From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 221: The Bell Rings and the Examination

Clouds create yin and yang, integrating the yin and yang of Tianfeng, Longli, and Xuanshui into one, and also giving Yu Shuyang a different understanding of the Liangyi Killing Sword Art.

This time, when he offered sacrifice to the Peach God, he exchanged the peach kernel with the word "suo" for a green peach. It was really a profit. The cloud-grown real peach helped him understand the yin and yang of clouds, and now there was another peach kernel waiting for him to plant.

Yu Shuyang exchanged a few polite words with the monsters and invited them into the courtyard. This house was purely for the purpose of offering sacrifices to the Peach God in exchange for real peaches. Currently, there was not a single maid or servant in the house, and there was even a lack of pots and stoves.

He called the bee demon Jinhu over and said, "There is a chart of the ranking of the gods on the wall of the main courtyard. Come here every morning and evening to offer three sticks of incense.

I may have to go into seclusion starting tonight, so I'll leave this matter to you. Remember to take down the divine map and keep it separately after the 15th.

Also, we are not far from Taobudu, so we need to burn incense and paper money there. Today I will teach you a method to fold incense and paper money.

Every time you burn three sticks of incense, you must also burn paper money. You can leave it to the bee demons to help you fold it.

Prepare more, I will need it later. If you run out of jute paper, you can buy some or we can grow some ourselves."

In the peach and willow blessed land of the book fairy ghost monkey, there are still forty ghost mountains that have not been opened to the dead. Yu Shuyang asked Jinhu to prepare incense and paper money in advance so that he can get rid of all the ghost mountains at once next time.

Jin Hu nodded when she heard this. She always did what the mountain master told her to do and never thought of asking why.

After instructing Jin Hu, Yu Shuyang brought in the altar for roadside sacrifices outside the courtyard gate. These things were mostly of the same form, used to worship gods and fast ghosts.

The two long banners in the courtyard - "No Taboos", "All Evils Keep Away", and "Soul Guiding Banner" - were all put away. He had wanted to use the New Year's Eve to offer food and prayers to the ghosts in the underworld.

However, time is too tight this year, and people on Hushan Island are short of food and clothing. This shows the strength of the demon fairy family. The Golden Bee clan has no one who is proficient in cooking except for the manpower.

It seems that after a while, I have to find a way to arrange for the bee monsters to learn the hundreds of arts of cultivation, or at least build a simple framework. Speaking of this, it is also a troublesome thing, because the bee monsters cannot leave the nest.

Yu Shuyang called Tu Liu and Yun Hua to his side and gave them some instructions, especially to Tu Liu, saying that Chao Jucheng Noodle House needed Zhicao every month, so he should cultivate it well and make sure there were no mistakes.

Afterwards, I discussed with Yunhua and decided that the earliest batch of Yunwu tea trees can be picked this year, before Qingming Festival, which is commonly known as Mingqian tea.

He was not sure how the Taoist Alliance would arrange teaching after the Taoist entrance examination, so he arranged the subsequent matters in advance.

I sent flying talismans to Yu Mu last night. One was to remind her to come to Hushan Island in advance to get the grass, and the other was to arrange for Uncle Mo to come over around Qingming Festival to help pick and fry tea.

After finishing the trivial matters, he walked into the main hall. Li Taiping was staring at the ranking chart of gods intently. Jing Chuwei also came over to look at him, but he was pretending to know everything.

"Junior brother, stop looking. I picked up some offerings. Would you like to try some?"

Yu Shuyang took back the offerings on the altar. Normally, offerings to gods are blessed and will bring good luck if eaten. Similarly, offerings to ghosts cannot be eaten as they are contaminated with ghostly and unlucky spirits.

Hushan Island is far away in the East China Sea. Apart from the Peach God, no gods have come to enjoy the offerings on the altar. Naturally, there is neither blessing nor bad luck.

"Senior brother, your pantheon is too messy. It lacks a unifying god." Li Taiping sighed, looking back.

