Knife splashing

Chapter 647 Breaking the Formation
"what happened?"

When Sharifei heard this, he became very anxious.

"It's a trap."

Yin Jiuge endured the pain and said, "After entering Luoyang City, we already found something wrong... In order to stabilize the formation, we can only act separately. If we want to attack the palace, no one can do it except my little brother."

"I thought that with Brother Li's level of cultivation, no matter what formation it is, as long as he can destroy it a little and force Wang Xuanmo to reveal a little bit of his Qi, he can summon the soldiers of the underworld to help, so I will use his trick against him."

"But now it seems that the opponent's formation is far from that simple..."

"Then how do we break the formation?"

Sharifei asked with concern in his eyes.

Yin Jiuge shook his head and said, "It's too far to see clearly. Someone needs to guard the formation here, and the others can escort me into the hall. Maybe we can see something..."

Rumble!
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a loud thunder in the sky.

The thunder was extremely loud and deafening, and the lightning instantly illuminated the sky and the earth.

Everyone couldn't help but look up and watch.

But in the sky, the celestial phenomena had changed drastically.

Originally the sky was red, but with the collision between the "Six Kingdoms Demon Army" and the "Suihou Snake Pearl", it had completely turned blood-red, like an upside-down blood river, and now, a huge vortex appeared.

Lightning flashed in the center of the vortex, and the shape of a tripod vaguely appeared in the clouds.

"Oh no, the Yuzhou Ding is about to be born!"

When Yin Jiuge saw this, his expression suddenly changed.

At this moment, Wang Daoxuan suddenly felt something and took out a compass from his arms.

This compass is a little special, as the bottom is a tortoise shell that has turned into jade.

It was refined with the "Xuanmu Jia" that Wang Daoxuan obtained from the Dragon Palace Water Palace.

At this moment, the needle on the compass is jumping rapidly.

It seems to be spinning randomly, but it seems to contain some kind of pattern.

"You have the 'Black-eyed Armor'?"

Yin Jiuge saw it and quickly said, "Quick, show it to me."

Wang Daoxuan handed it over and said with some doubt: "Senior, this is the first time I have seen such a sign. Now the ground energy is disordered, I am afraid I can't see anything."

"You do not understand."

Yin Jiuge didn't waste any words and explained directly: "'Xuanminjia' was used for divination in ancient times. The compass used for divination not only observes the earth's qi, but can also be affected by the stars, so a special method must be used."

As he spoke, he looked around and saw the broken green lamps beside several old Japanese monks. He quickly asked Shalifi to take out a still intact mirror from them. He then used a cinnabar pen to quickly dot and connect lines on it to draw a simple star map.

Sharifei turned his head and looked at the palace, becoming more and more anxious, "Senior, can this thing break the formation?"

Yin Jiuge said in a deep voice: "I miscalculated. If Wang Xuanmo wants to set up a formation to trap Brother Li, it is impossible to do it in the palace hall in such a short time, unless he borrows the ancient formation of Mangshan."

"The formations in the Qin Dynasty were different from today's. Most of them used astrology to arrange the formations..."

As he spoke, the star map had already been drawn and reflected on the compass.

By candlelight, everyone looked carefully.

However, the pointer that was originally jumping randomly became very regular in the mirror.

Each pause points to a star.

"Understood!"

Yin Jiuge glanced at the palace again and said in a deep voice: "This is the 'Eight Gates of Life and Death'."

"Inside the Qianyang Palace, the eight gates are arranged according to 'Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Si, Jing, Kai', which correspond to the Fake Yinsi 28 and Luoyang Seven Stars Locking Dragon Bureau. It is the Tianpeng Transformation Snake Grid. The Suihou Snake Pearl corresponds to the Qimen 'Tianpeng Star', which is the master of the strange water evil and covers up the Ziweiyuan star position."

"If I'm not mistaken, the Ghost Emperor can control the rotation of the 'Death Gate' and the 'Shock Gate', making the Injury Gate and the Scenery Gate cycle..."

Sharifei was overwhelmed after hearing this. "Senior, what do you think will happen?"

