Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 181: Daqin has millions of ancestors, whose spirits are immortal and transformed into Taoist soldiers stationed in the northern border.

Zhang Yuan knew that the banquet Sun Ze was talking about should be the one arranged by Gong Jixue.

But at this time, Sun Zeshe wanted to make himself known to him out of kindness, so he didn't dare to say that he had already received an invitation to the banquet.

Sun Ze was only a sixth-rank official in the county government, and he had only been there a short time. As he said, there wasn't much he could do to help Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan was willing to help in this way because he had suppressed bandits in Guangji River, which really changed the trajectory of Sun Ze's life. Sun Ze would always remember this favor.

The morning class ended and there was no class in the afternoon, so Zhang Yuan went straight to Ji Yuntang's courtyard.

"Look, these scrolls are all my treasured collections. If you like them, you can take them all away with you."

"Also, you can use these sets of seals, brushes, ink, and scrolls that I have."

Ji Yuntang took out the sorted scrolls, brushes and inks, with a look of emotion on his face.

"People like me who study are like this. We can't bear to throw away our writings and drawings. When we move, the house is full of junk."

Zhang Yuan knew that if these junks that Ji Yuntang mentioned were thrown out casually, people would fight over them.

Which of those calligraphy and paintings cannot be exchanged for hundreds of taels of silver?

But for someone like Ji Yuntang, it is absolutely impossible for him to exchange his calligraphy and paintings for silver.

Confucian and Taoist practice emphasizes the unity of knowledge and action.

If Ji Yuntang was such a vulgar person with too many distracting thoughts in his mind, he would not be able to achieve such success in calligraphy and painting.

"Teacher, this is the Eight Diagrams Formation I drew." Zhang Yuan took out the formation diagram he drew and presented it to Ji Yuntang.

Ji Yuntang took it with a smile and said, "Is this the homework assigned by that old guy Zuo Qiuren?"

"When he taught his students at Yuntai Mountain, he assigned them all sorts of unreliable homework, making them miserable."

"How can the formation diagram be drawn so simply—eh…"

The smile on Ji Yuntang's face slowly faded as he looked at the formation diagram unfolding in front of him.

His expression changed, and he finally whispered in pain, "Follow me."

He entered the study and picked up a wooden box, then led Zhang Yuan to the stone house where he had practiced the Dao scroll technique before.

This time we entered another stone house.

This stone house is more ancient than the previous one, and there are traces of moss on the mottled stone walls.

"Another hundred taels of gold! This old man is going bankrupt..."

Muttering to himself, Ji Yuntang pressed pieces of spiritual jade into the grooves of the wall.

"Only the county martial arts have this kind of formation. It is a combination of immortal methods and Confucianism."

"These formations are for practicing martial arts techniques. Military formations are rarely used."

"The formation here has not moved for a long time."

As Ji Yuntang introduced, he walked to the stone wall in front and stretched out his hand.

A faint golden light appeared above his palm.

"boom--"

Thousands of golden lights exploded on the wall, and all the power of the spiritual jade collided, turning the surrounding space into vast mountains and fields.

Illusion, another illusion.

But this time the illusion was different. Between the mountains and fields, two armies were facing each other with their blood and energy soaring into the sky.

"These are Taoist soldiers trained using immortal methods. You can control them using the formation diagram."

"Be careful of the loss of spiritual power. If you are not strong enough, quit."

After handing over the Eight Diagrams drawn by Zhang Yuan, Ji Yuntang spoke with a serious expression.

Zhang Yuan nodded.

Although he didn't know what Taoist soldiers were, he still unfolded the scroll in his hand as Ji Yuntang said.

As the scroll unfolded, he could feel his body becoming a hundred feet tall.

Outside the body, layers of formations and flowing lights intertwined.

"In the cultivation world, there's a saying that the laws of heaven and earth can be fulfilled. When a master reaches the Dragon-Elephant realm, which is above the Vajra, he can condense the Golden Body Dharma."

"At this moment, I will use the power of the formation diagram and the Confucian and Taoist methods to simulate the laws of heaven and earth. When the formation is completed, the martial spirit beast will be your golden body. Otherwise, how can we say that the methods of Confucianism and Taoism are not inferior to those of martial arts..."

