The Legend of Dahong

  Zou Qin and Bing Rong did not dare to stretch out their hands, so Zhuo Yuanfeng and Lei Qilong engaged in a solo sword fight. Lei Qilong had learned from Wei Fengniang the earliest, and with his extraordinary innate talent, he had practiced the Tian Shan sword technique to perfection over the years. The sword in his hand transformed into a dazzling white light, flying up and down, while Zhuo Yuanfeng's two flying swords came at him like a stormy rain, as if thousands of sword tips were shooting out simultaneously. Lei Qilong danced out a screen of light with his flying sword in front of him, and his body stuck to the wall as he flew rapidly to the right. His skills were far inferior to Zhuo Yuanfeng's profound abilities, and he couldn't overpower him, but the Tian Shan sword technique was also known for its agility and quick changes.

  Lightning rose and dragon flew, rising more than two zhang high. His feet stepped on the four walls and swiftly ran, with his hands quickly urging the sword incantation, emitting white sword auras one after another. Before the previous one had dissipated, the next one was already emitted. In an instant, he had trodden on the wall and circled around the cave several times. Countless sword auras shot from all directions towards the central magic pool, suddenly bursting into a massive explosion of white light that pierced people's eyes with intense pain.

  He indiscriminately attacked the three, but Zou Qin and Bing Rong increasingly only dared to defend themselves and did not dare to counterattack. They both saw that Lei Qilong was using the White Light Sword, which Wei Fengniang had used to dominate the world and kill countless sword immortals. He was also using the Tian Shan Sect's authentic Splitting Light Shadow Technique. If they really hurt or touched Lei Qilong, Charcoal would be unable to withstand the wrath of the master of the Ten Thousand Demons Palace in the future.

  Zhuo Yuanfeng's flying sword was always half a step slower than Lei Qilong, and the two yellow cloud swords were always stuck in the rock wall of the cave behind his back.

  Just as the attention of the three was drawn to Lei Qi Long, Yue Qing had already used the Xuangui ruler to protect himself in the magic pool. Five light circles flew up and down, opening a path from the rolling demon fog, and killed his way to Shi Xian Wang's side.

  Shi Xian Wang's primordial spirit was being grasped by the five thick and sticky devilish auras hanging down from the main banner, like an octopus' tentacles pulling him towards the banner. Yue Qing opened his hands and shot out the Tai Yi Hunyuan sword qi, ten black and white sword qi over two feet long shooting forward, accurately cutting off the five strands of demonic fog entwining Shi Xian Wang's body. Yue Qing then released his Hunyuan true energy, enveloping Shi Xian Wang and forcibly pulling him to his side.

  On the other side, Yue Qing's second Nascent Soul also brought Shi Xianmu to the front. Bing Rong was furious: "Zou Daoist friend, quickly follow me in urging the magic array, and thoroughly refine these three people!" Zou Qin heard this, and together they spat out their vital blood, joining forces to urge on the magic array. The blood mist inside the magic pool surged forth, the demonic flames boiled over, accompanied by the wailing cries of the group of demons as they converged towards the center.

  But then, Yue Qing displayed the Eight Scenic Illusory Technique, placing two of his split divine spirits in the Demon Pool to rescue Stone Immortal Wang and his wife. His true body, however, used the Earth Concealment Method to delve deep into the mountain's belly, following the calculated position, and indeed discovered another stone chamber identical to the one in Mount Heng, only three times larger. Inside, there was a stone bed, jade desk, porcelain cups, and crystal goblets, all complete. On the desk lay a single jade box.

  Yu Qing bowed three times before the case, silently praying for a moment, then stepped forward to open it. Inside the jade box were four volumes of Taoist scriptures, neatly arranged, with the thinnest one on top having only three chapters.

  Chapter 1 is Zhang Guo Lao's notes on cultivating Tao and refining elixirs, which supplements the "Yu Dong Da Shen Dan Jing". Yue Qing is not good at refining elixirs, so he brought it back to show Xu Fei Niang, who will probably benefit greatly from it.

  Chapter 2 is Zhang Guo Lao's introduction to the story of how Da Xiong Chan Shi converted from Taoism to Buddhism. It records that in the past, Zhang Guo Lao and Ye Fa Shan were at the Tang Imperial Palace, where they engaged in a debate on Buddhist scriptures with high-ranking Buddhist monks, suffering more defeats than victories, until Luo Gong arrived later and turned the tide of defeat into victory.

  At that time, there was a Taoist friend who was convinced by the Buddhist monk Jingang Sanzang and converted to Buddhism, becoming the later Master Daxiong. At that time, many people in the Taoist community hated him for his betrayal and went to Xicong Mountain to provoke him. Master Daxiong closed the door and refused to come out. Among them, there were two particularly formidable ones who almost broke through the mountain gate. Fang Yang wanted to use the Huanyuan Yiqi ball he had refined to blast the entire jade tablet into pieces, forcing Master Daxiong to take action. After several days of fighting, he finally defeated the two men.

  Daxiong Zen Master made a prophecy: "You say that Buddhism is not as good as Taoism, but when your apocalypse comes, you will not be able to solve it without Buddhist teachings. The Beiyue Chan Jing I brought from the West will be your savior. I will hide this sutra in the mountains, and after a thousand years, if you can safely pass through the calamity, you can come and shatter the jade tablet, destroying my cave, and I will admit that I am not as good as others. If you cannot pass through the calamity, you will still need to use this sutra, and you must follow the Buddhist teachings, again cultivate this sutra for a hundred years, and after me, ascend to the Pure Land."

