King of Black Mist

In the area where Taoist books are stored in the inner treasury, the incense for awakening the spirit is lit. I don’t know whether it was from the Taiyuan Hospital or some Taoist priest. It can clear the mind, refresh the mind, and improve concentration.

When Li Changzhou came up, he asked the female official in charge of the inner treasury to put out all the incense.

It is difficult to transition from luxury to frugality. He does not want to develop the habit of relying on external objects to improve his concentration and enter "concentration".

In terms of level, the Taoist books in the imperial palace's inner treasury are all higher than those in the Chaotian Palace.

There are half of the "Great Sun Tathagata Mantra", "Seventy-two Changes of Earthly Evil" with twenty-four changes, and "Thirty-Six Methods of Tiangang" with eight methods.

Others include "The Deed of Alchemy by Shenxiao Inciting Thunder to Imbue the Body", "One Qi Transforms Three Purities, General Outline of Three Worlds of Buddhism", and "Sixty-Four Collections of Ancient Escape Techniques" (compiled by later generations, which contains individual escape techniques) , "The Immortal Bones of the Immortals", "Bagua Zhijue", "The Book of Inspirations in the Paradise of Cave" and so on.

It's like seeing a table full of your favorite delicacies, and you don't know which dish to eat for a while.

After hesitating for a while, Li Changzhou picked up the most famous "Thirty-Six Methods of Tiangang". Only eight methods of practice were recorded in detail in it. The rest were either incomplete and could not be practiced, or simply had only one name.

The eight methods are: repairing the sky and taking a holiday, mediating good fortune, returning to heaven and returning to the sun, knowing the future in reverse, resurrecting the dead, flying to hold traces, turning stones into gold, and seeing through walls.

Mending the Sky Sun - The magic power is so powerful that it can patch the sky, bathe in the sun, and use this Tiangang method, the amount and power of the magic power will be increased ten times, with no upper limit;

Mediating creation - Nuwa used this Tiangang method to create humans, intervening in the birth and death of matter in the universe;

Returning to heaven and returning to the sun - a method of returning to the past. It also records that time may send out police to arrest people (translated by Li Changzhou), and you cannot return to the past or go to the future at will;

Many gods can travel to the future and return to heaven. Although it is magical, Li Changzhou doesn't find it strange.

The remaining five Tiangang methods are equally powerful. Li Changzhou remembered the cultivation method and threw aside the "Thirty-six Tiangang methods" - the entry requirements for the barrier insight are already the lowest, and they all require the magic power of the human immortal level.

Mediating creation and turning stones into gold require the magic power of gods. Of these two Tiangang methods, one fundamentally creates and destroys matter, and the other fundamentally changes matter.

He watched "Seventy-Two Earthly Demons" again, and the requirements were lower, but some of them also required human and immortal magic.

After memorizing it, Li Changzhou picked up a copy of "The Supreme Way of the Human Body's Eye" without having anything in particular he wanted to read.

This book of Taoism says that the sky also has eyes, which can see everything and have infinite power. People can open an eye hole in their body to attract the eyes of the sky.

The human body's heavenly eye has different effects and strengths, each with its own unique features.

This Taoist book also contains a message from the creator, which roughly means:

Since the Heavenly Eye can be borrowed, Heavenly Ears, Heavenly Nose, Heavenly Hands, Heavenly Feet, and all parts of the body should be borrowed. I hope that latecomers can continue to create on the basis of the Heavenly Eye, until one day, the whole body is replaced by "Heaven" .

"If your whole body is replaced by 'Heaven', will you still be yourself?"

As a person who is extremely confident in his body and narcissistic, Li Changzhou doesn't even want to use the spell to change his appearance, let alone let Hetian live in his body.

But it's not useless, at least it provides an idea.

He doesn't like to let heaven live in his body, but he can live in other people's bodies to protect Li Qianxia and Yang Qinglan, or to monitor and control other people.

Li Changzhou put this Taoism aside.

Even if we want to study it, it’s not now.

He reached out to pick up "One Qi Transforms Three Purities, General Outline of the Three Worlds of Buddhism" and just unfolded the Taoist teachings when he suddenly frowned and raised his head.

The female official who had ushered him in before and whom he had ordered not to disturb was standing at the entrance to the inner library area.

"What's the matter?" Li Changzhou lowered his head and continued to read the Taoism in his hand. He guessed that Emperor Jiajing came to see him, otherwise how could a female official ignore his order.

There is a possibility that this female official thought he was too handsome and came to seduce him. In Nie Xiaoqian's words, she said: "I can't sleep on a moonlit night. I wish Xiu Yan well."

