The Purple-Robed Celestial Master has turned into a zombie?! Who can stand that?!

Chapter 166 Casting Spells to Subdue Demons
Shi Jian himself was also the senior disciple of Maoshan.

He naturally values ​​seniority more.

People of a higher generation than you are not someone you should be discussing.

Moreover, there is another very important point: they are still within the territory of Longhu Mountain, even though Master Xuanzhen has just personally instructed the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain not to allow anyone to participate in this matter.

But that doesn't mean you can speak ill of someone else on their turf.

It's like in the ancient emperor's palace, if you speak ill of the emperor, see if they dare to cut off your head.

Although things at Longhu Mountain aren't that terrifying, if you speak ill of someone's Celestial Master and the Taoist priest hears it, it's perfectly reasonable for him to challenge you to a life-or-death duel.

I'll beat you to death, or at least cripple you.

Is it acceptable for just anyone to comment on the leader of a sect?

Never doubt the Celestial Master's prestige and status in Longhu Mountain.

It was precisely because he understood this that Shi Jian's face darkened when he heard the Maoshan disciples discussing this.

If you want to die, don't drag me down with you.

After hearing their senior brother's rebuke, the disciples of Maoshan quickly shut their mouths and dared not say another word.

After a while, they quickly arrived at the Demon Subduing Hall behind the Celestial Master's Mansion.

There stands a huge stone tablet here, with the words "Dragon and Tiger Forbidden Land Demon Subduing Hall" written on it.

People from Maoshan and Quanzhen also know this.

The Dragon Tiger Demon Subduing Hall is right in front of us.

Maoshan and Quanzhen are both major schools of Taoism.

Although these three Taoist sects are different—one is Quanzhen, another is Zhengyi—they are all ultimately Taoist sects.

Moreover, each of the major sects has its own Demon-Subduing Hall and Demon-Locking Tower.

The interior layouts are mostly similar.

Maoshan has the Maoshan Forbidden Land Demon Subduing Hall, and Quanzhen also has the Quanzhen Forbidden Land Demon Subduing Hall.

It's similar to the stone tablet in the forbidden area of ​​the Dragon Tiger Demon Subduing Hall.

So when they saw this stone tablet, they knew that the Demon Subduing Hall was just ahead.

Sure enough, after walking a few more steps, we saw a nine-story hall built here.

It was a barren wasteland, devoid of any vegetation, and filled with chaotic demonic energy.

Clearly, this Demon-Subduing Hall imprisons a large number of demons.

When the people from Maoshan and Quanzhen arrived here, the Maoshan disciples couldn't help but say, "What a terrifying Demon Subduing Hall! It's even more terrifying than our Maoshan Demon Subduing Hall."

Shi Jian glanced at the disciple who had just spoken and said, "Isn't that obvious? Longhu Mountain is the leader of the Taoist sects and is the strongest among all the Taoist sects."

The Demon-Subduing Hall naturally houses the largest number of demons; otherwise, how could they possibly be on our Maoshan Mountain?

Shi Jian continued, "Alright, everyone stop standing there and hurry up. We need to speed up the sealing setup. We don't have much time left."

Zhang Tianlu could be out at any time, so they need to hurry. There's no time for idle chatter.

Subsequently, under the guidance of Shi Jian and the senior disciple of Quanzhen.

Disciples from both factions began to busy themselves at the Demon Subduing Hall on Longhu Mountain.

These disciples took out the bundles they carried with them.

Inside the bundle were talismans and magical artifacts they had brought from Maoshan and Quanzhen.

These talismans and magical implements were all prepared in advance.

Several thousand talismans of various sizes were taken out of the package.

There are also many other ritual implements.

Then the disciples took out a red rope from their bundles.

This red rope is as thick as a little finger and extremely long.

The color of each red string was dyed with cinnabar.

And it looks quite old.

There are also many sayings about it in Taoism.

This red rope is no ordinary red rope; it is a thousand-year-old copper coin rope.

Simply put, it's the rope that used to bind copper coin swords.

Ancient Taoist priests crafted copper coin swords using the currency in circulation at the time—the kind with a round top and square bottom—and threaded red string soaked in cinnabar and chicken blood through the eye of a copper coin to weave the sword. Since ancient times, in folk beliefs, copper coins have been believed to have the power to ward off evil spirits.

Firstly, copper coins are generally made of a mixture of metals. Metal objects themselves have a kind of evil energy, which can suppress ghosts and resentment to a certain extent.

Copper coins are considered to be of a rigid nature and belong to the metal element in the Five Elements theory. Copper absorbs energy better than gold or silver. Therefore, copper coins have a very strong effect in dispelling negative energy.

