In the middle of the night, a cool breeze blew from the vast waters, bringing a sense of silence to the weirdness of Heavenly Dipper Island.
Fu Xuanxing sat quietly among a group of cousins.
While holding a wake for his grandfather, he struggled to recall the memory he had lost.
But this time passed, and he still couldn't remember how he met his grandfather in the afternoon.
He couldn't remember what happened after entering Celestial Chief Pavilion.
The only thing I can recall completely is that after Fu Henghua entered Heart-Nurturing Hall, he and Fang Dongyuan were chatting outside.
"Who can take away the memories of me and my adopted brother without knowing it?"
Fu Xuanxing lowered his head and thought hard, but he didn't know that a colorful poisonous spider was slowly crawling on the beam above his head.
Green-Clawed Golden Spider.
Donglai Divine Continent One of the most poisonous demon spiders. Relict Continent One of the seven spider mothers, this is the true form.
The poisonous spider concealed its aura, and no one in the hall noticed it. It approached Fu Xuanxing quietly, spitting out poisonous threads bit by bit.
"Brother Fang, as you said, they did take action."
Fang Dongyuan pulled Hong Changyi and watched him outside.
An Jingcheng glanced here and continued drinking tea with other guests
The guests gathered together not to keep vigil for Lord Fu Clan, but because Nascent Soul Grandmaster died for no apparent reason on the island. Everyone was in panic, and Fu Clan refused the guests to leave at this time on the grounds that the matter had not been clarified.
To avoid being tricked, comrades from all walks of life gathered together to protect themselves.
After all, we are all monks, so it is normal to go several days without eating, drinking or sleeping. We can simply get together to chat and discuss Daoism.
Hong Changyi and Fu Xuanxing are also old friends. I heard that Fu Xuanxing was in an awkward situation at the Fu Clan, and that his cousins might secretly make things difficult for him, so he agreed to Fang Dongyuan's request to support him together.
Seeing the poisonous spider on the beam, Hong Changyi was about to do something when Fang Dongyuan held his wrist and shook his head gently.
"Those people have done bad things, so of course they will be punished!"
He drew circles with his fingers and secretly cast a spell, and the poisonous spider on the beam was wrapped in purple qi. The next moment, it was forcibly returned to its owner.
The Fu Clan disciple shook his shoulders and looked around quickly. Several brothers nearby also noticed that something was wrong, and they straightened their postures one by one, pretending that nothing happened.
At this moment, the poisonous spider suddenly went crazy and bit the owner's palm fiercely.
"Ah--"
The man jumped up in pain and quickly shook off the poisonous spider from his palm.
"Brother, hurry up, help me take the antidote in my arms."
The poison spread from the palms of the hands, and most of the body was numb.
The brothers nearby knew how ferocious "Green-Clawed Golden Spider" was and quickly gave him medicine.
But just as he reached into his robe to get the medicine, the brother who took the medicine also let out a scream. Hundred-Legged Centipede covered with fire patterns emerged from his arms, and then Myriad Poison Pouch fell to the ground, and dense poisonous insects crawled on several people nearby.
"Everyone, be careful!"
"Lao Ba, why did your poison bag break?"
The screams continued, and the unknown Fu Clan disciples beside him quickly got up and dodge.
"Quiet!"
The older brothers who were keeping vigil in front stood up one after another and saw that Myriad Poison Pouch had broken a small hole, and poisonous insects were crawling out of it.
Fu Danyu's eyes narrowed. "Who allowed you to take Myriad Poison Pouch to the mourning hall?"
Death of the body is yin, and poisonous insects are also yin.
According to Feng Shui theory, poisons should not come into contact with corpses to avoid conflict between yin and qi.
"I--"
That Fu Clan guy wanted to explain, but the poison eroded his five internal organs, and he couldn't even finish his words at the moment.
He was trembling all over, and the brother next to him quickly fed him the elixir.
However--
"No, it's impossible. How could my Jade-Spirit Treasure Pellet be invalid?"
The young man's eyes were horrified, and he felt that the poison was eroding his heart veins bit by bit.
In the past, I was accidentally bitten by poisonous insects, but I always relied on this treasure pill to treat it!
After Fu Danyu and several brothers nearby gave orders, everyone worked together to mobilize the strong wind to collect the poisonous insects.