The female officer looked at him and took off her own head.

Li Changzhou turned the page of Taoism.

The black mist standing between the female officer and Li Changzhou took off his "head". The "head" left the "body" and turned into a shapeless mist, which slowly merged into the black mist.

On the "neck" of the black fog, wisps of extremely thin and light smoke were re-outlined into the shape of a head.

["Ghost Picking the Head" was copied successfully, and it was detected that the player's 'main' skill is full, please choose a skill to replace...]

Li Changzhou raised his head and saw the female officer holding his head behind Heiwu.

Player?

It must be a player!

Besides players, who else could do such weird things in the Forbidden City?

Taking a look at the skill introduction, it’s useless.

【No replacement】

A flame grew out of the red charcoal in the copper basin at her feet, and flew out with a whooshing sound. A hole was burned between the eyebrows and the abdomen of the head held by the female official in her hand, which connected the front and back.

The female officer fell to the ground with a thud, her head rolled out and hit the cabinet before stopping.

No ID card.

According to the introduction of "Ghost Picking the Head" in my mind, this female officer was also infected by the skill.

Li Changzhou waved his sleeves, and with a roar of wind, a handful of flames came out of the charcoal basin, burning the female official to ashes.

He continued to read "One Qi Transforms Three Purities, The General Outline of the Three Worlds of Buddhism".

Three clears: Taiqing, Shangqing, Yuqing;

Three lives: previous life, present life, and future life;

The book says: The names and effects of Buddhist and Taoist methods are different, but they are all changes and applications of the "essence, energy, and spirit" of the human body.

Something must have happened in the palace, but what does this have to do with him?

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Something happened to Li Qianxia, ​​Yang Qinglan, Yaochi, and Bi.

Just when they thought that the head-picking would spread all the way to Jiaotai Palace, all the eunuchs and maids picked up their heads that they had put aside and put them back.

After their heads were installed, they stood up and looked towards the corner where they were. At the same time, they slowly placed their hands on both sides of their heads.

"Let's go!" Yang Qinglan waved her hand as she wished, and the ground surged up like a chest. In the blink of an eye, she broke through the shackles of the gold bricks and stood like a hill between everyone and the headless eunuch and maid.

The water girl wrapped herself around everyone and swallowed their figures like putting out flames.

When they reappeared, they were back in Yuchi.

"My aunt is scared to death!" Li Qianxia was in shock. Being looked at by so many expressionless headless ghosts, a normal person would probably have nightmares for ten and a half days.

"The Forbidden City is basically finished." Yaochi said.

"If we can't find the true form of the zombie fungus, it's not just the Forbidden City that's going to suffer." Yang Qinglan said.

"Can't we just destroy it? Do you want me to take action?" Bi didn't care.

Yang Qinglan was caught off guard when he used "Life and Death". Li Changzhou, who was concentrating on reading Taoist books, didn't have time to use "Takong", and his shoes got wet.

"What are you doing?" Li Changzhou stepped out of the water and put the "Jade Slip Forging Book of Ancient Dharma Sutra" in his hand into the storage bag on his waist.

"The situation is complicated——"

"Brother, you scared me to death!" Li Qianxia threw herself into Li Changzhou's arms.

Li Changzhou patted her shoulder and looked at Yang Qinglan.

Yang Qinglan glanced at Li Qianxia and continued to explain: "——I heard from Yaochi that there are players in the palace. We originally planned to come to find out the news, but we encountered the zombie fungus. We were afraid that you would be infected accidentally, so we called you over."

Li Changzhou knew what they were talking about.

He didn't say anything about "ghosts beheading people" because there were many people here.

"This is an opportunity," he mused. "You guys go back first. I'll go find Jiajing and ask him to give orders to Shao Yuanjie to see his strength."

"Aren't you afraid that Shao Yuanjie will ask Jiajing to give you orders?" Yaochi said with a smile, "They have been causing trouble for you before."

"I hadn't proven myself at that time. Now that Jiajing has put all its hopes of becoming an immortal on me, how can they cause trouble for me?"

After Li Changzhou finished speaking, he patted the shoulder of his sister and helped her upright.

He told her: "Call me immediately if something happens. This mission is more dangerous than usual. This kind of thing happened even in the palace where Dragon Vein is suppressed."

"Yes." Li Qianxia nodded obediently.

It was the same before. After watching the ghost movie, Li Changzhou would agree to whatever he asked her to do, as long as he was willing to accompany her to the toilet and sleep at night.

The waves surged up and swept them all away again. Li Changzhou was the only one left on the surface of Yuchi.

