Tao and Heaven

Chapter 43: His intention is fierce, and his killing intention is obvious

When Gu Wen came to his senses, he had already reached the first floor. He did not return to the mansion, but chose to stay in Qianfeng Tower.

Because he was afraid of being robbed on the way back. Being robbed is a small matter, but exposing his strength is a big matter.

Yang Shanyu sent him back to his room and said, "Master Wen, go to bed early."

"I wonder when the elixir your highness wants will be ready?"

"Three days later."

The door was closed, and the image of Gu Wen lying on the bed, like a wind chime, was still echoing in his mind. He practiced the Jade Purity Sword Technique, and the jade sword moved slightly, and all distracting thoughts were dissipated wherever the sword passed.

He opened his eyes again, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

The fifth place on the Earth List is well deserved. Even though I was prepared, I still got caught.

He was not confused just now, he knew clearly what he was doing and could control his behavior. But he could not control his imagination about what was behind the door. If he continued like this without resistance, he would fall sooner or later.

However, the original plan to purchase inferior Dragon Tiger Pills at a reduced price did not work out, and instead they had to work for them for nothing, truly taking advantage of the sect for free.

Gu Wen smiled secretly and said, "Futures trading is easy to lose money. There will always be times when you lose money when doing business."

Coincidentally, I also want to get it for free.
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The next day, Gu Wen first went to the palace and handed the elixir to the other party. Due to confidentiality reasons, he could not just enter Qianfeng Tower and then turn around to go to the palace.

He felt funny and had a sense of déjà vu of going to an Internet cafe in his previous life. Just like parents could not guard the door of the Internet cafe, the palace could not know everything. The court did not have a secret agency like the Jinyiwei, and the monarch was in an offline system for a long time.

But the palace must know that Qianfeng Tower sells elixirs.

It was normal for a businessman like him to stay in a brothel, but it was not normal for him to go in and out. He did this to keep it secret and to protect his own elixir.

"With Gu Qing here, he is truly a good general for the king."

Zhao Feng was very happy and gave Gu Wen a verbal reward, but he did not offer any substantial benefits.
After all, he had no money left, and he had almost emptied all his savings to buy the Ning Dao Pill. This was not just money, but also many rare treasures that he had saved over the years.

Gu Wen cupped his hands and said, "It is my honor to be able to share your worries, Your Highness."

Seeing his loyalty, Zhao Feng's conscience, which was probably only the size of his little finger, lit up slightly, and he added, "Gu Qing, do you want to cultivate immortality?"

Gu Wen was a little surprised. Could it be that this guy was possessed by another spirit?

He pretended to be surprised, and nodded eagerly, "Of course I do. Although I am a commoner, I also want to live longer."

"Practice Taoism, cultivate immortality, and cultivate longevity. Throughout history, countless kings, princes, generals and ministers have sought longevity. What they cannot obtain, I can give you."

Zhao Feng was mumbling to himself, his face was pale, but his eyes were filled with a gleam of light, making him look like a god. In Gu Wen's eyes, he looked like an ant.

But what is certain is that Zhao Feng has finally started practicing, and his eyes have a little more spiritual light. I don't know if it's because Zhao Feng is too new, or it's the sequelae of taking drugs, but the characteristics of the Taoist foundation are natural.

Gu Wen was able to hide his aura perfectly, but he was like a leak.

Zhao Feng proudly showed off to him and said, "But success or failure depends entirely on your performance."

I'm overthinking it.

"Thank you, Your Highness. I will go through fire and water for you."

"good."

Gu Wen lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, about the elixir..."

"Just give it to me."

Zhao Feng interrupted, his words were firm but also panicky, like a student who was cheating to get a good grade.

Gu Wen was not frightened and continued to ask, "I met the owner of Qianfeng Tower. She said that the poison in the elixir is uncontrollable and varies from person to person. I want to ask if you have any abnormality recently?"

"This"

Zhao Feng hesitated for a moment, thinking that Gu Wen was just an ordinary man and a family slave, and said: "Recently, his Qi and blood have been depleted, and he often coughs. He must take the Dragon and Tiger Pill for cultivation, otherwise his chest will feel hot."
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Another day passed, and there was still one day left before the Ning Dao Dan was ready.

After Gu Wen successfully established the connection, it became much easier for him to meet Lu Chan. She probably thought that she had successfully planted a secret agent in the palace.

