Chapter 73

The act of severing the dragon veins sounds terrifying, but throughout history, many people have done it. Ancient emperors feared that other families might bury their ancestors in auspicious sites and produce a new emperor, so every dynasty had an Imperial Astronomer. The Imperial Astronomer had two purposes: one was to create auspicious feng shui for the royal family, and the other was to sever dragon veins across the land, cutting off the dragon veins in various regions to ensure the dynasty's eternal rule. These people, relying on the imperial fortune, severed all the dragon veins in the world, and most of them did not end well!

Because the dragon veins are the essence of heaven and earth, they are related to the honor and disgrace of the people. Severing the dragon veins means forming a karmic bond with heaven and the people.

How many people can bear such a heavy karmic burden!

Fortunately, Wang Zhong only severed a branch of the dragon vein in Chizhu, which cannot compare to the imperial dragon vein!

Even so, Wang Zhong was extremely worried!

After all, he is not a mighty person like Liu Bowen!

Liu Bowen divided the world into three parts, and Liu Bowen unified the empire.

In folk legends, Liu Bowen is a living god who can predict the future. There are still works on divination such as "The Song of the Burnt Cake" and "A Pinch of Gold" that are widely circulated.

However, few people know that Liu Bowen once severed the dragon vein to help Zhu Yuanzhang secure his empire.

According to folk legends, one day, Liu Bowen came to Lanzhou City, climbed the River View Tower, and looked around. Suddenly, he noticed the Yellow River rushing away, with two large mountains on either side of the river. The mist from the river gradually merged with the fog from the two mountains. The two mountains were like two dragons, with the head of the southern dragon in Gaolan Mountain and the head of the northern dragon in Jiuzhou Platform. The two dragons intersected, and a true dragon emperor was about to emerge. Thus, Liu Bowen swung his sword and cut into the base of Gaolan Mountain, creating a gap in the connected mountains. Later, people called the place where Liu Bowen severed the dragon vein "Da Huo Yan," the tail of Gaolan Mountain "Longwei Mountain," and the place where the dragon's blood flowed "Hongshan Root." He also built four watchtowers at the dragon's tail, which people called "Sidingping" or "Fulongping," and built a Fulong Pavilion on the flat land. People say that after the dragon vein was severed, the ecology of the two mountains gradually deteriorated, turning them into barren hills.

Liu Bowen, protected by the fortune of the Ming Dynasty and being a Golden Elixir Immortal, dared to sever the dragon vein. However, even so, the retribution from heaven and earth led to his being falsely accused of having imperial aura in his fief, and the suspicious Zhu Yuanzhang gave him a cup of poison.

The second person to sever the dragon vein was the An family, a feng shui lineage!

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the government was corrupt, and the people suffered. At the request of President Sun, the An family severed the dragon vein of the Qing Dynasty, leading to its downfall. The retribution from the dragon vein was severe, but the An family, a feng shui lineage dating back to the Tang Dynasty, had generations of imperial feng shui experts. Even so, under the retribution of the dragon vein, the An family had to flee overseas, and their lineage became sparse!

Although Wang Zhong did not intend to, he indeed completed the great task of severing the dragon vein. Wang Zhong could only bitterly burn the document stamped with the police commissioner's seal.

A red aura representing the government rose, and the gray karma hesitated.

Wang Zhong's message was simple: "If there is a grudge, it has a source. I was just working for someone. If you want revenge, go after the police commissioner!"

Although it was not very noble, to save his life, he had no choice!

The karma suddenly split into two, with about eighty percent dissipating, leaving only about twenty percent. The eighty percent did not disappear into thin air but was transferred to the head of the Hong Kong police commissioner. The police commissioner, protected by the official aura and the will of the people, would not be seriously harmed by this karma.

Wang Zhong thus gained a glimmer of hope!

Wang Zhong's Yuan Chen Palace, which originally had a certain aura, was pitifully weak in the face of this cosmic power. Before Wang Zhong could react, the buildings in his Yuan Chen Palace collapsed one after another, as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing!

