I want to embrace the moon for nine days

Chapter 186: Respect the earth, start a war

The dark and endless sky, the vast expanse of desert sand.

Su Hanshan sat cross-legged in front of the Temple of the Five Internal Organs. He had been motionless for a long time, staring at the strange five-color tree.

Yang Baifa, Du Yuanzhen, including Li Baisui, Cui Bo, Zhang Anshou and others, all the warriors who have entered the physical realm have gathered here.

Unknowingly or not, when everyone arrived, Su Hanshan just started to show obvious changes.

His breath was quiet, and his figure began to fade and become transparent, gradually allowing people to see through his body and see the scenery on the other side.

In the final analysis, everyone's body in dreams is the manifestation of spirit. After ordinary people enter the sky dream, they will manifest into a state that is close to the entity, and there is no way to adjust it by themselves.

The movement of a strong man's mind can greatly affect the state of his mental body.

Su Hanshan's figure has now faded like this, not because of injury, but because his mind is in an extremely gloomy and depressed state.

Du Yuanzhen and others could clearly feel the gloomy thoughts emanating from him. Sun Xingzu, who was the weakest, even felt sad and inexplicably depressed.

That's right, it's just enrichment and gratitude. There is no penetration and observation, no attack and analysis, and no attitude of studying the Five Zang Temple opposite as a martial arts collection.

They all lacked this patience, but they couldn't help but make some guesses and imaginations of their own.

"Maybe it's because the main body of the Five Zang Temple is not martial arts in the first place..."

Could it be that Su Hanshan has some secret method that can, through intense changes in emotions, accumulate for a long time, suddenly burst out with a mental shock that is far beyond normal, hit the dream symbol, and get a response?

However, even before the 180th generation ancestor of Buddha was born, this gesture could already represent awe, prayer and gratitude.

The problem is that Su Hanshan has not deliberately directed his energy toward the Five Zang Temple, but only focused on changing his mentality.

Although the dream symbol can correspond to a martial arts concept, it contains more than just martial arts-related culture.

The bystanders were all keen enough, and they immediately became energetic and observed carefully.

At that time, the objects of our ancestors' prayers were not the immortals, saints, gods and Buddhas with specific personality symbols, but the wind, rain, thunder and lightning, the mountains, forests, rivers, the vast sky, and the boundless earth.

However, everyone watching could feel the strong sense of fulfillment and gratitude.

Everyone watched and waited in confusion.

Whether you live by farming, gathering, or hunting, they are all born from the earth and taken to worship the five internal organs.

Du Wentong was puzzled. Is it enough to just worship these dream symbols with gratitude?

If you have been in a certain status for a long time, engaged in a certain industry, your cognition and feelings about the world may develop into a kind of martial arts artistic conception. After being sublimated through freehand metaphors, it can evolve into an object of visualization.

"He didn't try to understand the deeper mysteries of martial arts, but this dream symbol gave him a response?!"

But soon, the gloomy thoughts began to change, light but not dark, calm and tenacious, day after day, calm and composed, year after year, gradually becoming calmer...

The people watching did not see any sign that he could establish a connection with the Five Zang Temple, and they were full of confusion.

Between one person and one temple, the light is getting stronger and stronger.

This is very different from the Great Chu Dynasty. The martial arts of the Great Chu Dynasty were too mature and too objective. The development of martial arts relied on the observation and summary of the laws of the movement of the heaven and earth's vitality, and then developed more ways to use it. The psychological feelings were at best It plays a catalytic role when an individual breaks through the realm.

Precisely because of the different worlds, Su Hanshan was the first to realize that he could not approach these dream symbols with the mentality of understanding martial arts.

In this world that attaches great importance to visualization and emotional state, all martial arts concepts are derived from the insights of a certain period of life.

wrong! Du Wentong had caught something in his mind, but he couldn't figure it out yet.

It is clearly divided into five colors, but it is simple and thick, and the luster that does not make people feel dazzled at all shines on Su Hanshan.

The Temple of the Five Internal Organs naturally glows with a jade-like luster. It no longer looks like a strange tree, but more like a palace surrounded by five kinds of jade.

Su Hanshan had already shown a smile, raised his hands, and clasped them in front of his chest.

"The understanding and gratitude for the five internal organs and the earth are the original and deepest foundation of this five internal organs temple. If we follow this analogy, other dream symbols do not have martial arts as the main axis."

Du Yuanzhen and others can also adjust their emotions in this way, maybe at a slower pace, but this is not a problem.

With five fingers on the left hand and five fingers on the right hand, put your hands together, worshiping not only the five internal organs of people, but also the five directions of the earth, feeling extremely fulfilled and grateful.

