Journey to the head

Secret Art: The Secret Instructions of Taibai Star Jinyuan, obtained from Qiming Lingjun of Lanshan Island. It is unknown where such a small and remote island has inherited such a wonderful secret art.

This method initially draws upon the golden energy to infuse the body. After reaching a high level of cultivation, it can directly draw upon the star power of the Taibai star in the sky, doubling its power.

The gold energy permeates the whole body. When attacking, it can condense swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, which can be used for close combat or long-range throwing. When defending, it can make the muscles, bones and blood extremely hard, invulnerable to swords and spears, and strong enough to withstand the treasures.

It was with the profound cultivation of the Tao that Qiming Lingjun survived the heavenly tribulation, and his Tao patterns evolved into the indestructible golden body supernatural power.

After obtaining this secret technique, Lu Qian considered and screened it, and finally, after the Yunshan Sect's system reform, at the first "Xuanyin Miaofa Conference" of the Transmission Department, he taught the introductory method of this secret technique to several disciples including Wang Ruoyu.

By the way, this first "Xuan Yin Miao Fa Hui" lasted for a full half month. The disciples asked questions one by one, and Lu Qian and several elders took turns to answer their questions. Then, based on the disciples' aptitude, progress in cultivation, contributions in battle, and reputation for moral character, they imparted secret techniques to the outstanding ones.

Considering that the next "Xuanyin Miaofa Conference" would not be held for another five years, the disciples were very enthusiastic and the elders were very dedicated in teaching. The secret techniques they were taught also made the disciples very happy.

All in all, this "Xuanyin Miaofa Conference" was quite successful, and the disciples responded very enthusiastically. For the time being, this institutional reform has achieved the expected results.

It's a pity that everyone has different talents. After the introductory skills of Taibai Star Jinyuan Secret were passed down, they practiced for a period of time. Obviously, the spiritual roots of several people were very suitable and they were all outstanding among the disciples, but in the end, only Wang Ruoyu showed good progress in this method. The progress of others was very slow, so it would be better for them to practice other methods.

Wang Ruoyu has three spiritual roots of earth, gold and fire. He originally focused on earth element and gold element techniques. He started practicing the secret technique of rock armor and steel body since the Qi training period, and his progress was very fast. In the way of the five elements, earth gives birth to gold. Now he is practicing the secret of Taibai Star Gold Element, which will naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort.

In addition, his personality and talent were very compatible with this secret technique, so after practicing for half a year, he had a rough idea of ​​how to use it and was ready to demonstrate it.

Now he took advantage of the fact that the blazing light of Flying Snake No. 1 could not be used temporarily and approached directly. With gold energy flashing, dozens of swords, spears, and halberds surrounded his body and rushed forward swiftly!
Tao Zhongxian wanted to use the same trick again, and controlled the Flying Snake No. 1 to open its membrane wings and vibrate violently. Dense green wind blades shot out in all directions, trying to both block the enemy and use the power of the strong wind to swim and retreat.

But this time, Wang Ruoyu tightly grasped a pair of short spears, shouted loudly, and the swords and knives around him stretched out and danced like a peacock spreading its tail!
Stab forward, flick left, block right, chop up, chop down...

At this moment, swords, spears, swords and halberds turned like the wind, blocking all the evasive routes of Flying Snake No. 1.

Tao Zhongxian was startled, but it was too late for him to change, so he could only control Flying Snake No. 1 to spin and coil up for defense, while Wang Ruoyu had already grasped the double halberds and chopped down heavily!

At his side, dozens of swords were swung together, emitting golden light and making sounds like thunder.

In a flash, Lu Qian could clearly see that Wang Ruoyu was controlling the double halberds and the golden weapon, slashing down on an area on the body of Flying Snake No. 1 like a violent storm!

Boom!

The air surged, rocks flew, and the surging power smashed down, and the four-meter-long body of Flying Snake No. 1 was smashed away and hit heavily on the protective magic circle on the side of the field, and the entire magic circle flickered.

Wang Ruoyu took a few deep breaths. These moves that he had mastered not long ago consumed too much spiritual energy, and he didn't control them well enough. As a result, he directly knocked Flying Snake No. 1 away, which in turn reduced some of its power.

These problems were exposed during the discussion and are exactly the areas that need to be strengthened in the future.

There was a mechanical sound, and the Flying Snake Taoist soldier slowly turned. A big hole had appeared on its body, and scales and mechanism fragments fell to the ground. Under the violent bombardment just now, the regional linkage defense technology was also torn apart.

Wang Ruoyu took a deep breath, summoned his spiritual power, and drew out his round shield again.

However, Tao Zhongxian shouted, "No more fighting, no more fighting, I give up."

However, judging from the strength in his voice, it was obvious that although Wang Ruoyu had torn through the defense of Flying Snake No. 1, he did not cause much harm to Tao Zhongxian himself.

Lu Qian shook his head. Wang Ruoyu was stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly: "Junior Brother Tao...you, you can't let me go, you don't even have a Dao pattern to use."

