One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 277: First Test of Water and Fire
Zhao Fuyun raised his head.

I saw endless darkness outside the cave.

This wind is wrong.

Although he was clearly sucked into the yellow gourd, he could still smell a fishy and damp smell.

Then, in his thoughts, he seemed to see a scene of rotten fish and shrimp floating on the water. The whole lake was dark, but the rotten fish and shrimp could be seen clearly.

Zhao Fuyun seemed to be very far away at first, but the moment he saw clearly, a foul smell rushed into his nose and into his brain. Then he saw maggots on the fish and shrimps. Then he began to feel dizzy, and then he felt that his body was rotting and infested with maggots.

He became a dead body.

This is how Zhao Fuyun felt at that moment.

This is also the result that the things in the darkness outside want.

A dead person cannot live again, but it is impossible to kill Zhao Fuyun just because of this.

Flames gushed out of his body, flowing out through all his pores. His entire body was enveloped in flames, and from a distance it looked like a golden-red eggshell that protected him entirely.

The image that seemed like an illusion yet real and that emerged from the smell of that stench was instantly burned away.

Zhao Fuyun also saw that the walls of the cave had been covered with moss in such a short period of time. They had become extremely damp, as if they had been soaked in moisture for several years and had a musty smell.

However, under the burning of the fire on Zhao Fuyun's body, the smell in the front hall of the entire cave quickly dissipated, and Zhao Fuyun looked into the darkness, only to see that it was as thick as ink, and he could faintly hear the sound of waves, which seemed to have reached the foot of the mountain.

Zhao Fuyun didn't ask, but he knew without guessing that it was most likely a water monster in the lake.

He did not have a strong sense of danger in his heart, which showed that as long as he handled it properly, his life would not be in danger.

He looked at the darkness outside, which stretched into one continuous piece.

When fighting with someone, the first thing you need to do is to identify the opponent.

This confirmation can be achieved by actually seeing or by perceiving.

Only by locking onto the opponent can the spell fall on the right person.

He can't see now, and can only sense through the other party's gaze on him, but this kind of perception will be disturbed or confused by the enemy.

It is possible that the opponent is distracted and uses water or fish as an incarnation for observation, so that what he perceives is wrong. Then when you practice magic towards the wrong target, the opponent can attack you calmly in that gap.

Zhao Fuyun was in the light at this time, the firelight was out of place in the darkness, and the other party was hiding his true whereabouts in the darkness.

Zhao Fuyun bent his finger and shot out a flaming arrow. He shot it out following the feeling in the dark. The fire flew out and went straight into the darkness, and then into the deepest part of the darkness. The flaming arrow seemed to fall into deep water.

It felt like that, but at that moment, he saw a water man.

A person condensed from water.

It stood there and extinguished the fire arrow in an instant.

He knew that everyone was just testing the waters.

Zhao Fuyun increasingly realized that, unless it was some kind of impulse or encounter, the fight between cultivators was like a battle between two armies. They needed to scout the opponent's strengths and weaknesses, determine the opponent's magic power and the main characteristics of the spells, know the opponent's true whereabouts, and finally use their own magic, use all their strength, and kill the opponent unexpectedly.

Being evenly matched with each other, with both sides fighting back and forth, is not the way he wants to fight.

The formation of magic intent into magic, the application of magic, the strength of magic power, the mystery of magic weapons, and the decision-making when the opportunity arises, these are the key to winning or losing in a battle of magic.

Zhao Fuyun suddenly blew towards the lamp on the table, and the flame began to shake. The moment it shook, a flaming bird flew out, followed by one, two, three, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of golden and white birds had flown out.

The birds had white bodies and golden wings. They flew out of the cave in groups, rushed into the darkness, and drilled into the sky, burning the darkness into black holes.

At this moment, Zhao Fuyun had a clear understanding of the situation around the cliff.

He saw that the ground below the cliff was already covered with shrimps and crabs. They looked more evil than ordinary shrimps and crabs.

Among them, there was a person covered with algae, standing at the bottom of the cliff and looking up at the sky.

When I looked up at the flamingos in the sky, they had already scattered in all directions, and some of them had already reached the sky above the lake in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Fuyun saw through Moltres that the water in the lake below was terrifyingly deep. Suddenly, a mist rose and the Moltres was still flying in the air, but it seemed to have fallen into the water.

