Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 100 Sympathy for one's own kind, the Taoism of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace

The five-colored Xuan Gang flag, a relic that Lu Cheng obtained from the imperial tomb of the previous dynasty, is his biggest gain besides the longevity elixir, the Red Blood Ganoderma King.

It is about three feet long and can be larger or smaller. The flag is printed with a five-colored brocade cloud pattern that looks erratic.

A third-grade top-grade defensive magic weapon, when injected with magic power, it can generate black energy clouds corresponding to the nature of the magic power to protect the law and the body.

If it fell into the hands of an ordinary cultivator, it would just be a third-grade top-grade defensive magic weapon. Although it is precious, it is not rare.

However, if it falls into the hands of a cultivator who possesses the power of the five elements, I can break the opponent's fire element with water element, and break the opponent's water element with earth element. Even if I am besieged, I can sacrifice the Five Elements Xuan Gang Jin Yun, which is endless and has a strong defense.

Ordinary magic weapons only have three grades: lower, middle, and upper. There is no such category as the best grade. This is because most of these magic weapons are obtained by accident and are difficult to replicate. Even if you can hire a fourth- or even fifth-grade refiner, it may not be possible to refine a third-grade best magic weapon. It is something that can only be encountered by chance.

The Western Regions are a vast sea of ​​yellow sand and a Gobi desert.

Lu Cheng and Xue Yuzhen, who was wearing a veil on her face, respectively controlled the magical instrument, the Cloud Calling Flag, and flew all the way from the Middle Earth for more than a month before finally arriving at the border of the Western Regions.

Of course, those border guards and soldier patrols could not stop the monks.

"It is said that when the first ancestor founded the country, the Tang Dynasty was at its peak. It fought wars in the south and the north, and conquered the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions. It destroyed twenty-four of them and established the Western Regions Protectorate. If it weren't for the insufficient population of the Tang Dynasty, it would have almost incorporated the Western Regions into its territory."

"Later, the incarnation of all beasts, Gong Xi, fled here and united with the people of the twelve countries in the Western Regions. They took advantage of the time when the first ancestor of the Tang Dynasty rode a dragon to heaven and rebelled. After three bloody battles, they defeated the Western Region Protectorate. For hundreds of years thereafter, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions once again became a major threat."

After the first ancestor, the Tang Dynasty went through four generations of emperors before the throne was passed to the current Majesty. The Tang Dynasty was established for a thousand years, but except for the first ancestor, the lifespan of emperors of all generations was not long.

It was said throughout the court and the public that this was due to the suppression of the dragon energy.

The emperor's dragon energy conflicts with the superior Taoism. It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to resolve and suppress this conflict, not to mention that the emperors of all dynasties had to be distracted by government affairs, which exhausted their energy and led to their death.

"Let alone the Li Tang Dynasty, even those of us who practice Taoism would not dare to easily set foot in the territory of the Western Region's No. 1 Demon Sect. If it weren't for the master, Ling'er and I would not dare to come here."

When there was no one around, Xue Yuzhen would call Lu Cheng "husband", and at other times she would call him "master". She was very dutiful and had a very gentle temperament.

But a person with Xue Yuzhen's temperament did not have much respect in his tone when talking about the Li Tang royal family. This is also a common idea among those who practice Taoism. Their pursuit of immortality far outweighs everything else. Except for outstanding people like the first ancestor, they do not look down on ordinary emperors.

The north wind blew, carrying sand flying in the yellow sky.

The desert is a vast sea of ​​sand, stretching as far as the eye can see.

After arriving in the Western Regions, the three flew for several more days and saw many scenes that could not be seen in the Middle Earth. The large-scale war between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions had stopped, but small-scale conflicts still existed.

Also because of the Western Regions caravans, bandits were rampant in the desert. They even practiced some vicious and quick-to-learn spells. Of course, there would be Tang Dynasty Taoist officials following in any caravan of a larger size. Who would kill whom depended on their respective methods.

The Western Regions are not mostly desert. The top monks in the Palace of Ten Thousand Beasts have the ability to transform into dragons and control the clouds and rain.

Therefore, only the border area between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions has a vast desert. Lu Cheng, Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger continued to fly deep into the Western Regions and found that the terrain was a little drier than that of the Middle Earth, but not much different.

Western Regions, Baicheng.

The caravans composed of mortals have been traveling between the Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty. Lu Cheng and Xue Yuzhen had to be careful and avoid some checkpoints. If even they had to go through the hardships, then those caravans would have no chance of survival.

