Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 266 Zhenhai Tower, Tianfei Palace: Jianyu Divine Wind? Rebound!
Yu Zhifu, the third-rank military commander in charge of defending against Japanese pirates, had already donned his military uniform and led his personal guards to the Zhenhai Tower, the highest point in the city.

He placed his hand on the hilt of his sword and coldly looked at the face in the sky.

This building is located atop Pingshan Mountain in Fuzhou and was constructed in the early days of the People's Republic of China.

It has two floors, with double-eaved hip roofs and upturned eaves. It is decorated with brackets and golden glazed tiles that shimmer in the light. The railings on both sides are carved from white marble. The building is seven zhang high and the foundation is eight zhang deep, making it majestic and imposing.

Zhenhai Tower stands amidst the howling and raging typhoon, which resembles a demon, gradually illuminating itself with golden light, as if another bright sun has risen between heaven and earth.

The three major sea-guarding towers along the coast are all considered cultural wonders and auspicious symbols, embodying the beautiful wishes of all coastal people to suppress typhoons and torrential rains and possessing divine power.

It is also the core of the entire Fuzhou Feng Shui formation, the Seven Star Jar Formation, with seven large jars surrounding it, each symbolizing one of the seven city gates of Fuzhou: East, West, South, North, Tang, Shuibu, and Jinglou.

The gale immediately weakens by three levels upon arriving here.

Meanwhile, the runes and characters embedded in every brick, tile, and pillar lit up one after another. The stronger the wind, the brighter the light became, which could transform a portion of the wind and rain into the power of the feng shui formation itself, and in turn generate a strong repulsive force against the typhoon.

According to legend, no matter how fierce the typhoon is, it cannot cross the Tianfei Palace in Meizhou, the Dingfeng Pearl in Xiangzhou City, or the Zhenhai Tower outside Rongcheng.

Of course, it's a different story when someone is deliberately causing trouble.

Messengers kept arriving at Yu Zhifu's side to report:
"Report! General, no Japanese pirate fleet has been spotted off the coast of Rongcheng."

"Report! General, no Japanese pirate fleet has been spotted off the coast of Meizhou."

No Japanese pirate fleets were found in the waters off Xiangzhou.

Yu Zhifu nodded:
"This thing in the sky isn't the real Amakusa Shiro, the 'Tendouji'! Is he trying to use the power of a typhoon to fight me from afar?"

Then I will accompany you to the end.

They didn't even bring a temple dedicated to the deceased's physical body; how arrogant!

Having cultivated to the highest level of the three ranks of living ghosts and gods, their once vibrant physical bodies have long been transformed into portable temples.

If one relies solely on the spirit leaving the body to fight, without the blessing of this temple, one can easily defeat a small number of mid-level three-rank spirits, but fighting against living ghosts and gods of the same level is simply asking for trouble.

Once the physical body is severed and the Heavenly Temple is lost, one can only reside in the mausoleum. The living ghosts and gods become true ghosts and gods, and the speed of cultivation is reduced by countless times, making it extremely difficult to continue to break through.

Although one cultivates the path of divinity, the physical body remains of paramount importance.

It is precisely for this reason.

With a high-ranking Yin-Yang Master personally launching a surprise attack, Yu Long and Qi Hu dared not casually use their Yin Spirits to fight the enemy. They had to bring their physical bodies and their close-knit personal guards to the battle to have the confidence to capture the enemy.

Seeing the intelligence that Wang Cheng and Lu Yunchen had extracted, although everyone hated You Zhen to the core, how to deploy defenses next was a big problem.

Minzhou has a long coastline and numerous coastal prefectures and counties.

At this time of year, not only are the lower-level soldiers and men in short supply, but the upper-level soldiers are in the same boat.

Mountains are considered yang and water yin. The natural barriers of the Yangtze River and the Zhuohe River are extremely dangerous during the rainy season. If one is not careful, floods and evil spirits can spread together and cause disaster.