It flew higher again, and the mist was rolled up into the sky by the wind, but every time it almost completely engulfed the Moltres.

It's just that the firebird seemed to be luring something in the water.

The firebird was agile, and the light flickered as it flapped its wings, and the distance between them was widened with each flicker.

The things in the lake seemed to have discovered it, and just raised a mist to cover the lake surface. And right here, the man under the cliff with algae growing all over his body saw a sky full of flamingos, which suddenly flew high into the sky.

The firebirds stacked together actually formed a huge fireball. As the firebirds stacked together, the temperature seemed to be stacking rapidly. The fireball was like a small sun, emitting heat.

A huge fireball suddenly appeared in this dark void, finally illuminating the land that had not seen light for many years.

The person below with algae growing on his body had his moisture evaporate quickly, and his originally wet body quickly dried up. The shrimps, crabs, shells, snails and other things on the ground quickly crawled towards the lake, but quickly dried up in the light of the little sun in the sky, and then stopped moving.

The man covered with algae was not surprised. He exhaled air from his mouth, and the air quickly dissipated in the flames. Then, his body began to catch fire, and the same happened to the shrimps, crabs, shells and snails on the ground.

And the earth.

The grass and leaves on the ground dried up and began to burn. In the blink of an eye, the area of more than ten miles between the lake and the cliff was covered in flames and burned continuously.

Thicker mist rose from the lake, submerging the lake surface and making it completely invisible. Not even the fire could disperse it. The flames from more than ten miles away spread towards the lake and gathered together, slowly forming a person condensed from flames.

This fire man was wearing a red robe that dragged on the ground. The robe was several miles long. He was a very tall fire giant who looked somewhat similar to Zhao Fuyun. He stood by the lake, gazing at the big lake.

In the fog of the lake, after a sound of waves, a water giant formed by a whirlpool emerged from the water. He was almost as tall as the fire giant, and both of them appeared in the form of incarnations of thoughts.

Zhao Fuyun looked at the other party. He knew very well that the other party was hiding in a deep lake, and it would be difficult for him to kill him unless he built an altar of his own.

After the altar was built, it would be much easier to deal with those hidden and malicious creatures. So he needed time.

"I am new to this treasured land and have never offended anyone. I wonder why the Water Lord is harassing me?" A voice came from the fire giant.

Zhao Fuyun certainly knew what was going on, but he pretended not to know.

"You occupied the land where I built my temple, and you still say you haven't offended me?" the water giant also said.

"Oh, so Suicune wants to build a temple, but why build it in that kind of place? Why not choose a good place by the lake to build the temple? This way it will be convenient for people to come and worship, and it will surely be prosperous, and Suicune can also enjoy the incense earlier." said the Fire Giant.

The water giant was silent for a while, then said, "Will you help me build a temple?"

"Of course, but it will take a little time," said the fire giant.

"How long will it take?" asked the water giant.

"About half a month. After half a month, he will help you build the temple." said the fire giant.

"How long is half a month?" the water giant asked confidently.

The fire giant was silent for a moment, then said, "Water Lord is ignorant of the weather and lives in chaos, but he knows how to build a temple to gather incense. This is truly rare in the world."

"Haha, although you look dazzling, you do know some things. I built the temple naturally to prepare for becoming a god as soon as possible, haha..." The water giant transformed into a huge mouth, looked up to the sky and laughed.

"I see. Congratulations. I wish you success in becoming a god." The fire giant said calmly, "It's settled then. I will build a temple for the Water Lord in half a month. I will make some preparations in the cave in the next few days."

"Okay, it's a deal. If you dare to lie to me, I will make sure you never have peace and swallow all the people who come here to collect herbs into the lake." The water monster seemed to feel that the threat to Zhao Fuyun was not strong enough, so he added the last sentence.

Zhao Fuyun said in a panic: "Shuijun, please calm down. I will do my best to build Shuijun Temple as soon as possible."

After he finished speaking, the flames slowly died down. The flames burning along the shore seemed to have nothing to burn and were quickly extinguished in a gust of wind, leaving only a patch of black ash on the ground.

