Chapter 16 Beckoning Ancient Demons Doesn't Cause Waves

Recruiting ancient demons to the mountain didn't cause any waves. Although many young cultivators felt this was quite inappropriate, the older cultivators didn't think so. They felt that now was the time of great change in the world, and the differences between sects could be put aside temporarily. What needed to be done wasn't recruiting demon cultivators to the mountain, but how to solemnly welcome the envoys of the imperial court.

The criminal cultivators of various sects were locked in the Kunmo Palace (Demon Confinement Palace), their magical power sealed. Old cultivators suggested a cruel method, saying that in order to prevent these criminal cultivators from escaping, they needed to use hooked knives to pierce their pipa bones (clavicles), so that even if they could use magical power, they couldn't use special spells such as transformations. If they wanted to run away, they would have to go through the palace gate.

These words frightened the criminal cultivators, who couldn't stop begging for mercy, saying that they had already been struck by lightning and burned by fire, and were all people who were about to die but hadn't yet. They hurriedly brought out the Great Ming Law, saying that private torture could not be used, otherwise the imperial court would hold you accountable.

"Although the origin of the Shentian Wang (Divine Heavenly King) is no longer easy to trace, what happened to Feng Xiucai (Feng the Scholar) and Hu Xiaoshi (Little Fox Ten) before may not be limited to them. In other words, this so-called Zhao clan essence may have others that have already appeared in the world..."

"Nanyang Zi (Master of Nanyang), Luopo Xian (the Fallen Immortal), and Hou Shi Nu (Miss Hou), the three of them have also suddenly disappeared, which is quite concerning..."

Ji Xiang pondered this matter.

The Shentian Wang's origins were unclear, but at least it could be determined that they were related to the Song court. If that kind of ancient tomb illusion was a part of the netherworld's Dharma realm, and it appeared briefly in the human world, it was not impossible.

At the same time, the first batch of villagers and the second batch of villagers were not on the same side. But that didn't mean their words were completely credible.

"If the Taiping Town illusion is really a projection of the netherworld's Dharma realm in the human world, then the three of them have a fifty percent chance of being lost in the netherworld world..."

"Going to the underworld is not something ordinary people can do."

The underworld's Dharma realms are different from the heavenly realms. You can't just casually enter them by relying on reception or induction. You have to die once to open the door to the underworld's Dharma realm. Although Ji Xiang himself also has the Dharma realm fragment of the Western Liangli Heavenly Emperor, that fragment can only be used ten times, and now it is almost used up, and it can only save souls, not open the door to the underworld's Dharma realm.

Moreover, most of the underworld's Dharma realms are under the control of the Yuan Emperor. Entering them without the protection of the Netherworld Master's divine tablet would be a one-way trip.

The conclusion was that going to the underworld was possible, but not by committing suicide, and preparations had to be made... That was probably a long time away.

Feng Menglong listened to Ji Xiang's conclusion, his face was very unsightly, and his will was also depressed, but he still said with a little hope: "If what the second batch of villagers said is true, then my wife and the others should have already left there, right."

"How are you sure what they said is true? Just because the two of you came out? Maybe they saw that the two of you had no magical power and kept you for nothing."

Ji Xiang didn't stint on psychological blows:

"In ancient times, Emperor Wuzong of Tang ate children's hearts and livers because children's hearts and livers were helpful for refining immortality pills. What about you? You're a virgin, what would they keep you for? That's right, maybe they want people with magical power."

The little fox Hu Xiaoshi pricked up his pointy ears, muttered his mouth, and whispered不满的不好的坏话。

Don't bully a young fox for being poor.

The Golden Light Mantra had already been successfully learned, wasn't that considered a Grand Dharma Master?

Ji Xiang turned his head and glanced at Hu Xiaoshi, standing at the door of the tile house, wanting to say something but hesitating, and finally shook his head. Although he didn't speak, he seemed to have said everything.

These two, a scholar who couldn't pass the imperial examination, and a fox spirit who couldn't become a fox immortal, were a perfect match.

Maybe they thought you were too uncultured.

