The Alternative Way of Enlightenment

Chapter 66: Embracing a Blood Moon and a Black Sun
Liu Shan studied the stone carvings around him carefully. When he first entered the stone forest, the Taoist rhyme of the unity of man and nature kept flashing in his mind.

Liu Shan only felt that if he could gain enlightenment here for a long time, he would definitely be able to improve his understanding of the natural way and the way of the stars of the Taixuan Sect.

Because this Taoist rhythm of the unity of man and nature is so helpful for the comprehension of Taoist secrets, it allows practitioners to observe the same Tao from different perspectives.

The stone carvings here are all kinds of strange and bizarre. Some are as tall as the clouds, some are as small as animals, and some are like various rare and exotic objects.

Liu Shan recalled the legend that when Queen Mother of the West created the law, she recorded her inspiration at the time on these stone carvings. Later generations used this as a basis, and when they had inspiration and thoughts, they would record and realize the truth here.

This place had become the best place for enlightenment in the Yaochi Holy Land at that time. Later, a great and powerful person carved the divine pattern of the Great Dao with great magic power, connecting this stone forest with the mountains and rivers.

Therefore, even when Yao Chi moved later, they did not take this stone forest with them, but instead damaged some of the stone carvings that contained profound mystical techniques. Thinking of this, Liu Shan couldn't help but feel that this was a pity.

Liu Shan watched silently, looking at the rare birds and animals on the stone carvings, each of them looked lifelike.

They should all be the guardian beasts that were kept in captivity in the Yao Chi Holy Land back then. They were later carved in this stone forest. One reason was to commemorate them, and the other was to hope that they could protect the holy land forever.

Some of them have stone carvings recording the confrontation between Queen Mother West and ancient creatures, as well as stone carvings recording Queen Mother West receiving important figures.

Liu Shan guessed that all those things that could be recorded should be major events that could affect the entire Yao Chi.

Liu Shan walked past the stone carvings. Although he could feel the special Taoist charm contained in these stone carvings, it was difficult for him to understand the real thoughts of the carvers at that time.

But it is understandable, after all, the difference in their cultivation is so great. If one is at the Dao Palace level, one can easily understand the process of the Queen Mother of the West creating the law.

Then the Yao Chi Holy Land would not leave this stone forest here. If it cannot be moved, it will be destroyed.

There was a large bluestone in front of him that looked like a crouching tiger. On it was a stone carving that recorded a secret attack technique. Liu Shan hurried forward to check it out.

There is a figure on the stone carving, with his hands holding a mysterious seal, but half of his body has been erased. One can only guess from the remaining aura of the Tao and the incomplete seal that this should be the Mountain Embracing Seal.

Liu Shan knows how to use the Baoshan Seal, but he has never studied it in depth.

Because this is a widely circulated secret technique, basically every sect and school has it, and Liu Shan had obtained it from the Lihuo Sect before.

After getting it, Liu Shan did not take it seriously, but just studied it simply.

But now, after carefully comprehending the incomplete seal method on the stone carving in front of him, he could feel that this Baoshan Seal was much more profound than the Baoshan Seal inherited by the Lihuo Sect.

Liu Shan guessed that the Baoshan Seal obtained from the Lihuo Sect should be like the Taoist scriptures in the Lingxu Cave Heaven. They are all incomplete versions and common stuff. Although everyone has them, they are all incomplete.

What is recorded here should be the complete version of the Baoshan Seal, but half of it was erased artificially, so it is also an incomplete version, which is really a pity.

Liu Shan stood in front of the stone carving, hoping that through his own Baoshan Seal and this incomplete Baoshan Seal, he could restore part of it and complete the Baoshan Seal.

This can be considered as one more overt means of attack.

The Mountain Embracing Seal in the Lihuo Sect is to condense a mountain of energy through hand seals, which then falls down forcefully to kill the enemy.

The enemy was suppressed by the mountain and overwhelmed by its momentum. They had no way to resist and dared not to resist.

However, the Baoshan Seal recorded in the stone carving in front of us has a more ever-changing feeling.

It's just like the Five Finger Mountain of Buddha in Journey to the West. When the five fingers fall down, no matter how you change into different forms, even if you can do a somersault ten thousand eight thousand miles, you cannot fly out of the mountain and can only struggle under the mountain.

Liu Shan recalled in his mind the Taixuan Sect's secret art of stars and Yuan Tianshi's secret art of terrain attack.

In the secret art of stars, the movement of stars is like a satellite approaching a main star, which can easily cause landslides and tsunamis.

The attack of the stars is like the fall of ancient stars, which can raze the entire world to the ground.

Yuan Tianshi's terrain attack was even more ingenious, drawing out the terrifying terrain nearby and turning it into his own use.

