Chapter 39: Three Quarter Hour of You Time

  "Senior brother, the Soul Transference Technique damages the soul and injures the primordial spirit. It's not possible to reincarnate, how did it come to this?" The Wind Riding Daoist finally spoke after a long, contemplative silence.

  A thousand years ago, the two suffered a heavenly punishment and were seriously injured. Chong Feng Daoist, still having feelings for Xu Zhaopei, used the Rebirth Technique to allow himself and Zhaopei to be reborn in later generations, hoping to reunite in the next life. However, Ling Feng Daoist blamed Chong Feng Daoist for being expelled and humiliated back then, harboring resentment in his heart. He used the Soul-Transferring Technique to transfer his soul into the body of this Five-Turmoil Python, utilizing the python's long lifespan to absorb yang energy through the array he had set up earlier, barely maintaining a thread of life, hoping that one day he could avenge himself and release his hatred.

  Unfortunately, the true body of Lingfeng Dao Ren has long withered away. Although he still has thoughts, he is now attached to the python's body and can no longer respond to Fengdao Ren's questions, only able to express his anger through long cries and furious howls.

  "Senior brother, it's been over a thousand years. All the old friends have passed away, and past grievances are forgotten." The Wind Chaser turned around and floated down to the ground, walking towards the stone gate of the main tomb chamber.

  "Bang!" Just as I approached the stone gate, the heavy stone gate suddenly closed by itself.

  "Old Yu......" A loud and anxious voice came from outside the stone gate.

  I turned my body to look up, only to see the Five Elements floating in mid-air. At this moment, it suddenly opened its huge mouth and swallowed the remnants of Lingfeng Dao people. Its breath also surged violently, and the spiritual energy had already presented a strong purple gas.

  "Lingfengzi, what do you mean by wanting to destroy my Tao and only then consider yourself a benevolent teacher? What does it have to do with me? Later, if you again use the technique of defying heaven and suffer heavenly punishment, what connection will that have with me? In this mundane world, I have had countless difficulties, but I have always retreated and yielded. Now that the time has come today, you don't reflect on past mistakes, instead you bite back at the three yangs, do you want to burn jade and stone together with me?" The actions of Wutu's Yang Python had thoroughly enraged Chengfeng Daoren, and his words were also very impolite.

  And the Five Earth Devouring Python, under the control of Ling Feng's soul, swallowed its main body and then hovered in mid-air above the tomb, its aura growing stronger.

  The Guan Qi Sect's unique method of determining victory is different from other sects, requiring hundreds of rounds of exchange to determine the winner. As the saying goes, "there is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts." The Cheng Feng Daoist was not at a disadvantage in his multiple exchanges with Ling Feng Daoist, and even broke through the Yin Tu formation set up by his senior brother using three years of his own yang life force, which was already a victory. However, facing the Wu Tu Sao Yang python carrying Ling Feng Daoist's soul, which was frantically gathering energy to destroy everything, Cheng Feng Daoist naturally did not dare to be careless, and quickly circulated all the true yuan spiritual energy in his body.

  It is well known that the so-called reincarnation of the soul does not mean that the person in this life has completely inherited the abilities and memories of their past life. Even the Dalai Lama or the reborn masters of Tibetan Buddhism only retain a small part of their past memories, and they still need to learn Buddhist scriptures from scratch. At this moment, although the divine consciousness of my past life is revived in the depths of my memory, I am not exactly the same as the Wind Master of my past life. The many secret methods and techniques of the Wind Master require a huge amount of spiritual energy to be performed, which I do not possess. Moreover, there is no water dripping in this tomb, although the Wind Master can break free from his restraints and perform magic, his power is still not as strong as when he was in the outside world with all five elements present.

  Looking at Ling Feng's situation, it wasn't much better. Although he had managed to prolong his life with the soul-transferring technique, he was now stuck in a python's body and couldn't even form hand seals or recite incantations, rendering his magic useless. All he could do was frantically transfer the remaining energy from his original body into the python's, gathering all the spiritual energy he could control to make one final attempt at controlling the python's body.