Zhuohe: "Old Mother, I will elbow every dynasty that neglects water management on an equal footing!"

Tianqianjiang's attitude was: "I don't care whether you repair it or not!"

Despite the fact that the suspended river has changed course and swept across the downstream area several times, the latter's power is far greater than that of the turbid river. Once it floods, it often affects not just one area, but a huge watershed.

Without the technology for large-scale water conservancy projects, people are more likely to feel helpless and try to avoid the raging torrents of the Yangtze River than to feel the heroic spirit of "man can conquer nature" that Yu the Great did when he tamed the turbid river.

With various evil spirits born from the water running rampant, the Great Zhao court, no matter how many people it had, could not fill such a huge hole.

On the other hand, if the imperial court really had strong organizational capabilities, would the Twenty-Four Guards have been so incompetent as they are now?
Now they have no way to concentrate their forces to set a trap and launch a fatal attack on Amakusa Shiro, and they cannot determine the location of the enemy's attack. In the end, they can only come up with a solution that is not a solution at all.

The city of Rongcheng must not be lost, so the commander-in-chief of the defense against Japanese pirates, Yu Long and Yu Zhifu, should openly and honestly take charge of the city.

The vigorous Qi Hu, along with his personal guards, disappeared from everyone's sight.

Just like the tricks the other party played, the real was feigned while the feigned was real, making Amakusa Shiro unable to figure out where Qi Hu was hiding, and he dared not risk his life.

If we can scare him off, the situation regarding coastal defense in Minzhou will improve significantly once the typhoon passes.

At this moment, Yu Zhifu discovered that Amakusa Shiro wanted to use this typhoon to fight him from afar, which was exactly what he wanted.

"It doesn't matter where he is hiding, let's break his divine power [Tankamikaze] first!"

If a fourth-rank official can open an altar with a thought, let alone a third-rank living ghost or deity, this celestial official, the Tiger General, could open an altar ten feet around him with a stomp of his foot.

Simply place an incense burner, light incense sticks and candles, and it becomes a "Dragon and Tiger Water and Fire Altar".

They also set out ritual implements such as magic swords, tokens, altar-suppressing wood, five-colored command flags, Tianpeng rulers, imperial bells, sweet dew bowls, and magic whips, striving to maximize their Taoist cultivation.

The whole person becomes one with the Zhenhai Tower, Pingshan Mountain, and even the city of Fuzhou, naturally entering a state of "harmony between man and nature".

The heavens have the sun and moon, and humans have eyes; the heavens have the five elements, and humans have the five internal organs; the heavens have the four seasons, and humans have the four limbs.
The human body has 12 meridians, which correspond to the 12 months of the year; the human body has 24 lumbar vertebrae, which correspond to the 24 solar terms.

Even though water makes up about 70% of the human body, water in this world also accounts for 71% of the surface area. Humans and the world are in harmony everywhere.

No altar or temple is stronger than the human body. "Dragon, Tiger, Water, Fire, raise the altar, decree!"

Yu Zhifu held a magic sword in one hand and an imperial bell in the other, and shouted.

Woo woo woo.
A cold wind blew, and the incense smoke filled the air.

Light and shadow flowed above the head of this "Tiger General," rapidly outlining a golden-armored divine general who seemed even taller than the Zhenhai Tower.

Clad in dazzling Wenshan armor, each of his six arms wields a knife, spear, sword, halberd, dragon-patterned staff, and cannon, while riding a majestic crimson tiger.

This is Yu Zhifu's [Ghost and God Dharma Image]!
The soldiers around him felt a stinging pain in their eyes and their eyes welled up with tears at the mere sight of him. They quickly formed a battle formation with their comrades, using their surging military spirit to lend their general a helping hand.

Yu Zhifu shook the imperial bell and chanted an incantation:

"The heavens and earth are ablaze with fire, and suddenly the God of Fire appears. The true fire of heaven soars through the sky."

