Tao and Heaven

Chapter 145: Sword Slaying the Demon Tribe’s Pride
Gu Wen and Chi Yuzi looked at each other, both revealing murderous intent.

Now, the other people they met in Nanshui were enemies, not friends. According to the information sent back by Jun Yan, four geniuses from the demon clan had crossed the border and came specifically to avenge the blood feud of their ancestors.

It just so happened that they were also holding their breath, and anyone would be angry if they were chased and blocked.

Now that they didn't go looking for them, these beasts snatched their opportunity first.

Gu Wen communicated with his mind and said, "Humans and demons cannot coexist. There is no need to talk about morality with these beasts. Go in quietly and find an opportunity to beat them to death with a club. If you can attack them by surprise, never fight them head-on."

Although Akabane's combat power was unparalleled and Gu Wen himself could kill enemies two or even three levels higher, they still had to face too many enemies.

"clear."

Akabane, who was usually very upright, agreed very readily at this moment, and it could be said that he agreed very much.

Because this was the education she received since childhood, there was no need to be merciful to monsters.

Although the major sects now allow the demons to cross the border, the education they give to their disciples is basically "humans and demons cannot coexist". Applying the current Daqian or the previous life, it is the distinction between countries, the Chinese and the barbarians.

Harmony and friendship are still unknown, but the slaughter and conquest between the two sides have continued for countless years.

By the way, divine beasts are not monsters. Although many monsters claim to have inherited the bloodline of certain divine beasts, in fact, divine beasts are innately infertile.

The so-called inherited bloodline is similar to the Demonic Divine Blood School, both of which are about self-transformation and imitation of the innate demon god, just like the orthodox practice of Qigong and enlightenment of the Xuanmen sect is about learning from the heaven and earth.

Therefore, Ao Tang stood on the side of the Three Pure Ones Taoist sect in the dispute between humans and demons, and after the jade pendant in Gu Wen's arms was born, he must have stood on the side of the human race.

This is why divine beasts are extremely popular among major sects. A long-lived and loyal innate divine beast is enough to suppress destiny.

The secret realm is not big, the entrance is no more than ten feet high, and it is embedded in the mountain, covered by weeds and vines.

Chiyuzi pushed aside the vines and walked in front, followed closely by Gu Wen, pulling the half-asleep Yu Hua inside, while Ao Tang turned into a falcon and stood on Gu Wen's shoulder.

"My Yujian Sect's secret realm occupies the extreme of the earth, and the extremes of the five elements are all breeding treasures. Tianquan Mountain is the sword pool, and Nanshui is the earth core crystal. This is a precious medicine for refining the body, which is why other people's golden elixir only has six turns, while Yujian Sect has nine turns."

Akabane explained it to Gu Wen using his spiritual power, and the latter's eyes lit up when he heard it.

The treasure born from the extreme of the five elements, the sword pool already contains countless imperial fluids, how could the heavenly marrow of the earth core crystal be less?
Gu Wen suddenly thought of something and asked, "Why isn't the Yu Jian Sect called the Jin Dan Sect?"

Since she has mastered one of the thirty-six methods of becoming an immortal, which is the sect's highest method, and that half-immortal is the strongest, shouldn't she be named after him?

Ao Tang replied: "Because the founding master is not unsurpassable, and the Three Pure Ones were not founded by Qing Cang. There are always some geniuses who can go further by standing on the shoulders of their ancestors."

"Concentrate your breath."

Akabane suddenly reminded, and then there was a slight light ahead, and everyone passed through the long and narrow passage.

The cave is much smaller than the previous one. It looks like an underground cave with densely packed stalactites hanging above the head.

There is a three-story platform in the center, and Gu Wen guessed that the earth core crystal is on it.

There were several figures in the distance with their backs to them. When they looked closely, they saw that their eyes were focused and their magical power was focused to bring their sight closer, and it was obvious that they were not human.

Instead, they were monsters that walked upright, with human bodies and animal heads. Their unconcealable stench could be smelled from a long distance away.

It was the first time that Gu Wen saw a monster, and it was not much different from what he had imagined. The only surprise was that it was neither human-shaped nor animal-shaped, but something in between.

Similar to the monsters in Journey to the West with human bodies and beast faces.

