19th Return of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Deity

  Spent a night's time, from chapter 15 to chapter 19 revised, deleted the over-exaggerated plot, the storyline remains unchanged, book friends can go take a look.

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  Luda said: "I thought you all understood the sandbox, so I didn't ask."

  "Mine too."

  "Same as above."

  ……

  The three men looked at each other in dismay, extremely worried. If they continued westward without a guide, who knows but that they might end up as captives in Yinchuan; and going back was also not feasible, delaying military action, most likely resulting in having their heads chopped off by Zhang Jiao.

  Even if their heads were cut off, the imperial court would not say anything. The current prime minister Zhang Dun is a relative of Zhang Jue, the famous iron-blooded prime minister who changed the trend of Sima Guang's administration and launched the Song Dynasty's offensive against Western Xia.

  Yang Jian, the manager of the Duan Wang Fu, obviously can't compete with the powerful legs of the Zhang family. The Yang and Guo families are also well-known military households with many famous generals in the army, and their strength is enormous. In the imperial court, they would definitely be unbeatable in an official lawsuit.

  Three people were worried, and suddenly they heard a little girl next to them say timidly: "I recognize the sand table and know the way to Xi'aojing..."

  "The pot has finally opened its mouth!"

  Wu Song and Yang Jiaolong exchanged a glance, both of them quite astonished. In the Song Dynasty, being able to understand sand tables was already considered formal military education, especially when it came to an opponent who was a girl, yet she also had to receive this kind of education - what exactly did Gong Sun want to do?

  Yang Jian said in a low voice: "The Gongshu family was severely attacked by the leaders of the Mohist and Yinyang schools, Master Shuijing and Zhuge Kongming, during the Three Kingdoms period, to the point where they did not recover for hundreds of years. This family's approach is based on clever machinery, using war as a means, assisting kings, attacking cities and plundering land, which conflicts with the Mohist ideology. This time they have re-emerged, I'm afraid their ambitions are not small."

  Wu Song then curiously sized up Gong Sun Yan, and saw that the girl was slender and delicate in appearance, without the heroic spirit of a female general, but rather weak and gentle. However, in her eyes there was a flame burning, with an unyielding determination to not give up until she achieved her goal.

  This girl is not simple at all.

  Gong Xian led the way in front, and the four of them headed west along the mountain road. Occasionally, a wolf would jump out, but Yang Jia would take it down with his White Bone Flag. The girl walked for several miles before becoming exhausted and panting heavily, unable to continue without resting. She didn't show any signs of having practiced martial arts at all, and was no different from an ordinary little girl.

  Wu Song saw it, secretly wondered, and asked Yang Zong. The steward also couldn't explain why, saying: "Yanran's footsteps are empty and floating, her breath is short, her face is flushed red, indeed she has not practiced before. But Gong Sheng's reputation is so loud, how can he not have the way of longevity?"

  Wu Song didn't have the concept of male-female distinction in his mind, and he couldn't get any answers from Yang Jie, so he ran to Gong Shuyan's face and asked directly. The girl had been a little afraid of him since he made an "unmarried declaration", her eyes dodged and she couldn't speak.

  Wu Song became impatient, so he simply grabbed the girl's hand and pressed her pulse. Gong Sunyan's body stiffened, her heart racing to 120 beats per minute, struggling a little, how could she break free?

  Wu Song sent out a stream of true energy, which circulated through Gong Sun's body and found that the girl's meridians were unobstructed, without any true energy, but when it reached the Dan Tian area, it encountered an extremely strong resistance.

  This resistance is divided into eight gates, eight different forces. The eight gates are Qian, Kun, Xun, Zhen, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui. The eight forces are Heaven, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Water, Fire, Mountain, and Marsh. They guard Gong's tranquil Dan Tian as if it were a solid gold soup, not leaking a single drop of water.

  This octagonal gate formation and its power directly absorb the yuan energy from her meridians, maintaining its power constantly. It doesn't seem to be protecting her dantian, but rather... sealing it!

  "This is the Yin Yang Gate's Eight Pulse Seal God Curse, sealing the elixir field's original spirit until death. " Gong Xian raised her head, looking into Wu Song's eyes and said in a low voice: "Please, Mr. Wu, don't mention this..."

  Wu Song heard her voice was soft and gentle, so he also lowered his voice and asked: "Who cast the curse?"

