Chapter 305: Formation Under Repair! Who Seizes The Initiative First?
Chen Han also could not guess the purpose of Patriarch Sanfeng, since even the Yongle Emperor, who originally built this Feng Shui formation of Wudang, and the then Wudang sect leader did not know.
Let alone him, a descendant so many generations later.
Besides, he even suspected that the previous Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak was incomplete, because the altar inside the Golden Summit did not hold a Feng Shui stone, but a small statue of Emperor Zhenwu.
Otherwise, how could it be that in more than 600 years, no one in Wudang discovered it?
If they had discovered it, there would certainly be inheritance records. Clearly, Wudang has not passed down anything about it.
The best method now was to first draw out this Wudang Feng Shui formation, repair the Feng Shui formation of the Wudang Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak, and then they would know the true function of this Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak.
Thinking this, Chen Han took the ancient book and left the Wudang library.
Just as he stepped out, he saw Qingwei Daoist Priest and Chen Daoist Priest coming over.
The two of them had also come to check on the situation of the Chen family head.
After all, they were now annoyed by that so-called expert supervision team and planned to set these people up.
After all, this was their territory, and the era was different now.
Back then, because of that special time, their ancestors truly did not dare to move, and even saying one wrong sentence might really get them “ascended.”
Now they still wanted to play the same game, did they really think Wudang had no connections?
Did they not know that Wudang’s tourism merit industry alone was connected with so many people?
Did they not know how much tourism income and related surrounding income brought how much tax revenue to this place?
Did they not know, when they went to the city for meetings, who it was that had tea with the Wudang sect leader?
Did they not know that this place was called Wudang Mountain Special Zone and that there was even a Wudang Mountain Special Zone bureau?
However, Qingwei Daoist Priest did not want this matter to affect the thinking of the Chen family head.
Everything still had to focus on repairing the Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak.
The key now was to ask the Chen family head what kind of ancient books he was looking for, so Wudang could send more people to help search.
They had too many books.
When they saw the Chen family head coming out from the library, the two of them hurriedly went up and performed a Daoist salute. “Chen family head.”
Chen Han returned the Daoist salute. “Qingwei Daoist Priest, Chen Daoist Priest, I discovered important corroboration in one of your Wudang ancient books regarding the Feng Shui formation of the Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak. I have basically completed this Feng Shui formation.”
As he spoke, he handed over the ancient book and the piece of fabric of unknown material left by Patriarch Sanfeng. “This was left by Patriarch Sanfeng. You should keep it safe yourselves.”
The two Daoist priests were stunned.
So quick to find something?
You had to know that the Wudang library had an enormous number of books across three levels. If a single person wanted to read through them, it would take a very long time.
That was why they had planned to assign people.
Who knew the Chen family head would be so lucky?
He had already found something?
No, it was Wudang who was very fortunate, since this was to repair the Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak Feng Shui formation for Wudang.
Qingwei Daoist Priest took the cloth left by Patriarch Sanfeng. It was densely filled with text, all in ancient script.
He happened to be able to read this ancient text.
As Wudang sect leader, he might lack some abilities, but in terms of many ancient texts, because of his study of Daoist sect ancient books, he was no worse than some experts in ancient literature.
Although many ancient books already had modern translations, cultivation of the Dao was a matter in which each person’s understanding was different. Even for the same line of Daoist scriptures, the inner meaning each person comprehended was different.
At his level, it was impossible to completely follow someone else’s translation to cultivate. He naturally had to read the ancient original texts himself. At a certain stage, he would even want to write his own annotated Daoist scripture.
Not only him, many purple-robed members of the Daoist sect had this ability to read ancient texts.
It was just that some people had no personal comprehension and achieved nothing in their lives, while some had a bit of understanding but too little to form a book, and at most would share their insights to debate with fellow Daoists. If proven correct, they would have the next edition of the relevant Daoist scriptures revised slightly.
This gradually became modern Dao discussion.
It could be said that even modern-published Daoist scriptures might have some differences in content after a year.
After roughly reading the content left by Patriarch Sanfeng on that cloth, he was filled with astonishment.
