Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 264 War

The ink patterns changed back and forth, and it was difficult to stabilize them several times. After finally settling down, Chu Tai was surprised to find that the derived content was not quite the same as he had imagined.

[Thirty-three years - Central Plains and northern lands, connections with various parties, good and evil are hard to determine, blessings and disasters intersect, fate is entangled, destiny increases, the Taoist temple in the morning, inherits the fate of the ancestors, the Taoist fate increases, and the disasters decrease.]

'The connections are made with all parties, good and evil are hard to determine, blessings and disasters intersect, fate is entangled, and destiny increases?'

Chu Tai silently repeated this sentence in his mind. He was a little confused, but he could roughly guess the meaning.

'Making connections with all parties' should refer to the many things he did in the North.

Secondly, the paragraph 'Good and evil are hard to determine, blessings and disasters intersect, and karma is entangled' should be connected, referring to the changes brought about by Chu Tai's connections with various parties. It is hard to determine whether the future will be good or bad, and the results produced are a mixture of blessings and disasters, leading to karma entanglement.

As for the final "increase in luck", it is normal. After all, good luck and bad luck are both a kind of luck. Similarly, luck is not necessarily all good. It may also be bad luck caused by the accumulation of bad karma.

In comparison, the following content is easier to understand. The only thing that puzzled Chu Tai was that there was no change in his breakthrough this time.

'Could it be that the change in the fifth-grade casting is not enough to drive the change in the Donghuang Bell? Why did the gathering of spirits in the past bring about changes?'

'Besides, why are there only records of the connections made in the North? Why didn't the other things I did in the Central Plains manifest?'

These questions left Chu Tai a little confused, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.

Compared to the Donghuang Bell, which still has no clear foundation even after the breakthrough, he cares more about the power he currently has.

First of all, let’s talk about Chu Tai’s cultivation. In the past, relying on a series of Dao fruit fragments from [Boy], he had accumulated about nine decades of cultivation.

This time, with the help of the Blue Dragon Wo Hai Pill, Chu Tai's cultivation level made great progress again, increasing his cultivation level by three hundred years, or five Jiazi.

Minus some inevitable losses in the process of refining the elixir, Chu Tai's current cultivation level is close to fourteen decades, which is considered to be very powerful among the fifth-grade realm.

Next are several magic weapons, among which the newly acquired Miro Sky-covering Umbrella needs no introduction. All the other magic weapons on Chu Tai combined are far inferior to this one.

Because of its special nature and the sword light inside it that comes from the East China Sea, the Sun-Moon Eternal Lamp is still steady and has not changed much. In other words, even with Chu Tai's current cultivation level, if he wants to improve the essence of the Sun-Moon Eternal Lamp, he can only rely on slow work.

Three similar magic weapons are the Taiyi Two-Phase Ring, the Qianyuan Ruyi Heart-Turning Lock and the Purple Bamboo Branch.

Among them, the Taiyi Two-Phase Ring and the Qianyuan Ruyi Rotating Heart Lock were because the initial [Yin and Yang] magic power inside was too weak, and Chu Tai had no way to make up for it, he could only polish it slowly and nurture it slowly.

As for the Purple Bamboo Branch, under Chu Tai's refinement, the inner principles of Taoism were reorganized with the Dharma Meaning of [One], which slightly increased its power. However, the Dharma Meaning of [Sound of the Bamboo Sea] within it was already complete. Before Chu Tai had new insights, it would be difficult to make a breakthrough.

Below is the Scorpion Tail Sword, which was the trophy Chu Tai obtained from Hong Yue. Originally they were a pair, each other's yin and yang, containing the fragmented changes of the two yin and yang, and were also considered subordinates of the [Yin and Yang] magic.

It was this sword that Chu Tai failed to obtain, and only one was left. Its magic power was incomplete, so it could only rely on its quality and rank above Su Chen Qing Mang.

For such a special magic weapon, Chu Tai's way of dealing with it was to reconstruct it, completely erase Hong Yue's traces, extract a little bit of the magic meaning inside, and sharpen it with the sword energy in the Sun and Moon Eternal Lamp, turning it into his own magic weapon to subdue demons.

In comparison, after absorbing the semi-finished white bamboo, Su Chen Qing Mang actually gained a little bit of the Taoist Bai Zhu's [Burial Bamboo] magic power. However, Chu Tai disliked its power and felt that this magic power did not match Su Chen Qing Mang, so he did not pay special attention to it.

This time, with the addition of many internal classics of the Mingchen Sect, Chu Tai can also start to perfect the legal principles and take it a step further.

Like the similar jade screen with mountains and rivers, Chu Tai is also constantly perfecting the inner meaning of [Mountains and Rivers], and also making it walk between the tangible and intangible, with obvious improvements in both quality and quality.

