Chapter 1: The Mysterious Gate of Concealment

  From a feng shui perspective, Shanghai is not considered one of the best places in China.

  Flat and stable, Beijing city of great virtue and heavenly borders.

  Nanjing city, where the dragon coils around Zhongshan and the tiger crouches on the stone.

  Guangzhou City where the thousand-mile dragon vein converges with the Pearl River.

  The Xi'an city surrounded by eight rivers and protected by the Dragon Lock.

  The city of Chengdu is like a golden sand dance.

  These cities are not inferior to Shanghai in terms of feng shui, but no one can deny that Shanghai is a city that attracts people, rising from scratch and prospering for a hundred years.

  Sunset on the Huangpu River.

  Su Dong sat down on the stone steps by the riverbank, staring at the water flowing slowly away.

  At just over ten years old, Su Dong gave people a very strange feeling.

  People around him came and went, cried and laughed, hugged and held each other, as if it had nothing to do with him.

  His gaze was only drawn to the dull and unremarkable river water, and even the prosperous Pudong on the other side of the river couldn't spark a bit of interest in Su Dong.

  "After watching for so long, it's still a doomed Feng Shui layout. From Suzhou to Shanghai, they're all the same. What's wrong with this place?" Su Dong said to himself with a worried expression.

  At this time, his stomach suddenly let out a very uncooperative cry.

  There's a saying that goes, "A half-grown kid will eat his old man out of house and home." Now the sun was setting, it was time to fill their bellies, and Su Dong was at an age where he was growing rapidly, so he got hungry even faster.

  Not far from Su Dong, a fat monk moved his cushion and sat down, spreading out a yellowed oilcloth on the ground.

  Oil cloth painted with Fu Xi's eight trigrams, also a few lines of words, observing four pillars, breaking eight characters, seeking dragon and pointing to holes, Kan Yu Feng Shui, Jiuhua Mountain Jing Kong Zen Master.

  Su Dong thought for a moment, then lifted his leg and walked over to the fat monk's side.

  Jing Kong originally held a string of brand new Buddhist beads, muttering something in that pretentious tone. As soon as he saw Su Dong, he immediately put on a smiling face and said: "Young brother, is it about marriage or studies?"

  Su Dong smiled slightly and said in a low voice, "The first volume of the 'Six Degrees Scripture Collection', 'Saputra Wang Ben Sheng' mentions that the Buddha's previous life had cut off his left arm to feed an eagle, so when rotating the Buddhist beads, one should use their right hand."

  Whoosh!

  Fat Monk Jingkong's face turned bright red, and he hastily moved his Buddhist beads from his left hand to his right. He thought to himself: "This young whippersnapper is quite knowledgeable! He knows the Six Degrees of Separation, the Saptaparna, and even the volume number of the Jataka tales!"

  Su Dong very skillfully spread out a piece of oilcloth on the ground and sat down.

  Su Dong's oilcloth was much simpler than Jing Kong's, with only four words on it: "Qimen Dunjia!"

  Jingkong monk was taken aback for a moment, and after making a fuss all day, it turned out they were fellow travelers!

  Similarly, on the streets, young Su Dong was far more professional than Jing Kong.

  Take that piece of oilcloth, for example. It exudes an air of worn elegance that is hard to conceal, and it's actually an antique! It must be over a hundred years old!

  The four characters "Qí Mén Dùn Jiǎ" have a majestic aura, with each stroke exuding an air of profound and unfathomable elegance, as if embodying the very essence of the Taoist spirit.

  Although Master Jingkong didn't understand antiques and cultural relics, he had a faint feeling that the words in front of Su Dong and that piece of oilcloth were not simple.

  Thinking of this, Jingkong smiled and said: "Young brother, what's your surname?"

  "Sudong, Su from Suzhou, Dong from winter." Sudong said calmly.

  "Unexpectedly, I can meet a master of Qimen Dunjia in Shanghai. Taiyi, Liu Ren, Qimen Dunjia, known as the three great ancient secrets, and Qimen Dunjia is the first among them. You are so young, yet you understand Longjia Shen Zhang, impressive." said Jingkong monk, raising his thumb.

  It was just a casual boast, but Su Dong didn't show any modesty at all. He replied, "I don't think I'm proficient, out of the Dragon Armor Eight Gates, I've only opened one gate so far. As for the Divine Chapter Nine Palaces, I haven't even seen its shadow. Honestly, Grandpa is 117 years old and has reached the level of impacting the last gate of the Dragon Armor Eight Gates. If it were me, I'm afraid I'd need to be 200 years old."

