While admiring Zhang Kunlun's extraordinary background, I was also in awe of the Ancient Capital, Luoyang.
The Wangwu Grotto-Heaven was also located in Luoyang.
There were only ten Daoist Grotto-Heavens in the world. The Ancient Capital, Luoyang, had two of them. No wonder it was the birthplace of the River Diagram and the Book of Luo, the cradle of Chinese civilization!
I said to Officer Wang. Officer Wang looked calm and said with a smile, "Since it's in the center of the nine prefectures, there should be something special about it."
What he said made some sense.
I smiled and didn't continue the discussion. I lifted my head and continued to watch the arena.
The second group was over. It was no different from the first group. They clasped their hands and admitted defeat without any unnecessary struggle.
The difference between the lower level of the seventy-two Blessed Lands and the upper level of the thirty-six small Grotto-Heavens was more than a thousand miles. It wasn't something that could be made up for in the Allheaven Competition that happened once every ten years.
It was not until the third group that the Yang God Celestial Master finally appeared in the Blessed Land Family and a battle finally took place.
Among the seventy-two Blessed Lands, the Tiger Creek Blessed Land, ranked forty-seventh, was located in Jiangxi's Pengze County, where Tao Yuanming had lived in seclusion.
The other group was the Dayu Grotto-Heaven, ranked twenty-sixth among the thirty-six small Grotto-Heavens.
The Dayu Grotto-Heaven was also known as the Dayu Magnificent Heaven. It was located in Hunan's Chenxi County.
Speaking of the Dayu Grotto-Heaven, we had to talk about Zhu You Technique and Chenzhou sand.
Zhu You Technique was a witchcraft technique, but it didn't only include the mystical techniques of the Metaphysics world, but it also included Chinese medicine.
There were thirteen subjects in ancient Chinese medicine, and the last one was called Zhu You.
In ancient times, Zhu You Technique had spread far and wide. Today, it was only popular in Chenzhou, which was the Yuanling area of Xiangxi.
The name Zhu You Technique sounded unfamiliar, but it was actually very famous.
The talisman technique in Zhu You Technique was called the Chenzhou talisman. The famous corpse herders from Xiangxi used these talismans to drive corpses.
Chenzhou sand was also a special product of Chenzhou. It was the legendary cinnabar of the highest quality.
When making talismans, the higher the level, the finer the materials needed.
Ordinary cinnabar could only make red talismans, but Chenzhou sand could be used to make purple and silver talismans.
Over the years, I've bought a lot of Chen Province sand when I was making talismans.
However, the quality of the cinnabar they bought every time could only be said to be of mixed quality. Only the heavens would know if it was the real cinnabar of Chen Province.
Because there were only two clans fighting, everyone's eyes were on them at this moment.
While watching the battle, Officer Wang told me the details of both sides.
In recent years, because of the decline of the Zhu You Technique, the strength of the Da Yu Grotto-heaven, which was based on the Zhu You Technique, had also been declining.
Because their foundation wasn't as strong as Wangwu Paradise, their decline was extremely rapid. In the early years, they could even be ranked in the top ranks of the 36 Minor Paradises, but in recent years, their ranking had been dropping lower and lower. This year's Allheaven Competition was similar to Wangwu Paradise. The Great Yu Paradise's family head had also died a few years ago, so before the competition, everyone had their eyes on their positions.
Speaking of which, their luck was really bad. The Tiger Creek blessed land that they encountered in the first round might not be famous, but its strength was not bad.
In the Jin Dynasty, when Tao Yuanming lived in seclusion, he wrote The Peach Blossom Spring, which was said to be about the Tiger Creek Yin Family.
Their ancestors had been hiding in the Qin Dynasty and cultivated ancient Taoist magic. They hadn't colluded with the outside world for thousands of years, so they were extremely mysterious. However, this was a rare opportunity, so they couldn't help but take action.
The three battles started at the same time, but like me, almost everyone's eyes were on the battle between Celestial Celestial Master Yang.
The Zhu You Technique was different from Taoist magic. Apart from talismans and other external objects, when using sorcery spells, Zhu You sorcerers usually used sorcery dances, sorcery songs, sorcery moves, sorcery rituals, sorcery calculations, and other methods.
Among them, the sorcery dances and sorcery songs were similar to the shamans in the countryside, so they were related to each other.
As for sorcery moves, sorcery rituals, sorcery calculations, and other methods, they were more profound and could only be learned by Zhu You himself.
Celestial Celestial Master Yin Jiayang was an old man. His white hair was strangely tied with colorful cloth strips, and he wore all kinds of strange accessories on his body. In addition, his skin was dark, so he didn't look like a Hua Xia person, but more like an African tribal chief.
