One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 8: In the Rain

Snake Brother's original surname was not Snake. His original name was Li Yong, but because he was recognized by the ancestors of the tribe, he was given the surname "Snake", so he was called Snake Brother by his peers.

There are many people who cultivate Yin and Gu in Nanling Prefecture. Although the strong are respected, they also have their own set of rules. Every few years, there will be a grand event of fighting Gu and fighting spirits to select the king of their kind. The king can use "Gu" as his surname.

The grandmother of 'Snake Brother' was awarded the title of Snake King of 'Snake Gu', and was known as 'Wuzhe Snake Grandma'. Every Gu King could designate a descendant as his/her successor, who was recognized by her.

So naturally, a group of people gathered around him. The reason was that he was the designated successor of the Wu Ze Snake Grandma, and also because the "Gu" he raised was indeed powerful.

"Brother Snake, what do you think he bought so many lights for?" said a barefoot young man.

Nanling Prefecture has a lot of rain, so the young people here like to go barefoot, roll up their trouser legs, expose their chests, and tie their hair up in a high bun, and some even shave their heads. Overall, they look wild.

"Brother Snake, your Aconitum is already connected to your mind, why not let it take a peek and see what he's doing?" someone said.

Li Yong looked at the person who was speaking. His eyes were big and a little bulging. If you looked closely, his pupils looked a bit like snake eyes. When you were stared at by him, you would feel a sense of fear.

Li Yong was angry. He didn't know whether these people did it on purpose.

Originally, he heard that the new teacher had injured Master Ma Can, and he was glad that he had not had a direct conflict with him in the temple. However, yesterday, when he saw that the new teacher bought so many lanterns, everyone became curious.

So at night, he couldn't help but secretly let his "Iron Head" take a peek, just to get information and satisfy his vanity. If others didn't dare, but he did, then he would be the best among the younger generation.

However, when he went there, he only saw a brilliant fire and nothing else. His "iron head" was illuminated by the fire and he almost died there.

So, he glanced at these people without saying anything. He just poured the wine into the bowl beside him, and poured a black pill from a bottle and soaked it in the wine. A black snake, as long as a chopstick, crawled out from his sleeve and crawled into the wine in the bowl and soaked it.

The snake's scales slightly opened, and a weak hissing sound came out of its mouth. At the same time, Li Yong said coldly: "I don't need your advice on what I want to do."

Now thinking about what happened last night, he still felt a sense of fear lingering in his heart, and he couldn't help but pick up the wine and take a few big gulps.

……

Ma Wulang led his tribesmen into the mountains.

The golden silkworm Gu raised by Ma Wulang is not considered mainstream in the entire Nanling Prefecture. Because it is weak in the early stage, it often has difficulty protecting itself in Nanling Prefecture where poisonous insects and evil spirits are everywhere.

But after enduring the initial period of weakness, its ability later caught up with the five major Gu worms. It is said that if the golden silkworm Gu can truly break out of its cocoon, it will be able to overpower the Gu King.

Therefore, Ma Wulang can be regarded as a well-known figure in Wuze County, but at this time he went to the mountain.

He wanted to recover his golden silkworm Gu, so he called his clan members and went up the mountain overnight.

The place he was going to was a place only he knew, deep in the mountains, where obstructions were densely covered. Especially in the early sunny weather after rain, the obstructions rose with the mist.

"Uncle Wu, are you sure you want to go in alone?" The speaker was a nephew who was accompanying Ma Wulang. Ma Yegan, a middle-aged man, looked at his uncle Wu, who had been seriously injured overnight, with some concern.

Over the years, Uncle Five has gained many benefits for the family with the help of silkworm Gu, and has gone from being an unknown person to an important figure in the clan. However, the battles between Gu masters have always been so dangerous.

Ma Wulang let go of his hand. A gust of wind blew and he felt cold. Ma Yegan immediately said, "Let Xiaoyi go in with you."

The Xiao Yi he was talking about was the young man who often took care of Ma Wulang's daily life, and he knew that his uncle was very suspicious and didn't trust him to go in.

"Okay, let Xiaoyi come over." Ma Wulang said. He also felt that his body was really injured. There was a difficult section of the road there and he needed someone to help.

"Xiao Yi, come here and accompany your fifth uncle in. You must take good care of him. If anything happens to him, I will hold you accountable." Ma Ye Gan said sternly.

"Yes, I will definitely take good care of my fifth uncle." Xiao Yi answered affirmatively.

"Let's go." Ma Wulang, leaning on a bamboo pole with one hand and carrying a cloth-wrapped box on his back, walked towards the foggy canyon.

That is the Poisonous Insect Gorge, where poisonous substances are rampant.

Xiao Yi took the elixir handed over by Ma Wulang, supported one of Ma Wulang's arms, and walked forward.

Ma Yegan, standing there, really wanted to explore the secret of his fifth uncle, but he didn't dare. Although his fifth uncle looked seriously injured, the restless murderous intent coming from the box on his back made him dare not have any improper thoughts.

