Tao and Heaven

Chapter 162: The Divine Tree Friendship Fee Arrives

A cow horn was burning. Gu Wen was squatting barefoot beside it. The slightly pungent smell made him frown.

"Even though you can't smell it anymore, we can still smell it."

“It seems to have some flavor.”

Akabane moved slightly closer, inhaled the black smoke, and then couldn't help coughing.

"You see I react to smoke, it seems I haven't completely lost my five senses."

Coughing is a function of the lungs, not the sense of smell.

Gu Wen did not break Chi Yuzi's beautiful fantasy. He nodded slightly to show his agreement, accompanied her to burn the ox horns, and then meditated.

[Take the Earth Core Crystal, the Eighth Transformation Golden Pill requires a hundred years of Heavenly Marrow, and the Golden Pill is 30% flawless. ]

The Earth Core Crystal only allowed his Golden Core to reach half of the standard strength. It would take at least a month to practice with the Spirit Sword and half a month to use the Angri True Fire.

But now, there is Jianmu's clone outside, and the so-called Holy Son of Jiaolong in the mouths of monsters watching covetously, and Chiyuzi is facing the problem of losing his five senses inside.

He is now at the 54th level of Taoism. With the accumulation of various top-level skills and Dharma images, his actual combat power can reach the twelfth level under normal circumstances, and the thirteenth level when he bursts out with full force.

There was no way he could defeat the vine monster, which was at least at level 16. In terms of attack, it should be around level 15, or even lower.

Once you break away from your original realm and jump to a higher level, you are no longer a bucket. In order to jump to a higher level, you must be extremely outstanding in some aspect. Gu Wen jumped to a higher level entirely because of his fierce attack.

He doesn't need to consider consumption and defense, because there will be no defense pressure if the enemy is dead.

The highlight of Akabaneko's leap two levels is defense and mana reserves.

The vine monster should have some kind of magical power of defense and devouring qi and blood, which happens to restrain characters like Chiyuzi who have high defense and high blood, while Gu Wen's burst can restrain characters like the vine monster who consumes energy.

The battle of wits is not about subtraction between the two sides, but about how to kill people.

If a normal cultivator is compared to a bucket, then a cultivator who kills enemies at a higher level is like an iron spear. It is good enough if the cultivator is extremely specialized in one aspect and is able to break the bucket.

It requires a burst of sixteen-fold attack at once, and that doesn't mean it can be killed with one sword.

Gu Wen thought about it and suddenly felt a headache.

The Nine Revolutions Golden Pill allowed him to go from being evenly matched with the third level to being invincible, and then to being evenly matched with the fourth level. If the opponent was also a top-level genius, he would have to make some concessions.

Fourteenth level explosion, still two levels away from killing the vine monster.

Maybe I have to rely on Akabane to make up for it. She can hold me back and I can strike a few more times with my sword.

This was the only solution Gu Wen could think of. If the damage was not enough, his teammates had to make up for it, and he could also call Jun Yan back.

'If the golden elixir is not flawless, can it break through? Even if it cannot break through, will it speed up the refining speed of flawless?'

Gu Wen suddenly had an idea. He remembered that when he first practiced Yuqing Sword Technique, he also needed to condense the sword intent.

It is still needed now, but the true understanding of the way of the sword is not an inconvenient thing. It will naturally condense the sword intent by itself.

With a thought, he injected a hundred years of celestial marrow into it, and pushed the seventh-level golden elixir to the eighth level.

Fire meteors fell from the fate, like meteorites hitting Venus, and the golden elixir vibrated violently.

The state that was impossible to go any further began to be forcibly pushed forward, and a circle of blurry light emerged, which eventually lasted for a moment and then broke.

Imperfection, defect.

[Eighth rank golden elixir, golden elixir flawless 30%]

【Two Hundred Years of Tiansui】

A stream of insights surged into his mind, and Gu Wen made further progress in refining the spirit sword. It would take only ten days to complete the refining.

Ten days is not a long time. The money for the friend of the sacred tree will arrive tomorrow.

I still have two hundred years of Heavenly Marrow in my pocket, so I can practice some other skills to increase my strength.

