Chapter 137: Guan Sheng Emperor The charter for the third phase of practice has been determined. One hundred and eight geniuses who have received epic enhancements will go to Qingzhou, disperse into Pinghaiwei, serve as vanguards, conduct reconnaissance, establish strongholds, or digest the results of previous battles. After careful consideration, Tao Tie believes that in order to perform well in this aspect, he must focus on three points. The first is the individual's ability to fight alone; The second is the comprehensive ability of teamwork, command, and handling complex situations; The third is group combat capability. Tao Tie currently possesses the first two points. It’s not that strong, but at least it’s enough. The third point is lacking. Because group combat capability not only refers to one's own group attack capability, but also includes the soldiers and generals that one trains. Because of some previous reasons and choices, Tao Tie still received the outer certificate of one hundred and fifty generals. He only trained one divine general, Lord Zhao of Shenxiao, and one hundred and fifty soldiers from the underworld of Dadong Mountain. This is undoubtedly far from enough.

Therefore, Tao Tie must strengthen this weak point. So after leaving Liuxian County, we came to Pingyuan County. Before learning and practicing Taiyi Divine Numbers and Tiangang Method [Knowing the Future in Reverse], Tao Tie had already realized that he had a deep connection with Pingyuan County. Mohun, the magistrate of Pingyuan County, also proposed a deal, but Tao Tie refused it at that time. But this is one time and that is another time. There were reasons for rejecting at that time, and there are reasons for starting over now. The two are different, but not contradictory. When he arrived in Pingyuan County, Tao Tie did not rush for success and get straight to the point, but started by once again [purifying] the chaotic atmosphere in Pingyuan County. More than two months ago, the [Purification] method was first created, and the magic power was not sufficient, so the speed could not be fast. But it is different now. [Purification] is already extremely proficient, and his magic power has reached the fourth level, which is a world of difference. In just one night, Tao Tie sorted out the chaotic weather in Pingyuan County. As the sun rose, Tao Tie quietly performed a morning prayer in front of the empty City God Temple in Pingyuan County. The Demonic Soul, the magistrate of Pingyuan County, appeared beside Tao Tie only after the morning class was over. "How much do you want?" The county magistrate Mohun didn't waste any words. He went straight to the point and asked very directly. Tao Tie replied: "The current limit is 10,000." "Ten thousand?" The county magistrate Mohun repeated the number, pondered for a while, and then said, "Your inner cultivation will not be enough to command so many troops."

This is a fact. Shenxiao Zhao Gong is the guardian god, the god of thunder, and the god of wealth, but not the god of war. He is lacking in commanding troops and directing battles. Tao Tie said calmly: "I have made preparations." After saying this, he suddenly thought and shouted, "Please ask Guan Sheng Emperor to show up and see me." As soon as he finished speaking, the second divine general that Tao Tie had recently summoned for internal cultivation, the Great Emperor Guan Yu, who subdues demons throughout the Three Realms and has great power, suddenly appeared on his red rabbit horse. He has phoenix eyes, drooping brows, one hand stroking his beautiful beard, and the other hand holding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade. He is mighty and majestic, unparalleled in the world. With Guandi, the great warrior who read the Spring and Autumn Annals and commanded great military power throughout China, let alone 10,000 soldiers and horses, even 100,000 can be easily controlled. Unfortunately, Tao Tie used the Taiyi Divine Numbers and [Knowing the Future] to calculate, combined with the perception of [Knowing All Things], and realized that taking on the fate of 10,000 souls of Pingyuan County residents was already the upper limit. When the number exceeds ten thousand, Tao Tie will not be able to exert its strength freely, and will become overloaded and unable to bear the burden. "That's it, that's all." When the Pingyuan County Magistrate Mohun met Guandi, who possessed sixth-grade magical powers, his doubts were immediately dispelled. He gently closed his eyes. It was dawn, and the sky, where the sun had risen, suddenly darkened. The dark clouds blocked the purple air coming from the east and