Chapter 145: Heavenly Tribulation
Zhao Ran was busy all night, and finally straightened everything out, and the sky was already dark.
All the dignitaries and sects who watched the ceremony came to the outside of the Yuxu Palace under the guidance of Wudang's disciples. Yuxu Palace is located at the foot of the South Mountain, and outside the palace gate is a huge bluestone square. Four or five hundred futons have been placed on the entire bluestone square, each of which has a name and surname, and the monks who are watching the ceremony are seated in their seats, and the scene is extremely orderly.
The Zhang Xianlou refined by Sun Biyun was finally completed yesterday, and it was placed in place at the ugly time, standing on the west side of the bluestone square of Yuxu Palace. Zhang Xianlou is nine zhang high and is divided into three floors, each of which is an open structure, which can be seen at a glance.
In each layer, all are hung with talismans, arranged a large array of talismans, there are a lot of niches in the vertical beams, some magic weapons and magic weapons used by Zhang Laodao on weekdays are offered in the niches, including purple gold hats, dragon scepters, water-sheltering clothes, Luo Tian gourd, etc., which are flowing with luminous brilliance.
These arrangements were not to help Zhang Laodao resist the catastrophe, but to protect Zhang Xianlou and the monks who were watching the ceremony from being disturbed by the thunderstorm.
The top floor of Zhang Xianlou is actually a platform, and on the platform is a golden urn that is Xu wide and two zhang high, which is the "coffin" of the Daomen Gaoshi feathering and ascending to hold relics or flesh.
When the high Daoists of the Merge Realm ascend, they generally have two states, either the entire body soars together, leaving no clothes, or only ascending to the yang god transformed by the primordial infant, leaving the body.
What kind of ascension method is depends on the level of cultivation and the situation after enduring the Heavenly Tribulation. In essence, the Daomen Heavenly Tribulation is the same as the Buddha's Nirvana, except that one is externalized in the form of thunder, and the other is manifested in the form of inner demons. For example, the great monk Xuanci, who was "encircled and suppressed" last year, was actually in a catastrophe.
For Taoist monks, those with high cultivation can easily withstand the Heavenly Tribulation or the Tribulation and Thunder are not heavy, and the body hair and skin are not damaged much, and the physical body will soar together with the Yuan Infant Yang God;
Either way, the last relics are left in the golden urn, which is a mound for future generations of disciples to pay homage to.
In the midst of solemnity, all the monks gathered to observe the ceremony, and the scene was silent.
Zhang Laodao was dressed in a purple gold robe, embroidered with a turtle and a spirit snake on the robe, and slowly walked into Zhang Xianlou, climbed the stairs, and came to the side of the golden urn.
Qingjun followed behind him, and also went up to the top of the building, and after looking at this golden urn, he frowned and said, "Da Zhenren, I don't like this golden urn." ”
Zhang Laodao smiled: "This is the custom of my Daomen for thousands of years, this urn is the most suitable for attracting and resisting the catastrophe, Qingjun can endure some." ”
At this point, Qingjun only complained, so he took a few commonly used magic weapons and placed them in several specially vacated altars around the platform to help Zhang Xianlou defend against the catastrophe.
Zhang Laodao and Qingjun floated up, entered the golden urn, and sat down. Zhang Laodao pinched a trick and shouted: "Exercise a furnace of the true sun and the moon, sweep away 3,600 pieces; Yin, fire, and yang talismans will be wiped out in one stroke! Wisdom is clear, the mind is peaceful, the three souls are eternal, and there is no loss! Thunder, come and wash!"
The incantation was spit out, and the Dan furnace in the body was like fire, exuding a momentum that was full of vigor, and this momentum swelled to all sides, blocked by the golden urn, gathered at the mouth of the urn, and shot out towards the sky, straight into the sky!
At the same time, Qingjun manifested his true form, but it was a bamboo-leaf green snake, the snake's body was crystal green, almost transparent, entrenched on the mouth of the urn, spitting out a scarlet core towards the sky.
The combination of the two forces immediately inspires changes in the heavens. Bursts of muffled thunder rang out over Wudang Mountain. Immediately, the sky darkened, and a tumbling cloud of calamity grew, thickening layer by layer, and then began to spin.
