Chapter 190 "Nine Powers Shocking Dragon", July 13th Lion Buddha Festival

After half a day.

Looking at the tall city gate tower in front of me, there are many Buddhist shrines on the city walls on all sides, just like square caves dug out from the earth wall, with Buddha statues enshrined inside.

The sky has gradually dimmed at this time, and the lit candles are bright in the shrines, and the lights are yellow and bright.

After the red candle liquid melted, it flowed down the city wall and penetrated into the gaps, like a bunch of red fruits, and like very bright bloodstains, which makes people feel a little creepy at first glance.

The smell of a large number of incense and candles permeated the surroundings, even affecting the vision. The whole city seemed to be in the clouds and mist, and for a moment, there was a feeling of being unable to distinguish between illusion and reality.

And under these city walls, many civilians in cloth clothes of all kinds stood below very devoutly, in groups, chanting in their mouths, sounding like they were reciting some scriptures.

Yang An and his party came here and saw this scene. Although they were still some distance away, they all stopped unconsciously and stared.

Yang An immediately understood that judging from the situation here, they should have come to the territory of Dade Temple. The state they were in was called Tushan State, but he didn't know what the name of this city was.

"Big Brother..."

Wen Yin thought of something. Minghemen and Dade Temple were big enemies. Minghe Elder was still above Dade Temple's suppression of Wen. Dade Temple would not let Minghemen go.

They just swaggered into the jurisdiction of Dade Temple, which might not be without risks.

"Call me brother. Our identities cannot be leaked, otherwise we will get into big trouble. From now on, we will call each other brother and sister."

Yang An said without blushing.

In fact, he was only a little older than Zhou Quan. Wen Yin looked very young, but his real age was not young. It took many years of practice to keep his appearance.

Although most of the cultivation methods in this world are weird and evil, most female cultivators still choose to practice some magic to prevent the aging of the body, even if they have to bear a certain price.

"Brother!"

Wen Yin nodded.

As for Zhou Quan, he is just a younger brother.

Due to his unfamiliarity with the Treasure Temple, Yang An decided to take the two of them to stay in the city for one night to see if he could find out information about the Treasure Temple, and also to have a good rest.

They came all the way from the outside of the continent, without stopping, and they didn't even get a breath. Even if they didn't need to rely on food to restore their physical strength, the mental fatigue was also a great burden.

Wen Yin and the others naturally listened to Yang An and followed Yang An into the city.

Before entering the city, Yang An unexpectedly noticed that a notice was posted on the edge of the city gate tower, and the paste on it had not dried up yet, which was obviously posted not long ago.

"Lion Buddha Festival? July 13th, the city is closed at midnight... Lion Buddha's grace and favor?"

He looked at the content on the notice and then looked at the sky at this time.

The sky was already dark, and it was almost the hour of Xu, with only one hour left until the hour of Hai.

Time was running out, and we didn't know what would happen in this place at the hour of Hai, so we had to go into the city first and find a place to stay.

After taking the two into the city, the three of them soon found a restaurant in the city. Zhou Quan paid and opened three upper rooms, and they would stay in this restaurant tonight.

Taking advantage of this time, Yang An signaled Zhou Quan, and then he got some information.

This place is called the City of Worshiping Buddha. All kinds of people, including peddlers and hawkers, believe in the City's Worshiping Buddha Glazed Pagoda, and they also need the protection of the monks in the Glazed Pagoda. Only when the city is safe and prosperous can it avoid being invaded by demons.

In fact, from the perspective of perception, coming to this City of Worshiping Buddha does look much better than the Fusheng Domain. At least it seems that these civilians are living and working in peace and contentment from the bottom of their hearts, and they are happy.

Dade Temple does not interfere in the affairs of the mortal world, but it has a Glazed Pagoda in each area under its jurisdiction, which is guarded by special monks and gathers believers.

Today is the annual July 13th Lion Buddha Festival.

It is said that on this day, as long as there is a glazed tower, people will stay indoors before the hour of Hai, go to bed early, and wait for the legendary Lion Buddha Mita to bless them after they fall asleep.

Fortunately, Yang An and others came early. If it was another hour later, they would not even be able to enter the city gate.

