The Purple-Robed Celestial Master has turned into a zombie?! Who can stand that?!

Chapter 154 Demon Subduing Hall

Whether the thing in the hands of the Celestial Master was a legitimate Emperor's Banner was neither clear to Xuanzhen Celestial Master nor something they wanted to know, because it was not of much concern to them.

After all, the Celestial Master has already risen from the dead. Why are you so concerned about whether it's the Human Emperor Banner or not?
Even if it isn't, who can control this Celestial Master?
As long as they don't do anything reckless, it's none of their business what this Celestial Master does.

Moreover, with the strength of the Celestial Master, even if he wanted to force his way into the Demon Subduing Hall today, who could stop him?

Explaining it to them is already giving them face.

Moreover, it would be a good thing for Xuanzhen and Longhu Mountain for the Celestial Master to enter the Demon Subduing Hall to exterminate demons, as it would remove a burden from the Demon Subduing Hall. Why not do it?
Master Xuanzhen and his companions naturally had no intention of obstructing them, nor would they dare to.

He then led this ancestral master to the Demon Subduing Hall.

The Demon Subduing Hall of Longhu Mountain is located behind the Celestial Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain.

After all, the demons suppressed inside the Demon Subduing Hall cannot be opened to the outside world, nor can tourists from the outside world come into contact with them.

If tourists were to come into contact with this, and some reckless or mentally unstable tourist insisted on entering the Demon-Subduing Hall and accidentally removed the talisman sealing the demons, it might cause trouble.

This would be a huge problem, and Longhu Mountain couldn't afford the consequences.

Therefore, the Demon Subduing Hall on Longhu Mountain is not open to the public, and it was built on the back mountain of the Celestial Master's Mansion, where the Celestial Master resides, and was personally supervised by the Celestial Master.

If any problems or disturbances occur in the Demon Subduing Hall, the Celestial Master will be the first to sense and know about them.

This greatly increases security.

Xuanzhen Celestial Master led Ancestral Celestial Master directly to the back of the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Behind the Celestial Master's Mansion, there stands a stone tablet marking the forbidden land of dragons and tigers.

The stone tablet is inscribed with the words "Dragon and Tiger Forbidden Land" and the words "Demon Subduing Hall" are also written next to it.

Xuanzhen said, "Grandmaster, the Demon Subduing Hall is just ahead. This Demon Subduing Hall of Longhu Mountain was built by the first Celestial Master more than two thousand years ago. It has been repaired and blessed by the Celestial Masters of successive generations. It has been repaired 33 times and blessed more than 2000 times, almost once a year."

According to statistics, the number of demons and ghosts sealed inside reaches more than 15000, of which more than 900 have a cultivation of over 5000, 5,000 have a cultivation of over 3,000, and about 8000 have a cultivation of over 1,000.

Xuanzhen briefly explained the current situation inside the Demon Subduing Hall of Longhu Mountain to the Celestial Master.

After listening, Zhang Tianlu was quite satisfied and nodded.

He made the right choice coming to Longhu Mountain this time. There are indeed many demons imprisoned inside, and they are all of high quality, almost all of them with more than a thousand years of cultivation.

Of course, that's normal. After all, this is the Demon Subduing Hall of Longhu Mountain. The demons that can be captured here are all personally captured by the high-ranking Taoist priests or celestial masters of Longhu Mountain.

Generally, demons and monsters with cultivation levels below a thousand years are annihilated on the spot, without even a second thought.

Those with even a shred of conscience or a hint of remorse were sent directly to the underworld for resolution.

Only those demons with over 1000 years of cultivation who are stubborn, difficult to kill, and extremely wicked are brought back to be suppressed and suffer in the Demon Subduing Hall.

Therefore, there are naturally more powerful demons inside.

This was exactly what Zhang Tianlu wanted; only powerful demons could satisfy his desire for myriad souls...

Oh no, the energy required for the Emperor's Banner.

After all, refining ordinary souls one by one to upgrade the Myriad Soul Banner would be too slow.

A 100,000-level Soul Banner requires the refinement of 100,000 souls to reach that level.

Unless you go on a killing spree, where are you going to find so many souls?
But demons with a thousand years of cultivation are different; one of them is worth a hundred, or even a thousand.

