One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 24: Maze

Inside the dark mountain, there was a road winding down, and a group of people were walking on it.

Among them, there was a young man holding a lamp, the light emitted a circle of golden light, and a flaming bird was circling and dancing in front of their heads, forming a mysterious echo with the light.

Xun Lanyin taught in public, but before teaching, she did not say that she was teaching. She just performed it a few times and then asked "Have you learned it?" Who could learn this?

But now it seems someone has figured it out.

Is this the talent of the disciples of Tiandu Mountain? Is this the teaching method of the disciples of Tiandu Mountain?
Be it the older Snake Grandma and Yu Shiva, or the younger Li Yong and Zhuang Xinyan behind them, they were all confused at this moment, and their first thought was: Are you guys playing around?
The reason why they simply didn't understand was due to their own lack of understanding, and also because they hadn't practiced in Tiandu Mountain for more than ten years.

They don't know a lot of basic knowledge about magic at all. These past ten years have been the time for them to build up their cultivation theory and magic theoretical knowledge.

For example, this spell.

In Tiandu Mountain, the first sentence about mantras is: "The mantra expresses the meaning, but has no fixed form."

There are roughly two types of spells: one is the human spell, and the other is the animal language spell.

The human curse is also called the "word curse". In theory, every word has its meaning, but people like to take words with strong artistic conception as spells to express their meaning.

Therefore, there are many books about spells in Tiandu Mountain, such as "Nine-Character Mantra", "One-Character Formula", "Hengha Mantra", "Heavenly Thunder Mantra", "Fire Mantra", "Complete Record of Human Mantras", etc.

Some people think that spells are the easiest magic to learn, while others think that spells are too difficult to master because they have no fixed formula and rely entirely on one's own intentions.

The "burn" spell that Zhao Fuyun cultivated would generate flames and burn as soon as the spell was recited.

However, it was after he came here and set up the Taoist temple, and felt the entangled and burning feeling after the divine fire and the human fire combined. Only then did he grasp a ray of Dharma meaning and let it take root in his heart, so that he could rely on it to utter it when casting the spell.

Otherwise, it would just be empty talk and chanting of incantations.

So this reliance requires feeling a certain image.

When Zhao Fuyun was in the mountains, he also read many people's experiences in practicing magic spells. There were so many books on this, each with its own method. After reading so much, he became a little confused.

And now Xun Lanyin cast the "destroy" spell several times in succession in front of him, combined with his previous experience with the "burn" spell, it was like the clouds were cleared and the sun came out.

He understood that beginners must base their Dharma thoughts on a certain "image" in order to truly display them.

The fireball suddenly exploded, and the dazzling light that burst out instantly dispelled the darkness. This can be said to have eliminated the darkness, which is also a kind of "symbol".

"Then it will be you who will cast a spell to eliminate the evil next." Xun Lanyin said.

"Okay." Zhao Fuyun responded without any sign of embarrassment.

The people following behind him were all silent. I didn’t know what they were thinking or what to say at this time.

But after more than ten steps, they saw a door again, and that door was open.

Zhao Fuyun couldn't feel what was inside, but at this time, he couldn't approach rashly.

More than ten years of practice in Tiandu Mountain is certainly not a simple practice. Instead, a Taoist master will tell you what is close combat, what is long-range combat, and under what circumstances you should be extra careful.

An unknown house like this should never be approached easily.

Xun Lanyin stopped, and everyone stopped, but Zhao Fuyun took another step forward and stood on the steps. From his angle, he was standing on the upper side of the door, not facing it directly.

He held the lamp in his left hand, raised it to his chest, concentrated his mind, gathered his breath and focused his thoughts. He slightly bent the sword finger of his right hand, and suddenly pinched the flame of the lamp in his left hand, as if pinching an invisible small golden flower growing in the flame.

He just stretched out his hand, pinched it, and retracted it. A little golden-red light appeared between his index finger and the middle finger, and he quickly threw it out.

Xun Lanyin couldn't help but raise her eyebrows at this move.

That golden-red light looked much smaller than the fireball thrown by Xun Lanyin.

Outsiders may not know that there is no necessary connection between the size of the flame and the power of the fire.

The spark of fire turned and drew an arc, and it looked like a small golden-red insect flying in.

His magic power was entangled with the flames, tightly binding the flames and controlling the dancing of the flames.

