Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"No, why not?"

[What was the fog just now? ]

"The mist is the sword taking shape, not guiding the mist. But according to the Dragon King, it should be able to guide the clouds."

[Maybe, there is some secret formula? ]

"How come it's like a palm leaf fan, and it needs a password to unlock it? Well, by the way, the golden cudgel is a stick for determining the depth of the water, and it should also be able to guide the flow of water. Why haven't we seen Sun Wukong use it?"

[Maybe he didn't get the password? ]

"I have to ask."

[You have to go back and get more of what you haven't taken yet, right? You killed someone and you also killed his heart? Shrimp and pig heart make one dish, right? ]

"He said it himself. That treasure is not from the Dragon Palace. It was left here by King Yu. So whoever finds it belongs to it. I wouldn't say it at any other time, but he said it in front of the three Heavenly Masters. You see, he is so respectable. Of course I have to help him realize his complete loyalty - whatever is left must be taken. I'm going to get the password now."

"No need to look for it, I can do it myself." Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him. The moment the voice appeared, a breeze blew behind him.

Ao Zang is back again.

"Hey, isn't this His Excellency Dragon King? What are you doing here?" He quietly put the White Emperor Sword into his arms - it was the Heavenly Master who was here just now, and the Heavenly Master could suppress him. Since the Dragon King was so respectful, Shangluo didn't want to repeatedly provoke him on the pressure line. After all, it's a bargain, so just be a good boy.

"I'm here to look for the Dinghai Shenzhen. I guess you, Lord Shang Tian."

"I didn't see it, I really didn't see it."

"I know you didn't see it. What I meant was that I always heard that Shang Tianjun could find treasures if he was lucky. If you find it, you don't have to return it. This is the artifact left behind by King Yu. If you find it, it's yours - I mean, 'if' you find it, understand?"

He looked at Shangluo with a respectful look. Shangluo nodded respectfully: "I understand, I understand, as long as I 'pick it up'."

"But..." Ao Zang changed the subject, "I have a condition."

"?" Shangluo didn't say anything, just looked at him.

"First of all, let me make it clear that I am not discussing the ownership of the Dinghai Shenzhen. Once Sun Wukong took it, it belongs to Sun Wukong, and it is not easy for the East China Sea to take it back - but, but. The Dinghai Shenzhen is useful in the East China Sea, and we need King Yu's artifact to suppress the sea abyss and return to the ruins."

Chapter 1138 A decent shot

"Ah, what would happen if not?"

"It won't be a big deal for the East China Sea. But for the land, it will be a big problem. Guixu is a bottomless hole in the sea that can control the rise and fall of the global sea water. This Dinghai Shenzhen is a controller used to regulate Guixu and the global water cycle. It is useful, it is really useful. Apart from other things, we brought it with us to control the clouds and tame the rainstorms during this expedition against Xu Fu. Now that we have lost this treasure, it will be troublesome for us to concentrate the clouds to bring rain."

He pointed to the sky and said, "Our mirage uses clouds as carriers to spread here. Lord Shang Tian, ​​you have also seen that without clouds, we would not be able to transport the mirage here."

"By the way, what exactly is this... No, what exactly is that Dinghai Shenzhen that has not been found yet? The Golden Cudgel should be a ruler, right?"

"The real name of the golden cudgel you mentioned is 'Tianhe Dingdi Shenzhen Iron', which is indeed a tool used to measure the depth of rivers. However, it recognized its master as soon as it saw Sun Wukong. As soon as they met, it even gave him a name, and directly marked the 'Ruyi Jingu Bang' and its own weight."

[Ah, your sword doesn't seem to be that obedient yet. It hasn't marked its name on its head, and it hasn't recognized you as its master.]

"That's normal. After all, I'm not Monkey King. But there's still a lot of time, and there are plenty of opportunities." He asked Ao Zang again, "What's its real name? Is it another ruler?"

