Volume 4: Rise of the Dragon, Part 3, Chapter 75
Monsters move
Volume 4: The Rise of the Dragon, Part 3, Chapter 75: The Monster Moves
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Yong Xin's knowledge is not bad either. He knows that only those True God sects that are based on gathering faith and condensing divine power will treat all living beings as God's shepherds and regard faith as harvested wool to play this set of shepherding sentient beings;
However, these are heretical methods and are not favored by the cultivation world that considers itself orthodox.
"Although our Onmyoji is the main body of Onmyoji, the other branch professions should not be underestimated. Although the doctrines believed by those priests may seem a bit paranoid to outsiders and not the right way, they still have merits. We practitioners should be open-minded. Only by embracing all rivers and embracing everything can we learn from each other's strengths and make up for our shortcomings, and go further on the road of spiritual practice. Besides, I often communicate with the great priest who is the envoy of the propaganda, and I have always admired the wisdom of the great priest." Itoi looked at Yushin with a kind of confidence. Said in a relaxed tone at this moment. The coldness on his face disappeared and was replaced by a serious look unique to a seeker. His aristocratic demeanor and handsome appearance befitting that of a royal child attracted the attention of the ladies and ladies around him.
"Here we go again. He always looks like this when it comes to cultivation. He's really a cultivation fanatic. It's unbearable that he's always so popular in a remote place." Yongxin looked like he was defeated by you and turned over unconsciously. A roll of eyes. "This guy is already in his thirties, but he still has the appearance of a teenager. Does the Onmyoji he practices have special requirements in this regard?" He muttered secretly in his heart. Fortunately, his thoughts were not heard by Itoi, otherwise the handsome boy on the side would have used shikigami to punch a few holes in his bald head.
However, although Itoi's practice of onmyoji was magical, he did not have the magical power of his mind, so he did not know the inner slander of the seemingly solemn bald man on the other side.
The two of them walked towards the Yangzhou Jiedu Envoy's Mansion while constantly discussing questions about spiritual practice and the forms of demonic disasters. Due to the influence of the demon disaster, the division of power and the system of officials in the imperial court have been greatly changed. The affairs in charge of various regions have become more and more complicated. The heads of various regions must simultaneously control the military and political power and respond as quickly as possible when the demon attacks. Otherwise, if they rely on the previous set of mutual checks and balances , Every decision has to be discussed for a long time in the complicated official system, and I am afraid that there will be no time to make a decision even if the demon breaks through the city. Under this special condition, the post of Jiedushi, which had become an empty title in the Song Dynasty because of too much power, was given special responsibilities again. Each Jiedushi has jurisdiction over the military and political power of its city and its affiliated towns, and when necessary, can also open granaries and reduce some taxes as appropriate to deal with complex situations.
This kind of power has far exceeded the level of a feudal official and is equivalent to a prince. The court delegated power in this way. If it were placed in the previous dynasty, it would have greatly fueled the Jiedushi's ambitions and laid the foundation for disaster; but now there are external demonic disasters that threaten the entire human race, internal supervision by the imperial army and royal offerings, plus the national righteousness and the great power of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding ancestor of the country. Prestige suppresses any Jiedu envoy who is careful and conscientious and does not dare to have a rebellious mentality. Once there is any change, I am afraid that the elusive imperial secret camps and worshipers will come to take their lives immediately. Besides, now is a special period for humans to fight against demons. No one wants to bear an eternal infamy that will undermine the overall situation of fighting against demons.
Yongxin and Itoi were respectively the nominal patrol commanders of Yangzhou. Although they sometimes did their own thing, whenever they discovered something while patrolling outside, they would come to report to the Jiedushi. This does not mean that the two are afraid of the imperial court or the official authority of the Jiedushi, but that they are responsible for the tens of millions of people in Yangzhou.
In the mainstream concept of cultivators, they never rely on the hope of improving their strength with the help of outsiders. Most of them focus on enlightening the Tao with their own mind, practicing the Tao heart, and not being moved by external things; even those who advocate Sects that practice "outer elixir method" and practice by swallowing elixirs also spend their time collecting materials and refining elixirs, and regard this process as a way of cultivation and do not dare to neglect it. Therefore, although under the influence of this concept, the Yin Yang Sect was only a human sect founded by Yun Canghai in the early days, with Japanese and mixed-race people as the main body. Due to "people who are not of my race must have different minds" and the memory of later generations, the fundamental method of establishing religion passed down by him is not clever and even a bit sinister, but it also advocates tapping one's own potential and promoting personal cultivation, which means burning life in exchange for power. . But he still left a little room for improvement. Although the Yin Yang Sect's techniques are superficial, they are complete, and the orthodox ones are not inferior to the foundation-building techniques of those small sects in China. If you are talented enough, you can still achieve great results.
