Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 295: The Intention of Offering Wine

Watching the brilliant thunder and fire rolling down in the sky like a river tilting backwards, the mysterious cold air intertwined and condensed into a dragon snake hidden in the thunder and fire. Occasionally, scales emerged on its body that was revealed, condensing the mysterious true meaning.

The cold metal energy, thunder and fire energy complement each other and become more and more intense.

Chu Tai just stretched out a hand and whispered: "Taiyi Law, the great void, all things are invisible..."

As the sound echoed around, Chu Tai gently moved his fingers, as if stirring up his spiritual energy. Immediately, spiritual light spread out, and all the changes brought about by the Measuring Cloud Ruler were dispersed into the void, disappearing silently and without a trace.

"This kind of Dharma? This kind of Dao fruit..."

Taoist Yunchi's eyes widened slightly. She was surprised to find that she had lost control of her vital energy, or in other words, she had lost control over some of the legal principles.

Yu Guifang also frowned. She looked at Chu Tai with an inexplicable fear. Although it was not much, it did exist, which meant that the person in front of her had a restrained relationship with her in terms of Dharma and Tao Fruit.

And there was nothing wrong with her perception. The prototype of the Tao-fruit within the Tao-fruit fragment of [Jijiu] could be roughly regarded as the interweaving of three different Dharma intentions.

In Chu Tai's perception, the meanings of these three Dharmas are very complex. Simply put, they are the right to worship, the right to interpret, and the ability to teach.

These three abilities also correspond exactly to the meaning of [Jijiu] as a high-ranking individual or regional leader in the early system of Xiandao.

The ten phantoms of flying goddesses around Yu Guifang are essentially the secret magic of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements derived from her using the core of the immortal way and the magic method to differentiate the Yin and Yang of the Five Elements. She then used the Buddhist joy method and added the wonderful appearance of the goddess, and finally refined it with the immortal method.

The incense, vows and cleansing methods used in these methods are very easily restrained by the Dharma of the [Jijiu]. Even among the rituals obtained by Chu Tai, there is a method specifically targeting the concubine's own Shintoism, or Shinto-like methods [cutting down mountains and destroying temples].

Theoretically speaking, this ability is somewhat similar to a simplified product of the degraded version of the ancient holy kings who destroyed many sects except the human race.

Yu Guifang took a deep breath, and the calm demeanor she had maintained could no longer be maintained.

Three layers of Buddha light emerged from her body, interweaving layer by layer. The originally external shadow of the Flying Goddess condensed inward, revealing the image of a celestial being.

The Dharmadhatu has three heads and six arms, is six feet tall, and is dressed in a colorful robe decorated with pearls and jade. He sits on a jade five-colored lotus throne carved with many patterns of flying gods and concubines.

The face in the center is exactly the same as Yu Guifang, while the faces on the left and right show various changes, from a young girl to an old woman, from a woman to a man, from a human face to an animal face. The difference is that the one on the left always tends to be holy, pure, loving, or full of compassion and motherhood, while the one on the right is mostly decadent, intoxicated, longing and crazy.

The Dharma image has two pairs of white and tender arms, each holding an object.

In his left hand he holds a mutton-fat jade vase, in which are inserted two lotus flowers with different stems. However, one of the two lotus flowers always blooms and the other withers. The blooming lotus withers and then the withered lotus blooms, as if the two lotus flowers will never meet. Between the blooming and withering of the two lotus flowers, petals fall all over the sky and the fragrance of lotus is intoxicating.

The other hand is holding a ritual instrument that is somewhat similar to a combination of a vajra and a bell. When it is gently touched, there is a wonderful feeling of solidity and emptiness.

In his left hand he held a meaty skull bowl filled with many filthy things in red, brown and white, which smelled fishy.

In the other hand he held a wisdom sword. Although its surface was covered in blood and clung to with many bloody flesh strands, making it disgusting to the touch, the sword light inside was pure, revealing boundless wisdom.

The last pair of hands left is placed in front of the body, with the left hand covering the right hand, and the palms of both hands facing inward. The left thumb pinches the Zi line of the right hand, and the right thumb pinches the Wu line of the right hand, forming the Tai Chi seal, blending all the auras around the body, forming a quiet and natural artistic conception without sadness or joy, life or death.

As this Dharma image took shape, both Taoist Yunchi and Taoist Youkan were slightly surprised.

Although the two knew of Yu Guifang's experience, they had never imagined that her practice had reached the point where she integrated the two ultimate truths of purity and impermanence, such as impermanence and filth, and followed the concept of the harmony of yin and yang, returning to the infinity, and purity and inaction, to construct a harmonious and unified realm of tranquility and transcendence.

From a certain perspective, she has already neutralized some of the ideas of the devil between Buddhism and Taoism, and has walked her own path, which is extremely brilliant.

Taoist Yunchi even couldn't help but blame Taoist Wutai. He felt that without the influence of Taoist Wutai, Yu Guifang might have become another great master of the side sect, and might even have transformed Joyful Zen into Orthodox Zen and become a great idol for female practitioners in later generations.