He picked up the broken Myriad Poison Pouch and took a look at it. Fu Danyu snorted, "Is this how you Dark Heaven Pavilion keep watch for your grandfather?"
"Brother, considering this is his first offender."
"First offender? Why, he plans to do it a second time? My grandfather buried his soul, is it possible that he can do it a second time?"
The movement in the mourning hall attracted the attention of guests outside.
Fu Danyu didn't want to be publicized, so he sent Dark Heaven Pavilion people to put Myriad Poison Pouch away and carry the young man back to detoxify.
Hong Changyi and Fang Dongyuan were hiding in the dark. They saw Fu Xuanxing glance at the group of the Dark Heaven Pavilion, and then continued to sit quietly on their knees.
"This kid is really heartless. It's hard for us to protect him secretly - but Brother Fang is very ruthless. Are those people okay?"
"It wasn't me."
Fang Dongyuan stared at Glazed Shield.
While everyone was panicking to deal with the poisonous insects, a crystal butterfly flew into Glazed Shield silently and inspected the main body of the Fu Clan.
"That girl, even if you are venting your anger on Fu Xuanxing, you don't have to be so cruel."
Fu Tongjun is good at poisoning. When Dark Heaven Pavilion planned to use the poisonous spider to assassinate Fu Xuanxing, he took the first step to take away the control of the poisonous spider and backfired on his master.
In addition, she took advantage of the man's panic and put her own poison into his arms, biting Myriad Poison Pouch, causing a commotion among hundreds of poisons.
When everyone was paying attention to the poisonous insects causing trouble, Fu Tongjun successfully obtained a little bit of sebum from the Fu Clan from Glazed Shield.
Fang Dongyuan asked Hong Changyi to continue to follow him, and he chased Jingdie to Flowing Cloud Terrace.
Flowing Cloud Terrace under the night is even more charming than during the day.
Fireflies dance in the fog, like dim lights.
On the high platform, the "man" put away the crystal butterfly and carefully held up the "sebum" with a chip as thin as a cicada's wings. Then a one-eyed toad jumped onto his shoulder, connecting his field of vision with Fu Tongjun.
In One-Eyed Yin Toad's field of vision, the sebum is enlarged little by little, and dense Heavenly Dipper Runes appears.
This is the secret inside the monk.
It is also summarized by Fu Tongjun after many years of studying the human body.
Some regularly arranged structures can be seen in the sebum of mortals, but there are no "dao runes" in their bodies.
Only when cultivators refine their bodies step by step, mana baptizes the body, and "traces of the Tao" appear on the body, will "talismans" emerge one after another in the tiny structures of the human body.
Through the runes of the avenue, you can understand the monk's own path.
"Judging from the amount of Tao Yun and the intensity of sebum..."
The tentacles of the crystal butterfly have been broken. Obviously, it is not easy to intercept the sebum from Grandmaster.
"How's your check going?"
Fang Dongyuan walked up to Flowing Cloud Terrace in the evening breeze, looked at "Fu Xiangfeng" and said, "You played your third brother, what did you find out?"
I was not surprised to see Fang Dongyuan and Fu Tongjun: "I can be sure that the person in Glazed Shield is indeed the owner of the Fu Clan."
"So, do you rule out the possibility of suspended animation?"
"From this sebum observation, the 'Tao Yun' on his body is gradually heading towards death. It means that he is indeed dead."
"Just a gradual death? Didn't he die during the day?"
"The monk's physical body is full of vitality, unless the life span is over. Otherwise, in the state of sudden death, the Tao charm contained in the physical body will dissipate little by little. This process will continue for a period of time - you know that if you put fish and shrimp in the pot for cooking right after they die, their bodies will still beat, right? A similar principle."
The soul leaves the body, the heart stops, and the brain stops functioning.
However, the remaining vitality of the physical body still maintains the activity of the "Dao Rune". Only when all the vitality disappears, the Dao Rune will become silent. At this time, the physical body will still not corrupt.
This is also the reason why many monks' bodies remain incorruptible for hundreds or thousands of years after their death - the Tao still exists within them.
Only if the avenue runes further collapse, destroy, and eventually become nothing, will the monk's body completely disappear. This process takes hundreds or thousands of years.
"Heng Hua uses 'Revival Seal' to ensure that the charm of the Tao is immortal and that the vitality is still maintaining the operation of the Tao."
