During heavy rain, thunder often strikes down the Dharma platform. Under the interplay of “rumbling” thunder and dazzling lightning, no one even came close to the Dharma platform, let alone checking the situation on the Dharma platform. Dare.
What’s even weirder is that during the thunderstorm, some beast roars and horrifying weird screams can be heard at the altar, making no one dare to approach.
However, the Imperial Guards of the Yang Dynasty did not dare to look around the altar, but invisible to the naked eye, the great gods and Yin Cha of the various departments of the Gyeonggi Prefecture had already blocked some entrances and exits inside and outside the altar.
Of course they don’t need to go to the altar to arrest people. In addition to looking after one or two, to ensure nothing is missed, they will also check the “magicians” who escaped from the altar one by one to see if there are some evil people who are lucky enough to be among them. .
As for those innocent practitioners who really just want to take advantage of the opportunity to get the title of “Heavenly Master”, as long as there is no hostility or resentment, then even the ghosts and their like can turn a blind eye. Eye, if you pass a horse temporarily, you can at least spend nine days and ten meetings safely.
Originally, it was impossible to let go of the spirits and monsters, but this time the immortals, demons and gods gathered together, the Yin Division of Gyeonggi Prefecture was happy to give this face.
In fact, there were some people like this when Emperor Zhengyuan was seeking immortality. They themselves were so shallow that they had no hope of improving their practice. They used some means to fool them, trying to reduce their involvement with the heavy dynasty energy, and with the help of the emperor. The mouth is mixed and sealed.
Then as long as you find an opportunity to escape, you can work hard to improve your practice.
But this kind of thing is also very risky. The royal extravagance is the most “poisonous” worldly wind in the world. Even if it is short-lived, this kind of Taoism may not be good for practitioners with shallow concentration and it is easy to get lost.
But understanding is one thing, reality is another. Even though they know it is very dangerous, there are still people who cannot resist temptation. Everyone knows that they will be the “exception”, but if you really are that “Exception”, if one has such perseverance and perseverance to obtain the title of Righteousness and escape, how could one need to resort to this method to improve one’s spiritual practice?
In contrast, it may be easier for the ghosts and others who have never achieved success and insist on ascetic cultivation to seize this opportunity. If they can get the title, the first thing they want to do is to look for opportunities no matter what. If you run away, you probably don’t dare to stay in the city knowing that it is under the jurisdiction of the Yin Division.
Of course, in addition to these low-level people, it is inevitable that there are also experts hiding in the crowd. After all, the Dharma Formation is only for evil people. If they are on the right path, they can naturally leave.
All parties in Dazhen, including Ji Yuan, cannot tolerate evil people stirring up trouble, but if they are on the right path, their actions will not be too outrageous, but they will definitely be shocked, but since they have come to participate in this After nine days and ten meetings, he may not be scared away, just like the old beggar.
. . .
In a teahouse about two miles away from the altar, a dozen mages who had left the altar were sheltering from the rain, and some forbidden troops were also here.
Some were wearing half-wet clothes, and some simply took off their wet clothes and went shirtless. They had no “elegant” image. On the contrary, even if the inner lining of the Imperial Guards was wet, they would never leave their armor.
While taking shelter from the rain, everyone focused their attention on the direction of the far platform. Looking at the falling lightning, many people felt lingering fear.
“Oh, if I hadn’t run away just now, I might have been struck to death by lightning!”
“Yes, weren’t a few people killed on the platform?” “Hey, maybe the platform is too high.”
“No, no, I feel that the way the Holy Spirit is conducting ritual sacrifices today must be right!”
“Oh? How do you say this?”
A group of mages gathered together to discuss seemingly inscrutable topics, and even some resting Imperial Guards stretched out their ears to listen.
“What do you think, why did there suddenly be thunder and lightning and heavy rain today? I guess it may be because I am dissatisfied with the Holy Spirit…”
“Bold! How dare you speak against your Majesty!”
Some of the Imperial Guards stood up immediately, many of them put their hands on the handles of their knives, which made some mages turn pale in fright.
“Master, Master, calm down, how dare we disrespect the Holy One? Listen to me, listen to me!”
Seeing that these forbidden troops had calmed down, this man also breathed a sigh of relief. The evil energy that hit his body just now was definitely not comfortable.
I couldn’t help but think in my mind, they all said that the soldiers of the imperial city were bloodless. Who the **** made this rumor? If these forbidden troops had never seen blood, how could they have such evil spirits!
Everyone else in the teahouse was also attracted by him, and it was a unique atmosphere to talk about magical things on such a thunderstorm day.