While Ji Yuntang was still speaking, the eight golden lights outside Zhang Yuan had already exploded.

Zhang Yuan, who possesses chaos, has completely deduced the means to control the Eight Diagrams.

He walked forward step by step, and golden light emerged from his body and flew over the military formation.

The soldiers in the formation felt a golden glow, and as he controlled them, they began to move. "He's able to control the Taoist soldiers so quickly..." Ji Yuntang muttered as he watched the formation move.

Amidst the mountains and fields, the military formations were either retreating or advancing, either expanding or gathering. As the golden light from Zhang Yuan's body spread, it slowly transformed into an eight-sided formation.

Zhang Yuan could feel that his body seemed to be expanding, and his back was covered with a thick armor.

The shape of Xuanwu.

When a black giant basalt beast took shape, Zhang Yuan's eyes were full of spirit.

This is the ancient mythical beast Xuanwu!
The power that could shatter mountains and rivers with just a wave of his hand or a lift of his foot far exceeded his understanding of the power of cultivation.

Even if he can condense the power of ten elephants, even if he can control the power of a dragon, what can he do?

In front of the Xuanwu divine beast, Master Dragon Elephant is nothing but an ant.

The power gathered by this Eight Formations Diagram can easily crush a mountain hundreds of feet high.

Looking up, the opposing armies ahead were already moving.

The retreating phalanx raised layers of armor and shields.

Bows and crossbows were pressed down, and spears were raised forward.

The Great Wall of Steel.

If there is no formation in the Eight Diagrams, it would be very difficult to break through such a Great Wall of Steel.

But at this time, with the formation in place, one attack would be enough to smash the enemy's formation.

Slowly raising his hand, Zhang Yuan's spiritual power spread along with the power of the formation outside his body.

The power of the soul surged like water waves, and the eight formations moved with the soul.

"hold head high--"

The huge black tortoise raised its head and roared, and pale golden runes flowed around its body, like flowing golden flames.

At this moment, the entire illusion was in turmoil, as if it was about to vanish into thin air.

Ji Yuntang's expression changed. He endured the pain and took out the last few spiritual jades from the wooden box in his hand to replace the broken fairy jades on the wall.

"boom--"

The giant Black Tortoise swooped down, and the eight-formation army followed suit, crushing the opposing army in one fell swoop.

The surging blood and murderous energy exploded, and the entire illusion shattered.

In Zhang Yuan's hand, the Eight Diagrams Formation was covered with cracks.

Zhang Yuan had a look of regret on his face, as if he had not accomplished his goal completely.

"Okay, it's just an illusion. Just know how powerful the formation diagram is," Ji Yuntang waved his hand, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly. "It's all just a waste of money. If I do this a few times, I'll go bankrupt."

……

After experiencing the ferocious power of the Eight Diagrams Formation in the illusion, Zhang Yuan felt his blood boiling for a moment.

However, according to Ji Yuntang, there are not many soldiers in the Qin army who can form such a formation.

Whether it is a general in charge of the army or a soldier in training, it is really rare.

Not only the Eight Diagrams Formation, but many of the inherited methods can now only display their mighty killing power in illusions.

"How do we train the soldiers?"

"Can't my Great Qin have Taoist soldiers?"

Zhang Yuan had a look of reluctance on his face.

If he had 8,000 soldiers under his command, he would be confident that he could fight against an army of 100,000.

"We have Taoist soldiers in the Great Qin." Ji Yuntang's eyes were heavy.

"Not only that, but he is also the most powerful Taoist soldier in the world."

"They, neither alive nor dead, guard the northern wall to keep out the immortals and demons."

Taking a deep breath, Ji Yuntang looked at Zhang Yuan and said softly, "The Great Qin has hundreds of millions of ancestors whose spirits are immortal and transformed into Taoist soldiers stationed in the northern border."

"We, the descendants of the Great Qin, will one day let them rest in peace."

Reaching out and patting Zhang Yuan on the shoulder, Ji Yuntang looked at the changing clouds outside the courtyard.

"If I die one day, I will entrust my soul to the last painting of my life."

"Take this scroll. When you go to the Northern Wall, place it there."

"I also wish to become a soldier of the Great Qin and protect the world of Great Qin."

(End of this chapter)