Chapter 432: Suppressing Desire, Taiyin Eclipse
He brought two attendants with him, carrying a box of precious pearls and a box of precious medicine to give to the Immortal Jin Ting.
The Immortal Jinting warmly entertained him and invited him to have tea.
Prime Minister Turtle had come with a matter, and after drinking tea, he began to inquire about Du Heng's situation. Without seeing Du Heng, Prime Minister Turtle felt uneasy.
The Immortal Jin Ting pointed to the sky.
Prime Minister Turtle looked up and saw dark clouds in the sky. Thunder and fire clashed in the clouds, but since it was the Thunder Officer who was in charge, those less skilled than him could not see clearly what was going on.
Prime Minister Turtle hesitated and asked, "What is your highness doing?"
Knowing that he couldn't see clearly, Jin Ting Daxian pointed at Prime Minister Turtle's cup. Under Prime Minister Turtle's eyes, the tea in the cup turned into a mirror, reflecting the scene in the dark clouds.
In the dark clouds, three hundred rain workers roared with thunder and ran around. The black dragon, the blue dragon and the white dragon drove the rain workers to push the clouds, generate thunder, operate the spiritual power and collect thunder essence.
Prime Minister Turtle frowned and said, "Immortal, are you asking my Highness to collect the essence of heavenly thunder for you?"
The Immortal Jin Ting nodded and said, "This is the first lesson I taught him."
Prime Minister Turtle said, "I will report the truth to the Lord."
The Immortal Jin Ting smiled, realizing that Prime Minister Turtle hadn't seen through the mystery. Prime Minister Turtle wasn't a dragon, and while he could summon wind and rain, that wasn't an innate ability, but rather a cultivated one.
After drinking tea, Prime Minister Turtle returned to the Water Palace. The Water Palace was busy with affairs, especially recently.
Du Heng committed a great sin, and he just came to Shenjing Palace to study, leaving the entire Taihu Water Palace to clean up his mess.
The water god of Taihu Lake hasn't slept for several days. He has to travel back and forth every day to regulate the water veins and spiritual energy.
Prime Minister Turtle also had to exchange letters with the various water gods in the lower reaches of Taihu Lake, respond to their questions, engage in intrigues with them, and use threats or bribes. In short, he had to cover up the matter as much as possible and deal with the aftermath as much as possible.
If I cover it up and don't report it to the Golden Dragon King, it won't affect my future. After I've dealt with the aftermath, I want to minimize the impact.
Prime Minister Turtle returned to the Water Palace and told the Taihu Water God exactly what he had seen, without exaggeration. He simply asked, "Your Highness and the Marshal were born in the Water Palace, yet like that evil dragon, they were sent to collect the essence of heavenly thunder. I wonder if we should ask the Great Immortal Jin Ting for a different method?"
Prime Minister Turtle didn't know the reason, but the God of Taihu Lake naturally knew it well. Du Heng's ability to control wind, rain, thunder and lightning was very poor, and Tie Chen had never practiced this kind of thing, but now he could collect the essence of heavenly thunder. Although he was led by the evil dragon and helped by the rain worker, it was still a great progress.
Just one day's work and such immediate results? Amazing!
The Taihu God stopped Prime Minister Turtle from continuing and said, "No need. Let Mr. Jin Ting teach you."
When Prime Minister Turtle saw his expression, he knew that there were some wonderful things that he didn't know about. However, with his intelligence, he guessed it at once and didn't say anything more.
The Taihu God was curious about the effectiveness of Jin Ting Daxian's teaching methods and even considered going there to ask for advice. However, it was just a thought and he didn't put it into action. He didn't have the leisure time yet.
If the Immortal Jin Ting knew about this, he would probably just smile and say that he couldn't learn this method. If he really learned it, it would only create a rift between father and son and make them more distant.
However, the Great Immortal Jin Ting could be used, so Du Heng was beaten a lot.
In the first few days, they couldn't collect enough Heavenly Thunder Essence. So, every drop short was met with a whip. Du Heng allowed Tie Chen to block it, but the Immortal Jin Ting wouldn't let him off, and neither would the Thunder Collector.
