Chapter 888: Searching for the Relics and Leaving Only the Execution
As Chen Chuan got closer, the vines separated on their own as he watched, revealing the complete words inside.
The handwriting is small, but it is free and unrestrained, giving off a sense of magnanimity. This should have been left behind by the demon before it was transformed.
He took a few glances at it and saw that it contained the man's autobiography.
This man called himself You Zhinan and was a protector of the Jinli Sect.
Jinli Sect...
He thought about it and felt that this should be a branch of the Xuanjiao. He had this impression because there were people from this sect in several Xuanguan temples in the central city of Jibei Road.
This sect had a certain amount of power in the past, otherwise there would be no record of it in the municipal records. However, in the new era, the sect fell into decline for some reasons. The disciples below had given up the fighting tradition and made a living entirely by calculation and divination. They no longer had any combat effectiveness.
According to You Zhinan, he came here during the reign of Emperor Chengyi.
Emperor Chengyi...
He thought about it and calculated based on the time, this should be an emperor more than four hundred years ago, before the end of the dynasty.
He could remember it because he was a rare emperor who, since the battle between the two sects eight hundred years ago, revered Zen Buddhism and suppressed Xuan Buddhism. During his reign, Zen Buddhism flourished for a while, and some scholars believe that the subsequent Xin Dynasty may have been related to this.
After changing his mind, he continued reading.
This person said that the reason he was here was because he had discovered the Nine-Aperture Stone Lotus. The Jinli Sect had a recipe for an elixir that used lotus, lotus seeds, and other rare medicines to help push guardian gods like him to a higher level.
In the following description, we can see that he said that the recipe was incomplete, and he also admitted that the hope of achieving the goal with this unproven recipe was very slim. However, he had to place his hopes on it, because the Jinli Sect was almost disbanded due to the suppression of the imperial family in his time.
At that time, he was the only remaining Dharma protector in the sect. There was no one left to even take on the role of leader. All that remained were scattered branch temples that had long lost their former glory.
To prosper a sect, all it needed was another True Person or Heavenly Master. After all, even though the Xuan Sect was suppressed by the imperial family at the time, none of the major sects were affected. They were only given a cold shoulder, which showed that there was a distinction between them.
For some unknown reason, he finally wrote down the incomplete recipe and his own complete recipe.
After reading it, Chen Chuan took note of it, but he just took note of it because he was not sure whether it was real or not, and it was hard to say whether the other party had any ulterior motives.
Besides, even if these are true, in the new era, technology is developing very fast, and many old things are not useless, but have better substitutes. Even if the Xuanjiao contributed a batch of pill recipes after the establishment of the Dashun Republic, there may not be no better recipe than the one in front of us.
After giving the recipe for the elixir, the man left a regretful message. His purpose of coming to the fusion land was actually to find a treasure that the Xuanjiao had left here in its early years. Unexpectedly, he encountered the stone lotus. He felt that the thing in front of him was more important, so he gave up his original plan and stayed here, waiting for the lotus seeds to mature.
He also rambled on about some past events, saying that when he was young he was only concerned with spiritual practice and did not repay the many friends who helped him. Later, when he thought back, he felt ashamed of the help of those friends, so he left behind the names, hometowns and past deeds of these friends.
He said that although he had no way to repay the kindness of his friends, he could still ensure that their names would live on forever and never fade away.
Chen Chuan took a few glances and found that the records of these people were engraved on a large naturally formed rock nearby. There were probably less than twenty people in total.
The stones at the fusion ground are unusual because of the intersection of day and night. In addition, the words are engraved very deeply, and there is spiritual infiltration of the monsters and ghosts before they are transformed. It can be said that if it is not forcibly destroyed, it will have no problem surviving for thousands of years. This person is not bragging.
But what this person left behind is much more than just this. Perhaps it is because he has been living here alone for a long time and can only use these to relieve the depression in his heart.
On a stone nearby were some secret teachings of the Jinli Sect that he had left behind. This was a set of cultivation techniques from the entry-level basics to the fourth level, which was the so-called Wuzong level. Also listed next to it were some of his precautions and the medicines needed for each stage.
There was a hint of pride in the words he left behind. He believed that he had sorted out what he had learned in the past and brought forth new ideas. He also said that this set of practice methods could help the Jinli Sect prosper for another three hundred years.
Chen Chuan took a look and pondered. How should I put it? It has its merits, but it still requires certain talents to get started, and is only suitable for a few people. The methods of the new era are actually better and more suitable for ordinary people.
Many of the techniques of the new era were discussed and promoted by many fighters during the Major League era, and are definitely much better than the one in front of him who is working alone behind closed doors.