The most important core of this Feng Shui formation was actually Feng Shui stones.
He knew that what Wudang had the most of was those mysterious stones, most of which could serve as Feng Shui stones.
Someone had once proposed doing business with Feng Shui stones, but that would require mining and excavation across Wudang’s peaks, which would absolutely damage the scenery.
He was now somewhat glad he had not agreed back then.
Moreover, he realized another problem: perhaps Wudang’s Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak Feng Shui formation had never been complete.
The information left by Patriarch Sanfeng had always been in this ancient book, unnoticed.
For more than 600 years, there had been no records about placing Feng Shui stones in the Golden Summit, and they had always just placed a small statue.
Chen Han then said, “Two Daoist priests, I now need to return to my residence and draw the Wudang Feng Shui formation diagram. I need brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and preferably inks of different colors so I can mark the Feng Shui flows and positions.”
Qingwei Daoist Priest hurriedly assured him. “Chen family head, rest assured, I will have it sent over at once. We must trouble you with the Feng Shui formation matter.”
Chen Han nodded and went back to his residence at Wulong Palace.
After he walked off, Chen Daoist Priest subconsciously asked, “Senior brother, what did the Chen family head discover?”
Qingwei Daoist Priest handed him the cloth.
Chen Daoist Priest looked at it and instinctively turned his gaze toward the Chen family head in the distance.
This man was probably Wudang’s lucky star. This was an ancestral testament left by the patriarch. Wudang had failed to discover it for so long, and yet he had.
Not long after Chen Han returned to the residence Wudang had arranged for him, Qingwei Daoist Priest personally brought the required brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Chen Han chatted with the Daoist priest for a while, then saw him out, and began to take a sheet of paper to draw.
Drawing a complete Feng Shui formation diagram was no easier than drawing a detailed geography blueprint.
It required a lot of time.
So, over the following period, he stayed in the room and began drawing according to the instruction diagram of the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone.
In the evening, he went up to the Golden Summit specifically, using the instruction diagram for on-site inspection.
When night was deep, he returned to his residence, took out an intermediate spirit stone, and began cultivating 《the intermediate qi cultivation method of the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture》.
Spiritual meridians were key to whether a person could advance further in cultivation. In essence, opening meridians and clearing the eight extraordinary meridians were the same.
After birth, a person’s spiritual meridians also gradually became blocked and needed to be cleared in the same way so that true qi could flow smoothly and connect the three dantians.
However, this process had no bottleneck; it was simply a process of tempering true qi, strengthening it, and improving its quality.
Once Chen Han became familiar with 《the advanced qi cultivation method of the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture》, he stopped and began studying the spell attached to 《the advanced qi cultivation method of the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture》: Immortal Light Merging.
This was one of the more well-known spells in 《the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture》.
It could restrain the spells of the demonic path. Under this spell, the cultivation methods of those on the demonic path would be suppressed.
Moreover, Immortal Light Merging was very impressive. After cultivation, it took on a concrete form, transforming into two currents of green and white, like the yin-yang fishes of the Tai Chi diagram chasing each other.
It contained the principles of yin and yang.
The question was whether this spell would work in reality, since the demonic path in the real world was strictly speaking not the same as the demonic path in Shu Shan Swordsman.
Surely it could not be that real-world demonic cultivators would start smoking all over and have their skin torn open when shone upon by this immortal light?
Still, cultivating this spell had its benefits. At the very least, it could condense a tangible phenomenon.
Imagine, when he performed this spell, with green and white energies appearing and entwining like the Tai Chi diagram, how shocking that would be.
Especially when his strength became formidable, and this wonder could envelop an entire city. How astonishing would that be?
Only when Chen Han began cultivating Immortal Light Merging did he realize that although the spell looked useless, it was not easy to train.
The main issue was that the green and white energies contained the principles of Tai Chi and were hard to balance.
Even though the cultivation method was laid out there, clearly telling you what to do, doing it was not that easy.
It was like some videos online that looked simple and made you think “anyone with hands can do it,” but when you tried, you found you had no idea where to start.