There were three monsters in total, all with wolf heads and human bodies, and all carrying a big sword on their backs.

The monsters even used weapons? Journey to the West really doesn’t lie to me.

Gu Wen watched with great interest, looking like a monkey in human form.

But in fact, it is understandable that when becoming an immortal, all strength is suppressed, and the strength of the body will be weakened a hundred times. The body that monsters are most proud of cannot compare to fine iron.

They were using their claws to dig out various spiritual herbs and put them into baskets. There were potholes everywhere near them, and most of the spiritual herbs had been dug up.

But these monsters are very weak, with only the third level of Taoism.

"They are not the geniuses of the demon race, but local demons who have been enlightened."

Akabane pointed out their identities.

Gu Wen clearly drew out the Zhanxia Sword, approached quietly, and probed with his mind ten steps away. Suddenly, he felt a ray of hope, a spell that seemed to serve as a warning.

Under the influence of the Five Spirits, strands of spiritual energy spread in the void, extending all the way to a strange stone on the waist of one of the wolf monsters. The strange stone was carved, and the artifact was rough, but it contained spirituality.

Monsters are not completely unintelligent, they also possess similar techniques to refining weapons.

Just like monkeys can throw stones, using tools is a primate talent. Monsters have the same IQ as primates, so there is no reason why they cannot use tools.

Unfortunately, they were too inferior to the Five Spirits condensed by Yuqing Daoji, and Gu Wen's warning spiritual magic could not cause any waves.

"Hurry up, the king asked us to move our things quickly and then move on to the next place."

"It's so hard to get into the human territory. When can I eat blood and food to my heart's content?"

"Haven't you had enough from the daily sacrifices?"

"Only a few people offer sacrifices throughout the year. If there are more, they will rebel and lose the incense."

"A good person is good because his three souls and seven spirits are strong, and a bad person is bad because his three souls and seven spirits are complete. If you look for bears, tigers, and elephants, they have sufficient qi and blood, but they may not be able to survive if they only give birth to one baby a year. They eat a lot, poop a lot, and give birth to few children."

Hoarse voices were heard one after another. There were many languages ​​and accents in the world, but all those related to cultivation language were common.

Because the monks' language is evolved from the Tao, the pronunciation of the words they use is all Tao.

The official language of Daqian was brought by Emperor Daojun, so there was no obstacle to communication.

Gu Wen's curiosity diminished again. All intelligent beings were similar, except that the creatures that were eaten turned into humans.

It's not necessarily that scary, but if it were humans, they would discuss which animal is more economical to raise. Mortals care about the meat yield, while monsters care about the three souls and seven spirits.

The law of the jungle is natural, but it is often more intense than a blood feud because killing the other party becomes a matter of course.

Gu Wen calmed his mind and then swung his sword forward. At this time, the two sides were only ten steps apart, and the three monsters still had their backs to him.

Zheng!
The sound of the sword entered the ears of the three monsters, and they reacted extremely quickly. They turned around almost instantly, baring their teeth and showing ferocious looks on their faces.

Boom!

Immediately afterwards, the second sound came from behind, and a sword mark hundreds of meters long appeared in the direction they were originally facing, extending from the bottom all the way to the dome of the cave.

The three wolf demons ignored him and all of them wanted to take a step forward at the same time, their sights suddenly falling rapidly.

Then they saw their lower bodies, blood gushing out like a fountain, and they also saw the murderer.

A 54th level Daoist base, sneak attacking their 3rd level Daoist base little demon? !
In the blink of an eye, his soul was split into two.

The three wolf demons were killed on the spot, with only dullness and disbelief in their eyes.

Gu Wen bent down and collected the herbs they had dug. All together they weighed about ten kilograms, and they were all herbs, not fruits.

The two are of different varieties. The weight of the herb is lighter, and the amount of heavenly marrow that can be obtained from ten kilograms is more than that of the spiritual fruit.

Put a herb in your mouth and chew it, and you will get one-fifth of a unit of Heavenly Marrow. Many spiritual herbs grow in pieces, and the amount of Heavenly Marrow is almost the same. It takes about thirty years of Heavenly Marrow to refine it into a pill.
Ao Tang then swallowed it. Knowing that Gu Wen was in great need of pills, he said, "With the spiritual medicine you gave me before and these, I should be able to refine sixty pills."