Tiechen blocked it, so he was beaten as well, double the beating.
The dragon whip hit him so hard that he naturally couldn't think of anything else and could only think about how to get less punishment.
He was able to absorb enough essence of the heavenly thunder soon, and he did not get beaten, but he was exhausted. Apart from hard work, he also recuperated, practiced, and slept.
Life was full and busy, yet incredibly simple. Without the waiting of strong servants and beautiful maids, without the delicacies of the land and the sea, the days and nights went on just the same, and desires were gradually suppressed.
Without the desires stirring up the fire in his heart, Du Heng actually felt calmer.
The weather is gradually getting cooler and September is here as expected.
The Immortal Jinting often climbed high to look into the distance, but he did not look at Taihu Lake, but at Gusu, or at the earth.
If he couldn't find Jin Ting Daxian during the day, he would probably be looking from atop a mountain. Chong Jing would come to him whenever he needed help, and he'd asked him what he was looking at, but Jin Ting Daxian didn't answer.
Then something unexpected happened.
On September 15th, the moon is full again.
The Great Immortal Jin Ting does not collect moonlight on the night of the full moon. The full moon is the day when the Moon God patrols the sky. If he collects moonlight, he will easily be scrutinized by the gods. Of course, there are ways to avoid the eyes of the gods, but in order to maintain his identity as a demon, the Great Immortal Jin Ting deliberately avoids it.
On the surface, he avoided it and didn't reveal his Dan Qi, but in fact, he was secretly practicing the Moon-Chasing Method and comprehending the principles of the Moon. When he reached this level of practice, whether the moonlight fell or not did not hinder his practice.
Only this time it's different.
Just closing my eyes and concentrating made me feel upset and anxious, with a fishy smell coming from my mouth and nose, and an inaudible buzzing sound in my ears.
Gong Mengbi looked solemn as he walked out of the golden palace to look at the bright moon in the sky.
The moonlight was dim, different from usual, and it became darker and darker. Suddenly, the bright moon seemed to be cut off by a knife, and a corner of its brilliance was missing.
Lunar eclipse!
Gong Mengbi immediately understood why practicing the Moon Chasing Technique today had brought such a terrifying warning. If a god truly had entered the Moon Palace, he feared such a calamity would grind even his spirit into ash on the spot.
The Taoists of Shenjing Palace also came out to look at the moon. Seeing the lunar eclipse, they began to mutter that it was an ominous sign.
It is indeed an ominous sign.
Like being chopped by a knife or chopped by an axe, or torn apart by wind and snow, the mirror-like moon disk was buried bit by bit in the cold ashes, and a dim blood color seeped out from the cold ashes.
Like sand scattered in the dark sky, thousands of stars appear, shining brightly.
In just a moment, yin and yang were disordered, and a change occurred between heaven and earth that Gong Mengbi could not fully understand.
The moon is in the middle of the sky, the moon goddess subdues the devil, and the moon emperor examines the world's disasters and blessings, merits and demerits, and determines the righteousness of the universe.
However, this lunar eclipse, which lasted for two and a half hours, completely concealed the divine power of Taiyin, which commanded all gods and subdued all demons.
During this period of time, I don’t know how many changes have occurred in the world, how many demons have been born, and how many things that shouldn’t have happened have happened quietly.
Midnight is past.
The bright mirror hidden in the cold ashes was half revealed at first, and then became full.
Thousands of stars have dimmed their brilliance, leaving only the bright moon to illuminate the sky.
Gong Mengbi watched the lunar eclipse quietly, and the magic power in his body rose and fell like the tide.
He had just experienced the weakest moment in his practice. When the moon disappeared and the stars shone brightly, all his magic power was almost extinguished, and he could not borrow any power from the moon.
Not to mention Cai Leiguan, even Du Heng, if he took action at this moment, he might be able to escape from Shenjing Palace.
But his majesty grew, and the three dragons were focused on the sky, so no one made such an attempt.
