Chapter 41: Zhen Tian Guan

  Jue Se thought so, escaped faster than anyone else. When Lin Fan came back to his senses, not only had the two Vajras disappeared, but Jue Se was also nowhere to be seen. The effect of Jue Se's Vajra mantra on enemies was relatively limited, and the duration was very short. So Jue Se knelt down and cried, trying to get the true words that activated the Vajra mantra close to Xi Men Shuai and Lin Fan. Wherever the true words stayed, they could summon a powerful Vajra. Xi Men Shuai and Lin Fan had limited understanding of Buddhism, and didn't notice Jue Se crying on one side while muttering incantations in his mouth, reciting the Vajra mantra.

  As soon as the mighty Vajra appeared, the Absolute Color took advantage of the visual obstruction and immediately fled into the clouds, merging with the white clouds in the air and dodging through the clouds to escape. The Absolute Color looked back at Ximen Shuai from the clouds for the last time, who was already furious and defeated, holding the Seven Broken Flags and flying back from below. A good man doesn't take advantage of someone in front of him, this account will be settled later, Buddha will remember it.

  "A boat capsizes in a ditch." General Ximen was extremely displeased: "The green hills remain unchanged, the flowing water is long, and this general will eventually burn down your Shengyin Temple." This was just a fit of anger; if you want to kill a few monks from Shengyin Temple, it's easy... but if they really come to your doorstep... In their own territory, famous orthodox, demonic, evil, Buddhist, etc. sects all set up arrays to protect their own sect. The power of such an array is absolutely not something that a single expert can resist.

  Lin was deep in thought. It's necessary to understand more about Buddhism. If Bai Mu were present, it would be difficult for Jue to secretly plot against him. The Buddhist incantations and Taoist spells are vastly different.

  "Hey, we've already sworn a blood oath as allies, what kind of tricks are you still hiding up your sleeve?"

  "What means do I have?"

  "Shooting star."

  "Is that also a means?" Lin Fan asked.

  "…that stinky kid, the toad is yawning, his breath really isn't small. This pair of Thunder Seal techniques aren't considered very high-level, in the Orthodox Sect's elite disciples may all use them, but Lin Fan uses them a bit differently, not needing to press the seal technique to release them. West Gate Commander doesn't know that after Lin Fan comprehends the Heart Symbol, he can cast ordinary Dao techniques with his heart moving his hands, and his hands returning to his heart. Unfortunately, like the complex symbol of Gui Shui Yin Lei, it's impossible to activate with just the Heart Symbol, because drawing the Gui Shui Yin Lei symbol requires a considerable amount of time and attention. Such as the strongest Thunder Seal technique in Daoism, the Tai Yi Divine Thunder, not only requires hands, but also requires heart."

  There were no bamboo trees in the mountains of ten thousand, Lin Fan was riding the wind and moving forward, not slow at all, but without a medium, the consumption of spiritual power was much greater. The two returned from the Valley of Freedom and fell into Peach Blossom Valley, where Qing Shui True Person was playing Go alone in the pavilion in the center of the lake. She looked at Lin Fan with some surprise, not expecting him to escape so easily.

  Ximen said: "Please, True Person, bestow upon me the Worry-Free Vine."

  "Is Sunzi dead?" Qing Shui put down a black chess piece.

  Ximen Shuai replied: "None."

  "Have you got Ling'er's pelt?"

  "No!" replied General Ximen.

  "Why should I give you Wuhxin Teng?"

  Ximen said, "The Wuxin Teng is a treasure of the True Person. If you're not willing to give it up, then forget it. We are all cultivated people and juniors, why would the True Person deceive us over the Wuxin Teng? Wouldn't that ruin the True Person's reputation? Farewell!"

  "......" Qing Shui Zhen Ren used his thumb to flick down his middle finger: "Take it."

  A green vine flew out from his sleeve, Ximen Shuai caught it with his left hand and put it away: "Thank you, True Man, I'll take my leave."

  Lin Fan looked at the sleeve with a hint of surprise, wondering if there was still a乾坤 sleeve that wasn't formed yet. Ximen Commander pulled him up and they immediately left. After flying for two miles, Ximen Commander's face looked very unpleasant: "This woman, my master had helped her before, but unexpectedly she wanted to harm us without reason. I was forced to use words to squeeze her, only then did she agree to hand over the Wúxīn Téng."

