Chapter 651 Life and Death
In fact, there are still a lot of things to do in the Four Symbol Cult ceremony. How can it end directly after the ceremony of establishing the leader?
The three women discussed it all afternoon while Zhao Changhe was copying books, and discussed many details of doctrinal modifications, as well as behavioral norms that are compatible with the state religion, which should be promulgated by the new leader in public.
This is the really important fact of this ceremony.
Naturally, the so-called retreat cannot be dismissed directly. Instead, the dozens of people underground moved to the ground, and everyone continued the ceremony outside. Xia Chichi replaced Suzaku as the host and presided over the conference.
The door that had been left open during this time in the secret realm of the Imperial Ancestral Temple suddenly closed, and it was no longer possible to see what was happening below.
During the meeting, Xia Chichi and Sanniang looked at each other from time to time, with strange expressions. It doesn’t matter if you can’t see, everyone can guess what’s going on down there.
Zhao Changhe didn't drive everyone away because he was in a hurry, but the flame he had just triggered must be absorbed and used immediately.
But objectively, it had the effect of asking the Venerable to stay and sleep with her in public, as if she was retaliating for letting her copy the book... but the Venerable didn't object.
The most important thing is not objecting.
At this moment, the congregants must have mixed feelings in their hearts...
"Are you taking revenge on me?" Underground Suzaku pouted and raised his head to ask.
Zhao Changhe pulled her up and held her in his arms: "Originally, I wanted to discuss how to operate it with you, but you refused to discuss it with me, so you just punished me for copying books. Then I can only cause the fire in public... …Since it’s been triggered, it can’t be stopped…”
"I don't care, you are just retaliating against me for making you copy the book!"
"Okay, okay, those who are punished for copying will always be copied."
Suzaku was angry and funny and tilted his head without answering.
Zhao Changhe touched it with his hand: "So...are you allowed to copy it?"
Suzaku bit his lower lip: "First of all, how did you do this? In addition to the enlightenment of Nanming Lihuo you gave me inexplicably, I now realize that it should be the Book of Heaven... Where did this real source of fire fall from the sky come from?"
"This secret realm was created by Lao Xia with his ability to control the world. Heaven and earth are one, similar to a scaled-down world. As long as you control this artificial sky, you can go anywhere and use the characteristics of any place for your own use. . So although the source of the earth fire here is far away in the south, casting can still be called here."
"so?"
"I have roughly controlled the earth's veins in this place during the process of forging the sword, and I mainly relied on this power to break through the three levels of secrets." Zhao Changhe said: "I spent the entire afternoon copying books while sensing fire in the sky. It was hard to find the location of the source...otherwise why would I be squatting here copying books..."
Suzaku wanted to laugh a little.
"Of course, simply bringing out the source of fire may not be useful to you. You also said that you are not relying on absorbing flames... Most likely you need to go here in person to experience the birth of the source of fire up close." Zhao Changhe said: "It is thousands of miles away. It's so far away that you may not be able to walk away, and you may not be able to find the specific location if you go there. We can use the distance between us and use me as the medium to feel what I feel..."
Suzaku's cheeks began to heat up: "Why are you used as a medium?"
"Of course...it's something that Qing'er has always refused." Zhao Changhe raised her chin: "So, let me copy it?"
When faced with a similar question, Tang Wanzhuang, a shy person, was willing to say "give" shyly.
Looking at the much more unrestrained and enthusiastic Suzaku, everyone has done everything, but it is extremely difficult for her to say "give in", even if she bites the bullet and doesn't say anything.
Maybe she was willing to say it when she was not Suzaku, but once she was Suzaku, she couldn't.
On the contrary, Zhao Changhe found this kind of Suzaku particularly interesting, and slowly lowered his head and kissed her: "If you don't let me, I'll force you..."
Suzaku said angrily: "You are a malicious and frivolous subordinate!"
"Well, just like Lord Suzaku playing with fire, pigs, and pigs..."
"When did I play with you! Let go... uh uh uh..."
Under the starry sky, on the high platform, in front of the lower ones.
Venerable Suzaku was pressed on the low table, with his back leaning on a pile of soft papers, on which were densely copied the teachings of the Four Symbols.
Above the secret realm, the new leader of the Four Symbols Sect was preaching new doctrines and new regulations. Countless Four Symbols believers kowtowed to listen and prayed in low voices.
At the bottom of the secret realm, Venerable Suzaku, the most respected and feared figure in the hearts of the Four Elephant Cults, was suppressed by his teachings. He wore a sacred mask but took off his solemn robes.