One pill contains about two years of Heavenly Marrow, and sixty pills contain about one hundred and twenty years of Heavenly Marrow.

Gu Wen estimated that this trip to the secret realm was not bad, but it still seemed a little short.

He could only hope that the Earth Core Crystal would have more Heavenly Marrow or Emperor's Plasma, otherwise it would be hard for him to quickly condense the Nine-Turn Golden Pill. If necessary, Gu Wen even considered starting with the Sixth Turn.

Life is more important than realm. Without the present, there would be no future.

On the other side, Akabaneko climbed onto the platform in the center and saw only an empty platform.

She walked down with a gloomy face and said, "The Earth Core Crystal has been taken away." "They don't have it either. From what we heard, they should just stay to clean up the mess."

Gu Wen had searched the three dead wolf demons thoroughly and did not find any other treasures.

He was a little annoyed that his opportunity was intercepted, but Akabane was obviously more annoyed than him. He punched the wall and with a loud bang, dense cracks spread out.

Gu Wen comforted him, "It's just an earth core crystal."

Akabane said faintly: "The outer shell of an Earth Core Crystal is enough for you to break through the fifth level of Golden Core and lay the foundation for the sixth level. And the core can help me refine the Immortal Dao Body. Especially in the current situation, we are in urgent need of this level of natural treasures to enhance our strength."

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Gu Wen was speechless, feeling a little depressed but not annoyed, because it was useless to be anxious since all his things were gone.

He had to keep calm and continue to comfort them: "As long as they are still in Nanshui, we will always get them back."

"It's easy for you to say that. This thing is indispensable to saving my life. By the time we find that beast, we will have refined it long ago!"

Akabane glared at Gu Wen and got angry, but restrained himself in an instant, turned around and squatted facing the wall.

Gu Wen remained calm. He knew that Chi Yuzi's impatience was due to Ang Ri's true anger, and more importantly, because she was extremely afraid of her sister.

The louder she screamed, the more it reflected the fear in her heart. After all, she was just a little girl.

But there is no point in arguing. The best thing to do now is to maximize benefits.

He bent down and continued to pick up the elixirs on the ground. After picking them up, he used his divine sense to explore and dig out the pits dug by the monsters, and dug out the broken roots one by one.

A little more of the heavenly marrow means a little more hope for life.

A moment later Akabane came over again, helped dig the soil, and whispered, "Sorry."

"nothing."

Gu Wen shook his head, and when Chi Yuzi calmed down, he asked, "How did those monsters discover the secret realm of Yu Jianmen?"

Logically speaking, only Akabane could find and open it, but these monsters actually got there before them.

"I'm afraid it was my sister who told those monsters about it." Akabane said coldly, "She has always been unscrupulous in pursuit of her goals. Now that the goddess is here, she dares not use her true form to attack, and wants to use her strength to defeat her."

Gu Wen glanced at Yu Hua who was standing in the distance and seemed to be asleep, and said:
"We have to accept some of these moves, but we are not fish on the chopping block."

Suddenly, a slight movement was heard from the cave entrance, and a breath flashed by, staying in the secret realm for only half a second before retreating.

But it could not escape the perception of Gu Wen's soul for just a moment. The magic of the Five Spirits Soul lies in its ability to extend its divine thoughts without any pressure in the land of immortality.

Gu Wen stood up, showing his white teeth.

“It’s really a lucky break.”

Bad news, their position is exposed.

Good news, they are strong.
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Among the mountains and rivers, a black shadow rises and falls in the forest.

It has a wolf head and a human body, and it can jump a hundred meters. It is the demon that has just entered the secret realm. It came back specially to urge the people who stayed to clean up the mess, trying to pluck the feathers from the passing geese and not leave any elixirs for the human race.

If the secret realm wasn't too solid, they would even have planned to destroy it.

As soon as it entered the secret realm, it smelled a bloody smell, which made it, already vigilant by nature, immediately retreat and turn around to run away.

It did not find Gu Wen and the others, and it guessed in its heart that there might have been a conflict and fight for some reason, which led to the smell of blood.

But no matter which one it is, it will not prevent it from going back for reinforcements, and if a fight really breaks out, it will not be able to stop it.