Although Ji Xiang didn't speak, he seemed to have completely conveyed that meaning, which immediately made Feng Menglong furious: "I have the aura of righteousness!"

But that anger didn't last long before it waned, and what was left was only a strong sense of powerlessness.

What was the aura of righteousness? It didn't seem very useful. Although he had been warned that it was because the level of his aura of righteousness was too low, if the so-called aura of righteousness of the ancient sages had three realms, then what he had now was only the primary aura of righteousness.

So just as Ji Xiang was preparing to leave first and find a place of heavy yin to take the Second Revolution Immortal Pill, Feng the Scholar's wailing came from the tile house, along with the sentence "I can't do anything."

Ji Xiang was stunned for a moment, then suspiciously turned back to open the door, saw Feng Menglong wailing in the tile house, and went over to touch his body.

"What are you doing!"

Feng Menglong was startled and quickly knocked away Ji Xiang's hand: "Daoist Ji, I didn't realize you had this kind of hobby!"

Ji Xiang ignored his words and only asked, "Did you just speak? Did you hear any voices in your head? Or did you suddenly feel an infinite power surging up?"

"Ah? No."

"Oh..."

Ji Xiang left, turning his head three times with each step. Feng Menglong also strangely touched his own body.

What happened just now?

"Could it be that the aura of righteousness in my body has changed, and Daoist Ji noticed it?"

........

Ji Xiang left the Tongwei Temple, flew to the top of this mountain, and began to study the treasure in his hand, the Second Revolution Immortal Pill.

But the way to take the Second Revolution Immortal Pill... Aside from the "Great Joy Method," the current method of taking it not only required borrowing the yin energy in a place of heavy yin to harmonize it, but also reciting Buddhist mantras while purifying the yin energy. Otherwise, directly taking this kind of immortal pill, which had the sound of the Vajra from the impure trace left on it, and refining it directly would change you from the depths of your heart, thereby drawing you closer to Buddhism.

A place of heavy yin...

Thinking of this, he looked into the distance, the wind and clouds turned, and the next moment he saw outside Leizu Peak, where the four palaces were located in different places on the mountain. Kunmo Palace was at the bottom, Quxie Palace (Exorcism Palace) was on the mountainside, and the Suoyao (Demon Lock) and Zhenhun (Soul Suppression) Palaces were near the top of the mountain.

When he returned to the mountain before, he saw thunder and lightning swirling around Leizu Peak, with dark clouds and yin energy suppressed within the palaces by the power of thunder and lightning, making it difficult for them to surge upward. At the same time, the evil energy within was constantly being destroyed and shattered. If he wanted to use the place of heavy yin to refine the Second Revolution Immortal Pill, the Zhenhun and Suoyao Palaces would be excellent places.

That saved him the effort of searching.

"A place with heavy yin energy, so it's close to the top of the mountain, receiving the heaven and earth's spiritual energy from Leizu Peak, drawing down heavenly lightning to strike it, so that the yin energy is locked in the palace and cannot spill out, and constantly wearing down the baleful aura within. The yin energy here is pure."

"I don't need to go to another place to purify it again."

"However, even if it's purified, I can't take it rashly."

It wasn't just the problem of the pill's target.

The target of this immortal pill was actually four categories: Demoted Immortals, Crippled Immortals, Pseudo-Immortals, and Fake Immortals.

And he was not in any of the four categories.

Ji Xiang pondered this point. Although many people thought he was a Crippled Immortal, only he himself knew the real situation.

He wasn't a Crippled Immortal at all, but just took the path of ascension and put it there, ready to take it whenever he wanted. He hadn't really become an immortal, so how could there be talk of being crippled?

"The description of the Inner Vision Divine Tablet is that if someone who has not become an immortal takes this kind of pill, their body will be forcibly raised to the level of an immortal, and they will also obtain the immortal's form and spirit, corresponding to the immortal of the pill's image. But if the foundation is unstable, after taking the pill and forcibly ascending to immortality, there will be no further progress in this life."

His path had the level of an immortal, and what was being held back was the body and form, but there was a very important point.

What kind of foundation was the so-called unstable foundation?

