Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 167 Everything is ready
"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Inside the carriage, Gu Zhao held a palm-sized gourd in his left hand, while his white wolf fan appeared and disappeared in his right hand, as if he were having a great time.

Zhuo Qingyan, sitting on the left, smiled, while the embroiderer on the right looked on with curiosity. "How amazing!"

After playing for a while, Gu Zhao put the fan on the table and carefully examined the gourd.

This gourd is neither gold, wood, nor stone. It feels like jade and has the texture of bronze. It is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, with a slightly curved mouth and a gourd lid about the size of a thumb.

The gourd is bronze-brown in color. One side of its lower belly is engraved with the character "道" (Dao), while the other side bears a poem by Lü Dongbin: "In the palm, it is like a precious pearl; in the sky, it is like a full moon. When the time is right, it will ascend directly to the Great Luo Heaven."

This perfectly matches the meaning of "There is heaven and earth in the gourd, and the mountain is named Daluo Palace".

The gourd was made from rare and precious materials they had seized from the Stone King Cave. Daoist Yansong melted it with Taiyi True Fire and cast it into the shape of a gourd before refining it with his magic.

Because of its unique material, and with a copper pot and a copper bottle as a reference, they quickly figured out the method of refining it. The true qi of the Taoist sect follows the way of heaven and learns from nature, so the storage magic treasure refined by the ritual also reached its full potential.

The gourd has a large interior space and can hold objects larger than the opening.

Gu Zhao sensed with his divine sense that when he activated the gourd, any object that reached the gourd's mouth would react with a special energy at the gourd's mouth, entering the gourd space from the outside in a spatial folding manner.

In reality, the size of the item itself did not change, but to the naked eye, it appeared to shrink as it entered the gourd's opening.

This is because the space inside the gourd is very large, resulting in visual differences at the intersection of the inside and outside.

When taking something out of the gourd, one only needs to lock onto the object with one's divine sense to take it out. After leaving the gourd's mouth, the object returns to the world and then naturally grows larger.

"That's amazing!" Gu Zhao exclaimed.

Unfortunately, this material is a unique product of this world, and it is formed by the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The exotic energy in the material and the material itself form a symbiotic relationship, making it difficult to replicate.

If it could be replicated in modern times...

Logistics costs will inevitably be greatly reduced!

Gu Zhao: ()
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"We've arrived at Changping Prefecture!" the coachman, Li Erping, called out.

The embroiderer lifted the curtain and saw the city wall, which was three points higher than those of Xiuyue County and Wuhe County, and the city gate passage where people came and went in an endless stream.

"So many people! It's so lively!"

"After all, it is one of the eight prefectures of Jiangzhou, which is not comparable to a small county town."

"Although it has broken away from the control of the imperial court, it still retains its nominal status and has no external enemies, so it is developing quite well."

"It's all thanks to the Dragon King of the Myriad Spirits River in the north, and the Golden Wind God King in Changping Prefecture."

"But our target here is the Golden Wind God King and the Prefect of Changping Prefecture!"

"It's alright. We'll eliminate the prefect and install the vice prefect in charge," Daoist Yihong said calmly. "Then we'll occupy the location of the Golden Wind Hall and open a branch of the Great Luo Palace."

The old Taoist priests were speechless, but the extraordinary world was just that unreasonable. The three carriages stopped in front of a small inn. Gu Zhao and Zhuo Qingyan, along with Xiu Niang and Bai Ke, got off the first carriage, while Yun Yang helped the other four old Taoist priests down from the two carriages behind.

As soon as Master Jingfeng got out of the car, he couldn't help but look towards the north of the city.

He cultivates the "Black Laws of Fengdu," making him extremely sensitive to the aura of ghosts and gods. Even though Jin Fengtang did not reveal any aura, Master Jingfeng still sensed their presence at a glance.

“The aura is strong, but unstable and chaotic,” Master Jingfeng said with a frown. “There are many ghosts and gods inside, and quite a few experts.”

Several old Taoist priests carefully sensed the surroundings, but couldn't detect anything. Master Yansong whispered, "They've already concealed their auras, how did you sense them?"

Master Jingfeng smiled and said, "As long as it's a ghost, it can't escape my senses!"

At this point, Master Jingfeng reminded him, "I can also sense that there seems to be some kind of energy trap over there. They seem to be prepared. Did they know we were coming?"

Master Mingyu nodded and smiled, "Wouldn't this be a perfect way to wipe them all out in one fell swoop?"

Master Yansong chuckled and said, "You're late. You don't know that our sect leader clashed with the Golden Wind Sect on his very first day here and confiscated one of the Golden Wind God King's incense statues."

"Is that so?" Master Jingfeng only knew that they had killed Yufei of the Golden Wind Sect and rescued Zhuo Qingyan, who was coveted by the Golden Wind God King. As for the other minor matters, everyone was too lazy to mention them.

"I've heard that the Golden Wind God King has hundreds of years of cultivation. I wonder if he can be imprisoned in the Netherworld Prison." Daoist Jingfeng said with some anticipation.

"You wish!" Daoist Yansong rolled his eyes. "We definitely need to join forces to destroy this kind of evil spirit. As for the other Yunfei, if you have the ability, you can take her in."

Master Jingfeng shook his head in disgust, "No."

The group parked the carriage in the backyard of the inn, asked for several superior rooms, put away some of their visible luggage and belongings, and then walked around the location of Jin Feng Hall.

Jin Feng Hall is located in the north of Changping Prefecture. As the main hall of the prefecture, Jin Feng Hall occupies a large area. The main hall has three courtyards and enshrines the eight guardians, two divine consorts and the Golden Wind God King. To the left is a pavilion garden, to the right are the temple buildings, and there is a secluded place in the backyard.

The main gate of Jinfeng Hall was wide open, and groups of worshippers came in twos and threes, burning incense and paying homage to the gods, their faces glowing.

But instead of looking at the common people, the crowd looked far ahead, their gaze seemingly penetrating several layers of buildings to reach a hidden corner in the backyard.

"Although the power of incense can conceal it, it cannot hide the evil spirit's malevolent aura." Master Yihong narrowed his eyes slightly.

“Besides absorbing yin to replenish yang and absorbing yang to replenish yin, they also have the practice of extracting souls and refining spirits.” Daoist Yansong’s eyes narrowed. “Since they have the power of incense offerings, why would they go to such lengths and do such unjust things?”

Zhuo Qingyan said calmly, "Soul extraction and spirit refinement, besides soul-devouring cultivation, can also be used to refine magical artifacts. Senior, don't forget that the Stone King once refined the Ten Thousand Ghost Banner, not to mention the Golden Wind God King."

Master Yihong opened his eyes, "This traitor deserves to die!"

Daoist Mingyu and Daoist Jingfeng nodded in unison, "Indeed, he should be killed."

Master Yansong asked Gu Zhao, "The Golden Wind Hall is quite large. Besides the traps, there are also many experts and powerful magical artifacts. Do you have enough supplies?"

Gu Zhao and Zhuo Qingyan exchanged a smile and patted the gourd at their waists. "Thanks to our senior uncle for developing this storage magic treasure in time, we brought thirty-six array wooden stakes, which can be used to set up an array at any time. Although we don't have the support of the earth's spiritual energy, trapping him for one night shouldn't be a problem."

That being the case...

Everyone looked at Gu Zhao, who nodded and said, "Everything is ready. Let's make our move tonight!"

(End of this chapter)