  The two were burned by the Buddha's fire, one lost his left foot and the other lacked his right foot. From then on, they lived in the cave mansion opened up in Xikangtong, abandoned their original Taoist names, and changed to "Tian Can" and "Di Que", waiting for a thousand years later to fulfill their appointment.

  Zhang Guo Lao had been to the Dahong Treasure House before. The first time he went, Master Dahong was still there, and they talked for a long time. Zhang Guo Lao saw that he couldn't make Master Dahong change his mind, so he gave up. The second time he went, Master Dahong had already ascended to the Extreme Bliss Realm. Zhang Guo Lao silently calculated the causal numbers and returned to draw the inner forbidden map, which was left in the Hengshan cave.

  Zhang Guo Lao stated in the book: The three-layered seal of the Tai Xuan Treasure Trove is mainly based on Taoist methods. The caves are sealed with Hunyuan True Qi, and only the Taiyi Thunder God of the Orthodox Sect and the Youxiang Demon of the Devil Sect can open them. Moreover, one must first obtain the forbidden diagram, because once these two methods are used, the Hunyuan True Qi will be forcibly broken, triggering a chain reaction. The forbidden diagram is currently in the hands of Fu Rouzi, but if it were the descendants of Laozi's disciple Tongxuan Zhenren, who could manipulate the Hunyuan True Qi at will, they would not need to obtain the forbidden diagram to pass through smoothly.

  The middle layer of the prohibition is a jade gate, on which there is a golden ring of magic spells from the Buddhist family, extremely powerful. Once an external force touches it, it immediately transforms into a yellow cloud and mist. Those with slightly inferior Taoist skills who are sucked in will have their bodies shattered and their spirits trapped inside. The jade seal that Yue Qing obtained at Hengshan is called the Tianyou Seal, which was left behind by the Twelve Creek Girls of the Upper Realm, has another wonderful use, can suppress the power of the Fumo Golden Ring. According to the book, the basis of the Fumo Golden Ring is a ball of divine mud taken from the Pool of Merit in the Western Paradise by Master Mahayana. With the Tianyou Seal suppressing the golden ring, making it unable to activate, and then using the Tianyi True Water to dissolve the divine mud, it can be removed, and this door can be passed through.

  The last layer of prohibition is the jade disc, which is the most severe. It is harder than diamond and cannot be invaded by any method. Unless you follow the overall map of the prohibition and use the secret method of Buddhism, it cannot be opened. In addition to the Beiyue Chanjing, there is also a Beiyue Lingfu that can reverse time and space. Anything in the world, even if it becomes ashes, can be restored instantly.

  After finishing the introduction of the Taihe Treasure Trove, Zhang Guo Lao emphasized: In the future, two treasures of the Human Emperor will be lost, and the Buddhist door will covet them for a thousand years. It is destined to get them. He warned those who have fate, must obtain the scriptures and spiritual symbols in the Taihe Treasure Trove, and then retrieve the Yellow Emperor's treasure from the Buddhist door, especially one of which was borrowed by the Heavenly Emperor Huangdi to defeat Chiyou, a rare treasure of Taoism, cannot fall into the hands of Buddhism.

  After reading the contents of the book, Yue Qing stood silently, it was clear that the two treasures mentioned by Zhang Guo Lao were the Huang Tian Mirror and the Jiuyi Ding in the Sheng Ling. They were finally obtained by Yang Jiong with the help of Fen Duan Master. Zhang Guo Lao left these things to assist later generations in obtaining the Bei Ye Ling Fu from the Great Hero Treasure House, and then use this symbol to retrieve the Huang Tian Mirror and Jiuyi Ding from the Buddhist sect. He was even more determined that he possessed the Hunyuan True Qi of the Great Achievement Realm and the Tianyi True Water, which could break through the first two layers of restrictions in the Great Hero Treasure House.

  Thinking of this, Yue Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly. The Dahong Treasure Trove was heavily guarded and had a significant connection to the Buddhist sect's collaboration with Emei. It would be harder than ascending to heaven for him to obtain the Scripture Spirit Symbol. Moreover, even Zhang Guo Lao couldn't retrieve the Buddhist scripture spirit symbol from the Jade Plate, or else it would have been easy to just take the thing and place it in the Zhongtiao Mountains. Furthermore, the one who had schemed to steal the Huang Tian Mirror and the Jiuyi Ding was Fen Duan Dashi, that old nun was not someone to be trifled with. The Buddhist sect had numerous top-notch experts, stronger than You Tan Dashi by a third! It would be even more difficult for him to snatch food from her jaws than it would be to take the scripture from the Dahong Treasure Trove.

  Yue Qing originally had a development route set by the Wudang Sect within Taoism, competing with Emei Sect for the position of Xuanmen Lao Da, without involving the struggle between Buddhism and Taoism. However, now that he has obtained Zhang Guo Lao's legacy and is actually developing the Daxiong Treasure Trove, it immediately becomes a conflict between Buddhism and Taoism. The Buddhist masters are one more powerful than the other, standing on the opposing side, unless all the Taoist sects in the world unite, otherwise, even if there were ten more Wudang Sects, they would still be easily crushed by the Buddhists.

  He gently patted the jade box with his hand and thought to himself: It seems that he still needs to think carefully about it.