Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 139: Six Dings and Six Jias Called the Mountain Gate

Su Xiaoxiao's oil-painted carriage turned into an oil-painted boat, carrying three people and two animals, slowly sailing on the Yuan River.

"Six two is Kun," Su Xiaoxiao analyzed to Ren Yuan, "The hexagram says, 'Six two moves straight and square. Without practice, there is no disadvantage, the earth is bright.' In short, when you are in the six two position, just follow the right path. Even if you don't practice, you can still be successful, because the earth is vast and boundless."

"Yes. The Yin line of six two is in the middle and in the right position. It is in the main position of Kun Gua, so nothing bad should happen." Ren Yuan had been a junior master for a while, so he still understood the basic hexagram symbols.

"Can't you just put it clearly?" A Yao felt inexplicably annoyed, not sure whether it was towards the person or the matter.

"Miss Chen has made it very clear. If we act according to our conscience, we will be successful!" Ren Yuan was half encouraging everyone and half praying.

After he came out of his dream last night, he and his senior sister made a surprise attack. Because the time on the ship flows much faster than in reality, when they visited the house again, the scout leader had just led people to chase Su Xiaoxiao...

So Ren Yuan, in an unguarded situation, based on the prisoner's confession, stole the Feng Shui map and the Manifestation Mirror hidden in a secret place by the leader.

After succeeding, the two quickly fled Wuling City and rushed to the agreed location to meet Su Xiaoxiao. The three of them unanimously decided to set out immediately to find the Peach Blossom Spring and tell the people inside the news of the impending disaster.

Yu Gong, he and his senior sister are both Taoists, and they cannot sit idly by and watch the last incense of Taoism be completely destroyed.

Personally, if all the Taoists in Peach Blossom Spring were killed, they might never find not only their master but also their swordsman.

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Ren Yuan held up the geomancy map with many crosses on it, compared it with the landforms in front of him and said, "The tributary in front should be Qin Creek. According to that person, it is the stream mentioned by Tao Yuanming. Follow it all the way to the foot of Xuefeng Mountain, and you will find the hidden place of Peach Blossom Spring."

After noon, everyone arrived at the foot of Xuefeng Mountain. They abandoned the boat and went ashore, then went into the mountain along the mountain road.

They walked around the valley and found nothing unusual.

But when Ren Yuan took out the treasure mirror, reflected the sunlight, and slowly swept across the valley, he suddenly found that where the beam of light passed, there was a faint light, so faint that it was barely detectable. If he hadn't opened his third eye, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Su Xiaoxiao also noticed the light. "There is indeed a formation here. Let me go in and take a look."

After saying that, she flew up with an umbrella in her hand, intending to enter the formation as a ghost spirit that could move freely. However, she ended up circling the valley without entering any formation.

"Hey, the formation is clearly there, but why does it seem like it doesn't exist? I can't get in?" Su Xiaoxiao flew back to the two of them and landed lightly on the ground.

"This is called exiting without entering." A Yao, who understood the ways of Taoism better, said to Su Xiaoxiao: "Without the permission of the people in the formation, or without a special token, you can't touch or enter at all."

"Then knock on the door." Ren Yuan put his hands to his mouth, summoned his true spirit, and shouted towards the valley: "Fellow Daoists, we are here to report the news. It's urgent. Open the door quickly!

Birds in the valley were startled and flew away, echoing endlessly:
"Open the door..."

“The door…”

'what……'

Until the echo disappeared, the valley gradually fell into silence, and no one responded to him. This made Ren Yuan look a little stupid...

"What should I do?" Senior Sister frowned and said, "I found the door with so much difficulty, but I can't even open it."

"Given the situation you are in, it's normal to be cautious." Su Xiaoxiao comforted her.

"It seems that words are not enough, I have to give them some evidence." Ren Yuan thought of another way. Since Chen Baxian and the Taoist priest said that the talisman was very rare, if there was someone who knew the value of it and saw his talisman, he should have some reaction.

After saying this, he used his finger as a pen and the spiritual liquid as ink to draw a six-ding talisman. He chanted the incantation: "General Yuqing, six-jia proclaim the truth, summon the true talisman quickly, go to the altar, hurry up and obey the command!"

To be on the safe side, he added another six-jia talisman, saying:
"Nine Heavens summons, Six Dings obey, Jade Goddess incarnates, quickly descends divine light, as quickly as the law commands!"

Although this Six Ding and Six Jia Talisman is a blue talisman, its power is almost zero and it is generally not used in combat. Instead, it is used as a superior substitute for the Five Ghosts Moving Talisman, which can be used to make the Six Ding and Six Jia do more and more complex tasks.

But this talisman has one advantage: it has an explosive visual effect. Twelve golden and magnificent heavenly soldiers and generals, each of them is two or three feet tall, filling the valley.

At Ren Yuan's command, the Six Dings and Six Jias shouted together, "Open the door!"

The leaves and rocks fell straight down...

After calling out several times, a human voice suddenly rang out in the valley: "It's coming, it's coming, stop calling, it's too noisy."

Then a halo of light appeared in the air and a mountain gate appeared.

A Taoist priest with half white hair and a sad face leaned forward, first took a look at the six Dings and six Jias showing off their might, then looked at the crowd expectantly and asked, "Excuse me, which Taoist master drew this talisman?"

"Yes." Ren Yuan replied.

"Ah..." The middle-aged Taoist priest didn't expect him to be so young, and he could hardly hide his disappointment, but he quickly adjusted himself, put down a ladder and said, "Come in first and talk."

Ren Yuan and the other two walked up the stairs made of white clouds and entered the formation.

The Taoist waved his hand and put away the ladder, and the halo disappeared, returning to its original state of 'coming and going without'.

And the Six Dings and Six Jias in the valley had long disappeared without a trace.

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Once inside the formation, the three of them saw the gurgling water in front of them, the peach trees on both sides of the river forming a forest with no other trees in between. The grass was fresh and the fallen petals were colorful, it was a paradise on earth where one did not know the seasons.

The middle-aged Taoist priest then bowed and said, "I am Zhang Jingyi, the ninth generation successor of the Gezhao Sect. I wonder where you Taoist friends learned your master from?"

"We don't know who our master is either." Senior Sister Ren Yuanhe shook her head honestly and said, "We came out this time to look for him."

"Alas..." Zhang Jingyi was not unhappy at all when he heard this. Instead, he said sadly: "My Taoist sect is really at the end of its rope. My disciples don't even know their master."

"Since Taoist priest knows about talismans, please teach us who our masters are." Ren Yuan felt a little sad when he asked this question.

"I don't know either, but someone knows. I'll take you to see him right away." Zhang Jingyi kept the secret, but didn't reveal the whole story.

"Thank you very much." Ren Yuan and the other two were overjoyed when they heard that. They followed Taoist Zhang and turned around in the large formation formed by peach trees. Suddenly, they walked out of the formation and found a mountain, but they did not see the 'small opening in the mountain'.

The Taoist priest took out a copper whistle and blew it in long and short strokes.

After a while, the sound of rumbling rocks was heard, and a mountain gate appeared on the originally flat and empty mountain wall.

"Welcome to the last paradise." Zhang Jingyi sighed and invited the three people in.

(End of this chapter)