Chapter 22 Hedao

Tang Jie had seen this black wooden cauldron before.

When he was in the Spiritual Mountain, he once saw a woman collecting herbs in the underground palace garden.

What she picked at that time was a Jiutian Fengluan grass, and the little black wooden tripod that placed the Jiutian Fengluan grass was there.

The Nine Heaven Phoenix Luan Grass is a magical medicine in the world, and it was considered a divine item even during the Ten Thousand Realms Royal Court era. Unfortunately, when searching for the fragments, Tang Jie did not see this fairy grass, but he did not know whether it had been used or something. But Tang Jie knew that there was actually a Jiutian Phoenix Grass in the secret valley.

It is located in the middle of the valley, high above, like the king of flowers, accepting the worship of all the celestial grass in the valley.

The first time he saw the Nine Heaven Phoenix Luan Grass in the valley, Tang Jie also sighed at the great skill of the soldier master, who could even get this rare fairy grass. You must know that existence like Jiutian Fengluan Grass, which seizes the creation of heaven and earth and absorbs the essence of the universe, is rare in the world. It is even more rare than the innate Taoist soldiers who fished out of the Baocan River.

But the moment he saw the black wooden tripod, the scene of the woman fetching grass appeared in Tang Jie's mind.

Could it be said that the Jiutian Fengluan grass in the valley now is the Jiutian Fengluan grass that the woman dug up that day?

Thinking of this, Tang Jie couldn't help but be stunned.

If this is the case, what is the relationship between the woman and the soldier master?

He had not forgotten the scene he had seen in the military inspection - the Royal Palace of All Realms was chopped into pieces by the soldier's axe.

At that moment, countless thoughts flashed through Tang Jie's mind. Under the influence of his rich imagination, the relationship between the soldier lord, the fairy and the royal court suddenly evolved into countless versions of the story, including the ups and downs, and some. The love story between children and long-lasting children also includes plots and plots.

Tang Jie's personal favorite is the story of a fairy and a soldier who fall in love, but are separated by the king's court, and the soldier becomes violent and violent. However, there are two problems in this version that cannot be explained. One is that the whereabouts of the fairy are unknown, and the other is why the soldier later became a hero. And challenge the way of heaven.

After much deliberation and unable to find the answer, Tang Jie had no choice but to give up his random thoughts and walked over to pick up the small black wooden cauldron.

This small cauldron can be used to hold Jiutian Fengluan grass. It is naturally a treasure in itself. Its biggest function is to keep all psychic fairy grass spiritual and safe for transplantation.

After taking away the small tripod, Tang Jie left the island and walked around again, and found that there was nothing else here except the Spirit Lake, and he did not encounter any danger. It seemed that the danger was reduced from here on.

However, how to enter the next level and obtain the rewards for passing the level is still a problem.

Tang Jie looked left and right but couldn't understand it, so he could only exit the underground first.

Back on the ground, Suzaku was still waiting for him boredly. Seeing him coming up, he asked, "Are you going back?"

Tang Jie saw that the four copper pillars were still there on the jade platform, thought for a moment and said, "If you allow me, I hope to stay here and meditate on these four pillars."

There is a pattern of the Illusion Dao engraved on the pillar by the soldier master. Although it is used to teach the Demon Slayer Fist, it may not be without the intention of teaching the Tao. Otherwise, there is no need to go to such trouble. A page of golden book can also teach the Demon Slayer Fist. Like this Tang Jie naturally didn't want to miss the opportunity.

Zhuque was overjoyed after hearing this.

Now she is no longer in the confused state before, she has awakened her mind, and what she fears most is loneliness.

It was best that Tang Jie was willing to stay here with her. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay, as long as you don't touch the flowers and plants here, you can stay here forever."

In this case, Tang Jie was not polite and continued the old path of the past. He separated and left for the Skyfire Tower, leaving the main body to practice. Anyway, today is different from the past. If Xu Miaoran wants to see him, he can come over from the teleportation array at any time.

In the following days, the main body stayed in the spiritual lake below the valley to practice.

The practice of Li Jing requires absorbing the power of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, but it is not only possible to practice with heavenly materials and earthly treasures. In essence, it is the same as other exercises, which are plundering the power of heaven and earth. It's just that Li Jing is simpler and more domineering. It's so domineering that the power of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth alone is far from enough to satisfy the greedy appetite of Li Jing practitioners, so it needs the assistance of all kinds of elixirs from heaven, materials and earth treasures.

