Chapter 165 Alchemy and Golden Edict
Lin Shan read all the letters from his friends and was stunned. The three sects of the Demonic Way were obviously very powerful, so how could they just say they were defeated?
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord has also been out for activities in the past ten years, and he has a general understanding of the situation on the front line. He is also familiar with Lin Shan's younger brothers, so he told him what he knew.
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It turns out that ten years ago, after Lin Shandonghai retreated, the inland of the Song Dynasty was turbulent.
The demonic Black Lotus Sect captured Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, in one fell swoop, shocking the country. The next series of consequences was that the righteous monks on other lines of defense in the Luosong Mountains all lost their fighting spirit.
The rear has been breached, so there is no point in resisting on the front line.
This was followed by a series of avalanche effects. The northern and southern theaters broke through one after another. Blood River Palace and Baigui Gate also entered the west and successfully joined forces with the Black Lotus Sect in Bianliang.
The three sects of Demonic Dao were now so powerful that their ranks were getting bigger and bigger like a snowball. All kinds of casual cultivators and affiliated forces also expanded their ranks. At this time, more than 300,000 troops had gathered outside Bianliang City!
As the saying goes, "It is better to use your remaining courage to chase the poor bandits, and not to use your reputation as an academic overlord."
Although this poem does not exist in this world, there are endless similar allusions. How could the old monsters from the Demonic United Front Department not understand it.
Therefore, after all high-level discussions, everyone unanimously decided that "it would be better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt him." They simply decided to concentrate all their forces, attack Huanglong, and push them to the mountain gate of the "Zixiao Sect" in one fell swoop, completely annihilating this leader of the righteous sect.
At this time, Qianyun Pavilion in the north was being restrained by the "Huangquan Sect" from the Great Yan Kingdom; while the Royal Beast Valley in the south was also blocked by the "Lin Yuzhai" of the South China Sea sect, and could not spare any effort to rescue them. It was the Demonic Way. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Once the Zixiao Sect in charge of the central war zone is destroyed, the connection between Qianyun Pavilion and Yushou Valley in the north and south is cut off, and they cannot rely on each other to support each other. They can only fight on their own. At that time, won't they be at the mercy of the three demon sects?
One month after making this decision, the demonic army had already arrived at Zixiao Sect, surrounding this top-level sect that had been passed down for thousands of years, and it was completely impenetrable.
Under the insistence of the Yuan Ying stage elders and the disciples of the Thirty-Six Meridians Peak Master, the Zixiao Sect relied on the sect-protecting formation that had been continuously reinforced and built for tens of thousands of years to fight against the three demon sects.
I have to say that the Zixiao Sect's mountain-protecting formation is really outrageous. Back then, several generations of ancestors kept moving their spiritual veins and built thirty-six spiritual mountains to establish the thirty-six veins Taoist lineage.
Each branch has its own mountain-protecting formation, and all the formations are superimposed on the entire mountain gate of Zixiao Sect, recreating the famous "Tiangang Beidou Formation" in the world of cultivation.
The countless armies of Ren Demon Dao attacked day and night, but all the disciples of Zixiao Sect worked together and were able to defend without leakage. Not only did they repeatedly thwart the devil's attacks, but they could also "attack the camp" every night with the advantage of a formation that could be approached and retreated.
The demonic army had been attacking for more than half a year, but found that the casualties were too heavy. If the attack continued like this, let alone the Zixiao Sect, it would probably kill itself first.
However, the masters of the three sects of magic are like clouds, fierce generals are like rain, and capable people and strangers emerge in endlessly.
The United Front Department immediately issued an order to personally select from an army of 300,000 to form a "calculation camp" consisting of 8,000 formation masters.
Among the eight thousand formation masters, there are various schools and traditions, all-encompassing and omnipotent. Some specialize in the study of mountains and terrain, some focus on astrology and astronomy, some are proficient in the Five Elements and Bagua, and some study Dunjia Qimen.
Various schools such as: Luantou School, Image School, Xingfa School, Numerology School, Five Elements School, Xingxiu School, Liuhe School, etc.
After the "calculation camp" was established, they continued to assist in deciphering the formations. They could also use the formations to break the formations and build a camp step by step. They even went as far as directly changing the terrain of the mountains and rivers, inducing the spiritual veins to migrate, and the demonic attack increased instantly.
Zixiao Sect obviously felt that the defense was struggling, and they quickly formed a formation mage unit and a "calculation camp" to compete with each other. The two saw each other's tricks, battled wits and courage, and used formations to kill and turn the world upside down, with blood flowing like rivers.
