Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 682 Laba Festival for Peace and Health

In the Jinhua Mountains, inside the Lingying Temple, Bao Daoyi, who was instructing Zheng Biao in moving his magic power, suddenly felt something. He looked out the window and saw a streak of blood with a hint of evil approaching his own temple. He couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

After Zheng Biao finished performing the set of spear techniques that was taught to him, he turned around to ask his teacher about the progress of his training. He saw Bao Daoyi had already stood up and walked out of the temple, and the Taoist children serving him on the way all avoided him.

Bao Daoyi quickly came to the gate of the temple, stretched out his hand and made a gesture, with the Xuantian Hunyuan Sword in his sleeve ready to be used. His aura was in harmony with that of Lingying Temple, and many magical instruments on display also emitted spiritual light.

With so many blessings, Bao Daoyi took out a Bagua mirror and pointed it outside. He then saw a blood-red cover on the mirror surface and a shadow of a monster with many feathers and bumps under the feathers, looking like a human and a bird, emerged.

As the phantom took shape, the surface of the Bagua mirror was covered with a layer of gray dirt, obviously its spiritual energy was polluted and its foundation was damaged. Then a little dirty blood seeped out from the Bagua patterns on the edge of the mirror and dripped onto the ground, corroding the floor blessed by the magic and producing a lot of white smoke.

Many Taoists in the temple knew that something was wrong, and they all went to the front of the hall to chant scriptures and pray. Zheng Biao was kept by Bao Daoyi.

"Biao'er, there will be a strong enemy coming soon. Master will go forward to deal with it. You have the golden armor to protect you. You are not afraid of many evil spells. You can observe closely. When the time comes, choose the right opportunity and use this item to gain an advantage for the master."

As he spoke, Bao Daoyi handed the gold-plated copper brick that he had been coveting for a long time to Zheng Biao, then he flicked his long sleeves, walked out of the temple gate and asked, "Where are you from, fellow Taoist?"

Chu Tai walked to the front of Lingying Temple, looked at Master and Disciple Bao Daoyi who came out, and said with a smile: "We are here for the Tao."

Bao Daoyi didn't dare to be careless when he heard this. He looked Chu Tai up and down, looked at the shadowless floor for a moment, then stared at the sun in the sky for a long time, and spoke cautiously.

"Fellow Daoist, you have transformed evil into Taoism, and have entered the Mysterious Sect from the side door. You have obtained the pure Tao body and the empty Dharma body. You only need to abandon worldly ties, empty all material things, be pure and free from desires, and enjoy an infinite life. You have already obtained Taoism, so why seek outside?"

Chu Tai was not surprised to hear this, because he was playing the role of a corpse-reincarnating immortal at the moment, and what was going out at the moment was just the "Yang Shen Dharma Body" recognized by this virtual world.

Chu Tai laughed and said, "This is nothing but the extinguished Yin God, the Dharma body that was liberated after the Nirvana. Although it is named Yang God, it cannot participate in the splendor of the sky, cannot show the diligence of the wonderful way, cannot return the light to the inner light, and its body does not have the intersection of the sun and the moon, so it will eventually fail to enter the door of transcendence and sainthood."

"If you want to achieve what you want, you must seize the beauty of heaven and earth, absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, use yin and yang to make the elixir, and use water and fire to cast the fetus, so that the twenty-eight yin disappears and the full three-nine yang grows, and then cultivate a nine-transformation golden elixir in your body. If you want this kind of great celestial immortal method, you should go to Longhu Mountain. How can I get this magic method in my small temple?"

Hearing Bao Daoyi's evasion, Chu Tai pretended to be angry.

"Don't frame me. I calculated that you have the magic of the True Lord of Demon-Subduing, and I also calculated that you will have disasters in the future. I came here today to seek the truth not to deceive you, but to sincerely seek your advice."

"If you pass it on to me, I will help you through the calamity in the future. If you don't, I will leave. Just don't regret it when the calamity comes and the inheritance of Lingying Temple is cut off."

Hearing this, Bao Daoyi couldn't help but be frightened. He could sense that what Chu Tai said was true, and a bit of difficulty appeared on his face.

Zheng Biao next to him didn't think so. In his eyes, his mentor was a godly figure. Now an outsider came here and asked for his inheritance. It was really shameless. He couldn't help but scold him.

"Where did you come from, you wild Taoist priest? How dare you cheat your grandfather's magic? You can't beg, you can't cheat, and you still want to coerce and bribe. I'll beat you!"

