UGB Chapter 27 Discussion on the Dao at Yaochi
Chapter 27 Discussion on the Dao at Yaochi
In Xuan Nu's eyes, Xuan Yao, this demon cultivator who attained enlightenment through the black tiger acquired his Dao, was far inferior in terms of background and foundation to those innate saints who were born close to the Dao.
The inherited cultivation method was merely a scroll of "True Explanation of the Golden Palace Mysterious Demon" bestowed by the master, and in the field of formations, it was like the blind men touching an elephant.
Yet, it was precisely with this extremely limited inheritance that he managed to comprehend such an amazing rudimentary form of the Dao of Array Formation!
This level of understanding was enough for Xuan Nu, the senior disciple of the inner sect of Xikunlun, to truly regard him as a fellow practitioner.
"Junior brother's ability to come up with such a concept shows that you not only have excellent comprehension, but also profound virtue and merit."
Xuan Nu nodded slightly, and a rare serious expression appeared on her usually icy face.
Then, with great patience, she began to explain to Xuan Yao her profound insights into array formations and warfare, answering his questions and resolving his doubts.
"Your idea of transforming Xuan Sha into the winds of the Nine Netherworlds is ingenious, but the foundation of an array is primarily based on momentum."
Xuan Nu's voice was clear and cold, yet every word was precious, resonating powerfully within Xuan Yao's mind:
"Heaven and earth have their great forces, mountains and rivers have their terrain, and weapons of war have their killing intent."
The purpose of a formation is to perfectly integrate these three elements.
Your formation relies too heavily on the rigid changes in the array flags, neglecting the fundamental principle of leveraging external forces!
Upon hearing Xuan Nu's incisive sermon, Xuan Yao, sitting upright on the futon, felt a violent tremor in his mind!
He felt that the array mystery he had been pondering under the Enlightenment Tea Tree for tens of thousands of years, yet had never been solved, had been largely cleared away by Xuan Nu's casual remark.
Seeing that Xuan Yao was listening very attentively, his eyes flashed with the brilliance of sudden enlightenment.
Xuan Nu also found herself in a rare mood for conversation and said a few more words.
She even raised her long, slender, white fingers on the spot, using them as a brush, and casually sketched several basic array patterns in the void of Yaochi, which contained endless military formations and changes in the mountains and rivers.
"Junior brother, watch this; this is how you leverage external forces."
A clear light flowed from the Xuan Nu's fingertips, and the array patterns in the void seemed to come alive, faintly resonating with the aura of the mountains of Xikunlun:
"With my meager magical power, I can leverage the vast and mighty power of heaven and earth."
This is the essence of concealing one's power, keeping one's killing intent hidden, like an old turtle hiding in the abyss; when it moves, it will surely kill.
As for this turn of events…
With a sudden flick of her finger, the Xuan Nu transformed the originally smooth array patterns into an extremely sharp and fierce aura of warfare, seemingly capable of tearing apart the void.
"The true killing blow lies in instantly transforming the gentleness of virtue into the fury of wrath at the moment when the enemy thinks they've seen through your formation and is most relaxed!"
Xuan Yao grew increasingly alarmed as he looked, his eyes fixed on the array patterns that were gradually dissipating in the void.
He understood more and more deeply just how terrifying the gap was in the foundation of the Great Dao between innate saints and cultivators like himself who had acquired their cultivation!
He has been working in isolation for tens of thousands of years, thinking he has already grasped the basics of formations.
However, the basic formations that Xuan Nu casually sketched contained her innate and profound understanding of the laws of war and warfare, which was something that I could never achieve in a short period of time.
However, such straightforward and insightful guidance is of immeasurable significance to Xuan Yao, who is currently at a bottleneck in his array formation skills.
"Thank you very much, Senior Sister, for your guidance and enlightenment. I will remember your words today, as if the clouds have parted and the sun has shone through."
Xuan Yao immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Xuan Nu with an extremely solemn expression.
Xuan Nu simply smiled faintly and accepted the greeting with composure.
"Junior brother, you flatter me. It is already an extremely rare blessing that you have been able to reach this point today with your birth as a demon and with the help of a true scripture."