"It's not a ruler. It's the feather on the flag that King Yu used to measure wind and rain. It's an indicator of wind direction. Unlike the golden hoop stick, it's made of silk or some other fabric that can move with the wind and clouds. Sensing the changing winds and clouds between heaven and earth, this treasure that can change with the wind might end up in the hands of a certain celestial monarch. Who this person of destiny is is really hard to guess."

"Ah~~Ahahaha." Shangluo laughed, "So there is still a pole, right?"

"Yes, I have a pole here. But the most important thing about the 'Xiangfeng Flag' is the feather flag on it, and the pole is just a consumable. But things have come to this point, I will be polite and give you the flagpole as well." As he spoke, Ao Zang took out a long box from behind him, "Keep it, Shang Tianjun. What if, I mean what if. What if you pick up the feather flag that moves with the wind and clouds, and condense it into a soft sword, then you can use the flagpole inside as a scabbard."

"Oh my, this is so embarrassing." He took the flagpole.

"That's enough. At this point, I'm considered respectable enough."

"So, Master Ao Zang," Shang Luo asked, "If, I mean if. If I happened to pick it up, and I happened to be chosen by Yu Bao to be his master, then should I help you finish the unfinished business?"

"There are still many good people in this world." Ao Zang looked up, "Apart from anything else, we still have to continue to use it to guide the mirage to attack Xu Fu."

"So what should I do? Once I find it, I will continue to guide the cloud energy. Is there any mantra I should recite?"

"It's not a matter of formula. If the formula could solve it, Sun Wukong could have used the golden hoop to flood Chentang Pass. In fact, it has something to do with identity - the dragon clan's general Yinglong was a water control officer under King Yu. The dragons under Yinglong followed King Yu's orders to dredge the rivers and seas and guide the water within the dikes built by the people. After the water control, King Yu granted the dragon clan the 'one arrow land' outside the shore, and determined the sea border with one arrow. With the enfeoffment from King Yu, the boundaries of the land and the water clan were determined. And this Dinghai Shenzhen -" Ao Zang looked at the sky:

"This Dinghai Shenzhen is a token left in the sea by King Yu after he established the sea borders. The dragon clan followed Yinglong Dajiang to unify the water, so the power of supervising water was also given to me. If you, Shang Tianjun, want to use it to control the clouds, you just need to transform into a dragon body - so what sin have I committed? I always thought that giving away the dragon ball would eliminate disasters, but I didn't expect that destiny was waiting here. If you give away the dragon ball, you have to give away the whole set, so it's decent to give it away here."

"Oh, this." Shangluo felt a little embarrassed. "Without the Dinghai Shenzhen, how will Donghai suppress Guixu in the future?"

"It's okay, it's nothing serious. Guixu isn't a toilet that can be flushed whenever you say so. I won't flush it for now."

"But what if?"

"In the eyes of Shang Tianjun, there are indeed all living beings in the world. How about this, if Shang Tianjun is free later, you might as well go to the West Sea with me to discuss it. Anyway, we have already taken down the west wall to repair the east wall, so why not take it down again."

[Shangluo! Promise him now! West Sea. Atlantis in Atlantis! No one knows where it is, only East Sea knows! ]

"Yes, yes, yes! Promise him quickly!" Victoria's voice also came out.

Apollonia got anxious when she heard the name, and even Victoria was activated. Atlantis, an important ally of the Roman Empire, and a neighbor that would never be seen. They took on nearly half of the Roman Empire's national destiny and maintained the navigation of submarines and all other phlogiston stealth. It was with the help of Atlantis that the Roman Empire could travel freely in the spiritual world. But the alliance between Rome and Atlantis had long been lost in the years.

Even Victoria didn't know what the specific content of the covenant was.

"Shangluo!" Victoria said, "I must go to Atlantis! Rome is about to fall, and I have to go there to hand over the covenant. Otherwise, if we can't gather enough people to send them to Atlantis, no one will be able to guide us."