Now the formation mages on both sides were happy, but the ordinary monks were miserable. They became guinea pigs for both sides, constantly trying and making mistakes, and people died one after another.
The Demonic Alliance has a large number of people and cannon fodder, and the Zixiao Sect cannot afford to fight for their strength.
As a last resort, a task force was formed to go out at the right time to assassinate the "Calculation Battalion". However, they were beaten to death by a group of old demonic monsters, who had already laid an ambush waiting for them to rush in.
The outcome is self-evident, Zixiao Sect once again suffered heavy losses.
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In this way, the two sides fought protractedly for five years.
In the past five years, Zixiao Sect has spent an astronomical amount of spiritual stones just to activate the sect-protecting formation. Thousands of years of accumulation have been emptied, and the sect's heritage has almost been exhausted.
However, after the demonic coalition forces sacrificed their lives at all costs, and with the help of the "Calculation Battalion" for months and months, they finally completely broke through the Zixiao Sect's ten-thousand-year formation.
Suddenly, the demon army all over the mountains and plains rushed into the mountain gate, and an earth-shattering bloody battle began!
After all, no matter how powerful the Zixiao Sect is, it is no match for the three demonic sects combined. Seeing that the Taoist lineage is on the verge of being destroyed, when the disciples of the Thirty-Six Meridians are in a desperate situation, they finally use their trump card.
Among the tablets enshrined in the ancestor's ancestral hall, the sixth-generation ancestor left a "Golden Edict in Alchemy Book" before his ascension!
This "Edict" is said to be a manuscript left behind by the sixth-generation patriarch of the Zixiao Sect, who was grateful for the great kindness of the Zixiao Sect's Taoist lineage who gave birth to him when he was transcending the tribulation and ascending to the upper world.
He said that if the sect's orthodoxy was in danger of being destroyed, only then could he be asked to turn the tide and prevent it from falling.
The elders of the Zixiao Sect also obeyed the order of the ancestor. It was not until the sect saw that it was no longer possible that they took this thing out of the ancestor's ancestral hall. Because once this trump card is used, nearly 80% of the underground spiritual veins of the thirty-six peaks of the Evaporating Zixiao Sect will be extracted!
You must know that the spiritual vein is the lifeblood of the sect, and it is the result of countless years of hard work accumulated by generations of predecessors of the Zixiao Sect. Eighty percent of it evaporates in one go, and all the accumulation is wasted. It is simply a self-destruction of the foundation. It can be said that it is no different from the extermination of the family!
The spiritual veins were destroyed, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the mountain gate plummeted. Many secret realms that assisted cultivation collapsed, and a large number of medicinal fields that were rarely seen in the outside world also withered. The sect-protecting formation was useless without the support of spiritual veins. The gate It is a luxury for inner disciples to break through bottlenecks with the help of spiritual veins
But already facing the disaster of annihilation, Zixiao Sect can only choose to perish together.
Next, when the "Alchemy Book and Golden Edict" came out, it was activated by the spiritual energy supplied by the entire mountain gate's earth veins, and instantly triggered the celestial phenomena.
Golden snakes danced wildly all over the sky, and a sea of thunder spread across thousands of miles.
A pool of golden thunder appeared in the distant nine heavens. Countless thunder catastrophes were like a golden river hanging upside down, and the rolling momentum was earth-shattering. Its power spreads throughout all corners of the Zixiao Sect, and it carries out differentiated attacks against monks with different levels of demonic cultivation.
At this moment, the demonic army all over the mountains and plains was instantly torn apart. They were punished by Thunder Jietian and were so violent that they cried and screamed and ran away with their heads in their hands.
The magical power in this manuscript clearly comes from the Purple Qi Heart Sutra, the Zhensect's treasured book of the Zixiao Sect, and is derived from the thunder tribulation magical power that no one has been able to cultivate for thousands of years.
The lower the enemy's cultivation level, the lower the damage caused by the thunder tribulation. The higher the enemy's cultivation level, the higher the damage caused by the thunder tribulation!
In the end, the power of the "Alchemy Book and Golden Edict" was exhausted, and three of the nine old monsters in the Nascent Soul Stage of the Demonic Dao died in a natural disaster, and six others were seriously injured.
The demonic army that spread all over the mountains and plains below also fell on their backs, with nearly half of the casualties.
