SFS Chapter 590: Beichen and Xingdou
Chapter 590: Beichen and Xingdou
"From what Fellow Daoist Fang said, I think he has seen more than one inheritance cave."
Li Fa walked forward and spoke with a smile.
"I have been fortunate enough to see a few of them, but I don't know the origin of this cave."
“The inheritance caves are the core heritage of a holy land. No matter what is collected there, it plays a great role in the continuation of the holy land.
It will not be opened to the public easily. I have to say that Fellow Daoist Fang is very lucky. "
Fang Xiao fully agreed with what Li Fa said.
So far, he has only visited three inherited caves. In addition to his own sect's Yin-Yang Cave, the other two are Taibai Cave and Five Elements Cave.
The corresponding opportunities are the rare treasure Hun Tian Zhu, the Five Elements Spirit Plant and the Nine Revolutions Hun Yuan Tian Gong.
The former can help cultivators comprehend the principles of yin and yang, and has an unimaginable help in achieving true spirits. It can be said that it greatly increases the chances of Tianlan Sect cultivators achieving spiritual enlightenment.
The middle ones can be used to empower Nascent Soul cultivators to improve their cultivation and shorten the cultivation time of the Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect, which should not be underestimated.
It also has the function of assisting in the practice of the Great Five Elements Heavenly Heart Sutra, which has been neglected by the Five Elements Sect.
Not to mention the latter, there are countless sword traditions in the Taibai Sword Sect, all of which were comprehended from the Nine Revolutions Hunyuan Tiangong, which is basically the foundation of the Taibai Sword Sect.
Therefore, any cave that is named with the word "inheritance" plays a vital role not only to an individual, but also to a force, and many of them are even irreplaceable.
“As for this cave, I wonder if Fellow Daoist Fang knows the origin of the name Beichen Dao.”
Li Fa did not answer Fang Xiao directly, but mentioned the location of Beichen Road where Shangqing Sect was located.
Fang Xiao thought about it carefully, then shook his head.
"I'm sorry that I am so ignorant and don't know what Beichen means.
Could it be that we are now in Beichen Road?"
“Your guess is correct, this place is in Beichen Road.
After all, it is a heritage cave, and even the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce has to be cautious, so they have to set up checkpoints through multiple teleportation arrays. I hope Fellow Daoist Fang don't be surprised.
As for the name Beichen, it is taken from the oldest sect of Beichen Dao - Beichen Sect.
Fellow Daoist Fang, please follow me, and we will talk while we walk."
Li Fa slowly took out from his arms an object that looked like a tiger talisman in the mortal world. As he activated it, the restrictions outside the cave gate were gradually opened.
At Li Fa's signal, the two of them walked through the portal one after the other and entered this cave.
At the same time, he also told Fang Xiao the origin of this inherited cave and the things in the cave that helped Fang Xiao improve his cultivation.
Speaking of the Beichen Sect, it can even be traced back to the early days of the Taichang Realm's history of cultivating immortals, and can be considered one of the oldest sects in the Taichang Realm.
Of course, at that time, the Taichang Realm had not yet come into contact with the spiritual world, and most of the cultivation paths were still in the exploratory stage, and the methods of cultivation were very simple.
But without a road, there are countless roads.
The cultivation systems of that period were flourishing, and the Qi-refining system that is popular today was not even the mainstream at that time.
The most popular one is physical training.
The main reason is that the earliest human race had very strong bloodlines and various physiques emerged one after another.
Coupled with the early abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth, rare and exotic fruits could be found everywhere.
In comparison, the human race at that time naturally preferred to use resources to explore their own bloodline talents.
This also made the art of body refining very popular in the Taichang Realm.
Although the Beichen Sect is also a body-refining sect, it can only be considered average.
The reason for this is that the Beichen Sect uses the extremely rare star power to refine the body.
Drawing on the power of the stars in the sky to refine the body is extremely overbearing, but the demand for other resources is not high.
It is also because of this that it has been passed down and firmly occupied the Beichen Road in Middle-earth even though the spiritual creatures of heaven and earth have gradually decreased.
Until the arrival of the demon race and the spirit world, the human bloodline of the Taichang Realm gradually became thinner, the body refining trend declined, and the Qi refining era officially came to the fore.
As a remnant of the old era, Beichen Sect, even though it tried hard to accept Qi Refining and wanted to be inclusive, ultimately could not survive that chaotic era and was replaced by the later Shangqing Sect.
As for this cave, it was an arrangement made by Beichen Sect imitating other sects for the dual cultivation of Dharma and body. Unfortunately, it was completely destroyed before it could take effect.
The reason why the Beichen Cave Heaven fell into the hands of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce was because the Taichang Realm at that time had just come into contact with the spiritual world, and the Beichen Sect did not know how to open up the cave heaven, so they asked the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce to do it on their behalf.
Upon hearing Beichen's origin, Fang Xiao couldn't help but glance at Li Fa.
The demise of Beichen Sect might have been due to the Shangqing Sect, but as a heritage cave, it eventually fell into the hands of Wanbao Chamber of Commerce. What role it played at the time is still debatable.
“It is not easy to find a person who can cultivate both the Dharma and the body. There are people who have both superior spiritual root aptitude and physical body aptitude, but there are not so many of them.
Just look at the Shanhai Sect and you will know that the dual cultivation of Dharma and body ensures the combat effectiveness of the disciples, but it completely ignores the issues of cultivation speed and breaking through bottlenecks.
However, since it is protected by the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce and highly praised by Daoist Fellow Li Fa, I think the things arranged by Beichen Sect are very extraordinary. "
“That’s true. If I hadn’t known that you practiced both the Dharma and the body, I wouldn’t have been so confident and I wouldn’t have brought you here.
We have arrived, Fellow Daoist Fang, please have a look."
I saw that in the center of the cave not far away, there was a Taoist platform with a radius of several miles, on which stood as many as a hundred flags.
Fang Xiao was considered knowledgeable. Although the patterns painted on the flags were different, he could tell their origins at a glance.
"The number of Zhou Tian, the stars in the sky?! This is a formation."
Although he was not good at formations, he was not so good that he could not recognize it.
Moreover, he has mastered the two Dharma aspects of the moon and the sun, so how could he not know about the stars in the sky?
"Fang Daoist is truly knowledgeable. When I first met him, I was completely clueless and didn't recognize him at all.
This formation is called the Zhoutian Xingdou Formation.
Of course, it is nothing more than an array created by Beichen Sect after studying the Zhoutian stars, and the name is just for the sake of attracting attention.
It has nothing to do with the legendary immortal formation.
But it is a genuine fifth-order formation."
“I’ve certainly heard of the Great Zhou Tian Xing Dou Formation, which can draw in the power of the stars in the sky.
Even though they are just the same name, I think it also implies the way of the stars.
But what does this have to do with improving Fang's cultivation?
As far as I know, this star power has no effect on improving one's cultivation level. There are some miraculous skills and secret methods that can be used to refine it, but most of them are used to practice magic and supernatural powers.
If you randomly blend star power and magic power, it will inevitably cause a huge conflict in your Dantian. If you accidentally damage your foundation, wouldn’t that be destroying your own path?”