Chapter 1577: Sacrificing the Souls of the Dead and Comforting the Hearts of the Living
Yunzhong Fairy Land was once a land of fairyland. It was later shattered and sank to the lower realm, and was sealed in Qingming. The entrance is on Dagushan Mountain.
Someone once saw an Immortal Root of Creation in Yunzhong Fairyland, and Liu Qinghuan's Ten Thousand Woods Nectar Vase and the Immortal Root of Creation were originally together, and together they were a treasure of chaos.
Therefore, he had long wanted to visit Yunzhong Fairyland, but the timing was always unlucky.
"Fellow Taoist, you want to enter the Yunzhong Immortal Land?" Haoyuan showed a hint of embarrassment: "But the Immortal Land has been closed for many years and has not been open to the outside world for a long time."
"Is the Immortal Land sealed?" Liu Qinghuan asked curiously.
"Yes." Haoyuan's eyes flashed slightly, and he said with difficulty: "Fellow Taoist may not know yet, but at some point an Earth-blooded Demon Violent Vine grew in the Immortal Land. By the time we noticed that someone was missing, it had already devoured several people. Mahayana monk, promoted to Sun-killing Vine."
"Earth Blood Demon Vine?" Liu Qinghuan was startled.
This name sounds familiar. I seem to have heard it somewhere...
Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he suddenly remembered something: not only had he seen it before, but he had also encountered an Earth Blood Demon Violent Vine!
Yes, more than two thousand years ago, in Baojing Palace, the Taoist Wangren, Xue Yi.
Xue Yi!
Haoyuan thought that Liu Qinghuan was just surprised, and continued: "It is not difficult to destroy the Earth-blooded Devil Vine before it is contaminated with the monk's flesh and blood, but once it is contaminated, it will advance into the Sun-killing Vine, which can easily destroy an interface. , it is said that even the sun and the moon can be killed.”
Liu Qinghuan's face suddenly looked a little strange: after the Earth Blood Demon Brutal Vine advanced, it was called the Burning Sky Demon Emperor Vine, and after further advancement, it became the Sun Killing Vine.
If there really is a sun-killing vine in Yunzhong Fairyland, it may not be as simple as swallowing up a few Mahayana monks as Haoyuan said.
If many Mahayana monks were really missing from Yunzhong Immortal Land, and the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance only discovered it a long time later, then the Immortal Alliance would be responsible for a serious oversight.
"So, fellow Taoist, you see, it is really impossible to enter the Yunzhong Fairy Land now. Do you think we should still..." Haoyuan looked at him questioningly.
Liu Qinghuan pondered for a moment and said: "There is no way to keep the Immortal Land sealed like this. I don't know how far the Sun-killing Vine has grown if it has been left alone for so long."
When he said this, Haoyuan's eyes turned and he asked tentatively: "Fellow Taoist, do you mean that you are willing to go in and help investigate the situation?"
Liu Qinghuan smiled: "Of course, I have nothing to do lately anyway."
Haoyuan laughed and said, "You have a lot to do. The ceremony for enthronement will be held soon. Countless Taoist friends from all walks of life will come to congratulate you. You will be very busy next."
Speaking of this, Liu Qinghuan felt a little headache: "No, keep everything simple. It's best to change the ceremony to a sacrifice ceremony at the Aiying Temple. It doesn't have to be me as the main one, just hold it in the name of the Immortal Alliance, and then make a simple announcement after the ceremony That’s it.”
Speaking of this, Liu Qinghuan sighed: "After so many years of great catastrophe, those monks who sacrificed their lives in the battle with the demons deserve to be mourned."
Having said this, Haoyuan hurriedly persuaded him, but his face couldn't help but show concern.
In fact, if Liu Qinghuan did this, it would increase the reputation of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance, which was not impossible.
Seeing that Liu Qinghuan had given up his intention, Haoyuan tried to persuade him a few more times, but finally gave up and said, "Fellow Taoist, you are righteous!"
The Immortal Alliance still had many things to discuss about changing the ceremony to a ceremony, so the two discussed it again, and Hao Yuan left in a hurry.
In the following days, Liu Qinghuan hardly had a moment to spare. Invitations continued to be sent to Boyun Mountain Residence, and the daily banquets continued.
Although he didn't go to everyone, there were always some people he couldn't refuse, such as the invitations from Taiqing, Taihao and others.
In addition, he is also looking for a person, a person who has been missing for a long time.
The Sun-Killing Vine, which was transformed from the Blood Demon Violent Vine that appeared in Baojing Palace, appeared in Yunzhong Fairy Land again. Baojing Palace was the place where Xue Yi, the Forgotten Taoist, was imprisoned. This matter had nothing to do with him. impossible!
That guy had entered the Yunzhong Fairyland with his help more than two thousand years ago. I don't know what he did there to cause the situation like this today.
However, I sent several messengers to Xue Yi, but nothing happened.
Liu Qinghuan had no choice but to put this matter aside for the time being and continue to be busy in his daily social interactions.
It wasn't until the day before the festival was about to begin that a note was quietly sent to Boyun Mountain Residence. When opened, there were only a few words on it.
"Seven days later, Haotian Realm Songfeng Terrace."
Liu Qinghuan thoughtfully threw the note into the incense burner nearby: It's so mysterious, what the hell is Xue Yi doing?
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That day, the sky was dark, the ground was quiet, and the autumn wind was howling.
Since that year when the demon world suddenly came and overlapped with the Jiutian Qingming space, Qingming sky no longer had the good weather with clear skies every day, and it always gave people a feeling of darkness and depression.
Aiying Temple is a nine-story stone tower. Due to weathering, many areas of the tower's surface are covered with moss.
On weekdays, this pagoda is as secluded as a cemetery, standing quietly on the mountainside of Dagushan. Only the old man under the old pine tree at the door guards the closed pagoda door every day.
On this day, although it was still quiet in front of the tower, it was a solemn silence. The monks lined up almost from halfway up the mountain to the foot of the mountain, and everyone was silent and solemn.
The tower door slowly opened under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, and the green smoke curled away, revealing the towering jade monument standing in the tower.
A thin ray of light slowly slid across the body of the stele, and the sacrificial inscriptions inscribed in true immortal inscriptions lit up one by one. A loud bell rang, spreading throughout Dagushan and reaching the nine-sky sky below.
The atmosphere was solemn. The current leader of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance, Zhenyi Zhenyi, stepped forward, stood under the jade monument, and began to recite a eulogy.
Liu Qinghuan, Taiqing and others stood aside, their eyebrows slightly lowered, holding a stick of incense in their hands.
Before the ceremony, he had taken advantage of the preparations for the ceremony to scatter the four jade slips with the Thirty-Six Immortals of Tiangang written on them into the tower room where the classics were collected. At this time, he was not distracted and silently recited the eulogy.
In the past few hundred years, in order to resist the invasion of demons, the entire human world has paid a huge price. Countless monks have died, and many more mortals than monks have been tragically implicated, and their lives have been ruined.
This ritual sacrifices the souls of the dead, but comforts the hearts of the living. After all, it has nothing to do with life and death.
With such a grand and solemn ceremony, Liu Qinghuan's ennoblement ceremony became much simpler. He stood in front of the Aiying Temple and accepted the congratulations from everyone.
Although he didn't care much, others obviously did. Wen Shi sent a large number of disciples, and Yun Mengze and Wan Hujie also sent people from various sects.
"Greetings to Supreme Master Taiwei!"
"Greetings to Supreme Master Taiwei!"
The uniform shouts resounded throughout Dagushan, and the respect at this moment was just like the scorching sun in the sky, which was at its peak for a while.