Including the people in this restaurant, they are basically believers of Daitokuji Temple. When explaining this information, they are all pious from the heart, and by the way, they also let Yang An and others believe in these things, which is to attract some believers for their own beliefs.

The three people did not comment, vaguely passed by, and they also knew something. Under the guidance of the waiter, they went upstairs and found their own rooms.

"Have a good rest for the night, but you still have to be careful."

Before entering the room, Yang An deliberately reminded Zhou Quan in a low voice.

Wen Yin naturally didn't need him to say more, these experiences might be richer than his.

Zhou Quan nodded, and then each entered the room.

After entering the room, Yang An first looked out the window. From here, he could see many places in Jingfo City, but as the hour of Hai approached, the lights everywhere gradually went out and slowly entered the darkness.

These places should all have capitals. Yang An even saw patrolling soldiers still maintaining order, but there were signs that they were going to finish their work.

If he guessed correctly, the countries in these places were probably also closely related to Dade Temple, and they might be puppets of Dade Temple.

He didn't believe that Dade Temple could really do anything good. He didn't meet any good people with normal thinking and values.

After watching for a while, Yang An lost interest, closed the window, blocked the night outside, blew out the candle and went to bed.

He was thinking about how to get information about the Treasure Temple area next. This was very important for the task assigned to him by the old man. It was not as simple as finding a mountain top to gain a foothold in this place.

The influence of Dade Temple was everywhere here, and any impact of every move would definitely be noticed by Dade Temple.

So the best way was to go to the influence of Jinluoge.

They had a grudge against Dade Temple, but not against Jinluoge.

The old man just asked him to come to the Treasure Temple area to find a mountain gate, and everything was up to him, and he didn't say that it must be within the influence of Dade Temple.

After thinking for a while, he made the decision. Yang An took the bow off his body and planned to take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about the method of cultivating physical strength.

He is now full of interest in the method of cultivating physical strength.

Firstly, because he has practiced a lot of light-related magic, as long as Yang An uses this skill in battle, the enemy can basically see that he has practiced a lot of forbidden techniques.

It is okay for him to kill people, and it will be over once and for all if he kills them, but if he encounters a powerful enemy, it is very likely that his secrets will be exposed. Even if he is not, he may be regarded as a natural meat.

But how can a natural meat break through to the realm of meat or even stronger?

This is obviously a problem he cannot avoid.

Moreover, he is not suppressed by the power of rules in the outer continent, which is another secret that cannot be told, and even he himself does not know how to explain it.

Unknowingly, he has hidden a lot of details that cannot be revealed.

If he could master the cultivation method of physical strength, he would be the same as the monks from other continents.

At most, he could cover up the cost a little, cheat, and be possessed by the spirit of drama.

While solving the problem of his own secret being leaked, he could also cover up the secret that he was not suppressed by the power of rules in other continents.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

As long as he can learn the method of physical cultivation, the light-related magic can be used as a trump card in the future.

On the surface, he is a melee monk with a strong physical body, one punch per person.

In fact, he is the eternal light between heaven and earth, whoever gets close will die!

It's exciting to think about it.

"Gong Niang, tell me in detail about the method of physical cultivation in the memory you got."

Taking Gong Niang off, curiously looking at the delicate ghost face at the handle, Yang An gently stroked it with his fingers, and then said to Gong Niang.

This small ghost face seems to have changed a little bit compared to when he first got Gong Niang.

Originally, the black ghost face with ferocious fangs seemed to have a slightly different luster, and there seemed to be a sign of transformation to pure white like a bow.

"Little brat! If you dare to touch me again, I will break all your legs!"

Gong Niang's gnashing scolding suddenly came into his ears. Yang An's action seemed to have touched her reverse scale.

Yang An subconsciously retracted his hand and smiled awkwardly.

Is this guy so sensitive? Is there something hidden in this ghost face?

So strange! Take another look!

He didn't find anything strange, but Gong Niang's words came into his ears again.

Because it was the memory obtained by Gong Niang, it could only be passed on to Yang An through oral narration.

Wu Yun's physical practice method is generally a main practice method and several body training methods.

The method is called "Lingbei Gong". Unlike the main practice method of magic, the physical practice method uses less mana and consumes less, but it requires a lot of materials in the process of practice, which is very cumbersome.

