Tao and Heaven

Chapter 138: As Long as You Live, You Will Never Die (Two in One)

A head was set on fire, and Gu Wen and Jun Yan gathered around it as if to keep warm.

Gu Wen asked, "I remember you said you don't like killing people?"

Jun Yan recovered his breath, sat cross-legged and practiced internal energy to heal his wounds while telling Gu Wen the story.

"Among the three elements of heaven, earth and man, only the cause and effect of man is the most complicated. Killing is the most direct way to resolve the cause and effect, but conversely it is also the inducement that makes the cause and effect more complicated. There is a cause and effect in the dark. For example, if a sect is slaughtered, if one child escapes, it will gather the luck of the entire sect."

"Can luck be transferred like this?" Gu Wen was surprised and asked curiously, "Doesn't that mean we can't kill people at will?"

"It's not that mysterious. The faction was destroyed, and the descendants escaped and took revenge are only a few special cases."

Akabane descended from the sky, with a hint of spiritual light in his orange-red eyes, and his aura became even stronger.

"These few people should be singled out and talked about over and over again. Can one of the ten destroyed sects be able to take revenge? You are so superstitious. Do you still believe in fate after practicing?"

There was a lot of disdain and contempt in her tone, and she was like this whenever she mentioned numerology, an extremely important part of spiritual practice.

Gu Wen could also understand why Chi Yuzi thought so. If he reached the pinnacle of genius with his disabled body, he would not believe in fate.

Jun Yan shook his head and retorted, "It's different when destiny competes with each other. In the case of destroying a sect, it's usually the sects that attack each other, and the ones that can successfully destroy a sect are all ten thousand year old sects. Otherwise, with the same foundation, they can only win, but cannot destroy a sect."

Chi Yuzi clenched his fist and said, "If I can shake the universe with one punch, and kill him like the immortal Qing Cang did back then, would I still have luck?"

"Yes, back then, Immortal Qingcang destroyed most of the sects in the cultivation world, and was known as the only sect in the world, and only Taoism was supreme. But after his death, those sects that were destroyed sprang up like mushrooms after rain, and now there are still three religions in existence."

Jun Yan brought out some secrets that Gu Wen didn't know to prove his point.

"A Taoist sect extends to the powerful and the geniuses within the sect, and has countless magic weapons and Taoist soldiers. In addition, there are also favors from people outside, relationships accumulated over thousands of years, and the missing ancestors of a certain generation of the sect. Everything is a bottomless abyss that is gradually deepened as time goes by."

The strategic depth of the Xiuxian version?
Gu Wen vaguely understood something.

Luck does exist, but it is not that mysterious. For example, Ao Tang particularly likes to talk about relationships and favors.

"So I don't like killing people, because killing people concentrates luck. If I kill a sect heir, the luck will be transferred to the next heir. The world has never lacked genius, it only lacks luck."

"Crooked ways."

Chi Yuzi turned to look at Gu Wen and asked, "Hong Chen, what do you think?"

Gu Wen said seriously: "I think what you said makes sense."

If we say that Chi Yuzi is more worthy of praise for his spiritual affirmation, then the path of numerology does exist. However, these have nothing to do with him, he is just a good Taoist friend.

"So why did you want to kill the sect behind the Nanchun Army?"

Gu Wen changed the subject, and Jun Yan shook his head slightly and said, "I can't tell you for now. I'll tell you after you help me kill some demons. But you can believe me, this will not do you any harm, because compared to personal grudges, the relationship between you and me is more important."

"Since you don't want to say it, I won't force you."

Gu Wen didn't believe it completely, but he didn't take it to heart either. He turned around and continued collecting elixirs.

He asked, "Akabane, can I pull out the unripe ones as well?"

"Of course you can, but you can't waste it."

Akabane nodded without hesitation.

There are not only a few spiritual herbs on the Spiritual Medicine Island, but the descendants of the Yu Jian Sect generally take a thousand years to mature, or at least a hundred years.

Although the sect did not restrict the picking, they did not touch the weeds. This thing grows every once in a while, and the key is how old it is, otherwise you can't absorb much of the medicinal properties.
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And so another day passed.

"I can't eat anymore, Master Dao, I can't eat anymore."

Gu Wen was lying on the ground with a round belly. Some of the spiritual medicine in the Qiankun bag had overflowed, revealing a few spiritual medicine petals. The Qiankun bag hanging around his waist looked like a girl's sachet.

The spiritual island of the Yu Jianmen small world is about 10,000 acres, equivalent to hundreds of Jiangjia villages and their fields, and every inch of land here grows spiritual herbs and medicines.