After explaining Zhao Feng's situation to her, Gu Wen asked, "Your Highness, it is becoming increasingly difficult to practice. I wonder if you can stop for a while?"

Lu Chan replied, "Building the Dao is like going against the will of heaven. Once you start, if you want to retreat, it's like cutting off one of your own arms. I'll give him the Dao Condensing Pill. It's up to him whether he wants to continue."

"Yes."

Gu Wen was about to leave when he was stopped by Lu Chan, who asked, "Do you know who else Yu Hua has been in contact with besides Zhao Feng?"

"I have only seen Fairy Yu Hua, and I don't know who she met."

"It's really useless."

Lu Chan's voice sounded a little more unhappy, but Gu Wen just lowered his head and didn't care about him anymore seeing him like that.

It would be strange for an ordinary person to come into contact with Yu Hua. That Taoist bitch is very arrogant, and even more so after entering Daqian.

Her voice changed, and she said to Gu Wen, "Mr. Gu, please help me find out something."

This damn clamp.

Gu Wen thought to himself that if he saw his true appearance, he would still call him a little brat.

Now, lying in wait, he bowed his head and said, "I am willing to serve the fairy."

Gu Wen left in a carriage. He felt two pairs of eyes coming at him through the curtain of the window. He just lifted a corner to take a peek.

One is a monk with a face full of flesh, and the other is He Huan, a handsome man dressed in white.

They looked at me as if I were a rabbit, a harmless, ordinary person.

Come on, the more people come the better.

There are still ten hours before the Ning Dao Dan is ready.
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Water room.

Gu Wen adjusted the account book again, concealing the money he used for reimbursement and crossing out the corresponding amount of water bill income, commonly known as cooking the books.

The palace would have to wait until next year to find out, and it was not certain whether he would still be in Bian Jing by then.

"Master, I found the bed beams you requested."

Jiang Fugui's voice was heard, and then a root wrapped in black cloth stretched out from the door. Then Jiang Fugui walked into the room, carefully adjusted the angle and placed it on the ground.

He untied one end of the black cloth slightly, and a cold light flashed, with the tip of the gun reflecting light slightly.

Jiang Fugui smiled and said, "Sir, the bed beams you requested are top quality!"

In the land of Bianjing, first, armor is banned; second, crossbows are banned; third, swords, spears, swords and halberds are banned.

The first two were only available in the arsenal, and not necessarily in the regular imperial guards. It was only in the last two years, when civil unrest broke out, that the imperial court allowed the imperial guards to wear armor. Swords, spears, and halberds were also prohibited, but the supervision was not strict, so they could still be obtained.

Gu Wen took it in his hand and weighed it. It was ten feet long and weighed three pounds. It was an ancient version of a composite material made of cow tendon and wood. The spear head had a curved blade and there were curved blades on both sides, making it easy to penetrate and pull out.

It's a bit similar to a crow-neck gun.

It was not difficult to hold it. Instead, he felt it was too light, giving him the same feeling as a monkey going down to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea to choose weapons.

The weapon weighs one jin, and the hand holding it has ten jin of strength. But if the hand has a hundred jin of strength, and the weapon only weighs one jin, it will be a bit awkward, so just use it for now.

"Where did you get it from?"

"Yashi, it is said that it was sold by a descendant of a general who fell into poverty. It cost me one hundred taels."

"Very good. Come sit here with me at this time tomorrow and provide cover for me so that people know that I haven't left."

"Okay sir."

Jiang Fugui learned the essence of Gu Wen and never asked questions that he shouldn't ask.

There are still nine hours before the Ning Dao Dan is ready.

Gu Wen looked at the sky outside which had turned completely dark, and made up his mind. He wrote down "two hundred thousand" on the account book.

This was the amount he spent from the palace, as well as the amount he bribed the accountant in the palace's warehouse to count the inventory. He finally concluded that the palace had spent two hundred thousand taels in the past half month.

Almost all of Zhao Feng's assets were emptied out.

An hour later, Gu Wen met He Huan in disguise.

He got straight to the point and said, "When the elixir is ready, you and I will charge directly into Qianfeng Tower." He Huan shook his head and said, "If we don't need to make an enemy of the fox fairy, we might as well wait for the merchant to bring the stuff out."

"No, I want to be her enemy. I really want to see what she is capable of."

