Chapter 76: Divine Thunder

  The abbot of Tianyin Temple was organizing the monks to hold a memorial service for the wrongly killed souls while having Monk Cui send off the guests, telling them that after discussing with Fangzhang, they would naturally give an explanation. This hasty farewell showed that the abbot also realized the urgency of the situation and had no heart for courtesy.

  Although Cu Mei and Shang were rough and unrefined, their attitude was extremely humble. Compared to Jue Se... they still couldn't compare. When Lin Fan and the others left, the bell of Tian Yin Temple rang out, this was the gathering bell for all monks. It seems that Tian Yin Temple didn't plan on standing idly by in the matter of Gui Men, they were going to take action.

  Bai Mudo: "Except for the Xiaodongzhou water disaster, all the monks who left Tianyin Temple were ascetic practitioners. Only those who cultivate the truth know that Tianyin Temple is not ordinary. It's a good thing that Tianyin Temple is willing to enter the world."

  Lin Fan nodded: "The hidden danger of the Ghost Gate is still among the people. It seems that not only Tianyin Temple needs to enter the world, but also contact the emperors of various continents."

  Bai Mu nodded in agreement: "However, there must be a leader for all things. Currently, the largest faction is none other than the Zi Xiao Temple, but it seems that the temple master of Zi Xiao is preoccupied with trivial matters and doesn't have the mind to deal with the affairs of Gui Men."

  "Just go and take a look."

  ……

  Four disciples returned to Yun Qing Mountain and reported to Qian Yu Zhen Ren. After that, Qian Yu Zhen Ren gathered the leaders of various sects for discussion. Finally, Qian Yu Zhen Ren sent a letter to Zi Xiao Dian's Zi Yun Zhen Ren, hoping he could be the leader of the righteous path. Apart from this, Qian Yu Zhen Ren asked Qing Yuan Sect's leader to visit Dong Zhou Imperial Palace. Letting Zi Xiao Dian take the lead was not intended to steal the limelight from its overlord, after all, Qian Yu Zhen Ren knew a thing or two about Zi Yun Zhen Ren's tolerance. Meeting with the Emperor of Dong Zhou was a responsibility of being the largest sect in Dong Zhou. Many Ghost Gate followers came from among the common people, and refining vengeful spirits required many lives. The emperor could demand that each region intensify their investigation of murder cases; once multiple murders occurred consecutively in a certain place, it would be reported to the imperial court, which would then inform Yun Qing Men, and Yun Qing Men would dispatch an expert to investigate.

  This is just a precaution, and the best way is to find the Ghost Gate General Altar and destroy it.

  The ghost gate has just appeared, but the atmosphere of a stormy rain is coming and the wind is full of the building, which fills the emotions of Lin Fan and four people. The main thing is how to deal with the vengeful spirit banner. Not only is it Yun Qing Men, even if it's Zi Xiao Temple, there is very little knowledge about the ghost way. At most, it's just a fierce ghost and a vengeful spirit born from heaven, earth, and human souls, and their Taoism is very low. There are very few records of ghost way techniques in the literature, except for the ghost gate vengeful spirit banner, there is only one kind of ghost gate treasure. This ghost gate treasure is called Yin Soul Skull, also known as Yin Soul Cry. The treasure has a total of nine pieces, all of which are skull heads, but these skull heads are not ordinary human skull heads. The higher the cultivation of the person who died and left behind the skull head, the greater the power of this treasure. This treasure was recorded in the Ghost Gate General Altar at that time, but no one had refined it completely, so no one knew its true power.

  Four people walked in silence over the Jiulang Mountains, when suddenly the leading Gu Yan stopped: "The vengeful spirit banner is not without weaknesses."

  "Huh?" everyone wondered.

  Gu Yan said, "Using the Thunderclap Flash Technique and the Nine Turns of the Confusion Array can deal with it. This is a low-level cultivation method, which we have two people who can use. We can also use the Immobilization Technique or even the Golden Lightning Flash to immobilize it, making it unable to activate the Vengeful Spirit Banner, and take it down in one move."

  "Yè Wúshuāng asked: 'What if one's cultivation is very strong?'"

  "The Vengeful Spirit Banner is different from other magical artifacts. It's like the Nine Turns of the Devil-Conquering Spell, where the evil person must continue to use it, just like a protective true energy. After using the Vengeful Spirit Banner, the black air becomes one entity, with both offense and defense capabilities. As long as you break into the black air, directly attacking the Vengeful Spirit Banner will allow you to destroy it."