“I didn’t mean to be disrespectful to the Holy One just now, but why did I say that I guess God is dissatisfied? You guys think about it, the Holy One wants the country to be established forever, and also wants to be wise for generations to come…”
Most people are well aware of the second half of the sentence. The emperor wants to be a fairy emperor and enjoy the power and blessings of thousands of miles.
“It is not too much to say that such a thing is a defiant act, and only my great, wise, wise and mighty Holy One can accomplish such a feat!”
The speaking mage Xiaoxiao patted the emperor’s horse before continuing with his own understanding.
“If such a heaven-defying thing cannot be accomplished, God will naturally have no reaction. But the power of God has reached this point, which shows that the method sought by the Holy One is already defying the expectations of heaven…”
“It makes sense!” “Well, it does make sense.”
“Master, where are you from the fairyland?”
“Well…oh, I feel like peeing. I’m going to pee first.”
The mage felt like urinating, and he still had a lot to say, so he just whetted his appetite, smiled, and then left directly for the hut at the back of the tea house.
The latrine had to go around the back porch of the teahouse, and it looked particularly dark under the cover of dark clouds outside. When he came back after peeing, the mage passing by suddenly felt a chill in his body.
This kind of coldness is very strange. I looked around but couldn’t see anything special, and there was no wind outside.
‘Something’s wrong! ’
After thinking about something wrong, the mage took out a small handful of incense ash from his pocket, then dipped some of his own saliva into it, closed his eyes and smeared it on his eyelids.
When he opened his eyes again, the mage’s body shook violently.
A few yinza with blue, black or pale faces were next to him, and there was also a yinza with a long tongue, slender eyebrows and undifferentiated gender, staring at him with a half-smile but not a smile.
At this time, a forbidden soldier happened to come to the hut. As he passed by, he saw the mage huddled motionless and leaning against the wall, which made him feel a little strange.
“Mage, what’s wrong with you?”
Looking at his pale face, the Imperial Guard took a step closer and reached out to touch his forehead.
“Hey…it’s so hot and you’re sweating so much. It seems you caught a cold just now. I’ll pee first and come back to help you.”
The Imperial Guards retracted their hands and muttered as they walked, “Why is it so cold here…”
The mage here didn’t dare to make any move. He stood stiff and looked extremely ugly. There were so many shady people surrounding him in broad daylight, but they could scare people to death, and he didn’t know what they were going to do.
Yin Zai, who had a long tongue and narrow eyes, looked at the mage up and down, and then waved his hand.
“Let’s go, this guy is fine.”
When the gangsters left the teahouse, the mage gasped for breath.
. . .
In some key star locations and strategic places in the city, either in the streets or on rooftops, there are two or three monks in feathered clothes or robes. In addition, there are some people with deep magic power hiding in the wind holding the Taixu Jade Talisman. in the air.
Compared with the smoky atmosphere on the other side of the Dharma Platform, these monks each had a divine light in their eyes, but the magic power in their bodies was soaring. They were all accomplished practitioners, and they were some of the immortal cultivators from Yuhuai Mountain.
This time, Yuhuai Mountain launched a large-scale campaign. The bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.com was led by five great masters of Yuzhufeng who had profound Taoist practices and strong magical power. The other monks who came out of the mountain were also regarded as “real people” in the mountain. It is said that Qiu Feng, as a monk from Yuhuai Mountain who has a close relationship with him, is also among them because he has sufficient Taoism.
Just looking at the shining light in the direction of the altar and the thunder in the sky, many people felt that they had no chance to take action.
The heavy rain finally stopped before noon, and the dark clouds gradually dispersed.
Yan Chang and other court officials, imperial guards, and some surrounding mages carefully went up to the Dharma platform to check after the clouds cleared.
However, the horrific scene that was imagined did not appear. The high platform was clean and there was no one left. Even though some mages had been heard saying that lightning struck people to death, there was no corpse on the platform at this time.
Those mages who escaped have said that there were hundreds of people up there, but now there are none, which is strange.
But the disappearance of a person is still a trivial matter. Failure in the ritual sacrifice can be fatal. The emperor will really punish him. This matter cannot be hidden. The responsible officials led by Yan Chang are in trouble and can only think about what to do. Circle over.
In the palace, before lunch started, Emperor Yuande received a report from the Ministry of Rites. The entire blessing process was not smooth.
Even though he was prepared in his heart, Emperor Yuande couldn’t help but Long Yan was furious, angrily denounced the Ministry of Rites and Taichang’s envoy Yan Chang as all useless.
It wasn’t long before the anger soared that it dropped after hearing what the reporting officer said later.
It’s interesting to say that the rhetoric behind the reporting officer was actually the rhetoric of the mage in the teahouse who was frightened by the evil.
After such analysis, Emperor Yuande suddenly felt much better.