But it doesn’t mean that this person’s things have no value. If they were taken out at that time, they should still be quite good. Unfortunately, times have changed.
He looked around and saw the stones in front of him were neatly arranged. There were actually words on each side. This person had kept records of every year at the beginning. He counted and found that the time span was as long as 232 years.
However, counting backwards from the era to which he belonged, there were still about two hundred years that had passed without counting the years. In fact, later on, he already felt that something was wrong with this person.
Living in the blending land day after day, fighting against invasion day and night, this person must have accumulated too much filth in his body and has begun to alienate.
His handwriting began to become messy, but occasionally it would become clearer.
He could also feel where his problem lay. He carved some notes on a stone wall, saying that he had thought the secret teachings of the Jinli Sect were enough to resist these filths, but it seemed he had miscalculated. He lamented that perhaps only the top secret teachings of the Xuan Sect or the Chan Sect could resist them.
And when you look further back, the handwriting becomes completely disordered and crazy.
Chen Chuan understood the reason. The root cause was that this person began to doubt what he had learned.
Once this thought appears in the mind and the will is shaken, the situation will take a turn for the worse.
But there was nothing that could be done about it. It was precisely because his body had already been invaded by filth that he had this doubt. Even if he realized it and fought against it from time to time, it would only delay the process. Unless he got out of here, there was no way he could recover.
Then, in order to wait for the stone lotus to mature, he would never leave and persisted for two hundred years. It was not something that could be let go easily, and it even became an obsession rooted in the deepest part of his body and mind.
Even though it eventually turned into a demon, they never gave up on it.
But he knew that this Protector Yu had actually made a mistake.
The recipe for the elixir states that lotus seeds have a maturity period of five, seven, and nine. If the five-seed lotus seeds fail to mature, wait until the seventh. If the seventh-seed lotus seeds fail to mature, wait until the ninth. Only lotus seeds picked at maturity can exert their maximum function.
But in fact, this is not the case. It may be a gap in the knowledge transmission in the old era. Knots five, seven, and nine are all correct, but instead of waiting for them to mature on their own, you have to take out the lotus seeds and put them back after one night. Put as many lotus seeds as you have. Wait until all of them have been through it, and then the lotus seeds will mature on their own.
Almost two hundred years ago, this lotus seed had already produced five fruits, which was barely enough for the elixir recipe. So this person probably didn't know this information and missed the opportunity, and then ended up becoming a demon himself. It's a pity.
Now that he knows this, it is fitting for him to take advantage of it.
But the time to get it is at the moment when the sky first starts to rise, so it is too late for him today and he has to wait until tomorrow.
In that case, he might as well stay here for a while. This thing is worth waiting for.
By the way, he planned to finish reading the stone tablet left by the other party, because the other party's original purpose was to come here to find the relics of Xuanjiao, but it did not write what it was. Given this person's temperament, he might take the initiative to write it out later.
But the result was a bit disappointing. The remaining stone tablet only had some incomprehensible mumblings on it. However, these mumblings did not seem to be completely illogical and seemed to be trying to express something.
When Chen Chuan read part of it, he didn't think there was anything wrong, but as he read it step by step and connected the content, he gradually saw the differences.
It seems to be expressing that when he was practicing, he saw a divine person coming in front of him, and the two of them asked and answered questions about the practice method. Then he praised it as "great and wonderful" and believed that he had seen the true Dharma, and that he should "abandon the old and start anew, follow the Dharma", and then "naturally gain enlightenment."
At first he thought that it was because of the gradual alienation of himself that there were problems with his mind, so he imagined these things.
But as he looked down, suddenly a light appeared on his body. It was actually the Great Bright Light emanating from his self, as if it was resisting and clearing away something for him. However, nothing unusual happened on his body the second time.
He couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.
This situation occurs because the mind senses some kind of danger, so the Great Bright Light moves spontaneously.
Therefore, what is recorded on this stone tablet may not be the imagination of the Dharma Protector You himself. He speculated that it might be that he had communicated with something. The most reasonable inference is that during the alienation process, he might have learned some kind of practice method from the opposite world.
So when he was watching just now, the alienated organization received the information and began to try it on its own. The changes caused by this self-action, secondly, if there is no intervention from his will, I generally will not take the initiative to react, but my own spirit sensed that something was wrong, and thus led to the Great Bright Light Style.
He secretly reminded himself that he should always be alert to some of the things on the opposite side, but he felt that seeing these things now was not a bad thing. If something similar appeared in front of him in the future, he would not be caught off guard.
He remained alert and continued searching. On the last few stones where the writing was barely legible, he actually found some clues that seemed to be related to the treasure.
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(End of this chapter)
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