Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 311: White Stone Spiritual Realm
With concern for the future fate of Taoist Mu Jing in his heart, Chu Tai walked into Baishihe Town.

It is interesting to say that the land outside the town is barren, but the overall style of the town is white walls and green tiles. Under the main body of the earth and stone structure, there are a large number of wooden structures hidden. Bricks, wood, and stone carvings are also widely used, with very obvious traces of a water town.

The water from the Baishi River in the town was specially introduced. After passing through the pool in front of the ancestral hall, it flows through every household and finally converges into another small lake behind the ancestral hall, perfectly combining water flow and architecture.

From a distance, the whole town looks like a huge circle, with a small lake behind the ancestral hall in the center. Every household builds their houses around the lake, one layer inside the other.

In addition, in the middle of the large pond in front of the ancestral hall, a raised earth pit was specially built and a huge banyan tree was planted.

This kind of pattern is rare in geomancy and feng shui.

Generally speaking, the location of an ancestral hall should be located in a place that occupies the dragon vein, has its back to the mountain and faces the water, has a spacious hall and is away from noise. It is also best if the left and right sides complement each other so that the four forces are balanced.

However, the ancestral hall in Baishihe Town is a relatively rare structure that faces west and east. There is water in front and behind, with less water in the front and more water in the back. There is a mound in the middle of the front water with a big banyan tree planted in it. The overall layout looks like it is higher in the front and lower in the back, which easily leads to the situation where the predecessors suppress the descendants.

"Fellow Daoist Mu Jing is really thoughtful."

Chu Tai observed the fate of this place and saw the vitality surging and the prosperity. He slowly walked to the big banyan tree and saw a stone tablet with the words "White Stone Spiritual Realm" written on it.

"This banyan tree is almost becoming a spiritual root of earth and wood."

Chu Tai placed his palm on the trunk of the banyan tree, feeling the unique earthy scent inside.

This was obviously the result of Taoist Mu Jing's special cultivation. He used the energy of earth and wood to warm the spiritual wood, then gathered the energy from all directions under the banyan tree, filtered the gold and water, and entered the ancestral hall at the back. It was washed by incense, obtained the energy of human sacrificial fire, mixed with the five elements, and nourished the villages and towns.

During the whole process, the metal and water auras of the Baishi River in front were effectively resolved, and it also received incense and offerings from the villages and towns in the rear.

He only needs to focus on the two energies of earth and wood, and he can gradually blend the five elements of the banyan tree and achieve a prosperous pattern.

The aura that originally formed where the predecessors oppressed the successors can also be transformed into a situation where the predecessors protected the successors.

But this layout also has a big problem. The fate of the entire village is basically tied to this banyan tree. If one prospers, all prosper; if one suffers, all suffer. Once someone targets this banyan tree, the entire Baishihe Town will be in trouble.

“So, there should be some kind of defense here…”

Chu Tai looked around and saw wisps of incense and prayer power gathering on the surface of the banyan tree. Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind, and he took out three incense sticks and inserted them in front of the stone tablet.

Green smoke rose slowly, and the next moment a green figure appeared on the banyan tree, holding a weapon and looking serious. After seeing Chu Tai, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It turned out to be you, fellow Taoist. You scared me."

As he said this, he put his weapon aside and asked Chu Tai about the purpose of his trip.

After taking a look at the figure, Chu Tai could already see that he was essentially a member of the altar lineage, except that Taoist Mu Jing's altar was a little special, it was the banyan tree in front of him.

Moreover, the gods they cultivate are also somewhat unique. They are not gods condensed by imitating the power of Shinto and using their own spiritual spirits. Instead, they are gods similar to the second soul, which are gradually accomplished under the influence of the human Yuan Miao Qi.

Its nature is closer to the incense gods of the past than that of the altar.

However, this kind of existence is obviously not accepted by the current Central Plains Holy King's orthodoxy.

From this perspective, it is understandable that Taoist Mu Jing is at the critical moment of life and death. After all, looking at the momentum of the phantom of the god in front of him, it has reached the critical point and is about to be completely formed. It is also a very normal thing for a disaster to befall at this time.

But at this time, Chu Tai couldn't say it directly, and could only hint at it. While praising the prosperous fortune of this place and the increasingly fertile land, he seemed to mention inadvertently that when the Fatan lineage opened up the Dharma Realm and established a Taoist temple, it was easy to be invaded by external evil.

From the moment he discovered Chu Tai standing under the banyan tree, Taoist Mu Jing already knew that his actions could not be concealed. After Chu Tai euphemistically expressed the danger of this action, Taoist Mu Jing expressed it very bluntly.

"Fellow Daoist, there is no need to beat around the bush. I know what I am doing, and I also know that the calamity is coming."

Chu Tai was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and asked, "Fellow Daoist, have you come up with a solution?"

Taoist Mu Jing smiled and said, "What countermeasures? I didn't intend to keep this banyan tree incarnation for a long time. The essence of condensing this incarnation is to better repair the imbalance of the metal energy in this land. I didn't intend to keep it from the beginning. When the catastrophe comes and the thunderbolt descends, I will automatically disperse this incarnation and let its essence feed back to the earth, neutralize the essence of one side, and harmonize the five elements."

At this point, Taoist Mu Jing looked at the ancestral hall behind him and said: "When that time comes, the people here only need to offer sacrifices to the earth and offer sacrifices to the stove fire in a human way to fill the lack of fire energy here, and then they can perfect the five elements and nourish the area. And this is the white stone spiritual realm I want to create."

When he said the last sentence, Taoist Mu Jing looked at the stone tablet beside him.

"So that's how it is. A hundred years of hard work, all gone in one day, just for the prosperity of one place, making the spiritual realm in the human world. Great virtue, fellow Taoist!"

As Chu Tai spoke, he bowed slightly to Taoist Mu Jing to show his respect.

Taoist Mu Jing waved his hand and said, "I only have this much ability. I can only nourish the water and soil of this small piece of land. How can I be considered a great virtue? If I really want to give up, I will go to the mountains, transform into a jungle, neutralize metal and wood, and solve the feng shui problem of this place from the source."

"If we continue to procrastinate like this, I don't know how many people will suffer from hunger and cold as a result."

Upon hearing this, Chu Tai did not respond to the question, but just looked at the rich incense on the banyan tree, which was the result of the local residents' day and night sacrifices.

The devout wishes and sincere prayers themselves show what Taoist Mu Jing's actions mean to the people here.

As for the other solution proposed by Taoist Mu Jing, it seems to be a permanent solution and more effective, but it may not be suitable for the residents here.

To put it bluntly, if the local residents are given a good environment, allowed to open up new land themselves, and retain certain sacrificial rituals, in their view, the importance of the environment must be different.

The former may not be a good thing for people or nature, and the latter may not be a good thing for our ancestors.

When choosing between the two, one can only say that there are gains and losses.

However, Chu Tai was still a little worried, and whispered to the other party that Hong Yue might appear nearby recently.

Taoist Mu Jing frowned slightly when he heard this: "How did this troublemaker get around here?"

Chu Tai heard this and asked, "Fellow Daoist, have you heard of him?"

"I've come across some of his stories before, but he wasn't in his true form at the time, so I didn't connect those things together. But some time ago, the arrest warrants issued by Dynasty revealed his identity, and I learned that many disgusting things in the past were related to him."

Taoist Mu Jing said with some distress: "Based on his usual behavior, I'm afraid there is nothing here that he would be interested in except me. This is troublesome. It seems that I have to ask Zhengyang and others to help me."

(End of this chapter)