Chapter 1 Changes in the World
Nine Cloud Palace, Luohua Pavilion.
In the pavilion, a round stone table exudes an ancient atmosphere, a teapot and five teacups are placed on the table, and five stone benches are placed around the stone table, as if they have been placed for a long time and have never changed. There was a faint fragrance in the teapot, and a man dressed in green sat at the table, took out an upside-down teacup, lifted the teapot and poured himself a cup of fragrant tea, and then got up and walked to the pavilion.
At this time, it is autumn, and the scenery outside the pavilion is full of gloom, falling leaves, and geese flying...... All things felt the arrival of autumn, and fell into withering, the heavens and the earth were full of murderous atmosphere, and a desolation shrouded people's hearts.
The man in green looked into the distance and chanted in his mouth: "The mountains and rivers of a thousand years have been calm for a long time, and the cumulus clouds have become rain and soaked in the four glooms. The yin wind blows to the end, and the flowers bloom and fall into the pavilion. β
"What does this mean?" said the man in green, sipping his tea, with a slightly sad face. After a long time, he waved his left hand in the air, and an extremely pure power turned into four leaves, on which were clearly written three large characters: Luohua Pavilion. Then the leaves flew out in all directions with the sound of piercing the air,
The man in green sat back at the table and continued to drink tea as if nothing had happened.
Not long after the leaves flew out, the four bright lights of yellow, blue, red, and brown converged from all directions to the Luohua Pavilion, and the light dissipated, and four men dressed in yellow, blue, red, and brown appeared in front of the pavilion.
The man in green in the pavilion didn't look with his eyes, he put down his teacup and seemed to know that someone was coming. His mind moved, and the four remaining teacups on the table floated into the air, and then landed neatly on the table. The man in green lifted the teapot unhurriedly, poured four cups of tea, waved his hand again, and the four teacups flew to the four people outside the pavilion.
After receiving the tea, the four of them walked to the Luohua Pavilion and sat down, "Mu Zu, I haven't seen you for a thousand years, you are still so unhurried or slow", one of the men in blue said calmly.
"You are the same, still so old-fashioned," replied the man in green.
"Mu Zu, I'm afraid the five of us haven't seen each other for thousands of years," the man in red said arrogantly.
"yes, I'm afraid it's going to be 5,000 years. Since we followed Daozu to pacify the world, we were appointed by Daozu as the Five Ancestors of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, responsible for guarding the five directions, controlling the five elements, and maintaining balance. Since then, we have not been able to see each other again, so this time I specially invited a few brothers to have tea and catch up on the old days." After that, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea with a comfortable face.
The man in yellow laughed, "I'm afraid it's not just about catching up with the past, right?" he asked, putting down the teacup in his hand.
Mu Zu was stunned for a moment, then regained his smile, he put down the teaglass: "Jin Zu is still so direct", Mu Zu put away his smile and said with a serious face: "That's right, I invited my brothers to come, not just to drink tea, but because I think there will be changes in the world!"
Tuzu, who had been silent, had a serious face: "Yes, we confirmed when we came, there will be chaos in this world!"
Mu Zu frowned: "Recently, the source of the wood that I am guarding has been in the process of withering, and the divine tree Bodhi has fallen leaves for no reason. What's going on over there?"
Everyone's faces were heavy. They may be right to be worried.
Jin Zu said: "The source of gold is bleak, and the Xuanyuan Ancient Sword that shocked Kyushu has lost its color, and the holy sword is covered with dust. β
Shui Zu said: "The source of water is almost dry, the divine spring that nourishes the world stops gushing, and the rivers stop flowing. β
Huo Zu said: "There are only a few sparks left in the source of fire, and half of the sky is shrouded in a dark aura. β
Tuzu said: "The source of the earth is not shaking, and the mountains that reach into the sky may collapse at any time, turning into dust to obscure the sky. β
Mu Zu could no longer calm down: "Everyone, the situation is far more serious than we imagined. Recently, I used the power of the wood spirit to transform into a flying book to report the situation of the source of wood to the Dao Ancestor, but the result was that the power of the wood spirit collapsed immediately after reaching the Void Illusion Realm where the Dao Ancestor was located, and it was impossible to reunite. Also, when I sit under Bodhi and meditate, there are always four lines of poetry that linger in my head. β
After that, Mu Zu wrote these four lines of poetry in the air with his vitality:
Thousands of years of mountains and rivers have been calm,
Cumulus clouds become rain and soak all over the world.
