Ziwei Immortal Path

Chapter 149 Three Enclosures and Four Symbols
The injuries Xu Boyang received were only flesh wounds. Although painful, they were not serious. After returning to the light array, he spread out his enamel sleeves and extended his soft hand to offer the healing pills.

"This is 'Shengji San'. Take it internally and apply it externally. You should be cured in two hours at most!"

"That's right, young Feng Qing. Although defeated, it's still an honor. Congratulations on taking second place in the first class of the Diyuan Six Ding! You'll be ascending to the throne soon! Your robe is torn, change clothes quickly!"

After Xu Boyang thanked him, he took it with both hands, and reluctantly took out the [Dongxuan Dharma Cape] and put it on to cover the wound. Ding Tianshi floated out from above and said loudly:

"Taihe Jingwu Banquet, the Earth Yuan level competition has officially concluded! Please welcome the 'Earth Yuan Six Ding' to the throne!"

As soon as he finished speaking, five streams of light emerged from the crowd and landed on the [Central Palace] formation.

Shen Zhaolin, Zeng Shuming, Yan Qingshang, Ding Xuelian and Wen Boqing were all in high spirits and behaved in a graceful manner. They all clasped their fists and bowed to all directions, then looked around and their eyes all turned to Xu Boyang.

Xu Boyang took a deep breath, flew over in the air, and landed right in the middle!

"Di Yuan Liu Ding! Di Yuan Liu Ding!"

The shouts on the Linghuai River are like waves, rising and falling!

"Congratulations to all my fellow disciples for obtaining the 'Di Yuan Liu Ding'!"

"Congratulations! The six of you are truly worthy of this honor. It is a great honor for Qingshen!"

"Congratulations to everyone on your enlightenment!"

"Congratulations to the six of you for reaching high positions. The glorious path is just around the corner!"

Xu Boyang heard the voices of congratulations coming from all directions, and looking at the many fellow travelers he had never met before, he had to bear the pain and bow to express his gratitude everywhere, but he did not feel happy in his heart. During the process, he could not help but glance at Shen Zhaolin, only to see that he had a faint expression, his hands clasped together, but he did not say a word.

Ding Tianshi said loudly:

"Tomorrow at noon, please follow the head of the Taihe Academy and all your fellow Tianyuan-level disciples to the summit of Yunxiao Mountain to meet with the Feathered Master and prepare to participate in the Tianyuan-level competition at the Taihe Jingwu Banquet!"

The six people agreed in turn. Xu Boyang bowed and thanked them. Seeing that the event was over, he said nothing more and returned to the dormitory silently in full view of everyone.

After returning to the room, he took off his clothes, revealing a strong body. He then took the Shengji Powder given by Qi Lianrou internally and applied it externally. The wound recovered quickly. Of course, this is not the point.

After he finished healing, he sat on the couch with his bare chest and a gloomy face. The thought of Shen Zhaolin's handsome face just now flashed like a flash of lightning in the dark night of storm!
But his own knowledge was limited, and he couldn't figure out why there was a pool of black water in Shen Zhaolin's sea of ​​consciousness, and what was the ancient well under the black water?
Could it be the same Huangting magic weapon as the [Hidden Demon Mirror]?

Who exactly is this Shen Zhaolin?
The Taihe Jingwu Banquet has now come to today, the competition is already halfway through, and the six Diyuan Ding have been decided, but the turbulent situation behind this has completely exceeded Xu Boyang's imagination!
Especially the conversation with Jiang Taiqing last night was so shocking that he spent the whole night in shock and still couldn't recover from it!
As soon as I thought about it, I shuddered all over!

"Could it be that "Zhanming Zhenren" is Qingshen's only Purple Palace now?"

"All these years have passed since the four Qingshen sects, and haven't they all been fighting external forces in Sishui? How could they have gone to the Small Zhoutian again? Or to the 'Wanxiang Tianshu'?"

"Jiang Taiqing and I have never met before, and it's hard to tell who we are, but why is he willing to be so honest and tell me all this?"

"Could it be that Qingshen is about to face a disaster and has no time to care about anything else? I refuse to meet him and simply want me to leave quickly to avoid being used by the enemy?!"

"If everything he said is true, and the Immortal Master and dozens of Feathered Immortals are all trapped, then wouldn't the four Qingshen sects have suffered a heavy blow? Wouldn't the four Qingshen counties be internally hollowed out? Then Qingshen... wouldn't it be in imminent danger?"

The more Xu Boyang thought about it, the more his breathing became rapid. His face became extremely ugly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. A terrible thought arose in his heart.
"Is Qingshen going to die?"