The moment he flew in, he felt a strong evil aura, as if he had entered water, which was so cold that it seemed to drown his little bit of magic power.

At this moment, he knew that all this was not as simple as he had imagined. If he relaxed his Dharma thoughts naturally, the flame would go out instantly, just like a match thrown into water, without any movement.

Then his magic thoughts expanded the flames in an explosive manner, and at the same time, a spell sounded from his chest: "Extinguish!"

After cultivating magic power, in addition to the normal weaving of magic power to condense the magic power and produce mysterious light, there are many other techniques, such as tightening inward, which is a prerequisite skill for practicing mind control and catching.

At the same time, there is also an outward explosion, which is a prerequisite skill for the mana torrent.

However, no one saw a strong flame shining, only a dim flame that flashed and went out.

"Heh!" Xun Lanyin chuckled and said, "Pursuing beautiful techniques will not make your spells more powerful."

And something seemed to be startled in the darkness, followed by a rustling sound, and then they heard a "chuckling" sound, like someone laughing, or someone's teeth chattering.

At this moment, something poked out from the door in the darkness.

When seeing this scene, Zhao Fuyun was shocked. It looked like a person crawling on the ground. Its head was covered with scales. Its facial features were not like those of a human. They were weird and flat. It did not look like a human, but more like a snake.

Its hands were supporting itself on the ground, like the claws of a lizard, and its back was also covered with thick scales. Its rear body was still in the door, and only its head and hands were sticking out to look at them.

A strong evil and murderous aura hit him in the face. If this evil and murderous aura could be compared to a flame, he felt like he was standing at the mouth of a huge furnace. The flame on the lamp in his hand quickly dimmed. He tightened his will and visualized the Red Flame God to resist the oncoming evil and murderous aura.

"Disgusting." Xun Lanyin stretched out her hand in her sleeve and waved it. A small flag appeared in her hand. The flagpole of the small flag was as long as her arm. It was dark black in color. There seemed to be some starlight condensed in the dark black.

The flag is triangular in shape with a dark black background. Inside it is a complex and mysterious blue-purple rune, which is extremely mysterious.

This was the magic weapon 'Xuanyuan Sheshui Flag' that she had spent all her fortune to refine. When she waved the flag in her hand, Zhao Fuyun felt as if the void was floating.

Then, he saw that the body of the strange snake man was drying up quickly. The moisture on the snake man was sucked out by a force and quickly gathered on the flag, making the flag covered with a layer of mist.

Zhao Fuyun's eyes fell on the mysterious flag, and he felt that the flag was powerful and terrifying. The snake man who just stuck his head out had a strong aura, and the evil aura was like a burning flame, which was extremely terrifying. However, in front of this mysterious flag, he had no power to resist. "It is said that there is a demon Gu as a servant under the throne of King Pan. Could it be this snake man?" Snake Grandma said in surprise.

"It's just a crude Taoist military method." Xun Lanyin said.

The group walked down again, and still stopped at every door to let Zhao Fuyun cast a spell.

The spell cast by Zhao Fuyun the previous time was obviously unsatisfactory, but he knew that his theory was not wrong, it was just that his hands, eyes, heart and mouth were not yet synchronized.

Xun Lanyin obviously also saw it. The second time, Zhao Fuyun was much better. He made the fire explode in the darkness, but the magic spell of "destroy" could not be displayed at the same time.

Therefore, his fire spell did not have the corresponding power, it was only equivalent to flashing something in the darkness.

In an instant, a bunch of insects emerged from the darkness. The insects were black and they spread their wings and flew away. You could see that their mouthparts looked like scissors.

"Corpse beetles." Grandma Snake exclaimed. This kind of insect is raised on corpses and is extremely ferocious.

A surge of murderous energy arose.

However, an invisible wave rolled up, and all the flying insects were swept away, forming a ball that was pushed back into the darkness, and there was no more movement.

Zhao Fuyun saw at a glance that no matter how ferocious the insect was, its essence would be sucked away, its body would become shriveled, and it would naturally die.

Continuing to walk forward, the third spell casting was already quite effective. When the flames bloomed into light to dispel the darkness, the spell of "destroy" sounded, but the power was still insufficient. Although the power was still insufficient, it was considered that he had mastered it and had entered the door.

After that, he cast the spell twice more and it became more and more precise. So he cast the spell again and again and gradually became more familiar with it.