Yes, Tao Zhongxian has not yet used the Dao Pattern, but he has already crawled out of Flying Snake No. 1 and stroked the wound on the snake's body with heartache.

"My Dao pattern is a little special. Although it is useful, it can cause too much damage to Dao soldiers." Tao Zhongxian squatted on the ground with his back to Wang Ruoyu, picking up the usable parts and completely giving up the fight. "Right now, we are just sparring, not fighting to the death. Why do we have to go to that extent?"

"This battle was quite effective. It allowed me to discover several flaws in the Flying Snake No. 1, such as the weak defense in the snake's mouth and the lack of ability to break free..."

Wang Ruoyu scratched his head awkwardly, stood there for a while, and then said, "Well, it's a draw then."

Tao Zhongxian didn't care about these, just waved his hand and started studying his Taoist soldiers again. Lu Qian smiled helplessly and called him over.

"You have improved this miniature Taoist soldier very well." Lu Qian asked the most concerned question, "If you build a few more, will other cultivators be able to control them like you do?"

Tao Zhongxian's heart moved, and he knew what Lu Qian meant by asking, and smiled and said, "It's not impossible."

But just as Lu Qian was feeling happy, he heard him say, "You only need to sacrifice your body to refine the weapon like I did, and it will be fine."

"You little brat..." Lu Qian cursed with a smile, "A normal cultivator can't control it?"

Tao Zhongxian said, "I already know what the master is thinking. If you want to allow Qigong cultivators to drive foundation-building-level micro-soldier soldiers outside of their spirit veins, aside from the huge consumption of spirit crystals, unless you consume your spirit soul to complete the infusion of spirit like I did before and establish a mysterious connection with the Dao soldiers, your spirit consciousness must reach the strength of foundation-building."

"If they are foundation-building cultivators, they can naturally drive miniature Dao soldiers, but they already have their own means, whether it is controlling weapons or magic, so they don't need to drive Dao soldiers. In short, if you are not a person who is immersed in this way, why bother to go far away? Just like Senior Brother Wang, with a strong shield and a fierce tiger, does he need to drive Dao soldiers?"

"This method is only suitable for me."

Lu Qian was not disappointed. A new idea came to his mind: "What if we don't need human control, preserve the independent movement and combat capabilities of the Taoist soldiers, and simply miniaturize the Taoist soldiers?"

Tao Zhongxian stared at him blankly, and Lu Qian's speech speed increased: "The current Dao soldiers are powerful but consume a lot of energy, and can only rely on the spirit vein for defense. If they are miniaturized and modified to use the spirit crystal function, they can get rid of the dependence on the spirit vein. Then even if they leave the spirit vein, they can be released to defend against the enemy."

"Imagine that when we are fighting the enemy, we release dozens or even hundreds of small Taoist soldiers at once..."

Tao Zhongxian's breathing suddenly became rapid and his eyes lit up. He ignored etiquette and paced back and forth in front of Lu Qian several times.

"Yes, I can choose to directly control the small Taoist soldiers, or I can retain the Taoist soldiers' autonomous combat capabilities and let them fight for me automatically!"

"How to maintain the power of the weapon system while reducing the body size and energy consumption is a big problem. In this competition, Flying Snake No. 1 relied on the spiritual veins of Mianlong Mountain and spiritual crystals for replenishment, but the power of Blazing Fire Light has dropped by more than 30% compared to the original version, and the duration is shorter and the cooling time is longer. If it is simply powered by spiritual crystals..."

"The energy supply core is very important. The transmission pipeline also needs to be improved. The power system may also be optimized... and cost control. If the cost is too high and cannot be mass-produced, it will be meaningless..."

He muttered to himself for a long time, then suddenly slapped his forehead and shouted, "Good, good, good!"

He turned around and ran straight out of the field. After running a few steps, he remembered that the Flying Snake No. 1 underground had not been put away, so he hurried back to put it away.

After running a few more steps, he suddenly remembered that Lu Qian was still standing behind him. He quickly turned around to salute, and almost tripped over his left foot and fell.

Lu Qian admired his obsession with research and smiled: "Okay, go ahead. If you have any new ideas, tell me in time."

Tao Zhongxian agreed and ran away.

Although the idea of ​​miniaturizing the Dao soldiers and making them fight independently was proposed, it was still a long way to go to achieve the goal. The powerful power of the Dao soldiers depended on their huge consumption. Even with the third-level high-level spiritual vein of Mianlong Mountain, it could only support one Mingshe Dao soldier.

How to ensure a certain ability to attack and defend without relying on spiritual veins for energy requires the Tao brothers, especially Tao Zhongxian, to conduct careful research and exploration.

If there really was a day of success, when he could unleash an overwhelming number of small Taoist soldiers during the battle... Lu Qian had just suppressed his imagination when he heard Xiao Tianci beside him suddenly say, "Master?"

When Lu Qian turned around, Xiao Tianci had already walked to the center of the field, holding Canghong tightly and bowing.

"Master, this is a rare opportunity. I dare to ask for your help."

For a moment, all the disciples outside the field were stunned. They never expected that Xiao Tianci would be so bold as to directly ask Lu Qian for a competition!