According to Akabane, this secret realm gathers spiritual energy from a thousand miles around. And one inch of land in the Immortal Realm is equivalent to a hundred times that of the cultivation world. If you want to create a secret realm of the same level outside, you need a territory of 100,000 miles.

In this way, the spiritual medicine grown there may not necessarily accelerate the cultivation of Taoism.

But Gu Wen encountered a problem, similar to the problem when he ate medicinal fruits and Luo Du ate earth fruits.

Although there are many spiritual herbs here, the amount of heavenly marrow added by one spiritual herb is very small. Basically, ten spiritual herbs add one load of heavenly marrow. Some weeds that have not yet grown for several dozen years only add one load of heavenly marrow.

Originally, Gu Wen felt a little embarrassed to take advantage of others, but when he and Chi Yuzi finished picking all the 'mature' herbs, he swallowed them all in one gulp and obtained the Ten Years of Heavenly Marrow.

Then it was gone, so naturally he had to eat it with all his might.

After two days of unremitting efforts, Tiansui changed from 170 years to.
【Two Hundred Years of Tiansui】

This is even before adding the thousand-year-old elixir that Akabane gave him, which means that if he eats too much in a day, he will lose ten years of heavenly marrow.

Not too much, not too little, but it tastes too bitter.

Yu Hua came over, leaned over and touched Gu Wen's stomach, and the bloating and pain disappeared in an instant.

She asked gently, "Are you feeling better?"

In the past, she would have scolded Gu Wen for being greedy, but Gu Wen had no problems eating as much as he wanted many times. Instead, his cultivation became more and more rapid, as if he could absorb the elixir perfectly.

So Yu Hua stopped interfering.

"Thank you."

Gu Wen took out another handful of elixirs and stuffed them into his mouth, his brows knitted together as he continued to stuff them in.

I really want to improve!

Yu Hua didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Why don't you wait for the Dharma Protector to come and let him help you refine all the elixirs. As a divine beast, the Dharma Protector's second magical power is to refine elixirs. He alone can support 100,000 disciples in their cultivation."

"So miraculous?"

Gu Wen was increasingly looking forward to the effects of his divine beast.

Looking inward at his sea of ​​qi, he felt his magic power overflowing. If he combined the remaining traces of his immortal sword with the true knowledge of the sword art, he could unleash his most powerful killing move so far, a sword light that even Akabane's golden light spell could not resist.

It is also the most energy-consuming method. When in Tianquan Mountain, the true sword can be swung more than ten times, but the residual sword of immortality can only be used once.

Now it is the third time, the power of the second level golden elixir.

Now, after two days of replenishing spiritual medicine, it is enough to break through the third level of golden elixir.

After Gu Wen digested it for an hour, he used his skills to fly to the top of the mountain. Chi Yuzi sat on a dry rock, his body emitting golden light like a big sun illuminating the entire small world.

She slowly opened her eyes, her orange-red pupils sparkling, and the aura of the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir gave the usually lively girl a sense of dignity.

Gu Wen said: "I want to break through the third level of golden elixir."

Akabane praised: "You have 80% of my style."

"." Gu Wen pulled the corner of his mouth. He was sure that this drunkard was not as quick as him and was just being stubborn.

Akabane said: "Just break through here, I will protect you, and I will help you if you have any problems."

"it is good."

Gu Wen simply sat down where he was. This was the purpose of his coming here. He would leave professional matters to professionals.

Close your eyes and enter into meditation, sinking into the sea of ​​​​qi.

Akabane looked at Gu Wen's face, and his aura changed in just a moment.

'One success?'

She looked surprised. She had already overestimated Gu Wen. She didn't find it strange that he had reached the third level in just half a month from the beginning of condensing the golden elixir.

Because this is the place for becoming immortal, a place that exists for becoming immortal, and everything here is for the purpose of becoming immortal.

Spiritual medicine can speed up the cultivation of Tao foundation, but Tao foundation is different from cultivation and does not require accumulation at all.

During this period, Gu Wen ate like a dog, and it was a miracle that he didn't have any problems. It was understandable that he could reach the third level. Little by little, a lot can be accumulated, but he accumulated it a little too fast.

You should know that when she was completing her golden elixir, she also had two breakthroughs in a month. When she first came to Tianquan Mountain, she was only at the eighth level of the golden elixir, and when Tianquan Mountain was opened, she broke through to the ninth level.

But you in Hongchen have already learned the true meaning of swordsmanship, do you think your Jindan must be on the same level as me?
"Humph! This breakthrough will definitely fail."

