The heavens start with Buddhist disciples

Chapter 55 Eight Golden Locks
After listening to Ji Ran's explanation, Mo Mo thought for a while and suggested: "Since the master has such a guess, why not invite seven friends who have comprehended the meaning of the sword directly. It happens to be eight people to cooperate with the girl yesterday."

Ji Ran thought for a moment and said, "Your suggestion is good. The worst possible thing is to use eight masters to sacrifice the sword."

"This time the Human Sect is out in force. Even for the sake of Taoist inheritance, at least one of the two will make a move. In this way, our lives are guaranteed."

"I will ask senior brother to bring the three elders Feng, Yun and Shuang with him in his letter."

Afterwards, Ji Ran wrote a letter to Fu Nian of Little Saint Xian Manor, inviting Fu Nian to explore the Sword Burial Valley together.As for the farmers, forget it, after all, neither party trusts them.

There was no talking all night, and during the next day, Ji Ran made some preparations, including medicine, iron ropes, hemp ropes and other things for marking.

At night, Ji Ran said to Mo Mo: "I went to find out the truth earlier. If I don't come back in ten days, you will wait here for your uncle Xiaoyaozi, and inform him of the fact that I am trapped, and ask him to invite Your great master comes out."

"As for the safety and supplies of the teacher, you don't have to worry about it."

After that, Ji Ran carried a big package on her back and headed towards the Sword Burial Valley dozens of miles outside Kuaiji City.

The so-called Sword Burial Valley is actually a valley outside Kunwu Mountain. The legendary Eight Swords of the King of Yue were cast from Kunwu copper.

Therefore, Ji Ran felt that even if nothing was found in the Sword Burial Valley, she could still try to collect Kunwu's copper, and then ask the caster to help her build a useful weapon.

After two days of traveling and searching, Ji Ran finally found the Sword Burial Valley.He confirmed in his heart: "Sure enough, there is a breeze pouring in at the entrance of the valley, and the valley is filled with clouds and mist. This place is surrounded by mountains, and there is a faint formation."

So Ji Ran didn't dare to be careless, so she first found two stable rocks on the outside of the valley, tied one with a hemp rope, and the other with an iron cable.

Then he tied the hemp rope and iron rope around his waist, and took out an iron rod and a bag of powder from his backpack.Then Ji Ran drew lines under her feet and sprinkled some powder at intervals.

Just walked into the valley.Ji Ran, who was traveling slowly, found that her field of vision was getting smaller and smaller.

Sometimes he couldn't even see the head of the iron rod clearly under his feet. At the same time, Ji Ran felt the wind in the valley blowing on his skin, which was as uncomfortable as needle pricks.

If I hadn't been physically strong and had practiced the "Extremely Hard Work", I was different from ordinary people, I am afraid that my skin would have been cut.After walking forward for a certain distance, the thick fog cleared, and Ji Ran found himself in a forest.

At this time, Ji Ran was not busy moving forward, but pulled the hemp rope around her waist hard, and found that the hemp rope had indeed broken.There is nothing wrong with the iron rope. The problem is that the iron rope prepared by Ji Ran is only 200 meters long, and it is almost over now.

So Ji Ran didn't move forward again, but found a few big trees in the woods and marked them.Then he grabbed the iron rope and returned to the entrance along the original path.

After a while, Ji Ran returned to the entrance. "It seems that as long as there are guards outside the valley to ensure that the iron ropes are not untied, and there are iron rope marks in the dense forest, the entrance to the misty valley will be cracked."

So Ji Ran checked the binding condition of the iron chain again, and then walked into the misty valley again.But this time is different from the last time. After the fog dissipated this time, what appeared in front of Ji Ran was not a forest.But a stone forest.

Ji Ran sighed and said: "There is indeed a formation. Every time I feel that I am walking in a straight line, but the two times it appears in different places, it shows that I am really walking in a curve."

So Ji Ran first made a mark in the stone forest, then returned to the entrance, leveled the iron rod, and compared it with the line drawn by the iron rod on the ground to see how far he had deviated during his walking.

So Ji Ran leaned down and used the two-meter-long iron rod to measure again and again to see where he had gone astray.

In the end, Ji Ran found that it was useless to measure like this, because this section of the road was nearly 200 meters long. In the end, Ji Ran found that the length measured with an iron rod was about 300 meters.

So Ji Ran drew a circle with a radius of three meters at the entrance according to equal proportions and marked it with a stone forest.

