Chapter 193: The Deities of the Pure Immortal Temple
Chapter 193: The Deities of the Pure Immortal Temple
"This evil anomaly is executing the Three Ultimates Sword Array?"
"Lesser Five Elements Sword Tribulation Grand Array, Six Sovereigns Lightning Attraction Grand Sui Killing Array, Eight Extremities Sealing and Extermination Array."
"What kind of thing is this evil anomaly?"
Tai Yizi looked in disbelief at that mud-sculpted figure trapped within his sword array.
Just earlier, that figure had unknowningly done something.
A giant eye suddenly surfaced across its entire body. As that giant eye slightly opened and closed, densely packed pink granulations squirmed within it, and furthermore, sword light flowed out from the pupil of the giant eye.
That sword light possessed the aura of the Grand Sui Killing Sword.
Even more authentic than the aura of his own dharma sword.
Most importantly, that mud-sculpted figure actually perfectly executed all the sword arrays he had just slashed out.
Furthermore, one could very obviously tell.This mud-sculpted figure was merely blindly imitating.
But after imitating it once, there was completely zero signs of rustiness, as if it had been tempered from a thousand hammerings and a hundred refinings. It used those sword arrays to an extent no less proficient than himself.
So much so that, the Eight Extremities Sealing and Extermination Sword Array in the hands of that mud-sculpted figure seemed even more ingenious than when he used it.
And what was even more bizarre.
After this mud-sculpted figure executed various sword arrays, it didn't launch any attacks.
As if it were solely to show off in front of him.
"Wait..."
Tai Yizi's expression slightly changed, probing: "Are you really Yellow Skinned kid?"
That mud-sculpted figure let out a cryptic, decadent and enchanting voice.
Hearing it gave Tai Yizi the illusion that his mind was about to be polluted by it.
Thus, that mud-sculpted figure gave up on speaking, turning to nod at Tai Yizi instead.
At this, Tai Yizi was completely stunned.
That killing array formed from the combination of an unknown number of sword arrays was not dispersed by him.
Although Tai Yizi felt that this mud-sculpted figure before him should be Chen Huangpi.
But he couldn't rule out the possibility that it was something produced by this bizarre ancestral hall.
After all, Chen Huangpi was a disciple of the Grand Sui Cult.
A cultivator, a human.
Even if he jumped into the True Realm, and he himself, being in the False Realm, would see him as an evil anomaly.
It still shouldn't be this ghostly appearance.
"Yellow Skinned kid, do you have any method to prove you are you."
Tai Yizi held his dharma sword, looking solemnly at the mud-sculpted figure within the dharma array.
"Tai Yizi, I really am me."
Chen Huangpi was very helpless.
Some evil anomalies could speak human tongues, possessing intelligence no different from ordinary people.
His own cultivation was stronger than those evil anomalies to an unknown degree.
Yet the words he spoke all turned into decadent and enchanting evil voices.
Moreover, in Tai Yizi's eyes, he was an evil anomaly. Even the Void-Piercing Sword became incomparably bizarre, no wonder Tai Yizi didn't believe him.
In reality, Tai Yizi was also an evil anomaly in his eyes.
Only, he could understand his words, which was why he recognized him.
"Right, the Soul-Hooking Register!"
Chen Huangpi hastily brought out the Soul-Hooking Register.
Yet in Tai Yizi's eyes, Chen Huangpi took out a piece of human skin.
Subsequently, Chen Huangpi unfurled that piece of human skin in front of Tai Yizi.
Upon the human skin were many squirming and twisting characters.
Those characters constantly wriggled, combining and arranging into a written pledge.
"It really is you kid."
Tai Yizi took one look, and immediately withdrew the sword array.
He said somewhat angrily: "Since you jumped into the True Realm, why did you still step into this place. This old man clearly told you this ancestral hall is extremely perilous, have you forgotten it all?"
"I haven't forgotten, only I have to come rescue you."
"Your voice sounds like a demonic tune in this old man's ears, this old man doesn't know how to communicate with you either, what should we do."
"I have a method."
Chen Huangpi pointed at Tai Yizi, then pointed at himself, then crouched down and began writing rows of text on the ground using his finger.