But at this time, there are still more than 100,000 troops in the demonic path, and they still have an overwhelming advantage. As long as the six old monsters in the Nascent Soul stage are determined, they have a chance of winning against the Zixiao Sect in a desperate fight.
However, the people in the demonic path are perverse and arrogant, and all of them are selfish, especially those who can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage. Which one has not climbed up from the bloody sea of corpses? Especially now that they are all seriously injured, they only believe in themselves and not others.
If the six Demon Dao Nascent Souls were in their prime, they would certainly be able to fight against the Zixiao Sect with ease, but when they were seriously injured and feared that they would capsize, how could they work together to risk their lives?
As a result, the six demonic Nascent Soul monks fled in all directions, but were intercepted and pursued by four Nascent Soul stage elders from the Zixiao Sect, and they were killed again on the spot. Only the Black Lotus Sect's Law King, the Fourth Hall Master of Blood River Hall, and the Second Elder of Baigui escaped.
The last protective Dharma King of the Black Lotus Sect, who is said to have the highest level of cultivation, originally suppressed his strength and did not dare to overcome the tribulation. However, he was locked by the thunder pool and chased him all the way. He had to use secret techniques to abandon his physical body and escape.
And the demon army monks who were all over the mountains and plains, seeing that their ancestors all deserved to die and run away, they all dispersed in a panic. The Zixiao Sect disciples behind them fought back desperately, killing and beheading countless enemies along the way. ……
After this battle, the Demonic Dao lost five Nascent Soul monks one after another. The whereabouts of the Guardian Dharma King Yuanying are unknown, and the remaining Yuanying monks are missing. They may be being hunted by the Yuanying Phase of the Zixiao Sect, or they may be hiding in He was recuperating in the deep mountains and old forests, and he would never show up again anyway.
More than half of the Golden Core Guardians were also lost. It is said that the masters of the three sects, in order to preserve the strength of their sects, personally directed the retreat and were focused on by Zhengdao. After being seriously injured by Thunder Tribulation, they were all killed by the Zixiao Sect at great cost.
As a result, the demonic army was leaderless, the high-level command system of the United Front Department collapsed directly, and sporadic organizations in various places were unable to gain momentum.
The Zixiao Sect was almost wiped out before, its foundation was severely damaged, and its strength suffered heavy losses. However, the Nascent Soul Stage's combat power was still strong, and its numbers exceeded the Demonic Alliance Army.
Over the next six months, the Zixiao Sect gradually reorganized and regained some of its vitality, and began to gather together small and medium-sized sects and families in the west. Taking advantage of the previous momentum of defeating the devil by his own efforts, many people raised their arms and responded.
The rebuilt Zhengdao coalition took advantage of the opportunity to regain the capital Bianliang one after another, regained all the territory west of the Luosong Mountains, and once again drew the battle line to the Luosong Mountains.
Even though the remaining three masters of the Nascent Soul stage of the Demonic Dao appeared later, they reunited the defeated soldiers, restored some of their original power, and once again sent troops to fight several large-scale battles against the Righteous Dao.
However, because the number of senior leaders in the Nascent Soul stage did not hold an absolute advantage, the demonic monks under their command were also disorganized. In the end, they suffered successive setbacks and were forced to switch to a defensive posture.
At this time, in order to buy time for cultivation, the three demonic sects sent envoys to propose that the good and evil parties divide the Song Dynasty equally and restore their respective territories a thousand years ago, but they were directly beheaded by the angry Zixiao sect members.
"It is better to use your strength to chase down the poor bandits, and not to use your reputation as an academic overlord." This sentence has been put on the agenda by the big guys of the righteous path. They must also understand the principles that the demonic path understands. How can they negotiate peace with you?
It's just that the righteous masters are more cautious and not as radical and adventurous as the demonic monks. After all, the Centipede Insect is dead but not dead. Although the righteous coalition forces led by the Zixiao Sect family have no problem stabilizing the current territory, if they want to continue to expand the results, they need to free up the hands of the other two sects.
So they first sent their troops to the Songshan Mountains, training the army while waiting for reinforcements, and then made plans after stabilizing the rear area.
On the other hand, among the three demon sects, those with high cultivation were taken care of during the catastrophe, while those with low cultivation could not escape the pursuit of the righteous path for several years. Those who can survive and escape are all of equal strength and clever minds.
The offensive and defensive momentum of the two sides has been reversed.
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"So, the situation of the Demonic Dao camp was originally very good, but after the battle of Zixiao Sect, it is already on the defensive."