Brush brush!
Quickly passing through the treetops, the view in front of you becomes open.

On a distant hillside, a handsome red-haired young man stood with his hands behind his back, and behind him stood an old slave in yellow clothes. They looked no different from ordinary people, except that their pupils were vertical.

There was a fierce light in his vertical pupils that did not belong to a human, cold and full of hostility.

Seeing the wolf demon running over, the red-haired young man whispered, "Idiot."

He then cut off contact with the distant party as he was afraid that others would come and take the head.

"Report! King, over there in the secret realm"

The wolf demon quickly came ten steps away from the two men and knelt on one knee. Before it could open its mouth to report the situation, an incomparable push on the back crushed it into the soil, and its flesh and blood became indistinguishable from the soil.

Boom!

A ray of golden light shot straight forward, breaking dozens of large trees. The earth trembled slightly and the ground sank.

Dust rushed towards the red-haired young man and the yellow-clothed old slave like a wave, and a glittering golden light pierced through the dust. A golden man was seen standing on the wolf demon's corpse, and the golden man was carrying an ordinary man on his back.

Akabane raised her hand and clenched her fist. The wind from her fist blew away the dust around her. She said in a cold voice, "You are just a puppy and a yellow-skinned man. Hand over my things and I will kill you."

"So arrogant."

The red-haired young man raised his head slightly and looked at the two with contempt. His eyes quickly focused on Gu Wen and said, "Are you Hong Chen? I thought you were some sacred person who had mastered the so-called number one sword in the world, but I didn't expect you to be at this level, with only the fifth and fourth foundations."

He shook his head in disappointment, and gradually revealed the amount of his Dao base.

The Seventh Five-Dao Base, the bloodline of the mythical beast Suanni, the aura is surprisingly comparable to that of Chiyuzi.

These thousand-year-old monsters still have some advantages, but they don’t know how they will be used in an actual fight.

"This king's sword."

The sword swung loudly, and his posture was noble and transcendent, without any barbarity. He was completely different from those wolf monsters.

He seemed to want to introduce himself and tell Gu Wen and Akabaneko about his noble origins.

He looks very much like Zhao Feng, and very much like the nobleman of Longqiao in Bianjing.

Gu Wen collected his thoughts, put his arm around Chi Yuzi's neck, and whispered in his ear, "Just catch him, and I'll chop off his head."

What he lacks now is not the means of attack, but all other means are not enough to match the attack.

But fighting is about the whole picture. Simply having great strength is useless. If you can't hit the person, everything is in vain.

As soon as he finished speaking, Akabane turned into a golden light and arrived in an instant. It was not that Suanren was completely unprepared, as dozens of protective measures had already been formed in front of him.

However, the Golden Light Spell was almost ineffective under its powerful impact.

Akabane stretched out his hand and grabbed the Suanren, and true fire defense emerged from the latter's body. Ordinary people would be turned into ashes if touched, but the Golden Light Curse was not affected at all.

Suan Ren looked confused, and wondered in his heart: Why did she grab me like this?
But no one fights like this.

Zheng!
The magic sword came out of his body, and Gu Wen swung the sword towards Suanren's head. Before it touched, he saw layers of colorful clouds in the void, which turned into a protective defense.

The other party also has treasures similar to the Liu Ming Pearl, and the genius of the demon clan is also indispensable.

He would die if he were struck by this sword, so the treasure automatically protects his life.

But does it make sense?
The remnant of the immortal sword, the scabbard of the immortal sword, the sword-cultivation technique, and half of the mana of Gu Wen's fourth-level golden elixir.

Being caught by Chiyuzi and allowed to be chopped at will, even if the Heavenly Lord came, Gu Wen would dare to say that he would chop off his head.

The immortal sword paused slightly, then swept past quickly, and a head flew high into the air.

At this moment, the old slave in yellow reacted and launched an extremely powerful attack.

Akabane let go of the headless corpse, turned around and used his body to help Gu Wen block the attack. The spell still fell on him, and there was even enough power left to spread golden light and wrap around Gu Wen.

The lifeless Suanren transformed into a strange beast, shaped like a lion, with a head as big as an ox cart, and the headless corpse was dozens of meters long.

(End of this chapter)