From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 220: New Year's Day Peach Goddess
There are two peach gods in Taodu Mountain, one is called Shentu and the other is called Yulei. The so-called Shentu is the sacred tree and the so-called Yulei is the jade law.

Therefore, the two peach gods adhered to the Jade Law of the Peach Capital Sacred Tree and were responsible for guarding the gate and guarding the Eastern Ghost Gate.

On New Year's Day, sacrifices are offered to hundreds of gods, ancestors are welcomed, and all the gods in the homes and courtyards are worshipped. From emperors to ordinary people, all people participate in it in various ways.

On this day, the monsters of the demon clan are not busy. They do not need to offer sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, nor do they need to please the house gods and spirits.

If a little demon enters a human city, it will move out of the city to the countryside fifteen days before New Year's Day to avoid offending the gods or being driven away by the house gods.

The monsters in the countryside will also prepare some offerings these days and go to the mountain temples and land temples around their residence to send some money, food and incense, which can be regarded as a tribute to the local gods.

Of course, the demon and fairy families in the paradise do not respect the gods as usual, but they will also prepare a few tables of tributes and place them outside the entrance of the paradise for passing gods to take.

Yu Shuyang was not very concerned about the New Year's Day sacrifice and originally did not plan to make any preparations. However, the bee demon Jinhu sent him a real peach core.

There was no other way, so he also prepared some sacrificial items, such as firecrackers, peach charms, pictures of divine chickens, as well as pepper and cypress wine and five-spice cakes.

Firecrackers are easy to make. There are two types of bamboo around Jishuitan: purple bamboo and black bamboo. You can cut a few pieces a few days in advance, dry them in the sun, and then use them to burn firecrackers.

Yu Shuyang was speechless about this. In his previous life's Fuli world, fireworks and firecrackers were all made of sulfur gunpowder, but people in the East were still burning real firecrackers!
However, this is what the ceremony requires, especially since Li Taiping repeatedly emphasized it, so he naturally wouldn't use any fireworks.

To worship the Peach God, one must paste a picture of a divine chicken and hang peach charms on both sides of the door. This is the place where the Peach God is worshipped, but there is no door on Hushan Island.

To do this, a gate must be built. Not only a gate, but also a courtyard wall and a house must be built, so a courtyard must be built.

There is no extra space on Hushan Island at present. There are 5,000 acres of snake medicine fields on the west coast, 5,000 acres of tea gardens in the middle, and 1,500 acres of flower fields.

As well as the 50,000 mu of Zhitian in the southeastern depression, the 300 mu of bamboo forest and the 100 mu of Jishuitan, only the Jinhu Mountain remains in the northwest.

So, under the command of Li Taiping, Tu Liu brought the earth pig and green sheep, and Jin Hu brought a group of golden bee monsters to build a small courtyard on the back of Tiger Mountain.

Even so, things like the wood for carving peach charms, pepper and cypress wine, and five-spice cakes were all brought over by Zhu Gangbiao, the second son of the Zhu family.

There are too many things missing on Hushan Island, and the entire Taodushan Archipelago is too closed, with almost no communication between the islands.

For example, the black-nosed groundhog on Hongchi Island. Yu Shuyang always thought that she would secretly retaliate. This was one of the important reasons why he asked Jingchuwei to go to the west coast to grow snake medicine.

Unexpectedly, there was no news about the black-nosed groundhog. What was even more unexpected was that the seeds in the snake medicine field did not sprout after being sown, let alone attracting snakes.

Jingchu Wei was the most anxious about this matter. He dug out the seeds to check their activity and checked the spiritual fields, but there was no improvement after all his efforts.

Yu Shuyang intuitively believed that it was related to the real peach pit in his hand, or more precisely, the real words on it.

The word "索" is not naturally grown on the peach tree, but is infected by the reed ropes of ghosts and gods. In essence, it is a magical tool of Taoism. It must have carried divine charm in the past, but now it has lost all its charm, which must have been consumed and dispersed into the spiritual soil.

The first day of the Lunar New Year is the first day of the Lunar New Year. The peach charms must be hung before the evening of the previous day. The picture of the divine chicken should be pasted on the door, and then the peach charms on both sides should be hung.