"Is that so? Well, then I won't refuse. Oh no, I will go there without any hesitation."

"There are still many good people in this world!" Ao Zang patted Shang Luo's shoulder vigorously, "Young people are different. They really make us old guys feel ashamed! You got the advantage and you are still so obedient!"

"Oh, that's right, it's right." Shangluo had no choice but to nod.

"Then it's a deal." Ao Zang was afraid that he would go back on his word, so he set a date. "After the expedition against Xu Fu, I'll come to see you after a few days of rest. It's not that I'm anxious, but the hole in Guixu must be filled. I wasn't kidding when I said the toilet would flush, but who knows when it will flush? What if the global sea level suddenly rises by a few meters? It won't matter to us, but the people on the shore will suffer."

"Okay, okay. Then we should now..."

"Go and condense the mirage first. Assemble your Xiangfeng flag first, we should get to work." Ao Zang said, "It's just right that you are at the vanguard, so that the mirage can spread faster. Rise to the top of the cloud, and when I draw the mirage over, you can catch it with your Xiangfeng flag, and the wind and cloud will move."

Chapter 1139 Clouds

"Shangluo, we are ready here." Ao Zang sent a message, "If you are ready too, you can raise the flag and we will gather the clouds again."

Shangluo put down his phone after hearing that. He took out the flagpole. This flagpole was made of mixed iron, very heavy, and looked like a good weapon. However, compared with the artifacts above, this flagpole was indeed a consumable. It didn't even deserve its own name.

He drew out his sword and threw it into the sky. The sword dissipated into clouds and mist and landed on the top of the flagpole. Five-colored light shone from the gaps in the clouds, but the mirage on the zenith immediately began to respond to the treasure that King Yu used to control the clouds. Under the control of the dragons, although Shangluo himself had not yet transformed into a dragon, the clouds of the mirage had already gathered again. As a result, Taros, the "giant spirit god", also began to grow gradually until he reached the sky and the earth.

The mirage that returned was denser than the previous one, almost completely blocking out the light in the sky. Occasionally, light from the sky seeped through the gaps in the clouds, but was immediately blocked by the surging black clouds. There were lightning flashes in the clouds, which was different from the previous mirage.

[Hmm? Eh? ? ?] Suddenly, Apollonia's figure began to dissipate, [Why is your mirage not right? Why can't I transform? ]

Before he finished speaking, the giant spirit began to shrink as if it had lost air.

Shangluo was still in the sky for the time being, relying on the flagpole. However, everything around him changed drastically as the lightning surged in the clouds.

The fog had completely dissipated. The sky and the earth suddenly became much clearer, but the lightning above was also very conspicuous. The thunderclouds were getting lower and lower, and they seemed to cover the sky and the earth.

"Shangluo, there's something wrong!" Ao Zang suddenly sent a message, "The mirage is all gone!"

"What's going on over there?"

"The mirage we gathered together turned into an ordinary cloud as soon as it touched your flag. The one gathering above your head is now an ordinary thundercloud. No, why does it seem so unusual?"

Before he finished speaking, a bolt of lightning blasted through the passage between them. Ao Zang's voice disappeared.

"Hello? Hello, hello?" The sudden disconnection made him realize that something was wrong. He quickly changed his number and called the fleet directly. The dragons were now gathering clouds above the fleet.

"Hey, Senior Fu, what happened over there?"

"What a huge dragon is dancing wildly. My goodness, it looks like it was struck by lightning - so don't stand in high places during thunderstorms. It looks like Ao Zang, I'll go take a look."

——Fu Yuanshan flew up into the sky. He saw that all the dragons were looking up at the heaven as if they were in a state of panic.

"Your Majesty! The thunder is coming again!" A dragon in the sky saw the condensed thunder and quickly responded with a dragon roar.