  "Dragon's eight gates? Divine chapter nine palaces?" Jingkong monk was taken aback, muttering to himself in doubt.

  Su Dong said curiously: "Master, since you know the Dragon Armor Divine Chapter, don't you know that to wear the dragon armor, one needs to open the eight gates of rest, life, injury, poison, scenery, shock, death, and opening? And to read the divine chapter, one needs to penetrate the nine palaces of Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Zhong, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui? Only then can one achieve wearing the dragon armor, burning the eight wastes, reading the divine chapter, and reversing the universe!"

  Jingkong monk was sweating, the world only knew that the first secret of Xuanxue's ultimate technique was called Qimen Dunjia, but didn't know that Qimen Dunjia was just a general term, and the true inheritance of Qimen was actually called Longjia Shen Zhang!

  The clean air comes out of the cost, having read a few books, this piece of oilcloth is also expensive, please make it old by a master craftsman.

  But compared to Su Dong, who was young and inexperienced, not only were the things on his face not as old-fashioned, but also things like dragon armor and spiritual chapters were completely beyond his understanding, and he was left speechless by Su Dong's words.

  "Is this all your honest old grandfather taught you?" Jing Kong asked curiously.

  "Honest Grandpa is actually not honest at all, he's slept with many widows in the village and eaten many dogs raised by others, it's just that his name is Honest, so I call him Honest Grandpa." Su Dong said with a smile.

  Thinking back to that old rascal who raised himself and didn't respect his elders, Su Dong still liked him a lot, and it was by following him that Su Dong learned this set of skills.

  After Old Man's departure, Su Dong was the only one left in the world who inherited the mysterious and extraordinary skill of Qimen Dunjia.

  In fact, Su Dong never thought that Old Man's words were all true. What he cared about was that the grandfather and grandson had a very interesting day, traveling around the world, with different scenery every day.

  At least not like other kids, sitting in class every day, locking a group of lively boys and girls in the yard, doing the same thing, except for studying and taking exams, and being beaten if they don't do well, it's both boring and lacks personality.

  Humans are the most complex and mysterious creatures in the world. How can living people be judged by scores? Su Dong was very disgusted with that set of rules in school.

  Thinking of that eccentric old man, Su Dong couldn't help but become distracted...

  "No comparison, Qimen Dunjia is the first of the three ultimate arts of Xuanxue, I've learned a bit about Feng Shui, Four Pillars, at most help others take a look at the feng shui, measure the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness." Jingkong said with a sour tone.

  "Qimen Dunjia can also observe Feng Shui and predict fortune or misfortune, it's just that the calculation method is a bit different." Su Dong said simply.

  "Little brother, let's discuss something." Jing Kong said with a smile again.

  "Say."

  "This piece of oilcloth..." His empty eyes rolled around, and he stammered.

  "How much? Name a price." Su Dong said indifferently.

  Jing Kong was taken aback, he had originally planned to get this oilcloth with a history of over a hundred years from Su Dong's hands, but Su Dong agreed so readily that it made Jing Kong hesitate.

  "How about a thousand yuan?" Jing Kong said in a low voice, his own old oilcloth would cost at least 1,200 yuan on Antique Street, and Su Dong's piece looked even older than his own, so he made an offer to test the waters.

  With a faint smile, Su Dong said: "I'm in a good mood today, three thousand yuan is the final price, this ancestral heirloom will be yours."

  "Deal!"

  Fat Monk Jingkong nodded without even blinking an eye, and as soon as the words fell, he began to dig into his waist bag, fearing that Su Dong would change his mind.

  Fortune tellers roaming the streets should at least have some dignity. Those who use ancient coins to divine the six lines on the street, aren't they just trying to win people's trust?

  A true master of the six lines can use even roadside stones to divine with ease, without any deviation; those who lack the necessary skills are simply wasting their time.

  Jingkong has been in this line for a few years, so he knows what a good facade means to himself. As long as he can deceive a few more fools, the 3,000 yuan will be back soon.

  After finishing the handover, Su Dong stood up and stretched his waist.

  Fat Monk Jingkong held the oilcloth treasure in his hand, muttering to himself: "Good stuff, old enough, but unfortunately there are a few less characters on top."

  "That's easy."

  Su Dong'er didn't say another word, took back the oilcloth and spread it on the ground. She then pulled out an even older brush from her bosom, dipped it in saliva and started writing.