Each person has a Yuan Chen Palace, which is closely related to their body, wealth, marriage, and career. After successfully entering the Yuan Chen Palace, one would see a house, which could be made of earth, bamboo, brick, or stone. The first thing one sees is a gate, which can be round-arched, representing a person with a gentle and amiable personality. Gates with sharp edges represent people with strong personalities who are likely to hurt or offend others. If someone is about to have good news, there will be a red lantern at the gate of their Yuan Chen Palace. For those who practice well, there will be stone lions guarding the gate, one or two, and some may even have a plaque. For those who practice even better, the stone lions and the plaque will have a golden glow and a golden border.

In Taoism, there is a technique called "Observing the Yin," which is used to check the Yuan Chen Palace and is very accurate and effective.

Wang Zhong, being a practitioner and a Taoist master, naturally had a Yuan Chen Palace that was different from ordinary people. It was a quadrangle courtyard made of green stone, with a red-painted gate and divine guards standing in front of the gate.

Above the gate, there was a painting of Xuanwu, the Black Warrior, with its head raised to the sky, as if it were alive.

Xuanwu roared continuously!

However, in the face of the cosmic power, everything was weak!

The black Heavenly Way and the yellow Earthly Way formed two huge grinding wheels in Wang Zhong's Yuan Chen Palace, crushing everything inside!

The cosmic grinding wheels!

This was the scene of the end of the world!

Nothing could escape the destruction of heaven and earth!

Heaven and earth created all things, and they could also destroy all things!

Wang Zhong looked at the huge grinding wheels in despair.

I really didn't mean to sever the dragon vein!

But it was too late, this was the retribution!

There is a cause and an effect, and no one can escape!

The buildings in Wang Zhong's Yuan Chen Palace were instantly turned to ashes under the grinding wheels, and his thoughts were crushed one by one!

Even the divine Xuanwu had no power to resist the cosmic power and lasted for less than a quarter of an hour before it turned into a mass of essence!

Everything, in the face of the cosmic grinding wheels, would return to its essence!

Born from heaven and earth, return to heaven and earth!

The cosmic grinding wheels were triggered by the karma of severing the dragon vein, and it was also Wang Zhong's life-or-death crisis!

"Is it still not working?"

Wang Zhong looked at the buildings in his Yuan Chen Palace that were continuously collapsing and the divine Xuanwu that had turned into a mass of essence, his face filled with despair.

The Five Peaks True Form Talisman, threatened by the cosmic grinding wheels, turned into five towering pillars, trying to prevent the grinding wheels from closing, but it was futile. In the face of cosmic power, everything was like a paper tiger.

The Five Peaks True Form Talisman could block for a while, but the closing of heaven and earth and the reopening of the universe were the cosmic way, and no one could stop it!

"I am not willing, really not willing!"

Wang Zhong looked at the slowly closing cosmic grinding wheels and the gradually dissipating Five Peaks, his face filled with unwillingness.

However, human power has its limits, and what could he do in the face of the cosmic trend?

Just as Wang Zhong closed his eyes to await death, a phrase flashed in his mind:

"Tai, small things go away, great things come, auspicious and prosperous. When heaven and earth intersect, all things are connected. When the upper and lower intersect, their intentions are the same. Inside is yang, outside is yin; inside is strong, outside is gentle; inside is a gentleman, outside is a small person. The way of the gentleman grows, and the way of the small person diminishes!"

Wang Zhong looked at the cosmic grinding wheels and suddenly had a moment of enlightenment. Heaven and earth do not intersect, which is "Pi." A gentleman should practice frugality to avoid disaster and should not seek glory and wealth.

This is the hexagram from the *I Ching*, meaning to pay attention to reduction to avoid the disaster of the times!

"Then, let's reduce!"

