Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 535 Goodbye Hikaru Aki

Chu Tai watched Qiao Ran'er leave but did not leave immediately. He was waiting for the calculation results of the body in the cave.

Earlier, when Qiao Ran'er handed the jade talisman to Chu Tai, when he cast the spell, he also allowed his main body to avoid the aura of the third-grade immortal while absorbing a trace of the aura of the jade talisman itself.

Now that he had a rough idea of ​​the direction to be calculated, and with a hint of breath as a guide, Chu Tai could still calculate the general direction without insisting on the details.

After a while, Chu Tai, who had received the reply, took a step forward. The shadows of the mountains and rivers around him changed, and he walked dozens of miles in one step.

After searching for about two days, Chu Tai roughly identified the family that plotted against Qiao Ran'er.

"As expected of a nobleman, even if he is just a county man, his family background is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. This mansion is almost half the level of Jinhua Sect. And considering that this mansion is located in the mortal world, the cost of maintaining it is probably 20% to 30% higher..."

Standing outside the Jiang family’s door, Chu Tai felt a little emotional.

As aristocrats, their family background is naturally extraordinary. The vermilion lacquer on the surface is made of thousand-year-old cinnabar mixed with a variety of magical herbs, which can suppress evil spirits and resist sorcery.

The beast-head bronze ring is the painstaking work of a skilled craftsman. It has already bred spiritual power and is enough to intimidate a sixth-grade ghost cultivator.

There is a pearl that has been nurtured for more than a thousand years serving as a lamp on the top. The magic prohibition formed by it can make it difficult for things under the light to hide their tracks. Combined with the animal head door knocker, the invisibility magic of an ordinary fifth-rank cultivator is completely useless in front of this door.

The bluestone in front of the door is also extraordinary. It should be the elite stone nurtured by some mountain range. It is repeatedly washed and polished with clean water, and combined with the gaps between the stones, it forms a landscape pattern. When you step on it, it seems like you are wandering among the mountains and forests, isolated from the intrusion of the world.

However, what Chu Tai was most concerned about were the servants and maids who came and went. They all had some level of cultivation, and at the same time, some of the magic restrictions on their bodies were combined with the numerous formations in the mansion, allowing them to temporarily display a higher level of cultivation.

'Daily breathing and formations are combined. Practice three points a day, take one tenth for yourself, three tenths as formation loss in exchange for formation authority, and six tenths are transformed and stored in the formation, allowing people to gain more power. This method is somewhat similar to Taoist weapons, but unfortunately only a little bit of fur is left, and it is difficult to glimpse the subtlety.'

'However, this also indirectly shows that these noble families still retain some of the methods of refining Taoist weapons and magic weapons, or related information. Sure enough, when the Holy King cut off the inhuman path, these guys kept some tricks.'

Chu Tai frowned slightly. The Taoist magic weapons were a system of magic weapons that evolved during the period before the ancient Saint King when the Immortal Dao cooperated with the Saint King to suppress the Shinto Dao. They were somewhat similar to the Immortal Dao's military talismans.

However, unlike ordinary people's military talismans which only have the ability to mobilize troops, Taoist military magic weapons are generally transformed from cave heaven magic weapons and have the ability to accommodate Taoist soldiers. Once they are sacrificed, hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of Taoist soldiers will appear.

Moreover, these Taoist soldiers themselves have special methods of cultivation, and most of them specialize in a certain path. Combined with specific formations and magic weapons, they can allow the cultivators to exert combat power far superior to their own.

In the ancient times, there were many records of fourth-grade celestial beings relying on the right time, place, formations, and Taoist soldiers to defeat third-grade immortals.

Although there was no demarcation between the third and fourth grades at that time, the realm of cultivators was rather vague, and the abilities of the ancient immortals still had certain defects compared to now, but their status was there, and they were able to defeat the third grade with a fourth grade. You can imagine how troublesome these groups of Taoist soldiers were.

Not to mention the distant future, just looking at the Jiang family's superficial knowledge, as long as the person in power in the mansion is not a fool and his cultivation is not too bad, and he has a normal fifth-grade level, he can rely on this formation and servants to temporarily block the offensive of a fourth-grade celestial being. If the person in power has already entered the fourth grade, his combat capability can be improved by one or two levels, allowing the original second-rate celestial being to fight against the first-rate Taoist Wutai.

It was precisely because of this powerful improvement that, after the Saint King stabilized the world, humanity consciously cut off this method of inheritance.

There were even two generations of Saint Kings who, when they cut off the inhuman path, used the method of refining Taoist weapons. After the inhuman path was cut off, it would be mainly human-based. The refining method was too ordinary, and the spell destroyed the concept of Taoist weapons and magic weapons, resulting in most of the Taoist weapons and magic weapons remaining between heaven and earth being incomplete, and causing many problems in the refining of later generations.