"It will be so close yet so far away. Although there is no worry about life, it is difficult to escape."

Yin Jiuge said in a deep voice: "The method to break the formation is also simple. This formation requires the Three Wonders and Six Instruments Locks. There must be a formation eye hidden in the six palaces in the east and west. Break it and the formation will break by itself."

As he spoke, he looked up at the sky, his face full of sorrow, "Brother Li is easy to deal with, but once the Yuzhou Ding appears, the Central Plains will probably face a catastrophe."

"Don't worry, senior. There should still be time."

Wang Daoxuan said in a deep voice: "The Shaolin monk brought the 'Dharma Shadow Wall' here."

"That's good!"

Yin Jiuge's eyes lit up, "Quick, I will hold down this place, and you go and break the formation!"

…………

Mangshan, the imperial tombs of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Ever since the Qin Palace's fake underworld collapsed, this place has been in a mess.

The two forces collided, blood filled the sky, and the cracks continued to expand, like a spider web on the earth.

Amidst the blood, there were also Buddhist chants.

Even though the thunder roared in the sky, it could not suppress it.

Master Huiyuan, the leader of the Shaolin monks, led the monks to form a formation and sit cross-legged in different areas.

Looking down from the sky, a huge lotus is formed.

All the monks sat cross-legged and chanted scriptures while beating wooden fish.

"Namo Sadhatha, Sugataye, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha write..."

What they chanted was the Buddhist "Heart Sutra", which is known as the king of mantras.

Not only that, there were also eighteen warrior monks holding demon-subduing sticks and roaming around the periphery.

The end of the stick was tied with a horsetail, like a brush, dipped in the agarwood oil offered to Buddha in the Shaolin Temple. As the crowd moved around, they gradually drew a nine-level lotus pattern on the ground.

As the "Heart Sutra" was chanted, the oil marks on the ground spontaneously combusted.

The green flames rolled and vaguely formed a lotus pattern, enveloping the place.

This is the Buddhist ritual of suppressing evil, the incense-burning ritual.

Combined with the "Heart Sutra", even the most vicious evil can be suppressed.

This is indeed the case. The blood is still blazing, but the shaking of the ground has decreased a lot.

boom!
At this moment, the thunder that Wang Daoxuan and the others saw also sounded.

The monks all spurted blood and fell to the ground.

The lotus image transformed from the Buddhist incense also collapsed instantly.

Master Huiyuan looked up at the strange tripod-shaped cloud gradually appearing in the sky, his face was extremely solemn, "The Yuzhou tripod is about to be born, everyone, please respectfully invite the Buddha treasure!"

"Amitabha."

The monks struggled to get up and chanted the Buddha's name together.

The huge bronze box was opened, revealing a bluestone screen wall inside.

It is more than seven feet high, and its surface is covered with depressions from thousands of years of wind erosion, vaguely forming a vague human shape.

This item is the treasure of Shaolin Temple, the Bodhidharma Screen.

This treasure is very famous in the Taoist sect.

According to legend, Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, stayed inside a cave on the Five Breast Peak of Mount Song for nine years, and his figure was imprinted into the stone wall.

The stone wall is imbued with Zen spirit, and eminent monks of all generations have patched it up with Sanskrit carvings of the Lankavatara Sutra, gradually turning it into a sacred object to ward off demons.

It was originally a Zen meditation instrument. It was secretly buried by a warrior monk during the Tang Huichang suppression of Buddhism, thus avoiding disaster.

The most famous incident happened during the Yuanyou period of the Northern Song Dynasty, when the Yellow River burst its banks and the monks sank the screen wall into the riverbed for three days.

Three days later, the corpse of a dragon floated up in the Yellow River, along with various large fish and turtles. They were burned with peach wood, and the foul-smelling smoke spread for a hundred miles. After that, there was no accident in the Yellow River for ten years.

A faint inscription can still be seen on the side of the wall: "On July 23, the fourth year of Yuanyou, the river monster was suppressed here."

Because of this, Wang Daoxuan and Yin Jiuge felt slightly relieved.