The wind blows to the end,
Flowers bloom and fall into the pavilion.
After hearing Mu Zu's words, everyone's faces became even more solemn. Looking at these four lines of poetry, everyone was even more confused.
"I can't fully understand the meaning of these four poems, but the poem mentions the place of Luohua Pavilion, and I think maybe the variables in the world are related to this Luohua Pavilion." Mu Zu said affirmatively.
Huo Zu wondered: "Isn't this the place where we used to drink tea together thousands of years ago, what does the chaos in the world have to do with the small pavilion?"
Jin Zu calmed down at this time, picked up the teacup and drank it again: "Since Mu Zu knows so much, won't he just tell us about the changes in the world when he called us over today, and then there will be nothing to talk about, right?"
Mu Zu looked at Jin Zu with a smile: "Those who know me, you also, and those who dismantle my platform, you too", Mu Zu got up and looked at the other four, "Yes, there will be variables in the world, you have already been aware of it, and I invite you to come today to naturally find a way to deal with it." β
Tuzu said: "In your opinion, what can we do?"
Shui Zu got up and looked at Mu Zu: "If I guess correctly, you let the five of us reunite, you don't want to use that trick, right?"
When everyone heard this, they were stunned and thoughtful.
Mu Zu said: "Knowing your heart is better than brother, you guessed right." β
"You mean animism?" asked the Fire Ancestor in disbelief.
"Not bad," Muzu replied.
Jin Zu said with some difficulty: "All things have spirits, if I remember correctly, there need to be five god-emperor level powerhouses with the vitality of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and use the principle of the five elements to give full play to the power of wood, so that people with wood attributes can comprehend all things in heaven and earth according to their own minds, and try to spy on the future." If there is a slight difference, the people of the vitality of gold, water, fire, and earth will be in disrepair, and the people of the wood attribute vitality will be trapped in the void and will never be able to return to their positions again, even the Dao Ancestor will not dare to try it easily. From ancient times to the present, only the first ancestor has successfully summoned four people who are equivalent to his own cultivation at his peak. After that, everyone who tried to spy on the future ......," Jin Zu said sadly.
The crowd was silent......
After a long time, Mu Zuyan said: "Brothers, we have pacified the world for thousands of years, and the world has been comfortable for thousands of years. Now, the world is about to change, and the peace we have managed to keep is likely to be destroyed. Are you willing? Also, all animists need is a god-emperor-level powerhouse, and we are already at the peak of the god-emperor. In the whole world, apart from us, I am afraid that no one is more capable of exerting this animism than us. β
Mu Zu's words seemed to speak to everyone's hearts. Yes, the five of them fought the world and became close friends of life and death, in exchange for this thousand years of stability, they know the preciousness of this difficulty and this peace. They used their strength to calm the world, and they were not afraid of birth and death several times, so why not be afraid to use this little animism!
"Yes!" replied in unison.
Mu Zu smiled: "It's here, it's time for this animistic peerless school to see the light of day again." But brothers, be steady, I don't want to die young. β
Everyone glanced at him with "disdain", and died young, fuck you, in this world, except for Dao Zu, you are the longest. However, they knew that this was just Mu Zu's joke, and besides, they really had to be very good at making a move, otherwise......
"Let's get started," Muzu said.
Immediately afterwards, the five people sat down in turn according to the order on the five elements totems, forming a five-element array. Mu Zu's body immediately changed his momentum, and a green light lit up from his body, which was the embodiment of the release of his wood attribute vitality. The other four people didn't dare to lag behind, and four extremely pure and powerful vitality erupted from the four people's bodies, and in an instant, the colorful light of the Luohua Pavilion was flourishing.