  "But we just can't get in."

  Gu Yan shook his head: "That senior brother was captured by the black energy and immediately attached to the vengeful spirit banner. He couldn't resist the enemy from outside, but could only circulate true energy inside to resist. I think if one's cultivation is high enough, they can directly break the vengeful spirit banner. Besides that, there's also..." Gu Yan said this, and the peach wood sword under his feet flew out in a slanting line, sticking to a tree trunk. Gu Yan pinched a spell seal, and the peach wood sword exploded with a loud noise, turning into powder. The center of that large tree shattered accordingly.

  It's a waste, it takes ten years for a peach tree to grow before you can take its main trunk and refine it into a peach wood sword.

  Gu Yan said, "Apart from this, it can only be Thunder Arts. Fire Thunder breaks evil, and on the Great River Crossing, the fire thunder collides with the black air of the Wronged Soul Banner, which has some advantages. However, single fire thunder is not enough to cause damage, and the flying fire meteor of the Fire Earth Thunder Incantation has momentum but lacks the ability to break evil."

  Bai Mudao said: "After the two lines of thunder are mixed and belong to each other, there is no ability to break evil."

  "Unless it's divine thunder." Gu Yan replied.

  Shen Lei is the heavenly thunder that Lin Fan saw in the Eastern Sea, not the five elements' thunder. It specializes in breaking evil and breaking gas, and its power is unmatched. Lin Fan said: "I've heard of Taiyi Shenlei before, but it's only recorded in documents. Even Yunqingmen doesn't have a cultivation method for it. Even the strongest Nanzhou Leishan sect, which specializes in thunder techniques, only has the power of Gui Water Yin Lei."

  Bai Mu Shu read a lot and said: "The essence of Taiyi Shen Lei is the divine thunder. In the literature, only Yun Qing Men Kai Pai's ancestor, Yun Qing Zi, can use Taiyi Shen Lei. Taiyi Shen Lei is arranged with Qian Gong as one, Li Gong as two, Gen Gong as three, Zhen Gong as four, Wu as the middle palace, Dui Gong as six, Kun Gong as seven, Kan Gong as eight, and Xun Gong as the formation of the divine thunder. There are many other methods in the literature that have not been recorded in detail. Its power is unmatched, but the main array is still the divine thunder. Without mentioning Taiyi Shen Lei, it seems that only Yun Qing Zi's literature has seen it, and no one else has cultivated it."

  "There is one person who can summon divine lightning, he is a disciple of Yun Qing Men." Gu Yan added: "And he's still alive."

  The other three were surprised and asked: "Who?"

  "Lin Xue Ge." Gu Yan said: "It's said that when Lin Xue Ge was traveling in the Southern Sea, he met a loose immortal who was crossing the small kalpa. His heart was as high as the sky, and he had a bit of an unruly temperament. He lent a hand to help that immortal. Unfortunately, the immortal still couldn't defeat his enemies, and before dying, he passed on the method of driving divine thunder. Ten years later, Lin Xue Ge entered the evil sect for love, flattening three evil sects, except for two divine soldiers, it was all thanks to the power of divine thunder."

  Lin Fan was shocked and suspicious: "How did you know?" This matter is not recorded in the documents, Lin Xuege was also erased from existence by Yunqingmen because of his crime of murdering his master. Even if outsiders have records, they will not be so detailed. Moreover, his own sect leader is Lin Xuege's junior brother, and he has never mentioned Lin Xuege's encounter with the immortal before."

  "Rumors and hearsay, let's go."

  Rumors? Of course not. Gu Yan's father, Gu Ping, was once the leader of Yun Qing Men Tian Xing Zong, and Lin Xue Ge was his close friend. They were known as the "Yun Qing San Long Yi Feng" (Three Dragons and One Phoenix of Yun Qing). The seniors of Yun Qing Men believed that it would develop and grow under their leadership, becoming the number one orthodox sect. Unfortunately, Gu Ping joined the Blood Shadow Sect and became its leader, Lin Xue Ge was trapped by love and committed the crime of murdering his master, becoming a recluse. Meng Sheng, San San Zhen Ren, is like a dream, with an idle and lazy personality. Only Qiuyue Zhenren, the current leader of Yun Qing Men, remains, standing out alone. Although Yun Qing Men has regained its vitality under Qiuyue's leadership, it is still far from meeting everyone's expectations for the Three Dragons and One Phoenix.