Five directions of thunder and fire, flames and thick smoke. The Fire Immortal General, the Fire Emperor's Golden Bell. Flowing gold and hurling fire, endless transformations. The Great Sage's command is obeyed, what demon dares to charge?

He suddenly unleashed his signature move as a living ghost: [Fire Department Divine Power - Sudden Fire God].

The demonic image instantly burst into flames, and with the power of the Seven Star Jar Divination Formation beneath its feet, it thrust its sword fiercely towards the pitch-black sky.

"break!"

A line of crimson sword light stretched as far as the eye could see, like a bright sun rising slowly from the sea.

In the blink of an eye, it carried the prayers of countless people into the sky, its magnificent and blazing aura suddenly filling the heavens and earth, and even the clouds began to burn fiercely.

Finally, a ray of the setting sun pierced through the thick clouds and shone upon Zhenhai Tower.

It will also connect heaven and earth, greatly changing the feng shui pattern, and use the power of mountains and seas to fight against typhoons.

One side attacks, the other defends, and the struggle begins.

The voices of countless men, women, young and old in the world merged into one:
"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"

However, this typhoon is like a snowball rolling down a mountain peak. It can be triggered with very little force, but it will grow bigger and bigger, and its potential energy will become stronger and stronger.

Until even the instigator is powerless to change its trajectory.

This contest was unfair from the very beginning.

Fortunately, Zhenhailou and Yu Zhifu had helpers.

Xinghua Prefecture, Meizhou City.

Here stands the Tianfei Palace, the ancestral temple of the Heavenly Princess in Meizhou.

Located on the north bank of Meizhou Bay, the temple faces west and has a main hall with five bays in width and two courtyards in depth.

Although it may not seem very large, if viewed with the discerning eye, one can see that the simple temples suddenly transform into a continuous celestial palace, with the rich incense and vows forming golden clouds and dripping with spiritual rain.

There were also people performing rituals in front of the Tianfei Palace.

Ring ring ring.
The Dragon Girl in her true form and her reincarnated form, the Pearl Dweller, stood on a white jade altar carved in the shape of a lotus flower, wearing silver bells on their feet, their skirts swaying, and danced the Nuo dance together.

At the same time, he began to sing the "Great Nuo Twelve Witch Tunes," which is incomprehensible to ordinary people.

"Jia eats evil, Jiwei eats tiger, Xiongbo eats demon, Tengjian eats misfortune. All twelve gods chase evil and wickedness, ravage your body, tear your trunk, dismember your flesh, and extract your lungs and intestines."

"You mustn't leave immediately; the rest will be our provisions!"

She danced and sang, her red skirt billowing, the silver bells on her fair ankles ringing with each step, their ethereal sounds blending with the rhythm of her hands to create a wondrous melody.
The statue of the Heavenly Consort in the palace gradually lit up with golden light, and a beam of light shot straight into the sky, causing the churning black sea and the roaring typhoon to suddenly pause.

Before her death, the Heavenly Princess made a grand vow to never marry, never be involved in worldly affairs, and only rescue refugees from ships in distress at sea.

This is how the power of the Big Dipper descending, manifesting in the human world, communicating with the spirits of the vast ocean, and performing supernatural transformations came to be.

And this man-made typhoon just happened to fall within her jurisdiction.

Born from the vast ocean, the combined might of Heaven and man-made disasters meant that Zhenhai Tower and Yu Zhifu alone might not be able to overcome it.

However, with the help of the Heavenly Princess and Yan Yunxiao, the typhoon's trajectory was finally altered.

The Zhenhai Tower and Tianfei Palace jointly performed a ritual that lasted until midnight.

The stagnant eye of the typhoon slowly moved northward along the coastline of Minzhou, eventually making a large loop before rushing back into the sea and heading northeast.

The entire city of Minzhou was immediately filled with jubilation.

"Long live!"

"Hey, it seems like it bounced towards Yingzhou?"

"who cares."

(End of this chapter)