The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 353 - 349 Unmoving Ming King Array
Chapter 353: Chapter 349: Unmoving Ming King Array
Chapter 353: Chapter 349: Unmoving Ming King Array
“Friend?” Bai Xiaoyun asked, somewhat puzzled upon hearing Shen Luo’s words.
“Little Gui, can you show yourself?” Shen Luo communicated telepathically.
After waiting for a moment and not receiving any response, just as Shen Luo was about to ask again, a vortex suddenly appeared in the water beside him, and a faint green figure emerged from it.
Shen Luo looked over and saw a man of ordinary appearance and fair features, appearing to be in his thirties or forties, slightly hunched in stature, dressed in a black robe, and his arms hanging down to his knees.
Bai Xiaoyun immediately recognized that this was a disguise of a monster’s soul and his heart couldn’t help but tighten. He was both surprised at the identity of the figure and startled at his own previous failure to sense its presence.
“Apologies, the movement involved in manifesting my true form can attract much attention, so I had to appear in this form.” The man in the black robe slightly bowed towards Shen Luo.
“Who is this…” Bai Xiaoyun turned to Shen Luo and asked.
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“He is Daoist Mountain Turtle, once my contracted summoning beast, and we have not met for a thousand years. This is Bai Xiaoyun, my old friend.” Shen Luo introduced them to each other.
“Just call me Little Gui.” The man in the black robe gave a small smile as he replied.
“Your magical prowess is extraordinary, I wasn’t able to sense your presence at all.” Bai Xiaoyun sincerely expressed his admiration.
“I have been dormant at the bottom of Moon Mirror Lake for over a hundred years and haven’t moved since. My physical form and aura have become one with this place, making it difficult to detect my presence.” Little Gui explained.
“Little Gui, since you are settled here, do you know if there is an underground river passage that connects the inside and outside of Zhenhaiguan? We want to pass through here to get into the city.” Shen Luo asked.
“Yu State is located near the sea, so there are many underground water caves. There are many waterways connected under Moon Mirror Lake. However, I have not inspected them, so I do not know if there is a secret passage that leads to the city. You can wait here while I instruct my descendants to investigate.” Little Gui said after a moment’s consideration.
“Thank you.” Bai Xiaoyun expressed his gratitude.
The man in the black robe spun around and disappeared back into the vortex of water that had appeared under him.
Shen Luo and Bai Xiaoyun returned to Lake Heart Island.
After they recounted their situations, a sense of gloom cast over both of them.
“I didn’t expect the situation at Zhenhaiguan to be so challenging. Is the Listening Mountain Demon really that cunning and perceptive?” Shen Luo asked.
“I didn’t dare approach the city, keeping my distance at least a hundred feet away and deliberately hiding my aura, but it still heard me. Then a Dog Demon at the Great Mahayana Stage rushed out of the city, heading straight towards my hiding place. It was only because I was trying to shake him off that I couldn’t come back in time and that gave the Golden Falcon Monster an opportunity, which is why it found you.” Bai Xiaoyun spoke with frustration.
“So even if we were able to find the underground tunnel, we may not be able to get through safely…” Shen Luo hit his hand with a sigh of concern.
“We can’t worry about that right now. It’s unbelievable that so many monsters are entrenched in this little place called Yu State. They must be planning something big. Staying here is absolutely not a good idea.” Bai Xiaoyun said, furrowing brow.
“You’re right, I’ve also been feeling that way. We might have to take the risk this time.” Shen Luo nodded in agreement.
“You mentioned earlier that the Golden Falcon Monster chased you into the underground river. If that’s the case, then it probably won’t have a hard time finding this place by following the water tracks.” Bai Xiaoyun suddenly remembered, speaking up.
“I originally planned to rest a bit and then take them away, but I got delayed by the reunion with Little Gui. Fortunately, you found this place first.” Shen Luo agreed, nodding his head.
“That’s the silver lining in our unfortunate situation. Maybe this Daoist Mountain Turtle may truly be able to help us. As soon as we figure out the way, we’ll leave immediately. But before that, we should make some preparations in case of unforeseen circumstances.” Bai Xiaoyun said after a moment’s hesitation.
“What kind of preparations?” Shen Luo’s eyes lit up as he immediately asked.
“The size of the Lake Heart Island is just right for setting up the ‘Unmoving Ming King Array’.” Bai Xiaoyun proposed.
“The Unmoving Ming King Array?” Shen Luo asked in surprise.
“The Unmoving Ming King is a form of the Buddhist Unmoving Bodhisattva; its meaning being firm and unshakeable compassion. It’s a defensive formation secretly transmitted within Hua Sheng Temple that uses Buddhist artifacts as array pillars and requires five monks to sit at the eastern, southern, western, northern, and central poles, chanting the Unmoving Ming King Mantra, activating the array, thereby possessing extremely strong defensive power.” Bai Xiaoyun explained.
“I see. It’s better to set up the array quickly as time is of the essence.” Shen Luo said, clearly relieved.
Bai Xiaoyun nodded, then a silver bracelet on his wrist suddenly lit up, revealing an ancient, yellowed Buddhist scripture which he caught in his hand.
Next, a string of coral beads numbering one hundred and eight and a reddish copper bowl also appeared one after another.
Finally, Bai Xiaoyun grabbed the tin staff that he had used to fight the monsters with and made a troubled expression.
“The Buddhist artifacts I have at my disposal include these four, but if I lack one more, I won’t be able to proceed with the setup.” he said.
“Have a look at this. Can it be of use?” Upon hearing this, Shen Luo promptly took out his half-moon ring without any hesitation.
Bai Xiaoyun accepted the ring and tried to channel qi into it. He then shook his head and said: “The quality barely meets the requirements, but unfortunately, it hasn’t been blessed by the incense fire of Buddhism. It doesn’t have the spirituality of Buddhism, so it cannot be used.”
Shen Luo felt somewhat disappointed upon hearing this. Following this, he called over other monks to search through all their belongings, only to emerge empty-handed.
Just as they were contemplating what to do next, Bai Xiaoyun suddenly remembered something, and immediately lifted up his tin staff, holding it out in front of him.
“I’ve got it!” he suddenly announced.
Having said that, he gripped the body of the staff with one hand, held the Jing Ming Pearl embedded at the tail end of the staff with the other, and with qi shining from both hands, he pulled. Golden threads of light, reminiscent of the broken strands of lotus root, were drawn out from between the staff and the pearl.
“Huff…”
Bai Xiaoyun suddenly exhaled, then his breath turned into a blade, forming an air blade that cut across, severing the golden threads, and the Jing Ming Pearl became separated from the staff.
“That’s possible?” Shen Luo asked incredulously upon seeing this.
“The Jing Ming Pearl is originally a Buddhist treasure. It was combined with the staff to make it easier to use. Disassembling them now has solved our pressing problem.” Bai Xiaoyun explained.
Shen Luo nodded, not uttering another word.
Bai Xiaoyun handed the ancient scripture and the coral string beads to him and instructed him to put them at locations where the spiritual energy converged in the East and North respectively. Once that was done, he would just need to place them on a simple platform made of rocks.
By the time Shen Luo had placed everything according to the instructions, Bai Xiaoyun had also finished placing all the other treasures.
