Chapter 238: Return to the underworld, the punishment of burning
The underworld, Mount Dushuo.
Taoist Zhou sat cross-legged under the dead peach tree, absorbing the remaining spiritual energy of the peach tree.
Even though the Peach God's body is dead, it can still unconsciously draw in the spiritual energy around it, like a whale swallowing the oceans and sweeping away all the remaining clouds. This shows how amazing it must have been when it was alive.
However, no matter how turbulent the spiritual energy was, the peach tree was always dead silent, without a trace of life.
Taoist Zhou opened his eyes and felt no gratitude towards the peach tree. Instead, he was filled with disgust.
"It's too slow, it's really too slow!"
His eyes glowed red and an astonishing demonic aura rippled around him. His soul began to move in turmoil and ghostly hands stretched out from his body, as if trying to break out.
Taoist Zhou snorted coldly and used his secret technique to forcibly suppress the evil thoughts in his body.
"Why hasn't he come back yet?"
Taoist Zhou’s voice was extremely terrifying, as if many people were talking at the same time, both male and female, old and young.
He looked at the timid Mo Mo standing aside and asked coldly, "What did you give him in the end?"
Mo Mo quickly shook his head, indicating that he knew nothing.
Zhou Laodao stared at her with a somewhat cold look.
He stretched out his hand and shattered the rattle in Mo Mo's hand.
He picked up the fragments silently, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"Let me ask you again, what's the secret behind the doll ?"
He stared blankly at the fragments in his hand without answering.
A murderous intent flashed in Zhou Laodao's eyes. He stretched out his hand, and his magic power condensed into a big black hand. He pinched Mo Mo's throat and lifted her into the air.
"Do you really think I won't kill you?"
"Don't think I don't know. After returning from the River Styx, you are no longer my granddaughter!"
Taoist Zhou's eyes flashed with ferocity, and his big black hands became more and more powerful. Mo Mo began to struggle violently, and black liquid began to seep out of his skin.
"Haha, you really are a freak!"
Taoist Zhou cursed loudly, as if he had found a perfect reason to kill his granddaughter with his own hands.
However, at this moment, the resurrection formation he had set up suddenly moved, emitting rays of light.
Taoist Zhou was overjoyed and said, "Haha, he's finally here. I wonder how many people he can bring with him?"
"Finally... I can have a good meal!"
He let go of Mo Mo and walked towards the Resurrection Array. At this moment, the array had changed greatly. There was a huge red-hot copper pillar in the center of the array.
The copper pillar was very strange. It was covered with a thick layer of human oil, and at the bottom was burning bone charcoal made from the remains of loyal ministers. The blue- black flames burned the copper pillar hot. Drops of human oil melted and fell into the flames, making the fire even more vigorous.
Even though they were far away, Taoist Zhou could feel the thick and foul aura surrounding the bronze pillar. Even though he was the owner of the bronze pillar, the magic power in his body was slightly sluggish.
"It's coming, it's finally coming!"
Taoist Zhou stared closely at the center of the formation, where a figure was looming.
Only one person?
Taoist Zhou narrowed his eyes, feeling a little irritated. He had been busy for so long and had made such a big preparation, but in the end, only one person came?
After a moment, the figure gradually solidified. He had a peach wood hairpin, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes. He was wearing a green Taoist robe and a black gourd hanging around his waist. He looked elegant and handsome.
It was Li Daoxuan.
As soon as he appeared, before he had time to say anything, the red-hot copper pillar emitted a huge suction force, like a whale sucking water.
Li Daoxuan looked surprised. He raised his finger, chanted a spell, and tried his best to resist.
"The Mysterious Sect of Heaven and Earth, the root of all Qi. I have practiced for billions of kalpas to prove my supernatural powers. Within and outside the Three Realms, only Taoism reigns supreme. There is golden light on my body, covering my body!"
Rays of golden light flowed through his body, making him as still as a mountain and blocking the suction of the copper pillar.
"Master Zhou, what are you doing?"
Li Daoxuan said angrily.
Zhou Laodao sneered and said, "What a waste! I gave you so much time, and you came here alone?"
He saw that Li Daoxuan was already trapped in a jar, so he showed his true colors and stopped pretending to be a good guy.
"You really have evil intentions!"
Li Daoxuan said angrily.
At the same time, he was horrified to find that his own magic power was solidifying rapidly. Although it was still abundant, he was completely unable to mobilize it, so that the golden light was rapidly dimming.
The body, which was originally as still as a mountain, gradually flew towards the bronze pillar.
Boom!
Li Daoxuan leaned his back against the Copper Pillar Mountain. He tried hard to form seals, hoping to draw out thunder from the sky to strike the pillar.
But the next moment, countless pairs of ghost hands stretched out from the bronze pillars and held down his hands and feet, making it completely impossible for him to form seals.
What made Li Daoxuan even more desperate was that the closer he got to the bronze pillar, the more his magic power became dormant, and now there was almost no fluctuation at all.
This means that even if he can still make seals, he cannot use his magical powers.
Sizzle
Li Daoxuan felt an intense burning sensation on his back, and the Taoist robe on his back instantly turned to ashes. The horrific high temperature roasted his flesh, and a smell of barbecue filled the air.
He screamed in agony, but could do nothing.
The strangest thing about this bronze pillar is that it can suppress magic power and defile Taoist techniques, making Li Daoxuan unable to use all his skills.