The rich spiritual energy in the secret realm and the spiritual lake that condenses into springs below the valley are all suitable for cultivating Li Jing. Although it is not as fast as medicine, it is more effective in the long term. The most rare thing is that Tang Jie doesn't need to find a bigger bathtub - Linghu Lake is huge, even if Tang Jie has been cultivating to a hundred-meter giant, it will be enough.

Apart from refining his body in Spirit Lake, Tang Jie spent the rest of his time meditating on the four copper pillars.

Engraved on the copper pillars are the patterns of the Illusionary Path.

From the perspective of the great road, the fantasy path belongs to yin and yang among the twelve great roads, and belongs to the virtual and the real. However, the fantasy path creates all things and is all-encompassing. When it reaches great perfection, it also dabbles in other avenues, but different avenues have different meanings.

There are those who are proficient in yin and yang, who are strong in change, and illusions are blurred, confusing the human eye, and even if they have insight, it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false; there are those who are proficient in wisdom, who are surrounded by confusion and fog, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth in the midst of the situation; Those who are proficient in the truth can build a kingdom in illusion and construct eternity. They cannot distinguish between east and west in the illusionary world. They can hardly distinguish between things and never give up day and night. Those who are proficient in time can be glorious for eternity, thousands of years in a flash, and time flies...

For this reason, although the fantasy path is not among the twelve great avenues, it still has its own great atmosphere.

Tang Jie's copying technique is based on the transformation of the illusion based on wisdom.

This was something that Fang Dache came to understand after Tang Jie comprehended the Illusion Dao.

The mastering and learning of the Dao patterns on the four copper pillars was the fastest in Tang Jie's history, and it only took about twenty days to basically understand it. The reason for this is because Tang Jie is most familiar with the two paths of yin and yang and wisdom, and the Dao patterns on the copper pillars are based on these two. The principles of the Dao patterns are exactly what Tang Jie is familiar with. What is familiar is only the changes and applications.

In addition, Tang Jie discovered that understanding the copper pillars had another benefit, which was that it greatly accelerated his entry into Yin and Yang.

The illusory way belongs to reality and reality, and the Tao lies in yin and yang. Therefore, the process of comprehending the illusory way is to accelerate the in-depth understanding of the yin and yang way and the process of entering the Tao.

In just twenty days, in addition to comprehending the fantasy path, Tang Jie was also able to condense three dao patterns, which made Tang Jie extremely happy.

It is a pity that after twenty days, Tang Jie completed the enlightenment of all four copper pillars, and it was no longer possible to take the opportunity to speed up the path. This made Tang Jie feel very regretful.

Today is the last day of Tang Jie's enlightenment. After thoroughly understanding the last Tao pattern, Tang Jie reluctantly touched the four copper pillars and said: "It's a pity that in the end, I only entered three Tao lines. I don't know when it will take me to condense them." Thousands of Dao lines.”

Suzaku came over and said: "Cultivation is a matter of thousands of years. You are still young now, why are you so anxious. Instead of thinking about such ethereal things as condensing thousands of Dao lines, it is better to think about how to use what you have now. .”

"Already have it?" Tang Jie was puzzled.

"That's right!" Suzaku tilted his head and replied, "Don't you think that your current use of Tao has reached its limit?"

Tang Jie was slightly stunned: "In addition to the realm of the Great Dao, is there a more advanced way to use it?"

As he spoke, he suddenly realized that all along, he had been concerned about how to comprehend more avenues and how to condense more patterns. In fact, he had never focused on how to maximize the abilities he had already mastered.

And listening to Suzaku's tone, it is obvious that there is still a lot of room for improvement in the use of Tao.

Sure enough, Zhuque said: "The Taoist is the supreme principle of heaven and earth. Once you understand its principles, you should be good at it. If you are good, you can simply use the Tao thoughts you have understood through various magic spells. The Tao thoughts are like It is used to enhance the power of your spells. How is it different from a magic weapon when used in this way?"

Tang Jie was shocked when he heard this: "Please ask Miss Zhuque to teach me."

Zhuque has said: "Tao is the ultimate principle, Dharma is the appearance, and when the inside and outside are consistent, it is the Tao and the Dharma. This is the harmony of the Tao!"

"With Tao?" Tang Jie woke up like a dream: "So that's it, I understand. Since Tao is a plug-in, it can be used to assist oneself, and it can also be used to strengthen oneself. I used to only know how to use plug-ins blindly, not I keep looking for new plug-ins, but ignore how to use plug-ins reasonably. In fact, there are too many restrictions on the use of plug-ins. Just having them is not enough. The only way to use plug-ins to enhance yourself and make them become your own abilities is fundamental!"

