Chapter 43: Breaking the Ground
Daoist Zunyun took Gongsun Shengyan back more than ten steps and stood on a floor with a pattern depicted. It is a polished stone floor, smooth as a mirror, and is completely black, taking up a quarter of the entire hall. There are a lot of golden dots carved on the floor that Gongsun Shengyan can't understand, some are big and some are small, some are dense and some are sparse, it seems that each of them is not arbitrary, but has a fixed direction. Some of the dots are connected by thin golden straight lines, or cross each other or end to end, forming a huge pattern.
"Master Su, please take off your shirt. Daoist Zunyun said calmly.
Gongsun Shengyan did not refuse, nor did he hesitate, he quickly took off his clothes to reveal his naked upper body, although the cold in the mountains hit people when he came, but it was not so cold in the cave, and the temperature was completely able to adapt to him.
Daoist Zunyun walked up to the three statues again and bowed, turned to look at Gongsun Shengyan, and carefully said what he was going to do next.
It turned out that the so-called "seed" behind Gongsun Shengyan had already been seen when Zunyun Dao Chang first set up a formation for him, although he didn't know how big the specific energy of the seed was, but with the soul power that was continuously released, Zun Yun Dao Chang could also guess seven or eight points. Now there are two paths in front of Gongsun Shengyan, one is to ignore the seed behind him and let things develop, and the result is that the "seed" may always be a sleeping "seed", or it may wake up one day in a way that no one expected. If you suddenly wake up, the scale of the awakening is uncontrollable, and the worst case scenario is a whole eruption with no communication with the body. At that time, the ontological body will die of exhaustion because it cannot bear the awakening of the "seed".
Another option is to obtain the consent of Gongsun Shengyan, Zunyun Daoist uses the secret technique he has learned to forcibly awaken the "seed", and the degree of awakening is like a seed buried in the ground breaking through the ground, which may grow into a towering tree, or it may just be a crooked bean sprout. Forcibly awakening the "seed" is like sprouting in winter, and the timing is not the best choice. However, Zunyun Dao Leader promised that in the next time, he would teach Gongsun Shengyan Dao Technique. Gongsun Shengyan has deep spiritual roots, although he has never been in contact with Taoism before, but with the "seed" of awakening as the foundation, once he can communicate with the awakened power, he does not need too much integration at all.
"Although Taoist self-cultivation is supreme, the cultivators who have achieved results are all based on refining their hearts. Between gains and losses, great wisdom is shown, and Su Gongzi and I solemnly talked about this matter today before the Sanqing Dynasty, which is also a contract for ourselves, and we should do our best. ”
Gongsun Shengyan sat shirtless on the floor, thinking back and forth in his heart, could opening the "seed" for himself be the ultimate goal of this Taoist priest to drive insects and besiege him that day? But his description of the "seed" is the same as what Nu Xiong said, and he analyzes it more deeply, and it can be seen that he is a person with cultivation. This pillow cloud view is hidden in the deep mountains, but the mountain body is hollowed out to make such a large space, is it the Zunyun Daoist with those deaf and dumb poor people to do it? A large number of unsolvable questions are circling around in his heart, but he does not dare to ask questions easily, for fear that the Zunyun Daoist will see his guardedness.
"What did I come to the Pillow Cloud View in White Emperor City for?" Gongsun Shengyan was the only one left after clearing almost all the questions, and he kept asking questions to himself, knocking on his chaotic heart.
"Jiangnan, Zhou Xue ......" He still can't forget Zhou Xue, he can't forget Zhou Xue's trembling in his arms, breathing like the breeze of willows blowing in spring, her white and soft body like rice cakes, and her eyes that are as sticky as honey. He wants to go back, no matter what kind of Zhou Xue he will face, he wants to go back.
"What can I do after opening the seeds? What's the difference from now?"
"Hahaha......" Zunyun Dao Chief let out a smug laugh, "Young Master Su, after your seed is opened, you don't dare to say anything about it, but now there are many things you want to do but can't do, and it will definitely be easy at that time." ”
"Let's go. Gongsun Shengyan made up his mind, held his breath and looked at Zunyun Dao Chang, his lower abdomen trembling slightly.
"Good. Daoist Zunyun didn't talk nonsense, took out a golden Taoist robe from a cabinet behind the Sanqing statue, grabbed the Bing Fuchen that Gongsun Shengyan had seen before, and began to concentrate.
"Young Master Su, to be on the safe side, please close your eyes. Zunyun Dao Chief said.
Gongsun Shengyan lowered his heart and closed his eyes tightly.
Zunyun Dao Chang was four or five zhang away from Gongsun Shengyan, stepping on Bugang, and the dust in his hand seemed to be blown by a strong wind in the closed cave, and flew up, but his clothes hung down gently, and he was only occasionally pulled with his footwork, and he was completely unaffected by the strong wind. There was a flash of blue light on the huge disk overhead, which started at just one or two dots, and gradually increased and became denser, like starlight in the night sky. Zunyun Dao's long footwork continued, and the blue light on the top began to change and flow, and the breath of the entire hall was like a stone being thrown into the calm water, and all of them fluctuated with it.