A banner with the words "No taboos, all evils keep away" written on it should be hung in the yard to avoid conflicts and offenses against the gods.

Hushan Island is far above the East China Sea and close to the edge of the desolate sea. There are no human beings, no incense or vows, and there is no need to worry about the gods coming.

Yu Shuyang followed the rules and prepared a table of offerings, which he placed outside the courtyard entrance. However, in accordance with the rules of the demon and fairy family, he did not invite the gods into the house.

However, there are a few people he must pay homage to, the first of whom is the Xuanming Wenqu Star Lord of Beidou Tianquan Palace.

This star god formed a bond with him and bestowed upon him the inheritance of literary fortune - the Eight Spiritual Texts. He also helped maintain order in the underworld, which was a great help to him.

Next are Judge Fanxie, Shanggong Gouchen, Huangfan and Baowei. These four gods also helped him a lot and are now enshrined in the temple of the underworld.

Finally, there were the two star gods Xu and Shi, and the two star gods Mao and Taibai, who also took care of Yu Shuyang when he was offering sacrifices and refining talismans.

In the past, the demons did not celebrate the New Year, so naturally they would not worship gods and offer sacrifices. Now that it is the end of the year, the gods appear and wander around the world, so naturally they all offer incense to them.

The more Yu Shuyang prepared, the more he discovered. Apart from the ones mentioned above, there were also seven wind gods. Although they were not as favorable to him as Xu and Shi, they all had spiritual connections with him.

Not counting the other five of the Seven Stars of Xuanwu, and even the Four Saints of the Northern Sky, there are as many as sixteen in total.

Yu Shuyang never expected that there would be a day when he would need to worship more gods than the ones worshipped in the temples by the monks of the Divine Sect.

Fortunately, there is no need to offer sacrifices to each of them one by one. Just write a list of the ranking of the gods, hang it on the wall of the hall, and offer three incense sticks in the morning and evening.

He took out the peach pit with the word "Suo" on it, came to the peach talisman, and prayed to Shentu on the left and Yulei on the right, then waited for the peach god to appear.

Three incense sticks are lit on each side of the door, and a few pieces of paper money are burned as an offering to the Peach God, and also to urge him to appear as soon as possible.

Yu Shuyang was squatting at the gate of the yard. He waited and waited, but no one came. He couldn't help feeling anxious.

Tonight is the first day of the Taoist exam. Although Yuanyue can take the exam in his dreams every night, this matter has always been unresolved, which makes him worry.

Fortunately, not long after, a white light flashed from the peach talisman on the left, and the Peach God appeared. He had a blue face and square eyes like a mask, and he was wearing a bright red robe and holding a reed rope.

Yu Shuyang held the real peach kernel in both hands and said in his heart that he would exchange the peach kernel with the word "suo" for the real peach kernel, hoping that the Peach God would grant his wish.

The Peach God appears when his divine thoughts manifest through incense. He cannot speak or listen with his ears. He can only see a wisp of divine thoughts and listen to the voice of his heart.

Shen Tu looked at Yu Shuyang. He understood what he was thinking. He took the peach pit with the word "suo" into his hand, pinched it with two fingers, and turned the peach pit into a wisp of green smoke, which then merged into the reed rope.

His eyes lit up as he looked directly at Yu Shuyang's body and mind, and he also saw three layers of golden light on his body. He nodded with satisfaction and also sensed a sense of luck from the underworld.

Every year, when the lucky officials from the inland areas of Kyushu escort the evil ghosts, Shentu will appear and reward them with a Yin peach, which is a reward for maintaining the order of Yin and Yang.

Shen Tu did not continue to investigate. He took out a green peach from his sleeve and threw it into Yu Shuyang's hand. A white light flashed again and the figure disappeared without a trace.

Yu Shuyang took the green peach and looked around. This peach was only two circles larger than an ordinary green date. It was dark green all over and looked as if it was not ripe.

He had never seen the sacred peach tree, so naturally he didn't know what Yin peaches and Yang peaches looked like. He couldn't tell the quality of the peach kernels before eating them.