Gu Wen thought about it, and then turned to other skills.

Looking inward at the Qi Sea, various types of skills are arranged into categories. Among them, the three methods of becoming immortal, the True Explanation of the Sword Dao, the Jade Purity Dao Foundation, and the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, are the most dazzling, followed by the Zhaolie Dharma Image that best suits him.

Gu Wen actually wanted to pick up Zhaolie Dharma Image, after all, it was a technique he created himself, and at least it had the foundation to condense his magical powers. But the Immortal Technique was too strong, and his Heavenly Marrow was not abundant, so he completely abandoned it.

Unfortunately, the true solution to the sword has already somewhat taken its place, and its only function is to catch the enemy by surprise, exchanging minimal consumption for less damage.

Compared to the Immortal Sword's attacks that could either kill or cripple someone, the Zhaolie Spear was very weak. Its only advantage was its low power consumption.

[Zhaolie Spear, which is clear and bright, kills righteously, and has untraceable magical powers. It can help you learn sword skills, but requires ten years of natural marrow]

Gu Wen was surprised. He didn't expect that his spear skills could be improved through sword skills?

The biggest flaw of Zhaolie Spear is that its foundation is too weak, which makes it almost impossible to find a way to improve it. Now it seems that it can be improved through the true solution of Kendo.

"Ten years of Tiansui is more cost-effective than a hundred years of Taiyin Ling."

With a thought and a breath, the Ten Years of Heavenly Marrow caused the Zhaolie Spear to change.

The red dragon surged, and its roar shook the sky. There was an extra hint of swordsmanship in its aura. The spearmanship did not improve to a higher level as expected, but directly extended into a new branch.

Gu Wen understood clearly that Zhaolie Spear was not just a simple spear technique, but a killing technique.

Since it is the way of killing, any form is acceptable.

[Zhao Lie (Spear, Sword), the third level of sword intent in swordsmanship, the fourth level of sword god requires twenty years of natural marrow]

Since Gu Wen was proficient in the true meaning of the sword, he leaped to the sword intent stage without having to practice again.

After twenty years of infusion of heavenly marrow, the Zhaolie sword intent was completed.

[The fifth level of Zhaolie Sword, the realm of the Sword God, requires forty years of heavenly marrow to achieve.]

Forty years later, the Heavenly Marrow entered again and Zhaolie Sword God was achieved.

[The sixth level of Zhaolie Sword, the realm of Dharma, requires eighty years of heavenly marrow. ]

[One Hundred and Thirty Years of Tiansui]

Gu Wen stopped because he needed to save enough celestial marrow for the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.

Zhaolie's killing method cannot provide the ability to kill enemies of higher levels, but it can improve Gu Wen's combat effectiveness after he passes three levels, probably from lower-middle to upper-level, which is normal and can beat most people.
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Southern Water Frontier.

Thunder rumbled in the clouds. The nun was gasping for breath, and her cold face looked a little weaker.

The dragon was lying in the clouds, its body covered with the image of a blue dragon, and its length was over a hundred feet. Under the bombardment of thunder, it was not damaged at all, but its blue scales were stained with a layer of blue light.

"You have become weaker. Should I call you the Three Pure Ones, or the Three Pure Ones Saintess? You should have practiced the Three Pure Ones by now. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, you are running outside alone. Where are your celestial being and your yang body?"

One of the methods of becoming an immortal in the Taoist Sanqing sect is to transform into the Sanqing in one breath.

It can perfectly differentiate into three existences, corresponding to Yin and Yang and heaven and man. Among them, Yin and Yang appear as the main gender, and the Three Pure Ones are male, so naturally a female body will appear.

It is said that after the three have practiced for thousands of years, their incarnations, whose memories have been greatly deviated due to the passage of time, are willing to give up their original selves, and the three can become immortals if they merge into one.

But they were at odds from the beginning, so what was there to discuss about the next thousand years?

"You are neither a man nor a woman, you are just a small insect. If you cannot understand human language, please do not embarrass yourself."

