Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 113: Greedy Wolf Swallowing Moon Formation, Soldier and Beast Mixed Combat Method; Jiuli World, Spirit Insect War
After returning to the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace, Lu Cheng said goodbye to Xiao Yuhong and returned to the Thunder and Fire Palace to practice.

Now there are only two months left until the Eight Scenery Dharma Assembly. There is little point in continuing to practice hard. Lu Cheng and Xiao Yuhong are both inclined to adjust their mental and physiological state through fasting, burning incense, bathing, meditation and other means to reach an optimal state.

After all, in a fight of magic or swordsmanship, when the skills of both sides are similar, the difference between victory and defeat often only depends on the physical and mental state of both sides at the time.

Under such circumstances, Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger certainly did not dare to distract Lu Cheng's attention.

In the quiet training room, Lu Cheng was sitting and reading a formation scroll.

The Greedy Wolf Swallowing the Moon Formation was one of the collections of Master Huang Longzi. Lu Cheng felt that it was suitable for his own practice, so he took it out from the Sutra Library and pondered over it.

Among all the beasts, Lu Cheng is most familiar with the nature of wolfhounds because of the collection in the Jiuli Cauldron.

"Summon that fourth-level dog demon, and then use the Ten Thousand Beasts Transformation Banner to mimic a group of wolves and set up a formation. This should be able to stimulate its magic power to a higher level. When necessary, we can make the final decision."

Lu Cheng really hoped that the dog demon could swallow the powerful enemy into its stomach, and then throw it directly into the Jiuli Ding. At worst, he could give up this monster with great potential. But after thinking about it, he knew that it was probably impossible. Most likely, he would not be able to recall the dog demon, and he would have to consume a lot of his own magic power and spiritual consciousness to maintain its existence in this world.

However, the Crazy Lion Devouring the Sky's Killing Skill of the Sixth Senior Brother Zhongli Ling is extremely compatible with the dog demon's innate magical power "Sun and Moon in the Belly". If this spell is studied to perfection, it can become one of his own killer moves even when he reaches the Condensed Evil Realm.

In other words, this magical power is the strongest in the Condensed Evil Realm. With Lu Cheng's current magic power, he cannot stimulate the dog demon's magic power to too high a level.

In the stone chamber, Lu Cheng summoned the Ten Thousand Beasts Transformation Banner, mobilized his own magic power and waved his finger. Five colors flowed and danced on the long banner, and finally five balls of light fell to the ground, turning into a pack of wolves in five colors: blue, red, white, yellow, and black.

"Ouch!"

"Ouch! Ouch!"

Of course it is impossible to fully display this formation in the training stone chamber. The wolves that were transformed were small and tiny, like a sand table, allowing Lu Cheng to familiarize himself with the operation of the Greedy Wolf Swallowing the Moon formation and the changes in the formation.

Wolfhounds are easier to tame than most monsters, but the cultivators who study this true blood in the Palace of Ten Thousand Beasts are not the mainstream.

The dragon is the ancestor of scales and armor, and dragon blood is widely circulated. The dragon nature can be traced back to many spiritual beasts. Most of the monks in the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace, especially the Northern Sect monks, prefer to cultivate this true blood and finally trace back to the true dragon bloodline.

No matter whether you can cultivate to that level in this lifetime, having hope is always better than having no future at all.

After practicing the Greedy Wolf Swallowing the Moon formation, Lu Cheng raised his hand and a spiritual light flashed on the ring, summoning a peach wood statue:
Shinto ritual implement, statue of the Red-hearted God.

This magic weapon should be the most profitable transaction since Lu Cheng embarked on the path of cultivation. At the beginning, he only spent 500 low-grade spirit stones to buy a piece of top-quality lightning-struck peach wood. Then he found the best craftsman in Ishihara County, bathed, changed clothes, and fasted for seven days, and then carved this statue with incomparable piety.

Then he consecrated the temple and presided over the rituals in Chixin Temple.