In his mind, he named the spell with the word "burn" as "Fire Burning Curse" and "Fire Extinguishing Curse" respectively.

Using the direction as the basis to burn all things, using the fire as the basis to destroy all darkness, this is the combination of fire control technique and spell.

The few people following behind had already understood completely that this was a Dharma teaching on the spot, and this teaching was happening in front of them, but they could only hear it in a daze.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front. Moltres flew over, but saw a man standing there blankly. After being startled by Moltres, the man pounced towards the flames. Moltres took off, but another stream of fire fell on him.

"burn!"

The flames burned along the man's body, but a shadow escaped and went into the darkness below, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

It was perfectly normal for evil spirits to possess people and take over other people's bodies, so no one was surprised.

As expected, that person was the one who entered before.

However, fog had risen below at some point, and the molten bird flew into it. Zhao Fuyun actually had a feeling of spatial disorder. The thought that was placed in it, and his own perception, seemed to suddenly appear in the sky.

"There is a maze inside, and the directions are reversed." Zhao Fuyun said.

"Can you break the formation?" Xun Lanyin said.

"Although I know some methods to break the formation, I don't have the corresponding tools. Moreover, the maze here is probably beyond my ability to break." Zhao Fuyun said.

"Then tell me, how many types of mazes are there?" Xun Lanyin said.

"A maze is usually designed to confuse a person's vision and perception, combined with illusions to confuse their path and trap them. However, if someone can remember their location and not be fooled by the illusion, and can find the correct path, they can break it."

"A more powerful maze can reverse time and space in a small space, trapping people in it and making them unable to escape forever," said Zhao Fuyun.

"Then how do we break it?" Xun Lanyin originally taught formations, so when he was tested at this time, he had to answer.

"If it's just an ordinary thing, you just need to avoid being deceived. If you see an illusion, you must break it. But if it's a magic array that can reverse time and space, you need a treasure that can stabilize time and space. Or you need to have profound cultivation, so that your body can stand like a sacred mountain that suppresses prison, and time and space can't move. Such a person is enough to break any maze."

"The back is very strong, so can you break this formation?" Xun Lanyin asked.

"Disciple doesn't know." Zhao Fuyun said. He really didn't know. Moreover, it was not enough to just break the formation. If there was something powerful hidden in the formation, it would be a huge trouble.

"Do you think this maze is the first type or the second type?" Xun Lanyin asked.

"It should be the first one." Zhao Fuyun didn't think that the owner here could set up such a formation that reversed time and space.

"Okay, then you go ahead and break the formation." Xun Lanyin said.

The Snake Grandma and Yushiva behind carefully asked if they wanted to use Yin spirits or snake poison to explore the way.

Xun Lanyin said it was not necessary.

Zhao Fuyun did not show much fear, for he knew that Xun Lanyin was right behind him, and she asked him to lead the way in breaking the formation just to test him. When he practiced the 'fire extinguishing' spell before, all the creatures that were not killed were killed by Xun Lanyin.

As he walked into the fog, his consciousness seemed to be hit by something, but the feeling disappeared immediately.

He sensed carefully but found nothing. Moreover, the Moltres that had entered before had actually died. The feeling that the Moltres was still there was just an illusion.

Zhao Fuyun knew that no matter what formation he set up, he would need corresponding formation equipment, just like the Red Flame Seven Star Lamp Formation he set up, the main formation base was the statue of the Red Flame God, and there would obviously be one here as well.

He first kept his consciousness close to himself, walked slowly with the lamp in hand, and in the fog, a hazy light appeared above the lamp.

The road still spiraled downwards without any changes. However, the more it was like this, the more Zhao Fuyun felt that something was wrong.

He reached out and touched the mountain wall, which was slightly wet.

Should I follow the road that is vaguely visible under the fog, or stop?

The answer, of course, is to stop.

Xun Lanyin, a Taoist priest in Tiandu Mountain, once said that if you enter a formation and don't know your direction and whether the road ahead is real or fake, it is best to stop and move, straighten yourself, clear your mind, and see the path clearly before you can make plans for the next step.

He closed his eyes, visualized the Red Flame God, focused his mind inside, let go of all distracting thoughts, and asked the Red Flame God to stay. At this moment, a faint divine power emanated from his body, and he had an awe-inspiring and inviolable look.

He slowly opened his eyes, and a glimmer of fire appeared in his pupils. What he saw made his heart beat wildly.

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