Lin Shan listened to what the Black Skeleton Demon Lord told him, and then he deeply understood the meaning of the word "time".
He left the Lin family at the age of 16 and traveled until he was 23. He had never been in seclusion for such a long time.
Ten years is just a blink of an eye for a monk in seclusion, but for a war, if the balance of power is not balanced, it will soon become one-sided.
What's more, this is a war in the world of cultivation?
Immortal cultivators can fly thousands of miles a day with their swords, and the progress of the war is far beyond imagination.
Back then, the Demonic Alliance took over half of the Song Dynasty in half a year, and even captured Bianliang in half a month. Nowadays, the army has been defeated like a mountain. Without the protection of a peerless formation like the Zixiao Sect, it is already incredible that it can still hold on until now.
But what made him depressed was that he had just completed the test given to him by the real master before retreating, and was about to become famous. However, after ten years of retreat, the demonic path was completely defeated.
The new thigh master is also on the street!
Lin Shan grimaced, feeling that he had to continue hugging Protector Yan's thigh.
The only good thing is that he escaped in time after the Bianliang War and escaped the shocking battle against the Zixiao Sect. I don’t know how many magic masters died in that battle. Five Nascent Soul stage plus most of the Golden Core stage, it can be said that the losses were heavy!
The mainstay of the Black Lotus Sect, the "Dharma Protector", even had his body destroyed and his Nascent Soul escaped. His life and death are still unknown.
At present, it seems that the Demonic Path has been driven out of the west. At least the defensive barrier of the Luosong Mountains is still there. It still controls half of the country and the East China Sea, and is trying to find ways to resist the righteous coalition forces.
However, the Nascent Soul Stage monks no longer have an advantage in numbers, so they may be unable to attack and have to resort to defense.
Unless the Lu State General Altar continues to deploy high-level monks to support
Lin Shan sat in the yard and thought carefully. The top priority was to continue to consolidate his realm. If the sky fell, there would be tall people to hold it up.
After all, he had just broken through the bottleneck in the early stage of foundation building, and with the help of the Purple Dust Pill, he had suddenly advanced to a quarter of the cultivation progress in the middle stage of foundation building. He needed to consolidate and refine, otherwise this part of the extra cultivation would be likely to be lost.
As for the war situation outside, he can only be used as cannon fodder and can't change anything. One more of him is not too much, and one of less of him is not too much.
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Next, when Lin Shan opened the letter left by Lin Fan, he also mentioned something. After Lin Shan broke through the foundation building period in Yichuan, he asked him about Ouyang Feng, the founder of the "Wind and Thunder Jue" technique and an abandoned disciple of the Zixiao Sect.
Lin Fan said in his letter that he had consulted the relevant records in the Zixiao Sect and found that there was indeed a true disciple Ouyang Feng thousands of years ago. He broke into the ancestor's ancestral hall without permission and secretly studied the Zhen sect's treasured book "Purple Qi Heart Sutra". As a result, he was caught on the spot by the elders of the sect. This incident caused an uproar in the sect at that time.
Because in the Zhengdao sect, the skills also need to be exchanged by disciples with contribution points, or passed down by the elders of the sect in person. Ouyang Feng directly skipped these two procedures and secretly learned the Zhen Sect Kung Fu, ignoring the rules of the sect. How could he convince other disciples?
Therefore, the headmaster at that time, under pressure from within the sect, expelled Ouyang Feng from his cultivation in accordance with the sect's rules.
But he didn't expect Ouyang Feng to stand up after breaking through the outside world. He suddenly cultivated from a mortal body to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in two hundred years, and became famous in the world of cultivation in the Song Dynasty.
When the senior officials of the Zixiao Sect regretted and wanted to re-incorporate him into the mountain gate, Ouyang Feng deliberately disappeared and left the Song Dynasty alone to travel far away. It is said that he has never returned since then.
The letter stopped abruptly at this point. Obviously, Lin Fan could only find out this much.
"I didn't expect that Ouyang Feng would have such a story. It took two hundred years to rebuild the Nascent Soul stage directly from a mortal. What kind of qualifications and talents does this have? Moreover, he also has the spirit root of the second element of wind and thunder. Since he can create the corresponding skills, he said There may also be corresponding magical powers.”
Lin Shan sighed slightly and put the matter aside for the time being, and will look for and trace his inheritance when he has the opportunity in the future.
In the following time, while Lin Shan consolidated his cultivation, he asked the Black Skeleton Demon Lord to continue to inquire about outside information.
(End of chapter)