Now, with the popularization and spread of the Chijun faith, the magic power and divine power of this peach wood statue have become increasingly abundant, and it has become a third-grade top-grade Shinto magic weapon.

In fact, with the current strength and piety of the faith in the Red Lord of Southern Xinjiang, Lu Cheng felt that if he gave up the immortal way and returned to the divine way, he should now be a cultivator equivalent to the ninth level of the Refining Gang realm, and it is unknown whether he could even go further.

Without Lu Cheng, the Chijun faith would lack the core spirit and would be difficult to sublimate.

"I follow my heart and do what I want. I am not someone like Mr. Wang Yue. I cannot dedicate my life to the people of Southern Xinjiang. If I were a god, I could still pretend to be a god for a short period of time, but over time, I would definitely go against the teachings of the Red Lord. By that time, I would either enslave the world, or the world's thoughts would be imprisoned by me. Either way, it would not be a good ending."

After practicing Taoism for many years and gaining enlightenment, Lu Cheng has some self-awareness.

Gathering his distracting thoughts, Lu Cheng began to use his own spiritual consciousness to merge with the statue of Chijun, absorbing Chijun's burning charm, burning away impurities, purifying his spirit and gaining blessings.

Then he stretched out his hand, and a dark red domain suddenly spread out with the statue of Red Heart God as the center.

The banners of the myriad beasts transformed from the Dharma Realm and the Land City overlapped and merged with each other. Golden-armored divine generals, silver-armored heavenly soldiers, bronze-armored war ghosts, more than a thousand heroic spirits, mixed with the myriad beasts transformed from the banners.

Not long after, they turned into a group of bronze-armored war ghosts riding wolves, bears, eagles, or elephants and rushed out. Not long after, silver-armored heavenly soldiers riding winged war horses rushed out.

When this evolution reached its peak, the smallest but most elite group of golden-armored gods rode out majestically on the Suanni Iron Cavalry.

Suanni, one of the nine sons of the dragon, looks like a lion, has horns, and scales on his body. He likes smoke and sitting.

No matter whether they were heavenly soldiers or wild evil beasts, the aura emanating from every soldier and beast seemed real and was no less powerful than that of Qi-cultivating cultivators.

This was the weapon and beast melee combat technique created by Lu Cheng. Because his magic power was already profound, with his full strength supplied and the addition of a third-grade top-grade divine weapon to supply divine power, the power of this technique more than doubled.

In terms of attainment in the sect's classic Taoist technique, the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Banner, Lu Cheng was destined to be the last among his fellow disciples.

To catch up, it would take at least several decades of hard training, but Lu Cheng had lived two lives as a human being, so his mind was relatively active. He integrated his own divine law into the Taoist law. The principle was not complicated. It was to reduce the operating structure of the Taoist law of Ten Thousand Beasts itself, and then integrate the law of Heavenly Soldiers and Gods into it. The law of Heavenly Soldiers and Gods was used to control the Taoist law of Ten Thousand Beasts, and then Lu Cheng controlled the Heavenly Soldiers and Gods, just like a general controlling the army, step by step, and finally achieve the goal of mobilizing a large amount of power without having to worry about losing control.

Reducing the operating structure of the Ten Thousand Beasts Dao Law itself is nothing, because it is compatible with controlling the Ten Thousand Beasts, and this Dao Law itself has great compatibility. However, in this way, the significance of inferring the Ten Thousand Beasts Dao Law through the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Banner is greatly reduced, and the power of this Dao Law will rely on the Divine Law from now on. Once the Divine Law stops progressing, this Dao Law, which originally had a strong growth potential, will also stop. By then, it will be difficult to reverse the situation, and it will be difficult to turn back.

The good thing is that, although he has not practiced this Taoist method for a long time, the power of Lu Cheng's melee combat method is definitely beyond the power of all cultivators in the foundation-building stage of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace. At least in terms of absolute strength, it is far beyond that.