He practiced the Beidou Sutra and would also have to write a pantheon later. After all, casting spells and moving troops required praying to the gods. Unless he was like Yu Shuyang, whose Dharma image was also the altar, he would have to rely on the pantheon to cast spells.

"Well, I'm just offering sacrifices to the Peach God. It's Spring Festival now, so I can only fill in the pantheon and offer sacrifices randomly.

"It would be bad if the incense didn't reach us and we were punished. Now it's fine as it is, we don't offend anyone." Yu Shuyang explained casually.

Jingchu Wei was confused by what he heard and did not ask any questions. He was also confused because the 5,000 acres of snake medicine fields on the west bank had not sprouted yet.

Seeing that Jing Chuwei was looking embarrassed, Yu Shuyang knew what was on his mind and quickly called him to the yard to talk.

"Has the snake medicine not sprouted yet?"

Jing Chuwei was so ashamed that his face flushed red and he felt hot. He said hurriedly, "Well, maybe it's not the right time. Let's wait a few days and see. Spring will come soon."

"I think this isn't a problem with the seeds, nor with the cultivation techniques, but with the land. If it doesn't work, why don't you perform a sacrifice?"

Yu Shuyang didn't mention the peach pits directly, but reminded him indirectly that the land had been infected by peach pits for too long, and if they didn't find a way to get rid of them, it would take a while to recover.

After hearing what Jing Chuwei said, he decided to try his luck. He couldn't just admit that he was stupid in front of Yu Shuyang.

"That's fine, I'll go back and prepare. It just so happens that our Jing clan has the custom of offering sacrifices to Dang Kang to pray for a good harvest.

I'll go back and prepare now, and then I'll offer sacrifices during the Lantern Festival to remove the impurities from the spiritual field."

Yu Shuyang nodded and said, "You can handle this matter as you wish. There's no need to rush. Hushan Island is close to the desolate sea, so it's normal for the land to be infected by the Netherworld's death energy."

After hearing the comforting words, Jing Chuwei felt a warm current in his heart, and couldn't help feeling guilty about his recent actions.

"Then I'll go prepare it now. I need to make a wooden statue of Dang Kang, which is quite troublesome."

After saying that, Jingchu Wei bowed, turned around and went down the mountain. At this moment, he was eager to hold a Dangkang sacrifice.

Dangkangnai is a lucky animal that foreshadows fertile soil. It is on the same level as the Si beast and the Xi dragon, and is much more powerful than the auspicious animal that is associated with weddings and celebrations, such as the Xiyu.

The Jing family originated from the old land of Jingyang. There was a real wooden carving of the beast Dangkang in their family. It was because of this that they were blessed with good fortune. The Jing vine was enlightened by the fertile soil and turned into a wooden snake.

Therefore, the Jing family has the custom of offering sacrifices to the Dangkang beast every year to nourish the younger generations of the family so that the Jing vine can quickly open up and turn into a wood snake spirit.

Yu Shuyang watched Jing Chuwei running down the mountain in a hurry. He smiled and shook his head, then turned around and went back to the main hall.

"Brother, are you back? Let's refer to it tonight. Do you still have the dream-entering talisman?" Li Taiping saw Yu Shuyang coming back alone, and then leaned forward and asked in a low voice.

Yu Shuyang had already found the paper talisman and said, "Junior brother, this test won't be too difficult, right?"

Li Taiping laughed loudly for a long time before he stopped laughing and said, "Brother, if it were in the past, there might be a one in ten thousand chance that you would not be admitted.

Now, just based on your mastery of yin and yang, without taking any exams or memorizing any scriptures, once the Taoist Alliance knows about it, they will come and ask you to join them.

Just put your mind at ease and wait until you sleep at night with the dream talisman as your pillow. You can ask them any questions you have.

Including the matter you wanted to build the soul-guiding banner altar a few days ago, you can contact them." After hearing what his junior brother said, Yu Shuyang no longer felt nervous. The two brothers chatted for a while, mainly asking about Li Taiping's cultivation tribulation.

