Old Zhang set off from Dragon Tiger Mountain, while in Jade Spring Mountain, Ji Xiang was teaching the little fox how to draw talismans, and also spoke about Old Zhang.
The little fox's face was full of anticipation, wagging its tail wildly, and trying to get close to Ji Xiang: "Senior Brother, is it true that True Master Zhang will be entering the capital tomorrow? Which way will he come, so I can wait for him! Let him see the Golden Light Talisman I drew now, I can finally go back to school!"
It knew Ji Xiang was a powerful figure, and if it didn't cling to him now, when would it? But Ji Xiang said that of course he wouldn't know when Old Zhang would arrive, and in short, he told the little fox to wait for Zhang Zhu on the road.
"It's getting late."
Ji Xiang looked at the sky. The sun was gradually setting, and it was already the hour of You. The talismans he had ordered were supposed to be ready by now, but since he was already late, it didn't matter if he was a little later.
"First, let me finish drawing these talismans on me, just in case."
Now was the time to seize every moment, because unexpected situations could happen at any time, which is why they were called unexpected. They wouldn't give you a chance to react. You had to have enough magical artifacts and talismans in hand to deal with sudden dangers.
Ji Xiang looked towards Shuntian Prefecture from afar, took out a bundle of incense sticks from his sleeve, and gently flicked his fingers. Instantly, a piece of yellow talisman paper fluttered in the air.
"Senior Brother, are you going to draw talismans?"
The little fox saw Ji Xiang take out incense and talismans, and its heart filled with anticipation.
Its talisman-drawing skills were terrible, but here was a master giving one-on-one guidance on the spot! If it didn't learn now, when would it learn!
Ji Xiang nodded at it:
"Yes, you can also watch my movements carefully, perhaps it will give you some inspiration."
The little fox immediately straightened its attitude, opened its eyes, and blinked at the yellow talismans, while also watching Ji Xiang's actions.
When Ji Xiang drew the Golden Light Talisman before, it was still in a dazed state and didn't see clearly.
Afterward, in the little fox's eyes, Ji Xiang, the entire demeanor of the Daoist priest, underwent a tremendous change!
Amidst the brilliant purple clouds and flames.
Ji Xiang had kind eyebrows and kind eyes, but his eyes carried no emotional fluctuations, like a carved or molded deity.
He opened his left hand, and a trace of Ascension Realm Dao cultivation flowed from his fingertips.
He formed a hand seal with his right hand, and a blazing light erupted from the incense sticks.
The incense smoke curled, and the green smoke rose.
The talisman paper suspended in mid-air was summoned by the incense.
Ji Xiang opened his right hand and threw all the incense sticks out!
These incense sticks rose into the air and stood upright on the ground. The corresponding talismans flew to the top of each incense stick, receiving the incense, and the surfaces of the talismans began to burn fiercely!
In the mountains and forests, bright light shone!
"Evil-Slaying Talisman."
Ji Xiang extended his hand and began to evolve divine incantations on several talisman papers!
The upper limit of the talismans he could write had increased. Operating them with Ascension Realm Dao cultivation felt effortless! Of course, for talismans like the Great Majestic Divine Spell, which had strict conditions, a powerful physical body was still needed to complete the writing. Ji Xiang had previously grabbed a handful of talismans from the Han Jing Factory, and there were quite a few of them.
"To manipulate wind and clouds, summon rain, golden light, seal evil temple gates."
"Five Thunders, Blessed by the Saints, slay ghosts and subdue demons, eliminate plagues, cure diseases and preserve life."
"Summon evil, capture souls, sun, purple energy, pacify spirits, all commands!"
"Two more stacked Great Majestic Divine Spells!"
Ji Xiang extended his hand and pointed at the characters in mid-air. In an instant, thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind.
With just one thought.
In the high mountains and wild fields, rumbling sounds suddenly erupted, continuous and unending.
Ji Xiang simply stood there, exhaling white mist.
Between heaven and earth, on Jade Spring Mountain, clouds and mists gradually gathered.
Dust on the ground was swept away by the wind, and deeply hidden beasts in the mountains poked their heads out.
Ripples appeared in the rivers, and sleeping birds were startled awake.
On the roads, black savages appeared, singing joyfully, they were the spirits of the road, "Ji";
The ancient trees in the mountains spoke, chatting with anyone they met;
Beneath the incense of merit, children who called themselves Incense Boys appeared, clinging to the incense of merit;
The monk responsible for collecting donations was entangled by a red-haired spirit, who kept talking about teaching him financial management;
Even the stone lions at the entrance began to play dice with each other!
"Abbot, Abbot! This is bad, there are monsters!"
The Buddhist disciples found the Abbot, but the Abbot in the Buddhist temple had a red-skinned toad on his head, croaking incessantly.
"Do not panic, these are not monsters."
The Abbot had kind eyebrows and kind eyes, his gaze seemed to penetrate the layers of palaces, but he didn't know where the important figure from Jade Spring Mountain came from.
"Even a single action or thought can cause great changes in a spiritual land like Jade Spring Mountain, scaring out or awakening these hidden spirits in the world."
