Chapter Ninety-Five: The Crane Roars Shocking the World
The two sat side by side on the steps of the bridge to rest, Xu You said: "Daomen has the saying of Taizhen Eight Fragrances, Dao Xiang, De Xiang, Wuwei Incense, Natural Incense, Pure Incense, Miaodong Incense, Lingbao Hui Incense, Super Three Realms Incense, I have seen them all, it is not surprising." But the incense spit out by the three-legged toads on both sides of the jade bridge can create such a real illusion out of thin air, perhaps ...... outside of the eight incense" (Taizhen Baxiang is precisely the heart incense, referring to the realm, which is realized in the book, and there is no need to delve into it.) )
Buddhism and Taoism all love incense, borrowing from the top to the sky, down to the quiet. And Buddhism and Taoism preach, and need to use illusions to show the power of God to fool the people, so the masters of the two religions are engaged in inventions behind closed doors, and create a lot of strange fragrances that can charm the heart.
The true incense of the three-legged toad is the ecstasy incense outside the eight incense of Taizhen, which is the secret of the Heavenly Master Palace, except for the heavenly masters of the past dynasties, even the great sacrificial wine does not know the specific method of production, which can be called the treasure of the Heavenly Master Dao is not enough for outsiders.
"From the moment we climbed into this cave, we should have been in the middle of the battle. The ghost well, the evil sword, the twenty-eight beast heads, and the six bridges and the ring river are all part of the formation, and the green smoke spit out by the three-legged toad is the introduction, combined with the luminous light of the hanging beads on the wall, with everyone's inner desires and darkness as the ink, creating an extremely real illusion. If you are not a person with a firm heart and a firm faith, once you are shaken in the slightest, you will be trapped in the battle and unable to get out, either you will die of madness or exhaustion. Qingming couldn't help but praise: "And outside this cave, those dark rivers, waterholes, Yongdao and Pingxiang constitute a complete Qingming cave array. Outside the Qingming Cave, there are still 23 holes, but it is integrated with the whole Heming Mountain, with heaven and earth as the eye, the four seasons as the root, the solar terms as the guide, and the unparalleled array by itself.
"There is a formation in the array, each other is horns, complementing each other, the yin charm is seventy-two rounds, and it is really wonderful." Xu You had a hunch that it must not be accidental that this Heming Mountain absorbs the aura of heaven and earth and is the ancestral court of the Daomen. Listening to Qingming's words, I realized how powerful the people who set up the formation were at the beginning, and they were able to get here safely, which showed that luck was still on their side.
"I pride myself on knowing the eighteen bureaus of yin and yang, and there is nowhere in the world to go, and after seeing one of these twenty-four holes, I understand that the well frog cannot speak to the sea, which is really a portrayal of my generation."
"Don't be too humble, the array is dead, people are alive, we are still standing here now, you are still a blessing in disguise, you broke through the Wupin Mountain Gate, and was promoted to the little grandmaster, this is enough!"
Xu You's strength lies in enjoying the process and valuing the result. It doesn't matter how humiliating the process is, as long as the result is good, it is a success. This is one of the principles that investment banks adhere to, and it has never changed in the past two lifetimes.
After resting, Xu You walked up the nine steps, and the first thing that caught his eye was the ghost well, which looked no different at first glance, but the mysterious legend gave it a natural gorgeous coat, as if the green bricks and green algae showed some kind of heaven and earth, which was more brilliant than the palace interior. Behind the ghost well, there are three or five evil female swords inserted vertically, the sword body is secluded, simple and solemn, it is already extraordinary from a distance, and it is even more obsessive to look at it at this time.
Xu You looked behind him and suddenly found that there were nine niches chiseled in the mountain wall, which was far away, and it was relatively dark here, in a dark position under the lamp, and there was no fluorite shining, so he couldn't notice it if he didn't go to the stage.
"Qingming, these niches seem to be similar to what I saw in the big snow cave, come and see, what is it?"
Qingming followed behind him, took a closer look, and said: "It should be the shrine of the Daomen, either the divine seat of the Heavenly Gods, or the spirit card of the Heavenly Master Dao Heavenly Masters of the past dynasties." ”
But the strange thing is that these alcoves are empty, and they are only three feet into the mountain, so smooth and sleek that you can see through them at a glance. Xu You thought about it, first walked to the ghost well, looked down, and it was dark inside. Different from ordinary black, this ghost well is like a cosmic black hole, which can suck all the light into it, and as far as the eye can see, it is not even five fingers, so it can be said to be absolutely dark. When he got closer, he suddenly heard the screams and wails of thousands of ghosts, as if something had drawn him into the well. Xu You hurriedly took two steps back, breathed a sigh of relief, and when he listened again, the well was silent.
