was really too cold to sleep, and this year's weather was a bit evil; Shu was actually colder than the winter in the north.

Lu San also leaned against the fire basin.

He didn't speak, just carved wooden sticks and bones with a small knife; the little white fox, Rat One and Rat Two, including the falcon Lidong, all huddled tightly around him, shrinking together to keep warm.

In this kind of weather, he couldn't bear to send his little partners out to suffer.

Whoosh!

Just at this moment, a gust of Yin wind came, and a yellow talisman Wang Daoxuan had pasted on the wall suddenly burned without wind, turning into fly ash.

"Something is coming!"

Seeing this, Wang Daoxuan stood up immediately.

Lu San didn't send little animals to stand guard, so Wang Daoxuan made a Yin soul, wrote a Soul-Hooking Talisman, and ordered it to patrol the mountain.

This was a life-bound talisman; if there were enemy traces, it would warn them.

They didn't even have a chance to resist.

What appeared was definitely not some ordinary evil spirit.

Lu San also flipped up, came to the wooden door in two steps, formed a dharma seal, and pressed his ear against the door, trembling slightly.

His supernatural power was all in his ears.

Although Li Yan had obtained a second supernatural power and could understand the language of ghosts and gods, in terms of hearing range, he was still far behind Lu San.

"Did you hear anything?"

Sha Lifei grabbed a Divine Fire Gun and asked in a low voice.

Lu San frowned slightly and said suspiciously, "I heard someone playing the erhu, and the sound of gongs and drums..."

"Yo, that's strange."

Sha Lifei sneered, "The one coming is definitely a person; in the middle of the night, could it be that they have to play music before a sneak attack..."

"Ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu San let out a miserable cry, covered his ears, and rolled on the ground, seemingly in great pain.

"San'er!"

Sha Lifei was startled and hurriedly helped him up.

But he saw that Lu San was already covered in cold sweat, his eyes bloodshot, gritting his teeth, "I... I can't hear!"

"It's a Soul-Breaking Technique!"

Wang Daoxuan didn't say a word, directly took out a talisman, formed a seal and shook it, firelight flickered, waved his sword finger, and drew a talisman in the air on Lu San's forehead.

After the spell was cast, Lu San's complexion clearly improved, but he was a bit panicked, constantly muttering, "Can't hear, I can't hear!"

"Don't panic..."

Wang Daoxuan said half a sentence, then immediately stopped, uncovered the teapot, dipped his finger in the water that hadn't been heated yet, and wrote rapidly on the wooden table:

Someone used a spell to break your supernatural power; I have already sealed it, you can't hear for now, but it will recover within three days.

After seeing this, Lu San finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Damn it!"

Sha Lifei gritted his teeth and looked out the window, "The one coming is definitely an expert; it's not safe here, let's break out first!"

After saying this, he turned his head to look at the back wall of the room.

"Wu Ba, clear the way!"

With a low shout, Wu Ba, who had already been prepared, immediately rushed forward, and with a rumble, smashed the mud wall.

The few of them didn't say a word, directly rushing into the dark night and wind and snow.

"Ah!"

A miserable cry rang out in the distance.

Listening to the sound, it was the worker Hou Xuan had sent to guard the tea garden.

"Leave first!"

Sha Lifei was annoyed in his heart, but still very clear-headed.

The other party knew Lu San's supernatural power and could target it, which meant they had figured out their intelligence long ago.

And they still knew nothing about the enemy.

Without Lu San to scout the environment, they were no different from blind people now; staying in place was just waiting for death.

Chirp!

The falcon Lidong flapped its wings and rose against the wind and snow.

Seeing this, Sha Lifei let out a slight sigh of relief.

This falcon was already extraordinary in spirit, and after Lu San's long-term cultivation and having had a strange encounter, it had already begun to practice.

In the dark night and wind and snow, it could also see clearly.

Although Lu San's supernatural power was broken, they had been together for so long, and it could understand the secret language of the eagle dance.

"Hee hee ha ha..."

Before Sha Lifei could react, a strange, eerie laughter came from the dark night sky, as if someone was pinching their throat and screaming.

"Stupid bird, stupid bird, die for me!"

"Chirp!"

At the same time, the cry of the falcon Lidong rang out.

"Come back quickly!"

Sha Lifei felt something was wrong and shouted loudly.

The one sneaking the attack was naturally that strange blood parrot.

Fortunately, the falcon Lidong was even better in speed; it turned in the air, flapped its wings and descended rapidly, landing on Lu San's shoulder.

Boom!

And Sha Lifei also pulled out the flintlock pistol from his waist at the same time, listened to the wind to identify the position, and pulled the trigger toward the sky.

This short firearm was also a new type of firearm, but it used scattershot.

"Melon skin!"

A curse came from the sky, and the sound of flapping wings disappeared.

"Go!"

Sha Lifei gave a low shout and was about to take the group away.

But just after taking two steps, his whole body stiffened.

In the snow, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed his ankle...

(End of chapter)