He said a few days ago that it would be soon, but there has been no movement since then. Li Taiping is helpless about this. The difficulty of practicing for the rhinoceros beast is a tradition passed down from ancestors.

After chatting for a while, Yu Shuyang went back to his bedroom. Before going to bed, he planned to plant the peach kernel with the word "cloud" on it on the banks of the Black Water River in the underworld.

He took out the soul-guiding banner, activated the Xuan and Huang Qi, absorbed the peach core into it, and his mind also entered the underworld.

In the past, his mind was invisible and formless, just a group of thoughts attached to his heart energy. The power of his mind depended entirely on the size of his thoughts. For example, when his mind was controlling the sword energy, his mind would be exhausted, which meant that his thoughts were worn away.

Yu Shuyang's mind is different now. Under the blessing of the Great Dao of Clouds, his mind turns into a turtle and snake to resist the pull of the wind and the clouds. His divine consciousness is also forged into the true form of a turtle and snake.

His true form of a turtle-snake is not only a black tortoise-snake, but is also obscured by a cloud of yin and yang. In this way, his mind can freely travel through yin and yang, while being obscured by the clouds, without having to worry about being discovered.

The peach kernel with the word "cloud" in its shape was swept away by the Xuanming Black Water, and as it was soaked and washed by the Black Water, it came to the north bank of the Black Water's source.

The peach pit took root here, and soon a peach sapling grew out. The trunk was completely red, the peach leaves were green like green water, and it emitted a crimson precious light.

The Taodu sacred tree is one of the five major peach trees. The peach tree grown from the peach kernels on the tree is called the Shuodu peach tree. If it is planted by the black water in the underworld, it is called the Ruomu.

At this time, Yu Shuyang planted the peach kernel with the word "Yun" in his Xuanming dark soil, turning the Shuodu peach tree into a Ruo tree.

This Ruo wood is of great benefit to the creation of the underworld. The tree is rooted on the north bank of the Black Water. Green water drips from its leaves every day, eventually nourishing a Xuanyin Green Water River, which is the "Bi Luo Tianhe" in the underworld.

At the same time, if the fallen leaves of the tree pile up under the tree, they will turn into a Jiuyin Mountain over time.

There is a Jiuyin Nuanyang Spring in Jiuyin Mountain, which can wash away the blood and resentment of women who died in childbirth, children who died prematurely, and babies who were aborted.

The flower that blooms on the Ruomu tree is called the sunset flower. It is formed by the afterglow of the setting sun gathered by the Ruomu tree. It is one of the few Netherworld Yang Fires in the underworld. After ghosts swallow it, they will no longer be afraid of sunlight and fire.

Moreover, this Ruomu is also the sky-supporting tree of the underworld. Just like the sacred tree of Taodu, its trunk can connect the world of the living and the underworld.

It can be said that this cloud-shaped peach kernel planted in the underworld is a multi-purpose tree with far more benefits than planting it on Tiger Mountain Island.

Yu Shuyang saw that the tree grew out after the peach core was planted. He glanced at the intersection of Xuanming Black Water, Xuanming Yellow Spring and Xuanming Naihe, and saw that the three waters were very clear and clearly separated.

In this way, he felt relieved. The water was clear, which meant that the souls and ghosts in the dark underworld had not created any more ghosts.

Yu Shuyang turned his mind again and went to the Xuanming Underworld to check on the twenty groups of ghosts. Last time, the Underworld was refined with Xuanyin Naihe Water, and the ghosts and dead souls carried large logs to build a bridge.

Today, we can see that wooden bridges have been built, and from time to time, there are dead souls crossing the bridge. This bridge is also extraordinary, and it is also commonly known as Naihe Bridge.

Every time a wandering ghost crosses the Naihe Bridge, the resentment in the ghost will be reduced a little. If it walks like this thirty or forty times, it will turn into a pure and spiritual ghost.

It is obvious that the number of ghosts and monsters in the underworld has increased. There are many more unicorns, xiezhis, yellow tigers, and leopards, and nearly half of the dead souls have turned into pure ghosts.