Fu Tongjun explained while thinking.
Fu Clan Master's life force drained much slower than she expected.
In addition to the Revival Seal that Fu Henghua specially entered into, maybe the "Blood Demon Slash" accidentally hit it and also helped Fu Clan master slow down the loss of vitality?
In this case, as long as the coffin is properly sealed within seven days, the physical body can still retain a large part of the mana and vitality.
"That guy made a blind move--hey, he got himself under suspicion for nothing."
Fang Dongyuan thought about Revival Seal and shook his head.
If the first scene was destroyed, everyone would be suspicious of him.
Thanks to the protection of "Grotto of Spirit Tribulations", Fu Clan people did not dare to push too hard.
"Tell me, was it accidental or intentional that he destroyed the scene?"
"It doesn't matter, I will find the truth anyway. Just in time, you are here -"
Fu Tongjun mentioned one thing instead.
"I'm looking for the four pillars of Four Symbols and Four Directions Formation. If you have nothing to do, please help me."
"Four Symbols and Four Directions--is it really banned? No wonder I can't cast Retrospection Art. What's the range?"
"The whole Celestial Chief Pavilion," Fu Tongjun stamped his feet, "I drew a circle and searched within this circle. I found that Flowing Cloud Terrace happens to be one of them."
Fang Dongyuan closed his eyes, and a golden mark appeared on the Yintang point on his forehead.
Just like Spirit Eyes, the golden light scanned the entire Flowing Cloud Terrace.
"Nothing. I don't see anything out of the ordinary here--wait!"
Fang Dongyuan observed carefully for a while and said to Fu Tongjun, "Do you have any spiritual power-eating Gu on hand? Eat the clouds and spiritual power attached to Flowing Cloud Terrace. There may be something underground here."
After some tinkering, the two found three array plates for hiding and covering from the base of Flowing Cloud Terrace, as well as a White Jade Hu that was placed in the center of the triple array plate.
Seeing this tiger-shaped jade, Fang Dongyuan had a subtle expression.
"This thing is not something today." He had seen similar things among his father's belongings.
Fu Tongjun said subconsciously, "Longju's gift."
Dongfang Yunqi has collected Divine Vein Civilization information over the years and discovered that that civilization had a special sacrificial rule.
Azure Gui stands on Dongfang, white amber stands on the west, Crimson Zhang stands on the south, and Dark Huang stands on the north. Together with the yellow jade cong, it coincides with the etiquette of the five directions and five elements.
"Since Flowing Cloud Terrace has this, it should also be in the other three places. Let's go look for it. If the formation is lifted, at least we can use Retrospection Art to explore what happened during the day."
The two started taking action.
Soon, a piece of Crimson Zhang was dug out from a pile of rubble in the south.
But the remaining two things have not been found yet.
When the sky lights up, Fang Dongyuan goes back to meet Fu Xuanxing, and Fu Tongjun continues walking around the Celestial Chief Pavilion.
"The people who made the secret plan were too strict in hiding."
Fu Tongjun thought about following the "positive angular moment phase" and drawing the positions of the other two points. After calculation, it was found that the other two points did not match up at all.
Suddenly, a Gu insect flew over from a distance.
She quickly looked up and saw the morning light shining on the mountain path, and the sounds of cries coming one after another in the forest.
Three figures are heading towards Skywatch Cliff along Heavenly Dipper Starway.
"Why did they get out?"
Fu Tongjun immediately changes back to its original appearance.
Although it is inconvenient, it is better than making a fuss about "real and fake Fu Xiangfeng".
On the jade steps of the Heavenly Dipper Pavilion, Fu Henghua, Fu Xiangfeng, and Fu Yaozhen walked forward.
The jade-stairs star road depicts various constellations and stars. Fu Yaozhen was very immersed in seeing them.
suddenly--
Heng Hua stopped, stamped his feet and looked down the mountain.
"What's wrong?"
Fu Xiangfeng, who was clearing the way in front, turned around.
"I saw an acquaintance land on the island."
"Is there anyone else coming at this time? Fu Clan is also willing to let people in?"
Fu Xiangfeng looked towards the ferry and was stunned when he saw a merchant ship.
"Isn't this--Jade Thunder Trading House? Are they related to the Fu Clan?"
"All the acquaintances gathered together."