the sunlight. In the square in front of the City God Temple, ten thousand souls of the dead people of Pingyuan County suddenly appeared. They are all strong and healthy, and there is no one old or young. Leading the way were the former county magistrate of Pingyuan County, yamen runners, stationed soldiers, and practitioners from various families. After doing this, the evil soul of the Pingyuan County magistrate disappeared. It seemed as if he couldn't bear to witness what was about to happen, but there also seemed to be other reasons. Faced with the calm and indifferent gazes of ten thousand strong ghosts, Tao Tie's heartbeat was slightly disturbed for a moment. It's not panic, but an indescribable feeling. Very heavy, yet... quite light. He felt heavy because he was about to bear the fate of the 10,000 souls before him, and in the future he would bear the fate of more than 200,000 souls in Pingyuan County. This is a road that is destined to be extremely difficult. Along the way, you will inevitably encounter countless ups and downs, twists and turns, and hardships. Even landslides, earthquakes and tsunamis. I feel lighthearted, perhaps because if I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening. Understand your own heart, follow your own heart, and implement your own heart. Move forward courageously, without fear of wind and rain, and keep moving forward. That’s all. Tao Tie took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and began to operate.

Bundle after bundle of the best incense and spiritual incense flew out of the storage bag and scattered on the square. There were two of them in front of each ghost. One is the incense of faith, the other is the incense of spirit. Xinxiang is used for smelting, Lingxiang is used for nourishing and refining, each has its own function. Twenty thousand incense sticks were burned, and less than one-fiftieth of the money that the three southwestern states' governments had given to Tao Tiebei was consumed. Afterwards, Tao Tie began to practice the "Tai Chi Sacrifice and Internal Refining Method" to save the underworld. This method worships Taiyi as the master, and Taiyi was originally referred to as Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun. Tao Tie made an adaptive modification, referring to Taiyi as Taiyi the Great Emperor. Moreover, he used his own Yang Shen "Taiyi Great Emperor" to make such a highly targeted reference. I saw a fist-sized pure yang god leaping out from the Niwan Palace through the Baihui point on the top of the head. The five-colored divine light of merit suddenly shone brightly. Twenty thousand incense sticks were lit at the same time. The aroma is lingering, the magical power is surging, the ceremony is solemn, and it is about offering food, helping the dead, and refining the soul. The Yang God "Taiyi Great Emperor" waved his hand, and one hundred and fifty general talismans jumped out from the sea of ​​consciousness and fell into his hands. With a slight shake, the outer talisman shattered into millions of fragments, which filled the sky above the square and fell evenly, covering ten thousand strong dead souls. The Five Elements Divine Pestle, which had already taken shape as a magical weapon, flew over the square on its own initiative. The Yang God "Taiyi Great Emperor" spread out the five fingers of his right hand, and lightning flashed and disappeared. Thunder rumbled in the dark sky despite being daytime. The Tiangang Method [Mastering the Five Thunders] has the ability to refine ghosts and spirits, and it is very appropriate to use it at this moment. Xinxiang and Lingxiang are the first to play a role. The "fire" of the faith incense starts from the springs on both sides of the feet of each deceased soul, and the "water" of the spiritual incense is poured down from the Baihui point on the top of each deceased soul's head. "Water" and "fire" gather at the Tanzhong point in the chest, and then rotate to help each other. One poured downwards, the other burned upwards, coexisting harmoniously without conflicting with each other. In this process, the thick black aura on the bodies of the ten thousand strong dead souls gradually faded away. This black air is the resentment, anger, murderous intent, and evil spirit of the people in Pingyuan County who starved to death despite having a bumper harvest, as well as their obsession to stay alive that has already become a demon! However, just fading away is not enough, far from enough. Rumble. The thunder that had been roaring for a while finally struck. This time, it was not five thunders coming down at once, but only the thunder from the sky.