  At this time, although my body is temporarily controlled by the divine consciousness of my previous life, my mind is still clear and I can feel that the true yuan energy of my body is rapidly gathering in the five fingers of my right hand, while my left hand has formed a strange finger seal similar to the soul-sealing technique that I have never seen before.

  The purple energy of the Wutu Yangwan was getting heavier, turning black and purple. The Fengfeng Daoist continued to extract the accumulated spiritual energy from my dantian without stopping, and I couldn't help but secretly cry out in distress because I could already feel the trend of spiritual energy depletion. Just as my own spiritual energy was completely depleted, the Fengfeng Daoist finally stopped extracting and spoke to the Wutu Yangwan suspended in mid-air: "Lingfengzi, our master's magical powers have long predicted that you would end up like this today. On the day he descended the mountain, he specially transmitted a secret formula to me. If I don't use it now, when will I?"

  Wu Tu swept the sun python, and upon hearing this, the python's head revealed an extremely angry expression, clearly enraged by the method that San Sheng Zhen Ren had taught Cheng Feng Dao Ren to deal with it. It raised its head and let out a long, sharp whistle, which seemed to carry a hint of a dragon's roar. As soon as the sound faded away, the massive python body, accompanied by a dense black-purple aura, opened its enormous jaws and charged towards me.

  "Halt!" With a wave of his hand, the Wind Chaser's right hand released a surge of energy that shot out and took on a purple hue, suddenly freezing the massive body of the Five Elements Devouring Python in mid-air.

  "At that time, the ten directions and infinite worlds, all the Buddhas and great Bodhisattva Mahasattvas gathered to praise Shakyamuni Buddha for his inconceivable great wisdom and divine powers in this evil world of five defilements... The Wind Daoist was crazily absorbing my true yuan, stabilizing the giant python in mid-air. It seems that resolving such deep-seated hatred can only be done with the help of Buddhist scriptures."

  "What right do you have to absorb my vital energy?" I cursed inwardly. The rapid loss of my true yuan made me feel exhausted, and the vital energy of the human body is the foundation of life, when the true yuan is scattered, it will be the end of my life.

  It's okay, the Wind Path cultivator didn't go on and on, quickly finishing his incantation. He controlled my body to take a few swift steps forward, his right hand reaching towards the Five Elements' Yang energy-reduced python head, while his left hand changed into a finger technique, reciting an incantation: "Mysterious and obscure, yin and yang are born together... when born, it's form; when dead, it's energy..." I knew this one - it was the Soul Searching Incantation.

  As the mantra was chanted, a thick black soul energy was pulled out from the head of the Wutu Yangwan by Feng Dao Ren, and it floated to the ground. The Wutu Yangwan then withered and fell to the ground in an instant, turning into dust.

  "Ling Fengzi, you've deceived me too much! Why do you need to put on a hypocritical act of filial piety and pretend to be benevolent?" Ling Fengzi's soul escaped from the body of the Five Elements Devouring Python, revealing his true form as he let out a desperate and defeated howl.

  This was the Lingfeng Daoren, the Guardian of the Liang State, wearing a golden Kunlun Daoist robe and a Yin-yang ritual crown. His face was slightly long and his features were handsome. He had a refined and elegant demeanor, without any beard. Perhaps it was because he had achieved great success in his cultivation that his true age could not be discerned, looking like he was around thirty years old, but according to reason, when he died, he was far from being this young.

  "Ling Fengzi, this is not my intention. You have made a thousand difficulties for me, and I can forgive them all, but you framed Xu Fei in adultery, this great hatred I will not forget for eternity..."

  "Hahaha... I, the real person, have long known about your illicit affair with Empress Xu, so I set up this formation to humiliate you..." Ling Feng's soul under the control of Cheng Feng's five fingers raised his head and laughed loudly.

  "Silence! I, Zhao Pei, am as pure and cold as the green bamboo and plum blossoms. How can you be so presumptuous? On the day she entered the palace, she was still a virgin." The Taoist master shouted loudly to stop him.

