Chapter 7 The Eternal Soul Array
Qionghuatang implemented Kunwu City’s new law. It first reduced the number of monks, and then eliminated the phenomenon of taking additional cultivation materials. As expected, it caused dissatisfaction among many monks. .
They have used their connections to take advantage of the situation for a long time, and have taken it for granted to get more shares in the city. Now they want to gather a crowd to force Qionghuatang to restore the old rules.
Wei Hongyun has made preparations for the monks' protest, but he is still troubled by the monks surrounding the entrance of Qionghua Hall. They have been affecting the monks of Qionghua Hall in handling official affairs in the city for many days.
Many of the protestors came from the inner sect or from a family of cultivators. It could be said that their backgrounds were similar to those of Wei Hongyun, so they had no scruples in making trouble. They all had close or distant relationships. The teachers and commanders were unwilling to personally participate in the fight for supplies, so the city lord's wife had no way to ask the high-level monks for help. There are only a few people of the same generation who stand on the side of Qionghuatang, and they are the ones who make trouble.
Wei Hongyun saw that he could not work normally for several days. A large number of businesses came to register for opening, and things were piled up and he could not handle them normally. As a result, income decreases even more. Kunwu City is a new city and does not have much accumulation. It has always made money and spent money. By next month, there will be problems with the city's financial revenue.
He remembered that day when junior sister Tang Yue promised him that if he needed help, he could come to her. Junior sister is the daughter of the city lord, and her status is higher than those outside. Moreover, junior sister Tang is much more flexible than before. Maybe she really has a way, but if it doesn't work, she can still ask the city lord for help.
Wei Hongyun speculated on Tang Wenhua and Tang Yue based on the general father-daughter relationship. Of course, he felt that the biological father would always help his daughter. Unfortunately, Tang Wenhua’s beloved daughter was not his biological junior sister, but another junior sister Tang. .
Tang Yue was meditating in the mansion. When she got tired, she played with the microscope for a while. Suddenly the sound transmission jade lit up. She saw that it was a spiritual message from her senior brother, and it must be for the purpose of changing the order in the city.
She also heard the handyman disciples at home talking about this matter recently. However, usually the handyman disciples did not get any extra benefits. They only took this matter as a joke. It turned out that even the monks who were above them had to make trouble for money. so.
She opened the Sound Transmission Jade and saw that it turned out that Senior Brother Wei was dealing with the second-generation cultivators who were blocking the door, and he expressed the hope Tang Yue could help him in a tactful way.
Tang Yue has recently reached the third level of Qi Refining. He is relatively easy to use his spiritual consciousness and can also drive some magic formations that do not require cultivation. She thought for a moment and went to the courtyard to open Mrs. Water's private treasure house.
Seeing that she always wanted some worthless things and exercises, Mrs. Shui opened up one layer of her treasure house to her and let her choose as she pleased. There are also some heavenly magic weapons in it, most of which do not require spiritual power but can be directly driven by spiritual stones, in case one day she happens not to be with Tang Yue and her daughter is bullied.
She is not afraid of Tang Yue going out to do evil. Now her daughter is practicing diligently every day, taking the initiative to be an apprentice, and studying the exercises. She is better than those second-generation playboys who cause trouble all day long. Much more.
The other party took action in the school incident first, and it was not Tang Yue who took the initiative to cause trouble. It would be better for someone else to be injured than to have his own daughter injured.
Tang Yue looked for various magic weapons and spiritual treasures, but none of them were suitable. He walked to the locker in the corner and suddenly caught a glimpse of a jasper formation disk. He took it out and saw that the formation disk itself gave off a faint halo. There is a treasure lingering around, and the formation is actually carved with Xuantian crystal.
She used her spiritual sense to probe into the bamboo card, and found that this magic circle was a heavenly magic weapon that was extremely powerful, and could be driven by monks' spiritual power and top-quality spiritual crystals. There were a few top-quality spiritual crystals placed thoughtfully next to it. crystal.