He looked around to make sure no one noticed him, and appeared directly outside the side hall door.

The eunuch on duty was stunned.

An excited eunuch hurriedly walked into the hall to report, and soon came out again.

"Marquis Shenxian, please come in."

Li Changzhou nodded to him, walked into the side hall, and then entered the Nuan Pavilion.

Emperor Jiajing was wearing Taoist robes, sitting cross-legged, practicing the breathing technique taught to him by Li Changzhou.

Huang Jin glanced at Li Changzhou and smiled in good faith. He was the one who ordered the eunuch to let Li Changzhou in just now.

Li Changzhou didn't speak, but according to the procedure, he let out a long breath.

With an inaudible hissing sound, Emperor Jiajing exhaled all his breath and slowly opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty." Li Changzhou saluted.

"If you are not reading in the inner court, what are you doing here?" Emperor Jiajing was in a good mood, and Huang Jin wiped his forehead with a warm handkerchief.

"Something happened in the inner court." Li Changzhou only talked about the female official in the inner court.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Huang Jin: "Let Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen go."

"I'm going to deliver the order right now." Huang Jin handed the handkerchief to the palace maid, stepped back a few steps, then turned around and left the Nuan Pavilion to give the order.

"Sit down." Emperor Jiajing pointed to the tuanpu opposite him.

When Li Changzhou sat down, he said: "The Moon Palace is indeed a heavenly palace. I am always diligent in the Moon Palace. I breathed in the palace for half an hour, but there was no movement."

"Your Majesty, after eating something and then doing the exercises, it will have some weak effects." Li Changzhou said with a smile.

Emperor Jiajing pondered for a while and said to himself: "I ate some when I came back from the Moon Palace before, and I did feel a little warm when I was doing the exercises."

It may be true or it may be false. Ordinary people sometimes have a sudden fever in their stomachs.

"Your Majesty is so diligent and talented, and becoming an immortal is just around the corner."

"I still need real people to help me."

"I already have some ideas about cultivating Taoism."

Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed, but when he saw Li Changzhou's expression pensive, he calmed down and said, "Speak directly if you have something to say. What's the difficulty?"

The voice lacked the confidence and calmness that had always been indispensable in the past. This involved becoming an immortal, which he cared about most, and it was a matter of spiritual cultivation. Even the emperor's heart was disturbed.

"Then let me tell you straight." Li Changzhou paused, "Does your Majesty know why you can't practice Taoism?"

Emperor Jiajing did not speak.

Li Changzhou continued: "Your Majesty's body is invincible with dragon veins. A single imperial edict can turn Taoists into ordinary people."

"I also noticed it."

"If Your Majesty wants to practice Taoism, he can only let the dragon vein escape."

"Are you asking me to abdicate the throne?"

"Has your Majesty ever seen any of the royal family's disciples enter Taoism?"

Emperor Jiajing frowned: "I not only want this country, but also immortality. Is there anything you can do about it?"

"We have a way to separate the dragon veins from His Majesty, but we don't have a clear idea of ​​how to do it yet," Li Changzhou said.

This is nonsense.

Taoist priests with a little knowledge all know this, they just don't know how to do it.

But this was the first time Emperor Jiajing heard this statement.

How could a Taoist priest living in a feudal dynasty, whose power was suppressed by the Dragon Vein, dare to say in front of Emperor Jiajing, "Your Majesty, if you want to learn Taoism, you must not become an emperor or a member of the Zhu family."

Forget it, a reckless ascetic might open his mouth.

Then Emperor Jiajing would ask how to separate the dragon veins and how to be an emperor and practice Taoism at the same time.

Can't do it? To deceive the emperor and destroy the nine tribes, no, this is the Ming Dynasty, which wants to destroy the ten tribes.

Li Changzhou is not afraid.

Summoning the wind and dancing in the snow, soaring into the clouds and flying to the moon, catching fire to become a dragon, killing evil dragons, and breathing in and out, these seemingly useless actions have solidly gained Emperor Jiajing's trust.

Also, Emperor Jiajing had nothing to do with him.

The worst case scenario is to pat your butt and "teleport" away. If you want to look more handsome, you can also recite a poem by Du Fu before leaving - the emperor can't get on the ship, so he calls himself a wine-drinking immortal.

Although he rarely drinks.

After chatting for a while, Li Changzhou said goodbye and left, continuing to go back to the inner court to read a book. He was pressed for time now, so it would be fine if he talked to Yang Qinglan instead of reading the book.

After he left, Emperor Jiajing was about to continue breathing, but suddenly he remembered and passed some food over.