Suzaku was confused: "What plug-in? What is that?"

Tang Jie laughed loudly and said: "It's nothing, I just talked nonsense!"

As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and walked away.

From this day on, Tang Jie has one more thing to do, which is to study how to combine the Tao he has mastered with the Dharma he has learned, so that it can become his own power. In the world of cultivators, It is called Hedao.

For example, Zang Qingfeng's Twelve Paths are his achievements in Hedao, which are majestic and powerful. However, this person focuses too much on leveraging his horizontal advantages, and is far behind in terms of depth. Although there are countless vastnesses of Tao and Dharma, they lack the depth to reach heaven and earth.

If you want to join the Tao, you need to reach the level of at least entering the Tao before you can consider it.

Tang Jie's only two Taoists currently are Yin and Yang and insight. Among them, insight only condenses one Tao pattern, which is basically negligible. Therefore, if he wants to combine Tao, he can only consider Yin and Yang.

The Tao of Yin and Yang covers a wide range of areas, including reality and reality, black and white, yin and yang, separation and union, life and death, etc. Different branches have different meanings and have different functions.

Suzaku didn't know what he wanted to do or how to get along with the Tao. He only knew that he sat in the Linghu Lake every day, thinking intently, sometimes feeling sad and happy, crying and laughing sometimes. Laughing, crazy and crazy.

What's more, they don't distinguish between spring and autumn, day and night, confuse black and white, and even don't distinguish between men and women.

On this day, Suzaku was playing alone in the valley when he suddenly saw a woman walking in the distance. There is no one in this secret place, and if there is one, it will only be Tang Jie. So when Suzaku saw it, he laughed and said, "Why do you want to change into a woman and come to play?"

My sudden thought was wrong. It was the clone that was good at changing. How could the main body change? Lightning flashed in her heart, and she suddenly realized it. She smiled and said, "It turns out to be a copying technique."

He saw that the woman had suddenly attacked and stabbed the Suzaku with one finger.

The copying technique had no attack power, and Suzaku did not dodge. He let the finger poke at his body, without thinking that the fingertips would reach his body, bringing out a bit of cold light and falling on him. It actually cast a ray of light on Suzaku's body, but it was a real attack.

Suzaku was shocked. Although the power of this attack was so low that it could not hurt her at all, it already meant that this was no longer an illusory technique. He instinctively shouted, and a torrent of flames surged out from his fingertips, hitting the female body, and there was a bang. With a sound, the woman turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared.

It is indeed a copying technique.

It just has the ability to attack and is no longer physically transformed.

"So this is what you have gained during this period of time?" Suzaku murmured: "It is interesting, but the attack of this phantom is still weak and impractical."

"What if there are more?" A roaring sound echoed in the valley, and the next moment, countless people from all directions were seen rushing towards Suzaku. These people were old and young, male and female, and they had thousands of illusions, and they could not tell the truth from the false. , each of them rushed towards Suzaku like a real person, hearing the roar of the spirit when they raised their hands and feet, and countless qi blades shot towards Suzaku.

The power of these finger rays is weak, similar to that released by Lingquan students, but when thousands of finger rays are released together, they are like millions of Taoist arrows. Even if Suzaku is not afraid of their power, he is still extremely shocked for a moment. However, at the next moment, a gust of wind suddenly hit Suzaku, which he was not paying attention to. Suzaku was violently knocked out as if struck by lightning.

She shouted: "Tang Jie, you are cheating!"

This attack was so powerful that it was clearly Tang Jie's true body mixed in, secretly attacking her for a moment.

Tang Jie's laughter came from the crowd: "The way of illusion is to confuse people's minds and show the false appearance. One of the great significance of its existence is to use falsehood to cover up the truth. In the past, I used the copying spell only to escape. , finally fell behind, and switching from defense to offense is the best strategy. The phantom attack is just to cover up."

As he spoke, Tang Jie's images were seen all over the mountains and plains. Suzaku looked around, but for a while he couldn't find Tang Jie's real body. Her eyes glowed red: "You're right, but you want to hide your true identity with this little trick? You're still far from it. Burn it!"

The light of the sun and moon flashed in her eyes, and she saw the phantom clones rushing towards them suddenly burst into flames and burst into flames, exploding large clouds of smoke and dust without harming the surrounding vegetation at all. Their methods were miraculous.

She just allowed her to destroy countless fake bodies, but no real body appeared.