What he wrote was the lower volume of the Dog Rearing Scripture.
Which is to say, the Hound Scripture.
Chen Huangpi actually hadn't thought of using this to enslave Tai Yizi.
After leaving this place, he would also immediately cancel the Dog Rearing Scripture.
Because what Chen Huangpi needed, was merely the telepathic ability resulting from cultivating the Dog Rearing Scripture.
"This cultivation method..."
Tai Yizi glanced at that Dog Rearing Scripture, his gaze somewhat doubtful as he said: "Why does this old man feel like I've heard of this before. Yellow Skinned kid, are you sure that after cultivating this method, we can communicate telepathically?"
Chen Huangpi nodded, patting his chest in guarantee.
Tai Yizi couldn't care about too much.
Then he immediately sat cross-legged, cultivating this Dog Rearing Scripture.
Tai Yizi was after all an Immortal.
Although he didn't possess Chen Huangpi's bizarre ability of learning any dharma method with just a glance and mastering it upon use, cultivating a Dog Rearing Scripture was simply too effortless.
After just a few breaths of time.
Tai Yizi felt he had established a certain connection with Chen Huangpi.
His life and death seemed to be entirely in Chen Huangpi's hands.
"Wait a minute."
"Why does this cultivation method reek of the Bailing Tian Cult's demonic arts."
"What Bailing Tian Cult?"
Chen Huangpi said in his heart: "Senior Tai Yizi, although my Dog Rearing Scripture is insidious, it's definitely not some demonic art, otherwise, wouldn't I be a devil."
Tai Yizi felt the method of communication with Chen Huangpi within his heart.
This sensation was exceedingly bizarre.
However, Tai Yizi adapted very quickly. He said crossly: "Our Grand Sui Cult possesses so many dharma methods you don't practice, why practice this kind of unorthodox insidious method? Also, what's going on with you kid, why do you look like you're molded from mud."
Chen Huangpi said: "Probably because I grew up eating Yin soil since I was young, so in your eyes, I am a mud-sculpted evil anomaly."
"Let's not mention these first, how did you kid get in?"
"I had Huang Er use the formation dial to teleport me in."
Chen Huangpi explained: "That Yama's shadow is guarding outside. If I didn't come in through the formation, I would definitely run into it. I can't defeat it, it's too terrifying."
The Yama's shadow was in the False Realm.
Now that Chen Huangpi stepped into the True Realm, he and the Yama's shadow mutually appeared as evil anomalies to each other.
And this form of becoming an evil anomaly, was actually solely relative to the other party.
Chen Huangpi remained in his original appearance.
His strength also hadn't undergone any changes.
But to the Yama's shadow in the False Realm, Chen Huangpi had become very strong, strong to an extent even more terrifying than that little girl.
Only, to Chen Huangpi.
The Yama's shadow, which was already powerful enough to beat that little girl to death with two punches, was even more terrifying in the eyes of his True Realm self.
He even saw the Yama's shadow wearing a mianfu [imperial robe].
As if that Yama had come back to life.
Hearing Chen Huangpi recount all this.
Tai Yizi heaved a long sigh.
"Yellow Skinned kid, you really shouldn't have come to rescue this old man. It took great difficulty for this old man to let go of the desire to survive, planning to perform our Grand Sui Cult's deeds of Slaying Demons and Executing Evil, resulting in you coming in and messing it up."
"Taiyi, return."
Tai Yizi said this, and subsequently inserted his dharma sword back into his body from the top of his head.
And his cultivation also showed signs of falling from the Soul Formation realm faintly down to the Nascent Soul realm.
Chen Huangpi couldn't help but say worryingly: "Tai Yizi, you won't die right?"
Tai Yizi forced a relaxed laugh saying: "This old man is an Immortal, how could I die that easily, it's just that the burst of energy holding me up was about to erupt, yet happened to run into you kid coming out to be a nuisance, so I had no choice but to forcefully suppress it back down."
"Next time I utilize this method, this old man will only be able to last for half a quarter of an hour."
"Don't worry, I will protect you."