Even the description given by the Inner Vision Divine Tablet was vague, which made Ji Xiang feel a little restrained for the first time. He didn't want to be unable to make any progress after becoming an immortal, wouldn't that be shooting himself in the foot?

It could only be said that low-level immortal pills still had big problems, only giving people a foundation for becoming an immortal, but at the same time locking down the person's upper limit... However, the people who originally needed to take the Second Revolution Pill to become immortal didn't have any upper limit to begin with, their talent wasn't even enough to become immortal originally...

"Do I need to take Ri Hua (Sun Essence) to improve my bones? But Prince Lu said I needed thirty drops! The Ri Hua Heavenly Essence in my hand, after confiscating all the White Lotus Sect strongholds, plus what he gave me before, is only fifteen drops, only half..."

Whoosh—

A gust of clear wind blew, but its momentum was slightly vast, and even the wind and clouds in the sky began to scatter.

Zhang Sanfeng appeared on the top of the mountain, silently and soundlessly. He had settled the place for Hai Shenjun (God of the Hour of the Pig) to cultivate, and had some things to discuss with Ji Xiang, but didn't see Ji Xiang in the temple. He looked up and saw that he had run to the top of the mountain.

"The Four Leizu Palaces, entering the Zhenhun Palace or Suoyao Palace, the yin energy there is heavy... The cultivation of heavenly demons seems to be not much different from the ghost path."

"Master heard that?"

"Nonsense! I'm a True Immortal, you're muttering to yourself on my mountain, I deliberately came to find you, how could I not hear you?"

"I actually forgot that True Immortals can hear all the sounds of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths..."

"Bullshit! You clearly let me hear it on purpose. If you want to borrow the Zhenhun Palace for cultivation, just say it directly, I won't think you're cultivating some demonic path, after all, you're originally a heavenly demon, cultivating the unique magic, how could you go astray?"

"Master's words are not right, the Heavenly Demon Technique is the most righteous technique in the world."

Ji Xiang smiled dumbly and told Zhang Sanfeng without hesitation that he had an immortal pill. This kind of Second Revolution Immortal Pill was useless to him, a True Immortal. It was something prepared specifically for those who couldn't become immortals. Even if Zhang Sanfeng snatched it and ate it, nothing would happen, just chew it like a candy bean.

The Second Revolution Immortal Pill... Zhang Sanfeng's expression was already very strange.

The Second Revolution wasn't very useful. The four kinds of crippled immortals did indeed flock to this kind of pill. Although immortal pills were rare, each of the nine revolutions had different uses. Of course, becoming an immortal was a shared effect, otherwise it wouldn't be called "Immortal Pill."

Ji Xiang certainly knew what he was going to say and waved his hand directly. Zhang Sanfeng's beard was shaking with laughter and said:

"There are indeed few women in the world worthy of a Heavenly Demon. Since ancient times, there have been fox wives and ghost concubines, mountain gods marrying wives, and fierce ghosts welcoming brides. What is born is nothing more than gods, ghost infants, and the like. But pairing with a Heavenly Demon, what will be born has never been seen or heard of!"

Ji Xiang laughed a few times and said dryly: "Demon-human... Actually, this body is also human, what is born... Wait! Why are we talking about having children?"

Ji Xiang suddenly reacted. He was almost tricked by the old man. He was about to leave here, letting Zhang Sanfeng shout behind him about introducing a good girl, without even turning his head back.

"The old women within ten miles and eight villages near Wudang have all asked me to be a matchmaker..."

Zhang Sanfeng grabbed Ji Xiang. The strength of a True Immortal was still far above Ji Xiang, this "fake crippled immortal." This pull in the void dragged Ji Xiang down from the clouds.

"Master, what are you doing, taking advantage of the power of a True Immortal to tease me, a Crippled Immortal?"

"What are you saying! I, cough cough, I want you to do me a favor. Can we postpone the matter of eating the immortal pill?"

Zhang Sanfeng put his hands behind his back: "Taking the immortal pill requires a long time to refine it. You can't do too many things during this time, so I want to talk to you about something first and ask you to take action."

