Chapter 190, Purification

After taking the third-grade top-grade Fire Returning Pill, it was not only absorbed quickly, but also did not leave any poison in the body. Tong Yao felt that his exhausted Dantian was quickly filled with spiritual energy. He looked at Hua Changxi with flashing eyes and asked tentatively, “Fellow Daoist Hua, are you the heir of the Dan Sheng Temple?”

The five holy places in the Central Continent are actually secretly connected.

After all, a cultivator’s energy is limited, and a large amount of time is spent on cultivation, so naturally there will not be much time to learn other skills.

Pills, weapons, talismans, and formations are indispensable auxiliary skills for cultivators. Even if you only learn one, it is very energy-consuming. In order to make up for the deficiencies, cultivators have to exchange what they have.

The revival of spiritual energy actually began very early. Even the master doesn’t know how early it was. He only speculates that it was before the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty.

However, at the beginning, the degree of spiritual energy recovery was very low. The concentration of spiritual energy in some ruins and secret realms could only nourish the physical body at most, and could not even allow people to draw the energy into the body.

Later, as time passed, the degree of spiritual energy recovery gradually increased.

During this period, a group of monks appeared one after another. In order to meet the needs of mutual communication and sharing among the monks, they spontaneously gathered outside the nine checkpoints guarding the Demon Prison and formed nine ghost markets.

In ancient times, the places where monks communicated and exchanged what they had were actually the markets with large flow of people in various parts of the world.

The market town is now set up in Jiuyou, mainly because the cultivators who embarked on the path of cultivation first do not want more people to know about the revival of spiritual energy, and do not want the already scarce cultivation resources to be divided up by more people. Therefore, they all tacitly concealed the matter of the revival of spiritual energy.

Setting up the ghost market in Jiuyou and requiring people to carry tokens when entering and leaving the ghost market is undoubtedly the best way to control the leakage of information.

Before the earth-shattering battle at the Five Finger Mountain in Qingzhou broke out, the matter of the revival of spiritual energy was kept well hidden by all parties. Be it the royal family or the powerful families, they were all secretly accumulating their strength.

It was not until the incident at the Five Fingers Mountain that the matter of the revival of spiritual energy could no longer be concealed, and that period was when the revival of spiritual energy began in full swing.

When Tong Yao thinks of the incident at Wuzhi Mountain, he feels that the timing of the incident was too coincidental. If there had not been the Buddha-demon war, the number of cultivators today would not only be 80% to 90% less, but most of them would probably just be thugs who depend on the royal family and various powerful families to make a living.

In his opinion, this was not a good thing.

Of the five holy places, the central holy place is the core of the Demon Prison Formation, and the other four holy places are the eyes of the formation. They are naturally in the same camp. Before the revival of spiritual energy was exposed, the five holy places had little contact with each other. But after the incident at the Five Finger Mountain in Qingzhou, the five holy places began to contact each other secretly.

For example, he was acquainted with the disciples of Fusheng Pavilion and Zhensheng Sect. The last time he went to Kunmen Pass, he was invited by Monk Jingle, the successor of Fusheng Pavilion, to help and gain some experience.

As for the Dan Sheng Temple, the site was occupied by the imperial court and converted into the Medical Bureau. Most of the alchemists there were backed by the royal family and powerful families, so he had little contact with them.

Fellow Daoist Hua casually gave him a third-grade top-grade pill, and she gave him several bottles at a time. Her superb alchemy skills and generosity made him suspect that she had a relationship with the Alchemy Temple.

Hua Changxi was silent for a moment after hearing Tong Yao’s question.

Although she is the successor of Dan Sheng Temple, it seems that she has not inherited anything from Dan Sheng Temple.

You can’t say it’s her, but she took ten wooden tokens and unlocked nine Qihuang Halls. There was also the Shennong Ding in her sea of ​​consciousness, which seemed to have some relationship with the Dan Sheng Temple.

She actually didn’t have much sense of belonging to the Dan Sheng Temple. She had stayed in the Medical Department only because she wanted to find a place to put her medical skills to good use and to have a social identity to stand on in the world.

Now that she knew that Dan Sheng Temple had to take on the responsibility of guarding the Demon Prison, deep down she didn’t want to get too deeply involved with Dan Sheng Temple.

After thinking for a while, Hua Changxi said vaguely: “I am a doctor, working in the Medical Department.”

The current Medical Department cannot really be equated with the Dan Sheng Temple. After hearing Hua Changxi’s answer, Tong Yao was unable to tell for a moment whether she was the successor of the Dan Sheng Temple, but he did not ask any more questions.