Ao Zang, who was below him, braced himself and assumed the posture of a coiled dragon. The thunder from the sky fell and hit his dragon horn. The lightning passed through his body, and the lightning flashed between his scales and horns, causing sparks to fly all over his body. Ao Zang roared in pain, and his dragon tail and body danced in a posture that matched the shape of the thunder, directing the lightning out and dropping it directly into the sea below.

Although he did not bear all the lightning, Ao Zang was severely injured by the lightning. The dragons gathered around Ao Zang and supported him. Fu Yuanshan was about to go up to help.

"here we go again!"

Suddenly, another bolt of lightning struck from the sky. The approaching dragons immediately scattered, and the clouds mingled with dragon roars. Ao Zang was once again trapped in the middle. The lightning was aimed at him. If you get too close, you'll be struck. Everyone knew it now.

"Oh, this." Fu Yuanshan held the phone, "Shangluo, it seems something terrible has happened. Ao Zang seems to have been struck by lightning twice."

Before he finished speaking, there was another "boom".

"Three times."

"Hey, hey, hey, Senior Fu, are you okay? You were standing next to him?"

"Of course I'm fine." Fu Yuanshan replied, "Why do you think I practice the Way of Blessings? I practice the Way of Blessings for the final thunder tribulation. Look, Ao Zang and I are standing next to each other, and the thunder doesn't strike me at all."

Fu Yuanshan's merits played an extraordinary role in avoiding lightning. As soon as he stood here, another bolt of lightning struck Ao Zang next to him.

At this time, Ao Zang was already breathing out but not in. Although he had resolved all three lightning bolts and did not bear all the power, he no longer had the energy he had just now. Looking back at his surroundings, the thunderclouds were endless and he could neither stop them nor escape. He opened half of his eyes and looked at Fu Yuanshan: "General Fu, are you on the phone with Shang Tianjun?"

Fu Yuanshan nodded.

"Hurry up and tell him to put away his magical powers. I am a bad person. I know what's going on. Please stop attacking me."

distance.

Watching from afar, the clouds rose again, turned into thunderclouds, and then dissipated. Sa Shoujian knew that things in Shangluo were becoming troublesome again.

"Master Sa." Zhang Sanfeng beside him suddenly said, "We have replaced him with a more powerful one. Our original intention was not to let him get the Dinghai Shenzhen. Well, it seems that we have to think of another way."

After Shangluo was struck by the thunder tribulation, the purpose of the heavenly masters to award him the sword was very clear - he was no longer able to use normal Taoist methods after being struck by the thunder tribulation, and even changing a curse would turn it into something fatal. The current situation is the same. The magic array laid by the Dragon Palace was originally based on the mirage cloud. The thunder cloud of the Dragon Palace can provide a foundation for other Dragon Palace spells to be performed.

The environment on the shore was not suitable for using dragon magic. Therefore, the essence of the mirage was to move the environment inside the Dragon Palace over here, so that the fixed Dragon Palace could appear here in the form of a mirage. However, at this time, the magic of the Dragon Palace had been transformed into thunderclouds. They also heard thunder, probably because the thunder and lightning were launched, which made Shangluo withdraw his magic power.

"Tsk." Zhang Sanfeng counted with his fingers, "Ao Zang has met with disaster."

"So this is why it is important for us to cultivate blessings and merits. Thunder and lightning are the great power of heaven and earth, and cultivating immortals is to go against heaven. From the beginning, we should prepare for the final thunder tribulation, so that we can go the longest. Although my useless disciple is indeed useless and has no serious behavior except for eating for free, he has accumulated a lot of merits and he will probably live the longest."

"Sa Jun, that's a good point." Zhang Sanfeng smiled, "It seems that our Lord Ao Zang lacks great virtue."

"He did too much, so he naturally made many mistakes. If he had done nothing, there wouldn't be the disaster today. His old senior, Ao Guang, understood things much better than he did. The dragon race has a bad fate, and they must live in harmony with fate. This is the fate of the dragon race. Ao Guang has accepted his fate, but it seems that our new Dragon King still hasn't accepted it."