Chen Huangpi said seriously: "I am very strong right now, the things inside this ancestral hall cannot do anything to me."
These words were actually the truth.
Don't be fooled by Tai Yizi's setup sword array nearly trapping Chen Huangpi to death.
But in reality, Chen Huangpi hadn't resisted from beginning to end.
If he utilized the power of the Magic Tree, and then deployed the power of the Evil Eye, he could slash out that terrifying sword qi capable of shaving away a person's lifespan.
Furthermore, the sword arrays Tai Yizi had previously used had also already been learned by him.
Naturally, Chen Huangpi possessed confidence in his heart.
Seeing Chen Huangpi speak like this, Tai Yizi hastily explained: "Yellow Skinned kid, these divine statues are all dead objects. The truly terrifying one is that ghost thing in the deepest part of the ancestral hall, it has already revived, and this old man doesn't know how much time it has devoured."
"Being within this ancestral hall, it occupies favorable timing, geographical advantage, and harmony among people. We must act cautiously."
Hearing these words.
The Evil Eyes all over Chen Huangpi immediately turned to look towards the deepest part of the ancestral hall.
But bizarrely.
Chen Huangpi didn't see that little girl.
He also didn't see the divine statues within the individual shrines.
What he saw, were only individual spirit tablets.
Chen Huangpi pondered for a moment, then said to Tai Yizi: "I will give you one of my Evil Eyes, this way we can see the scenery the other sees."
Saying so, he handed an Evil Eye to Tai Yizi.
With this, Chen Huangpi and Tai Yizi's perspectives were shared.
"Yellow Skinned kid, why are you blanking out?"
"I recognize these divine statues..."
"This old man also recognizes them."
Tai Yizi said with a complex tone: "Immortals, Buddhas, Demons, Devils, Gods. Deities are born by consuming qi. It is said that three eras ago, the cultivation path was the Divine Dao. The Dao Lord of that time was also a natural-born Deity. By the Azure Heaven era, the deities under the heavens had become extremely scarce."
"Those deities served within our Great Qian Immortal Dynasty. Before the Heaven and Earth Mutation even began, they were brought by that existence to the Hundred Thousand Mountains."
"However, the divine statues here should all be fake."
"After all, with the Dao Lord's protection, how could those deities suffer body death and Dao expunction."
"Because they tore up the agreement."
Chen Huangpi sighed, saying: "I grew up looking at them since I was young. I recognize every single divine statue you see, but there is one missing here, because that deity didn't die. It is my family, it is called Guang Mu."
"And the spirit tablets I see..."
"I also seem to know who they are, only I don't recognize many of them, I cannot be certain."
While speaking, Chen Huangpi walked towards the interior of the ancestral hall.
Following the path past individual spirit tablets.
Chen Huangpi finally saw two familiar names.
The spirit tablets of Yi Qingzhou and Xu Qingshan.
The spirit tablets of these two people were right next to each other, and beside them was another spirit tablet, named Song Hankong.
Based on Chen Huangpi's memories at the fox mountain back then, his deepest impressions were of Yi Qingzhou, Xu Qingshan, and also Song Hankong.
Song Hankong was exactly the senior brother who grew a ghost face on the back of his head.
The relationship between these three was very good.
Even their spirit tablets were adjacent to each other.
Chen Huangpi and Tai Yizi's perspectives were shared.
Looking at Yi Qingzhou's spirit tablet.
Tai Yizi's expression was somewhat nuanced: "If this old man remembers correctly, the only son of that Sword Immortal from the Yi family of the Wan Jian Ge, seems to exactly be named Yi Qingzhou."
Chen Huangpi said: "That's him. It was also him who refined the Void-Piercing Sword for me."
"This old man understands now."
Tai Yizi gnashed his teeth saying: "True Realm and False Realm, are the transformations between Yin Void and Yang Reality. This ghost place is a formation, and this ancestral hall is exactly the formation core of this formation. If this old man hasn't guessed wrong, this formation was likely maliciously set up by someone."
"The reason that person did this, is purposely to lure that ghost thing into this Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land."
"A Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land is a Dantian."
"Someone wants that almighty existence who opened up the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land to die."
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