  Soon, Su Dong finished his masterpiece, put away his brush and smiled: "This one is free, consider it a gift."

  Jing Kong lowered his head to take a look, and saw that the oilcloth had removed the strange door and armor, but added four pillars, with the words "Feng Shui" written on them. In the center, there was also a diagram of the Fu Xi Bagua!

  The font is exactly the same as before! It's hard to imagine that this majestic character was actually written by Su Dong himself! Just a few minutes ago, Su Dong swore that this oilcloth was passed down from his ancestors, what a load of nonsense!

  "This ink is still wet!" Jingkong said with a scrunched up face, originally it was an ancient and elegant piece of calligraphy, but now with these few strokes of undried ink, it looked out of place.

  "Don't rush."

  Su Dong took out a small bottle from his bosom, opened it and dipped his fingers in the unknown liquid, which gave off a pungent smell.

  With a flick of his finger, the medicine liquid was evenly sprinkled on this piece of oilcloth. The mysterious medicine liquid triggered an astonishing chemical reaction. In just a few minutes, the ink marks dried up and quickly merged into the entire oilcloth, becoming one with it.

  "It's gone, it's been made to look too old, this time it can't be said to be a Republic-era item anymore." Su Dong thought for a moment, chin in hand: "If someone asks, just say it's from the end of the Qing dynasty."

  ……

  At night, there were street vendors selling snacks. Su Dong ordered a bowl of wontons, a plate of small dishes, and two layered cakes. He sat down and wolfed them down, sweating profusely as he ate.

  Next to the snack stall was a TV set, on which a long and smelly domestic soap opera was being played, and several diners occasionally glanced at it.

  Su Dong was in the middle of eating, when suddenly, the soap opera turned into a live news broadcast. Two anchors, a man and a woman, looked shocked as they said: "We interrupt your regular programming to bring you this breaking news. Just minutes ago, a shocking anomaly occurred in the solar system!"

  "The sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are all lined up in a row! A rare astronomical phenomenon of nine planets aligning has appeared!"

  "This station has contacted the Purple Mountain Observatory and NASA in a timely manner, but so far, no formal response has been received. It seems that this phenomenon of nine stars lined up is also beyond the understanding of major space research institutions!"

  "Why does the solar system present such a strange phenomenon? What will happen next? Please continue to follow our live broadcast for the latest news."

  People who were eating raised their heads curiously, and even the boss lady who was busy stir-frying stopped her work and gathered around the TV.

  Pfft~

  Su Dong's face changed drastically! The hot wontons in his mouth sprayed out directly!

  "This... isn't this the Jiugong Inverse Slaughter Formation!?" Su Dong muttered to himself in surprise.

  The current galaxy layout is exactly like the formation in the Qimen Dunjia tradition!

  Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, the nine planets are connected like the Nine Palaces of Qimen! Connecting in a line, linking the heavens and the earth, the mysterious and the yellow!

  Nine Palaces Connect! Ghost Gate Opens! All Spirits and Demons are Collected!

  The astronomical phenomenon of nine stars in a row is actually the highest level of formation in Qimen Dunjia, the Nine Palaces Inverse Kill!

  Su Dong slightly narrowed his eyes. If the nine planets of the solar system were an array, then the one playing the role of the ghost gate should be Pluto on the periphery of the solar system!

  A few minutes later, the live anchor exclaimed: "Audience friends, according to the news we just received, Pluto on the outskirts of the solar system has started! It's moving extremely fast! It is shooting towards the depths of space at a speed close to that of light! The reporter in front is urgently connecting with major astronomical observatories, but none of them can explain this!"

  The screen quickly shifted, and all that could be seen was Pluto, covered in thick black air, bursting out of the icy star river!

  It's like an unstoppable black warrior, getting faster and faster! The killing intent is getting heavier and heavier!

  "It's really Pluto! The Ghost Gate is open, and the inverted killing formation has been completed!" Su Dong stared with wide eyes at the scene in front of him, thinking to himself.

  According to Qimen Dunjia's interpretation, in this formation, the position of Pluto is exactly at Guimen! Guimen is wide open, and all spirits and demons are killed!

  Because it is a dark array, it is also called reverse kill!

  Dark Array, it looks calm and peaceful in peacetime, but once the enemy steps into its midst, the formation changes greatly, immediately transforming into a killing situation! A special array for secretly killing enemies! It is the most important heritage of Qimen.

  The entire solar system is actually a Nine Palaces Inverse Slaughter Super Defensive Formation!?!