For example, the Red Moon Cave, Fallen Sun Ridge, Fire Dragon Tomb, Bloody Dragon, Fairy Forest, and True Dragon Pulling Coffin in the Taichu Ancient Mine, in the hands of Yuan Tianshi, can all trigger this kind of death terrain, trapping the enemy in it and killing them.

Just like the fairy forest, after being transformed by the fourth generation of Yuan Tianshi, it became like Yuan Tianshi's home. Outsiders would still be in danger, but Liu Shan and Ye Fan, who were also Yuan Tianshi, would not be in danger as long as they followed the guidance of Yuan Shu. If you can use the star secret technique as a representation, use the mountain seal to activate it, and then use Yuan Tianshi to imitate the terrifying Dao rhyme of the Red Moon Cave and Fallen Sun Ridge that you have seen before.

Then, would this move of Embracing the Mountain Seal be like a blood moon, carrying the boundless yin energy of the Red Moon Cave, and mysteriously falling down? Or would it be like a black sun, carrying the infinite yang energy of the Fallen Sun Ridge, violently smashing the opponent apart?

Thinking of this terrifying power, Liu Shan couldn't help but get excited. The Dao rhyme in these terrifying terrains was much stronger than Liu Shanhui's Hugging Mountain Seal.

In Liu Shan's mind, these secret techniques were constantly colliding and the sparks of thought were burning.

Liu Shan began to use the Dou character secret, constantly evolving and calculating, trying to use the Dou character secret to imitate the Baoshan Seal, and then perform the star secret technique, and then assist Yuan Tianshi's terrain attack.

Liu Shan began to fly into the air and slowly began to form seals with his hands.

A black, heavy mountain began to gather in front of Liu Shan. The mountain became more and more real, with rocks, grass and trees on the mountain visible and mountain waves rushing.

Then the mountain began to collapse from the inside, and everything on the mountain began to be destroyed. Slowly, the black mountain gradually evolved into a sphere.

Slowly, bloodstains began to appear on the sphere. These bloodstains gradually bulged out and then evolved into blood mountains. The sphere turned into a blood moon.

Liu Shan began to stand with his arms around the moon. The blood moon in front of him began to emit a terrifying pressure, not only a heavy pressure, but also an inexplicable strange aura, as if he was being watched and could never escape.

This strange aura belongs to the Red Moon Cave. Liu Shan used the Yuantian Technique and Dou Zi Secret to imitate some of the charm of the Red Moon Cave.

A powerful blood moon appeared in the stone forest, and the void around Liu Shan began to tremble.

Liu Shan gradually came to consciousness. This blood moon must not fall, otherwise it would provoke a counterattack from the formation patterns in the stone forest. Liu Shan dispersed the blood moon in his hand with some regret.

Once again lost in understanding, Liu Shan wanted to take advantage of the terrain of the Fallen Sun Cave and incorporate it into this move.

Liu Shan's hands slowly formed seals again. In front of him, a black sun appeared again.

The black flames on the black sun were beating mercilessly, burning the void and making people shudder.

Every time it rolled out a wave of fire, it seemed to turn into a monster in the fire. Sometimes the roar of the magic wolf, sometimes the cry of the blood phoenix, the singing of birds and the roar of beasts could be heard clearly.

Moreover, this black flame seemed to be able to burn not only the body, but also the spirit, making people's spirit dry and their thoughts confused, and they could only die from exhaustion and internal consumption.

Liu Shan began to raise the sun with both hands, and the sun spread across the sky, as if it was going to burn the entire world.

The sun gradually became irritable, as if it would explode at any time.

Liu Shan's eyes focused and his hand seals changed again. The sun slowly shrank and gradually disappeared.

It’s a pity that neither move was able to unleash its true power.

Since he couldn't use it and couldn't witness the power of the moves with his own eyes, his understanding of the moves was incomplete and Liu Shan didn't want to try again.

This feeling of holding back was too uncomfortable. He had also seen the Fire Dragon Grave and the Dragon Bloodthirsty, and these two could also create a move, the Dragon Grave came, and the mountain transformed into a Dragon Grave to suppress and kill the enemy.

Leaving the big bluestone, he walked forward, continuing to comprehend the special rhyme of the stone forest. Liu Shan observed and imprinted it, hoping that he would have the opportunity to comprehend it again in the future.

Finally, we found a large area of ​​stone carvings on a cliff. There were more than a hundred patterns on the stone wall.

"Finally found!"

Liu Shan began to sit cross-legged in front of the cliff and meditate seriously.

The stone wall in front of him recorded the process of the great man in the Yao Chi Holy Land deducing the sacred fighting method.

It was a pity that this great man did not really deduce the Douzi Secret, nor did he create a secret technique that could rival the Douzi Secret like the ruthless man.

But his deduction process is still very important to Liu Shan. It's like a great man telling you how he deduced the Dou character secret step by step. As long as you follow his footsteps, you can understand the Dou character secret from another perspective.

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