Chapter 198: The Demon in Sanmu Temple

The night was deep in the mountains.

The moonlight on the top of the peak was visible, as if the Milky Way had descended from the sky.

When ordinary people saw this wonder, they would definitely think it was the residence of an immortal who had attained the Tao.

The peak was full of centuries-old trees, and occasionally there was a spring flowing through, full of spiritual energy and clear to the bottom.

The elk and white crane beside the stream saw Zhou Yi coming, but they were not afraid. They watched him leave and continued to drink water with their heads down.

Zhou Yi walked forward along the mountain road, his steps seemed slow but were actually fast, one step was three or five feet, and the bushes and thorns on both sides gave way by themselves.

After a while, he saw red walls and green tiles on the top of the peak from a distance.

When he got closer, he could see clearly that it was a Taoist temple with three entrances.

The Taoist temple was hidden in the mountains and forests, built along the mountain, surrounded by ancient trees and covered by strange rocks. Only when you get closer can you see the whole picture. The moonlight in the sky followed some kind of attraction and fell into the temple, shining the Taoist temple with silver light. .

The gate of the temple was closed. I looked up at the plaque, which had three ancient characters written on it.

Sanmu Temple.

It was evening class time, and there was a faint chanting sound coming from the temple. The voices were old and young, and they were reading "Wang Zhenren's Analysis of Doubts and Pointing Out Mysteries".

"... A Zhenren stood respectfully, holding a piece of paper and bowing, and said: The wonderful principles of life and death, the ultimate truth is subtle, what is the order of practice? Wang Zhenren replied..."

This volume of Taoist scriptures happened to be one of the thirteen Taoist scriptures recited by Zhou Yi.

There were at least a thousand volumes of handwritten copies, and they were recited no less than ten thousand times.

Zhou Yi stood in front of the door, listened quietly to the end of the chanting, and knocked on the door of the temple.

The red lacquered door opened without wind, and an old but full-bodied voice came out: "Zhenren has come from afar, please come in quickly."

When he stepped into the door, he saw three Taoists sitting in front, and more than twenty male and female disciples below looked at Zhou Yi in surprise.

The Taoist in the middle held a scripture and a green jade hairpin on his head. The Taoist on the left looks middle-aged, gentle and refined, with a scholarly temperament. The Taoist on the right looks old, with his hands floating, looking like an immortal.

All three of them have green faces, wear green shirts, and exude vigorous wood spirits.

"I am a spiritual pine."

"I am a spiritual locust."

"I am a spiritual bamboo."

The three Taoists bowed and said, "Please take a seat, Immortal."

Zhou Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he had already seen through the identities of the three people, who were pine, locust, and bamboo spirits.

The rarest among the monsters are plant spirits, and before they have spiritual intelligence, their cultivation speed is slow.

After finally having spiritual intelligence, they cannot move until they transform. Even if they have practiced for hundreds of years, they will not be able to escape or avoid the thunder and fire, and will turn into ashes if they can't bear it.

There are three thousand-year-old tree monsters in a small Tianji Peak, which is definitely not ordinary.

"I am Yunzhongzi from Yuzhu Cave in Zhongnan Mountain."

Zhou Yi bowed and said, "I have heard of the great name of Tianji Palace for a long time. This time I came here to visit."

While speaking, he carefully observed the expressions of the three tree spirits.

Lingsong in the middle smiled and said, "As expected, every year there are masters who come here to visit Tianji Palace."

"The veins here can naturally attract the moonlight to fall, so it is named Luoyue Peak."

Lingzhu, who has the temperament of a scholar, explained, "The three of us have been nourished by the moonlight for hundreds of years, but unfortunately we have never been able to transform. It happened that the senior of Tianji Palace passed by here and enlightened us."

"After that, the three of us changed Luoyue Peak to Tianji Peak to remember the grace of becoming a Taoist."

Linghuai, who was old and frail, said, "It's a pity that the secret of heaven is so vague, and there is no trace of the senior since then."

"So that's it, I'm sorry for bothering you."

Zhou Yi's spiritual sense swept over Tianji Peak, and it was indeed a naturally formed formation that attracted the moonlight from the sky to fall and nourish the creatures in the mountain.