With the end of the lunar eclipse, Gong Mengbi's magical power, which had been destroyed, began to shine again and new changes emerged.
He is a Taoist body cultivated after birth, which is the Taiyin Yuantai, and can also be called the Taiyin Xiantai.
As long as the moon is high in the sky, the magic power will be inexhaustible. If you practice the moon-chasing method, you will have the help of the moon god and make rapid progress.
There are advantages, but there are also disadvantages. For example, today, when the eclipse god is in power, Rahu Ketu blocks the moonlight, indicating good or bad luck, and thus suppresses the brilliance of the moon, and even his cultivated magic power also decreases with the receding water.
In addition, Taiyin Yuantai has a strong sense of resonance with the phases of the moon, and the heavenly favor it receives changes accordingly due to the influence of the waxing and waning of the moon.
This is not a big deal. The Moon-Chasing Method cultivates magical powers through the changes in the phases of the moon, with the waxing and waning of the moon as the four major phases, which naturally produce various changes. They complement the Taiyin Yuantai and add to the mystery.
However, today's eclipse of the moon was not a change in the moon phases, nor was it within the moon phases. It was beyond the changes of the Moon Chasing Technique, which caused Gong Mengbi to reach his weakest moment, almost to the point of extinction of his magic power.
But it was at this moment of extinction that the moon's position was obscured, thousands of stars were cast into shadows, and a multitude of evil spirits were born, which in turn caused Gong Mengbi's power of extinction to undergo incredible changes, adding a strange and unpredictable evil nature.
Previously, Gong Mengbi had combined the art of Yan Sheng with the Taiyin method, barely developing the Taiyin God-Slaying Method. This method, drawing upon a person's energy and employing the Taiyin method, suppressed the soul and seized life force. While it possessed the Taiyin's blessing, it remained within the framework of the Yan Sheng method.
But now, the ashes of this annihilation, covering the cold ash of the moon phase, gave rise to a fierce and mysterious Dao nature. Gong Mengbi simply moved his mind, and the Taiyin God-Slaying Technique naturally perfected, transcending the barriers of the method of aversion and becoming a method of killing gods derived from the Taiyin method.
The Taiyin Soul-Slaying Sword that Gong Mengbi obtained from the Jade Face was instantly developed to perfection, producing a very wonderful change.
Gong Mengbi closed his eyes and concentrated in the golden palace, slowly practicing the Moon-Running Technique. In a trance, he was inspired by a mysterious force.
two.
Gong Mengbi's heart skipped a beat, but he did not break free from his state of concentration. He gave up on heading straight to the Moon Palace, and instead went to sense the new connection.
The connection in the dark is also the moon. However, it is not a bright and clear lunar disk, but a phantom that seems to exist but not exist, a hidden star that is neither real nor unreal, called the Moon Betel.
The Moon in its upright position obscured the Moon, which Gong Mengbi could not sense, and revealed it.
Rahu, Ketu, Yuebei and Ziqi are the four remaining stars, and Gong Mengbi has seen three of them.
The Moon's Betelgeuse is an unobservable, imaginary star, also known as a Hidden Star. It is dim and unclear, running parallel to the Moon like its shadow. It controls all evil and murder under the Nine Heavens. If you follow it, it will bring good luck, but if you go against it, it will bring disaster.
The two star gods, Rahu and Ketu, concealed the divine power of the Emperor Taiyin, but revealed the star god Yuebei.
Gong Mengbi was originally unable to sense the Moon's Betelgeuse, just as the stars are invisible beneath the sun. It was the obstruction of the Moon that caused his Moon-Running Technique to transform without transformation, revealing the Moon's Betelgeuse.
Rahu and Ketu are evil stars and evil gods. Yuebei is undoubtedly also an evil star, cold and ruthless, with demonic changes.
The lunar eclipse is over, but the lunar beacon that has been sensed will not disappear. It is just that in the hazy state, outside the bright moon, an invisible shadow can be sensed.