The blue light on the disc also swept like water waves, Zunyun Dao Chang violently waved the dust whisk in his hand, and a strong white light rose behind Gongsun Shengyan, straight and thin, projected onto the disc, the speed of the blue light transmission on the disc began to slow down, Zun Yun Dao Chang continued to brush the dust, and the nine white lights shot at the disc in turn.
"Hum", with a low sound, the space in front of the disc was torn open, and the white light shot up was all refracted back and hit around Gongsun Shengyan. The black stone slab on which Gongsun Shengyan sat cross-legged also changed, first the golden dots became brighter than before, and then some thick dots slowly floated into the air, throwing out fine golden light.
Zunyun Dao Chang looked a little struggling at this time, his legs were no longer as flexible as they were at the beginning, and the dust in his hand was straight in the air. Beads of sweat came from behind his head and ears. He snorted sullenly, and though with great effort but still confidently, he raised the dust again, this time sweeping away the space that had just been torn apart. All the scenes in the hall shook violently, and Gongsun Shengyan frowned, and his expression began to look unbearable.
An indescribable force slashed into the back of Gongsun Shengyan's left shoulder like a quick knife, and Gongsun Shengyan didn't feel the pain, but he could clearly feel the coldness of the skin being cut. A warm sensation gushed out from behind his shoulder, whether it was bleeding, he didn't know. The gushing feeling gradually weakened, and the cold chill slowly increased, and then it seemed that a powerful palm grabbed his shoulder, and then Gongsun Shengyan clearly realized the existence of the "seed", which was a long and round thing, the same size as a grain of rice, pierced in his own flesh, and the seed seemed to have roots under it, and kept shaking with the flipping of another giant palm. Gongsun Shengyan couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it himself, but the whole person was held down by a giant palm, and he couldn't even bend his fingers.
The "seeds" began to swell, and Gongsun Shengyan's ears were filled with the sound of the whirring wind, the kind of sound that was riding against the wind when he was running at high speed on horseback. He felt that his whole body began to heat up, and his left shoulder began to regain its temperature, and he was still pressed by the giant palm, and suddenly there was a hot sensation coming from the place where the swollen "seed" had taken root, and then a trace, and a trace, and a trace. The giant palm behind it was still releasing a cold aura, but the "seed" swelled bigger and bigger, and it was almost the size of an olive pit. With the soreness of his shoulders, Gongsun Shengyan's neck also began to tingle, and then the back of his head, spine, and a strong stream of heat rushed through his body like molten iron, along the blood vessels, along the meridians, and along every trace of muscle and bone gap. Gongsun Shengyan only felt that he was going to be roasted by this hot current, his naked upper body became red, and his skin couldn't stop steaming. He couldn't help but scream, the bruises in his neck swelled, and his chest seemed to burst. He longed for that cold giant palm to envelop him.
The beads of sweat on Zunyun Dao's head had become as big as a bean, and he threw the dust under his feet, and began to pinch the trick with both hands. Zunyun Dao Chang's footsteps were slower and heavier than before, as if he was carrying a thousand catties of heavy burden, his appearance was not much better than Gongsun Shengyan, the golden Dao robe had already been soaked with sweat, and there were wet shoe prints under his feet, even so, he didn't dare to be distracted at all. I saw that the hand of his left hand was rising rapidly, driving an afterimage, but the fingers of his right hand moved very slowly, and he couldn't see the change at all if he didn't look carefully.
"Go!" Zunyun Dao Chang snorted, Gongsun Shengyan felt as if he had been thrown into a frozen lake, and then he was quickly scooped up, only for a short moment of obedience, the hot iron was like a torrent, hitting him again, and he could even hear the sound on his skin, like beads of sweat dripping on the red iron when the blacksmith was casting.
"Ah......" The "seed" in Gongsun Shengyan's body became more and more scorching, and the size of the "seed" no longer changed, but he felt that his hair was about to burn. He tried to struggle in vain, but like a wooden man nailed to the fire, Gongsun Shengyan began to be confused, although he had already opened his eyes, there was only a sea of fire in front of him, and nothing else could be seen.
"I'm going to die. He said to himself with what little sanity he had.
The giant palm suddenly exerted force, Gongsun Shengyan vaguely felt that the "seed" was lifted out of his skin, and then fell in an instant, under the squeeze of the giant palm's force, the skin of the "seed" turned into thousands of fragments, the golden light flashed in front of his eyes, and the drum chime in his ears rang in unison, and finally lost consciousness and fell to the floor.
Zunyun Dao Chang withdrew the spell, didn't care about fatigue, walked to Gongsun Shengyan's side, and flipped him over. Gongsun Shengyan's back was as white as ever, and the pattern of buried seeds had disappeared without a trace.