The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 28: Flying the Sword in the Air, Breaking the Golden Bowl with the Sword Formation (Long Chapter)
The high eaves are arranged into a maze, and the eight trigrams are clearly distinguished in one breath.

Bagua Sword Formation.

This is the basic sword formation of the Qiuzhen Temple.

But as the sword cliff was opened up, all the people could understand the sword.

Some spent their days and nights observing sword marks, some drew the Eight Diagrams with pens, and some buried their heads in reading scriptures and interpreting the hexagrams...

The Qiuzhen Temple has a new look at Bagua swordsmanship.

The raindrops are small, but they can wash away the dust.

Fireflies are weak, but they can illuminate the night.

They refreshed their understanding of Bagua swordsmanship: basic swordsmanship also contains huge potential. If it is practiced properly, explored with heart and perseverance, it has the power to destroy mountains and cut rivers and split seas.

Bagua Sword has become a required sword technique in the Qiuzhen Temple.

Xuanxu, Xuanyin and others were happy about the flourishing atmosphere of Taoism in the temple, and they also comprehended the sword marks successfully. Their respective Bagua sword techniques were perfected one after another, and a mysterious atmosphere was derived.

Once when a group of Taoists were sparring with each other, they each performed Bagua sword techniques and collided with each other. They found that although each sword technique had its own unique characteristics, the sword energy echoed and even resonated with each other.

The discovery surprised and delighted them.

In the years that followed, all the Taoists devoted themselves to studying and went to the Cang Dao Peak to consult Xuan Ming for guidance. They combined the strength of all the Taoists, used all their wisdom, and spent a lot of effort to create a new Bagua sword formation based on the Bagua sword technique, Bagua formation, and peach wood sword:
The Eight Trigrams Sword Formation!
This formation has infinite potential, and its power is determined by the person who sets up the formation. The higher the level of cultivation and the greater the number of formations, the stronger the power.

When the formation was first completed, many Taoists set up the formation.

Xuanming occupies the Qian position, Xuanxu occupies the Kun position, Xuanyin is Xun, Xuanyu is Zhen, Xuansu is Kan, Xuanyang is Li, Xuankong is Gen and Xuantong is Dui.

As it was operating, wind and thunder in heaven and earth moved together, water, fire, mountains and swamps emerged, and the magic power of everyone borrowed the power of the formation and merged into one energy, which flowed through the eight trigrams, penetrated the sky and the earth, and was endless.

The Taoists' magic power doubled and complemented each other, their strength increased greatly, when their swords moved, their Qi went in all directions, evolving the Eight Diagrams, drawing the power of the Eight Extremes, and even using the power of the Eight Extremes to replenish themselves.

Unless all eight people are defeated at the same time, the formation will be difficult to break. Even a strong person like a real person will be trapped without powerful means, and will find it difficult to escape from the cage and eventually die in it.

The formation was only just being completed, but it was already so grand and majestic. In order to avoid causing a big commotion and attracting surveillance, the Taoists immediately suppressed their cultivation to the third level. Even so, its power was still terrifying.

Xuanxu admitted on the spot that if he entered the formation holding the inherited magic sword, he would find it difficult to break free, and he would only end up in regret in a life-and-death battle.

As for Senior Brother Xuanming, he just smiled and said nothing, without saying clearly how long he could hold on.

Thinking of this and looking at the Bagua Sword Formation showing its power for the first time, Xuanyin and the other three generations of Taoists were filled with excitement.

Fifty-two Taoists set up this formation.

Even though the four third-generation Taoists of the fourth realm are missing, with the assistance of the disciples, the power is equally strong.

Enough to trap the Chen family.

Even if Old Master Chen were to be resurrected and trapped in the formation, it would be extremely difficult for him to lead his people out.

"Unfortunately, without Senior Brother Xuanming, it is difficult to add the finishing touch. The power of this formation is weakened by 70%."

Xuan Yin said regretfully.

Only the Yiqi Bagua Sword Formation presided over by Senior Brother Xuanming has the power to compete with the might of the Qigong Master.

That kind of demeanor makes my heart excited just thinking about it.

After receiving the message, Xuan Tong and Xuan Yu nodded without any other reaction. Only Xuan Yang said in a muffled voice:

"You can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife."

"If Senior Brother Xuanming takes action, why would we need to set up a formation?"

"One sword can wipe out the Chen family."