"If you want to comprehend the true dragon's meaning, you can also comprehend it by practicing the Jade Dragon Sword Technique. This path is more suitable for me. Although it is a bit eager for quick success, with the foundation of Chijun's faith, it will be no problem to advance to the Condensing Evil and Refining Gang realms. In fact, it is my existence that suppresses the sublimation of Chijun's faith. A spell can be used in two major realms, Foundation Building and Condensing Evil and Refining Gang. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?"

The belief in the Red Heart God in this world was spread by Lu Cheng. At the same time, he is also the core spirit of this belief, and the two have formed a close connection.

Therefore, Lu Cheng is at the foundation-building stage, and the accumulation of Chi Jun's divine power cannot break through the third-order peak. Even if the faith power of the entire southern border is pure and powerful enough, it can only be like a volcano that has not yet erupted, surging, surging, and burning, but suppressed by the earth.

Lu Cheng practiced the Greedy Wolf Swallowing the Moon Formation and the Soldier and Beast Melee Combat Technique for about a month. When he put away the Ten Thousand Beasts Transformation Banner and prepared to adjust his body and mind to face the Eight Scenery Dharma Assembly in a month.

An invisible yet tangible ripple suddenly spread from Lu Cheng's heart:
"…Save me, help us!"

Sensing this weak consciousness, Lu Cheng frowned slightly:
"Why at this time?"

The call became more and more urgent and anxious. It was the call from the world inside the Jiuli Cauldron, the clan of the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu.

As servants of this tribe for generations, the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu tribe has received a revelation from their first ancestors:
"When we encounter a huge disaster or a problem that our tribe cannot solve, we can summon our tribe's servants. They will take us out hunting from time to time and give us a lot of food for no reason..."

Insects don't have as many thoughts as humans. After the first ancestor of the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu, they will only call for Lu Cheng Yuanshi to come when the tribe encounters a huge crisis. At other times, the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu tribe will hunt, reproduce, and fight on their own in the Jiuli world, and they never get tired of it.

Knowing the nature of this tribe, even though it was not the right time, Lu Cheng's Yuan Consciousness still quickly descended. There were nearly a thousand golden silkworm Gu that were filled with hundreds of poisons. If this was in the hands of other Foundation Establishment cultivators, it would definitely be a fatal killer move.

It's just that Lu Cheng doesn't rely on repelling insects, and his swordsmanship is more fierce than the swarm of Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu. Just like in the hands of Yinshan Zhenren, the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu is certainly one of his killer moves, but it is by no means the whole of Yinshan Zhenren's practice, at most it accounts for one to two percent of his practice.

In the Jiuli world, the dark red Yuanshi flew down. Now, Lu Cheng can choose to descend on any of the thirteen Gu worms in the foundation-building stage, or he can choose to exist in the form of Yuanshi, or...

With a sweep of the dark red Yuan Consciousness, thousands of golden silkworms that were filled with hundreds of poisons gathered in the air to form a human figure covered in golden armor. However, after a while, Lu Cheng took the initiative to disperse this state.

He did this just to obtain valid information as quickly as possible. Using the poisonous golden silkworm Gu to condense his body would consume too much energy and would not be very meaningful.

"So, you migrated to such an area."

By reading a lot about the consciousness of the Hundred Poisonous Golden Silkworm Gu, Lu Cheng realized that in the area where the Hundred Poisonous Golden Silkworm Gu migrated to, there were a large number of various poisonous insects:
Green-scaled snakes, tree insects, gold-eating fire ants, ancient blood mosquitoes, golden-hoofed rhinoceros beetles, auspicious jade bees... The Palace of All Beasts is the best sect in the Tongxuan Realm at expelling insects and taming beasts, so Lu Cheng naturally gained a lot.

"Ancient Blood Mosquito and Auspicious Jade Bee, these two precious spiritual insects are found in this world. It seems that we can't escape easily. It would be worth it if we can get the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu even if we die halfway."

Auspicious Jade Bees are a kind of spiritual insect that is very beneficial to monks. The honey they produce is a top-grade natural spiritual medicine.

