Chapter 39: Fragrance Technique: Suppress; Feather Technique: Split

“When you hear a noise and see a god, you enter the gate.”

In a room in a corner of the Fox Fairy Temple, the village chief Zhou Boyan and Niu Ma were sitting cross-legged and talking to each other in a friendly manner.

“For the sorcerer, the Listening Realm is the first level, and the Observing God Realm is the second level. As for the levels above that, I don’t know either.”

The more he looked at his new adopted son, the more he liked him.

Apart from anything else, this child is really diligent and sensible.

After paying homage to Akabane Jījiu just now, he took Niu Ma to a nearby room to wait and rest, and Niu Ma did not even ask them who they were paying homage to or where this place was.

He didn’t say what he shouldn’t say, and didn’t ask what he shouldn’t ask. This child was mature and calm beyond his age. Instead, he began to ask some questions about spiritual practice.

He won Zhou Boyan’s favor.

After all, he was not planning to directly introduce Niu Ma into the Yuhua Society.

Everyone knows their own business. In a few days, Niu Ma will be needed to represent the forces of Yu Dang in the water and land ceremony. There will be important figures from the Si Tianjian at the ceremony. If any flaws are discovered, it will definitely affect the overall situation.

It’s better not to know.

It is for this reason that Zhou Boyan is extremely dedicated to passing on the Dharma to Niu Ma.

Niu Ma listened carefully, then said:
“Foster father, between the Listening to Sounds Realm and the Observing God Realm, the Observing God Realm must be more powerful? Just like the Qi and Blood Realm and the Muscle and Bones Realm in martial arts?”

After talking with Zhou Boyan tonight, he discovered that although Zhou Boyan looked smiling and amiable, as if he didn’t know any martial arts skills, he was actually much more powerful than Zhan Yupeng!
His insights into this technique alone are beyond the reach of a country bumpkin like Zhan Yupeng.

Zhou Boyan shook his head and said:

“Not entirely. In the martial arts, the tendons and bones realm will definitely crush the qi and blood realm. In the art of magic, there are many strange and bizarre techniques. There are also people with outstanding talents. Some people can even communicate with the netherworld from birth and borrow the power of the netherworld. Although there are few people in the listening realm, they definitely do exist.”

“It is even said that some of the famous evil spirits were once relatively talented sorcerers, but they were infected by the divine thoughts in the netherworld, and became mad and twisted, and turned into evil spirits.”

Niu Ma was stunned after hearing this. How could a human being turn into an evil spirit?
Zhou Boyan continued:

“It is said that those great sorcerers who have cultivated to a high level can even climb the stairs and face the gods directly. That is already an unimaginable power. After all, if ordinary people like us look directly at the gods, we will only go crazy on the spot. At the very least, we will turn into a ghost, and at the worst, our bodies will explode and burn to ashes.”

Hearing this, Niu Ma was stunned again.

He himself frequently saw the Great and Good Teacher, and never seemed to have any sense of madness.

Perhaps it is because the Great Sage Master is a messenger of God, rather than the righteous god Xuantian Fuzun?
While thinking, Zhou Boyan continued:

“Today we become father and son. It is a happy day. Normally, we should have a big banquet to celebrate. Unfortunately, I am busy with official duties these days, so I can only celebrate after this period of time. I will now teach you two of my best skills as a gift for meeting you.”

As he spoke, he stood up, grabbed a handful of incense ash from the incense burner on the table, and said:

“All magic in the world is based on the art of incense. This is because the incense art uses the power of incense as a guide to communicate with the netherworld. There is no need to rely on the power of a certain god. As long as the inspiration is sufficient, it can be released. Since your incense art of capturing has already achieved a small success, your father will teach you another incense art.”

He then stepped on the Yu Step, turned his mind around, and chanted:
“With incense as the guide and great aspirations as the thought, I will enter the law with my spirit and suppress it!”

His cheeks puffed up like a toad, and he blew on the incense ash in his hand. The ash immediately rose up, and a shadow the size of an iron pot condensed in the void. He pressed it down heavily, and it fell to the ground with a “bang”, creating a deep pit.