Akabane snorted coldly, feeling quite depressed.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Wen's magic power was rapidly consumed, and one third of it disappeared in the blink of an eye, while his abdomen faintly emitted a golden light.

This is a sign of further condensing the golden elixir, and this step requires sufficient mana.

Chiyuzi snapped his fingers and a pill flew into Gu Wen's mouth.

"Hai Jiazi said that keeping your mana full is the key to a breakthrough."

Inside the Qi Sea, Gu Wen looked at the greatly reduced Tian Sui and felt his heart twitching.

[Spending seventy years of Tiansui, the third level of Jindan, the system of nothingness]

[Heavenly Marrow 130 Years Heavenly Marrow]

[Fourth level golden elixir, the source of good fortune, requires eighty years of heavenly marrow]

This time it's just a small portion of the Heavenly Marrow. The fourth level can drive the Taoist priest down to the poverty line.

But Gu Wen had to take this step, because he needed to do what ordinary people could not do in order to be invincible, to carve out a path, and for the sake of his future freedom. Only when you are powerful can you be free, and only when you are invincible can you become an immortal.

'In this way, I can swing the immortal sword three times. I wonder how graceful the real immortal sword is.'

Gu Wen couldn't help but think of the magic sword. Perhaps the hope was slim, but through the scabbard he could indeed catch a hint of connection.

But Akabane could not feel this connection, even though she slept with the scabbard in her arms day and night.

That is the only magical sword in the world.

hum!
Suddenly, the exhausted magic power began to replenish. Gu Wen was stunned for a moment, and with his spiritual sense slightly probed outside, he realized that it was Chiyuzi who fed him elixirs to maintain his condition.

Akabane also noticed his divine thoughts and asked, "How is it?"

"."

Gu Wen was silent for a moment, then he moved his mind and activated the Heavenly Marrow, and the Eighty Years of Heavenly Marrow fell down.

"Akabane, I can't control the golden elixir anymore. It's about to break through the fourth level!"

[Spending eighty years of heavenly marrow, the fourth level of golden elixir, the source of good fortune]

【Fifty Years of Tiansui】

After a long time, Gu Wen opened his eyes again and saw a pair of orange-red eyes that contained murderous intent.

He coughed twice and said, "My talent is too high, there's nothing I can do."

"Go to hell!"

Boom!

Gu Wen flew out directly and landed heavily on the mountain wall on the other side. Suddenly, the earth shook and dust filled the sky.

But he only felt a little pain and his body was not injured.

The body is getting stronger, is this the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir?
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September 25th.

When he was about to leave the cave, Chi Yuzi suddenly found Gu Wen and said, "I want to practice and need your help."

"what can I do for you?"

Gu Wen was a little confused, and Jun Yan also gave him a puzzled look.

When it comes to the art of golden elixir, perhaps only Chi Ling in the world can guide Chi Yuzi.

Akabane didn't say much, just pursed her lips, and the movement of grabbing her clothes slightly revealed a hint of hesitation.

Yu Hua said, "Go ahead. There is no harm in helping her. If she succeeds, it will be of great benefit to you."

Gu Wen remembered the "above the golden elixir" that the two of them had talked about not long ago. He didn't ask any more questions and nodded, "Okay."

"follow me."

Chiyuzi grabbed Gu Wen and soared into the sky. In a few breaths, they arrived at the edge of a cliff. Chiyuzi punched out with extreme power and control, like a raging fire melting ice, and forcibly carved out a cave five meters high and five meters wide in the rock.

The two walked in one after the other. Chi Yuzi casually set up a simple formation. Gu Wen asked, "How can I help you specifically?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Akabane took off his sword case and threw it aside. The robes on his body turned into starlight and faded away, revealing his snow-white skin in the air.

Gu Wen subconsciously closed his eyes and turned away, not even taking him in.

He had some bad guesses in his heart, but if it was true, Gu Wen would refuse, because there is no magic method in the world that requires dual cultivation or physical intimacy to practice.

The higher the level of the Dharma, the more it emphasizes the supremacy of oneself and the importance of not relying on external things.

Either this is a trick, or Akabane has mental problems.

"It wouldn't hurt me if they saw me, and I'm not naked."

Akagi Ziche's voice, as sweet as the sound of orchids in a valley, came with a hint of impatience, and the sound of slight stomping of feet was heard.

Gu Wen turned around and saw that Akabane's clothes had changed into something similar to modern sports short-sleeved T-shirt and shorts, covering her key parts, but it was still too unrestrained and bold in the clothing concept of this world.

He was a little speechless and said, "Can you please stop being silent? If you do that again, I will just leave."

"Have you never seen a woman? Or are you afraid of breaking your vows? Sanqing Dao Sect is not a Buddhist temple."

