The swaying firelight illuminated the cave, and Krel was explaining to Zhang Tie the beast-controlling techniques of the Guardian God Sect beside the fire. Zhang Tie listened very seriously—at least on the surface.
"Beasts, like humans, also have feelings and thoughts. Not only beasts, but even small insects also have feelings and thoughts. If you want to master the ability to control beasts, the first thing you must learn is to ignore what you see. The bodies of beasts and try to communicate with their inner beings!" Krell explained patiently.
After studying the "Great Wilderness Sutra", Zhang Tie became more curious about other schools of beast control techniques. Of course, he didn't want to learn, but wanted to understand and pretend to be better. Krell's statement made Zhang Tie very excited. Tie found it very interesting.
"I don't understand why we ignore the bodies of those beasts. Does this have any effect?"
"Because human consciousness is the most mysterious realm in the universe, when you focus your attention on the body of the beast you see, you are actually telling yourself that its body is different from yours. , so it is different from you. When you have such an idea, you are resisting communication with them. Your consciousness regards their bodies as obstacles for you to communicate with them, so you cannot reach them. Inside of them!”
It seemed to make sense, but it still sounded a bit mysterious. Zhang Tie thought about it seriously, "Do other beast masters communicate with beasts in this way?"
"No, this is just the secret method of the Guardian God Sect. Among other beast masters, some of the low-level beast masters rely on forced behavioral training and drugs to control the beasts. The better ones can hypnotize animals, and some Some can use illusions, and some are proficient in beast language. Some advanced beast masters are also proficient in secret methods such as blood contracts and soul contracts to control beasts. In the Eastern Continent, I heard that there are even more mysterious and powerful beast masters. Method!" Krel narrowed his eyes slightly when he talked about the Eastern Continent, as if he was yearning for it, "I heard that the most powerful and terrifying beast master that ever appeared in the Eastern Continent can even transform himself into those powerful beast masters. The alien beasts, let those alien beasts become your clones!"
Zhang Tie was shocked. He already knew what Krell was talking about. He didn't expect Dahuangmen to be so famous, but he didn't have to pretend on his face. Instead, he just put the shocked expression on his face, "There are actually such beast masters who can use beasts as their own avatars. Do those beast masters also belong to the same sect? Such a sect must be powerful Incomparable!"
"The sects to which those beast masters belonged were indeed very powerful. But now they are dead!"
"Destroyed, how is it possible?"
"It was precisely because of the power of the beast control skills they mastered that led to their demise. Just like the ancient wisdom in the East warned people, as long as you have priceless treasures, then, Even if you are not guilty, the greed of the human heart will condemn you!”
Zhang Tie thought for a while and then realized that what Krell said should be the truth that "every man is not guilty but only carries the jade." This is what I am worried about now.
"Then are there still people who master the beast control skills of that sect?" Zhang Tie asked knowingly, his tone full of emotion.
"That sect has been extinct for too long, and now no one has mastered the core beast-controlling technique of that sect!"
"That's such a pity!" Thinking of the withered bones in the cave. Zhang Tie's sigh was sincere. It's hard to say what fate is. Even if one possesses this powerful secret skill that everyone desires, that person may live a life of fear, and end up being in obscurity with a group of people. He was accompanied by a demon rat, and then died in a cave in a deep valley in the wilderness.
"Maybe this is God's will!" Claire also sighed.
In the next few hours, Krel taught Zhang Tie the beast control skills of the wilderness guardian. In Krel's words, the content he taught Zhang Tie was not the most profound, because the most profound The contents can only be taught after officially becoming a cleric of the Guardian God Sect, but these contents are enough if Zhang Tie has the potential to learn them well. As long as he works hard, in a place like the ice and snow wasteland, commanding the three There is no problem with five beasts or finding one or two powerful beasts as pets.