But after they erected the screen stone in the formation, the monks set up the lotus formation again.

As the monks chanted, Zen Master Huiyuan rhythmically struck the screen wall with a red sandalwood mallet.

In the depression of the wall, visible ripples spread out, forcing the gushing blood mist back into the crack.

Afterwards, Master Huiyuan bit his fingertip again and wrote four large characters on the back of the screen wall:

It was unintentional!

This is a four-character verse from the story of Hui Ke’s broken arm, the first generation of wall-guarding monks during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

It is also the secret mantra to fully open the Buddha treasure.

The moment the blood seeped into the stone patterns, the shadow of Bodhidharma sitting cross-legged appeared on the wall.

In an instant, the stone energy of the shadow wall continued to expand.

It is like a high mountain pressing down on the Northern Wei imperial tomb.

The ground that was originally shaking and rising became flat again.

However, the earth's qi continued to attack. Boom! Boom! Boom!
As muffled sounds came from underground, the stones on the screen wall began to fall off into dust.

"Master."

A monk nearby looked distressed and said, "The Yuzhou Ding is underneath. I'm afraid the Buddhist treasure can't bear it. What if it's destroyed..."

Zen Master Huiyuan looked at the bloody words he had written, clasped his hands together, and said in a deep voice: "Amitabha, originally there is no mind, originally there is no substance. If I can hold on to a glimmer of hope, even if it is destroyed, it is also the cause and effect of this treasure."

"Where is the life here?"

The monk's face was full of pain.

Zen Master Huiyuan glanced coldly.
"If you don't persist, how can you know where the chance of survival lies?"

"Yes, Master."

The disciple immediately retracted his neck and sighed in his heart.

"It's already this late, and you still have the mind to think about Zen..."

…………

But in Qianyang Palace, the fighting had subsided.

Li Yan was breathing heavily while holding the Dust-Breaking Knife, and the surrounding area was filled with flying ash.

All the paper puppets, ghost ships and evil soldiers that flooded into the hall were killed by him.

It is equivalent to one person wiping out the entire Tansheling army.

If this record gets out, it will probably cause a sensation again.

However, the thunder stored in the Soul-Catching Lock has been exhausted.

As Li Yan's shoulders rose and fell, lightning flashed and crackled, and his body returned to normal.

He looked upwards, his eyes full of murderous intent, but he did not act rashly.

He finally witnessed the power of the top-level formation.

No matter what method you use, it is always difficult to get close.

It’s a short distance, yet it feels like a world away.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
In the hall, applause broke out.

Ghost Emperor Xuan Mo slowly stood up, clapped his hands, shook his head and laughed, "No wonder Zhao Changsheng ordered a hunt. He has mastered this method at such a young age, but his cultivation is still shallow after all."

"In the past, Zhang Daoling also knew this method. He suppressed the ancient energy of the six heavens on Heming Mountain and established the power of the Zhengyi Covenant. Although he borrowed the power of the Daluo magic weapon, he was truly the only one in the world at that time."

"That majesty... Tsk tsk, if you have even 10% of that, how could you be trapped by me?"

"What a pity! The Dharma Realm will no longer allow such people to appear..."

Li Yan didn't have time to listen to his nonsense. He turned his head and looked around, not missing any details.

He knew that time was running out.

It is now past midnight. If we don't take down this formation quickly, it will be difficult to stop Yuzhou Ding.

Boom!

At this moment, the hall suddenly shook.

Ghost Emperor Xuan Mo suddenly looked towards the direction of Mangshan, his face filled with uncontrollable ecstasy, "Hahaha, it worked!"

"The Yuzhou Ding has been fished up. The thousand-year-old layout of Jianmu is now at my disposal. I will take the Ding and go out to sea. From now on, no one in heaven or on earth can stop me!"

"Think beautifully!"

Li Yan's heart sank, and his tone became even colder, "If you go out to sea, you can't even leave Luoyang!"

"hehe."

Ghost Emperor Xuan Mo laughed dumbly, "Back then, the Northern Dynasty Xuanmen also said this to me, but now I am still alive, and they have turned into dust, and no one even remembers their names."