After passing through the illusion of the Six Bridges, he was a little suspicious that he had really heard the ghost scream just now. Or are the effects of sequelae resulting from auditory hallucinations? Legend has it that the ghost well below is the lonely soul and wild ghost that the underworld does not collect, all of them are angry, very powerful, and were imprisoned in the well after being subdued by Zhang Daoling, all relying on the three or five evil swords to be reluctantly suppressed, and the people whose lives are not strong enough will be translocated by the soul, or become stupid, or become a ghost.
Turning his head to look at Qingming, he squatted in front of the shrine behind him, not knowing what he was studying, Xu You walked over and asked, "How?" ”
Qingming didn't look back and said, "Lang Jun, have you ever thought about where the Lingbao Five Runes will be hidden?" It is clear at a glance here, the ghost well is unfathomable, and if you put it into it, it is better to destroy it directly. All these years have passed, Sun Guan must have memorized all the words in the Five Runes Sutra for a long time, but he still kept the scriptures, he should feel ashamed of Wei Yuansi and didn't want to burn his life's work. Then, Lang Jun, please see, the only strange place in this cave is the nine shrines. The shrine has no shrine, could it be that it was chiseled out for the sake of good looks? ”
Xu You passed through the jade bridge, physically and mentally exhausted, and the operation of his head was no longer as bright as usual, and after listening to Qingming's words, he suddenly realized, and said: "Yes, the shrine has revealed such an obvious flaw, there must be another mystery in it, will it be one of the seventy-two games of the Yin Fu?" ”
Qingming shook his head and said, "I don't think it's like ......" As soon as the words fell, his right hand was placed on the rock, and the true qi was running, and with a bang, there was an echo inside.
"Empty?"
"This is a wall made of mountain stones, and at first glance there is nothing abnormal, but if you look closely, you will find that it is not the original color of the mountain wall after polishing." Qingming's short dagger was all lost in the waterhole, but fortunately, this false wall was not too thick, and he was reborn again, and just became a little grandmaster, breaking through the mountain stone with pure internal force, and opening the passage little by little.
Sure enough, there was a cave inside, and nine steps deeper, there was a half-human-high gilded statue of the god, and below the statue was a three-layer niche made of fine iron, and strangely, the door of the niche was locked by a thick iron chain. Since the passage can only accommodate one person, for safety reasons, Qingming went to check first, and after a while, I heard him sigh and said, "Zhengyi is a real person...... Lang Jun, this is the statue of Zhang Daoling! ”
Zhang Daoling, the ancestor of the Heavenly Master Taoist Founding Sect, is also the second Taoist ancestor who made Crane Ming Mountain make a crane sound after Guangchengzi, and then soared in the daytime.
His god statue is all over the world's Taoist temples, and there is also a large hall on Heming Mountain to worship incense, but there is a gilded statue hidden in this dark ghost place, and the niche is surrounded by iron locks, how strange it looks.
However, Heavenly Master Dao started by catching ghosts, and it is not incomprehensible that he is contaminated with some ghostly bad habits. Qingming retreated and said, "There is no trap!" ”
Xu You bent down to enter, as Qingming said, this is the statue of Zhang Daoling's god, the carving is exquisite, and the eyebrows and eyes are like living creatures, which makes people feel a chill in their hearts. There is nothing strange about the others, only the niche at the bottom is locked with iron chains, Xu You reached out and touched it, it was cold and piercing, not like the iron that is usually used, it is the same material as the niche, thick and strong, maybe only the great master can open it by force.
After coming out, I discussed it with Qingming, the iron chain is not a stone, not to mention that Qingming is constantly shaking with internal force, even if it can be broken, I am afraid of hurting the things that may be placed inside. So leave it for the time being, go to the second alcove, first hit the passage, and then look inside, not surprisingly, it is another gilded god statue: heir Zhang Heng. The niche is also chained.
The third niche is the statue of the god of the department teacher Zhang Lu, the fourth, fifth, and sixth ...... All are the Heavenly Master Taoist Heavenly Masters of the past dynasties, the seventh is Chen Long, who once wrote the Ghost Eye Sutra, and was later renamed the Divine Aspect Sutra.