Feeling that the spiritual power in his body had recovered a lot, enough to repair the damaged human-shaped stone sculpture, he took out the boundary stone powder he carried with him and began to concentrate on refining and repairing it.

Hua Changxi looked at Tong Yao, who was skilled in repairing and refining on the spot, and labeled him as “worth making friends” in his mind. Then, he began to explore the center of the formation made of boundary stones.

“Ok?”

Because she had mastered the power of the law of flame burning and tearing space, Hua Changxi was more sensitive to the fluctuations of space. When she explored the edge of the boundary stone platform to the north, she felt that the space boundary wall here was a little weak.

With an idea in her mind, she condensed a ray of the Great Sun Divine Flame and began to burn towards the weak space.

Soon, a bright red light shot in.

The Great Sun Divine Flame burned out a space crack, and the red light penetrated from the hole.

Through the cave, Hua Changxi saw the thick trunk and lush branches and leaves of the hibiscus tree.

This place is actually connected to the Shenmu Space!

“Friend Hua Dao, what are you doing?”

Hua Changxi was just being amazed that the center of the formation was connected to the sacred tree space when he heard Tong Yao’s surprised exclamation behind him. Turning around, he saw Tong Yao running towards him in a hurry, but he stopped after only two steps.

Tong Yao looked at the platinum flame in Hua Changxi’s hand in disbelief. Feeling the burning power emanating from the flame, he did not dare to get any closer: “This is… This is…”

Hua Changxi: “This is the Great Sun Divine Flame.” After saying that, he quickly put away the flame.

Tong Yao’s face was filled with shock and disbelief: “How did you get the Great Sun Divine Flame?”

Xia Yang and Xia Xue both knew about this, so Hua Changxi did not hide it: “It was fused with the seven-colored fire from the Tang Valley.”

Tong Yao’s face was even more shocked. “How could it be? I have also subdued five kinds of strange fires and tried to fuse them together, but it is difficult to fuse two kinds of strange fire together. How did you fuse seven kinds of strange fires?”

Hua Changxi’s eyes moved. If she didn’t have the Floating Light Sword, she definitely wouldn’t know how to blend the seven kinds of strange fire: “Well, I can’t tell you about this.”

Tong Yao felt a little disappointed when he saw that she was unwilling to say more. Thinking that they were not familiar with each other yet, he did not ask any more questions. He just walked to the space crack caused by the words in confusion and said, “I know that the Great Sun Divine Flame is terrifyingly powerful, but I didn’t expect it to be able to burn the space boundary wall.”

Hearing these confusing words, Hua Changxi said nothing. He would not say that he had already mastered the power of the law of fire burning space.

Because the space rift connected the boundary stone platform and the sacred tree space, the density of the fire spiritual energy on the boundary stone platform suddenly increased dozens of times, and the pressure of the Fusang sacred tree also penetrated through, causing several human-shaped stone sculptures that were shaken by the impact of the demonic energy to stabilize instantly.

Hua Changxi and Tong Yao both noticed this.

“Do you want me to make the crack bigger?” “Thank you, Fellow Daoist Hua.”

Afterwards, Tong Yao was busy repairing the damaged human-shaped stone sculpture, while Hua Changxi held up the Great Sun Divine Flame to burn the space cracks.

By the time Tong Yao had repaired the human-shaped stone sculpture and blocked the crack that was leaking demonic energy, the space crack had grown from the size of a fist to a doorway that could accommodate one person to pass freely.

“Thank you, fellow Taoist!”

Looking at the doorway that was more than one person tall and connected to the Shenmu Space, Tong Yao thanked Hua Changxi again.

With the pressure emanating from the sacred tree, the center of the formation became more stable.

Hua Changxi clearly sensed the suppressive effect of the divine tree’s pressure on this side. He glanced at the divine hammer in the center, pondered for a moment, and looked at Tong Yao, wanting to do him a favor: “Do you want to take the divine hammer?”

Tong Yao’s heart skipped a beat and he looked at the divine hammer in the center of the boundary stone platform.

If he gets the divine hammer, both his strength and weapon refining level will be greatly improved. Moreover, whoever gets the divine hammer will be the head of the Weapon Saint Palace.

Tong Yao suppressed the heat in his heart with difficulty: “The center of the formation still needs the divine hammer to suppress it. Now is not the time to take away the divine hammer.”

After hearing this, Hua Changxi wanted to say that she could continue to burn the space crack. As long as the crack became bigger, the pressure from the sacred tree would become stronger. With the suppression of the sacred tree, the effect of the sacred hammer would not be so great.

