The King of Curses

Chapter 263: "Mountain and River Bone" VS "God and Wisdom"

The entire Shanyin Ghost Market stands on the sleeping giant; and now, the "giant" has woken up.

With the lake as a ribbon, the forest as a covering, the dome as a head, and the cliffs and gullies condensed into lines that look like double pupils, the giant looked coldly toward the sky;

At the same time, the figure on the ground shrouded in the dazzling light turned into an arrow of light and shot straight into the air, returning to its original form.

The floating clouds were illuminated by the golden light, showing a vibrant morning glow, just like a heavenly palace. Surrounded by the glow in the center was also a huge face with lifelike facial features.

The sun cannot be seen in the underground world, but the face in the clouds is emitting brilliant light, illuminating everything.

At this moment, Zhang Shidao no longer concealed his aura and announced his arrival to the curse masters in the Ghost Market.

A huge war between heaven and earth, giants and gods is about to break out.

……

"The Bones of Mountains and Rivers..."

The old man with a cane recognized the curse cast by his senior brother, and while coughing violently, he raised his head and looked up at the giant.

He could not see any human figures, only lush rolling trees and winding steep ridges.

Lame Old Seven was covered in light, which was the blessing from the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, preventing him from being killed immediately.

After the two special curse masters started fighting, they had no time to care about anything else as they focused on dealing with the enemy in front of them. The rubble that fell from the landslide posed no threat, and the old man was able to go deep into the area covered by the Forbidden Dragon Formation.

He was unable to participate in the battle between the two behemoths. The formation that Lame Old Seven had set up with all his strength had the power to destroy the town, but it couldn't even stop the two men from moving.

But he still has something he can do. The reason why Zhang Shidao supports him is that he sees a possibility proposed by Lame Old Seven -

Although the chances of it happening are slim, if it does happen, it will overturn the situation.

For Zhang Shidao, this possibility is worth a try, and the price is just to support and protect one person; in addition, considering the actions of the Dragon Slayer, the benefits contained therein after the secret is discovered are enough to make him feel excited.

As for Lame Old Seven, his idea was simpler, which was to use his old bones to find an opportunity for revenge. He chose to start the plan at this time because he noticed the changes in the Dragon Slayer earlier than anyone else.

"Brother, I understand you."

The old man muttered to himself and walked towards the depths of the Dragon Forbidden Formation that he had set up personally.

A year ago, the Dragon Slayer began to meditate and practice here, ignoring worldly affairs, and rarely left. This couldn't be a place he randomly chose to recuperate.

"Just for the sake of so-called 'efficiency', you can kill your master and fellow apprentices without hesitation... How can you ever stop?"

The old man's palms were pressed against the cliff beside him. The cracks under his feet were spreading and rubble was rolling down. It seemed like the scene before doomsday. He staggered forward.

It seemed as if fate had told the old man that his life was coming to an end. Both the nightmares that had haunted him for most of his life and the beautiful dreams from even longer ago all returned like a tide and emerged before his eyes.

The past events are vivid in my mind.

The older we get, the more we like to reminisce about the past.

Lame Old Seven coughed twice again. His face looked even older. Only his sparkling pupils were burning with a sickly flame-like light.

Senior brother didn't even bother to deal with him, did he think there was no way he would find out?
All the lifelong learning, the teachings of the master, half a lifetime of observation and understanding of the senior brothers, and the hard work put in, are for this moment.

The old man used the "Dragon Swimming Technique" to touch the upper and lower structures of the large formation buried in the ground, concentrating on finding the key points.

……

Lame Old Seven and the Dragon Slayer, this pair of brothers came from the same sect.

Later, it was considered the prototype of the Geomancer Society; but when the two of them were young, it was just a small sect with only ten people in total.

Their master was an old Feng Shui master who was quite famous in the local area during the Republic of China period. Later, he returned to the countryside, built a house, and took in several apprentices, hoping to pass on his skills.

The old Feng Shui master could be considered extremely talented, but due to the lack of spiritual energy between heaven and earth, he did not achieve much in the lineage of the spellcaster.

But Lame Old Seven remembered very clearly that his master had even predicted the coming of the "Spiritual Energy Revival" wave, and he was a visionary man.

