Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 104: Two years, promoted to the sixth level of foundation building

Two years later, a headhunter with superb tracking skills and sharp and ruthless swordsmanship appeared in the Western Desert.

Dugu Yuanyan, Gong Changyan, Bao Bidong, Xiang Taifa and dozens of other people who had been practicing for many years in the foundation-building stage died one by one under his sword.

As a result, his reputation gradually grew, and the people of the Western Regions, grateful for his kindness, called him Canglang Beiyue, meaning the wolf that protects the flock. Jie Xiu secretly called him a mad dog, meaning that once he targeted them, it would be difficult to escape until they died.

However, this outstanding method also caused dissatisfaction among many robbery cultivators. As everyone felt insecure, they united and launched several sieges against this man.

However, this headhunter is still alive, while the number of famous robbery cultivators roaming around in this area is decreasing.

Western Regions, Huangsha City.

Inside a post station.

Xiao Yuxue, with an ugly but exquisitely crafted mask covering her face, was listening to Mr. Huang telling a story.

Xiao Yuxue is playful by nature, but she is also somewhat competitive with her sister, so she secretly ran away from the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace a year ago, wanting to get away from her parents and sister and hone her own Taoism.

But she didn't expect it to be so much fun after coming out. Every time she arrived at a place, the local head of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace would assign her tasks:
Whether it was escorting caravans, beheading robbers, searching for medicinal herbs, or mediating disputes, Xiao Yuxue felt that she had made great progress along the way.

But she knew in her heart that these local leaders might have received instructions from their parents, saying that it was for training. She didn't know how many people were following them secretly, but she was content, knowing that her parents were worried about her.

But the more this happened, the more she longed to be alone with a sword, sweeping across the world, walking alone with a sword, and taking pleasure in revenge.

Xiao Yuxue knew in her heart that the more she couldn't get it, the more she wanted it. Many of those independent cultivators who would fight for a spirit stone or a spiritual medicine were probably envious of her life and almost going crazy with jealousy.

But she still liked to listen to the story of Canglang Beiyue. In her imagination, he should be a middle-aged man whose wife had died, with sword marks on his cheek and scars all over his body. Every scar told a thrilling story.

This is what a man is!
Weathered and full of masculinity.

When she thought of this, Xiao Yuxue felt tired, her legs became weak, and her eyes were full of tears.

Mr. Huang at the post station knew that the young lady liked this kind of story, so he told her all of them one by one.

It also adds many grievances, love and hatred, chivalrous spirit and tenderness as embellishment.

Old Master Huang was born as a palace servant in the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace. With the guidance of the great elder, he cultivated to the foundation-building stage. When he was older, he came out to establish a family, which is also a well-known family in Huangsha City. He almost watched the sisters Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue grow up.

In addition to his instinctive desire to please the old ancestor, he also truly has affection for Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue. Looking at Xiao Yuxue is like looking at his own little granddaughter, who pesters him to listen to her stories.

If you like listening to stories, just listen to them. It’s better than running around aimlessly.

At this moment, the door of the post station was pushed open, and a young swordsman in a cloak walked in from outside. He was dusty but still had a handsome face. If he washed, rested, and dressed up well, he would definitely be a Taoist with excellent appearance.

When Mr. Huang saw this person, he subconsciously glanced at Xiao Yuxue, and Xiao Yuxue quickly lowered her head.

Although she was wearing a mask at this moment, it was not necessarily safe. This Old Nine might not fail to recognize her. She did not want to go back yet.

"Boss, how is the preparation of the Qiling Pill I asked for?"

"Alas, we have already prepared what you want. The high-quality Qiling Pill originally costs 8,400 spirit stones, but since you are an old customer, we will charge you 8,000 spirit stones."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Huang. Please let me know if there is anything else."

"Hahahaha, that's what I've been waiting for you to say, brother."

Lu Cheng chatted with Mr. Huang from the post station for a while, then glanced down at the ugly woman who had been keeping her head down. He felt that she was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't be sure.

However, there was no murderous intent from the other party, so Lu Cheng thought about it and let him go, then left with the box of Spirit Beast Rejuvenating Pills.

This fourth-level elixir may seem inexpensive, but it will only have a significant effect if taken for a long time, so no store will stock too much. Lu Cheng was able to buy a lot of it only with the help of his acquaintance, Mr. Huang from Huangsha City.

"Old Huang, why did that pretty boy buy so many Qiling Pills? Also, why do you seem to be so familiar with him?"

"...Miss, don't you know? This person is Canglang Beiyue!"

When Master Huang was serving in the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace, Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue were still young, and he had retired for a hundred years. Even if he knew that the master had accepted a new disciple, it was difficult to know who the other person was.