  After a long silence, the Wind Path cultivator let out a soft sigh and said, "Big Brother Master, a thousand years ago, I came to the mountain seeking the Way and was taken in by our master. He taught me the Daoist methods, but my innate talent was dull and I couldn't even glimpse the gate of immortality. You treated me like a younger brother, secretly teaching me and guiding me with your hand. This kindness, Wind Path has never forgotten. Later, when I entered the inner chamber and learned the immortal arts, you were afraid that I would surpass you and steal our master's favor, so you designed a plot to harm me. But in my heart, I didn't hold any grudges. In reality, Master had already seen that my worldly karma was not yet resolved, my killing energy was heavy, and it wouldn't be possible for me to stay at the mountain gate for long. Who else could take over as the master of Purple Sun Observatory but you? Later, when your great mistake was made, Master was extremely heartbroken, but due to the strict rules of our sect, he had no choice but to expel you. After that, I foresaw that you would have a heavenly punishment calamity, and because our master-disciple bond was deep, he couldn't bear to sit back and watch. So on the day I descended the mountain, Master ordered me to bring the Purple Sun Essence Pill to save you from your heavenly punishment... Alas, on the day the city fell, Big Brother Master's trail disappeared into thin air, and no matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find him..."

  "Ah, after messing around for half a day, I realized that the Purple Sun Essence Pill I ate was actually meant for Ling Feng Dao Ren! Oh my god, I'm so embarrassed!"

  "Little brother, are you deceiving me?" Just as I was feeling embarrassed for stealing something that didn't belong to me, Ling Feng's soul spoke up with a surprised expression.

  "Things have changed, why deceive each other? Big brother, the affection of passing on the art by hand in the past, I will repay you today! Clearing the three souls, cleansing the seven spirits..." At this moment, Cheng Feng Dao Ren is reciting the Qing Hun True Words, which is not a profound Taoist technique, but an ordinary mantra that makes the soul and spirit forget their memories of the previous life and reincarnate.

  "Master, I was wrong~~~~~~~ Ling Feng's soul remembered his master's kindness and wanted to cry but had no tears."

  "Report to the Lord of Teachings, forget its true nature, the Great Tao of the Supreme Ruler is urgent and strict like a law decree!" The Feng Wind Daoist finished reciting the incantation in one breath, and the soul of Ling Feng Daoist was left with only a thin wisp of soul energy standing still in front.

  The Taoist master didn't hesitate, his left hand waved, the stone gate of the tomb opened wide, and he shouted loudly: "One thousand eight hundred miles southwest, Jiangpan Ma's house, three o'clock in the afternoon, why haven't you gone yet?"

  A gust of wind suddenly rose, and a wisp of soul that had forgotten all grudges and resentments followed the direction pointed by the Wind Rider's arm and dissipated into the wind.

  Lao Yu... Jin Gang Pao rushed in anxiously.

  The Wind Daoist put down his raised arm and let out a long sigh. He turned his head to look at the Golden Cannon that had rushed in, took a few steps forward, picked up an object from among the corpses of the Five Elements, and placed it in front of the Golden Cannon's eyes. "Young man, this is a heavy righteousness, very good, very good. This inner elixir of the Five Elements can help you stabilize your foundation."

  "Lao Yu, what do you mean?" Jin Gang Cannon looked at the yellow ball in front of him and then looked at me, his face full of confusion.

  "At this moment, the true mouth of Fengchen said to me without moving his lips: 'You have nothing to fear, I have an unfulfilled thought, and therefore my heavenly soul has not dispersed. You should go to the Xianshan Mountains of Kunlun, search for the method of returning the soul after a thousand years, and resolve the remaining half-day worldly connection between me and Zhao Pei. The five-gas diagram in my coffin can serve as a guide for you, and one day when my heart's desire is fulfilled, I will leave. I will also help you break through the purple air and mysterious pass to comfort the hardships of your journey. Although today's method borrows your yang body, my yin soul and spiritual energy are greatly damaged, leaving only one breath to settle worldly affairs. The road is difficult, and it is hard to protect and care for... Take good care of yourself..."

  As the voice in my mind faded away, I suddenly felt myself able to move again.

  "Who are you?" Jin Gang Pao asked boldly with his big, round eyes.

  "Your dad!"