The old Feng Shui master specialized in the study of Luan Tou method. Later, he obtained a secret record by chance, which recorded the map of mountains and rivers and the method of returning the soul to heaven and earth.

He realized that he would not be able to fully comprehend the secret record before his death, so he entrusted his achievements and hopes to his disciples and handed over several copies of the secret record to this group of young people.

The master's original intention was to hope that even if he passed away one day, the brothers and sisters would still be as close as a family, and borrowing secret records from each other was one of the ways to keep in touch. But this practice was not appropriate, and in a sense, it sowed the seeds of division.

Perhaps it was because the sect was small at the time but everyone was harmonious and had an atmosphere like a big family, which led to some misunderstanding on the part of the master.

According to common sense, even if it is inevitable that the brothers will quarrel with each other one day, it will at least happen after the old man dies...

But there are always people who are unreasonable. At that time, no one could see the true face of this person.

The old Feng Shui master's first disciple was an orphan. He was the most talented and could master both formations and Feng Shui quickly.

The most amazing thing is that this senior brother has achieved profound cultivation at a young age. According to current assessment, his Qi level is "Grade B", which was far superior to his master and peers at the time.

In that era, it was unexpected that the spell-binding master who came from the Feng Shui school could reach such a level that he could establish his own school.

The eldest senior brother was a man of indifferent temperament, but in the eyes of his fellow junior brothers, he was undoubtedly a reliable and respectable man. No one thought that he could do such a bloody and inhumane thing. Only the youngest junior brother, who had not yet touched the knowledge in the secret records, escaped.

It took Lame Old Seven a very long time after the tragedy to gradually figure out the question that had puzzled him for so long:

Why is Senior Brother so heartless? As long as he waits for a few years, with his means, it will not be difficult for him to collect all the secret records. The remaining few people are not enough to compete with him.

The reason is actually very simple: because the man is impatient.

This monster, who was born without emotions, only cared about one thing, which was to climb higher.

Even though he has unparalleled talent and is rarely seen in ancient and modern times, his cultivation is still limited by the heaven and earth. With a mortal body, it is not enough for him to complete the transformation before his death.

Before the great tide of spiritual energy revival, the Dragon Slayer at that time had not yet become a special spell master and had not been able to obtain a long life. Compared with his huge ambition, the life of the mortal Xia Bing Qiu Chan was too short. The eldest brother could not wait for the era predicted by the master to come, and wanted to find another way; and he finally set his sights on the "method of returning the soul to heaven and earth" in the secret record.

This man had neither sympathy nor resentment towards the elders who adopted him and the fellow apprentices who admired him. He committed such a cruel act because he felt that his master's approach was a waste of time and inefficient.

He finally succeeded in realizing his wish, and the "method of returning the soul to heaven and earth" allowed him to reach a higher level. At the same time, he mastered the method of integrating with nature. With this special ability, he was promoted to a special curse master in the era of spiritual revival.

When Lame Old Seven figured it out, he suddenly felt that his hatred was all wishful thinking. But he had persisted in doing something that was ridiculous in the eyes of others for his entire life and was unwilling to let it go.

He realized one thing. If he wanted to take revenge on his brother, he had to start from the other party's perspective and think about the next step with inhuman thinking.

My senior brother, who was able to do such things without any guilt in the past, would definitely not be satisfied even if he became the best curse master in the world.

Not to mention that there have been several strong men in this world who can compete with him. Even if he becomes the "number one in the world" one day, he probably won't stop climbing up - no matter whether there is really something "above" or not.

"What do you want from this city, this place? Is it what I think?"

The Dragon Forbidden Formation was designed by him himself, and just as some people guessed, Lame Old Seven did tamper with it; but he was well aware of his senior brother's abilities, and such little tricks as "turning dragon veins into time bombs, and reversing the formation from suppression to stimulation" were meaningless to a man who possessed the "Mountain and River Bone Formation", and it was easy for him to suppress it.

Therefore, he only carefully buried a few surveillance "eyes" to avoid being noticed. With the cooperation of inside and outside, the answer finally surfaced in the old man's tireless search...

"really."

He saw the scarce spiritual energy and broken dragon veins.

Lame Old Seven had actually guessed it a long time ago.