There is no need to hesitate about this matter. Just eat it and you will know. After all, you can't replace the peach tree.

Yu Shuyang took the green peach and carefully bit into it with his front teeth. The peach was so small and green that he didn't dare to chew it. The moment his teeth touched the green peach, it was like flowing light. The flesh from the peach core flowed directly into his throat, along his chest and into his abdomen, like drinking an ice spring.

Immediately afterwards, all the pores in my body opened up, and I felt as if my fish scales were exploding. Waves of tranquility spread throughout my body, as if the fish scales were breathing and panting.

The fish skin garment on Yu Shuyang's body swelled up like an inflatable balloon. He also realized that the fish scales were indeed breathing in and out, and hurriedly took off both robes.

The wind-catching robes and fish-skin clothes were untied, revealing a six-foot-long dragon carp with aquamarine and silver-white scales, and streams of cool breeze and mist poured out.

He took a look at the peach pit and saw that it was a bluish-white peach pit as big as a cherry with the word "cloud" written on the front. He then understood what was going on.

If other people ate this peach with the word "cloud" on it, they might just be able to comprehend some magical power of clouds and mist. However, Yu Shuyang was of the dragon carp bloodline and had inherited the magical power of traveling in the clouds.

Moreover, he practiced the Heavenly Wind Method, and contained the Eight Wind Rhythms in his belly, including the earth winds of the four seasons and five seasons, the heavenly winds of the east, south, west and north, and the disaster winds created by wind and rain.

The magical power of wandering in the blood, the eight wind rhythms of the five internal organs and three burners, mixed with the power of the true peach of the word "cloud", changed dramatically on Yu Shuyang's fish.

The fish scales opened and closed, swallowing a gust of wind and exhaling a mist, just like breathing, and the Golden Tiger Mountain was slowly shrouded in clouds and mist.

At this time, Yu Shuyang was enveloped by a great avenue of cloud. This power was even stronger than when he broke through the ninth level and drew the power of heaven and earth to create the Dharma image.

When ordinary people eat the real carambola, the word "real" will emit the rhythm of Tao, and they will absorb a little power of the Tao, through which they can comprehend a magical spell.

However, under the cover of the Avenue of Clouds, a gust of heavenly wind and a gust of cloud flowed within Yu Shuyang's body. The two were like a dry sponge falling into the water, absorbing all the water in an instant.

Yu Shuyang was between the two forces of wind and cloud, as if there were a pair of big hands on each side, pulling back and forth, trying to pull him over.

What he wanted most at this moment was to use the Black Tortoise Book to carefully deduce whether to choose the wind or the cloud?

Unfortunately, this is impossible. The supernatural powers and insights triggered by the true seed of the Great Dao are all directly facing the heart. In theory, the cloud seed can only bring about the Great Dao of Clouds.

Without even a moment's thought, he made his decision. Why couldn't he have both wind and cloud? Or perhaps combine the power of wind and cloud to create a single magical power.

Faced with the pulls from both sides, Yu Shuyang also tried to find a way to resolve it. In this way, he was enveloped by the power of the Tao and immersed himself in the contemplation.

It is equivalent to being in the mind. In this case, he regards himself as a black tortoise entangled by a turtle and a snake, and uses the snake's breath to pull left and right.

The black snake has not been completed yet, and still has no head or tail. The snake's body has eighteen kinds of coiled power, and it will be thrown away as soon as the power of wind and cloud pulls it.

Moreover, the black turtle was as motionless as a mountain underneath, its body being replenished by the Nine Yang Water Technique. With the operation of one yang and one breath, it absorbed all the power of wind and clouds that the black snake had shaken off.

In this way, the power of the Great Dao triggered by the cloud seeds stimulated the power of wind and cloud, and was swallowed up by the black turtle bit by bit.

Gradually, images of clouds, sky wind, tortoise, snake, yin and yang kept emerging in Yu Shuyang's mind, but they were all vague and unclear, like a dream.

As the Black Turtle continued to exhale, less and less content emerged, and most of it was illusions, his fantasies about several Taoist methods, and it was impossible for him to comprehend any magical powers.