Further down, there are four magic weapons: the Five Dragon Demon-Slaying Wheel, the Golden Light Flowing Pearl, the Red Maple Sword Bag and the Flowing Light Shuttle.

These four are the treasures that have changed the most in Chu Tai's hands.

The Five Dragons Demon-Slaying Wheel that Mingxia and Feiquan gave to Chu Tai in the past has been used by Chu Tai again in the recent period, between the visible and invisible. The "Five Dragons Supreme Saint Demon-Slaying True Method" recorded in the "Golden Chamber Mysterious Box Lingbao Zhenyin Sutra" was also fully mastered by Chu Tai under the meaning of the law [One], and he was able to bless the Five Dragons Demon-Slaying Wheel more quickly.

Chu Tai could even make fine adjustments to the Five Dragons Demon-Slaying Wheel based on the little bit of Five Elements magic he had mastered and in combination with other Five Elements magical powers, making it more versatile and more powerful.

The Golden Light Flowing Beads and the Red Maple Sword Bag are the two lowest quality magic weapons in Chu Tai's hands. Chu Tai also took this opportunity to refine them carefully so that they can play a certain role in the sixth-grade battle.

As for the Flowing Light Shuttle, as a magical flying weapon refined by Madam Qingli in her previous life, although it has good quality, the magical restrictions inside are still a little lacking. Not to mention being compared with the [Flying Immortal] magic power mastered by Chu Tai, even the method of movement that he mastered and relied on the [Mountains and Rivers] magic power is not as good as it.

Chu Tai took it out for sacrifice this time, intending to use it as an exploration to prepare for the subsequent new magic weapons such as the Jinxuan Danxia Banner and the Qiyin Huasha Banner.

In Chu Tai's imagination, after his cultivation becomes more stable and he swallows one or two Canglong Wohai Pills, he will go to the cave heaven of Jinhua Sect to deal with the rest of the matters.

During this exploration, Chu Tai did not think that he could refine something very targeted and able to deal with possible enemies in the cave, nor did he think that the self-defense methods and protective treasures he prepared could surpass the Miro Umbrella.

Therefore, compared to attacking and defending magic weapons, Chu Tai would rather give the treasure banner the ability to fly.

This is also Chu Tai's idea of ​​incorporating the meaning of [Flying Immortal] into it.

In Chu Tai's personal vision, the newly-made treasure banner will contain some of the mysteries of Yin and Yang, while grasping the subtle concept of the opposition between the two, allowing the [Flying Immortal] magic power to stand in the center of the two, just like the Tai Chi string that divides Yin and Yang.

Holding the treasure banner in hand, you can walk on the Tai Chi string, without being afraid of many spells and magic weapons that block it.

However, such an attempt obviously cannot succeed in one go, which is where the Streamer Shuttle comes in handy.

Chu Tai first tried the Flowing Light Shuttle, and in the later stage he integrated the [Mountain and River] Dharma into it. When it was really able to change its direction with the help of [Yin and Yang] [Mountain and River], Chu Tai integrated it into the treasure banner and made it the final assembly, carrying the [Flying Immortal] Dharma.

Then, refine the Flowing Light Shuttle and the Treasure Banner until they become invisible, and try to merge the two.

When the new treasure banner was completely formed, Chu Tai shook it lightly, and a stream of light flew up, just like a rainbow bridge with phantom images of mountains and rivers on its surface fell at Chu Tai's feet. As the rainbow bridge shook, Chu Tai arrived hundreds of miles away.

After shaking twice more, Chu Tai flew back and forth over a distance of tens of thousands of miles.

During this process, Chu Tai also vaguely felt some magical restrictions and external interference, but none of them could affect the power of the treasure banner and stop Chu Tai's progress. However, in the following interferences, Chu Tai also sensed a slight sense of something was not right.

Following his thoughts, he flew to a place, looked down, and saw a small-scale war between the Northern Wilderness and the Central Plains.

It was a small town whose defenses were breached by creatures from the Northern Wilderness. Dozens of wolf riders were running in the city like a herd of beasts. The sound of horse hooves shook the streets and raised billowing smoke and dust, like a cloud curtain covering the surroundings.

Wailing, crying, and the sound of swords and spears clashing could often be heard in the alleys, and the smell of blood gradually became the main tone of the entire town.

Chu Tai stood in mid-air, watching the battle below. Looking at a wolf rider who was deliberately teasing women and babies, a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes.

To put it bluntly, Chu Tai is not from the Central Plains, he belongs to the East. If we must define him, we can probably give him the identity of a Chu citizen.

From any perspective, the war between the Northern Wilderness and the Central Plains has nothing to do with Chu Tai.

Similarly, no matter how intense the war between the two goes, Chu Tai does not need to care, and can even be secretly happy. Only when the Middle Earth and the Northern Wilderness fight too much, will the Northern Wilderness and the Middle Earth have no time to fight with the East Earth.

