690、Jiuxi is now in the world, and the dragon can't regret it
The elders of Xuanmiao Temple also noticed this tendency and punished some disciples, but some things are difficult to investigate. On the other hand, successors have continued to fall in various accidents, and inheritance is inevitable in troubled times. Many things develop to a certain extent and break through a certain limit, which will form a vicious cycle.
When the Demon-Suppressing Sect is strong, the demon cultivators in the world will certainly avoid it. However, some disciples have excessive means and even kill innocent people indiscriminately, which will cause revenge from enemies. When its inheritance is withered, the damage will be even greater. Some powerful demon cultivators even gather to come to seek revenge. The Demon-Suppressing Sect may not have offended these monsters, and these monsters may not be good things. They come to make trouble just to take advantage of their weakness to get rid of this big problem and at the same time rob various inherited treasures in the Demon-Suppressing Sect.
In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, a large number of demon cultivators gathered to attack the Demon-Sheng Sect. Although the disciples of the Demon-Sheng Sect repelled them and the fellow practitioners of various sects rushed to help after hearing the news, the Demon-Sheng Sect also paid a heavy price. The inner hall of the sect was once captured, and the Three Classics of the Sect was not known whereabouts, and the descendants were killed and injured. After suffering this severe injury, the Demon-Sect Sect was in a slump. Before they could recover, they suffered another major blow.
The warlord, who was born in the black fish demon, had a feud with the Demon Sect in his early years, and later had a powerful force in the secular world and took the opportunity to take action. When the Demon Sect was weak, the Demon King found a reason and sent troops to surround Xuanmiao Temple in the name of capturing the bandits. The Demon Sect was not destroyed in this catastrophe, but the only two great-achieving monks in the sect died at the hands of the Demon King. This incident also alarmed the disciples of Zhengyi and Xia, which led to a series of subsequent events.
This divine thought explained the past of Xuanmiaoguan School. Cheng Tianle sighed for a long time and was speechless. Ishino broke his silence and asked, "What's going on with Xuanmiaoguan School?"
Lu Qian replied: "Shi Alliance Leader and Cheng Zong have both been to Xuanmiao Temple in Suzhou. The plaque on the main hall contains the four words "Miaoyitongyuan". This plaque was replicated in the Qing Dynasty and should be synonymous with "Miaoyitongxuan". The Xuanmiao Temple School is best at suppressing demon cultivators. The Xuanmiao Temple is actually not a door. There is no secret room behind it. It is a magic circle.
When this magic array is activated, it can capture the mysterious pill of demon cultivators and knock it back to its original form. It may be the most powerful and mysterious demon locking array in the world. The demon locking array is a unique formation of Xuanmiaoguan, which disciples of all generations have practiced. The legendary "Xuanyimen" is made of a magical artifact left by Xu Xun. It is not a treasure, but a execution ground.
Thousands of years ago, if a demon king with powerful magical powers was in chaos in the world. The way to suppress Xuanmiao Temple was to subdue it with the spirit-binding seal and escort it to Xuanyi Gate to execute it, to serve as a warning to others and shock the monsters in the world. Therefore, it is also a symbol, specially used to execute the demon king who should be punished, and there is no need for ordinary demon cultivators."
After listening to Lu Qian's introduction, Cheng Tianle sighed and said, "So that's the case with Xuanyi Sect! It's not the gateway to the treasure secret room, but the execution ground where the demon king was killed. Will Ruo Ningbai and his wife take Wu Yanqing there, just to let him die?"
Shi Ye smiled bitterly and said, "If Ning Bai and his wife really brought Wu Yanqing to Xuan Yi Sect successfully, it would be fine! According to my estimate, the Ning Bai and his wife's cultivation level cannot open the Xuan Yi Sect, and they cannot operate such a powerful demon locking formation... When they were under the sect Master Feng Zhengxuan, they might have heard from the master mention Xuan Yi Sect, and knew it was related to the sect inheritance. But they didn't know the inside story, and they thought it was the gateway of treasure."
Cheng Tianle asked: "Although the inheritance of Xuanmiaoguan lineage has been eliminated, Xuanyi Sect should still be there. Can Master Lu Qian know where it is?"
Lu Qian shook his head and said, "I just saw this record in the classics. I don't know what Xuanyimen looks like and where it is. Now that Ning Bai and his wife are dead, I'm afraid no one in the world knows this secret anymore."
Ishino also asked with interest: "How much does Taoist Master Lu Qian know about the location of Xuanyi Sect? Is it easy to say it?"
Lu Qian: "What's the inconvenience about this? The Demon-Shen Yao Sect is no longer here, and even the secrets of any sect have become a thing of the past. I really don't know where the Xuanyi Sect is. But according to a Song Dynasty classic record, the Xuanyi Sect uses a magical artifact as its body and gathers the Lingshu of the Earthly Eye of Suzhou City.
The seven array eyes of the Demon Locking Array are seven wells in Suzhou City. Theoretically, as long as these seven wells are found one by one, it is possible to determine the location of Xuanyimen. But how many wells are there in Suzhou City? And how many ancient wells have disappeared over the years? If you want to find them, unless you find them by accident, you will be like looking for a needle in a haystack!”
In this ancient water town of Suzhou, water wells can be seen everywhere, and even every household may have a well. Contemporary people can see many wells in a small garden by visiting the ancient garden houses in Suzhou. According to incomplete statistics, from the beginning of liberation to before the reform and opening up, there were more than 20,000 wells in Suzhou City, of which more than 60% were ancient wells.