The true seed of the Great Dao helps in comprehending magical powers and spells, but one must also have a certain foundation of his own. This is like a blind man touching an elephant. It is not just about what you touch, but also what you can think of.

The elephant's leg can be a pillar or a big tree. Similarly, the Avenue of Clouds can be riding on the clouds or calling the wind and rain.

At this time, Yu Shuyang no longer thought about wind and clouds. He thought of a picture that he had worshipped in the ancestral hall when he entered the sect in his previous life - the Yin-Yang Dragon Beard Fan.

The root of the Killer Sect's inheritance is that the ancestor saw the two dragon whiskers on the Liangyi Fan in the sky, and based on this, he created the Liangyi Killing Sword Art.

In this life, he continued to practice the Liangyi Killing Sword Art, and also practiced the Tianfeng Method and Eight Wind Curse. Later, he learned the Huifeng Method from his junior brother Li Taiping.

So, he refined the eight winds generated from his abdomen into heavenly wind, and cultivated a clear and natural wind. He guessed that this wind was the wind produced by the Liangyi fan.

At this moment, he felt that he had forgotten. Without the power of the turtle and snake to resist the wind and clouds, there were no clouds, wind in the sky, and the yin and yang of the turtle and snake that appeared in his mind.

He saw a precious fan lying across the sky and earth, with a Yin-Yang diagram painted on the outside and a Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram painted on the inside. The handle of the fan was five dragons holding a saint, and the fan whiskers represented the creation of clarity and turbidity.

The precious fan blows wind inwards, which are gusts of pure and quiet natural wind, blowing the mind and heart like a dragon and a tiger, as vigorous as a dragon, as fierce as a tiger, like a coiled dragon and a lying tiger.

When this precious fan blows outward, wind comes out, and clouds of clear and turbid mist appear. These clouds spread into the sky, with the clear clouds rising to become rosy clouds and the turbid clouds descending to become clouds.

When clouds cover the brilliance of the sun and the moon, they become dark clouds; when the rosy clouds amplify the brilliance of the sun and the moon, they become bright clouds.

A sentence popped up in Yu Shuyang's mind: "Qi transforms into yin and yang, the clear is yang, the turbid is yin; according to yin and yang, clouds covering the sun is yin, and the sun rising from the clouds is yang."

These words are like engraved on my heart, and they can never be erased. The image of the two yin and yang fans blowing the wind is also imprinted on my mind, and I will never forget it unless I die.

After his realization, he regained consciousness and saw the entire mountain covered in clouds and mist, which obscured his vision and his mind's ability to investigate.

Yu Shuyang had just comprehended the yin and yang of the clouds, and he could see at a glance that these clouds contained the yin and yang laws, which could be collected and refined into a cloud barrier treasure.

He first put on the fish skin robe. His fish body, which was just six feet long, grew another two feet and was now a full eight feet long.

Wearing the fish-skin coat, the transformed human form no longer looked like a teenager, but an eight-foot-tall man, except for his slightly childish face.

He took out the Qiankun Mysterious Gourd from his magic bag, opened the gourd lid, and cast a spell to directly collect all the yin and yang clouds in the mountain into it.

As the clouds dissipated, the rhinoceros beast Li Taiping, the Zhi fairy Tu Liu, the spiritual tea tree spirit Yunhua, the golden bee demon queen Jin Hu, and the wood snake spirit Jing Chuwei all appeared.

Just now, there was a burst of power from the Great Dao on Tiger Mountain, followed by wind and clouds. Soon, the clouds began to spread over the entire island, and they were successively obscured and trapped in the yin and yang clouds.

Li Taiping sent flying talismans to his senior brother but received no response, so several monsters relied on shouting to each other from a distance and gradually came towards Jinhu Mountain.

"Brother Yu, are you practicing magic? This cloud is so scary, it's covering the entire island. You can only see a little bit in front of you in the cloud."

Jing Chuwei calmed himself down and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He also felt that Yu Shuyang was becoming more and more unfathomable, and couldn't help but feel awe.

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