Mu Zu said in a low voice: "With the qi of wood as the order, gold, water, fire and earth are all centered on this, and the luck is all around the body, and the five elements are born together. β
I saw that the five people were in the Five Elements Array, the vitality condensed into an almost liquid existence and flowed in the array, fire gave birth to earth, and the manic fire attribute vitality was injected into the thick earth-attribute vitality, strengthening the depth of the earth-attribute vitality; the earth-born gold, the thick earth-attribute vitality was injected into the sharp metallic vitality, strengthening the majesty of the metallic vitality; the gold was born of water, and the sharp metallic vitality was injected into the vast water-attribute vitality, strengthening the majesty of the water-attribute vitality; and finally, the water-borne wood, the majestic water-attribute vitality was injected into the vigorous wood-attribute vitality, strengthening the mystery of the wood-attribute vitalityγ
The vitality in the Five Elements Array continued to flow and converge, and at this time, the wood attribute vitality had reached its peak.
"All things have spirits," the five shouted in unison.
At this time, a pillar of green light erupted from Mu Zu's body and rushed straight into Xiao Han, the sky and the earth changed color, and the wind and clouds met.
At this time, a green seed condensed from the center of Mu Zu's eyebrows, and then escaped into the land condensed by Tu Zu. At this time, the vitality of the Water Ancestor, the Golden Ancestor, and the Fire Ancestor rose into the sky, and the originally clear sky was immediately covered with auspicious clouds, and a spring rain that gave birth to vitality fell from the sky. The seeds germinated and sprouted, and when the rain was enough, a golden light broke through the clouds, and then transformed into ten thousand golden lights, and the clouds dispersed as soon as they were dispersed. A round of fiery red sun hung in the air, and the warm sunlight kept caressing the young shoots. I saw that the young shoots that had been baptized by the Five Elements Vitality grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and they grew into a towering tree.
That seed is the Bodhi seed, and this tree is the ancient tree Bodhi, an ancient tree Bodhi conjured up by using the animistic method of five people. Mu Zu just wanted to use this Bodhi tree to spy on the future, and Mu Zu was also a little excited when he saw this ancient tree Bodhi. He understands that the tree has become a tree, and he is halfway to trying to get a glimpse of the future.
Peering into the future is not so simple, the illusion of the ancient Bodhi tree is equivalent to a small "nature", nature has the ability to spy on the future, that is, a leaf knows the autumn. Knowing the arrival of autumn through the fall of leaves, animism is to use this principle to glimpse the development trend and results of things. Therefore, what they have to do is to replace the change of the sun and the moon and the change of time with the flow of wood attribute vitality, and catch the first leaf when the leaf falls. Because the ancient tree is the embodiment of the vitality of the five people, the fall of the leaves no longer refers to the arrival of autumn, but to the development trend and result of the situation they want to know. So, the rest of them are holding on with strength and endurance and seizing the fleeting opportunity, so it is possible to peek into the future.
Time passed under the flow of wood attribute vitality, and finally, with the efforts of the five people, the ancient Bodhi tree fell leaves. Mu Zu's heart moved, and the first fallen leaf turned into a white light and submerged into his eyebrows. Mu Zu closed his eyes and realized.
After a long time, Mu Zu opened his eyes, and his originally sharp eyes became a little distracted at this moment. They sat back down on the stone benches in front of the table in the pavilion.
"What do you see?" Jin Zu asked worriedly.
"Dao Ancestor has fallen!" Mu Zu said weakly.
The other four looked surprised!
Mu Zu lost his mind and said: "Not only that, there will be great changes in this world. That poem is the revelation left to us by the death of the Taoist ancestor, the general trend of the world, the division of a long time must be combined for a long time, this is from the time of chaos. After thousands of years of stability, the evil in the world has not been completely eradicated, but has been hidden and accumulated for thousands of years. Today, that evil force has become a behemoth that should not be underestimated. I see from the animism of all things: the reversal of the Liangyi Bagua diagram, the transposition of yin and yang, and the dark night is coming. And this is also very in line with the law of the Great Dao, yin and yang are mutually reinforcing. At the beginning of chaos, yin and yang are born, evil is yin, and justice is yang. Now that the world has been sheltered by the sun of justice for thousands of years, it is the time of the rise of evil, and it is difficult to change. β
Mu Zu swallowed his saliva and continued weakly: "Moreover, if I am not mistaken, this catastrophe of world changes will begin in this Luohua Pavilion!"
The other four lowered their heads, and none of them could speak.
"You're right, this change will begin in Luohua Pavilion!" an extremely eerie voice sounded from the clouds, echoing in the air for a long time.