The closest to success within the immortal way was the record of the Great Light Palace and the Guanghan Sect working together to deduce the Taiyin Yin Soldiers a thousand years ago. At that time, the two major sects asked twelve disciples to practice the twelve moon phases to form twelve moon generals, and then used the moon generals to guide the monks to practice the method of Taoist soldiers. However, although the Taiyin Yin Soldiers that were finally formed had magical powers, it was difficult for them to form a formation on a large scale. At most, they could construct a moon phase formation with twelve people as the main force. The improvement was limited, which caused quite a joke.

Then the most recent attempt record is the Zhushan Sect. Because of the peculiarity of its inheritance method and the ability to create inferior spiritual bamboo on a large scale, this lineage came up with the idea of ​​refining green bamboo Taoist soldiers, but in the end it seemed that the finished product was not as good as that of normal practicing warriors, so it ended up in nothing.

But the appearance of this thing is very important to Chu Tai.

When Chu Tai was practicing, he also obtained two Dao Fruit fragment systems, [Hercules] and [Dao Soldiers].

Although these two systems have not made much progress recently and have only reached the seventh level, it is undeniable that this thing is very suitable as a means of refining orthodox Taoist weapons.

If he cooperates with Jinhua Cave Heaven, Chu Tai may even be able to suppress a fourth-grade celestial being near the cave heaven.

'No……'

Chu Tai's mind was turning. He carefully thought about the records about Taoist soldiers and magic weapons and found that he didn't even need Taoist soldiers and magic weapons, or the corresponding magic weapons.

If he uses his Dharma Intention [One] well, he can bring those external Dao soldiers under his control. After all, the core of those Dao soldiers, the two Dao Fruit fragment systems of [Hercules] and [Dao Soldiers] originally originated from Chu Tai.

With the help of the Dharma Intent of [One], part of it can be gathered again, and then the rest can be transformed into magic prohibitions and formations to increase one's own strength. This is quite feasible.

'The most important thing is that to refine these things, I can summon the secret demons of the heavens and concoct them one by one without worrying about being discovered. If necessary, I can even defile myself to show that I have performed the secret demon method for the sake of inheritance and self-preservation...'

There was a hint of surprise in Chu Tai's eyes, he found this plan very good.

After all, young Siming had tried this thing before when he was in the Great Snow Mountain. At that time, Chu Tai and others discovered that the Secret Demon of the Heavens had unexpectedly good adaptability to the fragments of the Dao Fruit, as if the two were supposed to be one and the same.

It was just that Chu Tai at the time focused on the rumor that the secret demons of the heavens might be the losers of the ancient divine way, but he did not think about transforming these secret demons into Taoist soldiers and improving himself with the help of formations.

Now that this layer of window paper has been broken, Chu Tai suddenly has many new ideas.

The more clever point is that Chu Tai himself is protected by the Donghuang Bell. Even if something really goes wrong, those secret demons will be unable to do anything to Chu Tai, giving him a chance to make a detour.

Chu Tai, who had figured this out, quickly passed this idea on to others, and the original body in the cave was also dumbfounded.

'Good fellow, are you guys so distracted that you have such active minds and are playing so fancy?'

Chu Tai secretly despised them, but his hands were not slow. He first used a spell to attract some low-ranking secret demons, and when they just appeared, he waved the Liangyi Qingning Fan to suppress the secret demons, and then used the power of the cave to repeatedly refine them, integrating the Dao Fruit fragments [Dao Soldiers] and [Strongmen] into them bit by bit, giving them form and strength, and at the same time stabilizing their distorted nature again.

Of course, at the beginning, Chu Tai had no experience, so the number of summons was small, and the refining method was more rough, but the overall energy consumption was not much, allowing the main body to focus on what the distraction was doing.

After delivering the message, the clone outside the mansion silently borrowed strength from Chu Tai himself, mobilizing the power of two fourth-grade Dao fruit fragments [Yun Zhongjun] and [Impermanence of Life and Death], as well as a fifth-grade Dao fruit fragment [Spell].

Then, Chu Tai stepped into the door. The servants and maids in the mansion seemed not to see him. The overlapping formations in the yard and the magic weapons for breaking illusions were like waste and did not work. They just let him walk inside step by step.

A few monks with special talents who combined their practice methods and formations to vaguely sense that something was wrong looked around, but they were always a hair's breadth away from Chu Tai's steps and could not see clearly.

So much so that when Chu Tai walked into the Jiang Mansion, they didn't notice anything wrong.