Fu Henghua murmured and pulled his brother and sister to "Skywatch Cliff" behind the Heavenly Dipper Pavilion.
This is one of Heavenly Dipper Island's famous scenes, and it was also the first shooting spot for Zhu Yuxue and his wife after they landed on the island.
The sun rises in the east, and standing on Skywatch Cliff, you can see a few fishing boats sailing on the water.
Rumor has it that the previous generation Fu Clan family head watched the stars here and evolved a Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Formation method.
Watching the sunrise here, Fu Xiangfeng was a little disappointed.
Compared to our own Coiling Dragon Island, this place is far away from the Eastern Sea.
With the cold wind blowing, he asked his younger brother beside him, "Little Six, what on earth do you want to do if you have to drag us out?"
"I Heavenly One Realm early this morning, I felt that I had an opportunity on Heavenly Dipper Island, which may be related to my future enlightenment."
Liar.
Fu Xiangfeng and Fu Yaozhen looked at them with disdain.
At first, the two didn't believe it.
But looking at Fu Henghua's extremely serious eyes, and using Divine Luo Heavenly Tome to calculate Heavenly Dipper Island's numerology, the two of them gradually became shaken.
Fu Yaozhen frowned and asked, "Dao Path? Which Dao Path?"
"Of course it's Great Dao of Creation. I can feel that there is something here that will help me."
Creation?
Fu Yaozhen feels a little at ease.
"Otherwise, for me, this is the only way to enlightenment, right?"
That's not necessarily the case.
Fu Yaozhen thought silently.
Of those weird ideas of yours, which one didn't work?
Of course, Fu Yaozhen has indeed never seen the future of Great Dao of Creation.
Because the path of Book of Creation is far more difficult than the simple and quick Demon Emperor or the brutal and terrifying Evil Sovereign. She waits and sees all kinds of futures. Even in the future where others become Demon Emperor, Fu Henghua still exists and walks on the righteous path of the Immortal Family, but there is no path leading to <Book of Creation>.
The owner of the Supreme Mystery Sect has it, the successor of the Purple Sovereign Pavilion has it, the self-opened Earthly Fiend Dao Lineage has it, Five-Element Great Dao has it, the inherited <Book of Changing Heaven and the Eight Extremes> has it, but only Great Dao of Creation doesn't exist.
Heng Hua overlooked the mountain, and the steward Fu Longnian personally went to the ferry to greet Yin Yanqing.
He suddenly asked, "Third brother, sister, do you think the person who killed Senior Fu is still on the island?"
Fu Yaozhen immediately said, "Fu Clan has blocked the water area, so it is reasonable to say that there is no way to escape. But since Grandmaster is dead, maybe we have already managed to break Heavenly Dipper Star Realm left. In short, it has nothing to do with us. Just stay calm and let Fu Tongjun check it out. If you find it, you will be happy. If you can't find it, that's the case with the Heavenly Mandate Realm."
Heng Hua looks to the sky.
A light mask between the tangible and the intangible, covering the entire Heavenly Dipper Island and nearby waters.
As soon as he learned that the owner of the Fu Clan was dead, Heavenly Leisure Pavilion Master had ordered someone to open "Star Realm".
"Heavenly Dipper Star Realm" is analogous to "Spirit Realm Technique" of Eastern Yanlong Region.
Taking Heavenly Dipper Island Thirty-Six Star Pavilions as the source, spread out a Heavenly Dipper Dao Domain in thousands of miles of water.
Within this Dao Domain range, Fu Henghua cannot escape easily.
Therefore, Fu Yunrou smuggled everyone out of the island in return.
Heng Hua said secretly: Even if that person is proficient in Heavenly Dipper Art, his Daoism is far better than mine. But if he wants to escape from "Heavenly Dipper Star Realm" silently, I'm afraid it won't be enough. Star Realm In terms of defensive power alone, it is no less than a calamity immortal casting spells.
This is the accumulation of Heavenly Dipper Island's spiritual power for thousands of years, and Fu Clan's foundation lies in it. Heng Hua estimates that even if his grandfather comes, he can't break it.
Fu Xiangfeng agreed with Fu Yaozhen and said, "Don't bother, let Tongjun investigate. What we can do at this moment is to ensure that Fu Clan can transition as smoothly as possible. After all, Fu Clan has a population of one million, and most of them are innocent people."
