In the capital of Gyeonggi Province, all the citizens were in chaos. It was supposed to be the busiest time of the day in the city, but the sudden change in the celestial phenomena caused an uproar in the city.
At the open-air vegetable market, vendors who were setting up stalls or displaying carpets suddenly noticed that it was getting dark, looked up and were stunned.
"Oh! Is it dark?"
"What? It's dark?"
"Good God! Wasn't it still daylight just now?"
"It's really dark! It's really dark!"
All the pedestrians on the road stopped and stared at the sky in disbelief. Looking up, they saw the bright stars in the sky, and looking down, they saw other pedestrians who were filled with amazement.
In some restaurants and teahouses, many people were eating, drinking tea, and listening to books. Suddenly, the sky darkened, leaving everyone at a loss. Then they heard someone outside shouting "it's getting dark" or "the weather has changed", and they all went out. Then, like the people outside, they stood there looking up at the sky.
The source of all these changes is in Yin Mansion, but the people in the city naturally don’t know the whole story at the moment. They can only vaguely feel the direction where the stars are brightest. Some people or children with keen spiritual perception can even faintly see the starlight falling.
…
It is true that Ji Yuan was the one who performed the Heaven and Earth Transformation Technique, but he was really "borrowing" the technique from Du Changsheng. Du Changsheng himself needed to use his magic power as a guide so that Ji Yuan would know how to help him.
In this situation, "borrowing magic" has indeed been borrowed, but strictly speaking, it still depends on Du Changsheng himself to control the magic. It not only tests Du Changsheng's own magic power, but also tests his performance ability.
This was the case with Du Changsheng at this moment. The starlight from the sky fell like rain, and a huge Bagua diagram rose behind the Yin Mansion. All the starlight was drawn away and poured down.
The spiritual wind and flowing light pouring into Yin Zhaoxian's bedroom seemed to be just a foreshadowing. Everyone in Yin's mansion could vaguely see that the starlight falling from the sky was gathering more and more, and there was also a faint bluish-white light converging from all directions.
“Clatter, clatter, clatter…”
A sound of waves was heard inside and outside the Yin Mansion. As spiritual energy and starlight gathered together, a phantom of a galaxy seemed to appear on the Bagua diagram.
Du Changsheng was sweating profusely, and his clothes had long been soaked with sweat, but he had no time to control the sweat. The whisk in his hand waved so that the water could not splash in, and it turned into a ball of white light that enveloped Du Changsheng.
Now the starlight and spiritual energy are too strong, and Du Changsheng can hardly hold on any longer. However, he doesn't know if he will have such a highlight moment again in his life, so he has to hold on no matter what.
"The stars descended upon the earth, bringing the light of heaven to the world."
A slightly hoarse voice roared out from Du Changsheng's mouth, and the Bagua diagram in the sky was getting lower and lower. The starry river with twinkling starlight was flowing in the courtyard of Yin Mansion. Everyone was dumbfounded and shocked, as if they were in an illusory galaxy with rolling waves, and they even felt a stream of water brushing against them when they stretched out their hands.
“Clatter… clatter…”
The sound of waves continued to ring, and Du Changsheng's movements in front of the altar became more and more urgent. In the entire Yin Mansion, only the courtyard where Ji Yuan was located had fainter starlight, but it was also submerged in the Milky Way.
At this moment, the walls and buildings of the Yin Mansion seemed to have disappeared, leaving only a river of stars flowing. Most people, including Yin Qing, could not see each other at all. They could only see the brilliant river of stars flowing around them. However, no one dared to walk around, for fear of affecting the performance of the formation.
From afar, Du Changsheng waved his whisk and seemed to see through the stars and where Ji Yuan was. The latter was staring at the chessboard, but the piece in his hand was not a normal chess piece, but a star.
The chess piece was grasped and dropped by the sword finger. As soon as the star touched the chessboard, ripples appeared, causing the galaxy waves in Yin's mansion to rise.
Just when Du Changsheng was staring at Ji Yuan in a trance, he saw Ji Yuan turn his head and look at him.
"Don't think of anything else."
A gentle pressure came along with a faint voice, which made Du Changsheng suddenly wake up. His mind was unstable and he almost lost his balance and flew out of his body.
Du Changsheng looked around again. He couldn't see clearly what was happening outside the Milky Way before, and there was only a patch of starlight in his sight, but now he seemed to be able to see the scene outside the Yin Mansion. In addition to some panicked, shocked, or amazed people on the street, there were already some ghosts and gods wandering around.
"Everyone, hold on to your positions and don't waver. Success or failure depends on this one!"
Du Changsheng shouted loudly and swung the whisk in his hand forward.
"go!"
“Hua La La…”
The water of the galaxy rushed towards the direction of the life gate. Yin Chi and Yin Dian held each other's hands, leaned against the vague guardian, gritted their teeth and dared not move. A wave hit them, and although their clothes did not move, the impact made the two children stagger, as if they would fall down at any time.
The guardian beside them held on for a few breaths before turning into ashes and disappearing. The two children supported each other and remained motionless. At this moment, they seemed to be able to see the room clearly again, their grandfather's bed, and the river flooding in.
"Boom..."