Thunder from heaven corrects the natural order, governs the four seasons, brings about the birth of all things, and prevents disasters! The heavenly thunder split into ten thousand rays and fell just at the moment when water and fire were combined for each ghost. The black gas, which was fading but not completely disappearing, was struck by the thunder from the sky and immediately went upstream along with the thunder and lightning! The so-called suffering the calamity on someone else's behalf is because this calamity is almost conserved and will not disappear easily. It can only be transferred from one place to another! Then, relying on the long time, supreme power, and endless merits, it is erased bit by bit! The one who cast [Mastering the Five Thunders] was Tao Tie. The ultimate target of these upstream robbers is Tao Tie. However, it is impossible for Tao Tie to use his physical body or his yang spirit to bear these disasters. That would be a mindless act like throwing a lantern in the toilet. Since Tao Tie had made the decision to come to Pingyuan County to recruit soldiers, he had made preparations in advance. As Tao Tie's mind moved slightly, the billions of fragments of the outer talisman that shattered into pieces began to flicker. This light is not dazzling at all, but it is five-colored and contains golden light. As the light flickered, precious natural treasures flew out of the storage bag one after another and fell to various places in an orderly manner, becoming one node after another. These nodes are connected according to a specific rule to form a diagram of the sixty-four hexagrams of the innate Tai Chi Bagua. Then, the best-grade spirit stones, spirit jade, and high-grade spirit stones and spirit jade kept flying out and landed on important nodes. The four symbols of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird and Black Tortoise, which have grown to normal size, took their own positions, occupying the four directions of left east, right west, upper south and lower north. Rumble. Another bolt of thunder struck down, instantly splitting into many rays of lightning. These differentiated electric lights either hit natural treasures or spiritual stones and jade. In an instant, natural treasures, magical stones and jade turned into dust and were deeply integrated into the sixty-four hexagrams of the innate Tai Chi Bagua. The former is real and the latter is virtual. To go from reality to emptiness is to return to emptiness. The yang god "Taiyi Great Emperor" seized the opportunity, fell into the midpoint of the S-curve of the Tai Chi diagram, and burst into five-colored merit divine light, outlining the hazy, unreal, mirage-like shadow of the Ziwei Jade Palace. With the appearance of the phantom of the Ziwei Jade Palace, the Four Symbols began to play their role. The roar of dragons, the howl of tigers, the chirping of Vermilion Bird, the roar of Black Tortoise, green light, white light, fire energy, and water vapor gathered into a ball, then split into two, rushing towards the yin in the yang and the yang in the yin, thus stimulating the two yin and yang. The natural treasures, spiritual stones and jade that were shattered into powder by the thunder began to be consumed rapidly. The misty and dark yellow energy was born in this rapid consumption, merged into the four symbols, and fell into the yin in the yang and the yang in the yin. Suddenly, the yin was separated from the yin in the yang, and the yang was separated from the yang in the yin. One yin and one yang, the two yin and yang are separated. There seemed to be a sound, but also there seemed to be no sound. The gate of Ziwei Jade Palace slowly opened a little inward, generating a strong suction force.