Akabane rolled his eyes and said, "My Yu Jian Sect's cultivation emphasizes purity of mind and few desires, so you don't need to worry about me doing anything bad."

"I don't think you are pure and innocent, you are like a big cannon."

Gu Wen asked: "So how do you want me to help you?"

"It's simple. Use your magic sword to pierce my internal organs."

Akabane placed his hand lightly on his exposed abdomen, and his fingertips stroked across his internal organs from his snow-white skin.

Gu Wen frowned slightly and said, "Can you tell me why?"

The true meaning of the sword art is pure attack to the extreme, and the immortal sword is purely about killing.

The wounds caused by the Immortal Sword Remnant were extremely difficult to heal. All the Taoist methods and treasures were useless in front of the Immortal Sword. This was just the Immortal Sword Remnant. If the real Immortal Sword came, there might be no such thing as recovery.

Chi Yuzi has already cultivated the Nine-transformation Golden Pill, and has the Immortal Sword scabbard to stabilize her soul. She hasn't been sick for a long time, and she hasn't drunk alcohol for a long time.

Akabaneko doesn't drink because she likes it; alcohol is just a spiritual comfort.

"To live, to keep this body breathing."

Akabane raised his hand and took out a scarlet Taoist sword, and used the sword to cut off the hair that had grown a little long, as if cutting off all the weakness.

Then press it against the abdomen and push it inward with force.

Gu Wen was so shocked that he quickly took two steps forward, but then he found that the sword could not penetrate his flesh at all.

Akabane said solemnly and seriously: "Only the Immortal Sword can break the body of the Nine-Turn Golden Pill, and above the Golden Pill is the Immortal Dao Body. The Immortal Dao Body needs to destroy the body of the Nine-Turn Golden Pill again and again, and be tempered between life and death."

"Hong Chen, I have never asked anyone for help in my life. I ask for your help. If it works, I will repay you for your kindness for the rest of my life."

"it is good."

Gu Wen's eyes brightened and he said no more. In his right hand, a sword as white as ice and snow appeared, and a bright light from the tip of the sword illuminated the whole room.

He couldn't stop it.

"The first sword pierces the lung."

Akabane pointed out the location of the divine treasure, and Gu Wen stabbed it with his sword without hesitation, and a trace of bright red slowly flowed out.

"The second sword, the Liver God's Treasure."

Gu Wen drew his sword and stabbed it into the snow-white skin again. Akabane swayed slightly and reached out to grab his arm. His height of about 1.6 meters only reached Gu Wen's chest.

"enough."

"It's not enough, the third sword, the Shen Shen Zang."

Akabane stood back unsteadily, pointed at the Shenshenzang, and stabbed it with another sword.

The sword made her fall to the ground feeling powerless. Gu Wen wanted to persuade her, but seeing Akabane's calm and determined eyes, he found it hard to refuse.

"The fourth sword, the spleen god treasure."

"The fifth sword, the heart and soul are hidden."

Akabane grabbed the sword and pressed it against his heart, but his hand was cut just as he was holding the remaining sword.

Gu Wen shook his head slightly and said, "You are already very weak now. Can't the Immortal Dao Body be improved step by step?"

Although a broken heart would not kill Akabane, she was now extremely weak and anything could happen.

“This is just the first step, just a tiny step.”

Akabane smiled and said in a hoarse voice:

"Heaven and earth allow weak spirits to control powerful bodies, but they do not allow broken spirits to live in bodies. Hong Chen, didn't you say you wanted to become an immortal?"

"Stab me, and I will show you the real Golden Elixir Method, one of the thirty-six methods to become an immortal."

"Gu Wen, stab it."

Yu Hua's voice came from my ear.

puff!
The Immortal Sword Canxian pierced through Chiyuzi's heart without any hindrance. The girl's body trembled slightly, a trace of blood slid from the corner of her mouth, and her pupils gradually dimmed and enlarged.

Suddenly, a strong heartbeat sounded, but her heart had been pierced and was no longer beating.

In an instant, a golden light shone through the remnants of the immortal sword, and then the remnants of the immortal sword shattered into pieces.

Gu Wen could have maintained it with even greater magic power, but he did not do so. He took two steps back, and saw golden rays of light flying out from the wounds on his internal organs.

The wound caused by the magic sword began to heal slowly, and a power equal to that of the magic sword emanated from Akabane's body.

[One look at the embryo of the Immortal Dao Body, the fifth level of the Golden Elixir reduces the Heavenly Marrow by ten years, and the required Heavenly Marrow is eighty years]

(End of this chapter)