  It's hard to imagine that there are actually masters of Qigong who can arrange the stars in an array! Is there anything more bizarre and terrifying than this in this world?!

  As the last inheritor of Qimen, Su Dong was shocked at that time!

  He never dreamed that the Qimen Fengshui formation he learned from his honest grandfather would be such a heaven-defying inheritance!

  It is unknown whether it was a master of Qimen or someone else who set up the Feng Shui array in the universe!

  Pluto is moving faster and faster, without any stagnation! The deep space camera can hardly keep up with it.

  According to legend, Pluto originally represented darkness and hell. Now it suddenly starts mysteriously, and the surface of the planet is also covered with a layer of black fog, making this legendary dark star more mysterious!

  In the distance, in the eternal starry sky, a black hole suddenly opened up a crack, as if the universe was torn apart!

  The rift is enormous! Its diameter is equivalent to that of the Earth!

  Waaaahhhh!!!

  As the fissure was torn open, some kind of creature in the seam let out a fierce cry!

  That voice, as if it came from hell! Full of murderous intent! Instantly spread throughout the entire solar system!

  The earth is shaking!

  The Star River is trembling!

  The entire universe is trembling!

  Undoubtedly, this is a powerful creature, an extremely evil creature!

  As the crack gradually opened, people were terrified to find that behind the crack was a pair of eyes! Blood-red eyes!

  Although he couldn't see what this creature looked like, Su Dong could feel that the owner of the eyes in the starry sky was emitting a low and heavy breathing!

  "It turns out that the activation of the Nine Palaces Inverse Slaughter Formation was because of this creature in the darkness!" Su Dong thought to himself: "The King of the Underworld is going to attack, it seems like it's the owner of these blood-red eyes!"

  Pluto vs Dark Creatures!

  The war will break out at any moment!

  Everyone's heart was in their throat!

  The whole world is suffocating!

  Finally, the creature in the darkness appears before the camera.

  It's impossible to describe in words the shocking effect of his exaggerated appearance, and just one glance at him is enough to give you goosebumps!

  This creature comes from ancient legend and has slaughtered gods!

  Everyone is aware of his existence, yet no one dares to believe he really exists!

  Black Dragon!

  The legendary dragon clan that roars across the nine heavens and sweeps across the universe!

  Su Dong swallowed hard and spat out a wad of phlegm, it turned out that everything he had heard was true!

  Whether in the East or West, legends are always inseparable from the dragon clan that destroys heaven and earth. This is actually very unreasonable. The East and West are completely different worlds, so how can they have the same legend?

  Until today, the appearance of giant dragons in the black starry sea finally confirmed one thing: the reason why dragons are legendary is that they really existed!

  A battle of epic proportions!

  Qimen Zhifa, against the ancient giant dragon!

  Perhaps it was the ancient ancestors who knew that the dragon tribe would one day return, so they set up a starry array in the solar system where humans live, laying down the ultimate killing formation of Jiugong Da Si!

  Fierce Dragon Emerges! The Reverse Kill Formation Unfolds Immediately!

  The Nine Stars Align, King of the Underworld Moves!

  Draw the bow and shoot at the heavenly dragon!

  Rumble...

  Pluto is so majestic!

  Covered in black flames, charging towards that ancient giant dragon with a vow to die!

  This scene is extremely tragic!

  On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union ruthlessly expelled Pluto from the solar system.

  Today, Pluto knew that fighting against the black giant dragon would definitely end in mutual destruction, but it still charged forward without hesitation!

  What kind of mood would those scientists who kicked Pluto out have now?

  The Pluto they looked down on is actually the ultimate guardian of Earth!

  What an irony!

  As Pluto was about to collide with the black dragon, the entire universe fell silent!

  Desperate serenity!

  Rumble...

  Pluto finally collided with the black giant dragon!

  The strongest formation of Qimen collided with an epic evil creature!

  The earth shook and the heavens trembled!

  The entire universe is shaking violently!

  Waaaahhhh!!!

  The giant dragon struggled, it was pushed towards death by the powerful Pluto, into the cold and dark depths of the universe!

  This is the power of Qimen Dunjia!

  Even if the opponent is an invincible giant dragon, Jiugonglian, Guimenkai! It will still tear this most evil creature to pieces!

  Unfortunately, this black dragon was very sinister. As it struggled, it spat out a powerful dragon's breath, like a strong typhoon, hitting the earth directly!

  The earth will soon be on fire!

  Flames, dyed red the solar system!