But the deeper they went, the greater the influence of the Palace of Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation became. Lu Cheng took Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger and escaped into Baicheng.

There were many people with beast features on their bodies in the city, and the status of these "orcs" was obviously higher than that of ordinary civilians.

The deeper you go into the Western Regions, the more blond-haired and blue-eyed Semites you find among the civilians, and the deeper you go into the Western Regions, the higher the proportion of Semites.

There are all kinds of buildings inside the city, and merchants and travelers from all over the world are walking on the streets. The streets are bustling and extremely lively.

The market here is different from that in Shengjing Chang'an.

A large area was designated, and under the colorful tents erected high up, a wide variety of goods were displayed, including all kinds of rare treasures and gems.

Of course, whether a rare treasure is a rare treasure or a gem is a gem depends on your own vision.

"Come and have a look. We have the best slaves, both male and female, with strong teeth and plump buttocks. Buy one and take it home. Whether you want to work or warm your bed, it will be very comfortable!"

Strolling into the market, Lu Cheng saw that even people were being sold as commodities.

"what!"

"It's so dirty!"

Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger both covered their eyes and pulled Lu Cheng away quickly because those slaves were half-naked.

They didn't want to watch it and didn't let Lu Cheng watch it.

"Hahahaha, Boss, are there any Tang people here?"

Lu Cheng ignored Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger, but came closer to the slave owner and asked.

"No, no, all the Tang people here have been bought by the Tang people themselves. I don't have a single Tang person here."

After asking a few questions, Lu Cheng finally found out.

The national policy of the Tang Dynasty is to prohibit Tang people from being slaves abroad. Once discovered, the authorities will negotiate with you and buy you at the average market price.

Of course, these unfortunate souls would not have a good end upon returning to the Tang Dynasty. Most of them would be exiled to the frontiers and become slaves to armored men, which was only slightly better than living abroad.

Because of the reasonable policy, Tang merchant caravans traveling to the Western Regions would buy Tang slaves when they encountered them. If you could not pay the redemption money, you would be transformed into my family's slave, which was slightly better than being abroad, but you still had to pay a sufficient price.

This policy protected the dignity of the vast majority of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Even beggars in Chang'an would not accept tips from foreigners, because they would not starve to death if they did not accept them. But if they did, they would be killed by other beggars that night.

It is very cruel, but how gentle is this world? If tears can stop swords and cavalry, who would still hold swords and ride horses forward?

Of course, if an individual is willing to be a slave of another country in the Western Regions, the Tang government and merchants will not force him to be brought back.

Some Tang slaves volunteered to serve as slave leaders in the Western Regions because they knew some writing and were self-aware, and their situations were better than in the Tang Dynasty.

This policy only gives the Tang people one more option, but those who choose to stay in other countries are ultimately a minority.

A person is three times less valuable when he is away from his hometown, let alone in a land full of foreigners. Even if he lives in a pigpen, he cannot become a pig.

Just as Lu Cheng and the other two were touring the customs and culture of this place which was completely different from that of Middle-earth.

From the west of the city, black smoke rose up, accompanied by screams and cries.

Lu Cheng and Xue Yuzhen looked at each other and naturally walked with the crowd. Even Yun Linger had the magical power of the late stage of Qi training. The three of them seemed to be slow but were actually fast. It seemed that they were just walking with the crowd, but in fact their speed exceeded that of a galloping horse. They passed by like the wind but did not come into any contact with the pedestrians on the street.

When I got closer, what I saw was a scene of blood, fire and killing.

"The Mi family secretly communicated with the Tang Kingdom. After approval by the stewards of the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace, they were sentenced to death and their entire clan was exterminated!"

The killing has begun. A bright yellow brocade document was hung on the outer wall of the Mi family's house and was read aloud.

When they heard that he had secretly communicated with the Tang Kingdom and was sentenced to death and extermination of his clan, the surrounding Semites all cheered and looked excited.

But in fact, most of those flying in the air were Tang people with black hair and black eyes. The leader was a young Semu man with a gold ring in his ear. On the contrary, in the courtyard below, most of those who were killed were blond-haired and blue-eyed Semu people.

The Palace of the Incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts is the most powerful demonic sect that has developed in the Middle-earth. Not to mention that the Semites' mentality and cultural foundation are not suitable for practicing Taoism, even if they are suitable, the first cultivators of the Palace of the Incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts would consciously select their disciples. As long as they are still living beings, they will instinctively get close to those of their own kind.

