Xianye

Chapter 462 Nianyu
Looking ahead, a huge valley spreads out beneath your feet, seemingly stretching so far that you can hardly see the end of it.

There was no trace of tall trees or shady forests in the valley. Under the dazzling sunlight, all that could be seen were billowing flames and billowing thick smoke, like a heavy net spreading from bottom to top, trying to support the sky above!
Occasionally, a strong wind would blow by and blow away a corner of the smoke covering the valley. What was exposed was not the land, but the billowing smoke, as dazzling as golden needles.

Seeing this scene, even Chen Heng felt emotional.

At this time, even though he and Chen Duan and others were very high in the sky and had not descended from the clouds, they still felt a heat wave constantly coming, as if they were in boiling soup.

Chen Heng could take this fierce energy that was strong enough to burn gold and melt stone lightly, but the boys who followed Chen Duan were already sweating on their foreheads and looked a little embarrassed.

But the most bizarre thing is the two towering mountains that stand like barriers or screens, one on the west and one on the east, sandwiching the valley.

Under such intense fire, the two mountains were not burned through and rotten. Instead, the layer of rugged rocks on the top of the mountains seemed to shed a layer of outer shell with the help of the fire. As time passed, the layer of medicinal ganoderma as soft as topaz gradually appeared underneath the stone skin.

At this moment, there were several little gods flying around in the high clouds. When they saw the stone skin being burnt, they were overjoyed and hurriedly sprinkled blue powder like fine sand on the medicinal mushroom.

Only a few dozen breaths after the two collided, the Yaozhi gradually shrank into thumb-sized round beads, which were exquisite and translucent, and were picked up by the little gods.

However, this kind of scenery can only be seen at the top of the mountain.

As for the belly and foot of the mountain, they were all just some hard rocks. Although they were surrounded by heavy flames, they were only slightly red and hardly damaged at all...

Seeing that Chen Heng seemed interested, Chen Duan stepped forward and told him the origin of this place in detail.

According to Chen Duan, these two huge mountains were actually two holy spirits transformed from stones, but they had not yet been fully developed when Chen Yu shot them down with a bow across a large state.

The spirit of the Holy Spirit disintegrated, leaving only its remains, which later turned into these two sacred mountains.

As for the medicinal mushrooms on the tops of the two mountains, they were made from the flesh and blood of the Great Sage Baoming.

Back then, this demon saint was stationed on the outskirts of Yanghao Prefecture in compliance with divine orders. He had secretly tied the two stone holy spirits to his own boat. When he saw that reinforcements were in need, he naturally rushed to help.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yu's Taoism skills had far exceeded his imagination at that time. Not only did he easily shoot and kill the two holy spirits, but the Great Sage Baoming who came over was also seriously injured. He even had no choice but to leave behind the "Qianming Golden Lamp" specially given to him by the God Fazhi.

Later, the flame of the "Qianming Golden Lamp" was taken out by the monk Zhihun, which then attracted the earth fire and various sun phases, and coordinated with various large formations, and finally transformed this place into a deep valley of earth fire, which became a great sight of Xuhuangtian. The earth fire can be said to be inexhaustible.

When Chen Duan said this, he looked at the medicinal mushrooms on the top of the mountain and sighed.

The Great Sage Baoming is a Zhima who attained enlightenment later in life, and his body and spirit both possess the pure essence of the two yin and yang.

Even a drop of blood or a strand of hair is a precious medicine that is hard for ordinary people to imagine.

If it were before, even people of Chen Jia and Chen Zhan's status would be tempted by the medicinal ganoderma transformed from the essence of Great Sage Baoming on the top of the mountain.

But as time went by, it was picked up too much by the cultivators.

Now, the medicinal mushrooms at the top of the two mountains can only attract some wandering gods with little to follow, and are no longer of much use...

At this time, Chen Heng waved his sleeves, gave a few instructions, and indicated that Chen Duan and others did not need to follow. Then he raised a sword light and fell straight to the bottom of the valley.

The raging fire was blowing in the face, the thick smoke blocked the sky——

As the sword light flew, it did not seem to be heading towards the ground, but rather it seemed to be sinking straight into an endless sea abyss!
Everywhere you look, there is scorching flames, like fire snakes rising and falling in the air, spewing out billowing black smoke, which makes people feel scared.

