Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 414 Siming Returns to Central Plains

"Thank you for your trust, Master."

Chu Tai stood up and bowed slightly to Master Tianque. As the current ally of Emei Sect, what Master Tianque said seemed to outsiders to have destroyed the trust of allies, but his actions also showed his dissatisfaction with Emei Sect and his trust in Chu Tai.

Master Tianque returned the greeting and said, "You and I are both Great Heaven cultivators, so we should put Great Heaven first."

This incoherent sentence made Chu Tai's eyes widen. He thought of a possibility and looked at Master Tianque with some doubt in his eyes.

Master Tianque did not answer again, but put his hands together, bowed slightly, and turned into a stream of light and disappeared.

Chu Tai lowered his head and silently contacted Qiao Ran'er, asking him to pay attention to the recent changes in the Emei Sect. At the same time, he gave him some information about the Taiyi Immortal Sect and asked him to help collect some information.

Three days later, looking at the new information, Chu Tai's eyes turned slightly cold. With an idea, he contacted Shao Siming who was far away in the Western Regions.

Shao Siming, who was originally communicating with the disciples of the Snow Mountain Sect, looked up in the direction of the Jinhua Sect, as if thinking about something.

Seeing this, Zhu Baishui asked curiously, "What new insights did Shao Siming gain?"

Through the communication during this period, Zhu Baishui, the eldest disciple of Taoist Lingmiao, was full of admiration for Shao Siming. Whether it was in magic and supernatural powers, alchemy and treasure making, or formation and geomancy, Shao Siming was far superior to his fellow disciples.

The most important thing is that Shao Siming taught the core content of the Lingtai method in order to ensure the future stability of the Snow Mountain Sect, which made several direct descendants of the Snow Mountain Sect grateful.

Therefore, in the subsequent exchanges, Zhu Baishui, Zhao Qixing and others also talked about a lot of their own unique skills.

These things are nothing to Shao Siming, who has the memories of Chu Tai, but they are excellent supplements to Feifei and others, so Shao Siming is happy to help them get closer.

After a few visits, his relationship with Zhu Baishui, Zhao Qixing and others became better and better.

Therefore, Shao Siming did not hide it and said frankly that he was about to leave. After saying goodbye to Zhu Baishui, Zhao Qixing and others, he took Feifei, Guo Shan, Mao'er and Wu Chaoxi to bid farewell to Ling Miao and his wife.

After the establishment of the Snow Mountain Sect, Taoist Xuanyou, who had been staying here, heard the news and hurriedly invited Shao Siming before she left the mountain gate.

"I have discussed your situation with Junior Sister Liu Huisu. She cannot leave the sect for the time being, but she asked me to say hello to you and invite you to visit my Guanghan Sect."

"I will definitely go there when I have time."

Shao Siming took the token and left the snow-capped mountains of the Western Regions on Yun Guang.

However, just as they left, a ball of bright and dazzling demonic fire suddenly appeared in front of them. The flames flickered, and a barbarian monk in a bright red robe walked out of it. He raised his hand and let down a Buddha's light.

Stopping the cloud light, Shao Siming looked at the Buddha light in front of him. It was impure and mixed, surrounded by a blood-red and dark aura. It was obvious that the method learned by this barbarian monk was incomplete, or he was practicing both Buddhism and magic.

But judging from its appearance, it is also first-rate among the five grades.

However, this level of cultivation was far from enough in Shao Siming's view. He flicked the purple bamboo branch lightly, and the branches and leaves shook, the sound of the waves echoed, and fell on the Buddha's light, immediately causing golden light to splash.

The barbarian monk obviously did not expect Shao Siming to have such magical powers. Although he also knew some of Shao Siming's deeds and was aware that they had made a great contribution in the succession process of the Snow Mountain Sect, in their opinion, Shao Siming was at most a helping hand, and the real action was taken by Master Tianque and others.

He has been reincarnated three times and has been a monk for more than 800 years in this life. He has made great achievements in both Buddhism and magic. Logically speaking, it should be easy for him to deal with a fifth-rank cultivator.

Unexpectedly, Shao Siming was so capable that he easily broke his Buddha's light.

The barbarian monk, who was both shocked and angry, clasped his hands together, performed the Great Hand Seal technique, and pushed forward. Waves of devilish fire gushed out and filled the void.

His devil fire is very different from ordinary devil fire methods. It is devilish inside and Buddha outside. The whole thing is golden in color, showing supreme power to subdue demons.

Shao Siming shook the purple bamboo branches again, and pieces of clear light rose up, blocking the evil fire outside and preventing it from getting close.

But the moment the clear light came into contact with the devil fire, Shao Siming felt that there were countless demons hidden in the flames. Using the external appearance of Buddhism, they revealed the phantoms of the heavenly goddesses who protected them, trying to bewitch his mind.

At a glance, Shao Siming realized that these illusions were all secret demons from the heavens. They were only summoned by this barbarian monk with evil methods, imprisoned with magic, and decorated with Buddhist teachings. Once there was a loophole in their own defense, not only would their bodies be burned by the magic fire, but their souls would also be captured by the secret demons from the heavens.

