Chapter 12: Unasked whether it is fate or calamity
What is a fairy?
Whenever Ji Ruochen asks for divination, he will have this question in his heart. If he is asking about personal misfortune, it will be the same as usual. Usually the hexagrams will appear in the clouds and fog, and it is difficult to understand. But as long as he asks about the future of Taoism, , three or four of the ten hexagrams show bad omens, and from time to time there are one or two hexagrams that show that the Taoism Sect is acting in reverse, which will lead to divine punishment.
Ji Ruochen secretly sighed in his heart. The Tao Te Sect has been a leader for hundreds of years and has always acted in a domineering manner. Let alone ordinary sects, they must not offend. Even the sects such as Qingxu Palace are not willing to offend the Tao Tao Sect easily. But since Gua Gua If the prediction is so clear, then the grievances accumulated over the past hundred years will be like long-simmering underground fires. When they find an outlet, they will burst into flames. The Tao Te Sect's methods are no longer unscrupulous. Today, the small sect has been wiped out. Three. Normally this would be enough to scare the young people, but today, it seems that it can only arouse more hatred and killing.
If there really are immortals in this world, then according to the magical powers recorded in the scriptures, one or two immortals may not be able to destroy the Taoist sect with Ziwei. But in the current situation, the immortal hidden behind the scenes has made the Taoist sect become a sect without even lifting a finger. It is the target of public criticism. In such a situation, even if the Tao Te Sect were twice as powerful, it would still be doomed to collapse.
Perhaps, this is the scary thing about true immortals.
Ji Ruochen gently stroked the Dinghaishen Needle Iron in front of him, unable to take his thoughts back for a moment. Regardless of the wrath of the immortal, even though the purple thunder and sky fire that day surged down, as bright as a river hanging upside down, this kind of power that seizes the world, how can it be? Can he take it for granted? Even if Yinfeng's immortality is not considered, he still has a fate that lasts for hundreds of years. How can he get in?
Perhaps we should be like the sages and great philosophers who cut off when it is time to cut it off and close it when it should be done.
The iron of the Dinghai Shen Needle was black and heavy, lying quietly. It felt rough and uneven, with a hint of heat in the coldness. Ji Ruochen took a steel chisel and a small hammer from the table, pondered for a moment, and then chiseled on the iron of the Dinghai Shen Needle. Get up. The Dinghai Shenzhen iron is born from the spiritual power of heaven and earth. Not to mention ordinary stubborn iron, even ancient and rare treasures can't do anything to it. Ji Ruochen chiseled for a long time, but naturally he didn't get any iron filings. But he was not in a hurry, just like that He chiseled it down one at a time, and the intervals between each stroke were exactly the same, as if he was going to chisel till the end of time.
The chisel hammer in his hand also has an origin. It was left by Master Miaoyin in the history of Taoism. At that time, Master Miaoyin held two pieces of iron and started chiseling from the foot of Xixuan Mountain with a hammer, carving out a rock straight to the top of Mogan Peak. It took a total of more than two hundred years to reach the mountain. Master Miaoyin was cutting rocks to open the mountain day after day. He neither burned incense to worship his ancestors, nor meditated to adjust his breathing, nor practiced even the simplest Taoism. For two whole days In the past hundred years, the Tao De Sect has had three leaders. However, no matter how great your Tao Xing is, you still can't see the slightest trace of Tao Xing Zhenyuan from Miao Yin. As time goes by, the Tao Tao Sect has also left Miao Yin, and some people admire it. His perseverance makes some people just think that he is a madman.
When the last step of the winding mountain road was built, it was already midnight. The night sky suddenly shone brightly, illuminating the entire Xixuan Mountain as if it were daytime. The auspicious clouds gathered in the sky, and the soft glow overflowed from every point in the center, as if thousands of luminous pearls were hidden. Normally, when the clouds break and the light overflows, dozens of pairs of white cranes measuring several feet long fly out and circle around in the air for several weeks before they turn into light and disperse.
For a time, everyone in the Tao Te Sect was so shocked that they woke up.
Miao Yin, who had been cutting stone for more than two hundred years, stood up at some point. The worn Taoist robe could no longer cover up the brilliance shining through his skin. He looked up at the sky, his brows furrowed slightly, as if in deep thought.
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Suddenly there was a thunderbolt, Miaoyin's hair bun flew away, the top of her head opened wide, and an extremely dazzling golden light flew out. The golden light hovered unsteadily, constantly collapsing toward the center, and instantly shrunk into a golden elixir about the size of an inch.
It floats above Miaoyin's head.