Ji Ran kept trying after that, and in addition to woods and stone forests, she also saw grassland, sea of ​​flowers, Bone Mountain, turbulent rivers, and an open field.

When I tried No. 30, I saw no scenes other than these eight scenes.This shows that Ji Ran has triggered all branches in the fog, a total of eight types including the fog.

Then I drew a circle each time, and finally found that it was almost divided into four groups.In the remaining seven scenes, including fog, the radius of the grassland and the sea of ​​flowers are the same.

The field has the same radius as the stone forest.The woods have the same radius as the waves.The final Bone Mountain had the farthest radius, because the iron chain was not long enough, so Ji Ran used multiple strands of hemp rope to combine the iron chain to extend forward for a certain distance.

Even so, Ji Ran couldn't reach the White Bone Mountain, but saw a hill full of bones from a distance, which was like a Jingguan on the battlefield to intimidate the enemy.

Five days have passed in this way, Ji Ran packed up his things and sorted out the marks and sketches, and returned to Kuaiji City.

It has been eight days since Ji Ran left.The past few days were fine, but in the last few days, the ink left in Kuaiji has become more and more anxious.The left has no news of his master, and the right does not know when his uncle will arrive.

Just when Mo Mo was restless and troubled, Ji Ran walked in. Seeing Mo Mo like this, Ji Ran asked, "Why are you so anxious?"

Hearing this, Mo Mo said in surprise: "Master, you are back!"

Seeing that Ji Ran was dirty, Mo Mo stopped talking and arranged for the store to go and prepare Ji Ran to wash up first.

During dinner, Mo Mo asked: "Master, do you know what you will gain from this journey for a few days?"

Ji Ran nodded and shook his head.He said: "I have confirmed for my master that there is a large formation in the Sword Burial Valley, and it is very strong. I will explain it all when your uncle and others arrive."

The first one to arrive was Fu Nian, half a month after Ji Ran sent the letter, and eight days after Ji Ran returned from exploring the Sword Burial Valley. At the same time, Fu Nian did not bring his Tai'a Sword under Ji Ran's instructions. .

Ji Ran said to Fu Nian: "Since senior is here, senior will have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow senior will come with me to explore Sword Burial Valley again."

Fu Nian still had a calm face and said, "Okay, you can tell me the specific information on the way tomorrow."

One night without words, the next day.Ji Ran still told Mo Mo the same words as last time, and took Fu Nian to the Sword Burial Valley.

On the way to Sword Burial Valley, Ji Ran said to Fu Nian: "Senior, I heard the details..."

After listening to Ji Ran's detailed introduction, Fu Nian also agreed with Ji Ran's method.Although clumsy, it is stable.

So the two of them each tied an iron rope and headed towards the valley, one on the left and the other on the right.During this period, the two of them also discovered that the iron ropes were intersecting, and even seemed to be twisted a few times.

After more than ten explorations, the two finally determined the scene and location described by Ji Ran.Centered around the entrance.

On the left side from near to far are the sea of ​​flowers, stone forest, and woods.To the right are meadows, fields, and a turbulent river.The farthest one, and the one that the two of them have reached the most at the same time, is White Bone Mountain.

With Fu Nian's protection, Ji Ran boldly moved forward for a certain distance towards the White Bone Mountain. The further she walked, the more active her mind became.Finally, I started to become upset and even had countless fantasies in my mind.

If Ji Ran hadn't been able to suppress these things due to his superb xinxing cultivation, there might have been a big problem.

Seven days later, the two returned to Kuaiji City.Ji Ran had only learned some battle formations in her previous life, and only had some general knowledge of the formations, but was not proficient in them.This time the Sword Burial Valley formation is different from the illusion formation on the Taoist mountain gate.

The illusion formation at the Taoist mountain gate only has one image and one scene, and is not very powerful. It is mainly used to prevent ordinary people from intruding.The Sword Burial Valley formation has a total of eight images and eight scenes, and the air in the formation contains evil spirits, which can hurt the body and drain the spirit.

It's really difficult.Fortunately, the three elders of Renzong, Fengyunshuang, have been studying the Three Talents Fighting Formation for many years.Even others such as the Taoist Four Symbols Formation, Five Elements Formation, and Bagua Formation are also highly studied.

Therefore, Ji Ran and Fu Nian discussed and decided to wait until the Taoists gathered together to analyze it together to see what kind of formation it was and how to break it.

However, Ji Ran vaguely felt that this formation seemed to have been seen somewhere, so Ji Ran secretly decided in his heart: "It seems that I should study the various formations of Taoism, at least I must be able to distinguish the type of formation and The basic idea of ​​breaking the formation.”