The so-called temple of the five internal organs can actually be regarded as an earth temple with the closest connection between man and the earth.

For example, the symbol of the golden cicada, although expressed in martial arts, is about capturing thoughts, creating resonance, and breaking people's souls into pieces.

Du Yuanzhen's beautiful eyebrows were raised, and her eyes as black as paint revealed a very clear look.

Du Yuanzhen had this suspicion in his mind with uncertainty.

That is the most simple desire to continue life. Sacrifice the five internal organs in exchange for life, and be grateful to the earth because the five internal organs have been sacrificed.

The action of putting hands together has a lot of meaning in Buddhism.

But Su Hanshan did not launch an attack, and there was nothing strange about the Five Zang Temple.

Su Hanshan's mentality continued to change, but each stage transitioned slowly. Finally, when his mind slipped into a new stage, his eyes changed slightly.

Du Yuanzhen and others watched for maybe an hour, feeling that Su Hanshan's emotional changes at each stage became more subtle, complex, and specific, as if they were actually facing certain events or situations.

"No, it seems like he and the tree have become harmonious?"

There, simply studying martial arts can be a lifelong career, and other things can, in turn, be regarded as ancillary values ​​to martial arts.

This process becomes very slow, but it is also obvious. It is a process of gradually rising mentality, sadness, fear, joy, hatred, joy, wildness, and so on, step by step.

From this perspective, martial arts in this world does not yet exist as a complete discipline. The process of achieving breakthroughs in practice relies heavily on psychological profiles projected from other walks of life.

But it is very likely that the most fundamental and broadest artistic conception is the compassionate desire to enlighten people with their hearts, to enlighten them, and to bring everyone together to be liberated.

One is to kill with great force, crushing the heart and soul, and the other is to be compassionate and merciful. They are really opposite mentality.

However, if these things that Su Hanshan knew were simply conveyed to Yang Baifa, Du Yuanzhen and others in words, they might not be of much use. Instead, they might increase some wavering suspicions.

In a world that pays attention to spiritual feelings, the best effect will be achieved by letting them witness it with their own eyes and discover this truth for themselves.

As Du Yuanzhen spoke, he recalled his experience of being in contact with the Nine-Headed Phoenix for a long time, and already had further conjectures.

The nine-headed phoenix is ​​the noble god of fire control and the symbol of the monarch. If you can't get enough response from the perspective of marksmanship and flames, you should probably try to get in touch with it in a normal state of mind.

The dream symbol that Yang Baifa found was not one of the Twenty-Four Holy Spirits, but his comprehension at this moment was no slower than Du Yuanzhen's.

The saying that fireflies entrust the soul is actually a memory of the deceased and a recollection of past lives.

If he wanted to approach that dream symbol with a reminiscence mentality, then he would have too much to reminisce about in his old life.

"It's really a dream symbol suitable for the elderly to practice."

Yang Baifa laughed and turned around to leave without looking at the subsequent developments at the Wu Zang Temple.

Du Yuanzhen stayed for a while and found that Su Hanshan maintained that state and became more and more into a better state. He confirmed his thoughts and turned around to look for the nine-headed phoenix.

After everyone else heard these words and combined with Su Hanshan's performance, they all understood what was going on.

Most of them, although their current strength levels are different, had the help of the Holy Spirit when they broke through the soul and entered their bodies. It was very simple to find the dream symbol that corresponded to them, and they left in a hurry.

In the next ten days, every time they entered a dream, they would imitate Su Hanshan's approach, adjust their mentality in front of the corresponding dream symbol, and try one after another.

However, although they can rely on visualization to induce various emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, they are only a broad category. If they want to form a specific state of mind, they can only rely on memory to help.

However, in their memories, there may not be suitable scenes, no specific experiences and feelings can be found, and it is always difficult to elicit a symbolic response from the dream.

Even Du Wentong only had a weak response when he went to comprehend the Nine-Headed Phoenix with his sister, which was one step behind Du Yuanzhen. It was incomparable to the smooth process that Su Hanshan had that day.

"Nine Phoenix Pills are the Holy Spirit developed by Wude Taizong. At that time, they did not have such a convenient medium as Cangtian Dream, so they were able to vaguely access the secrets symbolized by dreams and get responses. Now I am also the Lord of Chang'an and the King of Wude. Could it be that Is it really that much different?"

A trace of unwillingness appeared on Du Wentong's face, and he stared blankly at the nine-headed phoenix.

The heyday of the Wude Dynasty has long passed. In the middle of the dynasty, when the local Jiedushi launched a large-scale rebellion for the first time, they even captured Chang'an.