  Gong Shu Yan hesitated for a moment, then said: "In the past, my ancestors were suppressed by Sima Hui and Zhuge Kongming, leaving only one person who escaped to Qingzhou to hide. Later, I heard that Kongming had killed too many people, damaging his lifespan, and at Wuzhangyuan, he used 49 lanterns to set up a prayer ritual to try to extend his life. My ancestors then rushed from Qingzhou to Xi'an, sneaked into Wuzhangyuan, broke his prayer ritual, causing Kongming to die. Before Kongming died, he counterattacked, using the Eight Pulse Seal God Curse to seal my ancestor's spiritual powers, cursing the Gong Shu family for generations to come, unable to use even a thread of true power, becoming ordinary people..."

  "It's already been eight hundred years and forty generations, but this curse seal will still take nineteen million nine thousand two hundred years to disappear..."

  Wu Song was shocked upon hearing this. The curse that would last for 200,000 years and continue through countless generations was not an ordinary grudge between Gong Sun and the Yin Yang and Mohist schools!

  Wu Song thought for a moment and said: "Yaner girl, can this curse be lifted?"

  Gongsun Zhi lowered his head, not making a sound. Wu Song secretly sighed, thinking that even if the Gongsun family had forty generations of people, they might still be unable to remove the Eight Trigrams Seal God's curse, otherwise they wouldn't have gone into hiding for eight hundred years.

  "My ancestors tried to use the power of the dragon vein to break the curse, so they left behind a family rule that every generation must have children enter the world and support the Dragon Court to break the seal. However, the Yin Yang Gate and the Ink Gate obstructed us in every way, and we never succeeded. By this generation, only my brother and I are left..."

  Wu Song was stunned for a while, not knowing how to comfort her. Suddenly, he thought of a very important question and asked: "Gong Sun girl, killing too many people will shorten one's lifespan, won't it?"

  Gong Shu said: "I don't know either. However, Zhuge Liang indeed killed too many people and was haunted by his karma, finally meeting his demise at Wuzhang Plains."

  Wu Song thought back to his experiences after joining the army, he had killed quite a few people, roughly three to five hundred. If killing people would shorten one's lifespan, then this military family's secret technique was still best used sparingly.

  He still didn't dare to confirm, so he turned back to ask Yang Jian. Yang Jian said: "Indeed, there is such a saying that Taoism, Mohism, Confucianism, and Buddhism all emphasize the importance of not killing living beings, otherwise it will shorten one's lifespan. However, the military and legalist schools do not think this way. As for other schools of thought, each has its own say, and there is no fixed theory to date. Even the military school relies on killing and fighting to cultivate itself, I reckon that killing people shortens one's lifespan, which is related to the practice of cultivation."

  Wu Song felt relieved after hearing this, but his military family's "Tianbao Jing" had just entered the door. This kind of great evil method is still less cultivation as wonderful. If you can get the Taoist heart method, with the military family to nourish the body, with the Taoist to nourish the spirit, that is the best way to cultivate.

  The only question is, for thousands of years, there have been many people with extraordinary talents, why hasn't anyone thought of this method? It can be seen that the Taoist and military methods cannot be practiced together, and forced practice may bring counterproductive effects.

  Wu Song could only go to the capital and ask Zhou Tong about this matter.

  The four of them rested for a moment, then got up and hurried on their way. Gong Xun's body was really weak and frail, and after walking only a few steps, her feet were blistered and she couldn't walk anymore. Wu Song discussed with her, and the three of them took turns carrying her forward, determined to reach Xianpo Port within Zhang Jiao's specified time limit.

  Gong Shu Yan no longer hesitated, her goal was to use the military's power to form a Taoist camp, entangle other forces in Jianghu with Mohism and Yin-yang school, and achieve the purpose of removing the curse from Longting. Therefore, when the Zhong family army stationed in Zhangzhou found her, they immediately merged, her goal was far-reaching, and she couldn't give up because of this small setback.

  Wu Song carried Shi Xiu on his back, and their pace suddenly quickened. The three men rushed along the mountain road, their speed surpassing that of galloping horses, as swift as apes. They followed the Tiandu Mountain range towards Xianpo Pass. The girl had been jostled about all night, and before she knew it, she fell asleep on Wu Song's back. Wu Song happened to lift his head and glance up, only to see that the moon was shining brightly.