  "Ah, this Qing Shui is quite vicious." Lin Fan asked: "Why does she have to live here?"

  "It's not that she wants to live here, but she's ill. She once fought with the daughter of the Venomous Dragon Cult leader and was poisoned with a Gu insect. If she leaves Peach Blossom Valley for more than two days, she'll be in unbearable pain, and she can't enter the Ten Thousand Great Mountain either, or else the Gu mother will erupt and kill her. This is like drawing a prison around herself, trapping her here." Ximen Shuai said: "I don't know much about her, but I think that whoever can imprison her could easily take her life, so why go to such great lengths?"

  "Du Long Jiao!" Lin Fan seemed to be deep in thought. Du Long Jiao and Tian Jiang Men were both sects that mainly cultivated poisonous creatures, but while the Queen Bees of Tian Jiang Men fed on humans, the poisonous creatures of Du Long Jiao fed on plants. The Ten Thousand Great Mountains had many varieties of poisonous grasses and flowers. Tian Jiang Men was an evil sect, whereas Du Long Jiao was neither purely good nor purely evil; they rarely made contact with the outside world and were not exactly friendly towards outsiders either.

  Ximen said with a smile: "You can go back to Yun Qing Men and ask about Lin Xue Ge's situation."

  "What?" Lin Fan retorted: "Do you still want to come back and borrow the Heartless Vine again?"

  Ximen shook his head: "This Qing Shui is a person who repays kindness with enmity, and it's still me he's targeting. I'm extremely unhappy about this. Repaying kindness with kindness, and repaying grievances with straightforwardness. However, her cultivation is quite profound, and she's in the Peach Blossom Valley, so I have no way to deal with her."

  "It's none of my business." Lin Fan was also quite curious about Lin Xue Song, the number one master of Yun Qing Men who had died mysteriously a hundred years ago, and to make matters worse, he had died from going mad with his powers, which couldn't help but pique people's interest.

  ……

  Both of them regarded it as an episode, not mentioning the world, just like the twelve continents, there were many strange and eccentric people. Lin Fan's thoughts were very calm, although Qing Shui True Person had deceived him and Xi Men Commander, but in the end, not only did he fail to deceive them, but also gave away Wu Xin Teng, two offset each other, just thinking that Qing Shui True Person was a bad person, didn't feel any grudges.

  After several days, the two finally arrived in Xizhou. Xizhou was a desolate and barren land, where prisoners were once exiled from the eleven states. Later, one of the prisoners rose up and established the state of Xizhou. Yunzhou, which was closest to Xizhou, sent troops to attack but was defeated. Under the emperor's orders, Xizhou halted production, mobilized all its citizens as soldiers, and launched a counterattack on Yunzhou, occupying sixty of its seventy-two states. The king of Xizhou forced the emperor of Yunzhou to surrender and cede territory. The king of Xizhou then used the plundered wealth to establish his own kingdom.

  The Western Continent's records of the Great Demon War three hundred years ago referred to it as the Western Demon, and since the climate east of the Western Continent was mild and rich in minerals, the residents moved eastward. Therefore, the area east of the Western Continent was more prosperous and wealthy. The boundary between the east and west of the Western Continent was at Zhen Tian Guan (Heavenly Gate Pass). South of the pass was the Wan Shan Mountains (Ten Thousand Great Mountains), while north of it was the Mi Wu Mountain Range, also known as Mo Shan (Demon Mountain), which marked the territory of the Demon Sect. Thus, the Western Continent was divided into areas within and outside the pass based on Zhen Tian Guan.

  Ximen Commander knew that after the great war of evil spirits three hundred years ago, the Demon King and the Western Emperor met, and the Western Emperor ordered the whole nation to move east and built the Heavenly Gate. The Heavenly Gate, in addition to stationing three thousand soldiers, has a high-ranking master from the Nine Palaces of the Devil's Teachings leading ten disciples stationed there every year to prevent sudden sneak attacks by evil sects. They are also responsible for searching and killing evil people who secretly cross the Heavenly Gate.