"I'm leaving now, you can play here by yourself..."

After saying that, he clasped his hands together and white paper talismans flew out from his body.

Each one is filled with a strong yin energy, restraining evil spirits and ghosts.

There was a sudden howling of wind in the hall.

The paper talisman was wrapped in black smoke and surrounded it.

The figure of the Ghost Emperor Xuan Mo became increasingly fainter.

The Five Ghosts Moving Method!

After seeing this, Li Yan suddenly felt a headache.

When this method is practiced to a deep level, it is stronger than ordinary escape techniques and can travel hundreds of miles in an instant.

Back then, Hou Sheng also used this method in the Chengdu Palace and wanted to escape.

Unexpectedly, the Ghost Emperor Xuan Mo also knows this trick.

Once the enemy escapes and he is trapped here, there will probably be no one on Mount Mang who can defeat him.

At this time, Sha Lifei and Wang Daoxuan sneaked into the six palaces in the east and west respectively.

There were dead bodies everywhere in the palace.

And in the center of the hall, there was a coffin.

All the corpses had their internal organs broken open and blood was flowing into the coffins.

Bang!
Without saying a word, Sharifei raised the magic gun and pulled the trigger.

The power of the Divine Fire Spear is enough to destroy even a bronze coffin, let alone this wooden coffin.

There was a loud bang, and the coffin shattered.

A half-dead body rolled out. Judging from the clothes, it seemed that it was a noble of the six countries, but its body was covered with hair and looked like a zombie.

After being split into two by the divine fire spear, half of the body was still trembling slightly.

A strong wind suddenly blew up in the hall, making it difficult for Shari to open his eyes.

In Qianyang Palace, things also changed.

Li Yan felt the letter in his arms suddenly become hot, and he was overjoyed.

He didn't know the reason, but he would never miss the opportunity.

"The sky has its rules, the earth has its principles, the underworld is holding the souls, the living must avoid them!"

Call ~
As the spell was recited, a cold wind suddenly blew in the hall, and it quickly fell into darkness.

The sound of chains clattering was accompanied by the sound of armor.

"Where are you running to, old man?!"

Li Yan laughed and suddenly clenched the Dust-Breaking Sword.

The soldiers of the underworld will not be trapped by this formation.

The massive amount of earth yin energy brought from the Netherworld is enough to destroy the formation.

Moreover, the ghost soldiers of the underworld have already locked on to him, so even if the opponent uses the Five Ghosts Moving Technique to escape a hundred miles away, he will be captured.

"court death!"

As expected, the Ghost Emperor became furious and stopped casting spells.

But faced with the rapidly spreading darkness, he did not panic, but took out a piece of silk from his arms.

When Li Yan saw this, his pupils suddenly shrank.

"The Precious Edict of the Earth God to Pardon Sins"!
This thing is a Daluo magic weapon, also used by Lu Sheng, it can make the evil spirits retreat.

How come such a precious thing is everywhere? !
Wang Xuanmo let the cat out of the bag just now.

Jianmu!

Could it be the organization of these people?

In the Daluo Dharma Realm, who is supporting them?

Many thoughts flashed through Li Yan's mind.

Without waiting, Li Yan made hand gestures again, and eight paper figures soared into the air and spun around him.

His magical transformation method is not limited to the Thunder God's transformation.

By absorbing enough Yin Sha Qi and relying on the blessings of the Eight Generals of the Outer Altar, one can transform into the God of the Underworld.

Now the massive amount of earth yin qi brought by the underworld's ghost soldiers is just right for absorption.

Sure enough, as Wang Xuanmo offered up the treasure scroll, a voice suddenly rang out in the darkness.

"It is the Earth God's Precious Edict of Pardoning Sins. Back off."

"Sir... that living Yin messenger is absorbing Yin Qi."

"Don't worry."

On the other side, Wang Xuanmo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the treasure scroll had taken effect and the darkness dissipated.

Before he could react, a huge black figure came down from the sky...

(End of this chapter)