Chapter 47: The Art of Transforming into a Rainbow
The four words "There is a difference between immortals and mortals" not only apply to normal times, but also to after breaking the laws of heaven.
Tianlao, a place with a harsh environment and a lot of evil and resentful energy, is generally used to imprison monsters.
Even if the gods violated the laws of heaven, they would only be imprisoned in special cells throughout the three realms.
I can’t leave, but I do have a certain degree of freedom.
For example, Xiaobailong’s Eagle Gorge, Sha Wujing’s Flowing Sand River, and so on.
Yang Jian knew that Li Anran's opportunity was related to the Heavenly Prison, so he asked him to go to the mortal world to inspect these special cells. Obviously, he was also fulfilling his promise to help Li Anran.
Li Anran was also very satisfied with this.
Although the system needs to capture participants to gain profits, these imprisoned sinners cannot bring him any benefits.
But, having a legitimate reason to come to this world is also great!
It has been several months since he traveled to the world of Journey to the West, but apart from the Heavenly Prison, the only place he has been to is the Temple of the God of Justice.
After being held back for so long, he also wanted to go out for some fresh air and see the world of Journey to the West with his own eyes.
By the way, they also looted some treasures left behind by the prisoners in the mortal world.
However, before that, he had to make safety preparations first.
After Li Anran sent Boss Kang away, he immediately opened the Book of Punishment for Evil, turned to the page about King Yuxiong, and began to listen.
Before he descends to the mortal world, he must learn the art of turning into a rainbow that Taoist Yan taught to King Yu Monkey!
If he encounters danger and cannot fight back, he can always escape!
When people concentrate on doing one thing, time passes quickly.
Five days passed in a flash.
After paying the price of raising his cultivation to the fourth level of True Immortal, Li Anran finally learned the art of Rainbow Transformation.
The Art of Rainbow Transformation: Level 7. Current level 1, experience points required to upgrade 0/100.
Another seventh-level spell!
Li Anran was a little surprised.
This is the second seventh-level spell he mastered besides the spell of summoning spirits and generals!
Moreover, both of these spells came from Taoist Yan!
Furthermore, he has not yet fully mastered the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang. So, what is the origin of this Taoist Yan?
One person's background is actually equivalent to that of the entire Qingqiu!
Lu Ya? Randeng? Or some other big boss?
Li Anran couldn't be sure.
In the Investiture of the Gods, both Lu Ya and Randeng used the technique of turning into a rainbow, and they were both related to fire.
However, this kind of magic is not like the Five-Colored Divine Light, which requires the acquired five elements to be refined, and cannot be used to determine a person's identity.
I can only say that these two people are the most suspicious!
But, what are they doing it for?
Coincidence? Or is there another conspiracy?
There were too few clues and Li Anran really couldn't be sure.
"Increase the Rainbow Transformation Technique to level six."
As a means of saving his life, Li Anran was willing to spend a huge amount of money. He directly used up 10 million experience points, making the Rainbow Transformation Technique the highest level of all his skills.
In an instant, countless insights flooded into his mind, increasing Li Anran's mastery of the Rainbow Transformation Technique by dozens of times.
Turn your body into a rainbow and the heaven and earth are within reach!
One of the fastest escape techniques in the world!
In an instant, you can fly two hundred six thousand seven hundred and eighty-one miles!
The disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of energy.
With Li Anran's current level of True Immortal cultivation, he can only last ten breaths before his magic power is exhausted.
But, these ten breaths were enough for him to escape back to heaven from anywhere!
With the technique of turning into rainbow, Li Anran suddenly felt more confident.
He did not rush to descend to the mortal world, but first found two remote palaces in the Heavenly Prison Palace, far away from the Heavenly Prison, and set up the Ziwei Star Fighting Formation to isolate the evil and resentful aura outside.
In this way, even if an accident occurs, the impact on the Heavenly Prison will be minimal.
With these two places for training, the heavenly soldiers and generals under him who were originally monks now have a little hope. They will not have no chance to train and can only wait for death.
After doing all this, Li Anran left the Heavenly Prison and flew towards the South Gate of Heaven.
He did not use the rainbow technique.
It’s better to keep this life-saving method hidden as a trump card!
There are four gates in the heaven, east, west, south and north, corresponding to the four continents respectively, and guarded by the four heavenly kings.
Among them, there is nothing special about East Tianmen and West Tianmen.
Because the North Gate of Heaven faces the Northern Continent, which is the gathering place of the ancient demon clan, the North Gate of Heaven is nominally guarded by the Northern Heavenly King, Vaisravana, but in reality it is guarded by the Great Emperor Zhenwu, who has the strongest military force among the four gates of heaven.
The South Gate of Heaven is the main gate of the Heavenly Palace, representing the face of the Heavenly Palace. It is built in the most luxurious and magnificent manner, and the heavenly soldiers and generals guarding this place are also the tallest, bravest, and most majestic.
From a distance, Li Anran saw a brilliant golden light and countless auspicious aura rising.