In fact, this number is not accurate, because some wells are difficult to notice. For example, when the old houses on Pingjiang Road enter the courtyard, you can accidentally see a well in the courtyard. The stone carved well ring is covered with a manhole cover, just under the eaves of the yard corners, beside the flowers and trees, which is the well in the residents' homes.
It is almost impossible to find the seven ancient wells that have existed in the Song Dynasty in Suzhou City in the 21st century without any information. Moreover, these ancient wells have probably been filled long ago and disappeared in the world. Those who filled the ancient wells did not know that they had destroyed the array eye of a certain magic array. Not only may the Xuanyi Gate be unable to operate anymore, but it is difficult for future generations to determine the location of Xuanyi Gate.
When Cheng Tianle heard this, his mind moved, and more than 7,000 wells appeared in his soul. It is hard for ordinary people to imagine the strangeness of this great cultivation level. Cheng Tianle once used the method of controlling the form to unfold the entire Gusu City in the soul, which means that he had traveled through the streets and alleys of Suzhou in the realm of concentration, and then opened up all the scenes in Gusu City in the world of painting.
This is a long, hard, boring and boring practice. There are various ways to practice the way to control the body. In fact, there is no need to do this, but Cheng Tianle did this stupidly. Incorporate the real Suzhou world into the outdoor scene of the soul, and then open the entire Suzhou world in the scroll, blending the interior and exterior scenes.
This is not a simple knowledge or memory, but a world that can be presented in the soul, so the wells he has seen can appear in the soul at this moment. Many of these wells are ancient wells, and even the well walls, well circles, and well rails of the same well have different ages because they are used in people's daily lives and have been continuously dredged and repaired. Some wells disappeared for various reasons and were filled, and later people dug new wells nearby.
Cheng Tianle had no way to judge whether the seven ancient wells were among the more than 7,000 wells. In theory, there was a way to find them, which was to let Xiao Shao trace all the past of Gusu City in the scroll until the Xuanmiao Temple was placed in the Xuanyi Gate, and clues might be found. But in fact, this is impossible. Xiao Shao could not do such a vast area and such a long period of pursuit.
If these seven ancient wells are still there and there is anyone in the world who can find it, it is Cheng Tianle. If he can't even find it, others will not even think about it. Moreover, Cheng Tianle has determined the location of one of the wells, just in front of the main entrance of the Sanqing Hall of Xuanmiao Temple. He had learned it when he first went to Xuanmiao Temple. This well is now a scenic spot in Xuanmiao Temple, and countless tourists who come and go every day can see it.
This is actually a secret ancient well. In 1999, Xuanmiao Temple was rebuilt, and a stone slab was occasionally dug in front of the Sanqing Hall. There was a well under the stone slab, and nine lifelike tin green dragons were unearthed from the well. According to the unearthed artifacts, archaeologists believed that this well might have been built in the Five Dynasties period, and in fact it might have appeared earlier. The nine tin green dragons might have been placed at the bottom of the well during the Five Dynasties.
Thinking that Cheng Tianle's cultivation level was just beginning, he was still a half-tongued person who didn't know anything. When he saw this ancient well, he used his spiritual sense to investigate. The water surface and the wellhead blocked and sucked his spiritual sense at the same time, he almost fainted on the spot. Of course, Cheng Tianle will not make the mistakes of the past again. He is considered a real master and knows how to detect and sense it.
Looking back on this experience, the ancient well that reappeared in front of the main gate of Xuanmiaoguan should be one of the seven array eyes that built the Xuan Yimen Locking Formation. This ancient well was occasionally discovered during construction and was not known before. If it had been hidden underground like this since its completion, would the other six wells be the same?
What does the nine tin green dragons in the well mean? Does it mean that the Xuanyi Gate once executed nine rebellious green dragons, or representing those powerful demon kings, or symbols of some direction, and the method of setting up the array? Now that the ancient well has been opened and the artifacts in the well have been taken away by the archaeological department, so has the eye of the array been destroyed?
Hearing Lu Qian's introduction, Cheng Tianle thought of so much in his mind. At this time, Shi Ye suddenly heard a divine thought: "Mr. Cheng, if you are interested in Xuanyi Sect, you can go to Xuanmiao Temple again. There is an ancient well now in broad daylight. You have seen it, and I have seen it, right in front of the Sanqing Palace. If you have the chance in the future, you may ask the guest elder Meilande.
The Xuanyi Gate Locking Demon Array may not be activated, but it can still sense its formation position. Although Suzhou City is large, these seven ancient wells should be distributed around Xuanmiao Temple or Wei Dao Temple, because the location of Xuanyi Gate should be in the Taoist temple. It is good to pay attention to this kind of thing, and it can be obtained by chance. If you deliberately search for it, it is really unnecessary."
Shi Ye seemed to be able to guess what Cheng Tianle was thinking, so he sent him such a divine thought. Cheng Tianle quickly returned with divine thought: "Thank you, leader of the Shi, I am indeed interested in the Xuanyi Sect. But you are right, there is no need to search hard. Pay more attention in Suzhou on weekdays. If you have the fate, it is best to discover it."
(Note: The ancient well in front of the Sanqing Palace mentioned in the chapter is in front of the book. The Qidian Public Edition Chapter 33 "Viewing the Mysterious Dao, Where Don't Meet" has related plots and data photos.)