The black yin energy and the white yang energy flew towards the Ziwei Jade Palace involuntarily. The two energies fly to the door, entangle with each other, rotate with each other, and then mix into one. However, this time the mixture did not become yin in yang, nor yang in yin, but returned to the primordial chaos, which is the Tai Chi Yuan Qi. Tai Chi means Tai Yi and Tai Yi. The Yang God "Taiyi Great Emperor" rushed up quickly, wrapped in the Tai Chi energy formed by the return of Yin and Yang, rushed into the gate of Ziwei Jade Palace, and sat on the throne. The shadow of the Ziwei Jade Palace gradually faded away. It came from nothingness and returned to nothingness. At this point, the practice of refining the spirit and returning to the void has been completed. Tao Tie's mind moved, and the Ziwei Jade Palace merged into the Lingtai Zifu of the Niwan Palace. From then on, his Niwan Palace Lingtai Zifu looked like the Ziwei Jade Palace. Yang Shen, no, now the more accurate name should be the original spirit that returns to its original nature. The original spirit "Taiyi Great Emperor" sat on the throne of Ziwei Jade Palace, with the five-colored divine light of merit, which had been exhausted and extremely dimmed today, hanging behind his head. The four symbols were lined up beside him, with the yin and yang energies flowing, and he also controlled the five thunders! Under the throne, there are two divine generals who practice inner cultivation, one is Lord Zhao of the Divine Sky, and the other is Emperor Guan. A department was set up in the palace, called the Liudun Zhentian Command Department, within which the position of the Ten Taiyi Gods was vacant, and there were no troops under his command. "Where is Emperor Guan?" Tao Tie's voice came from the mouth of the Yuanshen "Taiyi Great Emperor" and echoed in the Ziwei Jade Palace, "Please ask Guan Sheng Emperor to temporarily move into the Liudun Zhentian Command Department to command the troops and control the generals." The inner cultivation god Guandi bowed slightly, said "I will obey the order", then turned around and left the Ziwei Jade Palace, and climbed onto the Red Hare. With a leap, he jumped from virtual to real and landed on the square in front of the City God Temple in Pingyuan County. Stroking his beautiful beard with his left hand and holding a broadsword in his right hand, the divine general Guandi rode his horse twice in front of the 10,000 strong souls who had been burned and turned into soldiers, without saying a word. Ten thousand soldiers also responded in silence. The incense of faith, spiritual incense, natural treasures, spiritual stones and spiritual jade were completely exhausted in this solemn atmosphere of silence. Because of the special nature of the souls of the people of Pingyuan County, as soon as these 10,000 soldiers completed the burning of the river, their magical powers reached an average of rank seven. This is the pure magic power that is precipitated after some dregs are removed during the burning process. The inner cultivation god Guandijun suddenly stopped riding his horse in a circle and stopped in the center in front of tens of thousands of soldiers. Tao Tie shared his understanding and mastery of "Taiyi Divine Numbers" with the inner cultivation god Guandijun in due time. In Taiyi Divine Numbers, there are the concepts of Nine Palaces and Eight Gates. Based on the Nine Palaces and Eight Gates, there are the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation and the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. Both types of formations can be used on the battlefield and are skills that generals must master. The inner cultivation god Guandi got the sharing and mastered two major types of military formations smoothly. He just raised his right arm and held the Green Dragon Crescent Blade high up.

Tao Tieyu ordered Ziwei Biyu Palace to respond in time and assigned tens of thousands of soldiers to the Liudun Zhentian Command Department, under the command of Guandi Emperor. Ten thousand soldiers understood Guandi's intention and changed their formation in silence. As if he were commanding someone with the power of an arm, his actions were consistent. In a moment, he obeyed the order of Guandi and set up the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. Emperor Guan Sheng shook his right arm again and brandished the Green Dragon Crescent Blade. Ten thousand soldiers changed their formation again without any hesitation. In just a moment, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation turned into the Nine Palaces Bagua Formation. The entire process showed extremely high obedience and discipline, which can be described as plug-and-play and ready for combat. However, Emperor Guan was still not satisfied and continued to train his troops. The two types of large formations, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation and the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, were constantly switching back and forth, and sometimes local micro-manipulations were performed to cause changes in small formations such as the Two Yin and Yang, Three Talents, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Six Harmonies, and Seven Stars within the large formation. Only by achieving seamless rotation of large formations within small formations and small formations within large formations can we satisfy His wishes. Tao Tie was very absorbed in watching the show, but he had to spoil Guandijun's interest. First he burned away all the ghosts, then he reversed the Four Symbols and restored the two poles to Tai Chi, thus achieving the return to emptiness. Now he has to maintain the Ziwei Jade Palace for Guandi to practice his military formations. Even the mana of the fourth rank cannot withstand such a torture. Let's leave it for next time. (End of this chapter)