Taoist nun Xueyan was illuminated by the lightning, revealing an ethereal coldness, and the thunder in her palm symbolized the most violent thing in the world. There has never been a formal concept of holy sons and holy daughters in Taoism. Only the successor is the official title, and the son is a respectful title.

On the other hand, the demons were much more rough. The cave master called them the demon emperor and their sons were the kings, and those who called themselves demon saints were the saint sons and saint daughters. Later, some small sects learned this and it gradually spread privately.

But the Three Pure Ones Taoist sect, which has a long history, disdains to learn the names of monsters.

"Haha, you are still as arrogant as ever. If you had all three, I would have retreated. But now you are a woman all alone and you are just a piece of fish on the chopping board."

The Azure Dragon roared and charged forward, its eyes filled with excitement and unconcealable excitement.

He trembled with excitement at the thought of abducting the former number one prodigy of the human race and taking him as his own private treasure.

"When I capture you and bring you back to the Dragon Palace, I will take away your Nascent Soul and give birth to a dragon son. The leaders of all the sects of the human race will be ashamed!"

The Taoist nun manipulated the divine thunder, fighting with it hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of times in a flash, so much so that Ao Heng began to gasp for breath, and his body was covered with charred wounds.

But he was not in a hurry because the Taoist nun consumed more energy than he did.

Once it is determined that the enemy is not as strong as oneself, but does not have extremely overwhelming power, attrition becomes the safest method.

Just when Ao Heng was feeling excited, he suddenly felt cold all over. The Taoist nun in front of him suddenly became more energetic and her eyes seemed to be shining with fire.

"Oh no! This woman is going to fight to the death."

As soon as this thought came to Ao Heng, it was too late to retreat.

The Taoist nun was indeed not as good as him, but the gap between them was not that big, and she would not foolishly wait for herself to be consumed. It was basically impossible to capture her back, and Ao Heng was lucky to be able to bring back a complete body.

The Taoist nun's eyes grew colder, and the five thunders in her palms grew more powerful.

Boom!

Rouyi used the divine thunder to penetrate into the body of Qinglong with one palm. With the continuous lightning, dense cracks appeared on the dragon's body.

Qinglong cried out in pain, then used his magical powers to fly back ten miles. The Taoist nun followed closely with another palm strike, and thunder roared in the sky and lightning flashed across the sky.

"Crazy woman, I will bring you into the palace next time!"

Ao Heng flew away again and turned into a green light and sank into the Nanshui River.

He realized that it was impossible to abduct the female body of Sanqing Daozi at this stage, and he might even get himself seriously injured. Now he still had the mission of the ancestor, so he couldn't really do anything bad for a female body.

Even though this woman made him salivate.

The Taoist nun did not pursue the man any further. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, she also walked into Nanshui and looked for a place to heal her wounds first.

The waterfall in the forest is like a cascade of rain, with water vapor rising up.

The Taoist nun waved her hand to create a cave behind the waterfall, and walked into it slowly with unsteady steps, her icy eyes half closed.

"The Jade Purity Sect's celestial maiden, and the number one sword under the immortals who protect the Dao, I just hope that Shangqing and Yuqing are really at odds with each other, otherwise I will not be able to escape even if I go to heaven or hell."
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The first day of October is the Winter Clothes Festival.

Gu Wen and his team have found the next cave and successfully took out the core crystal from it.

During this period, no monsters came to the door, but from time to time there would be small monsters to investigate. Without exception, they were all killed by Gu Wen, so the number of Tiansui was better than nothing.

Fortunately, today is the day when Shenshu sends money to friends.

Gu Wen pulled Yu Hua to a tree, and four fruits fell, three of which were for Gu Wen and one for Yu Hua.

A ray of old divine thought came.

"My young friend is extremely talented, so I will give you a spiritual fruit. I hope you will not mind."

Hiss! Does this mean that I can get three spiritual fruits and thirty days of marrow every month?
Adding Yu Hua's, that's forty years of Heavenly Marrow, and twenty years of signing in means more than nine thousand Heavenly Marrow. The half-step to becoming an immortal is almost a foregone conclusion!
Gu Wen's face was full of smiles. He bowed and said, "Thank you very much, senior. I will repay you for your kindness in the future."