The copper coin is round on the outside and square on the inside. The roundness represents heaven, the squareness represents earth, and the emperor's reign title in the middle represents man. With the three elements of "heaven, earth, and man" present, it has the power to turn the tide.

Secondly, copper coins are also known as "ten-thousand-person coins," meaning that copper coins with a long history and circulation period may have been used by tens of thousands of people. They are heavily imbued with yang energy and have a certain suppressive effect on yin and evil things.

Thirdly, there is the feng shui influence of the emperor's reign title on the copper coins. Generally, feng shui coins and coins used to ward off evil spirits are more likely to be copper coins from the rising period of a dynasty.

Of course, there is another explanation: people believe that money can influence the gods, and that gods have a certain deterrent effect on ghosts and monsters, so ghosts and monsters dare not get close.

Therefore, the copper coin sword is a very powerful magical weapon used by Taoist priests to catch ghosts and kill zombies.

String copper coins together with red string to make a sword shape; this has a powerful effect in suppressing and killing ghosts and monsters!
Moreover, the red ropes that the Taoist priests from Maoshan and Quanzhen took out at this moment were not the selected thousand-year-old red ropes.

The meaning of "thousand-year red rope" is not that this red rope has gone through a thousand years.

A thousand years is enough to erode everything; no rope could possibly exist anymore.

The "thousand-year" here means that the copper coin sword made of this red rope has slain a vengeful ghost that is thousands of years old.

The red rope removed from the copper coin sword that slew a thousand-year-old vengeful ghost possesses extremely strong spiritual power.

These are magical artifacts that have been blessed by blood; each one is incredibly precious.

Shi Jian and the senior disciple of Quanzhen Sect have really gone all out this time.

They used this thousand-year-old red rope as a chain, and attached thousands of talismans and ritual implements that they had prepared in advance to the red rope.

Then the disciples of Maoshan and Quanzhen surrounded the Demon Subduing Hall.

Using the positions of the Eight Trigrams and Nine Palaces as a guide, place the red rope talismans outside the Demon Subduing Hall.

One person holds a thread, the red thread is tied to the ring finger of their left hand, and they pinch the Five Sacred Mountains Seal to guard the eight directions.

The ring finger of the human hand belongs to the metal element in the Five Elements theory. It governs the lungs and the soul; it represents righteousness; it is associated with the White Tiger, representing brothers and friends, killing and competition, assistants, decline, precious things, strength, and majesty!
It is most effective at suppressing evil.

If an ordinary person encounters a "ghost wall" (a type of maze or illusion), there are four ways to break free from it.

The most direct way is to bite the tip of your tongue.

The idea of ​​being trapped in a maze is just a fantasy. Once you bleed from the tip of your tongue, you'll instantly regain your senses, and all the illusions about being trapped in a maze will be useless.

The second is to recite the title of the Great Emperor.

The Seven Great Celestial Venerables of Taoism: Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, Gaotian Shangsheng Daci Renzhe Yuhuang Datianzun, Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, Jiutian Dangmo Tianzun, and Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun.

Either one will do, or you can recite the Golden Light Mantra.

Ordinary people wouldn't dare to stop someone from getting lost in a maze.

Third: swearing, or defecating in one's pants.

Ghosts fear filth and evil people.

When you find yourself trapped in a maze, unable to find your way out no matter how you turn.

You might as well try swearing loudly, mainly by cursing the vengeful parents, or just spitting or urinating/defecating on the spot.

Ghosts and monsters would usually be scared away by this scene, but this method is not recommended.

Because if you encounter a vengeful ghost or an evil spirit, and you curse it too harshly, it might just show itself and fight you to the death. If you lose your life in that situation, it would be a huge loss.

There is also a fourth method, which involves using the ring finger.

There are many hand gestures in Taoism.

The Five Sacred Mountains Seal features both hands facing upwards with fingers interlaced.

The left index finger pulls the right middle finger, the right index finger pulls the left middle finger, the left thumb presses down on the right little finger, the right thumb presses down on the left little finger, and the two ring fingers are raised.

When encountering a ghost wall, one can form Taoist hand seals.

Lei Zu Seal, Five Sacred Mountains Seal.

You can also come out.

Even ghosts wouldn't dare to challenge such a powerful hand seal.

At this moment, the group of Maoshan and Quanzhen disciples formed the Five Sacred Mountains Seal with their hands and used red ropes and yellow talismans to lock up the Demon Subduing Hall.

They planned to trap Zhang Tianlu inside the Demon Subduing Hall and kill him.

(End of this chapter)