However, Yun Canghai still underestimated human beings' desire for power. For those ordinary people, whether they are Japanese or Han people, they are lucky enough to come into contact with the training methods that are usually only in legends and to be able to cast spells. Even if it causes some damage to the body, it is nothing compared to the pleasure and temptation of having power. what? Especially for the Japanese who have been secretly influenced by the local demonic energy for many years and have serious self-destructive and fanatical tendencies in their instinctive nature. Only the strong are worthy of respect, and as long as they can become strong, even their health and life span are worth it. !
And the reason why humans can become the protagonists in the world is precisely because the human race has unlimited potential and can turn decay into magic. Although the early Japanese sacrificed a lot of life to practice Onmyoji and most of them did not live past sixty, this does not mean that they are fools and do not know the shortcomings of their own skills and do not want to change them. Especially in the later period, with the large influx of Han Chinese immigrants from China into Japan, a large number of Han Chinese and Chinese-Japanese hybrids joined the Onmyoji. Most of the abandoned pure-blood Japanese Onmyojis died of old age, so Yun Canghai's attitude towards the Onmyoji was inevitable. changed. After all, most of the congregants are Han or have Han blood. They can no longer be viewed as potential threats.
Therefore, he no longer secretly suppressed the development of Yin Yang Sect, but chose to only secretly grasp the general direction and let the rest take its course. Especially in the later period, under the promotion of him and Jianzhen, Japan successfully merged into the Shenzhou Dynasty and became a province under the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Basically, all the people were transformed into Chinese and Japanese mixed race and Han people. Only then did he open up the restrictions on the development of Yin Yang Sect. From time to time, he preaches and imparts his experience in the church and strongly supports the innovation and improvement of existing exercises and spells within the sect. It is because of this that the development of Yin Yang Sect is finally on the right track and it gradually develops a practice system with its own characteristics.
Although practicing onmyoji can cause harm to the body and the life span of a practitioner is often less than a hundred years old, it is precisely under the pressure of a life span of less than a hundred years that all onmyoji masters work hard to practice and fight in an attempt to create unlimited happiness in a limited life. possible. They know that their lifespan is limited, so they want to make their own contribution so that this honor will remain in the world and become immortal even after they die. It is precisely this kind of thinking that is widely spread. This provided a strong internal driving force for the development of Yin Yang Sect.
With the tacit approval of the supreme leader Yun Canghai, countless onmyojis from generation to generation have continuously developed new techniques, exercises, weapon refining methods, and strange secret techniques for hundreds of years. Yun Canghai has never stopped, no matter how good or bad. He will collect and summarize all the bad, good and bad, and instruct his subordinates to engrave the names of those who came into contact with them and the techniques they developed on an honorary monument in front of the Onmyoji Temple in Kyoto so that they can be honored. In addition to these spiritual rewards, there are also material rewards such as elixirs, magic weapons, important positions, guidance from experts, huge wealth, etc. Yun Canghai, who is well aware of the importance of talents, will never be stingy in this regard. Instead, he strongly encourages these talents in order to inspire others through this method.
The effect of this incentive is obvious.
Many people saw that the teaching was so generous to talents, which naturally inspired a hundredfold enthusiasm. The world has never lacked talents, it just lacks methods to tap them. Thanks to hundreds of years of innovation and improvement by countless Yin-Yang sect members, the Yin-Yang sect's internal training techniques and related techniques and secret techniques have greatly improved from what they were in the past. From a superficial exercise back then to a medium-level exercise that is not very profound but is extremely practical, easy to understand and easy to learn, has unique characteristics and has high development potential, it can be said that it contains the efforts of countless talents. This does not include those weird and wonderful secret techniques and the various systematic professions that have been derived. Together, they have built up a shelf that is comparable to large sects.
Of course, this refers to the comprehensive strength of the Yin Yang Sect. Although it has a history of hundreds of years, the founder of the sect is only an immortal. Compared with those large and top sects that have been passed down for tens of millions of years and even originated from ancient immortals and great supernatural powers. In terms of background, it is still far behind. Of course, compared with those sects, the Yin Yang Sect also has its own advantages, that is, it is still vigorous and has sufficient resources.
Although those sects with a long history and powerful strength are extremely strong externally, most of them are internally filled with factions and stalemate because of their long history and dogma. It is short but develops extremely quickly under the correct leadership and direction. Compared with those big sects, it has a huge advantage in terms of innovation in exercises:
Talents in Yin Yang Sect. With his own innovation, he transformed the original basic health-preserving exercises, which only had the effect of strengthening the body and prolonging life, into cultivation exercises that can cleanse menstruation, cut hair, and reborn for a long time. This has significantly changed the average lifespan of the Yin-Yang masters in the Yin-Yang Sect from The age of sixty has been raised to one hundred and fifty! Those who are talented and accomplished in cultivation can even live hundreds of years longer.