Moreover, this kind of demonic fire is refined by Buddhism, which makes it difficult for most righteous methods to restrain it.

Therefore, Shao Siming chose to protect Feifei and others with the purple bamboo branches first, and then he swung his long sleeves, and the dragon-tiger hook flew out and strangled the barbarian monk's neck.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the barbarian monk dodged, Shao Siming swung the purple bamboo branch in his hand violently again, and the waves of vital energy hit him repeatedly. The surrounding demonic fire was immediately shattered into countless sparks, and the secret demons in the sky were also twisted and deformed. As Shao Siming waved his hand again, they all flew back to the barbarian monk.

"Om, Anali..."

The barbarian monk hurriedly chanted the White Umbrella Mantra, and a Buddha light rose up, spread out in the air, and turned into an acre of cloud light. An illusory white umbrella appeared in the light, and hung down light spots like necklaces, protecting his body from the backlash of demonic fire and the secret demon.

But Shao Siming seized this gap, and the dragon-tiger hook flew back, twisting up and down, and cut off the head of Liuyang.

In an instant, many demonic lights emerged from the barbarian monk's body and flew outwards. Many secret demons appeared and surrounded Shao Siming and others. At the same time, a bit of Buddha's light flew out from his body, trying to escape from this place.

But just as it flew away, the Taiyi Two-Phase Ring fell down, spinning up and down, and split into hundreds and thousands of light circles of different sizes, which bound the secret demons one by one and imprisoned the Buddha's light.

With a wave of his hand, Shao Siming grasped the barbarian monk's relics. The spirit inside him became apparent and he was about to beg for mercy.

There was a hint of strangeness in Shao Siming's pupils, and he directly searched his memory.

“No! No! You are not a righteous cultivator of the Xuanmen sect, how could you...ah...ah…” After a few miserable screams, the barbarian monk’s spirit was shattered. Shao Siming also knew the whole story. This guy was just a fool who was pushed out by someone.

I don't know where he heard about Shao Siming, but he thought that Shao Siming might have retained some of the inheritance of Bo Jiafan and Gandhara, so he came to him excitedly, without thinking about what would happen if he failed.

At the same time, this barbarian monk's memory also contains a large amount of magic, evil methods, and methods of refining many magical treasures. If ordinary people see them directly, their minds will inevitably be polluted by the true meaning of the magic.

But Shao Siming was not afraid at all. She easily grasped the essence of it and found several pretty good magical powers to modify them.

Then, with a wave of the purple bamboo branch, all the secret demons in the large and small light circles were collected onto the bamboo branch. Then, the Taiyi Two-Phase Ring was placed on the main trunk of the purple bamboo branch. Wisps of spiritual light shone through and fell on the secret demons, refining them bit by bit.

Wu Chaoxi took a quick look and found that a faint pattern appeared on the top of the heads of those secret demons, which was somewhat similar to the [Paper Maker] he mastered, but more crude.

The crow fairy instantly understood that Shao Siming was using the power of the Dao Fruit fragments to cleanse these secret demons of the heavens.

As time went by, Feifei also saw the trick and said with emotion: "Using Dao Fruit fragments to refine the secret demons of the heavens, only the master has this method. However, the talismans made from Dao Fruit fragments have infinite uses. Why not keep them and pass them on to future disciples?"

Upon hearing this, Shao Siming smiled and said, "The power of the Dao Fruit fragments I have now attracted are two second-rate pieces that I got accidentally. They are called [Dao Bing] and [Warrior]. They don't have many magical powers. It's not appropriate to pass them on to my disciples. But it's appropriate to use them to refine these secret demons."

As he spoke, Shao Siming shook lightly, and a secret demon that had been initially refined and combined with the [Strong Man] appeared in the clouds. It was an image of a man about ten feet tall, with bristling muscles and a robe covered in colorful clouds.

"Go, bring that huge stone here."

With a wave of the purple bamboo branch in his hand, the strong man turned invisible and appeared in front of a ten-foot-high boulder the next moment. He easily lifted it up and flew back to Shao Siming.

After a few more attempts, he confirmed that the strongman refined by the secret demon had obtained a certain substantial physical body and possessed divine power far superior to that provided by a normal [strongman]. This should be the result of the combination of the Dao Fruit fragments and the secret demon of the heavens.

At the same time, Shao Siming also discovered that the Secret Demon of the Universe had an unexpectedly good adaptability to the Dao Fruit fragments, as if the two were supposed to be one and the same.

Chu Tai in Jinhua Cave Heaven was paying close attention to Shao Siming's use of Dao Fruit fragments from the two systems of [Strongman] and [Dao Soldier] to refine the secret demons of the heavens. When he discovered that the combination of the two could produce a situation where one plus one was greater than two, he couldn't help but recall some rumors from the past.

"I originally thought that the saying that the Secret Demons of the Heavens were the incarnations of some gods after the decline of the ancient Shinto was an exaggeration. Now it seems that there is some possibility. If so..."

