The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 162: The East is Dark, the West is Bright, Empty the Dragon Palace (Part )
Raise your hand to make thunder fall, wave your sleeves to call for rain, blow your breath to make wind, snap your fingers to make the ground crack...

Standing on the top of the mountain, Xuanming made a few simple moves that caused a big commotion thousands of miles away. After testing his divine power, he quelled several wars and saved many civilians before he was satisfied and stopped.

Taking out several sound transmission jade talismans from his sleeve, Xuanming inputted his magic power into them. The talismans flickered, and the voices of True Lord Chaoguang and True Lord Xianyue came into his ears one after another. After the jade talismans burned out one after another, he calculated with his fingers, turned around and looked back at Canglong Mountain, his eyes deep, and muttered to himself:

"What a joke!"

Although Xuanming severely injured the real dragon, with the latter's ability, half a year was enough to heal the wound and repair the dragon ball.

Especially after the Lord of the Underworld retreated to Canglong Mountain, the two great spiritual masters joined forces and their strength increased greatly. He also suppressed the dragon son. The real dragon should not remain indifferent. Why did he not make any move? Did something unexpected happen in the meantime, or did he have other plans?

There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Xuan Ming was already suspicious. After learning some information from the voice transmission and deducing it, he was able to sort out the whole story.

The True Dragon, the Lord of the Underworld and the Golden Toad Demon King were clever and cunning. They suffered a great loss in Fengyang County. After knowing that this road was blocked, they decisively changed their route, resolutely gave up Fengyang County, and divided their troops into three groups, heading to Shuiyang County, Diyang County and Huoyang County respectively, intending to get out from somewhere else.

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Canglong Mountain stretches for tens of thousands of miles, with four major counties along the way, representing earth, wind, water and fire respectively. It is the hub of the Dragon Suppression Formation.

Among the four counties, Fengyang County was originally the weakest. Although it had two top Taoist sects, the Xuri Sect and the Shuiyue Temple, the founders were just ordinary practitioners, and the Great True Lord Chaomu had died long ago.

In addition to the great masters who were sent by the court to guard the formation in the other three counties, the three great masters of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism who suppressed Canglong in the past are still there. The lowest of them has reached the level of Yang God, which is incomparable to ordinary masters. They have founded their own schools in the three counties, established Baichuan Academy, Vajra Temple and Chongfa Tower, and spread their teachings.

One hundred years ago, when the ancestors of the three families passed away one after another, each of the three top lineages had a great master of spiritual cultivation in charge to continue the inheritance and maintain the glory. The Confucianism, Buddhism and Legalism sects flourished in the three counties, far outnumbering the Taoist sects in Fengyang County, and had a profound foundation.

Also a hundred years ago, the founders of Shuiyue Temple and Xuri Sect died prematurely due to hidden injuries. A new generation of gods had not been born. There was only one great god in Fengyang County, so he was naturally chosen by the Taiping Sect as a breakthrough point and was the focus of their dormant arrangements.

However, the world is unpredictable and changes are hard to predict. Who could have imagined that when the Taiping Sect started the rebellion, the Xuri Sect and the Shuiyue Temple each gave birth to a True Lord of Lianshen, and there was also the variable of Xuanming, which caused the Taiping Sect's years of planning to go awry and the effectiveness to be greatly reduced. They were unable to crush the powerful enemy and could not win a quick victory.

Fengyang County has become a tough nut to crack.

You have to pick on the weak. The Taiping Sect knew the priorities and did not fight to the death in Fengyang County. They also had arrangements in the other three counties, but they did not plan as long as Fengyang County. At this moment, they had to expose themselves in advance, launch a backup plan, and start a war in the other three counties.

The great masters of spiritual training who were guarding the formation were all entangled by the guardians of the Taiping Sect, and the masters of the three top lineages were also delayed. The three counties were in a critical situation and the situation was far worse than that in Fengyang County.

Although the Lord of the Underworld and the Golden Toad Demon King were blocked by the timely support of True Lord Chaoguang and True Lord Xianyue and were still unable to leave the mountain, the True Dragon had already accomplished his mission and led all the demons to wreak havoc in Shuiyang County, destroy temples, and bring disaster to the people.

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During the retreat, the situation changed dramatically. After knowing what happened, Xuanming looked towards Canglong Mountain with a deep gaze, thinking silently.

The conflict between Qiuzhen Temple and Zhenlong and the Lord of the Underworld is irreconcilable, and he does not want to reconcile it. In addition, Qiuzhen Temple has ruined the good deeds of Taiping Sect. Once they get what they want, they will settle the score, and Qiuzhen Temple will not end well. Whether for himself or for the people, Xuanming cannot and will not sit idly by.