But at this moment, Taoist Yunchi was more clear about the purpose of her trip. Although she was unwilling to interfere in the battle between Emei and Youkan, or in other words, she did not want to interfere in the battle between Emei and Taiyi, but she also had to confirm some things.

With a turn of his wrist, he stopped Taoist Youkan and let Yu Guifang and Chu Tai fight.

Taoist Youkan was furious: "Yunchi, you really don't intend to keep your promise. You said you wouldn't interfere, but now you can't help it?"

"I don't want to fight with you, but the auras of you and this new fellow are too special, full of traces of foreign lands, which makes me feel uneasy. We, the Dongji Chenguang Great Heaven, can't withstand the impact of a second two-day collision."

There was nothing wrong with what Taoist Yunchi said, but Taoist Youkan obviously didn't want to hear it. He raised his foot and stomped on the giant dragon's back. With a loud bang, a huge wave arose under the giant dragon. The heavy waves spread out in all directions in an instant, and rolled back in the blink of an eye, turning into a curtain of water that swept up and directly covered Taoist Yunchi.

"Useless work..."

Taoist Yunchi sighed, and the three flowers and five auras on his head unfolded, revealing a wonderful realm of Shaoqing. When it touched the waves around, the clear and spiritual energy immediately spread out, blending into all directions and suppressing them. At the same time, the principles of the foreign land also wanted to erode the wonderful realm revealed by the Shaoqing immortal law.

But with a wave of the cloud ruler, thunder fell from the sky and all the impurities dissipated.

On the other side, after seeing Yu Guifang's Dharma image, Chu Tai also silently moved the vital energy around him, and the Taiyi Immortal Sect's luck on his body gathered and turned into a nine-section staff tied with a colorful rope and a gourd hanging on it.

He raised his hand and swung the nine-section staff towards Yu Guifang.

Yu Guifang's eyes widened slightly. The moment the nine-section staff fell, she felt that the void around her seemed to have turned into a quagmire. Her vital energy could hardly circulate, and her magic power fell silent, as if she was being suppressed by something.

"Sure enough, your Dao Fruit is my nemesis."

The vajra bell in his left hand was shaking, the sound of the bell was empty, the sound waves were like thunder, and there was an infinite wonderful sound in the center, which evolved into hundreds of billions of sounds, trying to disturb Chu Tai.

'Are you happy with the Dharma?'

Chu Tai looked at the Vajra Bell and vaguely guessed that its composition should be related to some kind of Le Dao Dharma. He didn't care. As the Nine-section Staff turned, the concept of Dharma had a slight deviation. The originally harmonious hundreds of thousands of billions of sounds suddenly became agitated, and the boundless wonderful music of the harmonious interpretation became chaotic. The sound of thunder also exploded around it, destroying the sense of emptiness in the center. Chu Tai, who was in a dominant position, leaped into the air, and the [Flying Fairy] Dharma blessed himself. He suddenly appeared beside Yu Guifang, and the Nine-section Staff fell again.

The Dharmakāya responded with his right hand, raised his wisdom sword and met the nine-section staff.

The moment the two came into contact, the flesh and blood tried to contaminate Chu Tai's aura, but the next second, the laws and principles of the foreign Taoism and the many laws and principles of the Taoism accumulated in this blessed land began to erode Yu Guifang.

Fine dragon patterns gradually emerged on the surface of the Wisdom Sword, and the originally disgusting flesh strands on it gradually came to life, transforming into creatures similar to dragons and snakes that climbed on the surface of the Wisdom Sword, forming a poisonous dragon that tried to climb up Yu Guifang's Dharma body along the arm.

Yu Guifang was horrified but did not dare to be careless. While silently reciting the secret spell, she lifted the skull bowl and let the turbid filth inside fall down, swallowing the dragon snake and gradually assimilating the foreign laws, principles and magic power inside.

Seeing this scene, Chu Tai also vaguely understood Yu Guifang's path.

The instruments on her four arms probably symbolize the four stages of her past practice. The skull bowl at the beginning should represent the period when she was comprehending the Zen of Joy and sinking into evil ways. Later, she received guidance from the Taoist priest of Wutai Mountain and gradually got on the right track. It was the beginning of her transformation from evil to good and manifested as the mutton-fat jade bottle.

But there must have been some changes or realizations during this process, which led to the growth of two lotus flowers in the vase, but the two flowers could not meet each other.

Next is the combination of the vajra and bell, symbolizing the emptiness of practice and representing its gradual progress toward perfection.

But at the end, Huijian was wrapped in bloody meat threads. Apart from symbolizing his inner thoughts, it is unknown whether the meat threads on Huijian's surface were external slander or a reflection of his inner conflicting feelings.

In addition, Chu Tai suspected that the skull bowl also symbolized the embryo of life, which was able to absorb the laws and principles of foreign Taoism, because falling into it was equivalent to reincarnation.

'But this skull bowl is not a product of the Dharma, and the mystery of life and reproduction is not something that cannot be dealt with.'

