Chapter 12: The Mountain Rain is Coming
"I see!"
In Shuifu, Zhang Zhuo, who was staring at the little black man lying on the bridge of his nose, suddenly slapped his thigh and screamed, so frightened that the little black cat's feet slipped and almost fell off.
"Meow-"
After half a month of retreat, Zhang Zhuo finally figured out the relationship between the green jade bamboo pieces and those flickering and dark silk threads.
You must know that this green jade bamboo slip that records the "Zhengyi Treasure Record" has sixty-four pieces of bamboo, and the "Zhengyi Treasure Record Fu Urn Chapter" that Zhang Zhuo can see is just one of them, so he can only start with this piece of bamboo.
He found that this piece of bamboo, which represented the talisman, was actually one of the pieces with the most silk threads, with as many as 27 pieces, distributed in different positions of the bamboo pieces, leading to other different pieces of bamboo.
Zhang Zhuo carefully observed and learned that the place where these twenty-seven silk threads were connected to the first piece of bamboo happened to be the beginning of various talismans, urns and spells.
If it weren't for the brightness of his eyes and heart at this time, he wouldn't have been able to see that there was a silk thread that was extremely dazzling.
The beginning of the silk thread is the beginning of the rune of the road, which is called the "child and mother symbol".
The child and mother symbols, as the name suggests, are divided into child characters and mother symbols, and are often one mother with multiple children. The drawing method of the child and mother symbols is in the same line, but there are slight differences, mainly reflected in the difference in the imprints on the two.
The same way of drawing, so that the breath of the child and the mother is completely consistent, and the mark of the child and mother on the top makes the child and the mother form an invisible connection.
In normal times, the monk only needs to refine the mother talisman, and can repair the loss of the sub-talisman through the connection of the child and mother talisman. Similarly, when facing the enemy, you can also control the sub-rune to attack the enemy through the mother rune, and the power of the sub-rune will often be doubled by cooperating with each other or between the sub-rune and the sub-rune.
"Such a powerful talisman, why did you only let me see it today!" No one can understand Zhang Zhuo's mood when he first saw this way.
He remembered clearly that he had not seen this talisman before when he was preparing for battle on the night of the full moon.
It wasn't until now that he gradually understood that the reason for this change should be the clam demon in front of him!
This is because it is not difficult to draw the child and mother symbols, but how to establish the connection between the child and the mother symbols. Just taking the divine sense imprints on the child and mother talismans as an example, they must be completed during at least the foundation building period, not to mention the time spent on the long period of sacrifice.
However, those pearls and clam demons were born with a mother-in-child relationship, and the natural induction between the two was not weaker than the Divine Sense Imprint, and even superior in many ways. This made up for the shortcomings of Zhang Zhuo's Qi refining period cultivator's lack of divine sense, and met the minimum requirements for learning the Zimu Talisman.
Not only that, but what surprised Zhang Zhuo even more was that with the unlocking of the Zimu rune drawing method, the silk thread leading from here to another piece of bamboo actually lit up out of thin air. And his spiritual power can now go along the silk thread, all the way to the other end of the silk thread-
For him, this is the second piece of green jade bamboo where the handwriting can be seen. Although only a small part of it is revealed.
That is the content of the Fu Ling Array in the "Zhengyi Treasure Record Formation Chapter".
Fortunately, the above record goes from shallow to deep, and it also contains a lot of basic knowledge of formations, and Zhang Zhuo can finally understand it after careful consideration.
"It seems that this second piece of green jade bamboo is actually about the way of the formation, the ancestor once said that a generation of heavenly masters can only inherit one vein of the Dao method, am I an exception?" Zhang Zhuo was in a good mood all of a sudden.
It turns out that the rune array is evolved on the basis of the child and mother runes, taking the agility of the runes and using the skillful changes of the formation, which can be said to be the strength of both families. When facing the enemy, it can be attacked, defended, trapped, and changed, and in different situations, combined with different formations, it can often win by surprise.
"If this Jindan stage clam demon is refined into a rune spirit array, wouldn't I be able to walk sideways in this immortal cultivation realm?"
Looking at this giant clam demon dozens of feet, Zhang Zhuo's heart was hot, but the next moment he was in trouble.
"What are you kidding, such a behemoth, I will refine it until the Year of the Monkey?"
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Heavenly Master's Mansion, Patriarch's Palace, Partial Palace.
This palace looks inconspicuous, the gate is claustrophobic all year round, and there can be a bird outside the door.
Only the two thousand-year-old yellow apricot trees at the entrance of the hall shook off the residual leaves from time to time, allowing the miscellaneous disciples who sprinkled and swept to come and go here.
But today, all the miscellaneous disciples have been sent away, and it seems that something great must happen.
In the hall, a middle-aged Taoist priest in a golden robe with his hair tied and his temples gray sat upright, closing his eyes and saying nothing.
This person is the twenty-eighth generation of Zhang Tianshi of the Heavenly Master's lineage, such as the head of today's Shifu, Zhang Dunfu.
Perhaps sensing the oppressive atmosphere in the hall, the four Taoists sitting below also had a somewhat solemn face, glanced at each other, and shook their heads without a trace.