Taking it for a long time can not only improve your cultivation, nourish your yin and maintain your youth, and nourish your body, but it can also be an auxiliary or main medicine for refining many high-quality elixirs.

You can tell from the name given to it by the monks: the auspicious jade bee, which means it is auspicious to encounter. Of course, there are quite a few monks who have been stung to death by this spiritual insect while stealing honey.

Lu Cheng could take the items in the Jiuli Ding to the outside world, so the moment he discovered the Auspicious Jade Bee, Lu Cheng had already decided to help the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu dominate this place, even though it was quite difficult.

As for the ancient blood mosquito, it is a very strange and ferocious insect. It is ferocious and cruel by nature, but its strength is uncertain. This is because its strength depends entirely on the blood of the spiritual creatures it sucks. If it sucks high-quality spiritual blood, its strength will increase dramatically in a short period of time, but it can only last for a period of time. If you want to truly improve the quality of the ancient blood mosquito, you need to feed it with a large amount of spiritual blood for a long time, so this kind of ferocious blood mosquito gradually became extinct. There are not so many high-level monks in this world who will let you suck their blood, and they need a lot of blood.

"It's a pity that I'm not a cultivator of the Gu God Cult, otherwise I would be crazy with joy right now. With so many high-quality spiritual Gu, it's enough to inherit the Taoist tradition of Yinshan Zhenren."

Yinshan Zhenren integrated Taoist Qigong techniques with southern Xinjiang witchcraft into one. Although he is only a third-grade golden elixir, he has unique fighting and killing power, and is not a weakling among the Zhenren.

But there is a difficulty in this Taoist method, that is, the practitioner must have a spiritual insect of the ancient strange insect level as his natal insect. Most of his magical powers and combat power are placed on it. If the natal insect is slightly weaker, he will definitely not be able to pass the forty-nine tribulations, and the Yinshan Taoist school will be ruined.

Sometimes when Yinshan Zhenren was in Moyun Cave, he would look at his disciples and worry secretly. He had many disciples, but it could be said that there was not a single one who could truly inherit the Taoist tradition. He had a very high opinion of himself and felt that he would ascend to heaven in the future, but he did not want the huge family business he had worked so hard to build to be cut off after he ascended. He would not even have any luck to support himself in the upper realm.

……

In the Jiuli world, two moons hang high in the sky.

A golden silkworm Gu that was emitting red light and was full of poison was flying alone in the sky. It first went to the auspicious jade bee territory that it cared about the most.

I saw a valley full of blooming flowers, which was beautiful even in the night. It was already late at night, but there was still a group of jade bees working hard. I don’t know how many hundreds of years the auspicious jade bees have been managing this place. It was full of vitality and there were countless magical herbs and flowers.

"Go ahead, you're really hardworking."

At this moment, Lu Cheng has already regarded the honey produced by the auspicious jade bees as his own. The harder and more diligent these jade bees are, the more relieved and happy he feels.

At this moment, a golden shadow suddenly rushed out and knocked down the poisonous golden silkworm Gu that was possessed by Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng also lost his vigilance. When he reacted, the golden silkworm Gu that possessed him was surrounded by several golden rhinoceros beetles.

The golden rhinoceros beetle was two times larger than the poisonous golden silkworm Gu. It spread its wings at this moment. Lu Cheng looked up and saw that he was surrounded by several spiritual insects that were many times larger than himself.

Fortunately, the body of the Golden Silkworm Gu is strong and the one possessed by Lu Cheng is the one with the strongest magical power, otherwise its shell would have been bitten through just now. Now it is fine.

Combining the information conveyed to him by the swarm of poisonous golden silkworm insects and the fact that this was the territory of the auspicious jade bees, Lu Cheng vaguely understood: the auspicious jade bees produced jade bee juice, which was supplied in small quantities to these golden beetles, and these ferocious and aggressive golden beetles provided protection for the jade bee swarm.

"Brothers, it's not easy to raise a top-grade Gu worm, please let me go."