"He is the Canglang Beiyue who has killed more than a dozen Tribulation Cultivators in the past two years?" Xiao Yuxue was surprised when she heard this. She really couldn't believe what she heard.

She couldn't help but stare blankly towards the entrance of the post station, but Lu Cheng had already left and there was no way to find any trace of him.

In Huangsha City, in a quiet room in the mansion provided by a merchant he had rescued, Lu Cheng sat upright on a cushion, practicing his qigong and constantly refining and purifying the magic power in his body.

During the past two years, under the blood sacrifice magic skills of more than a dozen robbery cultivators, his own magic power has advanced by leaps and bounds, and it is not enough to describe his progress as a thousand miles a day.

In just two years, he completed the accumulation of magical powers that would take at least ten years of normal practice.

This is a good thing, but also a bad thing.

The Great Five Elements Earthly True Fire had indeed refined all impurities and made the true breath pure and bright, but Lu Cheng could still feel that such a rapid increase in magic power had caused flaws in his state of unity of man and power.

"The Great Method of Seizing the Heaven and Transforming the Soul, combined with the Great Five Elements Earthly Extreme True Fire Foundation Building, can add hundreds of years of cultivation time, and each step is faster than the next. The combination of these two techniques is the Heavenly Dao Foundation Building, which is even more powerful than the ordinary Heavenly Dao Foundation Building."

"But danger is also hidden in it. If you don't grasp the key to advance and retreat, and only focus on increasing your magic power, forgetting to sharpen your mind and improve your Taoism, the hundred years saved will be wasted at best. It is very likely to weaken your Tao foundation and create a bottleneck that you can't cross in your lifetime. If you want to resolve it, you must use Taoism to overcome the devil, see yourself clearly, and know where your limits are."

"...Moreover, this method is useless in the Condensing Evil and Refining Gang realms. The increase in mana by absorbing the true energy of heaven and earth is terrifying. At that time, the Heaven-stealing Spirit Transformation Method will only be a powerful magical power."

During the past two years, Lu Cheng has been constantly taking on missions, hunting down enemies, reading books, and refining his own magic power. His understanding of the relationship between the Heaven-Snatching Spirit Transformation Technique and his own body has become increasingly profound, which has greatly increased the power of his skills.

It can be said that this extraordinary and unique skill, which was completed by the previous dynasty with the whole country's strength and gathering of cultivators from all over the world, has no one in this world who has practiced it better than Lu Cheng and has mastered its subtle essence more fully.

"I have reached my limit. Although I am only half a step away from advancing to the late stage of foundation building, taking this half step will slightly damage my foundation. I will not do it. After finishing the things I have to do, I will return to the mountain. After two years, I don't know if my uncle has come out of seclusion."

A night of practice, a night of peace.

The next day, outside Huangsha City, the young Taoist summoned the dog demon, squatted down and fed it a few Qiling Pills, then touched the dog's head and placed a broken fragment on the tip of its nose. "Find the owner of this breath and tell me where he is."

"Wang Wang Wang."

After smelling the smell, the dog demon rode on the evil wind and went away in search of traces.

In the past two years, if it were not for the dog demon's innate magical powers, the number of tasks completed and beheadings carried out in Lu Cheng would have been reduced by at least half.

With this fourth-level dog demon that is good at tracking, as long as the local garrisoned monks find any clues, Lu Cheng can use them to hunt down the demon.

"Wang Wang Wang Wang."

About an incense stick of time later, the dog demon returned, barking at Lu Cheng and leading him in one direction.

"Found it so quickly?"

Such a smooth process made Lu Cheng raise his eyebrows slightly. Sometimes, even if there were clues, it would not be so smooth. He had to summon the dog demon several times before he could track it down successfully.

Riding the sword light, he headed westwards. Under the guidance of the dog demon, he flew thousands of miles and finally found a desolate mountain and dry cliffs.

It seems like we have reached the end of this world.

Looking towards the west from high in the sky with a sword, one can see endless cracks in the ground. From the cracks in the ground, a pitch-black storm connecting the sky and the earth emerges, connecting to the sky. Above the sky, there are also dense layers of dark clouds, and silver-white lightning flashes back and forth. The two seem to form a barrier, locking this world in here.

"It's like we're locked in here!"

Looking at the far west, the end of the world, such a thought flashed through Lu Cheng's mind. He thought for a moment and then put the idea aside. Even if he was really locked in this world, he, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, could do nothing at all. This kind of thing is something that the master and uncles need to worry about. It is like there are tall people to hold up the sky when it falls.

After summoning the dog demon several times, he determined that the target was on the dry cliff of the lonely mountain. Lu Cheng looked into the distance with his sword, cursing in his heart:
"This is a poor and bad place with a prison-like structure like a flying dragon. There is no sign of human life in all directions and it feels like the end of the road. It is really a good place to ambush others."

