Tao and Heaven

Chapter 126 Billions of Spiritual Swords Ringing Together, Ranked in the Top Three of the Earth Ranking

Chi Yuzi and Jun Yan were caught in the middle. They suddenly came to their senses and looked at the Taoist goddess standing tall against the sky on their left, and Gu Wen who was trying to suppress so many geniuses with his own strength on his right.

They realized that maybe there was something wrong with them, but these two people were the ones with the biggest problems.

The Sanqing Dao Sect was attacked by the whole world, not only because they were afraid of the reappearance of an immortal who could walk freely between heaven and earth, but also because they wanted the elixir of immortality. Now that the Sanqing Dao Sect was blocked at its doorstep, the True Lords and Heavenly Lords who participated in it probably occupied most of the cultivation world.

Under the temptation of becoming an immortal, all past affections can be abandoned, just like the Tianzun of Liuyun Sect coming directly to ask for it.

Such a place for becoming immortals should have been in the same situation as Dao Zong, with Yu Hua and Gu Wen cautiously facing pursuit and blockade from various forces, but the situation was completely the opposite.

boom! ! ! !

There was a loud noise in the sky, and the sonic boom was accompanied by a strong wind that hit like a huge wave. A huge statue of a goddess shattered and slowly fell from the sky, and her body that was hundreds of feet tall fell down like a mountain upside down.

Gu Wen lost his usual calmness and stood with a top-grade spiritual sword in his hand, blocking the path that everyone had to take to leave.

"Brother Hongchen, why are you doing this?"

Xu Liyan was the most shrewd. He was the first to please Gu Wen and also the first to make trouble.

He was also the most astute one, and the one who knew how to manage and calculate the most among the more straightforward sword cultivators. When Gu Wen faced this man, he felt like he had met his match at Dragon Bridge.

Shrewd and experienced, he exudes a sense of greed for success and profit.

He continued, "If you want the spirit sword back, just tell me. I don't have much use for so many spirit swords for the time being. I just ask Brother Hongchen not to hold me accountable."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a subtle change in everyone's eyes, a shift in public opinion.

In an instant, Gu Wen seemed to have changed from a gentleman who always kept his word to a villain who went back on his words.

Cultivators are also human beings. Where there are groups, there will be public opinion. Where there is social interaction, it is inevitable that they will be criticized by others and influenced by certain unspoken rules that vary from group to group.

But the difference between altruism and selfishness is common, because this distinction can protect oneself well.

When walking with altruists, you feel at ease, and when walking with egoists, you are wary. Praise altruists, despise egoists, and become a egoist. Then use the virtues of a gentleman to restrain a gentleman, so that there is a way to deceive a gentleman.

This is what most mediocre people do and it is also a survival skill.

If everyone was as rebellious as Akabane and the others, there would be no order at all, not to mention that they don't have the strength to break the rules.

At this moment, Gu Wen seemed to be in a dilemma. If he accepted it, he would break his promise, otherwise he could not kill them.

Seeing Gu Wen speechless, Xu Liyan's smile deepened. He crossed the sword mark of the true solution of the sword and said, "Brother Hongchen was forced to do so, but we are only disciples of the sect. The affairs of the elders such as Zhenjun Tianzun should not involve us."

"How about this, we return half of the spirit sword. After all, we were the first to ask for the treasure back."

He was not a fool, and knew that he had to give Gu Wen a way out at this time, otherwise it would be no good for him to tear his face apart. Now that Chi Yuzi and Jun Yan, two geniuses, stood on Gu Wen's side, they had no chance of winning if they fought.

Gu Wen waited for him to finish his performance. Holding the incomplete image of the magic sword, he suddenly felt like he was watching a play from the stage. Xu Liyan was very calculating and was very similar to his former self.

The only difference is that he had no choice, while Xu Liyan seemed to find it very interesting.

People are different now, and today is no longer the same as yesterday.

Gu Wen said calmly: "Kneel down, or die."

Now he is no longer a merchant in Longqiao, nor can he rely only on calculations. Xu Liyan obviously has the talent for cultivation and a good background, but he is wasting this extraordinary power.

He was exactly what Gu Wen had longed for in the past, but he ended up living the ugliest version of himself.

Therefore, Gu Wen was very disgusted.

Xu Liyan was stunned. Before he could speak, the sharp edge in the air made his body tense. Sweat kept coming out, and the clothes on his chest and armpits were wet.

Gu Wen’s figure in front was infinitely taller, with the sky like his head, the mountains as his shoulders, and the pillars of heaven like his body.

When the two men's sword auras touched, Xu Liyan was like a mayfly seeing the broad daylight, and the words that Gu Wen had said came to his ears.

If you can master the true meaning of swordsmanship even half a step, you will know me as clearly as the day.

If I were a swordsman, seeing him would be as clear as day.

"Ancestor, save me!!!"