While eating, a eunuch walked up to Huang Jin who was serving him and whispered a few words.

Before today, Emperor Jiajing could not hear clearly what they were saying, but today he could vaguely hear it.

He took a mouthful of Ganoderma lucidum paste, glanced at the distance between himself and Huang Jin, and began to think about what Li Changzhou said about dragon veins.

He definitely wants the country.

Without a country, what’s the point of immortality?

The country does not represent the country, but status and power. He wants no one above him, and there is no so-called sky falling, he is the sky.

If this can't be the case, what's the point of immortality?

But only the country can't live forever, and he can't accept it either!

I just hope that Li Changzhou can think of a way to have the best of both worlds.

After listening to the report, Huang Jin walked up to Emperor Jiajing, and while bringing him some dishes from a distance, he said, "Master, Master Shao and Master Tao are here."

"Is the matter resolved?"

"Yes." Huang Jin hesitated for a moment and then said, "Many people died in the harem. Empress Dowager Zhang, Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Chang, Concubine Kang, Concubine He, and Concubine Li Jing died. More than three hundred people are still alive. Eunuchs, maids, some cats, dogs and birds.”

Emperor Jiajing stopped his chopsticks: "Xuemei (cat) and Shimao (cat) -"

"You two little masters are fine."

Emperor Jiajing put down his chopsticks, rinsed his mouth, wiped his mouth, and leaned back: "Let Shao Yuanjie and the others come in."

By the time Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen entered the Nuan Pavilion, everything had been packed away, and nearly a hundred dishes, each of which only took a few bites, had been removed.

"Your Majesty, the evil spirits have been killed by Tao Zhenren." Shao Yuanjie said with his hands in hand.

"The real person really has magical powers!" Emperor Jiajing was very happy. There was evil in the harem, so he didn't dare to go.

The matter this time was indeed solved by Tao Zhongwen. Shao Yuanjie was in poor health a long time ago and would have died in 1539. He survived until 1540 by relying on dragon veins.

He intended to let Tao Zhongwen take over his position in Emperor Jiajing's heart.

Just now in the harem, he lent the power of the dragon vein to Tao Zhongwen, so that he could perform divination in the palace, find the true form of the zombie fungus, and destroy it directly.

Huang Jin sent eunuchs and maids to check on the situation in the harem to confirm whether the evil spirits had really been eliminated.

Emperor Jiajing no longer cared about this matter. He pondered for a while, told Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen what Li Changzhou said about dragon veins, and asked them for their opinions.

The two looked at each other.

"Your Majesty," Shao Yuanjie bent down and said, "I have something to report to Your Majesty!"

"Please tell me, real person."

"Your Majesty cannot practice Taoism because of the dragon vein, but the dragon vein is also the key to becoming an immortal!"

Emperor Jiajing looked at him and asked slowly: "The key to becoming an immortal?"

"Yes! If you want to become an immortal, you must have dragon veins!" Shao Yuanjie said urgently, "In the past few days, I have been checking Li Changzhou's identity. It is impossible for a cultivator who is not as powerful as me and is so young to Without an origin, the descendant of Duke Dong is simply fake!"

"Fake?"

"It's fake. Pindao has checked it out."

"If it's fake, then who is he?"

Shao Yuanjie said: "The world is so big, there are only a few people who can have such magical power.

"Lan Ling smiled and became lustful, Wu Cheng'en went to the West to seek enlightenment, the Goddess of Gushe is a woman, Li Shizhen has great medical skills, but lacks magical power, and he is working in the Imperial Hospital, so it can't be him.

"In addition, there are some masters from the Demon Sect and the Evil Sect, but the only ones who have such methods are the Emperor and Queen of the Divine Sect, and these two people happen to be husband and wife!"

"Emperor of Heaven and Queen of Heaven." Emperor Jiajing narrowed his eyes slightly.

Outside the capital, the demonic sects and evil spirits lurking everywhere looked at the capital at this time. A golden dragon vein was circling in the Forbidden City. Under the vast dragon energy, they couldn't even breathe, let alone the magic power.

"Just now, Tao Zhenren performed a divination, and the divination showed that the two people are indeed the emperors and queens of the divine religion."

Emperor Jiajing looked at Tao Zhongwen.

Tao Zhongwen was different from Shao Yuanjie in that he didn't like to talk much and just slapped his head.

"Your Majesty!" Shao Yuanjie shouted, "Those two people are only one step away from becoming immortals, and they are here to seize the dragon's veins!"

Emperor Jiajing remembered that Li Changzhou had indeed said that he was still one step away from becoming an immortal.