Tang Yue really didn’t know what to say about Shui Yingrou’s way of pampering her daughter. Such a precious and dangerous thing was placed here for her to spare. Fortunately, she was a poor person in her last life, and she could wear it to the book Even if you become a dandy, you won't be able to squander it.
She thought that although the magic circle consumed a lot of money, it was nothing compared to the resources saved by the new order in the city, so she gritted her teeth and picked up the magic circle and went to Qionghua Hall.
When we arrived in front of the pavilion, there was indeed a sea of people. The people standing inside were disciples of famous families, while outside were ordinary monks watching the fun. Tang Yue finally squeezed in.
She walked up to the crowd, stood with the monks who were barely maintaining order in Qionghua Hall, and shouted to the troublemakers: "What are you doing? Are you trying to rob Kunwu City of spiritual taxes?"
Everyone was confused by these words and looked at the girl who suddenly appeared. Some people recognized that this was the daughter of Shui Yingrou, the wife of the city lord and the head of Qionghuatang. They suddenly became angry, but they were also worried about her. I don't dare to identify myself.
A male disciple came forward and said: "Junior sister Tang, you are young and do not understand the affairs of the city. We are here to seek justice today. We all pay a lot for Kunwu City on weekdays, how can our salaries be reduced? This is unfair to us, so we are here to ask the wife of the city lord in charge of Qionghua Hall to stop the new order and apologize to us. I hope that junior sister can tell this mother to give us an answer today. "
Tang. After hearing this, Yue took a deep breath and told herself to calm down and not to be anxious when dealing with shameless people, "Really? I wonder what this senior brother has paid for Kunwu City?"
The disciple suddenly looked like a With a humiliated expression, "I, a disciple of Zixiao Mansion, kill demons and defend the Tao on weekdays, and kill countless ferocious beasts. How can you, junior sister, erase our contribution?"
Tang Yue chuckled lightly, "Don't you, senior brother? Did you get the reward for the mission in the city as usual? Please explain the time when you didn't get the reward. We will find this person and send him to Taiping Mansion to deal with him according to law."
This disciple was speechless. Every time he received an upgraded salary and bounty, the sect's exchange points were more than those received by ordinary registered monks.
But what they are dissatisfied about now is that their usual special treatment has been cancelled, and their salary has become the same as that of ordinary monks, which they cannot accept. "Our Zixiao Mansion monks are naturally extraordinary. How can our salary be the same as that of ordinary monks?" Same?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the casual cultivators onlookers talking quietly and expressing their dissatisfaction, and he immediately knew that what he said was inappropriate. Although the status of the monks in Zixiao Mansion is unusual, everyone has acquiesced in it, but saying it like this is equivalent to blatantly saying that casual cultivators are inferior to them, which can easily attract criticism.
Tang Yue's expression suddenly became righteous, "Brother, your words are truly unfair. Your cultivation level is not higher than that of the monks in the city, and there is nothing special about doing tasks. Everyone Why do you ask for more if you do the same thing?”
The disciples of Zixiao Mansion felt a little embarrassed. What this junior sister said was too unpleasant. No wonder she was not as prestigious as her sister. "Junior sister, how can you insult me."
Tang Yue looked sincere, "Senior brother , I’m just telling the truth. Good advice hurts your ears, but it’s not good for your physical and mental growth.” In her previous life, she was also an expert in online scolding, and she was very good at trying to bully people.
Senior Brother Wei also came out of the pavilion in time and walked quickly to her side. Obviously he was afraid that she would suffer a loss. Tang Yue nodded slightly to him, indicating that the situation was still under control.
A slightly fat male monk stood beside this disciple of Zixiao Mansion, who came out to help: "Junior sister, as the daughter of the city lord's family, you should know that the master of Zixiao Mansion has a close relationship with the city lord. Zixiao Mansion has done a lot for Kunwu City, so they deserve preferential treatment."