The spiritual energy of the stream in the forest and the spirituality of the beasts in the mountain all come from here.

While talking, Ling Huai glanced at the treasure bottle in Zhou Yi's hand from time to time, and felt the mysterious transformation of yin and yang on it. He couldn't help but admire: "The real person can easily break through the formation in the mountain. His practice is very exquisite. It happens to be evening class. Why not discuss the Tao and the mystery to encourage the younger generation?"

Zhou Yi glanced at the disciples in the temple. Even the old man was full of energy and nodded slightly in agreement.

"Then I have exceeded my limit!"

"Haha, I calculated that there will be distinguished guests coming tonight, and I have prepared seats long ago."

Ling Song pointed to the right, and sure enough, there was a green cushion prepared long ago.

Zhou Yi's figure flashed, and he sat cross-legged on the cushion, and asked: "Daoyou is proficient in the method of deduction and divination?"

Ling Song said: "After that senior enlightened us, he left a volume of Taiyi Divine Calculation, but it is a pity that it is obscure and difficult to understand. After practicing for a hundred years, I can only get the fur of it."

"I have also learned a divine power of divination. Why don't we exchange it?"

"Of course I want to!"

The disciples in the temple pricked up their ears when they heard the words, fearing that they would miss a word.

Sanmu Temple is quite famous in Taizhou, especially near Nankang County. Some big families will let their descendants climb Tianji Peak to seek immortals and ask for advice.

Unfortunately, there are formations on the peak, and it is difficult for those who are not destined to see the immortals. So far, the temple has only accepted more than 20 disciples.

The disciples who joined the temple earlier are already over a hundred years old, and the youngest are only eleven or twelve years old.

On weekdays, the three immortals rarely discuss the law in front of the disciples, but mostly supervise the disciples to recite the morning and evening lessons.

First, the practice of Taoism needs to be gradual, and forcing it to grow is easy to cause demons. Second, after examining the disciples' character, they will teach the fundamental Taoism.

"It is difficult to find the secret of heaven, and look for it in the hidden..."

Zhou Yi spoke first. His divination method mainly comes from the magical power of covering the sun, which can be said to be a new way.

To cover the secret of heaven, you must first understand the secret of heaven.

In the process of practicing covering the sun, he naturally understood many deduction methods, which were of high quality, but unfortunately not systematic.

Qingsong and his two companions have been practicing Taiyi Divination for hundreds of years and can be considered masters of divination. When they heard Zhouyi's story, they saw another method of divination, which was completely different from the ordinary magical powers.

Listening and comprehending, combined with Taiyi Divine Calculation, I suddenly understood many obstacles.

After a while, Zhou Yi stopped lecturing.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!"

"Real talent!"

"A real person is willing to share such a wonderful method. A poor man cannot hide his clumsiness."

Qingsong said slowly: "The sky has eight gates to communicate with the eight winds. The earth has eight directions to respond to the Eight Diagrams..."

Zhou Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and Qingsong actually directly described the Taiyi Divine Calculation Scripture. It has 3,800 words in total, including divination of yin and yang, directions, Yuan Chen, stars, etc., and also includes more than ten kinds of divination magical powers.

Qingsong first recited the Taiyi Divine Number, then turned back and began to talk about his experience.

"The divination algorithm of the Sixteen Gods, the Son God is called Landlord, the Ugly God is called Yang De..."

Over the past hundred years of enlightenment and practice, Qingsong has nearly perfected the practice of Taiyi Shenshu, otherwise he would not be considered a distinguished guest today.

Understanding the Book of Changes word for word, I have benefited a lot, and my magical power of hiding the sun has reached the state of great success.

At first, the disciples in Guanzhong could understand a little or two, but later they could only recite and memorize the real person's words silently. After that, it became too profound and they could not even recite and memorize it silently.

Until the zenith of the moon.

The moonlight fell into the view like a waterfall, and the clear spiritual light brushed through, and the disciples woke up from their confusion.

Looking up, the three real people and the real Yun Zhongzi had already disappeared.

…

In the wing room.