At this time, people were flying up one after another in the Taishang Daode Palace. Everyone cried out when they saw this scene. The golden elixir leaving the body is the scene of reaching the ultimate level of cultivation in the Shangqing realm. From the day he entered the sect, Miaoyin
How could he suddenly achieve such a profound Taoist practice even if he had never practiced a single day's practice? Even Daoyizhenren, the highest Taoist practitioner in the sect, had only cultivated the golden elixir for more than ten years, and he had not yet reached the point where the golden elixir could leave the body.
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The visions in the night sky even make the most determined real people tremble with fear. Therefore, according to the old legend, when the cultivation reaches the extreme, the ascended person can respond to the sky and cause changes in the world. According to the ascension
The ranks of the Immortal Class at that time were different, and the celestial phase was also different. The celestial phase in front of me looked very similar to that of Bai Helai, which was the top grade among the nine heavenly phases that had become immortals and ascended to heaven.
Although the practice of golden elixir out of the body is astonishing to the world, there is still a long way to go before becoming immortal and ascending. It can even be said to be a thousand miles away. Then the celestial signs in the night sky must be those of other people.
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For a moment, even though everyone in the Taoist Sect knew that his current Taoist behavior had no possibility of becoming an ascension, his heart was still beating loudly. Master Daoyi's sleeves were trembling, and his figure was shaking.
It was so heavy that it almost fell from the air.
The auspicious light of the White Crane's arrival did not shine on any of them as the Taoists wished, but lingered around and slowly fell towards Miaoyin.
The golden elixir at the center of Miaoyin suddenly regenerates and changes. First, it shines a little brightly, and then like a lotus blooming, each petal peels off, and pieces of golden lotus fly around Miaoyin, and bursts of secret fragrance gush out.
, almost everyone feels relaxed and happy in the Taoist sect.
Countless lotus petals formed three exquisite pagodas, holding Miao Yin up slowly, facing the auspicious light falling in the night sky. When the auspicious light carried Miao Yin back to the sky, this time she suddenly became ascension as expected.
It's finished.
However, Miaoyin suddenly shouted, like spring thunder, the exquisite pagodas shattered one after another, and the auspicious light from the sky rolled back. Miaoyin waved his robe sleeves and strode down the mountain along the winding mountain road he had opened. In the blink of an eye,
Then he disappeared into the darkness of the night. Even if you, the Taoist sect, have unparalleled spiritual awareness and your eyes are as bright as lightning, you will not be able to clearly see where Miao Yin went.
It was not until after a stick of incense that the auspicious light that filled the sky dispersed unwillingly, leaving bursts of strange fragrance in the air. At this time, the Taoist Sect's Taoists came back to their senses and flew to Miaoyin's footing in fear. The Taoists were found.
In the middle of the night, I only found the hammer and chisel left by Miao Yin. The hammer and chisel looked ordinary, but the needle and thread left by Miao Yin were extraordinary. So Dao Yi held it carefully and studied in seclusion all night.
This retreat lasted for thirty years.
In addition to knowing that the hammer and chisel are extremely hard, Dao Yi Zhenren found nothing. He was unwilling to accept it. He only thought that the treasure left by the ascended person must be mysterious, but he didn't see it for a while, so he worked harder. However, manpower sometimes fails.
After being poor and gaining nothing, Master Dao Yi could not make any progress in his cultivation, and finally died of depression. Since then, all the Taoist sect masters could not see what was so special about the hammer and chisel, and who actually ascended that night in Miaoyin?
It’s hard to explain, but over time, this hammer and chisel was regarded as useless waste by the Taoists, and was thrown into the corner of the Treasure Pavilion to collect dust. Miao Yin’s deeds were only mentioned in a few strokes in the Taoist scriptures.
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After returning to the mountain this time, Ji Ruochen often felt inexplicably agitated and uneasy, and his practice almost went wrong because of it. This was a unique thing. After learning about it, Master Ziyang spent a whole night talking with Ji Ruochen despite his busy schedule. In addition to asking some questions,
What he saw and heard at the foot of the mountain was just some illusory fairy tales. After talking about it, the next day Ziyang Zhenren ordered Yunfeng to send this set of hammers and chisels, and asked him to try to carve his own mark on the Dinghai Shenzhen Iron
.Zhenren Ziyang said that only in this way can the soul and the divine object be integrated into one, and this piece of divine iron can be truly controlled. Ji Ruochen put away the hammer and chisel, and out of curiosity, he went to check the origin of the hammer and chisel, and then he learned about the history of Taoism.
There is also Miao Yin. Of course, the divine object has its own spirituality. If Ji Ruochen can carve his mark on the Dinghai Shenzhen Iron, it is because the divine object recognizes its owner, not because his cultivation overwhelms the murderous aura of this piece of heaven and earth.
of divine iron.