However, the Taoism of the Palace of Incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts emphasizes abandoning saints and wisdom, and discarding all acquired rules and regulations. This is very consistent with the Western Regions, and it can accept some Semites to become monks in the sect.

If it is a sect like the Tianhe Sword Sect, even if it is established in the Western Regions, they will bring their own population with them, or the elders of the sect will go to the Central Plains to recruit disciples after they have achieved success in their cultivation. After careful selection, there will not be a single Semu person in the entire sect.

The great way is like mercury flowing on the ground, but those who practice Taoism have their own stances.

The Mi family, a wealthy family in Baicheng, was in a state of blood and fire with screams today.

The monks of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Sect threw out all kinds of beast-controlling instruments, and groups of wolves, giant bears, and giant eagles escaped from them, eating the entire Mi family below as food.

Beastmasters often perform blood sacrifices, which not only saves the food they need to feed monsters, but also helps them cultivate their spirituality and grow their ferocity. Therefore, this kind of genocide is considered a good job. In this era, people of the same clan like to live together and work together to resist danger, but once they encounter such a great disaster, they can't even run away.

"Master, my family is innocent. We did not have any secret dealings with the Tang people. Please understand, Master. We did not do that!"

The eagle landed and pounced on the old man, eating his flesh and blood.

The wolves were tearing each other apart and sharing their food, while the giant bear broke into the house and, despite the desperate struggles of several men armed with iron spears, it swiped its claws left and right to kill them.

"It's all your fault, you bitch. If it weren't for you, how could the master think that we were secretly communicating with the Tang people?"

"Yes, it's all your fault!"

"You killed us!"

The master of the Mi family and his concubines, who were blond and blue-eyed, did not flee or prepare to resist at this moment. Instead, they picked up hairpins, scissors and other sharp weapons.
He pounced on a young woman with black hair and black eyes like a madman and stabbed her to death.

"Pei'er, Pei'er, run!"

"Mother, mother!"

A little child of four or five years old stood beside the Tang woman and cried, watching his mother fall in a pool of blood and the blood spread.

He was too scared and instinctively didn't want to leave his mother, so he just stood there and cried.

A moment later, the blonde women stood up covered in blood and surrounded the little boy again. They wanted to kill the "bastard" and "root of trouble" in their eyes before they died, which could be regarded as revenge for themselves.

When things are good, everything is good, but once things are bad, the slightest difference or distinction will bring immense hatred and resentment.

The sword light flashed suddenly.

In an instant, those women were killed by a sword energy. They didn't suffer any more than a little.

"In the end, the sympathy of one's own kind is felt, and the child has done nothing wrong."

Along with this sigh, a young Taoist with a silver iron mask flew down, and at this time, Xue Yuzhen had already pulled his daughter away.

"Mom, why are you pulling me away? Grandmaster Huang Longzi is the great elder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Sect. Let alone saving an innocent child, even if he killed those deacons, what would that matter?"

Yun Linger looked excited, but what she said made Xue Yuzhen frown slightly.

"Remember the word affection. The more you use it, the thinner it becomes, whether it's the affection between the master and his uncle or the affection between you and the master. After all, you are not his daughter. You should cherish the affection that the master has for you. Why are you still being arrogant because of your favor?"

On the other side, the Mi family’s house was half-empty and burning.

"Wow, there actually is an expert here!"

The Seljuq youth with the gold ring in his ear leaned forward with an excited look on his face.

But at this moment, a huge wolfhound suddenly jumped out from the void, and when it opened its mouth, a billowing pale flame enveloped it.

At the same time, Lu Cheng, who was well aware that "one must attack first and hurt the opponent before retreating", swung his sword forward and pointed directly at the young man in the lead.

"Ahhhh!"

"what!"

Screams were heard continuously as a fourth-rank demon beast ambushed a group of cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even though these cultivators were disciples of top sects and each of them possessed impressive magic powers and magical weapons, they were forced into a miserable state.

They scattered and used their own magic to dispel the cold evil fire.

When the Semu youth faced Lu Cheng's sword attack, his eyebrows twitched suddenly. After several times, a thin line of blood appeared faintly. His skin was torn and his bones were replaced. The evil spirit surged to the sky.