Xu Liyan did not choose to defend the dignity of a sword cultivator and the spirit of the sword. Instead, he raised his head and roared with all his might, and his voice turned into energy that soared into the sky.

Above the sky that was torn apart by the giant Qingcang, a True Lord subconsciously cast a glance, but it was only at this moment that Yu Hua noticed it.

With one finger pointing up to the sky, the True Lord perished on the spot.

Gu Wen also swung out his first sword, and the true meaning of swordsmanship evolved into the three swords of Buddhism, Taoism and Demonism, but the difference was that his swordsmanship was very simple and unpretentious, with only the ultimate sword light.

No need for any intention or trickery, all you need is a sword that can cut through anything.

A sword that can cut things off is a good sword; a sword that can cut through everything is the best sword in the world.

Zheng!
With one swing of the sword, the man was cut in half, and blood stained the spot.

Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Xu Liyan to die so easily and with almost no ability to resist.

Xu Liyan's Dao foundation is the fifth level, third level, perfect, which is the same as Gu Wen's fourth level, but people of the same level are no longer qualified to stand in front of Gu Wen.

It is common sense to be invincible at the same level, and killing enemies across levels is the norm.

At this time, someone finally noticed the younger generation in the battle between Tianzun and Tiannv in Tianquan Mountain.

Not everyone participated in the fight, there were also quite a few neutral forces. These True Lords were not surprised by the invincibility of the Taoist Goddess, but they were stunned when they saw Gu Wen's swordsmanship.

This seemed to be a kind of sword technique that had never appeared before. It was impossible to determine its magic from a distance.

"next."

Gu Wen's calm voice broke the silence. There were eight sword geniuses who asked him for treasures yesterday. Now one is dead and there are still seven left.

The crowd stirred for a moment, looked at each other, and took a step forward together.

The scabbard behind Chi Yuzi opened, and hundreds of spirit swords flew out, hovering dozens of feet above. Jun Yan also revealed his aura appropriately, as he knew that doing so would make him enemies with many sects.

But since you have joined the partnership, you can be absent when the benefits are divided, but you cannot be absent when facing a united front.

Gu Wen saw the fear in their eyes and said again: "Or two."

How arrogant!

He is one level lower than us in Taoism, yet he wants to fight two of us alone?

Even a clay man would get angry, and soon two people stood up, one with a Taoist foundation of 53 and the other with a Taoist foundation of 54. The latter was one level higher than Gu Wen.

The two of them crossed the sword mark. The platform outside the sword pool was the size of a football field. It was not too big for cultivators, but it was not so big that they could not use their skills at all.

Two green and red sword images were summoned, each ten feet long. Although not as good as those in the sky that were dozens or hundreds of feet long, they were extremely rare for the younger generation.

The two men swung their swords at the same time, but they were not using their full strength, nor did they look down on Gu Wen. Rather, fighting was all about testing, and they would only attack after figuring out the enemy's strength. Should they defeat the opponent with a thunderous force, or should they play it safe?

Gu Wen's eyes were filled with the true understanding of swordsmanship, and the high-grade spiritual sword in his hand suddenly became light, but it was not the actual weight that changed.

It’s just that the top-grade spiritual sword is not worthy of the true understanding of swordsmanship, so it appears even lighter.

The sword body vibrated slightly, and the spirit sword leaped with joy.

He grasped the feather-light spiritual sword with his five fingers and swung the sword forward, and the two sword statues shattered with a sound.

puff!
The two sword geniuses flew backwards, and the one who was at the same level as Gu Wen was affected and half-crippled on the spot. His life-saving treasure was triggered and he lay on the ground, his life or death unknown.

There was dead silence all around, and everyone stared with their eyes wide open.

They knew that Gu Wen was very strong, so they were not surprised that he could kill enemies of higher levels, but they didn't expect that you could fight two enemies at the same time by crossing levels!
Others are invincible in the same level or can kill enemies above their level, but now Gu Wen has both.

A wisp of energy flew into the sky, the human rankings were shaken, and Gu Wen moved up one place.

[Ninth on the Human Ranking, Red Dust]

Jiu Zhenjun and the Yu Jian Sect's guardian Hai Kun looked across ten thousand meters, looking at the end of the Wan Jian Road, at Gu Wen, who was located halfway up the mountain.

The latter asked in surprise: "Did this boy hide his strength before?"

When I saw him some time ago, he didn't even have a sword form, although his sword skills were amazing and he killed an old monster one level higher than himself. But he could also kill this kind of fake Chi Yuzi, and it was the same if his Dao base was suppressed to the same level as Gu Wen.

Akabane and Gu Wen are geniuses of the same level, so Hai Kun can still understand it.

But now Gu Wen has already started killing geniuses of the same sword-fighting style, and he is even fighting against two of them at the same level.

Even if one is extremely talented and grows fast, there has to be a limit, right?

Jiu Zhenjun said dimly: "When I met him, he had only completed the third level of the fourth level of Taoism, and now he has completed the fourth level."

On top of Tianquan Mountain.