The entire Nantianmen is hundreds of feet high. It is made of emerald green glazed tiles and inlaid with countless rare treasures and jades. The three large gold-painted characters "Nantianmen" on the plaque above the gate are as bright as the sun, simple and heavy.
The Heavenly King Zhangzhang led Pang, Liu, Gou, Bi, Deng, Xin, Zhang, Tao and other heavenly generals, who were the pillars of the army, holding millstones and banners. It can be said that they were the embodiment of the great appearance.
"Who are you coming!" As soon as Li Anran approached, he was stopped by King Zhangzhang.
"The God of Prison in Tianlao Palace has come down to earth to patrol at the order of the God of Justice." Li Anran showed his identity badge and the decree given by Yang Jian.
"Are you the Li Anran?" King Zhangzhang glanced at Li Anran with an unfriendly tone.
"That's right." Li Anran was neither humble nor arrogant, but a sense of uneasiness arose in his heart.
Yang Jian ruthlessly rectified the rules of heaven and cleared up old cases, making enemies everywhere in heaven. It would not be long before he would be left alone.
He is under Yang Jian's command and has such a bad reputation. If Yang Jian falls, can he really avoid being liquidated?
You know, most of those who occupy the highest-ranking positions in heaven are famous people on the List of Gods, and they have inextricable connections with each other.
Just look at this Heavenly King Zhangzhang, even though he has never had any interaction with him, he already has this attitude.
If it were anyone else, especially those who had a good relationship with Qiu Yin, it would be hard to see them letting him go!
Does Yang Jian know this?
What does he think?
Li Anran is not sure.
However, he knew that he had to work hard to improve his strength. Only when he was strong enough would he be safe enough!
Fortunately, King Zhangda just gave him a few contemptuous looks and did not do anything unnecessary. After checking the imperial edict on his waist, he let him leave the heaven.
After leaving the South Heaven Gate, Li Anran's most obvious feeling was that the concentration of spiritual energy around him suddenly dropped by more than 90%.
At the same time, the impurities in the spiritual energy also increased. Although they would not corrode and damage the body like the evil spirit in the Heavenly Prison, they would also affect the speed of breathing practice.
Li Anran made a rough estimate. Without considering other factors, just talking about breathing exercises, the efficiency in heaven is at least thirty times that in the mortal world.
This is also the reason why many cultivators are willing to give it a try even though they know that becoming a heavenly soldier is a road of no return.
Li Anran had a clear goal and flew straight to the Five Elements Mountain.
If you come to the world of Journey to the West and don’t check in at the Five Elements Mountain and take a look at the monkeys, it would be unreasonable.
Because the monkey has great magical powers and he has sworn brothers like the Bull Demon King and the Peng Demon King, the Five Elements Mountain is the most powerful and heavily guarded of all the special prisons used to suppress the evil spirits.
Not only are there the Five Elements Mountain and the Six-Character Mantra suppressing it, but there are also heavenly soldiers, heavenly generals, the Five Directions Jie Di and the land gods guarding it!
The heavenly soldiers and generals represent the heaven, the five Jiedis and the land gods represent the sacred mountains of Buddhism!
Although this land god looks inconspicuous, he was actually summoned by Tathagata using mantras. It represents Tathagata's will and is the core of guarding the monkey!
In other words, the Bull Demon King and his men were unwilling to come to the Five Elements Mountain to rescue the monkey because the monkey had repeatedly requested for amnesty, otherwise they would have been imprisoned as well.
"Master Prison Warden, the Five Elements Mountain is ahead. You'd better not get too close." said the heavenly general.
Li Anran nodded and looked towards the Five Elements Mountain.
Among the weeds and bushes, where mosses and ivy have accumulated, there was a monkey head buried in the mud, with half of its arm sticking out.
I don't know if it was asleep or what, it didn't move for a long time, just like a piece of stone with an outline similar to a monkey's head.
Li Anran felt somewhat complicated.
He had never seen the monkeys' arrogance when they made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, but in King Yuxiong's memory, he had seen the monkeys' majestic and unrestrained appearance.
Especially the scene when the monkey committed the crime of heaven for the first time, erected the "Great Sage Equaling Heaven" flag on the Flower-Fruit Mountain, repelled the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, and held a celebration banquet.
It is truly the most watched star in the three realms!
Even the Bull Demon King and his companions came to Huaguo Mountain to congratulate the monkeys and became sworn brothers with them!
But now, the monkey was trapped under the mountain in such a miserable state, like the most inconspicuous dirt, and no one cared about it.
That's it, it's still good, at least it can still escape after five hundred years.
People like Shen Gongbao, who has been pressed into the North Sea Spring since the end of the Conferred God Conferment, are truly living a life worse than death!
I must never fall to this level again!
Li Anran secretly swore in his heart and asked the general: "Has it always been like this all these years?"
The general shook his head and said, "This demon monkey is..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a loud "boom" suddenly.
Li Anran looked in the direction of the voice and immediately knew the answer. He also finally understood why the general didn't let him get close.
At the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, the monkey opened his eyes at some point, and although the glow in his fiery eyes was no longer surging, they still revealed a rebellious look.
