Chapter 399: Fusion of Buddhism and Taoism
After instructing Hu Wenlang to keep an eye on the movements in Mocheng and Jiguacheng, Zhou Tieyi boarded a Feipeng and headed for Pingjin Ferry.

Although due to previous arrangements, the people of Pingjin Ferry only suffered property losses and no casualties, but Zhou Tieyi was not the kind of boss who could just sit back and do nothing. He naturally knew how to make up for the losses at Pingjin Ferry. Moreover, as the place where the Huaihe River and the Qishui River meet at Panyang Lake, the role of Pingjin Ferry was self-evident, and it was worth Zhou Tieyi's arrangements here.

On Feipeng, Zhou Tieyi first entered the white jade chessboard to distribute the harvest.

The first is the integration of the Huaihe River and the Qishui River's three-grade divine seal, which has a brilliant divine light. In addition to having a stronger control over the water veins, it also has some of the power of "Yi Xuan Ji".

Normally, when a cultivator changes the celestial phenomena, even if it is with great fanfare, it can only last for a short period of time, just like the wind, rain and river water changes at Pingjin Ferry last night.

The second-grade 'Yi Xuan Ji' already has the ability to change the climate of an area over the long term, starting from the core rules of heaven and earth, turning the sea into mulberry fields and the desert into forests.

One of the main reasons why the two north-south waterways of Daxia were blocked was the Sea of ​​Blood. The Thunder Pool changed the climate of the two places all year round, making the waterways extremely dangerous for thousands of years.

Changing the mysteries of heaven and earth to this extent usually requires a huge price to be paid, and gods are generally unwilling to do so. However, there is one situation, that is, when second-grade gods die, there will usually be huge weather changes on the battlefield where they fall, thus creating a lot of bizarre terrain and climate in Daxia.

In addition to his ability to change the climate over the long term, Yi Xuanji can also change reality through wishes.

But this reality cannot be fabricated.

For example, if a person makes a wish for a stone, then the gods will use the power of "Yi Xuan Ji" to fulfill the wish. In that case, there is a high probability that a stone from another place will be moved here instead of creating a stone that did not exist out of thin air.

Moreover, every time Yi Xuan Ji makes a wish, he has to pay a price, which has to be verified by the gods. For example, taking the moving of a stone, if the stone appears in front of the wisher by some coincidence through the collaboration of many people, the cost is lower than moving the stone to the wisher out of thin air.

Of course, it is possible to create something out of thin air. After a long period of exploration, the gods comprehended and borrowed the "form" of existing things to create a temporary object. For example, the gods of the Huaihe River and the Qi River temporarily created their own artifacts. Such temporary objects are unlikely to have their original power and will continue to consume the power of the gods and cannot be maintained for a long time.

Of course, in the memories of the two gods of Huaihe River and Qishui River, there have been gods who tried to create things out of thin air through the method of "Yi Xuan Ji", but most of the distorted realities will be corrected after a period of time, and the people who made the wishes and the gods will suffer terrible things and perish.

In addition to making wishes, Yi Xuan Ji has many peculiar uses, just like the wishes of the people for the gods, which are varied and bizarre.

"A second-grade deity, even if originally just a mountain god, has gradually developed its divine authority and abilities towards omnipotence. This may be related to the refinement of the mortal world. When a fourth-grade deity refines the mortal world, the common people and the deity jointly decide on their image. This idealistic consciousness has begun to truly change reality."

Zhou Tieyi pondered, and at the same time realized that the biggest difference between this world and his previous world was that consciousness could really determine matter to a certain extent.

In other words, the matter and consciousness of this world exist in duality, influencing and interacting with each other, so each sect needs the participation of the grassroots people. Therefore, among all things and spirits, Shinto ultimately chose humans as the foundation, because humans are the most spiritual among the species with the strongest reproductive ability, and have the strongest reproductive ability among the species with the strongest spirituality.

After understanding this, Zhou Tieyi looked at the other two harvests in the white jade chessboard. The bodies of Panlong and Lilong had been taken out and let Taodu Weng devour the results. Together with the fruit of the third-grade starlight god that had not been used last time, Zhou Tieyi actually had three third-grade foundations in his hands.

After devouring the corpses of third-grade, fourth-grade, fifth-grade, and sixth-grade corpses in large quantities, Taodu Weng himself was also undergoing a transformation. Now, he had completely merged with the white jade chessboard. As long as he landed on the ground and established a kingdom of God with the white jade chessboard, he would be able to become a supreme god.

"Tao Du Weng, how is your research going on the thing I asked you to study last time?"

Tao Du Weng, who was absorbing the essence of two dragons, heard Zhou Tieyi's question and immediately stretched out a branch and handed it to Zhou Tieyi. There was no fruit on the branch, but a bat mineral beast hanging upside down.

