Chapter 0017 Mission
As he followed Qin Tiannan forward, he was trying to figure out the Tianyin Heart Sutra.
Finally, he arrived at the treasure house of Xiaoling Mausoleum and saw the withered old man.
The haggard old man sat in a recliner under the moonlight, swaying from side to side. The moonlight shone on his haggard face, which gave off a ghostly aura that made Li Chengkong feel creepy.
"Mr. Zheng." Qin Tiannan clasped his fists solemnly.
The withered old man lay in the chair and said lazily: "You better think about it. This kid is too addicted to gambling and can easily get into trouble."
Qin Tiannan said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zheng, I believe in my own vision!"
"There will be a day when you cry!" The withered old man took out a small black seal from his arms.
The cylindrical seal, the size of a little finger, seemed to be able to swallow the moonlight. It was so dark that its true appearance could not be seen. Even at such a close distance, Li Chengkong could only see its outline.
"Come here!" The withered old man waved his left hand.
Li Chengkong came closer.
"Squat down!" The withered old man pressed down with his left palm.
Li Chengkong squatted down.
The withered old man pressed the cylindrical seal between Li Chengkong's eyebrows with his right hand, then released it and waved his left hand: "Alright."
Li Chengkong felt a chill in his heart and stood up slowly.
The withered old man moved incredibly fast, and even though he was thinking ten times faster, he still couldn't react.
By the time he reacted, the seal had already left his forehead.
He stood up and touched his forehead, feeling a faint burning sensation, which disappeared as soon as he touched it, as if it was just an illusion.
"Let's go." Qin Tiannan clasped his fists and turned to leave.
Li Chengkong clasped his fists towards the withered old man, then followed.
Qin Tiannan took him into a small courtyard, sat down at the stone table in the middle of the courtyard, and then stared at him.
"Listen carefully. I will teach you the secret formula for activating the Heaven Surveying Seal." Qin Tiannan said, "You must not leak it to others, otherwise you will be killed by the backlash!"
After he finished speaking, he uttered a few mantras.
After Li Chengkong memorized it, he tried to activate it. He suddenly felt a burning sensation between his eyebrows, but when he touched it with his hand, he felt no heat at all.
A strange glowing symbol slowly emerged between his eyebrows, as if it was painted with fluorescent powder, and the flowing light overwhelmed the moonlight.
Li Chengkong asked: "Master, what is the use of this Sky Survey Seal?"
"Identify yourself." Qin Tiannan said, "This is your only way to prove your identity. The rest is useless."
"There should be other uses, right?" Li Chengkong asked, "For example, sensing us?"
Qin Tiannan shook his head.
Li Chengkong asked: "Can it kill us through it?"
He had read countless novels in his previous life, and when he saw this, he thought of the control methods in those novels.
Qin Tiannan snorted, "What a mess!... Li Chengkong, you are too nervous. Not so many people want to harm you!"
Li Chengkong shook his head.
Qin Tiannan said unhappily: "Just say what you want to say!"
"Master Qin, I will speak frankly then." Li Chengkong said.
"Fart if you want to!"
"This Sky Survey Seal is actually quite stupid!"
"Asshole!"
"Then I won't say anything?"
"put!"
"There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and the same goes for the formula for activating the Patrol Heaven Seal. If someone gets it, for example, the Ziyang Sect, everyone who joins the sect must first activate the formula. How can the Patrol Heaven Guards have any chance of getting it?"
"It's impossible for outsiders to get this formula!"
"There are so many wonders in the world, and the wonders and secrets are beyond imagination. How can you be sure that you can't go?"
Qin Tiannan frowned, his expression changed several times, then he turned and left.
Li Chengkong smiled.
"What are you doing standing there? Why don't you catch up?" Qin Tiannan's voice came from outside the yard.
Li Chengkong followed him back to the haggard old eunuch.
Qin Tiannan asked the old eunuch to erase Li Chengkong's Sky Survey Seal.
The withered old eunuch shook his head, saying "what a mess", and pressed a seal on Li Chengkong's forehead with his right hand again.
Li Chengkong touched his forehead and found that he had no feeling at all. He tried to activate the mantra but still nothing unusual happened.
The Sky Survey Seal has disappeared.
Qin Tiannan said sternly: "Li Chengkong, there are only three people who know your identity now, me, Mr. Zheng, and Master Gao."
"Yes." Li Chengkong acted respectful.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The area between the eyebrows is a vital point, how can it be controlled by others?
He didn't believe that the Sky Survey Seal printed on his forehead was so beneficial and harmless.
Perhaps the top leaders of the Sky Patrol could kill me or see through my thoughts just by thinking about it.
He would rather take a greater risk than do that.
"Without the Sky Patrol Seal, if we don't tell anyone, no one will know that you are a Sky Patrol Guard, and no one will admit that you are a Sky Patrol Guard!"