The only exposed eyes behind the mask were filled with fighting spirit, which gave He Huan a headache. He tried to persuade him with kind words, but he could not persuade the martial arts fanatic in front of him.

He had no choice but to shake his head and give up, saying, "If Daoist Hongchen is so reckless, then I will not accompany you."

"You don't have to come in with me, just wait for me outside, and run if things go wrong."

"Fellow Taoist Gaoyi!"

He Huan changed his words in an instant.

The two agreed to rob the elixir at sunset.
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After returning home and closing the doors and windows, Gu Wen looked at the 120 Dragon and Tiger Pills on the table and smiled so much that his eyebrows were bent.

I am not poor today because I am a Taoist priest!

To be on the safe side, he took ten of them and tasted them first. They tasted fishy and spicy in the mouth, and felt like being roasted by fire in the stomach.

The fate was shaken, fiery meteors were flying in the sky, and the fire of the celestial marrow continued to increase.

【Tian Sui 2】

Gu Wen opened his eyes and glanced down at his body. He had a big reaction, but his Yuqing Dao foundation protected his mind, so there were no uncontrollable thoughts in his head.

He entered into a state of meditation and practiced his Qigong. The chaotic medicinal properties transformed into a hot current that flowed into his Qi sea and were being transformed into magic power bit by bit.

This went on from day to night, and soon the 120 Dragon Tiger Pills were consumed. Together with the Qi-nourishing Pills that Yu Hua had given him, that was it.
【Thirteen Years of Tiansui】!
The eleven years of Tiansui can take one's foundation of Taoism to a higher level, break through two levels of Yuqing Sword Technique, allow Xuanming Spear to continue to innovate, make Lingyu Body Protection Technique stronger and harder, and make Luoyue Step faster and farther.

He can invest in the foundation of Taoism to extend the heights he can reach in the future, or he can hope to be able to turn his breath into a sword after deepening his comprehension of the Jade Purity Sword Technique, or he can directly invest in the Xuanming Spear to increase his strength, or his defense and speed.

The Taoist priest was richer than ever before and had so much money that he could never spend it all.

This feeling of a smooth future made Gu Wen obsessed.

People like Zhao Feng, who were born rich and had a smooth life, could not understand it. Only those who were deeply trapped in the quagmire would cherish any way to rise.

Gu Wen used his internal energy to calm himself, then he looked at the numerous techniques and fell into deep thought.

The Yuqing Heart Method that determines the upper limit and mana, the Xuanming Spear which is the most effective combat force, the Lingyu Body Protection Technique for defense, the Luoyue Step which can be used for both escape and pursuit, and the Yuqing Sword Technique which seems to be of little use but can always catch the enemy by surprise.

There are five skills in total, all given to him by Yu Hua. They should have been carefully selected and are of great benefit to his improvement.

From a long-term perspective, Yuqing Daoji is definitely the best choice, but he doesn't have too many Qi-boosting pills, and his Dantian Qi Sea has never been full, so it's completely enough for now. And if he invests ten Tiansui at once, what if he doesn't get a big improvement after breaking through to the third level?
He witnessed the wonders of Dao Ji, but he also realized a problem: no matter how much he expanded the upper limit, there must be a stock.

The most important thing is that there are still two days left before snatching the Ningdao Pill.

Seeking stability or profit?
Of course, it is about perfection!
Five years ago, when he knelt down in front of Zhao Feng, he said this to himself.

"You can endure until you die, or you can take off with the wind. You have been singing for so long, it is time for me to take the stage."

Sinking into the sea of ​​qi, looking up at the destiny that is like the universe, there are abundant fire meteors, swirling and flowing, and sky fire covering the sky.

The universe shook and meteors fell.

Lacking an offensive weapon, he cultivated an unrivaled internal energy.

[Xuanming Spear Fifth Level, Xuanming Spear Intention]

As for the military, the highest level of military tactics is Gang, the next is Yi, the highest is Shen, and perfection returns to the law.

Two years of Heavenly Marrow could refine the Xuanming Spear, and four years of Heavenly Marrow should have been able to refine the Spear Intent, but Gu Wen refined it by analogy with the Sword Intent. The next level was the Spear Intent to the God, which required eight years of Heavenly Marrow.

The celestial marrow rolled, and eight years of celestial marrow turned into a stone mill, crushing the narrow Xuanming spear.