When he looked carefully again, there was no handsome, energetic young man in the sky. Instead, there was a ferocious monster with an eagle's head and a human body, with black wings on his back, wearing black armor and a silk canopy, holding a silver painted halberd, and surrounded by resentful souls and evil spirits.

All beasts transform themselves, and humans become monsters. This is the way of the Demon Palace where all beasts transform themselves!

Clang.

At this time, a cultivator rushed over, but was cut back by Lu Cheng's sword and fell to the ground seriously injured.

Under the power of the sword, the young man with an eagle head and a human body was stunned for just a moment, and then he reacted quickly, counterattacking with his halberd and attacking Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng had no intention of killing anyone, he just wanted to make these people suffer a little, so they didn't dare to chase him, so his sword moves changed a little slowly. But he didn't expect that any random disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace could block his sword attack.

His brows were slightly furrowed, the long sword in his hand trembled slightly, his figure suddenly became ethereal and disappeared into the five elements, but the Chunjun sword light turned from virtual to real and transformed into a golden sword circle that surrounded him.

The young man with an eagle head and a human body flapped his wings behind him, suddenly soared up and then looked down. His dark golden eagle pupils expanded rapidly and then contracted. He waved the black wings behind him again, and the silver halberd in his hand pierced towards Lu Cheng's hiding place like lightning.

"Such a magic skill does have its merits!"

when.

The Five Elements Escape Technique was broken. Lu Cheng turned around lightly, pointed his sword diagonally, and the tip of the sword collided with the edge of the halberd, making a crisp metallic symphony.

He struck with a halberd, but the young man with an eagle's head and a human body had a drastic change of expression. Of course, no one could see that.

It was because he only felt that the halberd in his hand hit an empty place, and there was no recoil of force when they hit each other with all their strength. Instead, he felt that the opponent's flying sword was like a black hole, swallowing up all his strength and magic power in an instant.

As for Lu Cheng, his body was integrated with the sword light. During the collision, he borrowed the force from the opponent's halberd and rushed forward like a phantom. The sword light turned into countless sword shadows, shuttling through the attack net of the halberd. Then he suddenly stabbed out with his sword at the man with an eagle head and a human body, aiming for his vital point.

Upon seeing this, the eagle-headed man leaped forward, pressing his wings tightly against his body to form a thick black barrier.

The sword wings hit each other, and although some of the damage was reduced, blood was still spilled in the sky in the end.

"It's over. I'm going to die here!?"

The monster's body was damaged, its magic power dissipated and collapsed, and the monster-like physical features of the eagle-headed man quickly disappeared, revealing a human head and a monster body.

However, the expected fatal sword did not come.

When the Seljuq man recovered and looked intently, he saw a Taoist suddenly appear in front of the little boy below. With a flash of sword, he chopped a giant wolf that pounced on the little boy into pieces.

The Taoist grabbed the boy who was half Tang Chinese and fled away with his sword.

Only a group of frightened Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace were left.

If the little boy didn't have black hair and black eyes with obvious features, Lu Cheng would never have saved him. After leaving Baicheng, Lu Cheng used the technique he learned from a killer to correct the boy's facial bones, sent him to a shepherd's home in the suburbs, left some silver and money and left.

Baicheng is not far from Guizang Mountain where Master Huang Longzi lives in seclusion, but the closer he gets, the more hesitant Lu Cheng becomes.

The customs and practices of the Western Regions that he had seen along the way, as well as the Taoist magic of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace that he had seen before, all made him hesitate.

"Teacher Chi Shenzi should have a deeper understanding than me, but the incarnation of all beasts, the transformation of humans into monsters..."

Just as Lu Cheng was flying with Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger while thinking and hesitating, dark clouds suddenly rolled in from the southwest sky.

Looking a little closer, they saw eight huge dragons with black scales flying high in the sky, pulling a streamlined, purple-gold body, intricately carved, and extremely luxurious chariot.

As the two sides got closer, the letter in Lu Cheng's arms, which he had received from Teacher Chi Shen Zi of Huoyun Mansion, suddenly spread out a circle of red light, flew high, and was caught in the hands of the being in the huge chariot.

"I was wondering how the sword energy of an old friend could appear. It turns out that the disciple of that old man Chi Shenzi has arrived. Why are you still outside? Come up quickly."

They were told to go up quickly, but Lu Cheng, Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger all felt a huge suction force covering their bodies, and they flew up involuntarily.

"Well, now you don't have to choose."

Finally, this thought flashed through Lu Cheng’s mind.

(End of this chapter)