"Yes, Chief, I will be careful not to die at the hands of my own family."
"It's good that you understand the danger involved." Qin Tiannan snorted, turned around and solemnly clasped his fists to say goodbye to the withered old man.
The two walked side by side in the moonlight.
"The Ziyang Cult will definitely recruit you and seduce you, so you can just go along with it and join in."
"Master Seal, what do I want to do in Ziyang Sect?"
He had long guessed that he had to infiltrate the Zi Yang Sect.
"Find out who the leader of the Ziyang Sect is and get the list of the Ziyang Sect's followers!"
"I'm just afraid I'm not up to the task."
“Just do your best!”
"How long will that take?"
"Take your time. Don't rush. It's easy to make mistakes when you're in a hurry."
"If I can't climb to the top in my lifetime, won't I just do this for the rest of my life?"
"Don't worry, the emperor won't tolerate the Ziyang Cult for that long! ... Ten years, ten years at most!"
Li Chengkong breathed a sigh of relief.
But ten years is a long time.
"Master, if I stay in Xiaoling, no matter how great my abilities are, I will have nowhere to display them. How can I possibly climb to the top of Ziyang Sect and meet the leader?"
"If you are good enough, the Ziyang Church will find a way."
"The Ziyang Sect is more powerful than the Chief Secretary? Can they accomplish things that the Chief Secretary cannot do?"
"Otherwise, how could it become such a big problem for the imperial court?"
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Li Chengkong returned to his room, sat cross-legged on the couch, and tried to practice the Tianyin Heart Technique.
Although he felt that the Tianyin Heart Sutra was too simple, seeing that Qin Tiannan directly destroyed the Tianyin Heart Sutra secret book and was afraid that someone else would get it, he thought it should not be an ordinary martial arts technique.
As the head of the Sky Patrol Guard and the Palace of Gods, Qin Tiannan's vision must be good.
Li Chengkong followed the secret, breathing and embracing his heart, like a hen embracing eggs, with his heart and breath dependent on each other and condensed one foot in front of his body, observing it as if it was there and not there.
His control over his breathing and mind was extremely subtle, and he was able to meet the requirements quickly.
The mind gradually entered a wonderful state, without any thoughts, in a trance, and slowly separated from time and space.
Early in the morning, Song Minghua and the other two were washing up in the yard. When Li Cheng didn't come out, Sun Guiwu knocked on the door.
But there was no response when he knocked on the door, so Sun Guiwu pushed the door open and saw Li Chengkong sitting cross-legged on the couch, motionless, with a solemn and dignified appearance.
He was about to step forward and wake Li Chengkong up when Song Minghua hurriedly stopped him.
"If you don't get up, you won't have any food to eat." Sun Guiwu said.
"Don't move!" Song Minghua stared at Li Chengkong: "He should be in a state of enlightenment, don't disturb him."
"Epiphany? This guy doesn't want anyone else to live!" Sun Guiwu stared at Li Chengkong: "Another epiphany!"
His rapid progress is so fast that people are envious and jealous. Now he has entered the state of enlightenment. Needless to say, he will make great progress after waking up, and may even surpass the three of them.
Hu Yunshi snorted, "Geniuses are so despairing!"
"Let's go, let's go." Sun Guiwu snorted, "Let him have a good enlightenment. He won't starve to death if he skips a meal!"
He was in a bad mood.
But he was not angry at Li Chengkong, but at his own incompetence.
After dinner, they came to see Li Chengkong, and he was still the same. If it weren't for his long and slow breathing, they would have thought he was dead.
They came back in the evening and found Li Chengkong still in the same position.
Sun Guiwu was shirtless, rubbing a mud ball from his neck, and asked worriedly, "Isn't he possessed?"
Although Song Minghua's clothes were soaked, he was still dressed neatly: "It was an epiphany."
Sun Guiwu said: "It shouldn't take that long for enlightenment, it's already been a day!"
Hu Yunshi bared his hairy chest and said, "The longer you take to realize it, the greater the gains will be. Stop talking nonsense!"
"Wait a little longer." Song Minghua said, "If he still doesn't wake up tomorrow, then ask Chief Qin to come and have a look."
In the early morning of the next day, Li Chengkong still maintained the original posture, and Sun Guiwu hurried to find Qin Tiannan.
Qin Tiannan came over and left after saying "Don't touch him".
The next evening, when they hurried back, Li Chengkong was still sitting there.
They stared at Li Chengkong with serious expressions.
Although the longer the enlightenment lasts, the greater the benefits will be, it is not so good if it lasts more than two days.
At this time, Li Chengkong's spirit was slowly returning. There was a ball of bright light one foot in front of his eyes, round and bright like a full moon.
Somewhere inside the body also glowed faintly, echoing the bright light.
Li Chengkong poured all the internal energy in his dantian into this place.
"Boom!" A thunder-like sound came to my ears.
He smiled.