But when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back.

Almost in the blink of an eye, she suddenly figured out something.

It’s not a good deal to be the one who takes the initiative. Even if she wants to make friends with Tong Yao, she should take the initiative into her own hands.

Although she wanted to do Tong Yao a favor now, she gave him the decision-making power. If she needed Tong Yao for anything in the future, even if there was a high probability that Tong Yao would agree, she would still be in a passive position.

The divine hammer is the treasure of the Holy Palace of Weapons. She doesn’t believe that Tong Yao has no ideas. As long as he wants it, there will be a day when he will need her.

With this carrot hanging around, she will have more initiative in future interactions.

She made a big mistake when she cooperated with the four old men of You, so she was in a passive position in a series of events that happened afterwards.

This kind of mistake must not be made again.

Hua Changxi shut up and no longer mentioned the divine hammer.

Although the crack through which the demonic energy leaked out was blocked, the demonic energy that had previously leaked out still diffused in the Tang Valley.

“The evil spirit can actually disturb people’s minds!”

Hua Changxi discovered that when he was near an area with strong demonic energy, black patterns on the back of his hand would appear.

The appearance of black awareness patterns indicated that the black flames were growing. The growth of the black flames meant that she was affected by the evil spirit, which triggered some negative emotions in her heart.

Tong Yao sorted out his emotions that had just been disturbed by the divine hammer and explained, “It’s not demonic energy, it’s the devil energy mixed in with the demonic energy. The devil energy is created by dead monsters and fierce beasts. Because the resentment and hostility are too heavy, it can easily affect people’s moods.”

Hua Changxi: “Demonic energy?”

Tong Yao nodded: “What spreads out of the Demon Prison is not only demonic energy, but also violent demonic energy.”

Hua Changxi: “So that’s the case, then how do we get rid of these evil spirits?”

Tong Yao shook his head: “The demonic energy cannot be removed, it can only be purified!”

Hua Changxi: “How to purify?”

Tong Yao: “Some areas of the Nine Netherworlds are home to natural treasures with purification abilities, but for today’s cultivators, the only area we can move around in the Nine Netherworlds is the Nine Passes. Going beyond that is more dangerous. We can’t remove the demonic energy in the Tang Valley in a short period of time.”

“By the way, do you know Taisu Palace?”

Hua Changxi nodded: “I know.” Isn’t Shi Niang a disciple of Taisu Palace?

Tong Yao: “It is said that among the disciples of the head of Taisu Palace, one person gained the purifying power of the Pure World Green Lotus after his blood returned to his ancestral lineage. That person can purify the demonic energy.”

When Hua Changxi heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he thought of Hua Shiniang for no reason.

She and Shi Niang are twins. She obtained the Fire Lotus magical power, and Shi Niang obtained the Green Lotus magical power. It seems reasonable.

“Do you know that man’s name?”

Tong Yao shook his head: “Tai Su Palace protected the people very well and did not announce it to the public.” He paused, “In addition to the purification power of the Pure World Green Lotus, the Yangyan of the White Jade Lotus Petals can also purify the demonic energy. However, Yangyan can only purify the demonic energy.”

Hearing this, Hua Changxi remembered Hua Shiniang’s story in his heart and quickly took out the white jade lotus petals he had obtained earlier: “How do we ignite the Yangyan?”

Tong Yao looked at the white jade lotus petals in Hua Changxi’s hand in surprise. He did not ask her how she got them. He just shook his head and said, “I don’t know how to ignite the white flame. I heard that only the purest and kindest people can ignite it.”

Hua Changxi frowned: “Pure and kind? That means an absolutely good person. Is there such a person?”

Tong Yao: “Yes, I know someone who can ignite Yangyan. If you want to meet him, I can introduce him to you in the future.”

Hua Changxi was indeed anxious to resolve the issue of Black Flame, so he didn’t hesitate to say, “Okay, thank you, Brother Daoist Tong.”

It was not good to stay on the boundary stone platform where the demonic energy was diffused for too long, so Tong Yao walked towards Xia Yang and Xia Xue, and asked Hua Changxi to help Xia Xue stand up: “Fellow Daoist Hua, let’s leave here.”

Hua Changxi: “How to leave?”

Tong Yao supported Xia Yang and walked to the door of the space. He used his spiritual power in his right hand to draw a rune in the air. Soon, a light array with complex runes appeared on the ground.

Hua Changxi’s expression brightened: “Teleportation array!”