The goddess picked up her wine cup, took a small sip, and spoke with a hint of expectation:
"If you are truly determined to walk this path of formations and slaughter, you may come to my Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Cave to ask for guidance if you ever encounter any difficulties in the future."
Fellow disciples should support each other.
Xuan Yao felt greatly relieved and overjoyed upon hearing this.
Previously, he had already formed a good relationship with Su Nu at Linshui Yutai.
However, Su Nu's Dao leans more towards the gentle path of virtue, yin and yang, and music.
The Mysterious Woman, however, was completely different.
This future war god's expertise in formations and warfare perfectly complements what Xuan Yao currently needs most in his cultivation system.
After the two had talked for a while, they paused.
"when--!"
Suddenly, a bright light shone forth from the highest point of Yaochi, the Nine Heavens Cloud Platform, and auspicious clouds stretched for thousands of feet!
Amidst much anticipation, the Queen Mother of the West finally made her official appearance.
At this moment, the Queen Mother of the West wore a phoenix crown, a magnificent celestial robe representing the highest position among female immortals, and held a supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Pure Water Bowl. Her demeanor was extremely graceful.
She sat high on the cloud platform, accepting the congratulatory gifts from the immortals of the primordial world with a peaceful expression.
However, to the surprise of all the independent cultivators...
This newly appointed female immortal, who was at the height of her fame, did not, like the Eastern King Duke of Zifu Continent in the East Sea, put on any arrogant and aloof airs.
Or perhaps it was an opportunity to issue orders and command the immortals.
Instead, the Queen Mother of the West smiled and surveyed the entire scene, her gentle yet clear voice resounding throughout the Jade Pool:
"Now that all of you fellow Daoists have gathered here in my West Kunlun..."
"Let us take advantage of this grand occasion, shed those formalities, and discuss the great principles together!"
"Those of us who have had the privilege of going to Zixiao Palace to listen to the Dao can also take this opportunity to verify the profound and wonderful methods of the Dao Ancestor."
This will also give those of you present who have not had the opportunity to go to the Chaos to hear the Dao a chance to experience the Great Dao.
Upon hearing this, the atmosphere throughout the entire Jade Pool Wonderland instantly changed!
The atmosphere, which was originally one of lighthearted feasting and casual conversation, suddenly took on a solemn and dignified air, befitting a grand gathering of Taoist masters.
Countless rogue cultivators and demon kings who failed to reach Zixiao Palace looked towards the cloud platform with trembling excitement.
This is a great master from Zixiao Palace personally expounding on the Great Dao!
This incredible opportunity is ten thousand times more precious than eating the Ren Water Peaches!
First, the Queen Mother of the West, as the host, gave a speech.
What she described was precisely the path of virtue and fortune that she was most proficient in!
The Queen Mother of the West spoke gently, like a spring breeze.
But every word she uttered was accompanied by the clear light of the heavens, which transformed into golden lotuses in the void.
She spoke of the flow of the universe's energy and the entanglement of cause and effect in people's hearts.
From the dialectical principle that fortune and misfortune are interdependent, we can discuss the method of preserving life by going with the flow.
Finally, it also discussed in great depth how to use this vast amount of merit to carry one's own great path, and how to use merit to harmonize the omnipresent karmic obstacles of killing and violence.
Xuan Yao originally focused on cultivating virtue and warding off evil, and now he was listening to his master's discourse that went straight to the source.
He felt that all the days and nights he had spent in the cave, relying on the path he had painstakingly explored, had suddenly become infinitely clear.
Within the spiritual platform, the pure energy of virtue surged wildly, becoming increasingly pure.
Immediately afterwards, the domineering and unparalleled Demon Emperor Di Jun began to expound on his way of being an emperor.
Its voice was as majestic as the sun in the sky, and its words were all about establishing the order of heaven and earth and ruling over all living beings and things, exuding a terrifying and domineering aura that those who obeyed it would prosper.
Then, Zhen Yuanzi, the Great Immortal holding the Earth Book, began to explain the Way of the Earth Immortals.