Some matters must be dealt with sooner rather than later, and the sooner they are resolved, the more secure the people will be, and the sooner he can be at ease and seek the truth with a down-to-earth attitude.

With a determined mind, Xuanming acted swiftly and decisively. He first sent a message to Xuanxu, ordering him to lead the disciples of Qiuzhen Temple down the mountain and unite with the forces of the Rising Sun Sect, Shuiyue Temple and other parties to help the court quickly quell the wars in the counties of Fengyang County, appease the people, and stabilize the overall situation outside the county. He then took action immediately, performed the Five Elements Escape, and disappeared. ———

The main range of Canglong Mountain is majestic, steep and vast, with undulating peaks, towering ancient trees, dense vines, a large number of exotic flowers and plants, and rich resources.

In the past, Xuanming was not strong enough and was afraid of the white dragon and the monsters, so he did not dare to act rashly; but now the real dragon has come out of the mountain and taken away a large number of monsters. Many monsters also died in the previous battle. He has also achieved the skill of practicing the spirit, so he can enter the depths of Canglong Mountain without any obstacles.

This time when entering the mountain, Xuanming planned to first expose the true dragon's past, then pass through the mountain and enter Shuiyang County to kill the true dragon.

As for relieving the predicament of Fengyang County City, it's not that he hadn't thought about it. It's just that Zhenjun Chaoguang and Zhenjun Xianyue had both left messages saying that after repelling the Golden Toad Demon King, they went to the county city and found that there was another large formation outside the city defense formation, which was set up by the Taiping Sect.

Unless this formation is broken, it will be difficult to rescue the county city. Even with the power of True Lord Chaoguang and True Lord Xianyue, it is difficult to shake this formation. Now one of them is supporting Huoyang County and the other is supporting Diyang County. They are unable to split their forces and naturally cannot break the formation.

Before entering the mountain, Xuanming went outside the county city and saw the huge formation. It was difficult to break it with his own strength. In addition, the situation in Shuiyang County was getting worse, so he could only deal with the real dragon first.

The Dragon Palace is secret, and the real dragon set up a ban before leaving. He communicated with the earth veins with his real dragon body, and barely relied on the dragon energy of the earth veins to hide the Dragon Palace. Ordinary people who practiced spirit might not be able to find it, but they could not hide it from Xuanming.

After the real dragon was defeated, Xuanming ordered the tit demon Hongdou to convey the message and learned the approximate location of the Dragon Palace. Also, before he came, he saw the dying dragon son and took a piece of reverse scale from his body. He wanted to use the blood connection between father and son to find the location of the Dragon Palace.

In addition, Xuanming's soul is solid and his spiritual power is powerful, far superior to that of ordinary spiritual practitioners. He is full of confidence in searching for the Dragon Palace this time.

In fact, it is true.

With his divine thoughts and the guidance of Ni Lin, Xuanming searched repeatedly in the approximate location given by the mountain tit monster Hongdou.

The third time, they finally found the location of the Dragon Palace.

With a thought, he escaped into a lake and came to a patch of water plants growing on a pile of mud. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the water plants. The water rippled and ripples appeared in the space. A crack appeared between the lush water plants. Xuanming turned into light and dived into it.

Passing through the bubble-like space barrier, the sludge dissipated, the light changed from dim to bright, the vision changed from cramped to wide, and a magnificent dragon palace came into view.

It is magnificent with golden tiles and silver walls, pearl lamps, carved beams and painted buildings. It covers a vast area, with palaces scattered around and pavilions lined up one after another. Large areas of luminous plants are planted around it to dispel the darkness and bloom with light, quite like the gorgeous and colorful flowers blooming in the night under the east wind.

Xuanming took a step forward and walked right past the patrolling shrimp soldiers and crab generals, so openly that they were unaware of it. They could not see or sense Xuanming at all. He walked into the main gate of the Dragon Palace, passed through the corridors and alleys, and admired the beautiful scenery.

Half a cup of tea later, Xuanming lightly snapped his fingers at the void, and deep in the Dragon Palace, the dragon girl who was left behind by the real dragon suffered a heavy blow. A big bump appeared on her white forehead, as if she had turned from a hornless Chilong into a one-horned Chilong. Then her eyelids fluttered and she fainted.

He waved his sleeves again, and a strong wind suddenly blew up in the Dragon Palace. The water monsters with deep karma fell directly, while those with shallow karma were blown out of the lake.

Xuanming took a step and stood in the air above the Dragon Palace. He used the power of his sleeves to take away the Dragon Palace and the corpses of the monsters. After emptying the entire Dragon Palace, he turned around and left, escaping through the mountains.

(End of this chapter)