After arriving in Haizhou, Yun Canghai personally established only the two major systems of Onmyoji and Exorcist. After the development and improvement of later generations, Onmyoji has added three major branch professional systems: Priest, Priest, and Battle Mage; Exorcist It has also developed into four major professional systems: psychics, ghost messengers, demon slayers, and demon-conquering warriors. The Onmyoji, established with Onmyoji as the main body, also supports the three major martial arts professions of ninja, samurai, and martial arts. Because if you want to achieve success in practicing magic, you must have a certain level of talent, and such people are not everywhere. They are almost one in a hundred and do not require too much talent. The three major professions of ninja, samurai, and martial artist are for those who cannot practice magic. prepared by people.
From low to high, from simple to complex, various professional combinations are perfect. In the magic disaster, a mage whose average strength is only in the Qi training period, but has attack output, warriors for close combat, priests for healing and assistance, and other professional combinations are reasonable. The record created by the team is no worse than that of a cultivator in the foundation building stage. And cultivating cultivators in the foundation-building stage is far more difficult than cultivating fifty cultivators in the Qi-training stage! It is precisely because of the strength of the Yin Yang Sect that it has become a powerful force in fighting against demonic disasters and is recognized by all walks of life in China.
Of course, the gods believed by the priests and priests in the Yin Yang Sect are naturally the deity and his god Quetzalcoatl. As for those teachings, they are all listed in the memory of Quetzalcoatl according to the inheritance and have been adopted by the deity from the teachings of various schools in the memory. The high-level leaders of Essence Yin Yang Sect have compiled and added to it. After hundreds of years of historical testing and continuous revision, it has been perfected. At least it can be self-explanatory and will give a certain degree of recognition to even those who know these teachings for the first time. Even chanting the teachings of Yin Yang Cult for a long time and acting according to its instructions can prolong your life and have a certain chance of awakening as a priest or priest. This is similar to those believers in Buddhism who chant "Amitabha" all year round and can be reborn in the Paradise after death.
This is already amazing.
Therefore, it makes sense for Itoi to say that he should absorb the essence from teachings to make up for his own shortcomings.
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Not to mention the situation of Yongxin and Itoi, a special gathering is taking place in a deep and dense primitive jungle thousands of miles away from Yangzhou City.
The trees and plants in the primeval forest are all growing like crazy and most of them have mutated. The dense wild grass is more than a person tall, with roots as hard as wood and jagged edges; the thick banyan tree canopy is as wide as one kilometer, and the surrounding trees cannot grow taller; the huge locust tree branches are dark and emit waves of poison that are visible to the naked eye. A face with eyes, ears, mouth and nose has been formed on the surface of the black tree trunk, but it is sunken inward like a skeleton, and it makes a sound like a ghost crying from time to time; the vines with thick thighs and spikes on the surface are entangled. The root of the tree penetrates into the ground and the tip hangs between the tree branches, like a poisonous snake. Once it detects a living creature passing by, it immediately becomes active. It entangles the prey like lightning and strangles it, sucks blood, and then opens a big mouth at the tip to suck out the prey. The prey is swallowed and turned into nourishment.
There are countless such mutant plants, and even the animals in the primeval forest have also mutated: rabbits with canine teeth, two-headed wild wolves, owls up to three meters high, foxes that can breathe fire, tigers with black bodies, and black panthers with wings~ ~~~~~And so on, and so on, plus all kinds of strange and indescribable demonic animals and plants that have traveled through space, walking back and forth in the huge primeval forest, they are like a hodgepodge, and they match the huge trees growing from the tree trunks at high places. The canopy of trees blocks the sunlight, making the space in the forest extremely dark, making this place look like a demonic world.
But no matter how unbridled these animals and plants that were either demonized or native to the demon world were, they did not dare to approach the open space with a radius of less than ten miles in the center of the forest.
Yes, there is an open space less than ten miles in radius in this huge virgin forest. There are no trees taller than a person here, even the weeds have maintained their normal appearance, and the air is not that dim. Except for the absence of small animals, it is almost the same as other places in the world that are not polluted by demonic energy. Of course, if you look down at this space from the sky Still under the cover of dense forest. That's the effect of the phantom array.
At this time, there were twelve creatures sitting in the clearing in the forest. They could only be described as "creatures" because not only were they large or small in size, but their members were also human and animal. The big one is a ten-meter-tall black two-headed giant ape sitting there like a hill, exuding a bloody and terrifying aura; the smaller one is one meter tall, with a graceful figure, dressed in a simple and elegant dress. The exotic gauze skirt and the face look like a little fairy of fifteen or sixteen years old. She held a mithril staff in her hand, with a sweet smile on her lips, curled up with her legs on the ground, and looked at the creatures around her with a smile. Although she looks cute, her whole body exudes a coexistence of charm and trance, and a vaguely divine and magical figure is vaguely formed behind her.
As for other creatures, they are extremely difficult to mess with either from their faces or their auras.