Ji Xiang was surprised: "Master, could it be that you have taken a fancy to my Great Path Characteristics? Writing new spells with the Three Teachings True Meaning is not cheap. You also saw that I still have a huge mortal calamity on my body. I don't know when it will descend."

Looking at the bloody omen floating above his head, Ji Xiang was really afraid of encountering something big and involving the mortal world. So staying on Wudang Mountain and not going out was a good choice. There were clouds of cultivators here, and it was a royal Taoist academy. There were not many people in this world who dared to directly attack Wudang Mountain to cause trouble.

"Are you going to help or not? It will definitely be within your ability."

"Master, please speak."

"Heavenly Demons can control people's demonic tribulations, right?"

"Yes..."

"Can you also?"

"I can control it a little, but I can't give people tribulations. That's the skill of the Demon King, and I haven't reached that realm yet."

Ji Xiang heard what Zhang Sanfeng meant, was he going to give someone a tribulation?

Then he had to see who the other party was. He couldn't just let himself give someone a demonic tribulation because the other party was stealing your wife. Wouldn't that be using public office for personal revenge?

"No, it's to help resolve a demonic tribulation."

Zhang Sanfeng stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of Leizu Peak:

"Aren't you going to borrow the Zhenhun Palace for cultivation? Can you solve the matter of the Dongyun Great Immortal?"

Ji Xiang suddenly understood. Zhang Sanfeng sighed: "Wudang Mountain, in this Ming Dynasty, had three people who almost became immortals, but in the end, they couldn't succeed. I guess it's not just because the demonic trials are difficult to overcome..."

"Dongyun Great Immortal was from the end of the Yuan Dynasty. He is the closest in age to me among these people. Because he couldn't become an immortal, he fell into a demonic obsession. From the end of the Yuan Dynasty until now, he has been foolish and crazy..."

Ji Xiang certainly knew who it was. Among the three pure Yang realm cultivators of Wudang Mountain, Dongyun Ancestor was the madman, imprisoned in the depths of Zhenhun Palace.

"Understood, eliminate the demonic obstacles, but I can't guarantee success, after all, this may be a demonic obstacle laid down by the Demon King..."

"Didn't you say you once gave the Demon Kings malicious advice? Go to Heaven and blow it up again, let them do a favor..."

"That's not malicious advice! Master, I was enforcing the law impartially! Am I a treacherous official among the Heavenly Demons?"

Although he protested, he still had to take this job. Although Dongyun Ancestor was foolish and crazy, he would be normal for two or three days each month, but his intelligence was like that of a child. When this body was young, he had met him and was asked some extremely profound questions. But soon after, the Ancestor was locked back in the palace and never saw the light of day again.

But in recent years, Dongyun Ancestor had rarely been sober, muddleheaded, as if he had really turned into a fierce ghost. Occasionally, when lightning struck the mountain, he could hear his roar like a giant demon.

Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled on Leizu Peak. Ji Xiang descended here and went straight to Zhenhun Palace. The sky on the mountain was dim, and the yin energy inside and outside the palace was trapped around the top of the mountain, unable to dissipate, forming a realm of heavy yin.

"Demonic obstacles are formed by an evil執着念 (zhizhuonian - obsession)念 in people's hearts that cannot be dissipated. They are difficult to describe, but they are a great enemy in cultivation. The Buddhist saying 'lay down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot' is also a process of removing demonic obstacles. But how many people in this world can say they can let go?"

"Seeking but not obtaining is the greatest suffering in the world."

At this time, Ji Xiang came to the front of Zhenhun Palace. Just taking one step, suddenly the heavenly demon energy all over his body was boiling.

The power of the chapter of subduing demons was brewing spontaneously!

Telling Ji Xiang that within this palace, there was an unparalleled, peerless earth demon!

At the same time.

A black gas actually spread out from the palace, in the form of a phantom, using the falling lightning. In the instant of white light bursting, it was projected on the heavily sealed door, revealing a scarlet eye.

"The chapter of subduing demons is rejoicing."

"Today, could it be the time of consummation?"