The night passed.
The next day, after breakfast, Chen Han continued drawing the Wudang Feng Shui formation diagram.
Not until noon did he finally complete the entire Feng Shui formation diagram.
This Wudang Feng Shui formation was indeed composed of multiple Feng Shui patterns combined.
Not only the main peak but all 72 peaks had corresponding Feng Shui patterns.
Many of these patterns had already been damaged and needed to be repaired or compensated.
He had used different colored inks to mark all these places.
There were also the repair methods noted by the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone.
Because these Feng Shui patterns were composed of natural geography formations and the terrain had not been greatly damaged, the repairs were simple.
For example, there was a “hidden wind, backed shadow” pattern, which guided the wind for use. It was located on the cliff edge of a peak, relying mainly on the cliff.
The cliff itself had not been destroyed; it had only collapsed in one spot over time. So they just needed to place three Feng Shui stones at specific points on the cliff to compensate.
What surprised him most were the three ancient trees he had seen on the way up the mountain. At the time, he guessed they marked the Seven Luminaries positions and formed a Feng Shui pattern that had since become ineffective.
He did not expect his guess to be correct.
Moreover, the Seven Luminaries corresponded to the Seven Stars.
Therefore, the Wudang Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak Feng Shui formation and the “Seven Stars Same Mountain Coordinated Feng Shui Formation” in the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone truly had the same effect.
Essentially, the formation used Feng Shui to capture thunder fire for its own use.
The only difference was that the Seven Stars referred to Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid, corresponding to the Big Dipper.
The Seven Luminaries, however, referred to the sun, moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, and Saturn.
In this Feng Shui pattern, certain trees corresponded to stellar positions. The ancient yellow pines he had seen on the way up the mountain served this function.
The positions of the Seven Stars and the Seven Luminaries were different, and the Daoist sect’s method of channeling power for each was also different.
But now the Wudang Seven Luminaries Feng Shui pattern had been broken, because one type of ancient tree was missing from Wudang, the holly tree, one of the Seven Luminaries.
The instruction diagram from the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone showed this. As for how it disappeared, no one knew.
The remedy now was simple: plant a small grove of holly trees and place Feng Shui stones at the corresponding positions among them.
Clearly, Feng Shui stones played a very significant role in the formation.
Fortunately, Wudang had many mysterious stones, most of which could be used as Feng Shui stones, a natural advantage.
At noon, when he went to have lunch, the Daoist priests, including Wudang’s Qingwei Daoist Priest and Chen Daoist Priest, were all there.
When he arrived, all the Daoist priests looked at him. They obviously already knew he was drawing the Wudang Feng Shui formation diagram.
Everyone knew they were about to witness a Daoist miracle.
However, no one disturbed him during the meal. Only after he finished did the Daoist priests all come out and surround him.
Each of them seemed eager to speak but held back.
Chen Han had already noticed their impatience while eating and understood their purpose, so he smiled and said, “I have already completed the Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak Feng Shui formation diagram.”
These words instantly stirred the Daoist priests into excitement.
They were truly about to witness a Daoist miracle.
Qingwei Daoist Priest could not help saying, “Chen family head, it is really done?”
It was not that he did not believe, but that he was too excited.
After all, the Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak issue had troubled Wudang for far too long. If it could be repaired during his tenure as sect leader…
Then he would definitely be able to enter the ancestral hall in the future.
If the repair degree surpassed that of the past 600 years, he would be able to face the previous sect leaders in the ancestral hall with his head held high.
After all, those sect leaders had failed to discover the ancestral testament left by the patriarch and did not know that Feng Shui stones were supposed to be placed in the Golden Summit.
“Qingwei Daoist Priest, come with me,” Chen Han said with a smile, leading them back to his residence.
The Daoist priests waited outside while he went in and brought out the Feng Shui formation diagram he had drawn.
Then the group found a stone table.
Chen Han handed the formation diagram to Qingwei Daoist Priest, letting him spread it on the stone table so all the Daoist priests could see.
In an instant, the stone table was surrounded so tightly there was no gap.
