Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 260 Wucheng Palace

Chu Tai left the Wenxia Gorge and passed through the fog and came to a floating island. This island was strange. It was clearly standing in the void, but there was movement of earth veins, and the ground temperature was mild, abundant and gentle. Except for the lack of agility and a hint of coldness, it was the best place for cultivation that Chu Tai had encountered in all his years of travel.

Moreover, the scenery on the island is unique. Palaces and towers built of white jade can be seen everywhere, as well as pavilions and waterside terraces. Waterfalls, springs, exotic flowers and plants dotted among them. At the entrance where Chu Tai is, there is a whole piece of jade lying horizontally, which gathers light and reflects hundreds of green clouds.

"Mingchen Immortal Palace."

Chu Tai glanced at the name carved on the jade, pondered for a moment, and muttered to himself.

'This is actually the Taoist temple of Mingchen Sect, one of the direct descendants of Taiyi in the past? But didn't this lineage ascend to heaven due to an accident more than 3,000 years ago? It caused quite a stir back then, and I didn't expect that there is still a Taoist temple left in the world. But was the Mingchen Sect so wealthy back then? They actually used the jasper that has accumulated thousands of years of pure energy and spiritual power as the cliff carving for the mountain gate..."

With a sigh in his heart, Chu Tai bowed towards the direction of the mountain gate and respectfully explained his origins. He said that he came here accidentally, and then the mountain gate opened naturally, and bright lights fell.

Seeing this scene, Chu Tai walked in and, guided by the clear light, came to a square in front of a palace.

"Wucheng Palace?"

Chu Tai looked at the name of the palace in front of the square and frowned slightly.

"Mingchen Wucheng, the core of Mingchen Sect's inheritance is actually this? But is this Mingchen Wucheng the Mingchen Naifan Wucheng Heavenly Palace in the Six Heavens of Luofeng, or the Mingchen Wucheng Palace of Zhongyuan Earth Official?"

'Alas, before the Mingchen Sect ascended to the sky, there were not many disciples and few contacts with the outside world. In addition, Master (Fu Guang) did not pay much attention to it at that time, which resulted in very few records in the Jinhua and Yinjing inheritances that I obtained...'

Chu Tai was a little confused. Although the names of these two inheritances were very similar and often confused by people, their meanings were completely different and their essences were even more different.

The Mingchennai among the six heavens of Luofeng is located in Wucheng Heavenly Palace, which is in charge of the death of wise men and saints and deals with ghosts in the east. One can worship the Supreme Taoist Ancestor and ascend to heaven by entering it.

The correct name of the Mingchen Wucheng Palace of the Zhongyuan Earth Official should be the Dongkong Qingling Palace. Its essence is the mixed spirit of the Yuandong, condensed from the essence of the extreme yellow. There are three palaces in it: the left palace is called the Naifan Mingchen Palace, which is responsible for life and the test of the Sun Fire Official. The right palace is called the Zhou Jueyin Tian Palace, which is responsible for death and the test of the Taiyin Water Official. The central palace is called the Qifei Tianzhao Palace, which is responsible for the test of the life and death sins and the wind knife.

It manages the merits of earthly immortals and gods, which are recorded in Taoist scriptures. When the age limit is reached and the merits are fulfilled, they can be promoted to celestial immortals.

If the core of inheritance is not clear, there may be problems in subsequent tests.

With this thought in mind, Chu Tai followed Qingguang to a stone plate in the center of the square.

At first glance, Chu Tai knew that these were some test methods left by the Mingchen Sect in the past. This was also the favorite thing of the Dongji Chenguang Datianxian Sect. Many inheritances were left in the villas, dojos, blessed places, and caves. Later comers only needed to pass the corresponding assessments to obtain the corresponding inheritance.

I walked forward and took a closer look. I found that the surface of the stone plate looked smooth, but it was actually covered with densely packed Taoist talismans, divided into three circles: inner, middle and outer.