"Otherwise, if you are trapped by the formation in the future, you won't know what to do. If you die trapped in it, it will be a loss. After all, living is the most important thing."

So the three of them waited for another month in Kuaiji. Xiaoyaozi and Chisongzi arrived late with three elders from the Renzong and Xue Yuanzi, an elder from the Tianzong.

When Ji Ran saw everyone, he bowed to Chisongzi and Xiaoyaozi and said, "I've seen these two senior brothers. I'm really embarrassed to bother these two senior brothers here. I hope you can forgive me."

Chisongzi smiled sympathetically and said: "It doesn't matter, senior brother, I haven't left Taiyi Mountain for many years. This time I will take the opportunity of junior brother to go out for a walk."

Xiaoyaozi also said: "That's right, we haven't been to this place of Wu and Yue very often. This time we, Taoists, are just going out to have fun together. Let's appreciate the scenery here."

Fu Nian also stepped forward to greet Chisongzi and Xiaoyaozi, and then everyone began to greet each other.

Ji Ran and Fu Nian looked at each other, and Fu Nian said: "Uncle Xuan Xinzi, let's talk."

Ji Ran nodded, then took out the sketches drawn from previous explorations, and described in detail how he explored, how he and Fu Nian explored and confirmed the orientation, and handed the final orientation map to Chi Songzi.

Although Chisongzi, Xiaoyaozi and Ji Ran are of the same generation, Chisongzi started ten years before Xiaoyaozi, and he is considered a big brother of this generation. Therefore, Taoism is more polite when there are outsiders.

After reading it, Chisongzi passed the azimuth map on one by one and started thinking about it in his mind. After a while, Chisongzi said: "This should be a variation of the Bagua array."

Everyone nodded, and at this time Shuang Jianzi said: "If I read it correctly, this should be the eight-door golden lock formation created by Sun Bin."

Ji Ran suddenly realized when she heard the name. No wonder she always felt that this formation looked familiar.So Ji Ran said: "Nephew Shuangjianzi means that the entrance to the misty valley is where the Shengmen is?"

Shuang Jianzi glanced at Ji Ran with some surprise and said: "Yes, the entrance to the misty valley should be the gate of life, and the mountain of bones should be the gate of death. But it is impossible to determine whether this formation is along the eight gates or against the eight gates. .”

“Because the grassland and the sea of ​​flowers are both places full of vitality, they are both in line with the characteristics of Jimen.”

So Shuang Jianzi introduced to everyone: "The eight-door golden lock formation is divided into three auspicious gates, three unlucky gates and two Zhongping gates. The auspicious ones have nine lives and one death, and the unlucky ones have nine deaths and one life."

"According to the information obtained by Junior Master Uncle and Mr. Fu Nian, there are grasslands, seas of flowers, woods, and fields that match Jimen. In addition, river water also contains vitality. I wonder what the river water you saw looks like?"

Ji Ranran replied: "The waves are rough and it is difficult to find fish and insects."

Shuang Jianzi pondered: "Then this river should not be a lucky gate, but a vicious gate. One of the sea of ​​flowers and grassland must be a vicious gate. Which one needs us to explore together."

After everyone heard Shuang Jianzi's analysis, they felt confident.After agreeing on the itinerary, they all went to rest separately. During this period, Xiaoyaozi did not forget to have a "talk" with Ji Ran, expressing his concern and asking Ji Ran if he had any thoughts about going to Qi.

When he learned that Ji Ran came south from Qi State, Xiaoyaozi showed a knowing smile.

Ji Ran didn't see Chi Songzi often on Taiyi Mountain, so Chi Songzi also knew Ji Ran relatively well and knew what kind of person he was. Seeing that Ji Ran didn't come to him at night, Chi Songzi didn't feel unhappy either. After all, he was a jack-of-all-trades. People who don't have a bad heart.

Two days later, a group of nine people, including Mo Mo, arrived at the mouth of the Sword Burial Valley after preparing a large amount of living supplies.

Here everyone also saw the chains left by Ji Ran and Fu Nian and the sign left by Taniguchi.

So Ji Ran was paired with Feng Jianzi, and Fu Nian was paired with Yun Jianzi. The two groups went to find the sea of ​​flowers and grassland to explore and confirm.Fortunately, Ji Ran and Feng Jianzi came to the sea of ​​flowers this time.