"If you can obtain the Immortal Sword, I will give you ten spiritual fruits every month."

The Ancestral Tree's divine consciousness suddenly mentioned the Immortal Sword. Gu Wen's heart trembled, and he didn't know how the other party knew about the Immortal Sword.

Yu Hua mentioned before that this sacred tree was about to become an immortal, and perhaps in a sense it was already an immortal.

He bowed and asked, "I don't know where the immortal sword is. I wonder if you can tell me?"

If I could get the magic sword, perhaps all problems would be solved, or at least I could greatly improve my strength.

"I don't know the exact location, and I'm afraid you can't control the magic sword now. If you force it, you will become a sword slave."

The answer given by the sacred tree was not what Gu Wen expected. Now that he could grasp it, he did not dare to take it.

Just like the term sword-wielding slave mentioned by the other party, you can only eat as much as your stomach can take. Forcing yourself to eat more than you can eat will only make you die of overeating.

But that didn't stop Gu Wen from putting the sword in his pocket first, waiting for it to reach the standard before taking it out for use. Who knows, maybe he could still use it from time to time after some persuasion.

He continued calmly, "How can one control the immortal sword?"

"Only when one has mastered the ultimate true understanding of the Dao of the Sword and the foundation of the ninety-eight Dao bases can one become a Sword Immortal."

To achieve the ultimate in the true understanding of the Dao of the Sword, the ninety-eight Dao foundations, how much Heavenly Marrow is needed?
Gu Wen suddenly felt that the 100 Tiansui in his pocket didn't smell good anymore.

The divine tree's voice transmission slowed down, and then it comforted him, "But there is no need to worry, my friend. There are only two people in this world who know the true meaning of the sword. One is the former Sword Master, and the other is you. The position of the Sword Immortal will eventually be yours."

Now that the Sword Master has achieved enlightenment and become an immortal sword, the only one left is Gu Wen.

Even if there is one more latecomer, Gu Wen has already gone halfway, and it is impossible for the latecomer to surpass Gu Wen even if he tries his best.

This is also the reason why the attitude of the sacred tree has changed. Before, Gu Wen was just an extremely talented person, and the sacred tree would look at him differently, but would never deliberately make friends with him.

Because there have always been many Tianjiao, such as the former Sanqing Dao Sect Huayang and Yunmiao Tianzun. Gu Wen's talent is better than theirs, but there is no difference in essence.

Only by becoming an immortal can one truly transcend heaven and earth.

A sword immortal candidate who does not have a magic sword is also an immortal, and is more valuable than most half-immortals.

"There is one more thing. I have seen the elixir of immortality."

After these words were spoken, Yu Hua, who had been silent and even a little sleepy under Gu Wen's lead, regained consciousness and asked, "Where is it?"

The sacred tree replied, "At the beginning of the year, the immortality elixir and the immortal sword left one after the other. Perhaps the immortality elixir broke into the immortal sword's place, and the immortal sword chased and fled."

Yu Hua's eyes were deep, and she did not ask why he didn't tell her at that time.

Without any relatives or friends, this ancestral tree, which is famous for its kindness, will not rush into the game, and she needs to go in and check whether the elixir of immortality is there or not.

"I'll take my leave. My friend, the journey will be difficult, so please be careful."

The old tree's aura disappeared, and Chiyuzi came over and a spiritual fruit fell down. Unlike Gu Wen, it seemed like a mechanical drop.

According to the previous agreement, Chiyuzi handed the spiritual fruit to Gu Wen.

While eating the spiritual fruit, Gu Wen and Yu Hua reviewed various intelligence.

The fairy sword was chasing the elixir of immortality, and the broken beard was also caused by the fairy sword. In addition, Akabane's sister was suspected to have come into contact with the fairy sword, and the scabbard could sense the approximate location of the fairy sword.

Invisibly, the scattered threads are woven together, like a big net that wraps up all causes and effects.

Searching for the elixir of immortality, finding the magic sword, meeting Chi Ling, cause and effect are twisted into one.

It involves several immortals and semi-immortals, as well as countless powerful people, and it is unknown whether they are good or bad.

(End of this chapter)