According to the geomancy maps of mountains and rivers, in each era there can only be two or three places where dragon veins converge. These sources, known as the "Dragon Court", are now on the verge of exhaustion.

The dragon vein energy that was snatched away was the nourishment that the dragon slayer was going to use as material for advancement.

This energy is extremely complex, and even a man with the "Mountain and River Bone Form" cannot easily swallow it, so he needs to stay at the bottom of the lake for a long time.

"This period of time can be said to be the weakest moment for the Dragon Slayer" -

This was the guess that Lame Old Seventh made about Zhang Shidao after he contacted the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, and it was also the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for revenge that he had been eyeing.

Today, most of the old man's guesses have been confirmed, leaving only the last key:
The dragon slayer’s momentum was stable, and he was able to break away from the formation and fight Zhang Shidao with all his strength. He didn’t look like he was suffering from “indigestion” after swallowing the dragon vein energy.

The only remaining possibility is—

"Brother, did you refine the entire Dragon Court into some kind of...'external object'?"

*
The giant on the ground and the god in the clouds confronted each other for a moment, and the dragon slayer heard the other party's regretful voice.

"We could have had a good talk, but unfortunately, you made a big mistake."

"what?"

The dragon slayer rarely felt a trace of boredom.

Although he had turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside in recent years, he had been secretly paying attention to several people who were suspected to be active special-class curse masters, and was full of curiosity about his "kind".

He had met the security consultant of the Chao Working Committee once, and the other party left a good impression on him. However, the man in front of him...

"If you have the means, use them. Stop playing tricks and wasting time."

"It's just the usual small talk before the fight. After all, we are top players and everyone is watching from below. This is a good opportunity to get some lines in."

I really don’t know what to say.

As soon as this thought appeared in the dragon slayer's mind, he heard more nonsense, which was simply endless.

"When I first came to this ghost market, I was impressed by the wonders of nature. Nothing in this world remains unchanged. These mountains and lakes have developed into their current appearance over thousands of years. There must be a reason for this. How can one do whatever he wants just for his own desires? No wonder he can do such evil things. Those who violate the laws of nature will not take human ethics seriously."

"…It's only natural that the people whose families I killed would come to me for revenge, but this is the first time I've seen someone looking for trouble because of my environmental damage."

The dragon slayer laughed, because he was so angry that he laughed before he made a move - however, at this moment he could vaguely sense that the other party was about to make a move.

"Animals have their own spirits, but does the world outside of them and humans not count as 'alive'? Everything has spirits, including plants, rocks, rivers, weather, and even symbols and graffiti created by people.

The huge human face shrouded in light in the clouds showed a warm smile.

"You said you want to see my skills? Then take a look. I can create living 'god spirits' from the passing clouds, flowing rivers, and towering rocks. That is my ability."

If the surrounding natural environment is molded into the appearance of a giant by "Mountain and River Bone Structure", it is because the controller is human, who habitually projects his own thoughts onto external objects. Parts such as "eyes" are just a creation.

At this moment, the giant seemed to have real life, "coming alive" from a huge clay or stone statue.

A pair of huge and smart eyes opened on the huge body made of grass, wood, mud and stones, and the budding consciousness observed this new world curiously.

If someone could get close to the giant, they would find that the soil and trees were covered with dense, eye-like patterns, which was a very strange scene.

"..."

"Mountain and River Bone Form" is to project one's own consciousness and body into the surrounding environment. As the literal meaning says, "mountain ridges are bones, rivers and seas are forms", allowing men to manipulate the entire ecosystem as easily as if they were controlling their arms.

But at this moment the dragon slayer suddenly discovered that the foundational elements of this ecosystem - the rocks and soil that were supposed to be dead, all had their own will and were unwilling to obey his will.

It is as if all the organs and tissues in a person's body, from the internal organs to the skin and muscles, suddenly have their own "brains", and the chaotic thoughts quarrel with each other. The result is naturally that the whole body loses brain control and goes on strike completely.

"It seems that my ability is your nemesis."

The dragon slayer's mind moved, and his powerful will suppressed all the budding new consciousness from top to bottom, and then he heard the other party's ridicule.

His response was just one sentence:
"joke."

(End of this chapter)