The dangers in the Taihang Mountain mines mainly come from two aspects. One is the radiation of the chaotic spirit of the inkstone itself. Zhou Tieyi has already found a solution. The other is the mining beasts that are crazy and bloodthirsty and like to devour the inkstone.

When he went down the mine for the first time, Zhou Tieyi collected the group of bat beasts in order to study how to tame them.

"Father God, I have tried all the methods you mentioned, and the most successful one is the 'parasitic method'."

The so-called parasitic method is to use an unformed peach seed to control the bat mine beast in a parasitic form and completely replace the original spirit.

Zhou Tieyi stretched out his hand, and the bat beast on the branch opened its eyes. The blood-red eyeballs with roots like blood vessels bulged slightly, and then the bat began to flap its wings crookedly, like a drunkard.

Zhou Tieyi understood at a glance that this method of parasitism still had a lot of room for improvement, but of course it had already achieved good results. He couldn't help but think of the earth dragon that appeared that day. If that kind of big guy could be controlled, it would be like having a living tunnel boring machine, which would be a magic weapon for building bridges and roads.

The third-grade Qiankun Seal is connected to a water palace that has half evolved into a kingdom of God. Zhou Tieyi did not move the water palace to the white jade chessboard, because a truly valuable kingdom of God must be connected to the earth veins, water veins and other sources of heaven and earth, so that the kingdom of God can continue to grow like a big tree. On the contrary, the white jade chessboard and the Qiankun bag given by the miscellaneous family, without the nourishment of the earth veins and water veins for a long time, will wither and die like flowers. The more they are used, the faster they wither. However, now the white jade chessboard and Taodu Weng have merged. Because Taodu Weng's own Taoism involves thunder and righteousness, the white jade chessboard has gradually gained the ability to absorb human connections among the crowd to stabilize the space.

It will take some twists and turns for that water palace to move from Pingjin Ferry to Panyang Lake, especially after this divine evil incident. The Pingjin Ferry God-Slaying Division will definitely conduct a thorough investigation, but as the immediate superior of the Taihang Mountain and Xiluozhou God-Slaying Division, Zhou Tieyi has too many ways to blind the people below him.

The last gain was a breakthrough in his own martial arts, achieving the sixth level of Lian Gang.

This is a qualitative change for other warriors. Before reaching the middle level, even if a warrior has outstanding talent and has mastered combat skills, because there is no support from the ancestral qi of heaven and earth, the combat skills can only affect a distance of one or two feet around. However, after refining the qi, if a combat skill is mastered, the coverage range of the combat skill will suddenly increase to dozens of feet. In the words of the previous life, it is like asking you to run ninety-nine meters first.

But with the support of the Mingyue System, Zhou Tieyi's attack distance can easily cover a thousand feet. Even when the moon is full, it is not a problem to cover ten thousand feet. The support of attack distance does not have that much impact on Zhou Tieyi's strength.

In addition to the attack distance, after refining the Gang Qi, most warriors can slowly comprehend one or two Dragon Chapters from the Gang Qi they have comprehended. The stronger the attributes of the refined Gang Qi, the more Dragon Chapters they will naturally comprehend.

Zhou Tieyi apparently comprehended the Five Elements' ancestral Qi as Gang Qi. Now that he succeeded in refining Gang Qi, he suddenly felt that the [Five Emperors' Treasure Edict] he practiced began to undergo a real transformation.

In the Dantian, the vast and boundless power of Qi and blood formed a vast ocean. The true meaning of the five elements in the sky formed five-colored auspicious clouds. In the clouds, five emperor statues that seemed to appear and disappear suppressed the Qi and blood below, preventing the Qi and blood like the vast ocean from rioting.

At this time, the five elements ancestral qi continuously poured into Zhou Tieyi's body from outside the heaven and earth. Under the yin and yang of the five elements' true meaning and qi and blood, it had a distinct symbol of will. It was no longer like the original ancestral qi of heaven and earth that could be driven by anyone. These true qi condensed in the body could only be driven by Zhou Tieyi himself.

At the same time, these true Qi are the "soldier sergeants" under Zhou Tieyi. When they drive more five elements of ancestral Qi from heaven and earth, they use these true Qi as commanders.

All of a sudden, Zhou Tieyi understood that the practice method of the military strategists was indeed an extension of the martial arts, so there was no hindrance in the transformation between the two. It was just that the martial arts, due to its own limitations, remained at the fourth-grade "Dharma Phase", while the military strategists continued to evolve and reached the first-grade power that could shake a country.

Zhou Tieyi's original plan was to enter the sixth level of martial arts and then start practicing Taoism to seek opportunities for the future.