"This new oracle is silent, but it turns out to be a silent biting insect."

Ma Yegan thought to himself and decided to have someone keep a close eye on Zhao Fuyun.

Ma Wulang obtained a secret book on nurturing golden silkworm Gu by chance. There was an article in the book that explained how to recover the injured golden silkworm Gu and give it a chance to make further progress.

Before, his silkworm Gu had been in the cocoon and had not broken out of it, so he had already had an idea. However, he did not want to disturb the natural development of the silkworm Gu by artificial intervention. However, now is the right time.

……

Zhao Fuyun communicated with Chijun all night, allowing his lamps to be imbued with Chijun's divine power, but that was not enough. During the daytime the next day, he still made secret wishes for the whole day.

Then, he divided the forty-nine lamps into seven groups and arranged them according to the formation of the Big Dipper. Among them, the statue of Chijun was placed in his central hall, belonging to the southern fire position, and seven lamps surrounded the statue.

I don’t know whether it is the flames that make the statue seem to be burning, or the light of the statue that gives the flames an extra layer of sacredness.

The other six groups were also placed in the room according to the star positions. Zhao Fuyun's bed was equivalent to the "spoon" position among the seven stars.

He lay on the bed, practicing meditation, and felt his body and mind relaxed. There was a warm feeling all over his body, which gave him a full sense of security.

This formation sounds simple, but it is actually not simple at all.

The statue of the Red Lord that he had been worshipping for many years was integrated into the formation along with himself. It looked like the Big Dipper, but in fact it was nine stars. The man, the statue and the formation were all one.

As night fell again, a faint light shone through the small courtyard, piercing the darkness.

The next day, after a few days of sunny weather, it started raining again.

Zhao Fuyun was sitting on a rattan chair in the central hall, reading the "Spiritual Objects Sutra" which he had copied in the mountains.

For a cultivator who has cultivated magical powers, condensing the Xuan Guang is a hurdle. However, if one is more diligent and has more perseverance, most people can still condense the Xuan Guang. After all, condensing the Xuan Guang requires perseverance and diligence, but practicing magic requires understanding.

There are magic spells that can make things clear at a touch, just like lighting a lamp; when the flint is touched, sparks fall and the flame starts. However, the minds and personalities of some people are like wet wood, which can never be made clear no matter what.

In order to lay the foundation of the Tao, in addition to understanding, one also needs opportunity.

Laying the foundation requires coordination between the inside and the outside.

Using one's own mysterious light magic power, combined with the true evil to form a talisman, and dropping it into the sea of qi in the internal organs, it is like planting a seed, thus allowing the magic power to break through the shackles and form a qualitative change.

The real evil in the world is inseparable from Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, so most people start with the Five Elements.

Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are the five elements of true evil spirits. If you get one of them, you can enter the sea of qi and build your foundation. There are also wind, thunder, magnetism, ice, pure yang, dark yin, poison barrier, etc. There are also some mixed together. Some people even think that ghosts and gods can also be called "evil species". If you combine them, you can get the Tao.

Therefore, some people classified "Gu" as belonging to ghosts and gods, and as a spiritual species. However, Zhao Fuyun and the Taoist priest in the mountains thought that "Gu" was just a "strange species".

In a realm, magic power cannot grow infinitely, it can only be purified. Of course, there are distinctions between upper, middle and lower levels, but there will not be that kind of chasm-like change. However, the change from Xuan Guang to foundation building is a qualitative change.

Although he came down the mountain to serve as an instructor here at the order of his master, he absolutely could not delay his own practice.

In order to build the foundation, people cannot leave this place to look for the true evil, so they can only condense it on their own.

There are many practitioners in Tiandu Mountain. Although there are places that can naturally condense true evil, they are also expensive. He has no family support and of course cannot afford it, so he can only come here by himself.

The light from the oil lamp behind him was no longer just an ordinary flame, but had a hint of the true evil.

He sat there, smelling the scent of the burning lamp oil, thinking that if some sandalwood oil was added to the lamp, it would have a calming effect. However, he was unfamiliar with the place and ordinary people did not have this kind of oil in their homes, so he could not buy it.

"The Sutra of the Original Nature of Spiritual Objects" talks about the nature and function of all things in the world. It also describes what kind of things they will be combined with under what circumstances and what changes will occur. Whether it is refining elixirs or treasures, one needs to be familiar with the nature of spiritual objects.

When a Taoist priest in the mountains explained the medicinal properties of herbs, he listened very carefully.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the wind was blowing. The small courtyard was already shrouded in rain and fog. The sky outside the courtyard could not be seen clearly, and the rain and fog blocked the light and vision.

……

A slender, white cat with pointed ears was jumping under the eaves. She tried her best to avoid the heavy rain. However, no matter how careful she was, her fur was still wet by the rain, which made her very uncomfortable.