The skill of controlling beasts that Krell taught Zhang Tie was a wonderful spiritual connection with beasts developed based on several secret prayers of Gaya, the Mother of the Earth, believed in by the Guardian God Sect. The "heart of nature" possessed by Zhang Tie is the medium and bridge for this connection. Krell described this connection as the inner communication with the beast. However, in Zhang Tie's view, the control of the wilderness guardian is The art of beasts is more like some kind of cooperation established on an equal relationship with the beasts, rather than a separate drive. The secret prayer of Gaiya, the mother of the earth, is some kind of contract for the cooperation between the two parties.
In comparison, the secret laws of controlling beasts in the Chinese "Great Wilderness Sutra" are completely overbearing. All communication and prayers are bullshit. I am the heart of heaven and earth, the most powerful person in the world. The great and most noble master, the incarnation of heaven, earth and the great road, you insects, fish, birds and beasts all want to listen to me. It is your complete honor to be driven and commanded by me and to act according to my will.
Why can different methods be used to drive wild beasts? Zhang Tie thought about this question carefully and found that it was beyond his current IQ and understanding. However, since it exists and works, it is reasonable and allowed by the laws of the universe. Yes, after comparing the secret method of controlling beasts of the Guardian God Sect and the Dahuang Sect, Zhang Tie felt that the secret method of the Dahuang Sect was more to his taste.
Apart from owning a Ten Thousand Spirits Pagoda, Zhang Tie has no idea what the heart of nature is, let alone the existence of Gaya. Moreover, as to whether there is such a mother of the earth as Gaya, with such a consciousness that transcends everything, To be honest, Zhang Tie is still doubtful until now. In this case, if he wants to master the beast control skills of the Guardian God Sect, Zhang Tie estimates that his probability of joining a gang may be higher than his probability of success. Some.
One night passed after Zhang Tie memorized several secret prayers of Gaya, the Mother of the Earth, taught to him by Krell.
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Early the next morning, Zhang Tie was the first to wake up. His biological clock woke him up before dawn. When Zhang Tie woke up. Krell is still in a deep sleep. Unless interrupted by accident, the time a guardian of the wilderness wakes up is unshakable. Until the first ray of the sun shines on the earth, everything follows the laws of nature. OK, this is also the dogma of the Guardian God Sect.
After waking up, Zhang Tie washed himself by the stream outside the cave, then sat on a stone outside the cave, reciting in a low voice the secret prayer of Gaya, the Mother of the Earth, which he had just learned yesterday. In fact, The first is to inject your spiritual power from the top of the Ten Thousand Spirits Pagoda into the body of the Ten Thousand Spirits Pagoda in accordance with the secret rituals and visualization methods taught in the Great Wilderness Sutra in your own sea of consciousness. middle.
With the continuous injection of Zhang Tie's spiritual power. The five walls on the first floor of the Wanling Pagoda slowly emitted colorful light. In this light, in the middle of the space on the first floor of the Wanling Pagoda, there was an octahedral light group like a jujube stone. It slowly formed.
This regular octahedron. It is called the Great Wilderness Seal Deed in the Great Wilderness Sutra, and is the carrier of the five secret methods of controlling beasts contained in the Great Wilderness Sutra. Want to cast different secret techniques. Then "engrav" different secret seals on this currently blank Great Desolate Seal. With the different secret seals, this Great Desolate Seal will have different functions.
Given Zhang Tie's level and level that he has just started practicing "The Great Desolation Sutra", his mental power can only enter the first level of the Ten Thousand Spirits Tower. The maximum number of Great Desolation Seal Deeds that can be generated on the first level of the Ten Thousand Spirits Tower is 3. , and the levels of the creatures that these three seals can act on are level 0 creatures like ordinary wild wolves. For creatures above level 0, the Great Desolation Seal generated on the first floor of the Ten Thousand Spirits Tower will no longer have any effect.
If the level and level of practicing "The Great Desolation Sutra" can enter the second level of the Ten Thousand Spirits Tower, then the number of Great Desolation Seal Deeds that can be generated on the second level will increase to 5. At the same time, the upper level of the creatures that the Great Desolation Seal can act on will also be raised by one level to level 1. The high-level Great Desolation Seal can work on low-level creatures, but the low-level Great Desolate Seal cannot work on high-level creatures. Act on living things.