There is no fourth level of Xuanming Spear, let alone a sixth level.

Gu Wen held the gun and walked step by step along the path marked by Tiansui. As long as he followed the Tiansui spear meaning, he would be able to understand the mystery and reach the level of spearmanship that was enough to be ranked on the Earth List.

As Yu Hua said, the human ranking is based on strength, and the winner is the king. The local ranking is based on talent, and the talented are at the top.

Beyond the sky, there is a vast monument. An old man with white hair and narrowed eyes is wiping the inscriptions on the monument. Suddenly, a golden light appears, and a new name emerges.

[Earth Ranking 81, Red Dust, Military Strategist Xuanming Spear Master]

The old man's movement of wiping the inscription never changed, and the divine thoughts from the surroundings only flashed by. The word "red dust" was remembered by some people, but they were just remembered.

The Earth Ranking is the same as the Human Ranking, the former represents future achievements and the latter represents current strength.

Those who make the list are all geniuses, but eighty-first is somewhat not enough.

One year of Tiansui.

Three Years of Tiansui
Five years of Tiansui.

Seven years of Tiansui.

Gu Wen stopped, his Tiansui suddenly stopped, and one step ahead was a black spear.

Its rhythm is grand and open, with an invincible spirit.

The Xuanming Spear was originally created by a martial artist in the Qi training stage. Even if he had refined it to the extreme, it was still Qi training after all. All he wanted was to defeat the enemy in front of him.

Six feet is a step, square inch is martial arts.

For this step, why do we need Tiansui?

Gu Wen took a step forward, stretched out his hand and grasped the black spear. His natural marrow was not depleted and his spear skills were superb.

"Why would I need your six-foot warrior's spear?"

A wild laugh appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of disdain, as if he looked down on everything in the world, and regarded them all as inferior.

"My ambition is to kill him and make the whole world clean and peaceful!"

He let go of the mysterious spear, turned around and walked in another direction. Eight Years of Heavenly Marrow, Nine Years of Heavenly Marrow, Ten Years of Heavenly Marrow, eleven, twelve!
The dark red energy burned like a raging fire, and the murderous light rushed into the sky between the ears and eyes. It was that step that took the road to killing, and that punch that drew the blood of the enemy.

In a gray and hazy atmosphere, there were countless broken guns with every step, and mountains of corpses and seas of blood wherever the eyes went.

Gu Wen looked up and saw a streak of red streaking across the sky. Scales and light rolled, the clouds were crushed, and his huge pupils slowly opened, finally stopping on a red dragon.

The gun's intent is like a dragon, and the murderous aura is like an abyss.

The red dragon bowed its head, and Gu Wen stroked the dragon's head, his eyes drooping. The faint smile on the corner of his mouth was more tender than ever before, but it also stirred up endless murderous aura.

"So I call you Zhaolie Spear, which means fierce and shows your will to kill."

Lie, kill all the people in the world and eliminate all the turbidity.

Zhao means upright and aboveboard, bright in broad daylight.

If I am good, the world will be bad.

Beyond the sky, the earth monument was shaking. The old man who was wiping the inscriptions on the monument opened his eyes slightly, only to see the word "Red Dust" trembling in front of him. Wisps of red light burst out, and as Gao Ge took a fierce step forward, he trampled on countless geniuses from the major sects.

[No. 6 on the Earth Ranking, Lu Chan, a fox fairy in the realm, who makes illusions real and real illusions.]

[Fifth on the Earth List, Red Dust, the Spear of Killing, its intention is fierce, clear and murderous.]

Three days ago, a genius from no school or sect broke into the top ten of the human list.

Three days later, he ranked fifth on the Earth Ranking.

Countless divine thoughts hurriedly turned back, shook, and then fell silent. No one knew who the person with the name of Hongchen was. No matter how hard they tried to calculate, they could not get a glimpse of it. However, the word "Hongchen" was completely seen by all the powerful people in the world.

This is the first time that the Immortal Land is truly opened, and it will also be the last time.

In this world, geniuses gather, gods are reincarnated, and saints enter the game.

Genius is only a qualification for admission, invincibility is only the preparation to go on stage, and only those who have achieved immortality can be the actors.

Gu Wen, a commoner slave, has been practicing for half a year, and what he wants most is to perform on stage.

Sing a song about the best talent and the most outstanding talent.

(End of this chapter)