Wang Ruoyu quickly shouted, "Brother Xiao, don't be so presumptuous!"

Xiao Tianci bowed his body and did not stand up: "I know that I am far behind the Sect Master, and this is definitely not an invitation to a fight. I just want to ask the Sect Master to teach me a move."

Wang Ruoyu wanted to speak, but Lu Qian nodded: "Okay, since you have the courage to climb, I will teach you some tricks."

The disciples outside the arena were all excited, and the master was going to come out in person to instruct Xiao Tianci!
Since Lu Qian achieved the Golden Elixir, several fierce battles have made Tian Yuanzi famous. Unfortunately, when he killed Qiming Lingjun, he was already some distance away from Mianlong Mountain. When he killed Sikong Heng in the battle formation, the Huaiyou Alliance suddenly attacked. A large number of disciples only watched the middle part before they had to go out to resist. The scenes of Lu Qian's great power were all heard from others, and they were exaggerated and distorted.

Now I can finally see the master take action up close!
At that moment, the disciples called their friends and crushed the communication talismans one after another, inviting their fellow disciples to come and see.

By the time Lu Qian stood still in the middle of the field, the field was already surrounded by three layers of people, and almost all the disciples from Mianlong Mountain had arrived.

With the master in front of them, everyone dared not make any noise even though they were excited. Therefore, although the disciples were rubbing against each other, there was silence. They all held their breath and stared at the scene with expectation.

Being stared at by so many people, Xiao Tianci took a deep breath and bowed again.

"Please teach me, Master."

Lu Qian nodded: "Tianci, do you want to kill me?"

Xiao Tianci was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

"That won't work. You must be determined to kill me."

Xiao Tianci stared at Lu Qian, his eyes suddenly becoming stern.

The dust in the air shook, and he disappeared.

Xiao Tianci had already drawn his sword and attacked without even waiting for Wang Ruoyu to shout "start".

Because at this moment he really followed Lu Qian's instructions, with murderous intent, he stabbed out with the sword with the determination to kill!
Killing someone cannot wait to “start”!

He clearly understood what Lu Qian meant. If he didn't have the intention to kill, he would be defeated without even having the chance to draw his sword.

At this moment, in order to kill Lu Qian, he gave up his original plan to try out the moves. The five styles of Luohou Fierce Sword, "Wind, Fire, Thunder" and "Fenjiang" could not kill Lu Qian, and "Slashing Mountains" and "Starfall" had not yet been comprehended, so there was only -

Flying light!

The fastest and most ruthless sword!
In heaven and on earth, except for the true immortals, who can escape the sword of time!
This sword put all of Xiao Tianci's mind into it. When the sword was thrust out, the heaven and earth were still, everything froze, and only Xiao Tianci and his Canghong were moving.

Facing the tremendous pressure brought by Lu Qian, the "Sword Soul" pattern in Xiao Tianci's Dantian vibrated, and his sword skills made another breakthrough. This was an unprecedented sword!
This sword was about to pierce Lu Qian's throat.

But Lu Qian suddenly moved!
The sky and the earth froze, but Lu Qian slowly raised his hand and stretched out his fingers lightly.

Ding!
Canghong was firmly clamped between Lu Qian's index and middle fingers!

No advance.

Xiao Tianci held Canghong in his hand and maintained a stabbing posture. His face turned pale instantly and cold sweat dripped down.

He wanted to speak, but nothing came out. At this moment, he felt dizzy and confused.

Why? Why?
How could it be possible that——

"Xiao Tianci." Lu Qian said in a deep voice, "You lose."

I lost……

"You didn't lose in sword skills."

"You lose because you don't trust your sword."

Xiao Tianci's eyes widened and his hands began to tremble.

It's not that I don't believe in my sword. I clearly used my strongest sword move, but the master broke it with just two fingers, like playing with a three-year-old child.

I don't trust my sword...

My sword...

At this moment, his heart was beating like a drum.

My blue rainbow! My flying light!
My sword will not be blocked, nor should it be blocked!
The sound of sword whistling!

Xiao Tianci suddenly woke up, his clothes soaked with sweat. He was breathing heavily, and his hands were shaking slightly - Canghong was still in his palm, and it had not been unsheathed at all.

"Junior Brother Xiao." Wang Ruoyu asked with some confusion, "What's wrong with you? Are you ready to start?"

Start? So what was that just now, an illusion?

Xiao Tianci looked up and saw Lu Qian looking at him with a smile on his face.

In an instant, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind, and Xiao Tianci solemnly bowed deeply.

"Thank you for your teachings, Master!"

Lu Qian nodded: "It's good as long as you gain something, go ahead."

Xiao Tianci held Canghong tightly and flew away with the light.

All the disciples were stunned. What happened? Didn't they say they were going to teach Xiao Tianci? How come it was over before they even made a single move?
Just at this moment, a disciple came quickly and reported in a low voice.

"Master, the envoys of the Danxia sect have entered Cangzhou, and are still three thousand miles away from our sect." (End of this chapter)