When this thought came to his mind, he felt an unprecedented fear in his heart. It seemed as if a sea of ​​blood and corpses appeared all over the mountains before his eyes. He was immediately anxious and thought frantically whether he could do anything. But after thinking about it, he... seemed to be unable to do anything.

"I already have Wolf Mo Changge at home to take care of me. He has a high level of cultivation, so as long as he doesn't run into a strong Feathered Master, he should be fine. At this point, the best I can do is to protect the people around me as much as possible and save my own life!"

He understood that his cultivation was low and his knowledge was limited. Even with the help of the [Hidden Demon Mirror], the effect would be minimal. Faced with such a big situation, he was not even qualified to sit down and discuss it.

"Should we follow Jiang Taiqing's advice and leave as soon as possible? But what about the Fire Spirit Core needed for foundation building?"

Xu Boyang had finally entered the Diyuan Liuding, and his plan was already half successful. How could he be willing to give up? Besides, the whole Yuchuan City was peaceful and prosperous, and the people were singing and dancing in peace and leisure. He really couldn't imagine what kind of disaster would come out of nowhere!

Even if what Jiang Taiqing said was true, the fact that there was no real person in "Langfeng Peak" actually had both advantages and disadvantages for Xu Boyang personally, and it could even be said that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

The advantage is that no one can find the [Purple Star Fate Palace] on your body. If you get the first place in the Tianyuan Liujia, you can go to the "Langfeng Peak" without worrying about anything. There is hope for your Shenyuan Pill and foundation building.

The disadvantage is that, as Jiang Taiqing said, truth will eventually come to light. Once the news of the Immortal and the Feathered Taoists being trapped gets out, there will inevitably be chaos inside and outside Qingshen, and there is a possibility that "Langfeng Peak", the power hub of the entire Qingshen, will be overthrown.

"The four Qingshen sects are the most powerful ones in the country. I think they all have resident Taoist priests like Jiang Taiqing. Even if the immortals and the Taoist priests are trapped, they won't be destroyed overnight. Moreover, there are so many foundation-building cultivators in the immortal sect, probably no less than a thousand people."

"Now I have participated in the Taihe Jingwu Banquet and just won the Diyuan Six Ding. If I withdraw from the competition for no reason and leave Qingshen, I will probably attract suspicion and attention from all sides. Besides, the arrow has been drawn to the string and must be shot. If I lose the Lihuo Shenyuan Pill and cultivate this extremely domineering [Nine Purple Lihuo], I am afraid that I will have no hope of building a foundation in this lifetime."

Xu Boyang thought of this, and thought of the Lihuo Shenyuan Pill, and then thought of Ding Qingliao, and then thought of the Ding family's rebellion. A flash of lightning flashed through his mind, his face turned pale, and he was immediately filled with fear:
"So, the Ding family must have also learned of this news! That's why Ding Tianshi spoke so freely to Ding Yunshan in the hall that night... This is bad news! If there are forces within Qingshen that are colluding with them, Qingshen could be in imminent danger!"

When he thought of this, Xu Boyang could not stay any longer. He was in a state of confusion and was thinking that he would have to use his [Demon Lord's Divine Consciousness] to find Chen Baochong to discuss countermeasures. For now, he was the only person he could trust and help in Yuchuan City.

Xu Boyang just stood up, and suddenly his face changed again, as if he had just woken up from a dream.
"No, that's not right... The Jiang family already knows about the Ding family's affairs, but why are they so amicable and silent? Could it be that they already have a plan to deal with it?"

"Now that the two major forces are undercurrents, if I rashly go to Chen Baochong, I will definitely alert the enemy and I'm afraid that Jiang Taiqing's plan will go to waste..."

"Forget it. I'll do my best and leave the rest to fate. I'm a nobody and my power is limited. I can only wait and see how things develop, and remain unchanged in the face of all changes."

"If Qingshen is truly in danger, I can only assess the situation, take advantage of it, and do my best. If there is ultimately no other way, I can only do nothing to help... After all, my cultivation level is really not up to par, and I can't be a savior who can turn the tide..."

Xu Boyang figured out the key points, breathed a sigh of relief, calmed himself down, used a "cleansing technique" to clean the dirt on his body, changed into a new robe, put on the [Dongxuan Dharma Cape], sat cross-legged in meditation, and closed his eyes.

Unexpectedly, just a moment later, there were two soft knocks on the door!
Xu Boyang opened his eyes and his spiritual consciousness arrived instantly, only to find two Lingxiao Sect monks standing at the door, one holding a tray and the other holding a book. He immediately knew their purpose and got out of bed to open the door.

"Xiandao Guisheng, please take the cards and draw lots."