While he was looking for it, he suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing from the side and behind him, and a figure suddenly rushed toward him. It was so majestic that it was clearly Tang Jie's true form. With this sudden impact, Tang Jie's iron fist hit Suzaku. Just as he was about to hit him, Suzaku's eyes flashed again, and a sun and moon disc suddenly appeared, blocking her in front of her. This punch hit the wheel, but could not make any progress. At the same time, a torrent of flames on the wheel turned into a giant red hand, and struck Tang Jie hard, hitting Tang Jie like a ball. Fly out.

But just as Tang Jie flew away, he saw that the body suddenly cracked and it was clearly another fake body.

Suzaku was slightly stunned, but at the same time he was stunned, flames rolled up behind him, forming a flame shield. At the same time, a tall figure was seen rushing into the flame shield. With a bang, the powerful force knocked the huge figure away.

Tang Jie rolled down in the air. When he landed on the ground, his burnt skin had returned to normal. Then he smiled bitterly and said, "I still couldn't hit you after all."

He didn't expect to win against Suzaku, who was at the peak of the Transformation God. He just wanted to try to see if he could hurt her. If he couldn't even hurt her, he would at least try hard to attack her first.

Unfortunately, apart from the fact that Suzaku was not prepared to be hit by him at the beginning, he did not even touch Suzaku afterwards.

The gap between the inner demon and the peak of Zifu is really too big.

On the contrary, Suzaku shook his head and said: "You have done very well. I didn't expect that you can actually switch between virtual and real... It turns out that this is your purpose."

The clone that was smashed to pieces by Suzaku was not due to Suzaku's misjudgment. Instead, the moment Suzaku took action, Tang Jie exchanged himself with a clone.

This means that the use of Tang Jie's virtual and real changes has reached a certain level and can affect one's own body. This is the manifestation of Hedao.

Conversion between virtual and real may not be a big deal to others, but for Tang Jie, who possesses the copying technique, it is easy to upgrade it to a magical skill. As long as he is willing, he can create thousands of himself in the future and use them at any time. It shuttles among the clones, and its ability to confuse and illusion is infinitely stronger than Luan Feng Bu. Of course, the current Tang Jie has only achieved a small amount of success, and is far from reaching the point where he can incarnate tens of millions and reach across the world.

However, at this moment Tang Jie shook his head and said: "This is just incidental and will not be my purpose in the short term."

"Is this incidental?" Suzaku looked at Tang Jie in surprise: "What exactly do you want to do?"

Tang Jie just sighed, then he waved his hand, and saw all the remaining clones walking towards him and disappearing into Tang Jie's body one by one.

Seeing this scene, Suzaku raised his head and laughed: "No wonder you can master the transformation of reality and reality so quickly, and you can still have partial attack power without using physical objects. It turns out that these phantoms are all made of your blood. It seems that you have already begun I understand the meaning of Hedao.”

Tang Jie said lightly: "The so-called entering the Tao originally refers to the physical body condensing the Tao patterns, and the body conforms to the will of heaven and earth. If thousands of Tao patterns are condensed, the Tao body will be cultivated. The so-called combination with the Tao means combining with the Tao body through means. , to play a stronger role. Every phantom here is transformed by me with my own blood. Although my Taoism is still shallow and my flesh and blood/Tao power is insufficient, I can still make small breakthroughs on the original basis. Made it happen.”

Suzaku clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, that's it. I didn't expect you to have understood it to such an extent. But if you do this, wouldn't I have burned a lot of your blood just now?"

"I can afford to pay for just a few hundred drops of blood."

"By the way, you haven't said what you want to achieve yet." Suzaku asked.

"Haven't you seen it yet? Apart from reality, what I am showing now is nothing else." Tang Jie asked back. After he cloned himself again, the countless copies came out of his body.

Seeing countless Tang tribulations gathering and dispersing, Suzaku was confused for a moment.

Tang Jie had no choice but to remind him again: "Those who gather and disperse are separated and separated."

"It turns out it's clutching!" Suzaku suddenly realized it, but then became confused again. He tilted his head and looked at Tang Jie: "What do you want to learn clutching for?"

The way of separation and union is also based on yin and yang. What is important is gathering, separation, separation and union, all in one thought. It can either break into whole parts and gather strength to strike, or it can break into whole parts and scatter in all directions, which has a very strong effect of change.

But for the clones, the method of separation and union is meaningless. Even if all the clones merge into one, it will not increase Tang Jie's power.

Suzaku couldn't figure out the meaning of Tang Jie's goal of Lihe.

"significance?"

A mysterious smile appeared on Tang Jie's face: "Then let's go for it."

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