But it is different now. Even if Zhou Tieyi practices Taoist methods faster, it is estimated that he cannot be faster than the current Great Xia Saint. At the same time, Zhou Tieyi has already established a sufficient foundation in the Shinto. Even the means of resurrection from the dead are placed on the Shinto. There is not much significance in switching from martial arts to Taoism. It is better to take the opportunity to try to deduce the future of martial arts. Now Zhou Tieyi has enough resources and vision for him to try a new path.

Zhou Tieyi compared the two cultivation methods of military strategists and martial arts. In fact, at the fourth level, martial arts is called "Dharma Appearance" and military strategists call it "Military Soul". The two have similarities and differences.

At this time, the practice of military strategists has begun to seek outside. The "military soul" is not just the will of one person, but the will of an entire army. Therefore, the fourth-grade military strategist has the characteristics of "the soldiers' courage is not lost, and the military soul is indestructible", which allows the military generals to ignore the impact of injuries on their own strength to a certain extent on the battlefield. Even the legendary peerless generals like Ren Tu can achieve a level similar to the rebirth of the Blood Sea Lord by dripping blood, but one relies on blood and the other relies on his soldiers.

At this time, the fourth level of martial arts "Dharma Image" is to seek more inward, allowing one's own martial arts god, qi, and soul to condense into one, transforming into a towering Dharma Image, breaking through the limits of the human body to a limited extent. By then, martial arts practitioners will be able to become like strange beasts, more than ten feet tall.

However, exotic beasts like the giant mountain ape are beloved by heaven and earth. They were originally transformed from the ancestral qi of heaven and earth, and they can naturally integrate with the ancestral qi of heaven and earth without any obstacles. However, the human body cannot do this.

Even if he had obtained some of the talents of an alien beast through the method of cultivating souls, and had completely unified his essence, energy and spirit to gain the power of the Dharma, he was still dwarfed by a third-grade alien beast that could truly transform into a hundred feet in size.

According to Taoism, this is because there is acquired turbid qi in the human body, which cannot return to its innate state. Therefore, after practicing martial arts, Taoists refine qi and transform it into spirit, specializing in the spirit and allowing the three souls and seven spirits to transform into babies or pills, and use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nurture the baby pill. When the baby pill is successfully conceived and becomes a yang god, it breaks through the old body and condenses into a pure and flawless innate Taoist body. Naturally, it will be like a strange beast, and can influence the power of heaven and earth with just a move.

This is also the reason why Taoists do not seek outside, because they originally regard humans as a kind of innate strange beast for practice. The highest goal of human practice is to become an innate human, to be reborn from the Taiyi Avenue, to become a human when condensed and to become gas when dispersed, which is more mysterious than ordinary innate strange beasts. At the same time, they do not seek outside, only ask from heaven and earth.

“But the human body is a small world.”

Zhou Tieyi sighed and said that generally speaking, the various schools of thought said this to illustrate that the human body is mysterious and abnormal, and like the heaven and earth, it contains a large number of mysteries that cannot be verified.

But what Zhou Tieyi meant when he said this was that the mass of the human body could be like a small universe. At that time, every punch and palm strike would be like a real mountain or river falling down, and even a third-grade cultivator would not be able to withstand it.

The lotus petals of emptiness fell into the Dantian, building up a piece of primitive chaotic land between the spirit and the blood. The five elements of true energy continuously fell into this land, forming the most primitive substance. The bright yellow national destiny descended from the void, forming the most primitive spirit, allowing emptiness to begin to evolve towards Tai Chi. The five colors formed soil, which combined with the dragon seals hanging from the sky. This time, the dragon seals no longer simply manifested the five emperors when they fell to the ground, but condensed into five primitive Taoist palaces. The Taoist palaces used emptiness as their carrier and the five elements as nutrients, gradually changing from illusion to reality.

In the middle of the Five Elements Taoist Palace, a huge blood cocoon emerged from the sea of ​​blood. A large amount of the country's luck turned bright yellow and fell from the sky. The next moment, the blood cocoon broke open, and a pure white and flawless baby emerged. The baby's skin was like white jade, and his bones were perfect. The meridians with faint colorful glow were hidden within the white jade skin. One hand pointed to the sky, and the other hand pointed to the ground, connected to the five external Taoist palaces, and began to control the entire human world from the inside.

The two Taoist traditions of [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] and [Five Emperors' Treasure Edicts] interacted with each other, and Zhou Tieyi's whole body emitted the sound of rushing rivers and shaking rocks. This time it was not a description, but a truly grand sound that continuously came out from Zhou Tieyi's body. If it were not for the white jade chessboard serving as a cover, such a strange phenomenon would have been heard for hundreds of miles.

(End of this chapter)