Its Daoist sound is deep and resonant, like Mount Buzhou that bears all things, pointing directly to the trend of mountains and rivers and the entrustment of blessed lands for living beings, making people feel at ease when they hear it.
The goddess Nuwa then parted her lips slightly and began to explain the principles of creation.
Her voice, gentle yet brimming with boundless vitality, vividly brought to life the wondrous scenes of all things evolving and withered trees blossoming anew before the eyes of the immortals.
The great Dao spoken of by the immortals were not entirely the same, and even had fundamental conflicts in some of their ideas.
However, they all cleverly used their own Dao as the foundation, combining it with the profound teachings of the Mysterious School that they heard from Dao Ancestor Hongjun in Zixiao Palace to develop their arguments.
It truly achieved a balance where the high places were not ethereal and the low places were still places where the immortals could hear and understand.
Although Xuan Yao is only at the peak of the Xuanxian realm, he is still a far cry from these Daluo Jinxian or even Quasi-Saint level beings.
However, the first lecture of Dao Ancestor Hongjun in Zixiao Palace focused on the cultivation foundation and general principles of Xuanmen before becoming a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Therefore, the discussions of these great beings at this moment are not, to Xuan Yao, the kind of lofty and unattainable, heavenly scriptures that seem like illusions in a mirror or the moon in the water.
Instead, it is a truly extraordinary opportunity that one can understand and immediately apply to one's own cultivation!
Xuan Yao firmly maintained the clarity of his mind, focusing intently on grasping the fragments of the Great Dao that best suited his cultivation of virtue, warding off evil, and array techniques.
In the discourse of the great masters.
What captivated Xuan Yao the most was the Great Dao spoken by the Master of Shangqing Tongtian!
The Tongtian Sect Master perfectly integrated the profound and wondrous methods of the Dao Ancestor with his own domineering sword intent that could sever the heavens and earth, as well as the complex and ever-changing Dao of formations.
He discussed the unparalleled sharpness and invincibility of swordsmanship.
It also provides a profound analysis of the all-encompassing and infinite variations of the array formation.
He even uttered the shocking statement, "All paths can be formed into arrays, and all phenomena can be turned into swords!"
Xuan Yao had been struggling with the bottleneck of how to use formations to ward off evil spirits, but to no avail.
At this moment, they listened to the earth-shattering words of Shangqing Tongtian, a grandmaster of array formations.
He felt as if ten thousand thunderbolts were exploding in his mind at the same time, and his mind was as clear as if the clouds had parted to reveal the fog.
The array formation insights and Xuan Sha application methods that were originally scattered and confusing in his mind were greatly enlightened by the words of the Tongtian Sect Master.
Apart from the sword formation doctrine taught by the Tongtian Sect Leader.
Xuan Yao also paid close attention to the Great Dao of weapon crafting expounded by the Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerable, listening intently.
Previously, he was not very skilled in weapon crafting.
From obtaining the Xuan Sha Golden Whip, refining the Dark Gold Flying Fork, and repairing the array flag, to the Xuan Sha Main Flag that he must forge in the future.
Xuan Yao has come to realize this more and more clearly.
One must also have some skill in the art of crafting tools in order to ensure unimpeded cultivation.
Therefore, when the future Grandmaster of Weapon Forging, Yuanshi Tianzun, began to expound on the Way of Weapons, Xuan Yao even spared no effort to imprint every word he spoke deep within his true spirit.
Only the Great Dao of Alchemy as described by Laozi of the Taiqing School.
Xuan Yao listened for a while, hoping to give it a try.
However, he soon realized with dismay that his comprehension of alchemy was truly mediocre.
His understanding and insight into array formations and weapon crafting were far less acute and profound than his knowledge of them.
He was decisive and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately calmed his mind and stopped being greedy.
Instead, he focused all his energy once again on digesting the insights gained from the discussions of Tongtian and Yuanshi, the two future sages.
The entire Yaochi Daoist Forum lasted for countless years.
Within the Jade Pool Wonderland, heavenly flowers rained down, golden lotuses sprang from the earth, and various extraordinary phenomena of the Great Dao appeared one after another.
In this once-in-a-millennium opportunity, all the immortals were completely captivated and each gained something.