Zhou Boyan smiled proudly and said:
“Do you understand? The key is to stimulate inspiration. Your father has practiced this technique for more than 20 years and has already achieved a minor level of success. He can easily suppress ordinary evil spirits.”

Niu Ma did as he was told and practiced several times, but he was unable to condense the incense ash into a solid shape.

Zhou Boyan waved his hands and said, “This is not something that can be mastered overnight. Although you are talented in martial arts, you still lack some skills. If you can get started within a year, you are already a genius. Start practicing now. I will teach you another skill called Feather Slash, but it is only for the entry level, so watch out.”

As he was speaking, a feather appeared in his hand.

“There is nothing in the world, it will turn into dust…” Zhou Boyan muttered to himself, and a strange aura suddenly enveloped him. Then he shook his wrist violently, and the feather immediately flew out like lightning and nailed hard on a wooden table in front of him.

Afterwards, the wooden table seemed to be torn apart by an invisible force, and turned into countless pieces, which scattered silently around!

Niu Ma looked solemn. He tried several times, but the feather in his hand was still too light to fly out.

Zhou Boyan patted his shoulder solemnly and said:
“Don’t be in a hurry. You can’t master this feather technique for the time being. Once you master it, don’t use it unless it’s absolutely necessary or your life is in danger.”

“You still have to practice martial arts diligently these few days. In a few days, there will be five families performing martial arts at the Water and Land Dharma Assembly. They are our Zhou family, the Bai family who owns the blacksmith shop, the Liu family who owns the firewood gang, the Gao family who owns the medicine shop, and the Yang family who owns the boxing gym. They need young talents under the age of 20. You will fight on behalf of your father then.”

This is the real purpose of his accepting this adopted son.

He then comforted Niu Ma with a few kind words, asked him to rest here early and return to the charity cemetery tomorrow morning, and then he left.

After Zhou Boyan left, Niu Ma closed the doors and windows and turned off the lights without any hesitation.

Then he bit his finger, used his blood as ink, and drew the formation and ritual for worshiping Xuantian Fuzun on the ground. He then took out three incense sticks from his arms, lit them, and kowtowed quickly.

After all, he was just a teenager. What happened tonight was too intense and too unbelievable. Even though he appeared to be calm on the surface, he was actually already terrified in his heart.

At this moment, I just wanted to meet that great and virtuous teacher immediately and seek the oracle of Xuantian Fuzun.

But he had just paid homage to the God once tonight and met the Great Sage Master. There were more than hundreds of millions of believers who worshipped Xuantian Fuzun. Was he being a little ignorant to pay homage to him repeatedly? If he upset the Great Sage Master, he would be in trouble…

But what happened tonight is too serious, and I have to report it to the Great Sage Master…

Niu Ma was nervous and kowtowed repeatedly. In his panic, he suddenly felt the space around him become distorted and blurred.

Afterwards, he appeared in the familiar void again, and the mountain-like shadow of the Great Sage Teacher suddenly appeared before him.

It is the great and wise teacher!

Niu Ma was touched and felt the favor of the great and virtuous teacher towards him.

He said:

“Greetings, Great Sage Master! I apologize for interrupting you, but I really have to report something about today…”

Then the Great and Good Master said slowly with a compassionate look on his face:
“Come on.”

Niu Ma kowtowed repeatedly and said:
“My original adoptive father has ended his relationship with me tonight, and I have found a new adoptive father. I suspect that this new adoptive father is a follower of the evil cult Yuhuahui! Since I have already worshipped Xuantian Fuzun, I will never tolerate his god. Please let your Excellency tell me what to do next!”

Li Yan smacked his lips, looking at the honest child in front of him, wanting to tell him not to worry.

I am the Holy Son of Yuhua Society.

Then he said loudly:
“Everything is arranged by the God. The will of God is hard to predict. I will teach you a few skills to help you deal with the thieves’ den.”

As he spoke, he flicked his fingers and several streams of light flew into Niu Ma’s soul.

(End of this chapter)