When Gong Mengbi opened his eyes, he found that it was a blessing in disguise. He had mastered the Taiyin God-Slaying Technique and also obtained the God of Yuebei. He only needed to hide the energy of the Taiyin Orthodox Technique and reveal the devilish nature of Yuebei. Who would dare to say that he was not an unparalleled demon?
Only after Gong Mengbi had sorted out his own cultivation did the Immortal Jin Ting push open the golden palace and go out.
Shenjing Palace worships ancestors and prays for blessings and wards off disasters.
The three dragons followed their previous instructions and continued to collect the essence of heavenly thunder outside the nine skies.
Gong Mengbi did not go to meet the founder of Shenjing Palace. After all, he occupied someone else's mansion. It would be fine if he didn't meet him, but if he really came to appear in person, he would be embarrassed.
When the Taoist priests of Shenjing Palace saw the toad eating the moon and the moon's blood-red shadow, they felt that it was a bad omen, so they prepared it overnight and held the ceremony at dawn.
We didn't invite the Great Immortal Jin Ting either. Such a scene is indeed not suitable for the Great Immortal Jin Ting to appear.
The ceremony at Shenjing Palace was prepared in a hurry, so naturally it was not very grand, but as the disciples were sincere, it was not simple at all.
Taoist Xiao didn't often visit the human world, but even he, somewhat slow-witted, could sense something unusual. After the ritual, he consulted the ancestor.
The ancestor did not speak, but the hexagram was inspiring.
Taoist Xiao was confused and asked three questions, but the hexagrams did not change. When he asked again, the hexagrams became chaotic.
He frowned, and worried about his fellow disciples, asking, "Master, is this a bad omen? Does the ancestor have any advice?"
Taoist Xiao sighed and said, "It's not a bad omen, I just find it strange."
"What's so strange about that?"
Taoist Xiao said doubtfully, "The master's profound meaning may be beyond my comprehension. Far from seeing any ominous signs, I actually see some signs of letting things take their own course, and good fortune will naturally follow."
This is puzzling.
It was clearly a bad omen that the toad was eating the moon, so how could it be considered a good omen?
But since it was the Grandmaster's instruction, it must be correct. The Taoists of Shenjing Palace breathed a sigh of relief, and since they were letting things take their course, they quickly resumed their normal lives.
Taoist Xiao paid homage to his ancestor and asked about good and bad luck, and Gong Mengbi also wanted to ask.
He waited until the Thunder Collector had collected today's Heavenly Thunder Essence, then called Du Heng and Tie Chen to question them, saying, "You've been here for a month now. What have you learned?"
Du Heng was filled with fear of the Immortal Jin Ting, even more afraid than a mouse seeing a cat. He shrank back and dared not speak.
Tie Chen, however, remained calm and composed, saying, "Thank you, sir, for your guidance. I have already mastered the techniques of controlling clouds and rain, generating thunder, and harnessing spiritual power."
This is a change that can be described. The change that cannot be described is the growth of dragon nature, the difference in spirit and mind, and the difference in state of mind.
Jin Ting Daxian looked at Du Heng again. Du Heng didn't take Tie Chen's words seriously. He just felt that he was breathless and exhausted from doing hard labor every day.
But when the Immortal Jin Ting looked over, he could only say, "Me too."
The Immortal Jin Ting naturally didn't expect him to say anything good, and he didn't even expect the Thunder Officer to do that. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I've seen how hard you've worked this month. Now that you've gained something, I'll let you go and rest."
Du Heng's heart was pounding, and an unexpected ecstasy rushed to his forehead. He looked at the Immortal Jin Ting with full anticipation, and had already made up his mind that once he returned, he would never set foot in the Shenjing Palace again.
Tie Chen glanced at Du Heng and asked, "How many days of rest?"
Du Heng immediately became anxious and wished he could tear Tie Chen's mouth apart.
Jin Ting Daxian thought for a moment and said, "Three days, then I'll have the Thunder Officer come pick you up."
Du Heng was anxious, hoping to escape but also worried that he would not be able to.
Tie Chen saluted and said, "Thank you, sir."
Du Heng was still lost in thought when Tie Chen tugged at his clothes. He quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."
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