After entering the Jiang Mansion, Chu Tai quickly felt the breath that he had extracted from the jade talisman earlier, and also sensed a few traces of the devil.

Reaching out his hand and pinching it, Chu Tai sensed it carefully and confirmed that it was not the breath of an ordinary magic practitioner, but the breath of some descendants of the Blood Demon Sect and the Sky Demon Sect. In addition to this, there was also a very special breath.

Chu Tai's eyes changed slightly, and he whispered: "Ask Xiaxia, is there a descendant of this lineage in the Jiang family?"

Another unexpected piece of news interrupted Chu Tai's idea of ​​continuing the investigation. He followed the scent and found a young man in a side room. He was not very old, only about seven or eight years old, and there was no trace of magic power on his body, but there was a faint breath of Wenxia Gorge.

After a careful search, Chu Tai found a broken arrow fragment from the child.

The fingers touched lightly, and a familiar scent, so faint that it was almost invisible, rose up.

We fight against all injustices.

We are unyielding and will fight against all oppression.

We will turn into flames and burn away all the filth.

"Mitsuaki Aya..."

Chu Tai sighed in his heart. He had once obtained a complete Guang Zhao Arrow in Wenxia Gorge. However, until now, he did not know how to use it. He could only use it as a tool for comprehending the meaning of the Dharma and enshrine it in the Jinhua Sect.

Now seeing the incomplete Guang Zhao Arrow, Chu Tai couldn't help but have some thoughts.

'Where is the rest of the arrow?'

Chu Tai, who happened to have the [Spell] at the moment, silently sensed the "fate" of the arrow fragment.

To Chu Tai's surprise, the power in the fragment of the Light Arrow had obviously faded to a level that he could hardly perceive. However, when Chu Tai sensed its "origin", he felt an incomparably powerful force pressing down on him.

There seemed to be something in the dark that was anchoring Chu Tai, making him feel like a disaster was about to happen.

But if you observe carefully, after the "fate" begins to dissipate, this danger does not seem to exist.

Chu Tai thought about it, absorbed a little breath from the light arrow in his hand, and then sensed the "fate". A more terrifying sense of crisis fell, and at the same time a bit of guidance appeared in Chu Tai's mind.

With a thought in mind, Chu Tai left Jiang Mansion and followed the instructions to chase into the distance.

As soon as he left the city where Jiang Mansion was located and walked into the mountains, a sight fell on Chu Tai, and then a murderous intent was aimed at him.

Chu Tai looked around and whispered that he was from Yangmei Mountain.

"You didn't lie about your ambiguous identity, but you kept some things to yourself. But never mind. Since you have the Guang Zhao Arrow in your hand, it means you have been recognized. I don't bother to care. Why are you here?"

A voice came from the void. Chu Tai turned his head and saw a man with a longbow on his back and a sword in his hand standing not far away.

"I was curious when I suddenly saw the fragments of Guang Zhaoya again, so I followed them out."

Chu Tai's answer obviously did not satisfy the other party. He sneered: "If that's the case, you already know my existence now. Shouldn't you go back?"

"Not only do I want to see the current successor of Wenxia Gorge, I also want to know why you let the child stay in Jiang Mansion. If I am not mistaken, there are some demon cultivators in Jiang Mansion. The child has good talent, and it is not safe for him to stay there. Moreover, Jiang Mansion should have some methods of refining ancient Taoist soldiers. Even if the child escapes the spying of the demons, he may become a Taoist soldier and cut off his future path."

Chu Tai's words made the man stunned for a moment, and he whispered: "The method of refining ancient Taoist soldiers? So it's because of this..."

After saying that, the man looked at Chu Tai and answered his question: "My lineage is not a nanny, and we will not interfere with the choices of our descendants. It was the child's own idea to stay in the Jiang Mansion. He wanted to find evidence that the Jiang Mansion had committed a crime and colluded with the devil."

"You didn't explain it to him?"

Chu Tai asked casually, and the man smiled and said, "What's the point of making it clear? He trusts the court and thinks that he can get a fair and just result, but in fact, what the court needs is stability. The importance of the Jiang Mansion to stability is obviously higher than his blood debt and the so-called collusion with the devil. After all, the Xuanmen Immortal Family also allows the practice of the devil's way, such as Mount Wutai..."

At the end, the sarcasm in the man's eyes was obvious. He spat and said with a disgusted expression, "I don't know who the people who spread the rumor that Wutai is from Xuanmen are disgusting, or is it so easy to enter Xuanmen now? Just having a method and a heritage can make you respected as a member of Xuanmen?"

Hearing this, Chu Tai grasped a key point, looked at the man with some surprise, and asked, "It sounds like you are not a modern person?"

(End of this chapter)