Chu Tai's mind moved, and a faint sense of death gradually emerged on the nine-section staff. A grayish-white mist emerged on the staff, which was hazy and faint, not thick, and there was no strange smell or eerie feeling inside.

But everyone who saw the fog felt a sense of incomplete Dharma meaning that contained the meaning of death.

With a slight push, Yu Guifang's Dharma image could no longer hold the skull bowl. The flesh and blood on it began to fade away, revealing piles of white bones inside.

Seeing this, the pure bottle held in his other hand tilted, nectar fell, and lotus petals fluttered, revealing the inner essence of Taiyi Wuyanluo, which turned into a layer of precious light that protected his body.

Seeing this, Chu Tai knew that he might not be able to break this protective treasure, but he didn't want to confront it head-on, so he turned the nine-section staff in his hand, and many silk threads intertwined, turning into the phantom of an umbrella. Then he turned it lightly, and the power of the entire blessed land vibrated, as if it was blessing the nine-section staff.

Yu Guifang sensed the changes in the Dharma principles around her and did not dare to be careless. She silently practiced her profound skills, and her Dharma image shrank a little. The Buddha's light and the immortal's light intertwined and fell on the lotus throne, then slightly closed inwards, forming layers of precious light.

The next second, huge waves surged out, and Chu Tai pointed the nine-section staff in his hand under the lotus throne. The Dharma power of [Mountain and River] manifested, the Dharma power of [Flying Immortal] blessed it, and the power of the Youkanmen blessed land gathered on it.

"Go away!"

Chu Tai exerted force on his wrist and directly knocked Yu Guifang away. Using the power of [Mountains and Rivers] and [Flying Immortals], he sent her hundreds of miles away.

During this period, Yu Guifang wanted to stop it, but the mist that had previously surrounded the skull bowl suddenly spread again, causing it to lose contact for a short time. This sudden change caused a slight loophole in Yu Guifang's legal operation, so that she was unable to form an effective defense and was directly knocked out by Chu Tai.

And taking advantage of the brief moment when Yu Guifang was away, the [Flying Immortal] magic power was added again, Chu Tai soared into the air, and raised his nine-section staff to hit Taoist Yunchi.

The gourd hanging above exploded, and thousands of colorful lightning beads fell out from inside.

These lightning beads are treasures accumulated in the Youkan Sect for thousands of years. In order to stabilize them and offset the impact of the two days' power collision, their power is mostly reduced by 50% or 60%. But throwing them all out at once caused Taoist Yunchi's blood to boil, and it was difficult for him to maintain his magic power.

Afterwards, he felt that two different foreign Taoist principles and laws were influencing him. One was naturally from Taoist Youkan, and the other came from Chu Tai.

Moreover, Taoist Yunchi soon discovered that the exotic principles in Chu Tai were different from the gentleness of Taoist Youkan, and they carried an inexplicable ability to deceive and completeness.

To put it simply, the foreign Taoist principles and laws manifested by Taoist Youkan may seem difficult to understand, but there is still a certain logic within them.

Apart from the completely incomprehensible power of the immortals and the Tao, there are also a large number of local Taoist principles and laws, and the domesticated parts can be deciphered according to the normal local thinking logic.

And with the help of these tamed parts, it is not difficult to decipher the remaining incomprehensible parts.

In comparison, the impact brought by Chu Tai is that of a complete individual with a complete operating logic, which cannot be cracked according to local logic. In other words, although cracking it with local logic has certain effects, the final result will inevitably be getting further and further away, and finally falling into it.

What's even more troublesome is that the Dao Fruit fragment [Jijiu] in Chu Tai's possession has the ability to explain some concepts and legal principles. This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of calculation and analysis, causing a little bit of wonderful colors to gradually emerge in the three flowers and five qi on Taoist Yunchi's body.

Chu Tai felt slightly relieved when he saw this scene. In fact, he had an even more ruthless method in mind, which was to silently recite the name of Tai Qingtian.

He did not forget the Dao Fruit fragment [Boy] in his body, which originally came from Taiqingtian.

In other words, as he holds the [Jiu], relying on the ability of [Jiu], he actually has the opportunity to attract some of the power of Taiqingtian, and can use the power of Taiqingtian to directly drag Taoist Yunchi into the water.

Of course, such practices will inevitably cause disgust among some local predecessors, especially the three True Lords Hunyuan, Qingshi and Yuli.

Chu Tai didn't want to use this ability unless it was absolutely necessary.

But now that Taoist Yunchi has been affected, he naturally doesn't need to resort to such means that would almost result in mutual destruction.

Taoist Yunchi, whose magical aura was gradually showing a slight change, knew that he could not drag it on any longer, and no longer restricted the power of the Cloud Measuring Ruler in his hand, and suddenly struck Chu Tai.

In an instant, lightning flashed all over the sky and gathered together. The thunder and fire energy stirred up the mysterious cold air and covered all the void around Chu Tai.

(End of this chapter)