At this moment, I couldn't tell what kind of spell he was using. He was loudly chanting an unclear sentence, and a few bamboo pieces that looked like sorcery tokens were thrown in the air. However, they didn't land, but instead, they flew towards the Yang Celestial Celestial Master of the Tiger Creek blessed land.
The Yang Celestial Master of the Tiger Creek blessed land looked much younger. He wore a green robe, and looked more like a scholar in ancient times.
At this moment, his face was solemn as he stared at the bamboo pieces thrown by the other party. He formed a spell with his hands and chanted in an ancient voice. Air currents rose around his body, swirling around the bamboo pieces, trying to force them back. However, the sorcery tokens seemed unstoppable, and they didn't even slow down in the slightest. After a while, they landed beside the Celestial Master, surrounding him and forming a mysterious pattern.
We didn't notice anything strange from the outside, but the scholar stared at the bamboo pieces with a gloomy expression. It was obvious that he was extremely shocked by the Celestial Master of Chen Province's method.
After setting up the bamboo pieces, the Celestial Master of Chen Province chanted even louder. This time, his voice wasn't vague, and his words were much clearer.
"Inviting Tie Yilang of the East, with his bronze armor and iron armor, to descend on the altar, to ride on the iron horse, to raise the iron flag, to push the Iron Mountain, to surge the iron sea, to raise the iron chain, to push the Iron Mountain, to lock the house of the dead."
"Inviting Tie Erlang of the South, with his bronze armor and iron armor, to descend on the altar, to ride on the iron horse, to raise the iron flag, to push the Iron Mountain, to surge the iron sea, to raise the iron chain, to push the Iron Mountain, to lock the house of the dead."
"Inviting Tie Sanlang of the West, with his bronze armor and iron armor, to descend on the altar, to ride on the iron horse, to raise the iron flag, to push the Iron Mountain, to surge the iron sea, to raise the iron chain, to push the Iron Mountain, to lock the house of the dead."
"Inviting Tie Silang of the North, with his bronze armor and iron armor, to descend on the altar, to ride on the iron horse, to raise the iron flag, to push the Iron Mountain, to surge the iron sea, to raise the iron chain, to raise the iron chain, to raise the Iron Mountain, to lock the house of the dead."
"Inviting Tie Wulang of the Central, with his bronze armor and iron armor, to ride on the iron horse, to raise the iron flag, to push the Iron Mountain, to surge the iron sea, to raise the iron chain, to raise the iron chain, to raise the iron chain, to raise the Iron Mountain, to lock the house of the dead."
"The Golden Talisman becomes an iron plate, and the Star Sand becomes an iron chain. The Three Heavens are the most powerful, and the Iron Chain and Golden Talisman are sealed!"
As he chanted, an indescribable pressure appeared on the bamboo piece that had fallen to the ground. Although I didn't know what it was used for, its power was definitely not to be underestimated.
I furrowed my brows. From his chanting and the pressure, I vaguely understood that this chant was most likely a technique to summon a god. It was similar to the Heavenly General Talisman that the old president had given me — the "Marshal Talisman of the Thunderbolt City".
Back then, the old president had given me two silver talismans in one go. I had used one to kill Lu Zhenyang, and this silver talisman had always been in my hands. I hadn't used it yet.
Since its power wasn't too great for me, I had left it in the Feng Shui shop when I was in Shenzhen. Now, I didn't bring it with me.
This "Heavenly General Talisman" was actually a Daoist Talisman to summon a god.
The effect of the technique that the Heavenly Master of Chen Province was using was obviously to summon a god. However, I didn't know who the so-called "Tie Yilang" and "Tie Qilang" were.
Simply speculating, the gods that the Yang God Heavenly Master had spent so much effort to summon were at least not worse than the 36 Heavenly Generals in the Heavenly General Talisman.
The young Heavenly Master of Tiger Creek Paradise clearly understood this. After a moment of silence, before the Heavenly Master of Chen Province had finished chanting, he gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and summoned his Yang Spirit!
After the Yang Spirit jumped out of the top of his head, it strangely held a peach blossom in its hand … Back in the Yinshang Royal Mausoleum, I had seen the Heavenly Masters fight. At that time, the three Yang God Heavenly Masters of Mount Longhu had summoned their Yang Spirits together. Each Yang Spirit had a Dao Sword in their hand. Nangong had told me that the Dao Sword was a Yang Spirit magical item with extraordinary power.
Since it was in the Yang Spirit's hand, this peach blossom was naturally a Yang Spirit magical item. However, no matter how I looked at it, I felt that this magical item was somewhat out of place.
Although it looked strange, its power wasn't affected. After the Yang Spirit appeared, it didn't hesitate at all. It waved the peach blossom and threw it at the Heavenly Master of Chen Province.