Zhou Yi closed his eyes and meditated. Since he entered Sanmu Temple, everything he saw and heard was strange.

In particular, Qingsong taught Taiyi divine arithmetic, which made Zhou Yi wary. If there was no treasure to protect the Yin God, he would have thought he had fallen into an illusion.

All the scenes in Sanmu Temple are perfect. The Taoist temple in the deep mountains, devoted to practice, and harmonious coexistence with all spirits, can be called the immortal sect in Zhouyi's dream.

"But how can anyone in the world teach you the principles of superior magical powers when you first meet them?"

Zhou Yi admitted that his vision was much darker, his character was somewhat affected, and he had doubts about immortals, demons, gods, and Buddhas.

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure it out. He stood on the roof of the Taoist temple and looked up at the shining moonlight in the sky.

At this time, the moon is at the zenith, and the green pines and the others are sitting cross-legged in the sky, absorbing and refining as much lunar moonlight as possible.

The three of them were able to stand out from the creatures in Tianji Peak and turn into spirits. It was not because they were born spiritual trees, but because they grew where the moonlight fell most intensely.

After transforming into another form, he established Sanmu Temple here to accept human disciples and teach Taoism.

Zhou Yi looked at the disciples in the temple, who had woken up from listening to the sutras, but still did not leave. Instead, they were bathing in the moonlight and practicing.

The lunar moonlight can nourish the soul. These disciples refine a few strands every day, and the probability of condensing the yin spirit is several times higher than that of ordinary people.

The light in Zhou Yi's hand flashed, and the Mingyue Baoyu appeared in his hand.

This rare treasure of the fox tribe can gather moonlight. Since the Yin Shen was condensed in the Book of Changes, its effectiveness has been almost useless.

What made Zhou Yi miss about Mingyue Baoyu was not Hu Ling'er or Feng Ling'er, but the texture pattern carved on it.

"After consulting many classics and asking many colleagues, there has never been any legend about the osmanthus tree and the Jade Rabbit. The only relevant wild history records record that the Taiyin Star is related to the demon clan..."

Zhou Yi was meditating, and the jade in his hand flew up into the air.

Hanging in the sky, endless moonlight pours into it, blooming with dazzling brilliance.

Lingsong and the others noticed that the moonlight had dropped sharply, and when they lowered their heads, they discovered that almost 90% of them had merged into the Mingyue Baoyu.

They have been refining moonlight for hundreds of years, so naturally they ended their practice on this day and landed next to Zhou Yi.

Just as he was about to ask, Mingyue Baoyu changed again.

The gem's spiritual light flickers, reflecting a half-illusory and half-real picture, with undulating mountains and crisscrossing rivers, which seems to be a map of somewhere.

In the center of the map is the Mingyue Baoyu, located on an unnamed mountain peak, with strange writing written on the right side of the map.

"Tomb of Taiyin!"

Lingsong murmured to himself, frowning slightly: "It was recorded in ancient demon script..."

Zhou Yi waved his hand and photographed the Mingyue Baoyu. After being isolated from the moonlight, the illusory picture scroll disappeared, and a message was transmitted to the Yin God.

In the tomb of the mythical beast Taiyin, immortal soldiers were buried with him during his lifetime!

Zhou Yi, who was originally very interested, suddenly lost interest.

Other monks and even the True Immortal Arhat must have been overjoyed to hear the news about the immortal weapon, but it was a pity that Zhou Yi was not surprised at all. Purple Ying, green rope, divine shuttle and golden pillar, none of them are better than the demon clan's immortal soldiers, let alone the golden dragon cutting the apricot yellow flag.

"Fellow Taoist, I don't mean to pry, if you are worried..."

Lingsong said: "We can make an oath and never reveal even a single word."

Linghuai and Lingzhu nodded in agreement. The scroll looked like a treasure map, recorded in ancient demon texts, or related to some kind of treasure or inheritance.

"There's no need for that. It's not an urgent matter."

Zhou Yi played with the jade for a moment, then said goodbye and returned to the house to continue to meditate on the magical power of covering the sun.

…

early morning.

The rising sun is full of purple energy.