The next moment, the golden silkworm Gu of a hundred poisons seemed to pounce up and fly, and the golden beetles that gathered around all flapped their wings and flew up, but the dark golden light flew up close to the ground. With the intelligence of these golden beetles, it was of course difficult for them to understand the concept of fake moves, but their bodies were strong, ferocious, aggressive and fond of eating spiritual insects. If Lu Cheng had not picked out the strongest one among the golden silkworm Gu of a hundred poisons, the golden beetles that surrounded him would have been instinctively afraid and would have pounced on him and tore Lu Cheng to pieces.

"Woooo..."

The cry of the rhinoceros beetle was similar to the whimpering of a puppy. These beetles were sending messages to Lu Cheng from behind and were chasing him closely. Fortunately, the auspicious jade bees were not involved in this matter. Otherwise, even if Lu Cheng was good at making feints and dodging, he would never be able to escape.

“…Woo…Woo”

Lu Cheng was flying in front, and a group of golden-bellied rhinoceros beetles were chasing him from behind. Lu Cheng was desperately transmitting his divine thoughts while flying.

Half a cup of tea later, the poisonous golden silkworm Gu that possessed Lu Cheng was the first to dive into a dense forest, followed by a group of golden rhinoceros beetles that relentlessly chased it in.

But he quickly turned around and flew backwards, because hundreds or even a thousand poisonous golden silkworms flew up from the dense forest.

The natures of these two kinds of spiritual insects are very similar, both have strong shells, powerful bodies, and are fierce and aggressive. However, the Golden Rhinoceros Beetle is not as high as the Poisonous Golden Silkworm Gu in the list of dangerous insects, because they have difficulty reproducing and are not highly poisonous, and their fighting methods all rely on biting.

After being ambushed, a golden rhinoceros beetle had to face seven or eight poisonous golden silkworms. Soon, the nearly one hundred golden rhinoceros beetles were wiped out. None of the groups that came out escaped.

"The insects are not very intelligent. I will use the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu to slowly consume them and eventually occupy this place. But I'm afraid I don't have that much time. There are too many spiritual insects here. Even the Golden Rhinoceros Beetle, which has difficulty reproducing, is much more numerous than the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu. Moreover, even insects will instinctively shrink their defenses if they are ambushed too many times, and then they will be even more difficult to deal with."

At the same time, one month later, in the real world, there is the Palace of Beasts.

"What, Lao Jiu entered a state of enlightenment and can't sit still?"

Outside, the imperial carriage of the Eight Views has arrived, and Xiao Yuhong is ready, but the other protagonist Lu Cheng is in seclusion. Xiao Yuhong and her concubine go in and see that the ninth junior brother Lu Cheng has obviously entered a state of enlightenment on Taoism, so the two have to carefully withdraw.

"This, this Laojiu."

Taoist Huang Longzi laughed and cursed, not knowing what to say. Sudden enlightenment of Taoism is a great joy for Taoists. Many people have practiced for their entire lives and have never entered that state.

Of course, he couldn't disturb them or block their path. There was no greater hatred in the Tongxuan Realm than this. But the Bajing Dharma Assembly couldn't wait for him.

"...Forget it, Yuhong, you and Yuxue should go to the Dharma Assembly first. The Eight Scenery Dharma Assembly will not start immediately. Wait for a few more days. If he wakes up naturally, that would be the best. If we really can't make it in time, I will wake him up and ask your mother to take him to the Dharma Assembly."

The escape light of a Jindan Zhenren can travel thousands of miles a day. The entire Tongxuan Realm seems small to them, so they can naturally save a lot of time.

Huang Longzi made a general calculation and felt that the loss of ending the enlightenment early would most likely not be greater than missing the Eight Scenery Dharma Assembly. After all, it was only an enlightenment at the foundation building level, and Lu Cheng had a great chance of obtaining two treasures at the Eight Scenery Dharma Assembly, and could even taste the Yuxu Yandao Fruit, a spiritual fruit that also had the effect of assisting enlightenment.

(End of this chapter)