Chen Han smiled and said, “Daoist priests, the Feng Shui formation diagram is complete, and the repair methods are marked. I trust you can restore the Wudang Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak Feng Shui formation to the world.”
Indeed, he did not intend to personally carry out the subsequent repairs. That was the hard labor.
These Daoist priests had studied the two Feng Shui books over this period. Now that they had the complete formation diagram, there was no way they could not handle it.
His words made the Daoist priests eager.
At such a moment of recreating a Daoist miracle, they naturally wanted to be involved, and they all nodded.
Soon, the Daoist priests began to discuss with Qingwei Daoist Priest how to repair the formation, and they grouped themselves in pairs and trios to split up the tasks.
The Wudang disciples were all under their direction.
Very quickly, the entire Wudang moved into action.
As for the crucial Seven Luminaries Feng Shui pattern, Qingwei Daoist Priest and Chen Daoist Priest personally took charge. They immediately ordered holly trees and prepared Feng Shui stones.
When Wudang ordered trees, no planting base dared to delay and delivered them as quickly as possible.
This time, Qingwei Daoist Priest and Chen Daoist Priest personally supervised, and after unloading the holly trees, they had them taken to the designated sites for planting.
Just when the inspection of the holly trees was completed, Qingwei Daoist Priest received a telephone call.
It came from the Wudang scenic spot entrance.
After hearing the report, his face darkened. “Junior brother Chen, the supervision team has arrived.”
Chen Daoist Priest’s expression also darkened, and he sneered. “They really dare to come. Then we will deal with them.”
His tone clearly carried emotion.
With past incidents as a warning, how could they not have feelings about these experts and professors?
Moreover, this was the critical moment of repairing the Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak. How could they allow these people to ruin things?
At this time.
A bus swaggered its way into Wudang, driving straight up.
One could see a banner on the bus that read “Special vehicle of the stationed Wudang supervision team.”
This was naturally to gain the upper hand first.
Yuan Xin knew that the more high-profile this sort of thing was, the easier it was to bluff people, so he had specially prepared this banner.
There was no other method. The higher-ups did not intervene in this matter, so he could only use the joint supervision name of the universities.
This kind of pretext was basically useless. The other side could simply ignore them, since their universities had nothing to do with Wudang and had no authority over them.
So, they had to play psychological games.
If they could gain the upper hand, enter Wudang, film a couple of videos, and post them, then the name of the supervision team would be established.
On the bus, Yuan Xin sat there looking calm. Besides his three students, there were several professors he had united, each accompanied by three students.
“Professor Yuan, how reliable do you think the online information is?” one professor asked, confused.
Yuan Xin knew he was referring to the news about Wudang repairing a Feng Shui formation, so he smiled and said, “It is not important. If that is indeed their goal, then we will stop them and write a report. We cannot let our teachers’ results be denied.”
“If it is not, our goal is to re-examine and repair the barrier net on the Golden Summit. Then it counts as redoing the repairs, and we can write another paper. Either way, it benefits us.”
As he spoke, he still felt some resentment toward the leaders, because they had refused to help with such a simple matter.
The other professors, hearing Professor Yuan’s words, also looked forward to the trip. Everyone was willing to do something profitable.
When they reached the upper parking lot, they could see from a distance that a group of Wudang Daoist priests were there, apparently waiting for someone.
Seeing this, Yuan Xin smiled and said, “They are probably waiting for us. We sent a prior notice. Now that we came in with a bus carrying a supervision team banner, the Wudang person in charge must have gotten the message. It looks like this trip will go very smoothly.”
The others also smiled, even more optimistic about the trip.
The bus quickly stopped in the parking lot. Yuan Xin straightened his clothes and led his students off the bus.
After getting off, he approached with a mild smile and asked, “I am Yuan Xin of the supervision team. May I ask which Daoist priest is Wudang’s person in charge?”
But just as he finished speaking, the group of Daoist priests stepped forward in unison and surrounded them.
Only then did he notice that all these Daoist priests held wooden sticks planted on the ground.
He suddenly realized that something about this scene was not quite right.