Strange to say, after he started carving on the divine iron, Ji Ruochen's heart gradually calmed down after thousands of chisels. These same chiselings seemed to have a slight similarity with his life in the Longmen Inn in the past.
He found some long-lost peace.
Ding ding ding ding, the monotonous sound of hammering iron echoed, seemingly endless.
Coincidentally, the jingle, jingle, and crisp sound of gold and jade also rippled in the sky above the Yehua Tower of the Datang Palace. The Yehua Tower is ten feet tall, with gold tiles and green eaves, and is unparalleled in splendor.
Half a year ago, Yang Yuhuan felt that the middle of the night was boring and there was no place to enjoy the moon that he wanted, so the Ming Emperor issued an order to build the Yehua Tower and devoted all the efforts of the country to build it in May. It has been just one month since the Yehua Tower was completed.
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The highest point of Yehua Tower is a terrace, with three to five square stones standing there, two or three clear springs gushing out, and green bamboos like umbrellas. The sound of gurgling water and the mist make this terrace look like a sky ten feet above the ground.
A beautiful scenery. On this bitterly cold winter night, it is even more extraordinary.
There was a bamboo table and a pair of rattan chairs on the terrace. Yang Yuhuan was wearing a snow-white foxtail shawl, but she was wearing summer gauze. Her eyes were blank, and her gaze fell on the bright moon reflected in the jade cup.
She went up, but she didn't know what she was thinking about. The golden spoon in Ruxue's slender fingers was swinging back and forth, tapping the jade cup again and again, and the ripples shattered the bright moon in the cup, but she had no idea.
It was warm and cozy on the terrace, but occasionally a hint of cold air sneaked in through the gaps in the formation, and was eliminated in the dense water vapor.
There was a soft sound of footsteps on the stairs, awakening Yang Yuhuan from deep thought. She asked lazily: "Eunuch Gao?"
"It's the old slave." Gao Lishi responded, carefully standing behind Yang Yuhuan.
"It's such a late night, does Eunuch Gao have anything important to do?"
Gao Lishi said: "I have three things to tell you. The first is that Master Sun Guosun has just met with Your Majesty and said that he has united the Taoist monks in the world. The Taoist Sect has become a bereaved dog, huddled in Xixuan Mountain and cannot move..."
Yang Yuhuan said softly: "So when will Zhenren Sun be ready to eradicate these evil ways?"
"This..." Gao Lishi hesitated for a moment, then said: "Zenren Sun is a centipede in Taoism, but he is dead but not stiff. The Daode Sect's monsters are powerful. Although they are at a disadvantage, they cannot be ignored. Therefore, they are holding back at this moment."
With a "ding" sound, the golden spoon hit the jade cup hard. Yang Yuhuan's eyebrows stood straight up. There was a ray of coldness in his voice, and he said coldly: "We are all surrounded, but we don't dare to take action?! Sun Guo is so incompetent in doing things."
, I think he is either incompetent or hesitant!"
Gao Lishi immediately echoed: "This old slave thinks so too. However, there is one more thing that I feel cannot be ignored, so I came to tell you this in the middle of the night."
With such an understatement, Yang Yuhuan turned his attention away and said: "Then come quickly."
Gao Lishi lowered his voice and said: "I heard that the prince has been criticizing the empress recently, saying that the empress has seduced the king, causing your majesty to ignore the morning court, and also repaired the Yehua Tower... repaired the Yehua Tower..."
There was another soft ding, Yang Yuhuan flicked the jade cup with his long tail armor, and said lazily: "Why did I repair the Yehua Tower?"
"He said that Yehua Tower has ruined my luck... Madam, I heard that strange people have been coming in and out of the Prince's residence recently, so I must be on guard."
Yang Yuhuan said calmly: "Li Heng is suspicious and changeable, and he only believes and listens. What can he do? Is there anything else?"
Gao Lishi said: "The other thing is that Qinglian layman Li Taibai. After he was demoted from the capital, the old slave sent five or six groups of people to seek bad luck for him, but they never came back. This Li Taibai is very
Not easy to deal with."
Yang Yuhuan waved his hand. Gao Lishi knew what was going on and immediately retreated downstairs.
The cold moon is in the sky.
She caressed the jade cup in her palm, thoughtfully.
Suddenly there was a snapping sound, the jade cup shattered, and the pale wine juice overflowed, and in the blink of an eye there was a little more blood.
She clenched her fists, as if she didn't know her palms were filled with broken porcelain, and let the hot blood gush down.
"Anyone related to Ji Ruochen, I will make you suffer forever!"
Chapter completed!