Above the Great Dao
Chapter 559 - 260: Three Shocks of the Ghost God (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 559: Chapter 260: Three Shocks of the Ghost God (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Among the Thirteen Families, the Li Family is not the strongest one, but when they pioneered the West Bull New Continent, they birthed two supremely powerful beings and possessed two grand manuals, encompassing the culmination of all the Taoist Skills in the world.

Outside West Capital City, in front of a teahouse, two white-haired elders were sipping tea while playing a game.

Each had a tea barrel beside their checkerboard. Such teahouses outside the city are mostly meant for hard-laborers like palanquin bearers and woodcutters, with cheap tea—a few copper coins—and not good quality at that, consisting of large coarse stems and leaves, even showing mottled traces of insect bites.

The tea barrels were not very clean either, covered with thick tea stains and scratches from cleaning nails.

These two white-haired elders were elegantly dressed, apparently from wealthy households, yet they sat and drank tea in this humble teahouse alongside those suffering through hard labor.

In the tea barrels in front of them, the tea was motionless, like a mirror, but it did not reflect the sky, instead showing the scene from Wenchang Lane.

Behind them stood many strong figures from the Ma Family, motionless, focused within themselves, creating such a powerful presence that besides them, no one else remained in the teahouse.

These two white heads were the elder ancestors of the Ma Family. They appeared similar in age, both quite old, but actually were grandfather and grandson.

On the left was Ma Jun, the Grand Ancestor of the Ma Family, and on the right was Ma Yu, the family’s founder.

Ma Jun placed a piece, calmly saying, "Li Chunfang left behind the ’Yi’an Hall Collection’, which records the Li Family’s top-tier Cultivation Techniques and Immortal Laws, traditionally practiced by the royal lineage; Li Zongyi left the ’South City Zongyi Collection’, which describes Skills only half a step inferior to the ’Yi’an Hall Collection’, intended for the study of the secondary branches of the family. The Li Family’s inheritance has been passed down for thousands of years, an unbroken legacy. Such grand Taoist treasures and manuals are immense. Yet who could have imagined that upon emerging from seclusion and coming to West Capital City, the Li Family’s four ancestors would suffer the loss of two."

Ma Yu delayed his move, his gaze fixed upon the tea in the barrel.

The tea, like a mirror, showed Wenchang Lane.

In Wenchang Lane, it seemed to be just an insignificant scuffle of youths assaulting an aged elder.

Yet the two elders in the lane were full of vigor, their movements extremely agile, shifting like specters, nothing like old men.

However, as soon as their heaven-shaking, earth-penetrating Divine Skills and Spells began to manifest, they seemed to be devoured by something. One could only catch a glimpse of brilliance before the external expressions of Divine Skills or Spells completely disappeared, leaving only the hidden strength within their bodies.

But even this force seemed to disappear without a trace the moment it came into contact with the young man.

For those who were passing by the alleyway, this was just an ordinary fight, nothing remarkable, but for Grand Ancestor Li Yiran and Grand Ancestor Li Qianfeng, it was a fight for their lives!

They were already covered in wounds, repeatedly struck by Creation Little Five.

The deaths of Li Xinshu and Li Kunyu one after another had made the two elders increasingly nervous, battling desperately.

Yet it was all so frustrating.

The top-tier Taoist Skills from the "Yi’an Hall Collection" seemed to lose all their grandeur in front of Creation Little Five, stripped of falsities to reveal only truth, reduced to basic moves, solely a struggle for survival.

They were like ordinary old men brawling in the streets, perhaps with a bit of martial arts knowledge, very crude, fighting equally crudely against Creation Little Five, who defeated them with even more barbaric techniques, leaving them bloodied and battered.

"Creation Little Five must be using the Ghost God Domain."

Ma Yu scrutinized the fight within the tea barrel, pondering, "These three variations of the Ghost God Domain are subtle and imperceptible. Qiankun Transformation, when Heaven and Earth are inverted; Yin Yang Change, when Yin and Yang are reversed; Circulation Transformation, when the Circulation is misplaced."

Ma Jun did not rush him to make his move, but smiled, "Can you discern the origin of his three sorts of Ghost God Domain?"

Although Ma Yu could identify two, he was well-mannered by nature and not prone to show off, shaking his head, "I do not. Please enlighten me, Grandfather."

Ma Jun, stroking his white beard, laughed, "The first, the Qiankun Transformation, comes from the Taishang Eight Trigrams Protection Talisman. This talisman can function as a talisman, a Cultivation Technique, or even transform into a Taoist arena, a Ghost God Domain. Since ancient times, talismanic magic has been inseparable; one can realize Taoist Skills, arenas, and Ghost God Domains from a talisman, but it requires Heaven-defying talent."

Ma Yu said, "The Eight Trigrams Protection Talisman, Talisman Masters can draw, but how many can truly comprehend peerless methods from it? And the second one?"

Ma Jun replied, "The second, the Yin Yang Change, comes from the Yin Yang Two Sceneries Map, another supreme method derived from a talisman, almost an Immortal Technique. Then there’s the third, the Circulation Transformation, originating from the Circulation Heaven Great Jiao, dividing this Ghost God Domain into three hundred sixty-five degrees, enveloping all of Western Capital, dividing the city into three hundred sixty-five parts. With degrees shifting, the geography of West Capital City changes: palaces intertwined, streets crisscrossed, upside down, indistinguishable. Among the three changes, it is the most formidable."

Ma Yu admired sincerely, "Grandfather knows so much."

Ma Jun stroked his beard and chuckled, "You little slicker, you understand too, you just won’t say it."

Ma Yu earnestly replied, "I understand Yin Yang Change and Qiankun Transformation, but Circulation Transformation is beyond me. Without Grandfather’s guidance, I’d be completely lost. Even the Li Family’s four ancestors could not comprehend it, which shows that their vision and insight do not compare to yours, Grandfather."

Ma Jun shook his head, "It’s not that they don’t understand, but they are caught in the midst of it, powerless. In fact, Creation Little Five’s three changes all have traceable sources, originating from Vice Minister Chen Yindou’s talismanic magic, but he went further, grasping the profound intricacies of talismanic seals."

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