"At present, the killing order has not been issued. Senior Brother wants to take this opportunity to let the disciples experience some training, to train their formations through battles, and to experience the wind, frost, and swords, so that they will not lose their youthful edge by staying in the mountains for a long time."

Xuan Yin rolled his eyes silently.

Say it with your honest and simple fellow!

Don't I know?

It's just something I feel.

You idiot, you take it seriously!

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"How can it come so quickly?!"

In the courtyard of the Chen Mansion, Chen Liang was horrified.

The third elder gritted his teeth, his face gloomy.

The other senior executives were either panicked, afraid, determined, or angry. In the face of life and death, all kinds of life were displayed.

The tribesmen were even more anxious.

Looking up at the sword formation above, feeling its sharp edge and powerful sealing force, the Third Elder said:

"It seems that there is an expert guiding you at Qiuzhen Temple."

"Even if my uncle is not dead, he will probably be seriously injured and captured as a prisoner. We are one step too late."

"For now, we can only activate the clan protection formation to protect our clan members first. We will then look for weak points in the formation and work together to find an opportunity to break the formation and carve out a bloody path."

"Even if we in the fourth realm or even the third realm are extinct, we must leave roots for the Chen family."

There was determination and sadness in the sonorous words.

As the words fell, a feeling of sadness spread among the Chen family, men, women, young and old.

Helplessness was written all over the child's innocent face.

The woman covered her face and cried, while the young man was resentful and unwilling.

The young man clenched his weapon tightly and the old man sighed sadly.

Xuanyin saw the pain of the Chen family, but his heart was cold and hard, and he didn't feel the slightest bit of sympathy.

Good fortune and misfortune have no doors, they are brought upon oneself.

The rewards for good and evil follow you like a shadow.

This is the responsibility of Taoism.

If Senior Brother Xuanming had not displayed his divine power tonight, it would have been the Qiuzhen Temple that suffered.

The evil deeds of the previous generation will bring disaster to the next generation.

Since the Chen family has enjoyed the blessings, they must also bear the karmic debt of Old Master Chen.

Thinking of this, Xuan Yin's face turned grim.

He raised his hand and made a gesture. A streak of light flew from his fingertips into the sword formation. The sword formation was activated instantly. A shadow of the Eight Diagrams emerged, and the sword energy was as dense as rain, falling down.

The execution order has not arrived yet, so although we cannot kill people, we can always injure people. The more people we injure now, the easier it will be to kill them later.

Seeing this scene, Xuan Yang trembled.

No wonder Senior Brother Xuanming said during a conversation one time that Junior Brother Xuanyin was the one with the strongest faith among his peers.

I only had a vague idea about it before, but now I suddenly realize that it is this hard!
Despite this, Xuan Yang didn't mind.

Those who kill will always be killed.

As long as the truth is valid and innocent people are not killed indiscriminately, people with a hard heart will live better than those with a soft heart.

Buddhism has the wrathful Vajra, and Taoism also has guardian deities.

What's more, Junior Brother Xuanyin hasn't killed anyone yet.

Old Master Chen disturbed the peace of the mountain, made the Taoists angry, and prevented them from thinking clearly. His crime is unforgivable. If we look at the consequences, the Chen family members are not innocent either.

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In the Chen clan's territory, screams were heard one after another, and clan members were injured one after another.

Ordinary members of the tribe are fine, and the cultivators are given special care.

The third elder led the family practitioners in the defense, some raised their hands to hold up the light shield, some swung their swords to cut off the sword energy, some raised three-meter shields, and some opened their mouths to spit flames, each using their own methods and showing their magical powers.

Chen Liang quickly took out the family inheritance seal, and a palm-sized golden knife hung three feet in the air, spinning rapidly, emitting brilliant golden light, and flying in all directions.

The majestic sword intent rose up from all parts of the Chen family residence, covering the hundred-acre courtyard with gold, as if it were a golden palace, shining brightly. Finally, the gold painted the sky, forming an inverted golden bowl.

Like bright sunshine in the night, illuminating the darkness.

The sword energy fell into the golden bowl, and the collision stimulated a lot of knife energy. The swords clashed, and the two energies were dissipated.

The two great formations fought against each other several times and were evenly matched.

Xuanyin and the others knew how powerful the sword formation was.

But they had no idea of its power. After witnessing this scene, they had a clear understanding. At this moment, Xuanyin and other three generations of Taoists were convinced by Senior Brother Xuanming.