A third eye appeared between his brows, and he wanted to shoot a demon-subduing golden light towards Taoist Zhou. However, as soon as the third eye opened, he felt an extremely filthy air attacking him, covering his eyes.
The golden light dissipated, and Li Daoxuan's third eye seemed to be sealed and could never be opened again.
Taoist Zhou entered the formation and sneered, "Don't waste your energy. This copper pillar is called Paolao. Perhaps you have heard of it."
"At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou listened to Daji's words and built the Pao Lao, which killed ministers such as Mei Bo and Zhao Qi. The Pao Lao punishment was therefore cursed by thousands of people and became a symbol of a tyrant."
"This copper pillar is the first forged iron for King Zhou. After the fall of the Shang Dynasty, it was stolen and refined into a very filthy spiritual treasure, which is the most powerful weapon against your Xuanmen righteousness!"
"Li Daoxuan, even if you have all kinds of magical powers, you will only die in agony if you are tortured by fire. But don't worry, after you die, I will swallow your Yin Shen, dig out your divine eyes, and inherit everything from you!"
Taoist Zhou looked a little crazy, and ghost hands appeared on his body again, which showed that he had devoured many ghosts.
Li Daoxuan couldn't help but think of Chihu. There were also many ghost faces inside Chihu's body. The method of cultivation of this Taoist Zhou was probably exactly the same as Chihu's.
Chihu's method of devouring was taught by Xudu himself.
Sure enough, this guy has already defected to Xudu!
Li Daoxuan figured out the key, but he was at a loss as to what to do because he really couldn't use any Taoist magic at the moment.
His master once told him that everything in the world has its own laws of mutual generation and mutual restraint, and Taoism is no exception.
What Taoism fears most is filthy things.
For example, women’s menstrual blood or feces.
In the past, if there were extremely evil people in the world, they would be struck to death by lightning from the God of Thunder on rainy days. However, someone once hid in a toilet, used feces to defile the thunder, and killed the "God of Thunder" instead.
Such an incident was recorded in Youyang Zazu. Of course, that was not the real Lei Gong. His divine power was contaminated by feces and his true form was revealed. It was a strange beast that could release lightning. It looked like a wild boar, with black hair all over its body, horns on its head, and fleshy wings on its back.
Be it feces or menstrual blood, these things can actually only pollute ordinary Taoist magic. The five elements magical powers and the laws of heaven and earth cultivated by Li Daoxuan will not be easily contaminated. However, what he is facing now is the infamous pain-burning at the end of the Shang Dynasty.
The dynasty collapsed, the country changed hands, and the 600-year foundation of the Tang Dynasty was destroyed. This huge resentment and evil consequences, even if only a small part was given to the pain, were enough to make it a deadly monster that people would shudder at.
The more righteous one is, the more it will be restrained by it.
Taoist Zhou walked up to Li Daoxuan, reached out and touched the red mark between his eyebrows, a hint of fanaticism appeared in his eyes.
"Even if you are really the reincarnation of Erlang Zhenjun, so what? You are too weak now. I will accept this eye!"
After saying this, his nails quickly grew longer and pierced into Li Daoxuan's brow like a knife, trying to dig out the divine eye he had always dreamed of.
After obtaining the Heavenly Eye and swallowing Li Daoxuan's Yin Spirit, Zhou Laodao will be able to obtain everything from the other party, making it his own foundation and destiny, while also being able to suppress the violent evil thoughts in his body.
After tasting the sweetness of the secret method of swallowing, Taoist Zhou was no longer satisfied with the routine practice.
He used to work diligently day and night, and practiced in the mountains for a decade, but he could only barely enter the Yin God realm. However, during the years in Dushuo Mountain, relying on devouring, he not only began to touch the supreme Yang God realm, but also cultivated many Taoist magical powers.
The feeling of quickly becoming stronger by devouring others made him intoxicated.
It's a pity that only Li Daoxuan came this time...
His fingers stirred inside Li Daoxuan's head. His sharp nails had pierced through the skull, but it was still empty and he could not find the divine eye.
Taoist Zhou paused for a moment, revealing a look of surprise.
How is that possible?
The next moment, Li Daoxuan's body disappeared into thin air with a snap, turning into a broken hair.
The gourd on his waist fell to the ground, and the gourd mouth opened automatically, spewing out blazing flames, turning into a mighty fire dragon, rushing towards Zhou Laodao .
Taoist Zhou was greatly surprised. He used the escape technique to quickly retreat, then snorted coldly, pinched his fingers to activate the fire, and released a stronger foul aura.
The fire dragon let out a mournful cry and dissipated in the air.
But taking advantage of this split second, the Three Realms Gourd became as big as Jie Zi, which was invisible to the naked eye. It quickly escaped from the range of the Resurrection Formation and landed next to Mo Mo.
Then, the Three Realms Gourd returned to its normal size and spit out several streams of light.
One after another, figures flew out of the gourd.
Xu Qingxuan, Taoist Xuancheng, Zhang Qianyang, Liu Ningyan, Wu Dabao, Wu Wei, Liu Bihen, and... the real Li Daoxuan!
Some of them held flying swords, some stepped on auspicious clouds, some made thunder seals, and some raised magic sticks. They surrounded Taoist Zhou secretly and blocked all his escape routes.
Li Daoxuan stepped on auspicious clouds and made sword seals with his hands. Red Xiao and White Dragon were flying around him. The golden light of demon subduing gathered at his brow. He looked at Zhou Laodao quietly and his voice was like thunder.
"Don't you want me to bring more people?"
“Now we are here!”