The three of them, Lingsong, sat cross-legged on the top of the peak, and together with their disciples, they absorbed the purple energy of the morning sun and increased the magic power within their bodies.

Chaoyang Purple Qi is the special vitality released when the sun is first born. It is Zhongzheng and peaceful, also known as Shaoyang Qi. It is the most common spiritual object in the world that contains pure Yang Qi.

Whether it is a Taoist monk who is an expert in refining gods or a boy who has just entered the Taoist path, refining the Chaoyang Purple Qi is a compulsory course.

Zhou Yi watched from a distance, while Lingsong and three others taught their disciples.

If any disciple feels uncomfortable performing the exercises, he will immediately teach them through words and deeds and correct their mistakes.

Or if a disciple is impatient and attracts too much purple energy from the rising sun, causing the Yang Fire to rise in vain, he must immediately cast a spell to regulate the aura.

Lingsong and his friends have thousands of years of magical power, comparable to that of a third-grade spiritual master. They are so high and mighty wherever they are. How could they teach their disciples so kindly?

When the sun rose high and the purple qi of the morning sun turned into the true fire of the sun, the morning class practice ended.

Lingsong had already discovered Zhou Yi watching, and came over to ask: "Daoyou, how are the disciples in the temple?"

Zhou Yi praised: "The breath is clear and the magic power is pure. They must be the authentic Xuanmen!"

Linghuai nodded and said: "That's natural. Although we are demons, we admire Taoism and have always taken it as our responsibility to promote Taoism."

Demons!

Zhou Yi heard this and suddenly his mind was clear.

Looking at the three demons of Lingsong again, they were looking at him with strange eyes, obviously deliberately reminding him.

"The formation here can actually deviate the induction of my Yin God. It must not be arranged by the three Taoist friends?"

Before he finished speaking, the majestic magic power was activated, and the three demons of Lingsong were imprisoned in an instant.

"As expected of a first-class Yang God!"

Lingsong was not afraid, and explained: "Senior, please don't be angry. We are the outer sect guardians of the Tianji Palace, and we are here for fate."

"What kind of fate?"

Zhou Yi's eyes flashed with spiritual light, and he saw that the three monsters were still auras and that they were cultivating pure qi, not demonic qi, so he didn't kill them with one palm.

"Every year, many cultivators seek the secrets of heaven, but the secrets of heaven are not revealed casually. Too much divination will inevitably lead to heavenly punishment."

Lingsong said: "In order to avoid the sect from being cut off, the rules of fate were established..."

Zhou Yi nodded slightly, showing his understanding.

There will indeed be heavenly punishment for divination of the secrets of heaven, which is also the reason why many masters of numerology have five disadvantages and three deficiencies. It is not heavenly punishment or five disadvantages and three deficiencies, but to weaken the heavenly punishment so as not to turn directly into ashes.

Lingsong continued, "After that, twelve outer gates of the Tianji Palace will be set up in Yunzhou, and the guardians will test the fate. Only those with sufficient fate will be sent to the Tianji Palace."

"What about my fate?"

Zhou Yi slightly loosened his magic power, but there was a trace of undisguised murderous intent flowing.

Lingsong and the other two seemed to have no sense of murderous intent at all, and shook their heads at the same time to indicate that Zhou Yi's fate was not enough.

"Senior has great magic power, and he can imprison us with a wave of his hand. He is also the best among the first-class, but..."

Lingsong explained, "Senior has too much evil spirit on him, and he is entangled with the cause and effect of the demon clan, which may be ominous. We sent a message to the sect, and we can't let you return empty-handed, so we present a volume of Taiyi Divine Calculation."

"Too much evil spirit, is that right?"

Zhou Yi thought, and no longer used magic power to cover the seal.

The evil spirit rushed into the sky, and the dark red light flashed around him. There were faint wailing of countless demons, and the area of ​​100 feet turned into a demon domain in an instant.

The faces of Lingsong and the other two turned from blue to green, and they kept chanting the Heart Purification Mantra to avoid being lured by the evil sound and falling into the path of demons.

Zhou Yi put away his evil spirit and turned into a handsome Taoist again.

"Is this enough for me?"