At that time, the imperial court was defeated and lacked elite troops. They even borrowed foreign troops from the border to recapture Chang'an. They also claimed that the area around Chang'an had been occupied by rebels in recent years, and the people were all rebels. They were in the realm of thieves. It was "natural" to let these The army looted wantonly as their reward.

It was like this in the middle of the dynasty, let alone the end of the dynasty.

As a person who was born in the last years of the dynasty, Du Wentong had always only listened to Taizong's prosperous times as legends, but deep down he did not believe them to be true.

After the corpse transformation, the Du family took the lead to unify the surrounding areas of Chang'an, conquering the cities outwards, and connecting them together. Although limited by the general environment, the territory and the number of people could not be compared with before.

But deep down in Du Wentong's heart, he was extremely confident in terms of political governance. Perhaps he had already surpassed Emperor Taizong far.

But in front of this nine-headed phoenix, his confidence was knocked down with a head-on blow.

Not to mention Emperor Taizong, he seems to be worse than his sister.

"I still don't believe it."

Du Wentong secretly gritted his teeth and made a wish in his heart, "If I can repel the living corpses and stabilize the situation, I will definitely ask you, the nine-headed bird, to see more of what I can do!" Emitting thoughts and trying to gain the resonance of the nine-headed phoenix was already very tiring in the process.

Although I feel unwilling to give in, I still have enough self-control and know how to relax.

After calming down, Du Wentong left the Nine-Headed Phoenix and patrolled around in his dream.

The dreamland is still so lively, and the number of people entering the dreamland in various cities has been increasing recently.

According to Su Hanshan, this means that the vitality of Cangtian's will is being awakened more and more, and the scope of Cangtian's dream in reality will also expand accordingly.

Although he still didn't know how the will of heaven would eventually help him on the battlefield, Du Wentong's initial doubts had dissipated with the development of the dream.

He himself can now feel that the will of heaven is indeed accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity.

Unknowingly, he walked near the Five Zang Temple.

Su Hanshan was still sitting in front of the Five Zang Temple as usual.

Experts can control the length of their sleep, but due to exposure to dream symbols, different levels of fatigue lead to different lengths of time spent in dreams.

Su Hanshan has been able to stay in dreams for more than eight hours a day recently. It is obvious that the benefits of the Five Zang Temple are far greater than the burden for him.

Du Wentong was a little puzzled by this.

The Five Zang Temple has the connotation of worshiping the five internal organs and being grateful to the earth. It is easier for ordinary people and farmers to have a similar mentality, but they cannot bear the pressure of dream symbols.

A true master, no matter where he is, must have a good status. Even if he is in charge of a country and pays attention to farming, it is only because when the farming is good, the place is stable, easy to rule, convenient for supply and training, and other factors.

The idea of ​​being grateful to the earth is really difficult to come up with.

Su Hanshan was young and with such a level of cultivation, how could he have the mentality of being grateful to the earth and still be able to maintain it?

This kind of long-term thought cannot be derived from the root simply by manipulating emotions.

This is actually due to Su Hanshan's previous life.

In his previous life, he was born into a farmer's family. When he was a child, the adults in his family farmed their own fields. During busy farming days, he would help turn over the grains on the drying field and run around in the fields after harvesting. He has been affectionate towards the land since he was a child. .

More importantly, he loved all kinds of novels, miscellaneous books, and TV popular science programs. In that era, you could often see the greatness of agriculture being promoted everywhere.

According to archaeological discoveries, humans already knew how to dig canals and cultivate crops tens of thousands of years ago. Such things were almost equal to myths in the minds of the people of the Takeru Dynasty.

Not to mention he is a true form warrior, even if he transcends the Xuan Fei, steps into the divine palace, and has his soul fly into the sky and travel thousands of miles, he still needs to be in awe and admiration compared to the tens of thousands of years of fate between man and the earth.

Du Wentong could see that over the past few days, the large areas of empty desert sand around the Five Zang Temple had been dyed with five-color light.

Those strange trees and mountain peaks that have not been awakened must also be bathed in this light.

Su Hanshan sat ten feet in front of the Five Zang Temple, bathed in such light, and the connection with the Five Zang Temple became more and more stable.

The tone of his self-created Wu Zang Fighting Boxing Technique comes from the Dachu Dynasty, and the framework comes from the Southern Song Dynasty. Now, it has the finishing touch of the martial arts essence.

"what?"

When Su Hanshan's connection with the Five Zang Temple was completely solidified, he suddenly felt that in the sea of ​​dreams of all living beings that had been silent for fifty years, it turned out that there were other dream symbols that were in a state of being awakened.

It's not a nine-headed phoenix or a fluorescent stone lamp, but an existence that makes the Five Zang Temple feel very repulsive and hostile.