The eighth is the early death of the heavenly master Ning Jiuzhou, it is said that he died of a violent illness after only three years of reign, and the ninth is Sun Guan and Ning Xuangu's master: Guan Miao Zhenjun Wei Yuansi.
It turned out that behind these nine niches, there were hidden statues of the gods and lords of the nine generations of Heavenly Masters of the Heavenly Master Dao for hundreds of years!
Xu You and Qingming glanced at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes, and after a lot of hard work, they finally found the location of the Lingbao Five Runes. Qingming said decisively: "I'll try, maybe I can open the niche ......" He held the chain, his face was red and then white, only the crisp clanging sound of metal colliding, but the chain was intact.
He had to try again, Xu You stopped him, manpower is sometimes poor, this iron chain is very likely to be made of meteorite iron or ferrotungsten, it is impossible to break it with his bare hands, and it is just a waste of time to try again, and he may be eaten by internal forces and hurt himself.
Xu You suddenly looked back, and his eyes fell on the three-five slashing female sword that had stood alone for an unknown number of years!
"This sword is very likely to be the eye of this Heaven and Earth Great Array, if you pull it out, the consequences are unpredictable!" Xu You hesitated.
Qingming closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "Lang Jun, the niche seat has made it clear that there is no shortcut to open, and only by cutting the iron chain can you find out." No matter what happens after the sword is drawn, we have no choice! ”
"It's okay, it's useless to think too much, and be improvised!" Xu You calculated the time, they had been in the cave for most of the day, and if they delayed any longer, the people left behind above would definitely be suspicious, if they finally got the Five Fu Sutra, but they were trapped in Heming Mountain, what was the point?
Sometimes there must be in life, and it's time to give it a shot!
Qingming walked over, holding the hilt of the sword and lifting it up, the sword body did not move at all. You must know that he is now in the fifth grade, although he didn't use all his strength, it was enough to break stones and break gold, but he couldn't pull out a sword.
"Up!"
Qingming Qi traveled through Zhou Tian, and his whole body was full of strength, and when he heard a click, the sword body finally moved, and slowly rose with his arm. The body of the sword was illuminated by fluorite, and the brilliance circulated between the sun and moon runes, like a colorful phoenix soaring into the sky, indescribably shocking.
As soon as the sword body left the high platform, suddenly the twenty-eight cast bronze beast heads trembled at the same time, and the large mouth that had been raised began to slowly lower. Xu You hurriedly said: "Hurry, do it, I'm afraid of change!" ”
Qingming also knew that at a critical juncture, he flashed in front of Wei Yuansi's statue of the god and master, the sword light was like practice, the iron chain was suddenly broken into two, the incision was as smooth as a mirror, and there was not even a sound.
Open the iron door of the niche, there is a book inside, and there are five big characters written on it: Lingbao Five Runes.
"It's here!"
As soon as Qingming caught the scriptures, the twenty-eight beast heads had all bowed their heads, and he could faintly hear the sound of surging water coming from the pipes, but fortunately he had been prepared, and put the scriptures into a waterproof cowhide bag and sealed them, and then put them in the hidden bag.
Without doing anything, Xu You said loudly: "The other eight niches are all cut down!" ”
Qingming body is like a rabbit, between a few breaths, from the seventh to the second niche all swept away, found an unknown short sword, the original of the ghost eye scripture, and a few things too late to look at carefully, just care about putting the scriptures into the cowhide bag, and other people who are not afraid of water hide well.
When he came to the statue of Zhang Daoling, Qingming swung his sword and cut off the iron chain, and heard several loud noises of knock, knock, knock in his ears.
Bang!
Twenty-eight and huge water columns shot out from the mouth of the beast's head, and at the same time, the dozen or so stone pillars supporting the top of the mountain collapsed one after another, and the mountain walls on the top of the mountain and the surrounding mountains also fell gravel, Qingming pulled Yin Changsheng from the steps to the side of the ghost well, and Xu You stood back to back, in the face of such a vast heavenly might, except for waiting, any wisdom and force were useless.
"Lang Jun, what should I do?"