Chapter 1140: Avoiding the Three Disasters

"Maybe from now on, he has to accept his fate." Zhang Sanfeng guessed.

"I don't think so. I also know that even if this guy is struck by lightning this time, he will not repent, but will only think that he is unlucky. It is because of this that he lacks virtue. As a result, you see, he fell into Shangluo's hands. The feast almost started."

"I have lived for quite a long time, but this is the first time I have seen someone not avoiding the three disasters, but letting others avoid them. Zhang Sanfeng saw the essence of the problem - Ao Zang almost lost his life this time because he did not avoid Shangluo and the disaster he suffered was too severe.

"Wulian Tianzun." Sa Shoujian recited a sentence, "There is a good sentence in the Water Margin: He does not do good deeds on weekdays, but only knows how to kill and set fires. Today he was struck by lightning, I wonder if he knows who he is."

Zhang Sanfeng shook his head. "Compared to this, Shangluo's problem concerns me more. We gave him the sword so that he could control his own thunder tribulation. But now, he has obtained the magic weapon that King Yu used to control the clouds, and now the thunder tribulation has turned into real thunder from the sky. He seems to be having a lot of fun."

The function of the White Emperor Sword is to absorb the thunder tribulation. In the minds of the Heavenly Masters, Shangluo can entrust the thunder tribulation to the White Emperor Sword, turning it into a real sword of killing, thus freeing himself from the restrictions of the thunder tribulation.

The current situation is a manifestation of Shangluo's inability to escape the calamity - even if he is not in charge, but just participates in the magic of the Dragon Palace, the mirage energy will be tainted by thunder energy, which in turn will directly strike the most unethical person present, that is, the Dragon King himself.

Now is not the most troublesome time. When everyone ascends to heaven and spiritual energy is everywhere, Shangluo will face real trouble. At that time, he may not even be able to use the communication equipment.

"Hmm?" Zhang Sanfeng looked up at the sky, and saw a beam of white light flying towards him. He drew out his Tai Chi sword, blocked the beam of white light, and put it into his scabbard.

"The White Emperor's sword spirit has flown back." Zhang Sanfeng temporarily put the White Emperor's sword spirit that he had entrusted to his sword into the scabbard, "It looks like I can't send it out yet."

"After all, the White Emperor Sword Intention is also a good treasure, and he is not willing to compete with the Dinghaishenzhen Intention for a sword body. It seems that our sword box did not forge the White Emperor Sword, but forged the Dinghaishenzhen."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Zhang Sanfeng shook his head. "I knew this trip would be full of twists and turns, but I never thought that even delivering a sword would have twists and turns. This Qilin child destined by heaven is really a pleasant surprise. What should I do now?"

"Don't worry, don't worry." Sa Shoujian waved his hand, "We didn't intend to send it out all at once. It's just that this matter is really confusing. They are fighting monsters, and we have to fight wits and courage with the fate of Shangluo. Now it seems that the sword box we carefully prepared is still unable to carry the sword intent of the White Emperor Sword. We have to use 'that' plan."

"I didn't want to use that. After all, we're not alchemists. None of us really want to use alchemy."

Fangshu, or "primitive Taoist magic", is the magic used by sorcerers before the emergence of formal Taoist magic.

Compared with the current Taoism, these "primitive Taoist techniques" seem a bit absurd and inexplicable.

But the techniques of alchemy and Taoism are consistent in one point - avoiding the three disasters.

There are countless magic tricks for avoiding the three disasters in the art of magic. Among them is a magic trick called "Sending the Staff".

"It looks like we have to use the second plan. We still have to find a real alchemist." Zhang Sanfeng looked into the distance, "Sa Jun, do you know that old alchemist?"

"He has been waiting for me for a long time. I just hope we can bring him a good result this time."

[Eh? Did something fly out just now? ]