Finally, the long-haired Taoist who was sitting at the bottom right of Zhang Dunfu couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Big brother, you are in such a hurry to summon us over, is something happening?" ”
Seeing that the three elders were the first to speak, the other three couldn't help but start whispering, to be honest, they had never seen Zhang Dunfu described as haggard like this, and even a little depressed.
"Today is the Council of Elders, you should call me Great Elder." Zhang Dunfu waved his hand, stopped everyone's discussion, and continued:
"I agree with the previous proposal of the Council of Elders, starting next month, to select the one with the best endowment among the children and nephews, and choose a day to pass on to him."
"What?" The three elders' faces changed drastically, and they could barely control themselves.
Of course, he knew that the affairs of the Heavenly Master's Mansion had always been decided by the head of the Heavenly Master, but there was only one exception, and that was the heir.
First of all, it is necessary to pass the resolution of the Council of Elders, select several candidates, and then perform the crown prayer hexagram, and finally determine the next celestial master according to the hexagram requested.
In order to ensure fairness and justice at the time of succession, Zhang Tianshi personally served as the Great Elder. Because in the matter of establishing an heir, even the head of the Heavenly Master cannot say anything, but can only exercise the power of one vote in the Council of Elders as the Great Elder, and must obey the final decision of the Council of Elders.
In fact, there are ancestral precepts to follow in the establishment of heirs, that is, to pass on to children and grandchildren, not to grandchildren, and not to grandchildren, and not to pass on the eldest son to the second son.
There has been no doubt for thousands of years.
However, today is different from the past, the head of the Heavenly Master Zhang Dunfu has no heir, which is no example to follow in the ancestral teachings!
In the face of this huge problem, several elders of the Presbyterian Church have been fighting endlessly for several years, and there has been no result until now.
In fact, in recent years, the attitude of the five elders has become clear, that is, the second elder and the fifth elder support the establishment of a son and nephew with outstanding endowment as the heir, but the fourth elder is resolutely opposed, believing that the head of the heavenly master is still young and will definitely have his own heirs in the future.
But the third elder thought more, the five of them were all compatriots, so he naturally knew what the second and fifth were thinking.
Back then, they passed by the position of the Heavenly Master, but because of the iron law of passing on the son in the ancestral training, they were unwilling and had nothing to say. But now, if their children have the opportunity to become the next Heavenly Master, wouldn't they have become the main vein from now on, and ascend to heaven in one step?
Although the third elder himself has children, in terms of qualifications and bloodline, his own sedum is not as good as Jing Duan of the second family and Jing Hong of the fifth family.
Since this is the case, he is not in a hurry to express his position, at least now everyone has to win him over.
"No, I'm against it! The position of the Heavenly Master has always been passed down from son to son, and when the eldest brother has an heir in the future, all problems can be solved! Sure enough, the first of the four elders couldn't bear it anymore and shouted directly.
"Fourth Elder, please also understand that this is the Council of Elders that concerns the establishment of the heir, and the Great Elder Fang Cai has already expressed his position, according to the ancestral teachings, as long as more than half of the resolutions of the Council of Elders are passed, then they must be implemented!"
Although the fifth elder didn't know how Zhang Dunfu suddenly agreed to the matter of passing on his nephew, he was afraid that the fourth elder would make him regret it by saying a few words, so he hurriedly came out to stop it.
"Old Five, don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you think that you and I have the final say on the position of Heavenly Master? Didn't you ask for a hexagram back then? Do you think "Zhengyi Baolu" will recognize your family Jinghong? If there is no recognition from "Zhengyi Baolu", even if Jing Hong is made a heavenly master, it will be a waste! ”
The fourth elder laughed angrily, slapped the table, stood up and pointed at the fifth elder's nose and scolded.
"You ......" The fifth elder was so angry that he couldn't speak, because everything the fourth elder said was true, and he couldn't argue with it at all. If there is no "Zhengyi Baolu", can the Heavenly Master be passed down to this day? This matter of inheritance seemed to be the final decision of the Council of Elders, but in fact, it was the final decision of the "Zhengyi Baolu", and he only felt deeply powerless.
For such quarrels, in the past few years, Zhang Dunfu has long been tired of listening, since the theft of "Zhengyi Baolu", every day is even more tormenting for him, he only feels that he is ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors, and is not worthy of being the head of the heavenly master, so he immediately waved his hand and said:
"A few days ago, the "Zhengyi Treasure Record" in the Zhengyi Pavilion disappeared, and I didn't even notice it, presumably it was stolen by someone who cultivated to a high level. From now on, we must strengthen the vigilance in the palace and be careful in everything in case the thief has other plans...... For the sake of the inheritance of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, I decided to start preparing for the inheritance immediately! ”
"What?"
"No way!"
At this time, whether it was the fourth elder and the fifth elder who had been arguing just now, or the second elder and the third elder who were relatively silent, they all exclaimed loudly.
They all know that "Zhengyi Baolu" was stolen in the secret realm of Longhu Mountain, what does it mean?
For a while, there was silence in the side hall, and no one objected to Zhang Dunfu's decision.
Zhang Dunfu looked up at the window, only to see the rolling dark clouds pressing on the top of Longhu Mountain, and sure enough, it was quiet before the mountain rain was coming.
"Second Elder, go and invite the Mi Ning Fairy of the Danxia Cave Heaven of Magu Mountain, and this matter will be handled according to what you said before."