Chen Heng used his magical powers and saw that on the stone walls of the two mountains in the distance that were engulfed in a sea of ​​fire, there were caves that were densely packed like a beehive on the beams.

Countless practitioners were sitting in caves that could only accommodate one person. When they noticed Chen Heng's gaze, a few of them seemed to recognize his identity and hurriedly stood up and saluted with a very respectful attitude.

Chen Heng suppressed the sword light, returned the greeting, and praised the monk Zhihun for his clever idea.

Different from the practice principles of orthodox Taoism.

In the Shinto religion, the power of incense and vows is an extremely important part, and is almost called the foundation of the religion.

If there is no incense and vows, and no devout offerings from believers, practitioners will have a hard time on this path, which will be full of thorns.

But when the incense and vows increase, the believers who offer sacrifices to one's body become mixed and their thoughts are impure.

If a practitioner of this path does not have the protection of superior scriptures, his mind may be polluted by all kinds of chaotic thoughts if he is not careful. Then his divine seal may dim and he will be reduced from the god of heaven and earth to a ghost who has lost his self.

Even if they are disciples of a major Shinto sect, who have all the necessary Dharma, companions, land and wealth, they cannot take this disaster lightly and must be vigilant at all times.

This calamity is also known as the "poison of incense".

It can be said that as long as one has not attained the great way like Chen Yu, one would have already jumped out of the shackles of innateness.

All practitioners of the Taoism of incense and fire are inevitably contaminated by their wishes and suffer from the "poison of incense and fire" when they receive offerings on a daily basis.

In order to eliminate this poison, with the evolution of incense and fire, endless secret methods have emerged.

Some may be moved by heaven and earth, some may refine the golden body, some may make a vow, some may uphold the true commandments, some may cut off external desires—

The reason why Monk Zhihun made all kinds of arrangements and created this deep valley of earth and fire himself was to make it convenient for many Shinto people in Xuhuangtian to use the method of "alchemy body" to eliminate the influence of incense and vows.

After all, the so-called "alchemy body" is to use the innate essence of the heaven and earth to polish the golden body of the gods, so as to purify the will.

The innate essence and yang energy can be high or low, and can be found in the form of thunder, fire, and lightning, and can also be found in mines and strange beasts.

This deep valley of earth and fire, which was arranged by Monk Zhihun himself, is extremely rich in innate essence and yang energy, and is an excellent place for "alchemy body".

It would naturally be best for Chen Heng to comprehend the Fire of Separation in a place where fire gathered. Coming here today, he took advantage of the geographical location.

At this moment, as Chen Heng once again raised his sword and went deeper into the valley, the flames became hotter and hotter.

One thousand feet.

Two thousand feet.

Three thousand feet...

It was not until they had descended to about 4,500 feet that Chen Heng began to feel a burning tightness in his chest and a tingling sensation on his skin. He silently practiced his Xuan Gong for several times before he was able to suppress the strange feeling.

He looked down, and all he could see was the blazing flames, like surging waves.

Looking around again, in this area, even the caves that were specially carved out on the stone walls of the two mountains in the distance have become fewer in number, and only a few vague human figures can be seen.

He didn't go any further and randomly chose a cave.

After sitting cross-legged and regulating his breathing for a few rounds, Chen Heng made a pinch of his fingers and a ball of divine flame flew out from the fontanelle in an instant.

Its body is perfectly round, as if in accord with the degree of the sky, and it is emitting great light.

One of the ten types of true fire - Nanming Lihuo!
Since the seven divine waters each have their own mysteries, the ten types of true fire that are equally famous with them are no exception.

There is no need to say much about the ability of Nanming Lihuo to break evil and control evil. The reason why Chen Heng was able to learn this skill can be traced back to Wang Dian from the lower courtyard of Yuchen.

At the beginning, he put in a lot of effort to practice Nanming Lihuo and consumed countless fire-attributed medicines. Although he finally succeeded and refined the divine fire, he had it in his body.

But in the subsequent battles, he did not use Lihuo as frequently as his thunder or sword techniques.

This is not because the Nanming Lihuo has little power and cannot kill the enemy.