Every time the level and level of practicing "The Great Desolation Sutra" increases by one level, and each level of the activated Ten Thousand Spirits Tower goes up, the number of Great Desolation Seal Deeds that the Ten Thousand Spirits Tower can generate and the level of the creatures it can affect will increase accordingly. Interestingly, the increase in the number of Great Desolation Seals that can be generated at different levels of the Wanling Pagoda is actually the Fibonacci sequence starting with 3. This made Zhang Tie vaguely feel the magic of the Creator. .
And is it possible to control level 20 creatures by cultivating "The Great Desolation Sutra" to the highest level? This question frightened Zhang Tie to the point of being stunned for a long time. Until now, Zhang Tie had never seen what a creature above level 10 looked like, let alone an out-of-reach level 20 creature. Such a creature Just like Gaya, whether it exists or not is a question for Zhang Tie, let alone control. According to the annotations left by some people in the Great Wilderness Sect in the Great Wilderness Sutra, since the existence of the Great Wilderness Sect, there are only a handful of people in the entire Great Wilderness Sect who can practice the Great Wilderness Sutra to level 16 or above. Those people Basically, they have become the first level of Dahuangmen elders, let alone the unattainable level 21.
The successful foundation building allowed Zhang Tie's mental power to directly enter the first floor of the Ten Thousand Spirits Pagoda. This first floor also represents Zhang Tie's level of practicing "The Great Wilderness Sutra", and he wants to enter the second floor of the Ten Thousand Spirits Pagoda. , just the number of visualizing and reciting the Great Wilderness Endless Treasure Mantra will reach 500,000 times. The number of reciting this mantra also increases in the form of Fibonacci sequence with the number of Great Wilderness Seals that can be generated in the tower. , the higher the level, the more mantras need to be recited. Later, this number is simply terrifying.
Another truth that "The Great Wilderness Sutra" made Zhang Tie understand is that there is never a free lunch in the world. Even if you hold a peerless secret book in your hand, without down-to-earth dedication and hard work, no matter how good the secret book is, it will not pay off. effect.
The only thing that gives Zhang Tie some comfort is that except for the first foundation building, which requires seven consecutive days of continuous practice and chanting of mantras, there are no such abnormal requirements for the recitation of subsequent mantras. As long as you strictly follow the " By visualizing and reciting the rituals in the Great Wilderness Sutra, the number of those mantras will continue to accumulate. When the prescribed number is reached, the corresponding realm will appear naturally.
Another truth that "The Great Wilderness Sutra" made Zhang Tie understand is that everything in the world is numbered, and nothing is completely unrestrained. All the disciples of the Great Wilderness Sect who practice the Great Wilderness Sutra can use all the skills in the "Great Wilderness Sutra" throughout their lives. The number of times the five secret laws have been recorded. They are all certain. The sum of the number of Great Desolate Seal Deeds that can be generated by Wanling Pagoda at different levels is the sum of the number of times of the five secret techniques that you can perform in this life. If the Great Desolate Seal Deed is used up, then you also You can no longer use secret techniques.
In this sense, Zhang Tie feels that the number of Great Wilderness Seal Deeds is a bit like the crossbow arrows in a machine crossbow. They are the kind that cannot be retrieved after being fired. Once they are all fired, you will have to improve your practice to a higher level. You can enter the higher level of Wanling Pagoda, otherwise you will become a decoration.
For this reason, after the Great Desolation Seal Deeds are generated on each floor of Wanling Tower, how to use those Great Desolate Seal Deeds becomes a question before everyone.
"Recruitment", "breathing", "increase", "control" and "transformation" - the five secret techniques each have their own magical effects, and each can deal with different situations. Let you achieve different purposes and what kind of seal you want to generate. It's entirely up to you. How you use it is entirely up to you. It's up to you to use it well. If you waste it, there will be no regrets in this world.
Zhang Tie had seriously considered how to use the first Great Desolation Seal that he had condensed.