Its face was hideous, and it twisted its body and struggled desperately.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The earth shook violently and the Five Elements Mountain swayed from side to side.
It looked as if it might escape at any moment.
But in fact, the Five Elements Mountain seemed to grow on its body, sticking tightly to it without any gap.
No matter how it struggled, it couldn't move its body even a little bit, and it couldn't even stretch out its arms.
"OM! MA! NI! BA! MI! HUNG!"
The figures of the Five Directions Jie Di appeared above the Five Elements Mountain.
Each occupied a mountain peak.
Recite the six-syllable mantra.
In an instant, the Buddha's light became brighter and the shaking of the Five Elements Mountain gradually decreased.
But in a short moment, the monkey's strength was exhausted and he collapsed to the ground again.
Its body was soaked with sweat, and the exposed hair was stuck together in wisps, sticking to its face.
Li Anran's face remained expressionless, but his right hand was clenched into a fist in his sleeve.
He originally thought that someone like the monkey, who had had a smooth life all his life, would have a worse character. He didn't expect that after a hundred years, the monkey still didn't bow his head and surrender.
"Master Warden, this monkey is wild and untamed, and it makes trouble every once in a while."
The general guarding the Five Elements Mountain had long been accustomed to this scene and said with a smile, "It will be over soon. Feed it copper balls and iron juice for a few more decades, and give it more food. It will know what is good and what is bad, and will not do this kind of useless work again."
As he spoke, the land god appeared beside the monkey and began to pour copper balls and iron juice into the monkey's mouth.
The monkey's magical powers had long been sealed by the Five Elements Mountain and the True Word Buddha Sticker. His previous struggles had been entirely based on his own strength, but now he was powerless to resist.
"Um!!!"
The monkey's eyes bulged out, his hands were clenched so tightly that veins popped out, and he let out bursts of painful groans from his throat.
Seeing the monkey unwilling to bow his head and being punished for it, I thought of the time when the monkey saw Guanyin four hundred years later, he would keep saying “Namo Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, who saves the suffering and the distressed, and is compassionate and merciful.”
Li Anran felt somewhat complicated.
He didn't look any further, turned around and left the Five Elements Mountain, trying to pretend that he didn't see it.
In the next few days, Li Anran followed the edict given by Yang Jian and inspected the sinful immortals one by one.
The first one he saw, who was also the one closest to the Five Elements Mountain, was the Curtain-Pulling General in the Flowing Sand River, who would later become Sha Seng.
Xiaobailong's Yingchoujian is actually closer to the Five Elements Mountain.
However, it has not yet set fire to the pearl in the palace and is still serving as the Third Prince of the Dragon in the West Sea.
Zhu Bajie had been beaten with two thousand hammers by the Jade Emperor and banished to the mortal world because he molested Chang'e while drunk.
However, it was not sentenced to imprisonment, but to be sent into reincarnation to cultivate again.
Also, on the way to the cycle of reincarnation, he broke free from the restraints of the heavenly soldiers, and with his true spirit, he took over another body and was reborn.
Although he retained his memory and most of his magic power, he was mistakenly given the Pig Head, and later "married" to Yunzhan Dongluan's second sister.
It is a wanted criminal in heaven who cannot stand the light of day.
Li Anran knew that he was hiding far away.
In comparison, Sha Seng is much more honest.
Because he broke the glass cup at the Peach Banquet, he was banished to the Flowing Sand River. Every seven days, he was punished by having his chest pierced by a flying sword a hundred times, but he never thought of escaping.
Not only that, it was mentioned in Journey to the West that Sha Seng could not bear the hunger and cold, so he would go out to find a traveler to eat every three or two days, and as a result he ate nine people who were seeking scriptures.
But now, he has never done such a thing. He stays at the bottom of the Quicksand River every day to practice hard and has never even eaten fish or shrimp.
Li Anran couldn't help but wonder whether Sha Seng ate people because his temperament had changed drastically after being punished for a long time, or whether he was paving the way to eat the nine people who were seeking scriptures!
He didn't have much feeling for Sha Seng. He just took a quick look at him and set off to the next place.
During this period, he did not forget to take away the treasures left behind by the prisoners in the Heavenly Prison or hidden in the mortal world.
However, the harvest was not satisfactory.
Most of the monsters that can be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison are big monsters. The mountains they occupy and the caves where they practice are also not bad.
After so many years, new monsters have occupied their territory, and the treasures inside have naturally changed hands.
Li Anran wasted several days, and his only gain was finding the thousand-year-old ginseng hidden at the bottom of the Yanyan River by the Black Scale King of Wushui Mountain.
However, as time passed, he has now become a true immortal!
This ginseng is extremely precious to ordinary cultivators, but its effect is just average to true immortals.
Li Anran simply found a jade box to put it in, preparing to give it as a birthday gift for the Third Holy Mother.
Even though his participation in this birthday party seemed like he was looking for trouble, he still had to bring a gift.
Soon, it was the second day of March.
Li Anran rode on a auspicious cloud and flew towards Guanjiangkou.