There is some truth to this, but it is a pity that it is my own mother who pays for this preferential treatment. That won't work, "Senior brother, it is precisely because the City Lord's Mansion and Zixiao Mansion have an extraordinary relationship that Zixiao Mansion should have the same treatment as everyone else. Only by treating everyone equally can the fairness of the City Lord's Mansion be reflected. What's more, Now that the city is in financial difficulty and unable to make ends meet, Zixiao Mansion should actively support the city's reform of the order and preserve the brotherhood between the palace lord and the city lord. The way you are acting now is exactly the situation where the palace lord is unkind and unjust!"
Everyone who caused the trouble did not dare to be too harsh with Tang Yue in words, so they simply stopped talking nonsense. "If Qionghuatang insists on not repealing the new order, our families will have to move away from Kunwu City in order to survive.
I think back then, Kunwu City had just been established, and we were still the first generation lords of the city. It’s really chilling that we, the family members who invited us here, are now being treated like this!”
It seems that Qionghuatang is not trying to cancel the illegal benefits of monks, but to do so! It’s like killing a family to seize treasure.
Wei Hongyun couldn't stand listening anymore, "Everyone, Qionghuatang asked himself that for many years, Qionghuatang has treated the monk families who moved to the city so favorably, which has led to the current predicament of Kunwu City being unable to make ends meet. In order to solve the predicament, as a member of Kunwu City, Members, everyone should support the new order and get through the difficulties. If you don’t agree, you can come and go freely in Kunwu City, please go back and tell the elders of the clan.”
Someone heard Wei Hongyun's words and was very rude to his own family, and became angry, "Wei Hongyun, what do you mean? Do you look down on our sects now? At that time, we sects approved your master's marriage to Kunwu City because of her. It can bring benefits to the city, but now you want to expel us families who have been rooted here for several generations. It is really unreasonable."
Tang Yue was really angry when she heard this, but she still held her aside first. Wei Hongyun was very angry.
She took a step forward and stood in front of the monks, "You all know that Kunwu City cannot make ends meet and relies on my mother's dowry subsidy to continue to distribute supplies, but you insist on not agreeing to the law on saving expenditures. "Eating a woman's dowry?"
Hearing this, some monks felt embarrassed. Although this was true, how could they say it so straightforwardly?
But there are still monks who take it for granted. A man in green answers, "Junior sister Tang, my mother is the wife of the city lord of Kunwu City. She should work with the city lord to contribute to the development of Kunwu City. This is her responsibility. .
I think the city lord’s wife also knows this, so she takes the initiative to subsidize Kunwu City, instead of hindering the monks from getting the resources they deserve.”
Tang. Yue laughed angrily, "So you insist on being shameless and determined to rob private property to support yourself?" After hearing this, the protesting cultivators started making noises. How could she speak like this?
Tang Yue didn't say any more, he took a step forward and took out the array plate and activated the array. Everyone felt bad, and just when they wanted to evacuate, they were trapped in the inexplicable blue-gray smoke. No more, no less, the monks who happened to be causing trouble were trapped in it.
She often uses her spiritual consciousness to read books and write articles on the world-viewing mirror. Her spiritual consciousness has been trained well, and she is good at controlling a magic circle with high automaticity.
Other onlookers saw that these distinguished monks were trapped in a large blue-grey mist and left immediately, for fear of affecting themselves. Only some high-level monks were left watching.
The deacons of Qionghuatang are also a little confused. Is this lady from the City Lord's Mansion really here to help? Why do I feel like things are out of control now?
Wei Hongyun was also a little anxious and asked: "Junior sister, what kind of magic circle is this? Will these people have no problem getting in?" They are all favored children of various families and sects, and some of them are the only children in the family. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid Master won't be able to face those high-level monks.
Tang Yue felt much more comfortable when he saw that everyone was inside, and replied: "Brother, it's no problem. This array is actually good for them. This is the eternal soul-destroying array."