"I haven't seen the rune structure of the inner circle, it should be the secret talisman of the Mingchen Sect in the past. Although there are some changes in the middle layer, it can still be seen that it belongs to the Taiyi lineage. The outermost layer is not much different from the talismans commonly used by the immortals today. It should be a structural system from more than 3,000 years ago. So that's why. Is it because when I revealed my identity before, I told you that I was a student of the Jinhua lineage, so you led me here?"

"But this method of assessment is a bit old-fashioned. I remember when my teacher taught me the talismans, he said that this test method can be cheated in some ways." Chu Tai, who understood this, began to calculate the talismans on the stone plate in front of him.

The three layers of talismans correspond to each other and can refer to each other. Chu Tai starts from the outermost layer, compares it with the Taiyi Talisman in the middle, and then deduces the Mingchen Talisman inward. The three layers of talismans change layer by layer, and as the qi interweaves, the three layers of talismans begin to slowly rotate.

Layer upon layer of bright light rose up, and as Chu Tai deduced, many auspicious lights appeared.

Finally, all the auspicious lights gathered inward and transformed into a lotus flower that slowly bloomed right above the stone plate. A sutra was placed in the middle, and hundreds of phantom talismans were visible and looming around it. They were the inheritance of some talisman techniques of the Mingchen School.

Chu Tai bowed three times respectfully, then stepped forward reverently to receive the inheritance. The clear light appeared again around him, split into three beams, heading in three different directions.

Chu Tai naturally knew that the three clear lights pointed to the treasure house, the scripture pavilion and the alchemy room respectively.

Without thinking, Chu Tai directly chose the Sutra Pavilion.

For him, determining the future fifth-grade Dharma intention is the core. In comparison, magic weapons and elixirs are not important.

Following Qingguang's guidance, Chu Tai came to an ancient attic with hundreds of bookshelves of various sizes inside. Each bookshelf contained sealed classics with flickering spiritual light and talismans appearing on the surface.

With just one glance, Chu Tai could tell that these bookshelves were made of thousand-year-old spiritual wood. They were full of spiritual power and could become magic weapons in themselves. Not to mention a thousand years, even after tens of millions of years, they could be preserved intact. According to the spiritual power of this Taoist temple, after ten thousand years, this attic itself might even become a magic weapon.

As for the talismans used for sealing outside the classics, they were exactly some of the talisman techniques of the Mingchen School that Chu Tai had obtained earlier.

Obviously, the test here is related to the previous one.

After entering the attic, Chu Tai did not immediately decipher the talisman and obtain the inheritance, but came to the center of the attic.

According to the custom of the Taiyi lineage, portraits of the ancestors are usually hung here.

Chu Tai took out three incense sticks and lit them. Just as he was about to offer sacrifices, he looked up and was surprised to find that the portrait of Taiyi Patriarch hanging in the center was completely unrecognizable, as if it had been erased by external force.

He suppressed his surprise and bowed to the ancestor respectfully as always. Then he saluted the ancestor of Mingchen Sect next to him. When he looked up again, he saw a clear light descending above the portrait. The talismans on the bookshelves around him disappeared one by one, symbolizing that he could learn the contents of this place freely. Three more rays of light fell into his hands, and he didn't know what they were for.

Chu Tai bowed again to express his gratitude, and five jade bookshelves, made of even better jade than the ones carved on the cliffs at the mountain gate, appeared out of thin air in front of him.

There were three volumes of scriptures on each bookshelf, and above the scriptures there was a glow similar to the spiritual light in his hands, which obviously allowed him to study the contents of the three volumes.

When Chu Tai stepped forward and took a look, he saw seven volumes of "Taiyi Miaodao Sanyuan Jiuhua Mingchen Jing", three volumes of "Taiyi Haoyang Xuanyuan Jiubian Jing", two volumes of "Taiyi Huiyin Shangzhenyu Jing", two volumes of "Taiyi Sanyuan Bazui Miaojing", and one volume of "Taiyi Shijue Jiuhua Batian Jing".

(End of this chapter)