The roof of Yin Zhaoxian's house was washed open by the galaxy, and a bed flew directly into the air along with the galaxy. A Milky Way even shot straight into the sky, as if a galaxy waterfall was hanging between heaven and earth.
The light of the starry sky in Yin Mansion gradually dimmed, but the starlight between heaven and earth became brighter. For a moment, most people in Beijing stared blankly in the direction of Rong'an Street.
…
Inside the Imperial Palace, in the Imperial study, Emperor Hongwu Yang Hao was reviewing memorials. Suddenly he felt the light in the room become a little dimmer, but because there was always candlelight in the study, it was not obvious.
Yang Hao just finished reviewing a memorial and gave an order to the person beside him.
"Put the lights on brighter."
In the past, when these words were spoken, the eunuch next to him would immediately respond, but this time Yang Hao did not hear any response. He looked to the side in confusion and saw the eunuch staring blankly towards the window with his eyes wide open.
Yang Hao also looked up and saw that it was pitch black outside. It seemed like the weather had changed and it was going to rain heavily
"Out here..."
The eunuch came back to his senses and was about to say something when suddenly a long voice came from outside.
"Report... Report to His Majesty!"
A eunuch rushed into the imperial study with a look of shock on his face. Without even bothering to greet, he pointed outside and spoke anxiously to Emperor Hongwu.
"Your Majesty, just now, the sky suddenly changed from day to night, and now the stars are shining in the sky outside!"
"What?"
Yang Hao suddenly stood up from his chair, glanced out the window, put down the pen he was using to mark memorials, walked around the imperial desk and hurried out, and the two eunuchs hurried to follow him.
When they arrived at the courtyard outside the imperial study, apart from the guards who were obviously agitated outside, the most eye-catching thing was the sky, which had changed from bright day to night. The stars were so bright that it made people intoxicated and amazed.
"What time is it now?"
The eunuchs around the emperor always kept track of the time, and corresponding officials would report from time to time. Although the old eunuch at this moment was not the most favored one, he had served the emperor for a long time, so he quickly replied.
"Your Majesty, it should be Si time now."
"Si time? It's not even noon yet! Where's Li Jingchun? Go to the Imperial Observatory and tell the Imperial Rites to come to the palace. Go quickly!"
When Emperor Hongwu heard about this miraculous change of the stars that reversed day and night, the first person he thought of was Yan Chang from the Imperial Astronomical Observatory. However, just as he finished speaking, the old eunuch beside him answered.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Li and Lord Yan should be at Prime Minister Yin's residence right now. You forgot that Master Du will cast a spell to save Prime Minister Yin today."
Yang Hao suddenly realized what was going on after hearing this, and then he had an idea: Could it be that the changes in the celestial phenomena were related to this matter
"Your Majesty, please look at the southern sky!"
After a eunuch reminded him, Yang Hao looked up again and saw a bright silver light rising in the southern sky. It reached the horizon in a very short time, as if it was connected to the stars in the sky. From afar, it looked like a river shining with stars.
"Is this Du Changsheng's method?"
Looking at the changes in front of him, Yang Hao was a little stunned, his heart filled with disbelief.
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In the Yin Mansion, people's vision has recovered to the point where they can see the courtyard and each other again, but except for themselves, everything seems unreal. Even the walls and other objects seem somewhat transparent, but this is not important because most people's eyes are fixed on the sky.
Yin Zhaoxian's bed was suspended in the air about ten feet high, as if it was penetrated by the light of the galaxy and connected to the sky.
Amid the surging galaxy and the shining stars, about half a quarter of an hour later, Yin Zhaoxian's bed slowly descended again. As the bed descended lower and lower, everyone finally began to pay attention to each other and the situation in the courtyard, especially Du Changsheng and others in front of the altar.
The three disciples had already fallen to the ground, and it was unknown whether they were dead or alive. Du Changsheng himself was bleeding from all seven orifices, and the arm holding the whisk was shaking constantly. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this master had reached his limit.
Yin Zhaoxian's bed finally fell gently to the ground. The original roof of the house was gone, and the doors and windows were gone. No one knew where they were blown to by the wind, and the house looked very transparent.
The moment the bed fell, all the white dust tails of the whisk in Du Changsheng's hand fell off and scattered all over the yard. Du Changsheng himself fell straight backwards, and after a "bang", he fell heavily to the ground.
As Du Changsheng fell, the night scene began to slowly fade away, and the sky became brighter and brighter. Although this process was also fast, it was not as abrupt as before.
After more than ten breaths, the sky returned to its blue sky and white clouds, and the capital city returned to daytime. The sudden change in the night scene seemed to be just an illusion. However, whether it was the crowds on the streets or the buildings in the capital, everyone who was still standing there in a daze or looking at each other in bewilderment proved the reality of everything that had just happened.
The silence in Yin's mansion was broken. After daylight returned, two imperial doctors rushed out first, one towards Yin Zhaoxian and the other towards the altar.
The imperial physician who examined Du Changsheng frowned, while the imperial physician who examined Yin Zhaoxian was delighted.
"It's amazing! It's amazing! Although Prime Minister Yin is still weak, his pulse is stable. It's amazing! It's really amazing! Prime Minister Yin can be saved!"