A bolt of lightning suddenly slashed down from the sky, hitting the golden urn directly, connecting from the clouds to the ground, shaking and shining continuously! At this moment, Zhao Ran had an illusion, as if there was only such a lightning bolt in the sky and on the ground, as if the entire Wudang Mountain was shrouded in this lightning.
Zhao Ran had never seen the scene of the Songxue Dao people flying up twenty-three years ago, but he had heard Zhang Laodao describe it, and compared with the two, he speculated that this thunderstorm was twice as strong as when the Songxue Dao people were ascending! This should be the reason why Qingjun and Zhang Laodao signed the master-servant Wende, the thunder robbery is a joint attack, and the master and servant are regarded as one, and Qingjun's robbery must be shared by Zhang Laodao, who is the master, otherwise it will be difficult for Qingjun himself to get through.
The power of the thunder robbery is extremely amazing, although Zhang Laodao has been prepared for a long time, knowing that this is the consequence of bringing Qingjun to respond to the robbery, it is inevitable that he will be a little shocked. He didn't dare to slack off, ran the exercises to protect his body, and endured the bombardment of thunder. At the same time, the large array of talismans arranged in Zhang Xian Tower, and the magic weapons everywhere also began to operate, adding various supports to Zhang Xian Tower to prevent the spread of robbery and thunder and injuring innocents.
Zhang Laodao and Qingjun work together, they do have the strength to disperse the clouds, but in this way, the catastrophe is in vain, and the cause and effect cannot be cleaned, and the evil cannot be defeated, so how can it be feathered?
Even when crossing the tribulation, you can't borrow external forces, and at most use one or two of your own natal magic weapons or talismans, otherwise it will not have the effect of "purification". As for how many natal magic weapons can be, it all depends on personal cultivation and exercises.
On that day, Long Yangzi was going to refine the "Penglai Immortal Yi Tu" as his natal magic weapon, and then planned to separate a wisp of divine consciousness into the Shakya Lion Seal, what about Zhang Lao Dao himself? What about Qingjun?
The natal magic weapon used by Zhang Laodao is a flying sword, called "Taiji Sword". The Tai Chi sword was sacrificed by him, drawing a series of Tai Chi patterns, circling overhead, and Qingjun spit out a dark green emerald stone, and black rain erupted from the stone, sprinkling it on the thunder.
The two of them worked together to cancel out most of the power of the thunder, and the rest of the thunder penetrated the golden urn and slashed at the two of them, and these powers could only be borne by themselves.
It is to bear, not to resist, if the thunder does not purify the body and mind, it will not be able to transform the body and yang god that can adapt to the heavenly realm, and it will not be able to survive in the sky - this is the true intention of the heavenly tribulation.
Of course, in addition to resisting with the yang god with the physical body and resisting with the natal magic weapon, there is also something that can be borrowed, that is, the trust that the Daomen has collected for decades. The credibility cancels out the thunderstorm, which can be equated with the thunderstorm purification.
The ultimate goal of the Dao Gate to collect faith is actually to ascend. In the ascension, faith can be used in two places, one is to counteract the power of the thunder and protect the body and the yang god, and the other is similar to the Buddhist gate, forming a rainbow bridge to lead the monks to the heavens.
According to the records of the Daomen, whether it is to counteract the power of the thunder with trustworthiness, or to build a rainbow bridge to attract monks, its essence is to worship the heavens, to put it bluntly, to exchange faith for ascension.
One thunderstorm lasted for about a few breaths, then disappeared, and then the thunderclouds in the sky rolled and continued to chop down the second thunderstorm.
After even topping the Nine Tribulation Thunders, Zhang Laodao was short of breath, and Qingjun's snake body began to change, which was a sign that he was starting to struggle. So Zhang Laodao pointed his fingers, and his mouth was full of words.
A rainbow light flew from the southeast and blessed the golden urn, eliminating the thunder that had been split, and Zhang Laodao and Qingjun were able to breathe, and they each seized the opportunity to close their eyes and recover.