As he spoke, dark clouds rolled up above Zheng Biao's head, and a divine general appeared, holding a demon-subduing pestle and attacking Chu Tai.

"What a strong-willed person. He may have the potential to become a general." Chu Tai stretched out his hand and a blood-red lotus lamp rose up. In the center of the lamp, a small red toad sat on the lotus pod, with its tongue sticking out as a wick, burning with a bean-sized flame.

After the sacrifice, flames rose up, trying to support the demon-subduing pestle, but the flames were splashed and it was difficult to condense.

He could only point his finger again, causing the flame to burn brighter and transform into several flying fire snakes before he could stop the precious pestle.

But even so, the demon-subduing pestle continued to vibrate, trying to break free from the fire snake's restraints.

Seeing this, Chu Tai couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a divine guardian! If you can guide him well, you will be able to obtain a guardian deity when you ascend to heaven in the future. You are really lucky."

Chu Tai's words replicated his memory of coveting Zheng Biao, the Red-Faced Taoist, and were consistent with his current identity of having turned from evil to good.

Therefore, the meaning behind this statement is actually not that good, as it implies that the teacher himself is incapable and can only steal the talents of his disciples.

Bao Daoyi naturally showed a little anger when he heard this, but he still suppressed it and whispered: "I am a disciple of Xuanmen. Since you have changed evil into good, you should not behave in the world with the same old ideas. Otherwise, even if you practice the right way, it will be difficult for you to join the ranks of the Xuanmen sect."

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Chu Tai's indifferent answer made Bao Daoyi look down on him. He felt that although this man had the intention to comprehend some of the orthodox Dharma from the evil techniques and was able to liberate his yang spirit, he was ultimately not a cultivator of the orthodox Dharma and did not know the subtleties of the orthodox Dharma, so his future achievements would not be high.

"If his aura was not slightly stronger than mine, and my Xuantian Hunyuan Sword had not yet fully recovered, why would I bother to be so cunning as to be so cunning?"

Chu Tai, who had no idea what Bao Daoyi was thinking, directly asked him about his practice of the method.

Bao Daoyi was naturally unwilling, and he put it off for a few days. It was not until the Laba Festival that he reluctantly taught Chu Tai a Five Gods Body-Protecting Spell, an Eight Agricultural Gods Spell, and a Red Bean Epidemic-Exorcising Spell.

"Most of the ordinary heretic monks like to use the five poisonous insects and human bones to practice the law, and absorb the filthy and foul air. We do not accept it for the righteous law. When we practice the law, we should absorb the splendor of the sun and the moon, and the spiritual rhythm of heaven and earth. The first of these three methods borrows the power of the five gods of door, house, house, stove, and well. The second borrows the eight gods of Xianse, Sise, Biaochu, etc. The third borrows the power of Zhuanxu, one of the Five Emperors..."

Chu Tai smiled but said nothing about Bao Daoyi's words. He knew that this Taoist from Jinhua was still struggling. Although he had taught him some basic knowledge of the orthodox method, he had not touched upon the core and subtleties of the method at all.

Not to mention the distant past, there was actually another method of practice that could be performed on the Laba Festival at that time, which was the Wanghou La of the Three Yuan and Five La. The mantras involved in it were far more in line with the concept of the righteous Dharma of this world than the Five Gods Protective Mantra, the Eight Agricultural Gods Mantra and the Red Bean Epidemic-Exorcising Mantra.

But Chu Tai didn't mind Bao Daoyi's approach. What he wanted was to test the cause and effect. He wanted to know what would happen when he had some cause and effect to turn to the right path and practiced some of the righteous Dharma that he already understood.

Therefore, on the day of Laba Festival, he followed Bao Daoyi's wishes and prayed devoutly. During this period, he also mobilized the abilities of the Heavenly Fox's magical method of forming a bond to pray for good fortune, transform evil spirits, protect the family, and ensure safety. He also mobilized the corresponding changes in cause and effect around him, and coordinated with the magical methods he had comprehended from the three volumes of the heavenly book in Yunmengze.

The Five Gods Protection Spell, the Eight Agricultural Gods Spell and the Red Bean Epidemic-Repelling Spell, which were originally just simple basic dharma skills, were performed in completely new ways in Chu Tai's hands.

A sky full of red light rose from Lingying Temple, blessing the surrounding residents, dispelling the plague and disease, and stabilizing the local land veins, leaving Bao Daoyi stunned.

(End of this chapter)