However, since he became an elixir master, the only ones who could face him head-on were Cui Ju, Lu Shen and other truly great men from major sects, not Wang Dian and his ilk.

Although the Nanming Lihuo in the minor success stage is powerful enough to burn mountains and destroy peaks, it still needs to accumulate energy first, and it is not as convenient to activate as thunder magic or swordsmanship.

People like Cui Ju and Lu Shen, as long as they were prepared in advance and used their escape techniques in time, they could have made the Nanming Lihuo's attack fail.

As for those enemies who are far inferior to Cui Ju, if Chen Heng encounters them, at best he can just kill them with a few swords. Naturally, there is no need to use such a powerful magical power as Lihuo that consumes a lot of mana.

This is really an unsolvable problem. If you want to speed up the attack of the Nanming Lihuo and then derive more changes in the fire element, you need to cultivate the Nanming Lihuo to the intermediate stage.

However, with his current level of Golden Elixir cultivation, it is still difficult for him to break through the barriers and take his practice of fire magic to a higher level.

However, Chen Heng came here today because of the article "Xian Gong Lihuo Lun" that the monk Zhihun handed over to him yesterday.

If you want to try to get started with Lihuo, you must reach the stage where "the divine fire scatters light, clears away filth and refines smoke, amplifies the light, and illuminates the ten directions."

If one wants to cultivate to the intermediate level, there is naturally a threshold.

Practitioners should first understand the true meaning of "refining the truth to achieve the highest state, and the spirit being born" before they can successfully overcome the obstacles.

And "Xian Gong Lihuo Lun" is worthy of being the hard work of Xian Gong.

As I read along, I found that in this scripture, there was a mention of a wonderful method of using one hundred and eighty Dongyang Huaming Gang to condense two fire palaces, "Yan Yu" and "Guang Jing", within the body.

Once the two fire palaces are formed, they can speed up the comprehension of the Nanming Lihuo, which is conducive to cultivating this fire method to the intermediate level as soon as possible.

Such a wonderful idea has never been seen even in the Daolu Hall of Yuchen.

Now, after releasing the Lihuo, Chen Heng assumed a posture with his five hearts facing the sky and closed his eyes to meditate.

He began to use his magic power according to the instructions in "Xian Gong Lihuo Lun", and continuously gathered the fire energy all around and drew it to the Lihuo point above his head.

After just a few breaths, he suddenly heard a series of dull noises from inside his body, as if a gate had been opened, opening a channel inside.

At the same time, the cave where he lived was also shining brightly with red light, which rose and fell like the tide, shining brightly and dazzlingly!
……

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And another place.

In a jade palace deep in the sky of Yanghaozhou.

An old woman in dark green feathered clothes and holding a dragon-headed crutch stood in the hall with her body bent, muttering incessantly.

In this precious hall, apart from the old woman herself, the only thing nearby was the shrine in front of her.

In the center of the shrine is a statue of a middle-aged woman, surrounded by treasures. She has a kind face, a halo around her neck, and flowing clouds and light follow her on both sides. It is magical at first glance.

After a long time, when the old woman finally finished her words slowly, a flash of light appeared in the shrine. After a few breaths, a female voice with a hint of helplessness finally rang out:

"So many years have passed, and Aunt Ying still can't let go of the old grudge? You and Master Zhihun are both important officials in the country. If you attack each other too much, His Majesty will not be pleased."

The old lady called Yinggu shook her head and explained:
"My lady, it's not that I want to show off my eloquence again, but that foolish monk is really not a good son of man. Now that the Divine King has not given any instructions, he rushed to show his courtesy to the True Man Chen Heng.

Others may think that this evil monk is a kind elder, but the Queen and I both know the secret technique of "Fulongting" that he practices. The Divine King has not given any instructions yet, but this monk is presumptuous and oversteps his authority!

The old woman guessed that the reason why Xian Gong gave the scriptures was probably due to the instigation of the foolish monk. Everyone knew that Xian Gong was always mature and prudent, so there was no reason for him to do this. "

Yinggu and Monk Zhihun have been enemies for many years. In their early years, when neither of them had achieved enlightenment, they fought over the ownership of a destiny and both suffered losses.

