The Blade-Wielding Legend
Chapter 283 - 189: Divine Lamp on Hua Mountain_2

Chapter 283: Chapter 189: Divine Lamp on Hua Mountain_2

"Right now, they are blocked at the base of Hua Mountain; I’m afraid their intentions are not good."

"Oh?"

Li Yan, hearing this, immediately understood and scoffed, "It seems the officials from the Commander Department haven’t calmed down yet..."

The Commander Department is responsible for the military forces in various regions.

Nearby, Tong Pass is a strategic point for the provinces of Jin, Shan, and Yu and also serves as the gateway to Guanzhong, so the garrison there, Thousand Households at Tong Pass, is not weak, stationing three thousand troops.

Since it’s a junction of three provinces and a crucial military point, they certainly wouldn’t mobilize troops without orders from above; it looks like those people have already decided to act.

First, of course, they’re looking for evidence of gunpowder usage. Although they’ve made a mess of the place, if the other side insists on framing and entrapment, there’s nothing to be done.

These old rogues in the army are greedy and reckless, it’s not surprising they’d engage in such actions, especially since during the Maitreya Sect’s uprising, these same rascals had committed acts of killing the innocent for merit.

It can only be said that they had escaped reckoning at the time.

Li Yan thought for a moment, quickly took out paper and pen, and wrote a letter, "Brother Lv, please deliver this to Sha Lifei."

Lv San nodded, and at that moment, a hawk’s cry sounded; the hawk flapped its wings and flew towards Wangxian Temple.

Not long after, a letter came from there.

The reply, surprisingly, was from Yan Jiuling.

He decided to first descend the mountain and return to Chang’an, to request orders from Shan State’s Governor Li Siyuan to drive these people away.

Although this person kept a low profile, Sha Lifei still managed to uncover his background.

Yan Jiuling’s grandfather had once been a famous Confucian in Bailu Academy. Though he had long passed away, some people still remembered this mentor-apprentice kinship; Shan State’s Governor Li Siyuan was one of them.

Commander Tang Yang, sensing trouble earlier this year, had sided with the Li family, whether or not this matter involved him, his words presumably carried some weight.

Wang Daoxuan, seeing this, nodded and stroked his beard smiling, "This Mr. Yan has a countenance blessed with fortune, with a heart of righteousness. He is sure to achieve great things in the future."

Li Yan nodded, "Debts of gratitude must naturally be repaid, once we reach Yichang, we’ll go directly to his house to treat him."

With this matter arranged, the three of them again entered the Grotto Heaven Acupoint to explore.

Inside, the space was empty and clean swept, with green stones piled around. In the center stood a stone platform, arranged in a pattern of heaven round and earth square.

Since the methods of constructing towers for the cultivation of different Magic Veins vary, Chunyang Palace had not carelessly added any Arrays; there was only a square stone altar, arranged to become a magic platform after some setup.

After all the trouble, it was already getting dark.

As before, Li Yan spread out a yellow cloth, pasted Yellow Talismans all around, and, using the earthly branches as directions, lit twenty-four Soul Summoning Lamps in a circle.

The number of Lotus Lamps had doubled since last time.

Different this time, he had also purchased a Yin Yang Eight Trigrams copper mirror, which was a single-use Magic Artifact, not expensive but able to help him stabilize the balance of Yin and Yang during cultivation.

After completing all these, Lv San and Wang Daoxuan firmly shut the stone door, accompanied by a rumbling sound; the room suddenly plunged into darkness.

Li Yan wasn’t bothered, sat cross-legged to meditate, adjusted his mind and spirit, bringing his condition to its best.

Unintentionally, midnight was nearing.

Li Yan suddenly opened his eyes, lit a flint, and lit all the Lotus Lamps one by one; the pitch-black cavern immediately lit up with a dim yellow light.

Having already built the tower, and having cultivated the Northern Emperor’s Yin Mountain Technique during this period, restarting the magic platform was now second nature to him.

He performed Step Gang, moving from one star to another, his concentration intense as if paying homage to Immortal Gods, while simultaneously performing the reverse lotus Luo Feng spell with his hands.

Soon, a cold and stern aura rose from the ground, like a sword thrusting towards him; Li Yan skillfully dodged, led a Dharma Seal, and sprayed water from his mouth.

In an instant, a wind rose from the ground.

The Lotus Lamps flickered uncertainly, and the Innate Gang Sha Qi of the entire spiritual acupoint connected with the magic platform, surging from all directions.

Li Yan sat cross-legged, circulated Luo Feng Scripture to meditate, feeling the surroundings growing darker, protected only by the Lotus Lamps, his mind entering Storing God.

The surrounding scenes changed again, entering the world of Storing God Visualization.

Below, a black mist surged like a sea; above, white gas spiraled like clouds; a black mountain rose from the Yin Sea, which was the Visualization of Luo Feng Mountain.

Atop Luo Feng Mountain stood an ancient Divine Temple, the Storing God resided within, this was the Luo Feng Divine Que, also known as the Night Light Pavilion, with the Yin Sea below.

Previous cultivations of Yin Mountain Technique had seen Luo Feng Mountain growing taller, becoming more steep and formidable, and the temple structure also significantly expanded.

Li Yan methodically performed the spell, feeling it intricately.

Gradually, he and the temple’s Storing God became one, simultaneously performing the spell, first the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches spell, representing the operation of heaven, followed by stabilizing firmly.

The surrounding space seemed to be under his control, drawing on the outside Astral Bane Energy, continuously expanding the scope of the Visualization Realm.

Boom, boom, boom!

Before long, the dark Yin Qi sea below rapidly expanded, surging like tidal waves, fiercely striking Luo Feng Mountain.

At this second layer, the key to cultivation was no longer to open Yin and Yang but to lift heaven higher and sink earth deeper, causing Yin Qi and Yang Qi to condense more intensely.

Of course,