In response to the request of the monk holding the pen, Xu Boyang nodded, looked at the eighty-three wooden signs on the rectangular wooden tray, and felt a little puzzled. But since the other party didn't say anything, it would be inconvenient for him to ask more, so he reached out and took one of them.

When I turned over the wooden sign, I found that its surface was as smooth as a mirror, without any writing or seal carving, it was completely empty.

Xu Boyang felt strange and raised his eyebrows unconsciously.

The monk holding the pen pursed his lips slightly:

"Good luck, fellow disciple! Please rest well. We will reach the summit of Yunxiao Peak at noon tomorrow!"

Xu Boyang closed the door with the wooden plaque in his hand, and thinking back to the fact that there were eighty-three wooden plaques, which was an odd number, he suddenly realized and said in secret:

"There's nothing on this wooden sign, so it's empty. Doesn't that mean I have a bye in the first round? I don't have to compete?"

When I thought of this, I felt happy and my previous irritability dissipated a lot. I immediately started to breathe in and out again.

Until the evening, Xu Boyang was sitting at the table, concentrating on studying the techniques of the Foundation Establishment Period, when there was another knock on the door!
When he spread out his spiritual sense, he found that it was Ding Tianshi standing alone at the door. His heart was immediately in suspense. He looked around hurriedly, swept his sleeves, and put all the books and jade slips on the table that he had just read into the storage bag. He scanned the room with his spiritual sense again, and felt that there was nothing unusual in the room. Then he covered his chest and went to open the door.

"How's the injury?"

As soon as the door opened, Ding Tianshi raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, then asked calmly. Xu Boyang was surprised to see Ding Tianshi and asked him to come out:

"It's Master Ding. I took the medicine given by the Chief Nuclear Officer during the day, and I'm feeling much better now!"

"Ah."

Ding Tianshi glanced inside the room, and then his figure flashed and he stepped in lightly.
"I just checked it out. You can rest assured. It's just a superficial wound and will heal in half a day."

After that, he came to the table and sat upright.
"Sit down."

"Master, please take a seat."

Xu Boyang turned back and limped to the counter to get the tea set. He wanted to make tea for the guests, and then he heard Ding Tianshi say:

"Boyang, you and I are not strangers, there's no need to be polite. You're injured and I just came to see you, say a few words, and then leave."

"It's okay. The Taoist priest is concerned about Boyang's safety. Boyang is very grateful!"

Xu Boyang said this with his back to Ding Tianshi, took out the kettle, clay stove, teapot, teacups and other tea utensils, and walked over with them.

"Then let me do it!"

Ding Tianshi stood up and took the tea set, poured clean water into it, put in the spiritual tea, flicked his fingers, and a flame from his fingertips ignited the coal balls. He was very familiar with the technique.

The Qingshen monk loves tea and has long been famous throughout the country.

The spiritual tea was brewed, and the two of them just sat down in front of the sandalwood square table. Ding Tianshi glanced at him, pursed his lips, and said:
"Boyang, you have really brought honor to our Fengqing by being able to enter the Six Ding of Earthly Origin this time. When you join the branch of the Immortal Sect, from now on, you and I can call each other brothers!"

Xu Boyang was surprised and quickly bowed and said:
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. Boyang is young and of low rank. I have always looked up to Taoist Ding as my teacher and father. How dare I overstep my bounds?"

"In terms of age, I am indeed much older than you. However, for cultivators of my generation, age is no longer important after we have established our foundation. If I can attain the Huangting realm one day, my body and appearance will basically remain forever youthful. If I want to age, that will only happen five or six hundred years from now."

"You have to understand that among cultivators like me, age is not the only factor in determining superiority or inferiority. Our cultivation level is the only factor in determining superiority or inferiority!"

Xu Boyang nodded slightly: "Thank you for your guidance, Taoist priest!"

Ding Tianshi nodded in satisfaction: "Boyang, to be honest, I'm quite surprised that you've reached the ninth level of Condensation in just ten years. But it's really good, very good!"

Xu Boyang covered his chest and laughed dryly.
"Back then, when I heard the immortal's scriptures, they were constantly in my ears, even day and night. Boyang didn't know how fast or slow he was. He just thought that if he could establish the foundation of immortality, it would be a great thing."

Ding Tianshi hummed and said:

"What cultivators like me seek is the path to immortality. The mundane affairs of the world are fleeting and not worth mentioning. However, you have come to your senses over the years, fulfilled your duties diligently, and made rapid progress. This is truly commendable!"

"Don't worry, you are now considered a Half-Step Immortal Sect disciple. Once you complete the induction ceremony, the Immortal Sect will begin to help you plan the Divine Yuan Pill and assist you in building your Immortal Foundation!"