Although he felt somewhat uneasy, the dog demon had never made any mistakes in its tracking. Moreover, it was not unreasonable for the cultivator to set up his cave here.

After a slight hesitation, Lu Cheng finally sacrificed a fourth-level invisibility talisman, cast it on himself, and then went to the lonely mountain and the dry cliff to find out what was going on.

Under normal circumstances, no headhunter would use a fourth-level talisman in this way, because even if they can still earn spirit stones, the income will be greatly reduced, and if something goes wrong, they will lose money.

Although Lu Cheng loves sword fighting, he is extremely cautious. In the Nine Heavens World, he would not allow himself to lose. Every time he died in the game, he would do high-intensity fitness to punish himself. After coming to this world, he no longer needs to punish himself for death, but he also has no chance of resurrection. Therefore, he is more careful.

He consumed his spiritual power and injected a fourth-order invisibility talisman. When the talisman took effect, Lu Cheng gradually faded from head to toe and disappeared without a trace in space.

This kind of invisibility includes Lu Cheng himself, including the sword light clothes. Otherwise, the person would be invisible, and a Taoist robe would fly all over the world. Of course, a high-level cultivator would not make such a mistake.

Invisibility is a very scary Taoist technique. In the Tongxuan Realm, there was a Jindan Zhenren named Zhuge Xuan who had cultivated the fifth-level invisibility technique. He could go anywhere between heaven and earth and almost no one could discover his trace.

However, because this senior had mastered this technique, he seemed to have developed a habit of prying into other people's privacy and secrets. Later, he offended several senior cultivators and even caused heavenly fire to burn the mountains and boil the sea. He also used Taoist magic to block the space within a hundred miles before finally breaking this man's invisibility and killing him.

However, what secrets Senior Zhuge Xuan knew, and who the high-ranking cultivators were who joined forces to kill him, are still unknown to the entire Tongxuan Realm to this day. Master Chi Shenzi and Uncle Huang Longzi may know some inside information, but they have never revealed any information about this matter in their daily teaching or chatting with disciples, and it seems that it involves a wide range of people.

But Master Huang Longzi once sighed: "Zhuge Xuan, what a pity."

Lu Cheng hid his form and followed the invisible sword light into the dry cliff of the solitary mountain. He spread his spiritual sense very cautiously, searching and scanning. His mind spread out like flowing water, and when it touched any obstacle, it also brought back feedback.

"found it!"

This is a cave residence protected by a low-cost defensive formation, and it is surrounded by an invisible and tangible barrier.

Lu Cheng raised his hand and released a sword energy, which caused a bat hanging upside down on a stone to fly up and across the cave barrier. At this moment, Lu Cheng's body shape merged with the sword light and instantly passed through the defensive formation.

The sensitivity of this formation cannot be too high, otherwise you will be in trouble.

But as soon as he entered the cave, Lu Cheng realized something was wrong.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Come, Taoist, come and drink!"

Laughter, the aroma of wine, and the faint screams of women could be heard. Such a banquet would only happen among monks of the same realm, and judging from the scale of this banquet, the host here had invited quite a few guests!

Most of the cultivators do not like red tape and prefer to practice in peace and quiet.

The behavior of the demonic monks would be eccentric and exaggerated, but when it comes to a banquet of this scale, Lu Cheng still feels that it is a little unreal.

But in the next moment, he faintly heard a familiar name.

"It would be fine if Canglang Beiyue didn't come, but if he dares to come, he will surely die under the boundless magic power of the ancestor."

"That's it. That's it."

There was a chorus of flattering and agreement all around.

Walking forward and sneaking into the inner hall of the cave, during the banquet, I saw the hall in a mess, with overturned wine jars, naked women, and a group of monks, most of whom were in Taoist robes. There was an old man with black hair and black robes but a somewhat old face sitting in the middle.

He originally had his eyes closed, but the moment Lu Cheng saw him, he suddenly opened his eyes, and countless twisted and wailing human faces spread around him.

"Junior, suffer death!"

He struck out with a palm, without using any magic weapon, but the vast magical power gathered and fell with a bang, allowing Lu Cheng to understand the opponent's cultivation level in an instant: an old demon in the Condensed Evil Realm.

Because in the two steps of Condensing Sha and Refining Gang, as long as the true form is tempered perfectly, the magic power will increase by great speed, therefore there are very few Condensing Sha and Refining Gang monks walking around in the Tongxuan Realm.

But today, Lu Cheng met one.

With a flash of golden light, facing the huge demonic handprint, Lu Cheng summoned the dog demon without hesitation. With a loud bang, the two collided with each other, and demonic flames splashed everywhere.

(End of this chapter)