"Wait! Don't forget, every time this Yin Rune Array goes to a desperate place, it will definitely open the door of a lifetime, if my expectations are good, only Zhang Daoling has this magical power to create such a large array of aura that seizes the heavens and the earth. Think about it, this array has been passed down for hundreds of years, is it to kill the next generation? ”
"But we broke the formation like this and destroyed the shrines of the Heavenly Masters of the Heavenly Master Dao, maybe we are violating the taboo ......"
Xu You felt that the ground was shaking, and he was about to lose his footing, but he laughed loudly and said, "What kind of person is Zhang Daoling, who would let his god master hide in that cave like a pig?" The nine niches are locked with iron chains, but they are secretly connected to the mechanism that destroys the stone pillars on the top of the cave, and they take great pains to save Sun Guan, who else is there besides Sun Guan, who secretly swallows the Five Runes? ”
Qingming Mao suddenly opened and said: "When Zhang Daoling set up the formation, there was a living gate, and he pulled out three or five evil swords, which would have only sprayed water on the head of the beast, and we could get out after finding the living gate." But Sun Guan destroyed the stone pillar, so that the person who broke the formation would die in the chaos of stones before he found the door of life......"
There was more and more water in the cave, almost overflowing the steps of the six bridges to flood the high platform, and at this moment, countless small whirlpools suddenly appeared in the moat that surrounded the high platform, and then gradually converged to form three large whirlpools.
"This is Shengmen!"
But the three whirlpools, each in three different directions, which one is the real life?
The more dangerous it is, the calmer Xu You becomes, and said with a smile: "There is water in the ground, what is it?" ”
"Master hexagram, Kun up and down, dangerous and smooth." Qingming pointed to one of the whirlpools and said, "Set the direction with Fuxi gossip, and the birth gate is here!" Lang Jun, let's go! ”
Xu You shook his head and said, "The hexagram of the master is that if you take risks, you will be smooth. What is insurance? Knowing that we have broken the previous three roads with Fuxi gossip, what kind of problem is it to repeat the old tricks here? It is not common sense to take risks, so it is necessary to determine the direction with the gossip of King Wen. He pointed to another whirlpool and said, "Get out of here!" ”
The gravel on the top of the cave fell more and more, Xu You made a look at Qingming, Qingming took a black towel to cover his face, and with a flick of his fingers, he lifted the prohibition on Yin Changsheng's body, and stimulated his physical potential, and woke up from a coma.
Yin Changsheng seemed to have had a dream, in which he suffered many injuries and suffered a lot, and dimly heard Lin Tong's voice full of anger and unwillingness: "You got the Evil Slashing Sword, don't you dare to show your true face?" Who are you? ”
The other person laughed proudly and said, "Don't look at my face, but, in order to prevent you from being a vain ghost, it doesn't hurt to tell you, I am the god of Mingwu Heavenly Palace, I am the god of Mingwu Heavenly Palace, I am single and mixed into Heming Mountain, steal your three or five evil female swords, and see what face Sun Guan's dog thief still has in the world, hahahaha!" ”
In the rampant laughter, the man pierced Lin Tong's heart with a sword, and the corpse fell to the ground, and then raised the sword and walked towards Yin Changsheng. Yin Changsheng knew that he was dying, but he was not very afraid, and wanted to speak, but the sharp pain in his chest and abdomen made him unable to say a word.
Another boulder fell, and I heard him shout: Oh no, it's going to collapse! A stone kicked up under his feet and smashed right on Yin Changsheng's forehead.
Yin Changsheng passed out again.
Xu You got up from the ground, Qingming held him firmly, tied the three or five evil swords behind him, and fell into the whirlpool without hesitation, while the belt wrapped around Yin Changsheng and brought him in together.
This person is just a shadow, if he is lucky enough to live, he can plant everything on the head of the six heavens, then it is no better, Lin Tong's identity may be able to be used in the future; If life is not hard enough and he dies in this whirlpool, it doesn't matter, it's a big deal that Lin Tong disappears completely, so that the Heavenly Master Dao will go to heaven and earth, and he won't be able to find a creditor.
The moment the three of them entered the water, the cave finally couldn't hold on, collapsed violently, and a number of originally orderly dark rivers gushed in, and finally converged together, like thousands of troops and horses, from the top of the crane to the neck of the crane and then to the belly of the crane, flying straight down, rushing out at the foot of the crane, flowing into the inclined river at the foot of the mountain.
Thousands of people in the mountains stopped at the same time, all of them were shocked,
Crane Song Mountain, finally sounded the third crane song in thousands of years!