"Thank you for telling me, Taoist Priest. Yes, Taoist Priest."

When Xu Boyang heard him mention the word "duty", he remembered something and interrupted.

"The storage bag that the Taoist priest asked me to deliver two years ago has already been personally handed over to Senior Guo by Boyang!"

"Ding Zongzheng told me about this, I already know about it. You did a great job!"

Ding Tianshi smiled, took out a storage bag from his sleeve and placed it on the table.

"It seems my friend is a bit stingy, so I'll do it for you! The reward is 500 spirit stones, just click on it!"

"You are too polite, Taoist priest. No need to order."

Xu Boyang reached out and took the storage bag, putting it into his sleeve. Ding Tianshi said again:
"Okay, I came here today, firstly to see how your injuries are, and secondly, there's something I need your help with."

Xu Boyang was stunned for a moment, "Master, please feel free to speak."

"That's it."

Ding Tianshi explained,

"Tomorrow at noon, the Junior Star Officer of Langfeng Peak will activate the Heavenly Gang Absolute Wind Strike. This will fully activate the Heavenly Gang Disha Zhenwu Formation, the Purple Mansion formation protecting Yu Chuan. This will connect with the spirits of the heavens and earth, and activate Yu Chuan's star position."

"Star position?"

Xu Boyang had a bad feeling in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He just asked in surprise.

Ding Tianshi saw his surprised expression and smiled slightly:
"You don't know that in the four Qingshen counties of Yuchuan, Cangwu, Nanhuai, and Yunfu, each of their administrative centers is protected by a large purple palace formation, the 'Tiangang Disha Zhenwu Formation.'"

"And these four 'Heavenly Gang, Earthly Demon, and True Martial Formations', in addition to guarding the four great cities of Qingshen, are actually the core of the Four Symbols Formation of the Four Counties of Qingshen."

"Tian Gang Di Sha are the constellations of the Big Dipper, connecting the seven stars of the Big Dipper in the sky. The Big Dipper is the chariot frame of the Emperor of Heaven, located right in the center of the Three Enclosures, pointing the way for the world. When the Big Dipper points, the Three Enclosures emerge, and when the Three Enclosures emerge, the Four Symbols appear."

"The Four Symbols of Heaven are the Azure Dragon, the Vermillion Bird, the Black Tortoise, and the White Tiger. These Four Spirits of Heaven are the foundation for the formation of all things. My Taoist scriptures say, 'The Four Spirits of Heaven correct the four directions.' This is exactly what I mean. Each of the Four Symbols has seven constellations. These twenty-eight constellations guard the four directions and the four seas, and protect the Three Enclosures."

"Just as the four Qingshen counties of Yuchuan, Cangwu, Nanhuai, and Yunfu guard the 'Three Palaces of Qingshen.'"

The more Xu Boyang listened, the more awed he became. He couldn't help but ask:
"So, the four Qingshen counties are connected, just like a formation. Then, may I ask, Taoist priest, where are these 'Three Qingshen Palaces'?"

Ding Tianshi saw that he understood immediately and smiled.

"Indeed, the four Qingshen counties are of the same lineage. Prosperity and adversity are shared by all."

"My four Qingshen counties correspond precisely to the four symbols of the sky. Among the four symbols are the Celestial Constellations and the Divine Demons. The four symbols activate to protect the center. The Celestial Constellations and the Divine Demons, the center of the formation, lead to the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper's handle points to the Three Enclosures. Finally, the Three Enclosures' Emperor Stars appear. Then, the four spirits of the four symbols are controlled to rectify the four directions."

"This cycle repeats itself endlessly!"

"To put it bluntly, our entire Qingshen is a reflection of the heavens. In ancient times, in order to protect the Daoist ancestor's land from being disturbed, the immortals of our Taoist sect set up a vast formation spanning thousands of miles and swallowing up mountains and rivers. It's called the 'Dou Shu San Yuan Si Xiang Zhou Tian Formation.'"

"As for the level of this formation, there are many different opinions. Some say it is a Qingxu-level True Lord Spirit Formation, while others say it is the legendary immortal formation of the Chixiao Immortal. Unfortunately, it is so old that it can no longer be verified."

"And this so-called 'Three Palaces of Qingshen' is actually the reflection of the three celestial palaces of the Red Sky in Qingshen, and is the core hub of the entire Qingshen area."

"The Three Enclosures are Ziwei, Taiwei, and Tianshi."

"Ziwei is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, Taiwei is the seat of government for all officials and immortals, and Tianshi is the market place for the immortals and celestial officials."

"For example, the 'Square Cun Room' you visited before actually has another name, 'Tianshi Palace'."

Sorry for being a little late on the weekend!

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