Ji Ran untied the iron rope around his waist and handed it to Feng Jianzi and said to him: "Senior nephew Feng Jianzi, I will leave my life to you. You must watch it carefully and don't lose it."

When Feng Jianzi heard this, he tightened the iron rope in his hand and said to Ji Ran: "Uncle, please go with peace of mind. Everything is taken care of by Feng Jianzi." So Ji Ran strode into the sea of ​​flowers.

Ji Ran first broke off a flower with a sharp sword, took it into his hand, observed it carefully, and smelled it.For a long time Ji Ran murmured in her heart: "This flower turns out to be the drunken fairy crabapple that has been extinct for a long time."

The Drunken Immortal Begonia is not poisonous, and Ji Ran didn't find any other abnormalities, so Ji Ran stepped into the sea of ​​flowers.

But while walking, Ji Ran felt a little dizzy.He hurriedly stopped breathing, practiced skin breathing method, and tapped several key acupoints on his body at the same time, and slowly exited the sea of ​​flowers.

After exiting, Ji Ran sat cross-legged, looked inward, and began to check her body.

Feng Jianzi in the distance was a little nervous when he saw this scene and wanted to step forward to help, but considering the iron rope in his hand, he could only give up the idea and looked at Ji Ranqian who was not far away anxiously.

After a while, after Ji Ran Yungong got rid of the toxins in his body, he began to think about the cause of his poisoning.After thinking to no avail, Ji Ran raised his Qiushui Lingyan and looked at Huahai.

You don't know it by looking at it, but you are shocked when you see it. It turns out that it is around and in the center of the sea of ​​flowers.Every long distance there will be a small area without flowers, where grass is planted.It is a special plant called Qidian herb.

Not only is this grass non-toxic, but its special fragrance can also soothe your mind.But once the fragrance of Zuixian Begonia is combined with the scent of Qidian Vanilla, it becomes a strange poison.

A non-poisonous poison that can make people paralyzed. Flowers fall in dreams.Because the poisoned person will feel weak at first, and then gradually feel dizzy. Finally, he will fall into the fragrance, indulge in a sweet dream, and never be able to open his eyes again.

The reason why Ji Ran didn't feel weak all over, but felt dizzy first, is because Ji Ran's soul is powerful and sensitive, and she will notice if there is anything wrong.At the same time, the muscles and bones in the body have been tempered and are far more resistant than ordinary people.

After finding out the reason, Ji Ran couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "The person who set up the formation is very clever and clever. In the endless sea of ​​flowers, there are just such a few fatal crises. It is really clever."

Feng Jianzi felt relieved when he saw that Ji Ran was fine, and the two of them withdrew from the place and returned to the entrance of the misty valley.

When Ji Ran came back, she found that Fu Nian had already returned and everyone was waiting for them.

Ji Ran asked: "How long have I been in this time?"

Xiaoyaozi said: "It's been almost half a day. Originally, Master Fu Nian wanted to find you, but considering the uncertainty of the fog, we are waiting for you here."

"Senior Nephew Shuangjianzi guesses that because you haven't returned for a long time, there must be another crisis hidden in the sea of ​​flowers."

Ji Ran first expressed her gratitude to Fu Nian and Shuang Jianzi, and then said: "Yes, although the sea of ​​flowers looks beautiful, it is really a dangerous place."

"At first, Brother Fu Nian and I entered the sea of ​​flowers many times but did not investigate carefully. This time I entered and found that the ones planted in the sea of ​​flowers were actually the Zuixian Begonia that had been extinct for a long time."

"It stands to reason that Zuixian Begonia is not toxic, but in the sea of ​​flowers, there are several places where Qidian Herb is planted. This Qidian Herb and Zuixian Begonia are like a couple, complementing each other. They can promote each other's growth."

"But once their fragrances mix, they become a non-poisonous poison that can make people paralyzed, and flowers fall in their dreams."

"According to nephew Shuang Jianzi's theory, since the sea of ​​flowers is a dangerous place, the grassland must be an auspicious place. So how do we break through the formation and enter?"

Shuang Jianzi pondered for a while and said: "Although we have confirmed the directions of the eight gates, the traditional eight gates should be entered from the Sheng Gate, passed through the Xiu Gate, and then opened the door, which can be broken."

"But in the formation in front of us, in addition to the eight gates and eight scenes, there is also a sinister sword energy flowing in it, otherwise the hemp rope would not be cut off for no reason."

"I'm afraid to break the formation, but also need to understand the origin of this sword energy."

(End of this chapter)