The white hair on her body was dripping with water. She shook off the rain and began to identify the direction. Maybe it was because the rain was too heavy and the fog was thick, she could not identify the direction. The houses she saw were looming. The whole Wuze County seemed to be in a strange place.

She suddenly turned around alertly, and saw a black shadow coming out from the water mist outside the eaves behind her.

Although the white cat's vision was mostly obscured by the rain and fog, it could still see clearly what was so close.

She saw that it was a person with disheveled hair and tattered clothes. This "person" was crawling on the ground full of water, which was extremely strange.

The white cat jumped towards the wall. It was just a bungalow, and with just one step on the wall, it was already on the eaves between the wall and the tiles.

When he turned around and looked down, he found that the disheveled 'person' was already lying where he had just stood, looking up at him.

She saw that this was a woman with a puffy and pale face. Under her wet hair, there was a pair of eyes with only the whites of the eyes visible, and no black pupils were visible. She was looking grimly at the white cat on the wall.

This is a ghost, White Cat is sure of it.

The moment her eyes met with the female ghost's, she felt as if her soul was being frightened.

The white cat's body trembled, the hair on its back stood up, and it let out a "meow". It exuded a murderous aura similar to that of a tiger. Instead of retreating, it advanced and jumped down from the wall beam. The female ghost, whose half body was submerged in the mud under the eaves, had a damp and evil aura surging up from her long, wet black hair, and was about to engulf the white cat like a black wave.

The white cat seemed to be frightened and meowed again. When she was about to wrap the black hair, her claws moved quickly. There was a glow on her claws, and her sharp claws scratched through the wavy black hair.

The black hair was torn into pieces under the cat's claws. The white cat crawled out from the gap, but did not run away. Instead, the moment it landed, it nimbly turned around and jumped up, pounced on the back of the female ghost's head, and scratched the female ghost's head frantically with its claws. The female ghost's head was scratched to pieces under her claws. The black hair was scattered, but it strangely wrapped around the white cat's body.

The white cat sensed danger, so she turned and ran into the wind and rain, running along the muddy alley. Her feet stepped into the mud and water, but she felt as if the water had some suction force, sticking to her feet, and a chill penetrated through her cat's paws and into her body.

Her heart was beating violently and a strong sense of danger surged into her mind. She suddenly jumped towards the wall of the house next to her. The moment she jumped up, black waves suddenly rose in the gutter under the eaves of the next house, and a woman with loose black hair jumped out of it.

The strange black hair rolled towards the white cat like a black snake wave, blocking her space to leap upwards. However, the white cat was extremely agile. When she was in the air, she pushed the wall with her four feet and rushed out diagonally. It seemed as if a gust of wind surged from her body, carrying her as she ran horizontally on the wall.

Barely avoiding the strange waves that emerged from the rain, she ran quickly along the wall.

She found that she seemed to be lost in the dirty and smelly alleys of Wu Ze County, where the wind and rain were blowing all over the city.

She was not familiar with the place and could not see far in the wind and rain. All the houses were obscured by the wind and rain.

She briefly got rid of the female ghost, immediately jumped onto the wall and sneaked into a house.

A damp and musty smell hit her in the face, and she felt extremely disgusted. The place was hot and humid, making her feel uncomfortable all over.

In the darkness, she could see clearly that there were many large jars in the room, and she landed on the lid of one of them.

At this moment, a huge python jumped out from the big jar in the middle and bit her.

All the white fur on the white cat's body stood up. It jumped up in shock, climbed onto the wall again, and squeezed out through the gap between the beam and the wall.

"Where did this wild cat come from?"

As soon as she got through the wall and came to another room, she heard the voice of an old woman.

As soon as the sound was uttered, she saw a red nematode shooting towards her like an arrow.

A gust of wind blew up from her body, and she bent her body in the air, avoiding the red nematode, jumping up the wall, and then diving into the wind and rain outside.

This room is even more dangerous than outside.

Her whole body was soaked, and at this moment, a chill ran through her body.

Just then, she saw a man standing at the entrance of the alley. He looked gloomy and could not be seen clearly in the rain. The man was dragging an iron chain in his hand and walking towards her step by step. The chain dragged on the ground, making a harsh and terrifying sound.

She smelled a strong stench of corpse.

This is not a human being, but a 'corpse puppet' raised by humans.

At the same time, she discovered that the female water ghost had caught up with her in the running water in the alley.

And on the roof, at some point, a monkey-like creature squatted there, with sinister and cold eyes.

The white cat had a keen sense and felt that it was surrounded.

She couldn't help but think: "In this Wuze County, are all the people there evil?"

She found herself trapped in the county town of Wu Ze County and didn't know where to get out.

At this moment, her ears twitched twice, and she seemed to hear the sound of chanting faintly.

"This is, Chijun?"

She immediately ran towards the direction where the chanting sound came from.

(End of this chapter)