Chu Tai's thoughts were scattered, and he couldn't help but think of Ancestor Haha.

If there is anyone in the Dongji Chenguang Heaven who is most obsessed with the way of gods and has done the most thorough research, it must be the inheritor of the way of witchcraft.

'Now think about it, this ancestor has been trying to absorb the power of the Dao Fruit fragments in the past few years, and used it as the core to refine the Nuo mask. Could it be that he wanted to use this to continue the Shinto...'

As this thought came to his mind, Chu Tai suddenly realized that he hadn't heard of Old Ancestor Haha causing any trouble in recent times, which made Chu Tai feel a little uncomfortable.

Shao Siming, who was connected to his will, also frowned slightly. He carefully observed the secret demons of the heavens that were digesting the [Hercules] talisman, waved the purple bamboo branch to summon it back, and let it stay on a bamboo leaf to help the other secret demons transform.

"Shao Siming, is there something wrong?"

Wu Chaoxi noticed the change in her mood and stepped forward to ask.

Shao Siming shook his head, indicating that there was no problem, and continued to move forward with a few people.

Without any external obstruction, the group of three, a cat and a crow, moved very quickly and soon met a fellow disciple of Qiao Ran'er and obtained new information from him.

Looking at the things described in the information in his hand, Shao Siming's expression became a little ugly.

"Is the Emei Sect moving so fast? I just returned to the Central Plains, and they have already affected another sect's inheritance. Mount Wutai has also sped up its pace, annexing some of the Taiyi branches, and this time they are not only vegetarian, but also some of the side sects. They are also joining forces with the Zhushan Sect, Meishan Sect, Maoshan Dao, Pu'an Sect, Lushan Sect and other side sects."

Shao Siming continued to read, and then saw two pieces of information that surprised her.

'The Lushan Sect received part of the Taoist tradition from Xu Zhenjun, the Dragon Slayer Heavenly Master, and the method of cultivation was perfected. The sect gradually turned to the orthodox system of Xuanmen. The current leader relied on Xu Zhenjun's inheritance to break through the fourth-grade heavenly realm and fought two battles with the Wutai Taoist. Although he was defeated by the Wutai Taoist's "Hunyuan Yiqi Shenghua Wuxing Xuanwei Zhenfa", he also stabilized the basic situation and curbed the barbaric expansion of the Wutai Sect.'

'The Maoshan Dao found the founder of the Maoshan Sect, Tao Zhenren of the Shangqing lineage, who was ordered by the royal family of the previous dynasty to refine the second of the thirteen Liangshen swords. Relying on the secret method to refine it again, he obtained a little Shangqing inheritance and used the Liangshen twin swords to force back the Wutai Sect's concubine Yu Guifang. However, this battle also revealed that the Wutai Sect found the Meteor Sword, one of the six Wu swords of the former dynasty.'

Shao Siming took out a magic weapon that he had no use for and gave it to Qiao Ran'er's fellow disciple as a thank you gift, then he read the information again.

Finally, he gave it to Guo Shan, Fei Fei and Wu Chaoxi for a look.

Among them, Guo Shan and Fei Fei had practiced for a shorter period of time and were temporarily unable to understand the impact of the last two pieces of information, but Wu Chaoxi understood.

The Crow Immortal whispered, "I didn't expect that the Wutai Sect would force out all the secrets of the Maoshan Dao and the Lushan Sect. However, they were also forced out of the Meteor Sword, which is quite important news. You need to be careful when you meet the disciples of the Wutai Sect in the future."

Feifei was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is this?"

"The Six Swords of Wu, the Eight Swords of Shu, and the Five Knives of Wei were once the 19 most powerful divine weapons of an era. They were respectively forged by the royal families of Wu, Shu, and Wei, and later held by the King of Wu, the King of Shu, and the King of Wei, respectively, and were nurtured by the destiny of humanity. They are also existences that can leave a name in the entire history of humanity. Since the Wutai Sect has obtained the Meteor, one of the Six Swords of Wu, the sword-refining method must be improved. In addition to many strange and wonderful abilities, its sharpness should not be underestimated."

Having said that, Wu Chaoxi seemed worried that Feifei would not be able to understand the power of it, so he added a few more words.

"The sword-refining method of the Emei Sect is quite good and is well-known in the Central Plains. Most people agree that it is because the sword-refining method of the Emei Sect has two sources. One is the Thunder and Fire Twin Swords, and the other is the two of Wu's six swords, White Rainbow and Purple Lightning. Since they can be compared with the Thunder and Fire Twin Swords, you can imagine that the refining process of Wu's six swords is extraordinary."

Guo Shan also understood the problem. In the past, Feiquan Divine Lord and Mingxia Divine Lord also taught him some special methods. He knew that there were magical powers within the immortal way that could use existing instruments to explore the refining techniques. He whispered, "If the Wutai Sect really gets the essence of sword refining, the quality of the flying swords they refine will definitely be improved and will be more difficult to deal with."

(End of this chapter)