Hearing the hidden meaning of Fu Xiangfeng's words, Heng Hua immediately turned to Fu Yaozhen.
"Look, you still plan to stop me. I think you should pay more attention to the third brother. His temper is afraid that he will get involved and interfere with the Fu Clan's housework. What, can you prevent the Fu Clan civil war, or do you plan to support Fu Xuanxing as the head of the family?"
Looking at the eyes of his younger brothers and sisters, Fu Xiangfeng looked towards the rear of Heavenly Dipper Island.
Each Astral Pavilion is towering and shining brightly.
"Didn't you hear it at night? There was crying over there."
Crying?
The younger siblings looked at each other.
Illusion?
Has he been tricked?
Someone set him up?
Just guessing?
The two made eye contact, and then heard Fu Xiangfeng continue, "I was meditating for a while, and suddenly I saw three Nascent Soul Grandmaster fighting, Fu Clan bleeding like a river.
"At first, I thought it was because of inner demons, but after careful inspection, I found that someone should have sent me a message with the name 'Mind Seal Art'.
"In that scene, I saw that with the exception of the Fu Clan clan, all the servants and islanders on the island died violent deaths. I have been on the island for a few days and I have not seen any mortals on Heavenly Dipper Island. It stands to reason that with such a huge population, it is impossible for them not to support mortals to serve them."
"..."
The two understood what Fu Xiangfeng was talking about.
Heavenly Dipper Island's mortals died, and more than once.
Therefore, Fu Clan currently does not place mortals in Heavenly Dipper Island to avoid the third destruction.
"Third brother thinks that there is 'someone' who lets you see Fu Clan's experience in the previous civil war and hopes that you will come forward to prevent the third civil war?"
"Maybe? But maybe it's just me who has a whim. Sister, keep an eye on this kid. I'm going to take a look at the depths of Heavenly Dipper Island in the next few days."
They both frowned.
Fu Yaozhen hesitated to speak, but Heng Hua laughed:
"Go, since Third Brother wants to do it, then go ahead."
Heng Hua immediately raised his hand to draw talisman seals to protect Fu Xiangfeng.
When Fu Yaozhen saw this, he also played the piano and played music, which blessed Fu Xiangfeng.
What's in the depths of Heavenly Dipper Island?
The person calling Fu Xiangfeng to stop the civil war may not be a human being. However, if it is really the person he guessed, the third brother is a chance.
Although Fu Yaozhen was dissatisfied, he acquiesced to Fu Xiangfeng's actions.
In all the futures she glimpsed, the third brother's choice was always the same: to act righteously and uphold the right path.
This is the way he practices. Not to mention the two of them, even in that kind of future, countless demons Tribulation Demon cannot stop him.
Even if Demon Emperor comes in person and threatens him with his life, he will only choose to sacrifice his life to defend his rights.
Although there are thousands of people, I will go.
Under the urging of his younger brothers and sisters, Fu Xiangfeng turned into a gust of wind and flew into the mountains.
Fu Yaozhen sighed quietly, "None of you can worry."
"A man who went to the Golden Sage Palace and caused Heavenly Retribution has the right to criticize us? Look at me, I am such a good boy and I have never taken the initiative to provoke my enemies."
Fu Yaozhen subconsciously retorted, but thought about it carefully.
It seems that Fu Henghua really doesn't have any enemies outside.
Those who spied on his life were either responsible for the debts left by his parents, or others were involved in Fu Henghua. He himself seemed to have caused no trouble.
Even if someone comes to provoke, most of them will be turned into friends by Heng Hua and become friendly and amicable.
"Tell me, what is the current situation of Totem Spirit?"
"The situation is not good, but since we can call Third Brother for help, we should still have some strength left."
Seeing the disapproving look in Fu Yaozhen's eyes, Heng Hua explained, "It's useless for you to stop me. The third brother's Tao is like that of his grandfather. There are some things that, since he has seen them, forcing him not to touch them will only hinder his Daoism.
"Anyway, if you and I are here, nothing will happen to my third brother. Even if he dies, I can bring him back."
Looking at the wind that had dissipated, Heng Hua said with emotion, "The third brother's righteousness is sometimes the focus of trouble."
Seeing such an upright person, "someone" is naturally willing to take a gamble.
"However, it is precisely his character and style that can accumulate such righteousness."