The New Year has just passed, and today is the first day of the first lunar month. The underworld is filled with sacrifices and prayers, and there is also a lot of divine light and brightness in the mysterious underworld.

Moreover, Yu Shuyang clearly noticed that many ghosts and dead souls were being worshipped by their bloodline descendants, and the smell of these incense sacrifices could be clearly smelled.

He couldn't help but feel strange. Shouldn't Taoliu Fudi be filled with wandering ghosts? Why were there descendants offering sacrifices and offering blood and food?
If there are descendants, why wouldn't they be buried? Even if there's no land deed to the underworld, and no blessed land to gather the soul, there should at least be a family stele forest.

A group of dead souls gather together the death energy of the underworld, and mixed with the clan energy, they may also open up a grave in the underworld. As the saying goes, "rest in peace" is the principle of being buried in the underworld.

Yu Shuyang couldn't help but doubt the origin of the souls in Taoliu Fudi. He thought that it was not what the Book Fairy Water Monkey said, that they were a gathering of wandering ghosts.

I think it has something to do with the "Immortal Ascension" of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. I just don't know what means he used. After he succeeded in cultivation, why didn't he cancel the spell, and the souls of the dead still gathered here.

At this time, the ghosts in the underworld gathered in front of the temple, harvesting the rich ghost rice while taking the incense offered by their descendants to worship the five gods in the temple.

Above the underworld is the blue sky transformed by the Xuanyin Biluo, and a Tianquan star appears. This is a divine manifestation from the Xuanming Wenqu Star Lord. When the ghosts from the underworld here are reincarnated in the future, their fate will surely be enhanced by three points of Wenqu talent.

Ruomu on the west bank of the Black Water, illuminated by the starlight, rose from the ground like a bamboo shoot, with a red trunk piercing the blue sky.

The green water from the leaves of the Ruomu tree spilled down and gathered into a Qingming Sky River in the blue sky. This river corresponds to the Sky River in the starry sky of the yang world, and it can also be said to be the reflection of the Sky River.

The appearance of this Qingming Sky River completely completes the laws of the Xuanming Underworld. In the future, when the lifespan of the dead souls is exhausted, they will turn into a point of spiritual light and enter the Qingming Sky River, and use the reflection of the Sky River to enter the starry sky for reincarnation.

All living things have three souls and seven spirits. The three souls are heaven, earth and man. Among them, the souls of heaven and earth are respectively attached to heaven and earth, manifesting as destiny.

Only the human soul resides in the body and gives rise to the mind and thoughts. The so-called reincarnation is that a bit of spiritual light enters the mother's womb and turns into a human soul, and then the body and seven souls are nurtured in the womb.

The wandering ghosts in the underworld are all the souls of people who have died but whose spirits remain after death and cannot transform into spiritual light and reincarnate, so they become dead souls.

Some dead souls had seven strong spirits when they were alive. When the human soul is mixed with the energy of the seven spirits, it is no longer just a dead soul, but a so-called ghost.

As the Xuanming Underworld becomes more and more perfect, Yu Shuyang is naturally the happiest. As long as he finds the Taiyin elixir, all the ghosts and monsters will be free labor.

Yu Shuyang's mind withdrew from the Xuanming underworld. Now that the peach kernel with the word "cloud" had been planted and the Ruomu sacred tree had grown, there was nothing else to do.

He took out the five major sutras and flipped through them casually. He had memorized the scriptures and there was no point in looking through them again, so he took out the dream talisman and put it under his pillow, then lay down on the bed and waited for the exam to begin.

Monsters are different from humans. They don't need to sleep every day. As long as they are full of energy, monsters can stay awake all the time and often close their eyes to rest.

Yu Shuyang was lying in bed, bored to death, just waiting to take the exam in his dreams at night. He couldn't help but complain in his heart that the person presiding over the exam might not be a human.

Otherwise, why do I have to use it in my dreams at night? Can't I use it during the day? And what if I can't sleep?
I don't know how long it was before I heard a bell ring.

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