But how to put it, Chu Tai could understand the cruelty and inevitability of war, he could understand killing, but he could not understand massacre.

Just like the wolf rider he was looking at now, as a warrior from the Northern Wilderness, he had no problem slaughtering the people of the Central Plains, and killing women and babies, which was understandable from the perspective of the country and the nation.

But what Chu Tai couldn't understand was why this wolf rider deliberately teased the mother and daughter.

He deliberately hurt the baby in her arms, forcing the woman to bear more pain with her body, and finally planned to dismember the child in front of the woman, in order to stimulate the woman, make her wail in despair, and generate more resentment.

'Why do you have to do this?'

Chu Tai raised his hand slightly and was about to intervene when a roar was heard and a military general appeared in the air.

His face was ashen, he held a broadsword in his hand, and he slashed with it. The murderous aura of a military strategist swung with the broadsword, and sharp shadows appeared in the air, like thunder flashing in the void, chopping most of the sky into pieces.

'General Yang?'

Chu Tai recognized at a glance that this person was Yang Xing, whom he met before entering the ruins.

At this moment, the energy and blood of this fifth-rank military monk merged into one with the soldiers in the distance. The surging blood, anger, madness, killing and other wills gathered into Yang Xing's body and turned into the foundation for his next attack.

Faced with such an attack, Beihuang also has his own way of dealing with it.

Thick black smoke billowed up, with tiny sparks of fire inside, instantly dyeing the remaining half of the sky blood red. Then endless emotions of resentment, fear, anger, and grief were swallowed up by it, transforming into a demonic image of a god that roared towards the sky.

The Dharmakāya stretched out his hand and tore the knife light in mid-air.

Yang Xing swung his sword again, and the sharp sword light fell with the power to destroy mountains and break peaks. The rumbling sonic boom was as loud as thunder, but it could not affect the demon god at all. Instead, he was able to grasp the true meaning of the sword.

"Killing the enemy with your body? Strength is what matters on the battlefield! Yang Xing, you only have 500 cavalrymen with you now. How can you fight against my 30,000 elite soldiers?"

The divine and magical figure exerted force with both hands, blood spurted out, but it was actually squeezing Yang Xing's sword light little by little, suppressing his power.

"Give it to me, cut it off!"

Yang Xing roared, his aura becoming even stronger.

Chu Tai took a glance, then floated down lightly, his aura disappearing. Looking at the burning environment around him, he suddenly gained new insights into the meaning of the [Scorching Hell], which he had only just mastered and understood a little bit.

"That's right. The Three Realms are a huge house of fire. Although the Scorching Hell is terrible, how can it be compared to the Three Realms in tormenting people?"

Thinking of this, he picked up the purple bamboo branch and waved it lightly. The faint sound of the tide spread around and fell on the young, weak children and pregnant women, helping them to conceal their breath.

At the same time, leave a mark and continue to observe the rest of the people.

At this moment, Chu Tai knew very well that his strength was not enough to stop this battle, nor did he have the intention to stop such a battle.

For Chu Tai, the immediate rescue was nothing more than his past learning and emotions, which prevented him from standing idly by and watching these ordinary people who were caught in the war and had no ability to resist.

And he happened to have the ability to rescue these people, so he chose to help them.

As for other people who participated in the war, whether actively or passively, the moment the fight began, they had been dragged into the millstone called the concept of war. Chu Tai would not stop them, nor did he have the ability to stop them.

Therefore, no matter how miserable these people were, he could only choose to turn a blind eye.

As for some of the people around these people who also have no resistance, Chu Tai can only choose to give up temporarily.

"Three thousand six hundred and seventy-two, three thousand six hundred and seventy-three... twelve thousand three hundred and twenty-two..."

Chu Tai silently calculated the number of people he had marked, and after confirming that it was almost the same, he took out the treasure banner and waved it lightly. The rainbow bridge rose and suddenly soared into the air.

The magic minister who was fighting with Yang Xing above immediately noticed something was wrong and showed a little anger. He looked back and found that only a few people were missing. He couldn't help but sneered at Yang Xing and said, "This is your backup plan. Using your life in exchange for more than 10,000 people, do you think it's so worthwhile?"

"This is the compassion of us, the Middle-earth monks, saving the suffering people. This kind of thought is not something you barbarians can understand!"

"I can't understand, but compassion, ugh, Yang Xing, when you broke into my northern wilderness outskirts of the pasture and slaughtered tens of thousands of people, did you ever have a compassionate heart? You and I are both military strategists, and what we do is just killing! Who is nobler than who?"

"I originally wanted to fight with you again, but now, please go first!"

The magic god Fa laughed at Yang Xing for a while, then clenched his hands into a battle axe and swung it down.

(End of this chapter)