This technique requires the flesh and blood and heart of a demon called horned antelope as the main materials, plus dozens of other materials as the basis, in order to continuously improve the practice.

After Gong Niang explained the content of "Antelope Back Technique" to Yang An, when Yang An wrote down all these things, an information box suddenly appeared in front of him.

"[Antelope Back Technique]: [Can reach the initial stage of zombie god] It comes from the ancestors of the antelope demon Taoist, using the heart of the horned antelope as the source of gravity, the flesh and blood of the horned antelope as the beginning of gathering power, and refining the demonic body of the horned antelope.

The cost of use: Becoming a demon body, entering the devil's calamity, and falling into a crazy state when the cultivation level is improved, the body is eroded by the devil's energy, and the soul is lost; the horned antelope is lustful, and it is also affected by instinct when there is no calamity. Seeing the horned antelope's soul overturned, unable to extricate itself.

Status: Can be purified!"

Whether it is receiving all the information of these techniques or contacting the text records carrying the techniques, the information box will always appear at the right time.

But when Yang An heard that it was a technique, he lost interest.

As we all know, once you have determined the method you are practicing, you cannot change the main method unless you have practiced it to the point where there is nothing left to practice.

This is not a rule, but a boundary.

Yang An also tried it. Every method has an adaptation stage during the resonance period. This is to facilitate practitioners to choose the appropriate method and whether they can adapt to the price of the method.

But when he performed some of the exercises in the resonance stage, he did not sense anything, and his body did not show any abnormalities.

This means that he cannot practice other exercises.

But not being able to practice exercises does not mean that he cannot practice the body-building method to increase the physical body.

The body-building method is equivalent to the magic method, which can be continuously learned and has no upper limit.

However, every time you practice a magic method, you have to bear a price. It does not mean that the more you practice, the stronger you will be. On the contrary, it is a burden on yourself. It is very likely that if you practice too much, your combat power will be greatly affected.

This is the difference between exercises and magic methods.

The exercises are systematic and growable. Although the cost will become more serious as the practice improves, the practitioners will gradually adapt to it. It is better than the different costs stacked together, which will eventually create unbearable risks.

The magic method and the body-building method are both immutable. After being refined, they will only show greater power as the cultivation level improves, but they will also have to bear more cruel and serious costs.

This is why, apart from the Minghe Sect, which requires different techniques as the main cultivation method of the art of life, the other cultivators that Yang An has seen rarely master too many techniques.

If you say that he was young and naive at the beginning, now it seems that the risk of practicing "Miao Dao Jie Shu" is the highest.

Gong Niang then passed on four body-refining methods to Yang An, namely "Golden Ghost Power", "Three Desires Rakshasa Power", "Wooden Body Snatching", and "Nine Powers Shocking Dragon".

When a series of information boxes appeared in front of Yang An, three of the body-refining methods were temporarily shelved by him, leaving only the last one - "Nine Powers Shocking Dragon"!

Because the other three body-refining methods all require various materials, Yang An has no way to find these materials for practice.

However, this Nine Powers Shocking Dragon does not require materials, but the practice method is relatively weird.

"【Nine Powers Shocking Dragon】: From the Golden Soul Sect's inscribed technique collection, it condenses the power of nine dragons to store in the body, and uses the power to shock the dragon and suppress the sky.

Use cost: If you practice this method and draw the power of nine dragons, your flesh and blood will wither, your energy will be lost, and you will not be able to recover in a short time.

Status: Can be purified!"

This method of body refining, if you want to practice, you need to use yourself as a container and store your own power in the flesh to achieve the effect of body refining. The greater the stored power, the better the effect, until it reaches the limit.

It sounds complicated and empty, making people confused, but it is actually very simple to do.

Because the method is...beat yourself!

There will be another chapter later, but it should be too late, so don't wait, go to bed early.

I will go to Shanghai for a week on the 8th to attend the advanced research class and symposium held by the Writers Association. Then I was notified today to recommend outstanding writers. There will be reports and special topics at that time, and I need to prepare a speech. I have been reading the information of the cultural inheritance and development symposium all afternoon and preparing the speech materials. It's so torturous...