Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 506 - 255. The Sword Passed Down for Thousands of Miles (Two-in-One Chapter)_4
"...Natural Law!"
Man follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Tao, Tao follows what is natural.
There are those who communicate with the natural world seamlessly, indistinguishable from it.
For ordinary people, Zhenshentou is a barrier and an interference, but for such exceptional individuals, it is like a breeze brushing against their face, also part of nature.
That is why, when casting spells, they can manipulate the Global Spiritual Qi as if it were their own limb. A single Talisman Scripture, at its greatest, can wield unparalleled power, and at its most subtle, can undergo endless transformations.
This was a mystery that the vast majority of Mahayana Talisman Sect’s High Reals in the Upper Three Heavens strived for their entire lives, endlessly pondering and refining, yet found difficult to attain.
Therefore...
...Above Serene Insight, is natural Comprehension realized?!
Not only Ye Moquan but also the distant observers watching the battle felt a stir in their hearts, their expressions varied.
In earlier years, when the former Celestial Master Li Qingfeng and others were still around, Xu Yuanzhen, young as she was, earned the reputation of being the second most skilled in the Celestial Master Mansion. Later, there were even rumors and debates about who would win in a contest between her and her teacher, Li Qingfeng.
Unlike Tang Xiaotang, whose talent was prominent and clear, many mysteries surrounded Xu Yuanzhen.
People made various speculations on ordinary days, but today’s encounter with Zhenshentou provided a definitive answer.
The level of Comprehension above Superiority, Clear Insight, and Serene Insight: Natural.
From this, they attain Natural Law, wandering freely between heaven and earth, without hindrance.
Because it is so rare, having not appeared publicly for many years, it gradually became mythical in the eyes of the people. Most were only aware of the standard five ranks, followed by Superiority, Clear Insight, and Serene Insight; few knew of Natural.
And now, a person of Natural Comprehension had finally revealed their talent to the world.
Xu Yuanzhen, who became the center of attention, appeared somewhat nonchalant. "The ancestral lands move against the tide," she said. "Isn’t it difficult to unfold Home, Country, World?"
Under her feet, the thick, dark thunderclouds, like frozen glaciers, began to expand extensively. "If you won’t come, then I shall," she declared.
The dark thunderclouds rolled and spread, but instead of merely dispersing, they began to isolate the surrounding heavens and earth, as if forming an independent world of their own.
This was a world controlled by Xu Yuanzhen.
It was a Taoist Sect realm of wonder, distinct from the Confucian Studies concept of Home, Country, World, yet containing its own profound mysteries.
Indeed, it was the marvel obtained when a Ninth Heavenly Layer Mahayana Realm High Real of the Taoist Sect further sublimated the wonders of their Divine Court Superior Vista.
This was called the Great Vehicle Taoist Scene.
As Xu Yuanzhen’s Great Vehicle Taoist Scene unfolded, the cosmos within it became apparent, replete with layered light and shadow.
The thunderclouds transformed into the depths of a pitch-black world, in which, unexpectedly, more than one Yin Fire Tiger and more than one Destiny Star God appeared.
They were like the twinkling of stars scattered across the universe.
But they were cold and solitary.
It was as if, in the vast emptiness of deep space, light and heat were distancing and fading at this moment.
And this pitch-black world itself was expanding ceaselessly, encroaching upon the sky above the Ye Clan Ancestral Land and beginning to press down on the ancestral land below.
Ye Moquan had witnessed Xu Yuanzhen’s Great Vehicle Taoist Scene at the Youzhou Lin Clan Ancestral Land before. Now, he found the dark, universe-like world even more profound and mysterious, but he was not surprised.
He silently swung the long sword in his hand.
Within the Ye Clan Ancestral Land, already moving against the current, a vast amount of martial energy began to emerge!
Military rituals.
Summer’s Deployment, originally referring to resting in the fields, was the way of nurturing an army.
Spring’s Troops Movement organized the troops.
Summer’s Deployment nurtured and adjusted the soldiers.
Autumn’s Military Drill trained and disciplined the army.
By the time of Winter’s Grand Review, the army was at its most splendid, the moment to display its full might.
But under Ye Moquan’s management, everything seemed to be reversing. This was not to correspond with the current summer season, but rather with the Ye Clan Ancestral Land’s current counter-current movement.
All these anomalies, combined here, actually reinforced each other, adding to their power!
The surging martial energy burst forth, instantly sweeping away the residual influence of the Barbarian Spearhead. It created a situation akin to the desperate uprising of a cornered army fighting back against the tide, its sharpness and murderous aura both extremely intense.
Even the damage previously inflicted by the Barbarian Spearhead now served as a foundation, nurturing an even sharper counterassault!
...That’s how it should have been.
But just as the martial energy soared into the sky, it suddenly showed signs of faltering.
Ye Moquan took a deep breath. His gaze shifted southward.
Zezhou... something has happened!
The branches of the Jinzhou Ye Clan, and the second-tier noble families attached to them, are not limited to the Gao Family in Zezhou.
In planning the rituals for the four seasons, I didn’t make only one preparation either. I devised many feints, with the true targets—the Xuantian Temple, the Zezhou Gao Family, and the Bodhi Temple ruins—hidden among them.
How could someone discover the Gao Family in Zezhou so quickly?
And they even rapidly conquered the Gao Clan?
Was it luck?
Was there a leak?
With Tang Xiaotang here, who is opposing us in Zezhou?
A slew of doubts flashed through Ye Moquan’s mind, only to rapidly dissipate. None of them could help him at this moment.
The military rituals of the four seasons, when complete, would be flawless and powerful, making the Ye Clan’s days of preparation worthwhile.
If successful, it would be the key to dominating the battlefield.
As a Great Scholar of the Ninth Heavenly Layer, the military rituals I’m directing harness the Spiritual Energy across tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers. Their might is far superior to the sacrifices Lin Che and the others prepared at Poyang Lake in the past; even the independent sacrifice of the Jinzhou Ye Clan Ancestral Land cannot compare.
This was going to be the most powerful Confucian sacrifice performed in the world in recent years.
But now, with a key link missing, it’s as if a great dragon has been cut in half; suddenly the entire arrangement is ineffective.
The martial energy of the Ye Clan Ancestral Land, though strong at this moment, lacked sustaining power. The fierce outbreak was merely a flash in the pan.
After holding back Xu Yuanzhen’s darkening world, evolved from the black thunderclouds, for a moment, this martial energy began to wane and disperse.
Ye Moquan could even feel that, apart from the Gao Family in Zezhou, the military rituals at the other two vital locations—the Xuantian Temple and the Bodhi Temple ruins—were also starting to falter.
He sighed internally. Although I tried to control the scope as much as possible, involving so many people inevitably leads to oversights.