Wei Hongyun felt a little familiar when he heard the name. When he remembered what kind of magic circle it was, his expression changed greatly, "Junior sister, they can't bear it."
Tang Yue did not answer any more, she meditated on the spot. Get up and close your eyes. Although this Tianpin magic circle can also be driven during the Qi refining period, you still need to concentrate on mental control.
Wei Hongyun has a high level of cultivation and immediately understood that in order to accurately control the magic circle, the junior sister actually connected the soul with the magic circle. Although this eternal formation does not consume the soul of the leader of the magic circle, if there is an accident, it will be injured. And the life of junior sister.
He felt that the situation was urgent and hurriedly sent a spiritual message to Shui Yingrou. He regretted that he was ill and sought medical treatment indiscriminately. He even asked his younger junior sister for help. She was so tired that she did such a thing. If anything happened to her junior sister, she would How to face Master?
Tang Yue felt that with Brother Wei taking care of her here, she could control the magic circle with peace of mind, so she put most of her consciousness into the formation, leaving only a trace of consciousness outside to prevent accidents. This was also because her cultivation level was not high, and her soul Not much, not enough to distract.
Her consciousness was at the highest point of the illusion in the formation. At a glance, everyone was trapped in a silver mirror at the same height as everyone, as if they were asleep, motionless.
The green light on the ground flashes, the aura of the best spiritual stone flows through it, and the silver mirror floats in the air, fluttering slowly. She found the last thick-skinned monk in Tsing Yi and floated over there, wanting to see what kind of wicked person he was.
Tang Yue touched the mirror lightly, and it immediately showed the scene that the monk in blue was experiencing. He was working as a servant in the mundane mansion transformed into an illusion. The servant he served was so angry that he threw a tea cup and had to use his hands. I accidentally cut my hand while cleaning up the broken porcelain pieces on the floor.
He went to see the Zixiao Mansion disciple who had argued with him when he first arrived at the entrance of Qionghua Hall. His fantasy was very fragrant, and he was very happy to be hugging each other in a painting boat. Tang Yue exited his fantasy just before the blind scene appeared.
This is the special function of the eternal soul sinking array. When the monk's soul is sucked into the eternal world, he will forget his true origin and completely believe in the identity and environment created by the array. He will lose his cultivation and experience the experience of ordinary people. The suffering of the seven emotions and six desires has the effect of tempering the mind.
Although Wanshi is a heavenly magic weapon in the world of mortal monks, it was created by capable people in the world of immortals. It contains exquisite and mysterious formations that imitate the methods used by monks in the immortal world to practice through reincarnation and calamity, so that mortal monks can also practice through endless reincarnations, and the damage to the soul is much less than that of real reincarnation and calamity.
In the past, there were monks and disciples who could not break through the Taoist heart and came to borrow this formation. Shui Yingrou had no intention of giving the formation to Tang Yue. She moved a cabinet of non-attack magic weapons to the first floor and forgot to take out this extremely powerful formation.
The full name of Wanshi also contains the four words "Sinking Soul", which shows that it is not just a harmless magic circle to temper the Taoist heart. When the monks sink into the prosperity of the mortal world in the illusion, they are reluctant to leave. Or if you are struggling in a sea of suffering that you cannot seek, and cannot realize liberation, your soul will be consumed from life to life until the conscious soul dissipates in the formation, leaving an empty body in the world.
How can a group of dandy young masters and young ladies who are not highly cultivated withstand the worldly hardships used to train high-level monks? Over time, their souls and qualifications will be damaged.
Now their souls can still withstand the test for several hours. Whether they will be harmed depends on whether the disciples' masters come quickly or not.
In other words, Tang Yue used his own body to hold hundreds of famous disciples as blackmail, and he was so desperate. No wonder Wei Hongyun regretted it in a hurry. He also didn't expect that his always squeamish junior sister would actually reach this point.
(End of this chapter)