The mouth refused to say "give", but when they became one, Suzaku still consciously started the dual cultivation technique.
——She studied it secretly, knowing that sooner or later she would use it with her own piggy.
It's a pity that Yuan Yin has been lost, and it's a bit of a waste... Suzaku gasped in a low voice, feeling a little guilty for no reason in his heart. If he didn't have to hide his face, he could have been given more. But now not only do I have nothing to give him, but I am actually accepting his gifts.
"Don't think nonsense... connect mentally and feel the sky." Zhao Changhe's voice came to her ears, and he kissed her ear beads.
Suzaku's whole body trembled and tensed up.
The spirit lingered, as if flying into the starry sky, with the whole earth in sight.
The perspective stretches and shifts, all the way south.
Then I discovered that the south is also a vast sea with countless islands. The climate is getting hotter and hotter. It is obviously the cold winter season, but the closer to the south, the warmer it becomes like spring, and in the end it is almost like summer.
It is said that this world is a small world with a round sky and a square earth. It looks small on the surface, but it is not small at all. For example, in the Far East, if you go straight, you can't fly to the end of the world island at all. It depends on the transfer of the intention of the Azure Dragon. It can be said that the end of the sky is endless, and it is impossible to reach the end by human power.
The same is true to the south. No matter how you move, it will always be an endless sea and a vast island.
But this time is different from the time when I went to the Far East to sea. That time I went there in my physical body, but this time it was my consciousness.
Consciousness is infinite and unhindered. As long as you know it, you can see it.
As long as it has been explored and recorded on this sky, you can see it.
So Zhuque saw an extremely strange place. It was not a volcano or lava, but a ball of fire burning on the sea, but it never went out.
This is a scene that normal people can hardly understand. How can fire burn on water, and how can it keep burning?
The trace of fire source introduced into the body before began to respond when seeing the flames, burning in the body, and Zhuque's understanding and control of flames could not suppress it.
The dual cultivation method came with his response, and the hot power was discharged into his body, consumed part of it in his body, and then flowed back. So it softened a little, becoming a force that Zhuque could deal with.
She took a deep breath, and her whole consciousness rushed into the flames.
Their practice is not based on absorbing flames, but on understanding and application. When you control it, the fire is yours, and you don't need to absorb it. As a master who taught Xia Chichi to practice, Xia Chichi didn't learn any of Zhuque's meaning, just because Xia Chichi was really stupid about flames and couldn't understand it at all.
Everyone has their own strengths.
And Zhuque's expertise in flames is unparalleled in the world, and with the auxiliary analysis of the Book of Heaven, it is no longer a problem.
As early as when the effect of burning Maitreya was not good, Zhuque was thinking whether there was something wrong with his flames. Theoretically, as long as the temperature of the flame is high enough, it can burn everything. If it can't burn, it's because it's not strong enough. However, with Maitreya's half-corpse demon body, he shouldn't be able to resist the temperature of his own flame. This is the first time that my understanding has been challenged.
Thinking about it afterwards, that was not Maitreya's level, but the dead air of the corpse demon and the death of the flame were offset. This is a very mysterious understanding, beyond the flame itself.
But the flame is not only about death.
It forges and reshapes swords. Is it death or life? It is living towards death.
Suzaku is a very special constellation. Among the constellations, the well constellation as the eye of Suzaku represents the astrological sign of death. If Suzaku knows the culture of the present world, he will know that the understanding of the well constellation in Eastern and Western cultures is all death and the netherworld. The East is called the corpse well, and the West is called the Cancer constellation corpse gas. But this constellation, which represents death in many cultures, is in the category of Suzaku, which symbolizes life and passion, flame and rebirth. This is a philosophy unique to the East, the unity of life and death, and the interaction of yin and yang.
Flame is not only about burning and destruction, it also has vitality and shaping.
Only when this is understood can there be the Nanming Lihuo, the eternal flame.
If it had been understood earlier, then in the battle with Maitreya, Xuewu would not have to fight, and from Maitreya to other monks, all would have turned into puppets of Suzaku.
She is the master of life and death.
Suzaku opened his eyes.
A wave of heat was injected into the body, rushing into the limbs and bones, rushing into the soul, and turning into endless vitality.
The Four Symbols believers above felt a phoenix cry at the same time, and in the stars covered by clouds above, the image of Suzaku shone in the sky, and a huge firebird soared in the sky and circled non-stop.