Gu Wen stopped attacking and knelt on the ground with his whole body prostrated.

To others, it seemed like a feud, but to him, it was just a small step towards reaching the top three. If Gu Wen really believed there was a grudge, then these people would not have survived.

He has never been a gentleman, and killing people was a normal practice during the Longqiao period.

However, the defeated opponent was no longer worthy of his attack. Whether he was of the same level or one level higher, he was just a stepping stone for them to look up to Gu Wen.

From now on, if they cannot always maintain a level higher than Gu Wen.

Sword geniuses fell one after another. Almost all of them had a higher foundation in Taoism than Gu Wen, but they couldn't even fight him on equal terms.

Gu Wen's target is not limited to the eight people from yesterday, and the other sword-fighting geniuses are by no means weak. After seeing the supreme sword-fighting method, they all yearn for it and fly high like moths to a flame.

There was silence all around, and the thoughts of the True Lords who had been communicating frequently outside Tianquan Mountain also stagnated.

Another person walked onto the platform, and he was the last person besides Xiao Yunyi and others.

He walked onto the platform, bowed and said, "Yun Zi, the eighth floor of the Human Ranking, challenges Brother Dao."

The eighth on the human list challenges the ninth on the human list, but no one thinks there is a problem now.

Lou Yunzi's strength is two levels higher than Gu Wen's. He is a person who has reached the fourth level of the sixth level of Taoism and has perfected it. Although he cannot achieve perfection in every level, he is no longer a failure and has the qualities of a Heavenly Venerable.

Bang!
The two swords collided. Lou Yunzi's method was similar to that of Peacock, and his sword technique was extremely tough. It was able to collide with the true sword technique without breaking.

At least in terms of tenacity, he is already on par with Xiao Yunyi.

"Fellow Daoist Hongchen, how is it?"

Although Lou Yunzi was sweating profusely, he still couldn't help but smile. The fact that his swordsmanship could compete with the true swordsmanship was enough to show that his skills had never fallen behind.

"You're fine."

Gu Wen also laughed. Lou Yunzi suddenly felt something was wrong. Then the sword force came like a tsunami. He continued to block it but in an instant he heard the sound of broken bones in his hand.

His right arm lost consciousness, and the spirit sword and the broken arm fell down. The crescent-shaped sword light passed by Lou Yunzi and landed on the cave of Tianquan Mountain behind him, leaving a sword mark hundreds of meters long tearing the mountain.

Boom!

Black gravel that was as thick as fine iron rolled down.

Lou Yunzi stood there in a daze. He didn't know how much time had passed before he suddenly resumed breathing, as if he had walked through the gates of hell.

He asked blankly: "Is this the true meaning of the sword?"

"Yes."

Gu Wen grinned, then raised the magic sword high, and a touch of frosty white shone brightly like a star on the ground.

The three swords reflected each other, wisps of inexplicable sword light emerged, and an illusory sword shadow appeared.

hum!
Within a radius of five hundred miles of Tianquan Mountain, thousands of swords were blaring.

A shrill scream was heard from the sky.

"Goddess, are you really going to fight to the death with us and become the enemy of the righteousness of the world? We are only seeking the root of the elixir of immortality!"

These words seemed to be questioning Gu Wen, and he was like a celestial being in the sky going on a killing spree. At this moment, the power of the true sword art was no longer limited to anyone, but it was the sword art that overwhelmed everyone.

Do you really want to be enemies with everyone?

Obviously not, they want to crush everyone and explain what it means to be peerless.

Gu Wenlang said in a long voice: "I am a Hongchen from the Yuqing Sect of the Sanqing Dao Sect. Today, I have entered the third list with my true understanding of the way of the sword."

The Heaven Beyond Heaven and the Earth List were shaken, and the powerful minds from all sides subconsciously looked towards the location of Gu Wen, who was on the Human List.

This time, the change was in the Earth List. The word "Hongchen" jumped from the fifth place to the top three in the Earth List.

Large characters emitting golden light appeared one after another, accompanied by the sound of a sword that resounded through the sky.

[Third on the Earth Ranking, Red Dust, True Explanation of the Dao of the Sword, the Best Sword Under the Immortals]

The number one sword in the world, which had been silent for thousands of years, reappeared after the disappearance of the Sword Master, and was passed on to the Zhejian Mountain, where it became as famous as billions of spiritual swords. Countless disheveled sword fanatics looked up, and there was a bit of clarity in their turbid eyes.

The sword of the great swordsman who had long since died in the sword tomb flew away into the air.

Above the sky of Tianquan Mountain, swords that once accompanied a sword master to the top of the mountain fell down, and colorful rays of light pushed away the dark clouds.

Ten Taoist swords of different shapes and auras were suspended in front of Gu Wen. The erosion of time had already left them in tatters, but thousands of years after their masters' death, they still inherited their long-cherished wish to pursue the supremacy of swordsmanship.

(End of this chapter)