Su Hanshan also noticed a hint of familiarity in it.

"Is it... a corpse demon?"

In another place, Prince Bai, under the corpse banyan tree, also looked suspicious and turned to look.

He pondered for a moment, then flew away in that direction, and soon came to the edge of the range covered by the source of the corpse transformation, but he did not stop, his eyes were bloody, and he took a steady step out.

The strange corpse banyan tree split a branch and spread in that direction. The top of the branch hung above Prince Bai's head, following him like a shadow.

As Prince Bai strode forward, the branch became longer and thinner. Its light was restrained, as thin as a hair, hidden in the dark sky.

When he climbed a peak, the distant scene came into view.

Among the vast desert sand, trees and rocks, large groups of figures as small as ants moved individually, gathering and dispersing in a lively manner.

Because there are so many people, probably more than a million, you can still feel the passionate atmosphere even though you are so far away.

Prince Bai was shocked: "Is this the method prepared by the will of heaven through the hands of that person?"

Prince Bai was aware of the ignorance of the will of the sky. He originally thought that even if someone made a mistake and understood some guidance, they should continue to follow the route of Burning Sky Baoyu.

A one-time killer weapon that is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe and less controllable can at most take less time to produce and be produced in larger quantities.

He has also recently been thinking about how to test this situation.

Now it seems that his guess was wrong, and the opponent might use another method.

"This forces me to take action in advance."

After paying attention for a moment, Prince Bai murmured and retreated suddenly, hiding in the darkness and quickly moving away and disappearing.

Not long after he left, there was a figure among the crowd in the distance, flying over at high speed and setting foot on the mountain peak.

Su Hanshan looked ahead, seeing strange peaks, sparse rocks, yellow sand on the bottom of the sea, bubbles rising, everything was as usual, nothing unusual could be seen.

When you are far away, the direction sensed by the Five Zang Temple is still relatively obvious. The closer you get, the more blurry it feels.

After thinking about it, Su Hanshan cautiously moved forward.

………………

In the three northwest cities, blast furnaces roared with wind and blazing flames.

A large number of people from the Baiwang Palace soldiers and horses are here to smelt copper and ironware, and hammer copper and iron, making a clanging sound.

The senior officials who showed the appearance of the corpse demon also took matters into their own hands and cooperated with the craftsmen in the army to cast chariots. After each chariot was cast, it was moved to the mountains and scattered and hidden until the time was right before all of them were launched.

"How's the chariot casting going?"

Prince Bai's figure fell from the sky, his white hair flying, and his golden crown shining brightly.

The deputy general said quickly: "There are still three unfinished vehicles. The copper and iron in the city are of a lot of inferior quality and are not enough to be cast. We have appropriated some of the less urgent weapons and armor carried by the army and sent people to the mines to dig for ore. When we come back Smelting.”

"no need!"

Prince Bai said, "Let's use good wood, wrap it with copper and iron sheets, to replace the missing parts for the time being."

"After all, these chariots are not real chariots, but mobile altars. Only a few of them are replaced with wooden accessories, so it doesn't matter."

The deputy general was surprised: "Why are you so eager?"

"It's just some minor changes. Leave the chariot to me."

Prince Bai's eyes darkened and he said, "Go and inform Dingchen that the army of living corpses they have summoned from the southwest can be driven towards Chang'an overnight."

Bai Dingchen is the eldest prince of Prince Bai and the eldest brother of Bai Zhongtuo.

As soon as he finished speaking, Prince Bai stretched out his hand to grab it.

There was no corpse air flowing out, but within a radius of a hundred feet, blood-red air flow was generated out of thin air, and several large houses in the surrounding area were all washed apart.

In the blink of an eye, it was as if a dozen bloody whirlwinds had sprung up from the ground, whirling, whirling, and swaying, and all the tiles and wood in the houses that were in poor condition were smashed into pieces.

Just what was left of the solid wood was absorbed and fell towards the chariot.

………………

All living beings dream of the bottom of the sea.

After exploring for a long time, Su Hanshan stopped in a desert that was too empty.

He was able to determine that the dream symbol with the corpse demon's aura was nearby, but it seemed impossible to observe it through normal means.

Su Hanshan did not act rashly, but looked at the back of his hand, considering whether there was any way to take the initiative to mention the matter to the will of the sky through the eyes of the sky.

While thinking, the eyes of the sky flickered.

Su Hanshan's heart suddenly shook.

This flicker does not mean that the will of heaven has sensed his thoughts, but it means that at that moment, a large number of dreamers were awakened and escaped from the dream.

"Everyone in Xiongguan in the west has just come out of the dream."

"Did the zombie army launch a massive offensive in the middle of the night?"

(End of this chapter)