Wang Zhong had a moment of enlightenment. The Five Peaks no longer blocked the closing of heaven and earth but instead disintegrated themselves. The remaining buildings in his Yuan Chen Palace also collapsed on their own.

Wang Zhong completely gave up resistance!

The cosmic grinding wheels were momentarily stunned, as if they were confused.

However, the two cosmic grinding wheels still closed and rotated, turning Wang Zhong's divine aura, wealth, nobility, fame, Xuanwu, Five Peaks True Form Talisman, Yuan Chen Palace buildings, and the dragon aura that had entered his body into void essence!

Wang Zhong retained only his essence consciousness, and everything else was thrown into the cosmic grinding wheels!

Wang Zhong's vision turned black, and he fell into endless darkness!

The damage to his essence consciousness also affected his physical body. His pupils slowly dilated, gradually losing their luster, and his body, like withered wood, slowly lost its vital signs.

No one knows how long it took, but a glimmer of light returned to Wang Zhong's eyes!

It was still the cosmic grinding wheels, but their form had fundamentally changed: Earth above, Heaven below, Earth-Heaven Tai!

I have survived!

I am still alive!

Wang Zhong could not help but secretly rejoice in his heart!

"Tai, small things go away, great things come, auspicious and prosperous. When heaven and earth intersect, all things are connected. When the upper and lower intersect, their intentions are the same. Inside is yang, outside is yin; inside is strong, outside is gentle; inside is a gentleman, outside is a small person. The way of the gentleman grows, and the way of the small person diminishes!"

Wang Zhong silently pondered the meaning of the Tai hexagram.

The cosmic grinding wheels, receiving Wang Zhong's understanding, began to slowly rotate, with yin and yang intersecting and creating transformation!

Under the nourishment of the creative power, Wang Zhong's Yuan Chen Palace began to recover, with damaged buildings repairing themselves, cracked land closing, and the dark sky becoming bright!

Under the powerful creative power, an ancient green building appeared in Wang Zhong's Yuan Chen Palace.

The rebuilt building was more magnificent and grand than before, with the quadrangle courtyard becoming a series of connected courtyards. In terms of scale and grandeur, it had undergone a qualitative change!

No destruction, no creation!

Around the courtyard, five pillars rose into the clouds, transformed from the Five Peaks True Form Talisman!

Although the Five Peaks True Form Talisman was crushed by the cosmic power, its essence remained. With the help of the creative power, it broke and then reformed into the pillars.

The Xuanwu, which had been reduced to essence, also revived, transforming into the Xuanwu constellation in the sky. The faint starlight fell, filling the Yuan Chen Palace with vitality.

The only regret was that the six divine generals standing guard at the gate were completely crushed!

Without the divine generals, the Yuan Chen Palace seemed somewhat desolate!

Wang Zhong's regret did not last long, as twelve golden-cast divine generals holding weapons suddenly appeared at the gate of the Yuan Chen Palace.

Six Ding and Six Jia!

Wang Zhong looked at everything with a strange expression. Although the destruction and creation were the reason, fundamentally, it was because Wang Zhong had uniquely benefited from the dragon vein's creative power.

The dragon vein entered Wang Zhong's body and was crushed into essence power by the cosmic grinding wheels. Wang Zhong escaped the great disaster, and the essence of the dragon vein became the best nourishment for him.

Life, fate, and feng shui!

Wang Zhong used the power of the dragon vein to nourish his life, enhancing his life force!

Wang Zhong's Yuan Chen Palace continuously extracted the power of the dragon vein, becoming more solid and firm under the nourishment of this power.

Wang Zhong turned a disaster into a blessing, not only transforming his Yuan Chen Palace and extending his good fortune, but also breaking his life force and creating a new one!

Turning a disaster into a blessing, the ancients were indeed not deceiving me!

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Wang Zhong looked at everything with a mix of tears and laughter. The ground was pitted and uneven, and the ritual platform and table had turned into fragments.

Even the steel scaffolding had become bent and twisted!

Everything looked as if a war had just taken place!

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