The secret spell casting of the "Zhaozi Department" is relatively complicated. In addition to the Great Wilderness Seal, some other conditions are also required, and Zhang Tie can't think of what animal he needs to summon on the gray hill. What's the use of summoning that zero-level animal. It was really uneconomical to waste a Great Desolate Seal Deed for an inexplicable reason, so the Seal Deed of the Zhaozi Department was directly taken by Zhang Tiepaz.
For almost the same reason, the seals of the "Xi Zi Department" and "Zeng Zi Department" were also blocked by Zhang Tiepa, and in the end only the seals of the "Yu Zi Department" and "Hua Zi Department" remained.
Because Yun Hezi's suicide note mentioned that the art of soul control and beast external incarnation, which is the core of the "Transformation Department", consumes a lot of people's energy and soul, so even if Zhang Tie really wants to try this wild thing at the moment However, after serious consideration, Zhang Tie gave up the idea for the time being.
All that's left is the seal of the "Yu Zi Department".
Maybe it would be good to find yourself a pet to play with first, Zhang Tie thought. After a while, some magical things appeared on the octahedron of the Great Desolation Seal generated in the first floor of Wanling Pagoda. The green patterns intertwined into a mysterious pattern, like the lines on a seal, engraved on the eight slopes of the Great Wilderness Seal. After the completion of the Great Wilderness Seal, the entire Great Wilderness Seal became a green star. The light group floats quietly in the space on the first floor of Wanling Tower.
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After condensing the first Great Wilderness Seal, the first ray of the sun in the morning finally shone on the earth, and Krel also walked out of the cave. Krel who walked out of the cave saw Zhang Tie "working hard like this" " While practicing the beast control skills he taught Zhang Tie, he nodded secretly.
Seeing that Krel had come out, Zhang Tie also stopped pretending. Anyway, he just wanted to give Krel the impression that he was diligently practicing the beast control technique of the God of the Wilderness. As long as he had this impression, Zhang Tie would No matter what he does, Creel won't be too surprised. If Creel is not surprised, then his goal will be achieved. With this layer of cover, everything will fall into place in the future, and he will never be surprised again. It makes people suspicious.
Zhang Tie opened his eyes and saw Krell standing in front of him, looking to the west with a serious face.
"What's wrong?"
"I just felt a powerful violent aura coming from over there, destroying the original peace of this land. That aura is very similar to the fluctuations of a powerful beast master when he uses the secret method of beast control!"
"Is that person over there?" Zhang Tie was slightly shocked, "Can you confirm his specific location?"
"No!" Claire shook his head, "As a wilderness guardian who believes in Gaya, the ability given to me by Gaya allows me to feel the direction of the breath now. It's the limit. I can only identify that person. It’s to the west now!”
Hearing what Krel said, Zhang Tie also looked at the vast mountains to the west...
The first ray of sunshine in the east has just appeared and has not yet reached the land in the west. The mountains in the west are like monsters shrouded in a layer of fading darkness, stubbornly resisting the arrival of the sun...
"We are getting closer and closer to him, he can't escape!" Zhang Tie jumped down from the stone, rushed into the cave quickly, and ran out with his two short spears.
When Zhang Tie ran out, the giant black eagle that had been perched on a big tree not far from the cave last night suddenly flapped its wings and flew to the west.
"Old rule, if we are twenty miles apart, I will call you if I find anything!" Zhang Tie patted the bone whistle hanging around his neck, and Krell nodded.
That bone whistle was given to him by Krel. It seemed to make no sound when blown, but within thirty miles, as long as Zhang Tie blew it, Krel could come over. It was a magical infrasound whistle made by Krel. , only Krel can hear. If Krell wants to call Zhang Tie, he will let the black eagle fly over to lead the way for Zhang Tie.
In the past few days, the two of them had been operating separately during the day, working together, and only got together again at night to exchange information and discuss the details of tomorrow's action.
The advantage of finding someone in such a place and acting separately is that it doubles the chance of two people discovering that person.
Zhang Tie took the lead and ran towards the mountains to the west, as fast as a wild wolf... (... )