This senior brother made a huge contribution to the creation of the Yiqi Bagua Sword Formation. If they contributed 30% of the effort, he contributed 70%. His understanding of Bagua swordsmanship and Bagua sword formation is unmatched in the entire Qiuzhen Temple.

Thinking of Brother Xuanming's extraordinary talent, they became extremely excited.

Unfortunately, the Bagua Sword Formation is, after all, like water without a source. It cannot compare to the Chen Mansion's clan protection formation, which has the advantage of geographical location and has been operated for a hundred years. In addition, many cultivators from the Chen Mansion have joined forces to bless the formation, and the power of the sword formation has increased dramatically.

After several rounds, the golden bowl became solid as a rock and unbreakable. The power of the Bagua Sword Formation weakened and began to focus on trapping.

"Take this opportunity to find a flaw and break the formation."

The third elder reminded.

Lead some cultivators to take immediate action.

Outside the formation, Xuanyin and other three generations of Taoists looked as usual.

The Bagua Sword Formation was unable to shatter the golden bowl and break the formation, but the latter could only passively defend and could not actively attack. They could neither get in nor get out, and their goal had been achieved.

This stalemate is good.

Wait for Junior Brother Xuankong to return, and then use Senior Brother Xuanming's sword, and together we will be able to break the formation.

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The plan can't keep up with the changes.

After a while, a clicking sound was heard.

Cracks appeared in the Yiqi Bagua Sword Formation.

Xuanyin's expression suddenly changed and he hurried to check.

The same is true for Xuanyang, Xuanyu and Xuantong.

There are eight positions in the Eight Trigrams, and the four of them occupy four positions, while the other four positions are occupied by eight third-level disciples in teams of two each.

Although it is a weak link, with the support of the large formation, these disciples have the strength of the fourth realm. When they work together, they are incomparable to ordinary fourth realm cultivators. They can fight across the border and defeat the strong with the weak.

Logically speaking, the problem shouldn't have occurred so quickly.

After a quick look, they realized that the third elder of the Chen Mansion had led several old men to sacrifice themselves, perform blood sacrifice, and work together to attack a weak link in the formation.

Focus your mind and energy on one thing.

Before he died, the Third Elder used up his last bit of strength to roar as loudly as he could, and his aged voice echoed in the night sky.

"The golden sword is passed down from generation to generation, and the Chen family will live forever!"

Several third-level elders who were going to die also shouted loudly: "The golden sword will be passed down from generation to generation, and the Chen family will live forever."

The Chen clan members felt sympathetic and could not help but shout in unison: "The golden sword will be passed down from generation to generation, and the Chen family will live forever."

The tone was sad and the shouts were deafening.

It echoes through the night sky and reverberates all over the place.

It is sustenance, hope, pain, helplessness, expectation, resentment, and fear...

Eight big characters, intertwined with various emotions.

Amid the generous and sad voices, their bodies exploded and turned into blood mist, which merged together to become a blood sword, coming at them with great force, surging sword intent and murderous aura.

Cracks appeared in the Bagua Sword Formation.

The disciple who was in charge of the battle vomited blood, his pupils constricted, his face was terrified, and his wrists trembled.

Seeing that they were in imminent danger, Xuanyin became anxious and was about to use Senior Brother Xuanming's sword, but the peach wood sword on his back hummed and automatically came out of its sheath before him.

A magnificent sword light suddenly appeared, illuminating the night, so dazzling that many people couldn't help but close their eyes. When they opened their eyes, the bloody sword turned to ashes and dissipated in the wind.

The two disciples escaped death.

He was quickly replaced by his fellow disciples who came over.

The peach wood sword was not sheathed, but it made a clanging sound and flew straight to the center of the Bagua Sword Formation.

The majestic sword intent surged in, doubling the power of the sword formation.

The sword energy was so dense that it turned from rain into hail, hitting the golden bowl, making a sound of metal clashing.

The sword energy is getting stronger and stronger, and the sword intent is getting stronger and stronger.

Finally, it gathered into a long river of sword energy, like the Milky Way falling from the sky, and collided with the Chen family's protective formation.

After only a few breaths, cracks appeared on the golden bowl.

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Chen Mansion Compound.

He had no time to feel sad about the sacrifice of the third elder.

Seeing that the formation was about to collapse, Chen Liang's face changed drastically. He made a prompt decision and punched his chest hard.