"Hmph, you'd better hurry up." The water monster triumphantly created a wave, causing the water to crash against the shore, fish and shrimp to tumble, and mist to billow.

Zhao Fuyun regained consciousness and was lost in thought.

This water monster may have some history, otherwise, he would not know about building temples to receive incense and help with spiritual practice. However, Zhao Fuyun also felt that although he had some history, it was not much.

He is not very intelligent and looks like he has never been to school.

Such water monsters are brutal and overbearing, but also easy to deceive.

All you need to do is set up an altar, capture his soul, and then burn it, and his body will soon float up from the bottom of the water.

These seem simple, and even simpler to say, but not easy to do.

What kind of altar could capture the other party's soul? You know, this is a water demon that is comparable to the Purple Mansion and is about to form a golden elixir.

The three treasures of essence, energy and spirit in his body are only one step away from being melted together to form the golden elixir.

This requires the help of the power of the altar.

As far as Zhao Fuyun knew, the highest realm of the altar was to use the earth as an altar, offer sacrifices to the heavens, and borrow magic from the heavens. One could arrest, confer titles, execute, and summon people. In this process, one only needed to know the other party's identity and name, and no object with the other party's aura was needed.

This is what Zhao Fuyun yearns for, but he cannot do it now. He even feels that no one in the world can do it. Otherwise, how could the Qiutan Mountain be destroyed back then.

It’s because the sky is in chaos.

What does the sky look like, and what kind of situation would make the sky in chaos?
Before entering Zifu, although I had read many books about Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the four seasons, and had a certain understanding of them, I had not experienced them personally much.

After arriving at Zifu, he gained some experience, especially when he reached the boundary between night and day, he could truly feel the disorder of yin and yang.

Night and day appeared in the sky at the same time.

The five elements and four seasons here are even more chaotic.

Since yin and yang are out of order and the four seasons are not obvious, then the heaven is in chaos. In this case, how can we borrow laws from heaven to carry out heaven's will?
When we offer sacrifice to heaven, who are we offering sacrifice to?
This altar of the highest level cannot be set up, but there are substitutes for the altar.

He wanted to establish his own temple in order to replace the existence of "heaven" and "earth".

In your own dojo, you are the sky, the master.

He currently has a Red Flame Divine Lamp, a Wind-Capturing Gourd, a Green Jade Wutong Branch, a Taiyue Divine Guard, a Flame Demon Statue, and some miscellaneous magical instruments placed aside.

He wanted to use the Scarlet Flame Divine Lamp as the foundation to build an altar that could refine and burn demons.

In order to refine and burn the demon, he must first capture the demon, and he wants to use the statue of the Flame Demon as an executioner.

Can the Flame Demon Statue capture the demon? This depends on the power of the altar and its own ability.

Therefore, Zhao Fuyun decided to equip the Flame Demon Statue with the Taiyue God Seal, which would have a suppressive and deterrent effect on the demons, preventing them from resisting.

It is also equipped with a gourd to capture the opponent directly.

He was wondering whether he should refine the green jade phoenix tree branch again.

These things had been thought out a long time ago, and what he drew on the talisman paper these days was the altar.

Because the source of the altar's power does not only come from the cultivators themselves, but also from heaven and earth. And within this heaven and earth, it is also necessary to find an anchor point. It cannot be created out of thin air. It is necessary to grasp something graspable from the meaning of heaven and earth.

In the book he read about the Qiutan Mountain Altar Method, it was said that the fundamental power of the Qiutan Mountain Altar Method came from a deep pool.

That deep pool, even the one in Qiutan Mountain, is an invisible spiritual pool existing in the yin and yang of heaven and earth.

They believed that the sacred pond contained endless power and mystery, and that as long as one could visualize the sacred pond, they would be able to obtain the fundamental Dharma of Qiutan Mountain.

Therefore, the most important talisman on the altar of Qiutan Mountain is the well-shaped talisman. If there is no talisman, they will find an old well and build an altar beside the well to perform rituals. It is recorded that after the people of Qiutan Mountain built the altar beside the well, the well, which originally did not have many magical powers, would continuously produce all kinds of magical things, and the spirits to be captured would be captured into the well.

Then the people of Qiutan Mountain would seal the well and trap the person inside it. Of course, no water would be drawn from the well anymore from then on.

(End of this chapter)