Even though he later joined Chen Yu's army and served in the Divine Dynasty together, the relationship between the two was never repaired.

Whenever one party makes some mistakes, the other party will always rush to take the blame, no matter if it helps or not.

Over the years, this has become an interesting story in Xuhuangtian.

"Master Zhihun is just trying to establish a good relationship. I hope Aunt Ying will not think too much about it, especially since Master Zhihun's supernatural powers are now superior to yours. Now that Your Majesty is not here, if he gets angry, my little palace will not be able to protect you."

A light laugh was heard from the shrine, and then the topic suddenly changed and a question was asked:
"That child has been in Xuhuangtian for ten months, right?"

Aunt Ying wanted to say a few more words, but seeing that the matter was now serious, her face became slightly serious, and then she reported in detail Chen Heng's experiences in Xuhuangtian over the past half month.

After he finished speaking, there was no sound in the hall for a long time, and it was completely silent.

"If Aunt Ying is free in the next few days, please pass the jade to the child for me."

After a while, a voice was heard from the shrine again.

Aunt Ying was inevitably surprised when she heard this. Before she could speak, the voice continued:
“Your Majesty is not in a good mood to talk about the past events, and even a person like Master Zhihun who dared to kill the king cannot avoid being taboo, let alone other people.

If it is really a human robbery...

Then this child and Yu Shu will definitely have a fight in the future, and the child should know about all the things that happened in the past."

Upon hearing this, Yinggu was silent for a moment.

She still remembered the time when Chen Yushu lost his Shinto cultivation and fled to Xudutian. Afterwards, she had to take action personally to find the remains of Shinto from the void. She then used her innate ancestral technique to trace back Chen Yushu's past memories from the remains and turned them into a piece of jade to present to the God King.

There is no need to mention the cold anger that the God King showed after looking at Nian Yu.

Many years have passed, and people like the Great Sage Zhulong and the Monk Zhihun have never seen the jade.

But after piecing together the details, these important officials guessed the truth about Chen Yushu's defection in the past, but they could not help but keep it secret.

Under such circumstances, Ying Gu would naturally have put Nian Yu away and even cast a spell to restrain her.

Unexpectedly, this time.

That old thing will see the light of day again...

Although she was feeling strange, Yinggu did not show anything on her face. She just bowed in response and chatted with him as usual before leaving the palace.

And suddenly another five days passed.

At this moment, Chen Heng, who was meditating in the cave, suddenly opened his eyes.

He suppressed the red-gold color in his eyes, stretched out his hand, and a half-foot long misty smoke was caught in his hand.

Its appearance is hazy and vague, its momentum is fierce and vast, its quality is moist and warm, like clouds and fog——

This appearance is exactly the "Dongyang Huaming Gang" recorded in "Xian Gong Lihuo Lun".

After five days of practice, Chen Heng successfully mastered a total of ninety-nine and eighty-one Dongyang Huaming Gang, which means he was almost halfway to mastering the skill.

If the earth fire had not been absorbed to the limit and needed some time to avoid damaging his mind, he would have planned to practice all 180 breaths of qi in one go.

Chen Heng looked outside the cave entrance again and picked up a communication talisman from the air.

After using his magical power to investigate, he found out that the talisman was sent by Chen Duan, and it was talking about the precious gathering on Hongluo Island.

This so-called treasure meeting was hosted by a group of young members of the Chen family, with the purpose of sharing what they had, and they also invited many forces from the surrounding Tianyu to strengthen their momentum.

As early as when Chen Heng entered Xuhuangtian, he had heard Chen Yufu mention it. He heard that it was quite lively and that many rare treasures could be seen there.

And now it is mentioned on Chen Duan's talisman that in the past few days many members of the Chen family have sent gifts and invitations to Chen Heng to go to Hongluo Island for a meeting. But for fear that it would delay his proper cultivation, those gifts and invitations were temporarily placed in Chen Duan's hands.

Since Chen Heng had already asked Xu Huangtian for help, when he got here, he couldn't just ignore their request.

After a moment of hesitation, he straightened his clothes and walked out of the cave.

In a moment, a red sword light rose up, flashed in the air, and then disappeared on the spot.

(End of this chapter)