A mouthful of blood fell onto the three-inch golden knife in the void. He muttered something, uttered an obscure spell, and changed his hand gestures rapidly, trying to recall the Wusheng Golden Knife through the golden knife in his hand.

The two swords, one large and one small, are a set of magical tools forged from a piece of yin-yang iron and are a treasure inherited from the Chen family.

The three-foot golden knife has no life, it is for killing, there is only death but no life; the three-inch golden knife has life, it is for protecting, there is only life but no death.

The two swords can sense and summon each other.

Only by combining the two swords, attack and defense, can the power of the clan protection formation be fully unleashed and withstand the attack of the Bagua sword formation.

Zangdao Peak, Daoyuan.

The golden knife on the table was shaking, and it seemed to be about to break through the window and escape, but it stopped after shaking three times.

It turned out that the magic weapon was spiritual. A ball of silver thread wrapped around the golden sword, and the whisk attacked, suppressing the Wusheng golden sword.

The handle of the jujube wood whisk was flashing with lightning, and blue arcs of electricity swirled around it, following the three thousand silver threads and wandering on the golden knife, suppressing the summoning power, like burning firecrackers, crackling continuously.

On the bed, Xuanming frowned slightly.

Without opening his eyelids, a wisp of gray mist emerged from his nose and fell on the golden knife. Following his mysterious perception, he attacked in the opposite direction.

When the gray fog disappeared, his brows relaxed and he slept more soundly. The fog around him became thicker, as if he was lying on the clouds.

Fuyun County, Chen Mansion.

Blood gushed out and splashed all over the ground.

Chen Liang was attacked back and his face turned as pale as paper in an instant. He collapsed to the ground like a ball of mud, suffering severe injuries and losing his fighting ability.

The three-inch golden knife wailed and fell to the ground.

The power of the clan protection formation was greatly reduced, and as one thing grew stronger, the other grew stronger. The golden bowl exploded into countless pieces, and the sword light and sword intent were all washed away. Sword rain fell from the sky, covering a hundred acres.

All the members of the Chen family were injured and had no strength to resist, so the peach wood swords were sheathed.

Xuanyin brought some disciples into the Chen Mansion, first tied up and detained the Chen clan members, then asked a timid Chen clan member about the locations of the library and treasure house, and began to move things.

It would be great if you could issue a killing order.

If that is not possible, we must empty the Chen Mansion and use its centuries-old heritage to expand the Truth-Seeking Temple. Only in this way can thoughts be clear, the fire in the heart can be extinguished, and the mind can be smooth.

More than an hour later, the red sun rose, its path shining brightly. Two cranes spread their wings and flew into the sky, cranes stretched their necks and cried loudly.

In the Chen Mansion compound, everyone looked up and looked in the direction of the voice. A naive fat Taoist priest was covered in rosy clouds and came riding on a crane. Red clouds were behind him and white clouds were in front of him. His clothes were fluttering, and he looked like an immortal from heaven walking into the mortal world, otherworldly and elegant, full of Taoist spirit.

Looking at Xuan Kong approaching from afar, Xuan Yin rolled his eyes, Xuan Tong's smile faded, Xuan Yu's eyes twitched slightly, and Xuan Yang was the most outspoken, speaking out everyone's thoughts:

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, I am jealous!"

I didn't expect to be charmed by this guy!

This damn Yueban is so good at pretending!

Under the spotlight of everyone, Xuan Kong felt a little dizzy and immersed in it. For a moment he did not notice that the spiritual crane had landed.

He was caught off guard, and his body's inertia pushed him forward. Even though he was using his magic power to protect his body, he still rolled out like a ball, and fell in front of the four Xuanyin men, prostrating himself on the ground, and the killing order in his hand was almost thrown away.

The air of elegance was instantly gone, and the immortal spirit turned into flying dust, which vividly illustrates the saying "A phoenix that has lost its feathers is no better than a chicken."

Xuan Yin was sly and teased, "We haven't seen each other for just two hours, why are you doing me such a big favor, Junior Brother Xuan Kong?"

Xuan Yang couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Seeing Xuan Kong and Xuan Yin looking over, he immediately covered his mouth and said, "Sorry, you guys continue!"

　感谢他大大、星辰翼大大、2021……5050大大、2022……8588大大的1张月票。

　　
　
(End of this chapter)