Quality makes up for quantity; that's the right way to upgrade! Zhang Tianlu entered the forbidden area of ​​the Demon Subduing Hall, stepping into this forbidden area and entering the area covered by the Demon Subduing Hall.

The earth beneath our feet changed color, turning red, as if blood was seeping from the soil.

The air was filled with a violent, demonic aura.

This is caused by the magnetic field of the Demon-Subduing Hall.

This land wasn't originally like this; it was only after Longhu Mountain built the Demon Subduing Hall here that the landscape changed.

After all, the Demon Subduing Hall has suppressed too many demons. Although these demons are suppressed within the Demon Subduing Hall, it is inevitable that some demonic energy will seep out.

Over time, the demonic energy that seeps out will inevitably alter the magnetic field of this place.

This is why the Demon Subduing Hall at Longhu Mountain is not open to the public; on the one hand, it is to prevent tourists from causing damage, and on the other hand, it is to protect the safety of tourists.

After all, ordinary people are too close to the Demon Subduing Hall, and the terrifying demonic aura there is something that ordinary people cannot resist.

But for Zhang Tianlu and Xuanzhen, these demonic energies were nothing to them, and they simply ignored them.

We arrived at the main gate of the Demon Subduing Hall.

The Demon Subduing Hall is divided into nine levels, symbolizing the Taoist concept of returning to oneness.

There are nine large doors at the main entrance, each engraved with one of nine demon-suppressing diagrams.

Meanwhile, large, intersecting talisman seals were affixed to the opening and closing points of the main gate.

The crisscrossing seals on the door were personally drawn, stamped, and affixed by successive generations of Celestial Masters to suppress demons.

The origin of this Demon-Subduing Hall can be traced back to Zhang Daoling, the Celestial Master of the Dragon and Tiger Clan.

Moreover, the Demon-Subduing Hall was not originally called the Demon-Subduing Hall, but rather a Demon-Locking Well.

The Demon-Subduing Hall was built later by Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain on the site of this well, with the hall intended to facilitate the sealing of more demons!
Legend has it that when Zhang Tianshi founded the Five Pecks of Rice sect in Sichuan, he fought against local shamanistic religions.

On Mount Qingcheng, Zhang Tianshi borrowed the power of Laozi to fight against the Eight Ghost Generals and the Six Demon Kings, who represented the witchcraft sect. In the end, he subdued them one by one and imprisoned them in this well. Each generation of Tianshi had to put a seal on the well cover to prevent the demons from escaping.

The stone tablet in front of the well is inscribed with the four large characters "Opened when floods occur".

During the Song Dynasty, Hong Taiwei in the Water Margin believed that the character "Hong" above referred to himself and wanted to forcibly open the Demon-Suppressing Well.

As a result, Grand Marshal Hong forcibly had people push down the stone tablet, dig up the stone tortoise, and remove the stone slab under the stone tortoise, revealing a cave that was thousands of feet deep. There was a loud scraping sound.

Just like "the sky collapses and the earth crumbles, mountains shake and peaks crumble, on the Qiantang River, the tide surges out of the sea gate; on Mount Taihua, the giant spirit splits the mountain peak in two. Gong Gong is furious, he throws off his helmet and knocks down Mount Buzhou, the strongman displays his power, and his flying hammer shatters the First Emperor's chariot. A gust of wind breaks a thousand bamboo stalks, and thunder roars in the middle of the night among a hundred thousand soldiers."

"After that loud noise, a black mist rolled up from the cave, collapsing half of the corner of the palace. The black mist shot straight into the sky, scattering into hundreds of golden rays that went in all directions."

From then on, "the emperor could not sleep soundly at night and forgot to eat during the day, so that tigers were hidden in Wanzi City and dragons were gathered in Liaoerwa."

Grand Commandant Hong, who had committed a grave offense, was so frightened that he was "staring blankly, at a loss for what to do, and his face turned ashen."

This is the story in Water Margin where Grand Marshal Hong released the 108 Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends.

Of course, Water Margin is just a novel.

But the Demon-Subduing Hall and the Demon-Locking Well are real, and they are right in front of Zhang Tianlu now.

(End of this chapter)