"Dropping a stone into a pond, the splashed ripples can spread far and wide."
The Abbot, with the red-skinned toad on his head, looked leisurely and yearningly:
"This is a realm that only those above the Earth Immortal or Arhat Bodhisattva possess...!"
"A single thought can stir up all the divine spirits in the ten directions!"
The old monk shook his head and said to the Buddhist disciples, "There are very few such important figures in Shuntian. To appear in Jade Spring Mountain now and cause such a commotion, perhaps something big is about to happen in Shuntian City."
Shuntian Prefecture.
In the morning, Liu Mengyin went to the palace to take a look and found that indeed, not many people had iron chains around their necks. He breathed a sigh of relief, feeling like he had narrowly escaped death.
However, the matter he mentioned had already attracted the high attention of the Grand Secretaries in the cabinet.
A large number of personnel from the Northern Bureau of Investigation rushed to a certain inn and sealed it off strictly.
Luo Sigong, as the Commander of the Imperial Guard, led his men to the scene. At this time, he had already obtained the exclusive divine position of the Commander of the Imperial Guard. Wearing the divine robes from heaven, his heart remained the heart of the Great Ming.
In fact, the Commander should have been on standby by the Emperor's side, but although Luo Sigong had obtained the divine position, he was still a novice, so Emperor Wanli thought it was better for him to go out on field duty for the time being, as he was not at ease keeping him by his side.
Liu Mengyin was brought in, bowing and scraping. Luo Sigong looked at the inn, which was closed to guests in broad daylight, and indeed, it was suspicious. His expression was tense, and he led his men to knock on the door. After several attempts with no response, they forcibly broke down the door. To their surprise, the tables and chairs inside were neatly arranged, but there was not a single person.
It was expected that they had fled, but the gates of Shuntian had already been closed. The Imperial Guard and the Eastern Depot personnel began searching the city.
Of course, the Grand Secretaries did not rule out the possibility that the old man in the inn was Emperor Shizong, but compared to alarming the Emperor, it was now the Wanli era, and Emperor Shizong was not their Emperor.
Following the incident with the Fire Lord, many important figures now handled matters with greater care and caution.
The search continued for some time but yielded no results. Meanwhile, reports from the East Yue Temple consistently indicated that there were no problems inside. Chan Master Shui Zhai had also visited and reached the same conclusion as General Tianmen and Ji Xiang.
There was a problem, but it couldn't be identified.
Therefore, another group of people was dispatched to guard the periphery of the East Yue Temple. Emperor Wanli was extremely uneasy about the East Yue Temple.
As time passed and it approached the hour of You, the search yielded no results, and the work had to be temporarily halted.
After the court quieted down, in the western part of the city, the poor commoners, holding talismans, gathered at the execution ground in the West Market. The opera troupe was ready, preparing to stage a grand performance.
Children held windmills, candies, paper figures, paper horses, and storybooks, laughing and following their fathers and mothers to watch the grand opera.
In the shadows of the West Market, several Yin Division deities appeared, their eyes vacant, quietly watching the gathered poor commoners.
As people gathered, the Yin energy in the West Market also rapidly decreased, and the Yang energy rose. Meanwhile, in the distant East City, the East Yue Temple was shrouded in darkness, as if some ancient monster was being gestured into existence.
In the northern part of the city, Tian Fengyu arrived at the entrance of the Great Gaoxuan Hall. Due to the gradual imbalance of Yin and Yang in the city, he could use his divine power and his slight understanding of the Divine Firmament Thunder Method to enter the Great Gaoxuan Hall!
He went to the Ten Thousand Thunder Altar to find the sword named Jingzhen Jade Artifact, and then he intended to use this sword to break open the golden lock of the Supreme Pavilion, take down the statue of the Jade Emperor from it, move it to the adjacent Xiangyi Palace, and kick down the statue of Emperor Jiajing!
The Lord of the Underworld replacing the Emperor of the mortal world, stealing the heavens and changing the sun and moon, the Yin and Yang reversal could begin!
"Sword of Jingzhen, I can sense it, this divine sword of my Great Song is hidden in..."
Tian Fengyu sensed the location of the sword and was very surprised: "How can it be, it's actually in the Supreme Pavilion!"
During the day, he couldn't get this deep, so he didn't discover this problem. Now that trouble had arisen, the golden lock of the Supreme Pavilion required the Jingzhen Sword to break it, and that sword was actually inside the statue of the Jade Emperor!
Without the sword, how could the lock be broken?!
No wonder the Ming Dynasty court couldn't find this sword. Tian Fengyu was truly shocked. This was a kind of Great Teleportation Technique, transforming an object into another object, seamlessly integrated, indistinguishable.
"To dare to use the Jade Emperor's statue as the sword's body, Tao Zhongwen, as a descendant of the Divine Firmament, is truly rebellious!"
"But do you think this can stop me? Hmph, the Sword of Jingzhen is the divine sword of my Great Song, and I know better than you how to wield its power!"
"Since it's locked in the pavilion, then don't come out. Moving the two pavilions to different positions will have the same effect!"
"Thirty-six Heavenly Gang Transformations, Inverting Yin and Yang!"