Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 130: Fame spreads across the world, teaching the Dao (I will return to Qingdao this month, as my health will be damaged if I continue like this)
Starting with the sword-killing of Wan Zongshao of Youhun City, Lu Cheng's name began to appear in the ears of some people in the Sixteen Sects.

At the Eight Scenes Ceremony, this true disciple of the former Huoyun Mansion and now the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace, wielding a sword, killed his way through the ranks and finally became the sixth-ranked cultivator among this generation of young cultivators. All of a sudden, the twelve top sects, the sixteen evil factions, and even the Tongxuan world and overseas independent cultivators, would spread the name Lu Cheng for a certain period of time.

The secret book of refining in the Seven Treasures Demon Refining Tower is one of the treasures obtained from this year's Eight Scenery Dharma Assembly. This method of refining natal magic tools has powerful killing and suppressing powers, especially for restraining demonic powers. However, it is obscure and difficult to refine.

It would be better to say that the Seven Treasures Demon Refining Tower has eight magic weapons rather than one. Each of the seven-story Demon Refining Tower must have a suppression magic weapon. On the day of the perfect refining, the magic weapons will be combined into one, with infinite power!
However, there seemed to be some Buddhist practice methods mixed in it, which Lu Cheng didn't like, but he still exchanged it for the sisters Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue.

It was because Lu Cheng noticed that Xiao Yuhong looked different that day, and after asking her several times, he learned:

"My father once told me to try my best to get this magic weapon refining manual, saying that it would be of great benefit to my sisters and me on our path."

Although she felt a little embarrassed, Xiao Yuhong still cared more about her and her sister's future, so she explained the whole story.

The secret book of refining the Five Elements Sword, whose full name is the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword, requires collecting the refined minerals of Taiyi in the west, Lihuo in the south, Kanshui in the north, Yimu in the east, and thick earth in the center. It must be condensed with true fire and the magic power of the cultivator for thirty years to create the natal magic weapon.

This sword has fully mastered the magic of the five elements, and has unique supernatural powers that can restrain everything. It is truly the best flying sword in the Tongxuan world today.

There is nothing much to say about this. Even if it is just to comprehend the legal principles, Lu Cheng will definitely choose it.

A portion of ten thousand year old stone milk, which is condensed from the vitality of the earth, is an extremely precious fifth-level spiritual object. It can not only strengthen the vitality of the cultivator and repair internal and external injuries, but most importantly, it can quickly restore the cultivator's magic power, and the toxicity is extremely minimal.

Normally, even a fifth-level elixir would not be able to quickly restore a cultivator's mana, and would accumulate a large amount of elixir poison.

Therefore, when necessary, the spiritual object such as the Ten Thousand Year Stone Milk can be used by the Golden Elixir Master and combined with elixirs, it is almost equivalent to a life.

When Lu Cheng saw this spiritual object, he felt dizzy and dazed. A Grand Master of the Eight-level Jindan Realm, a Jindan Zhenren, didn't need this object?
The value of a spiritual object like this is almost as great as the Dongyang Orthodox Church's substitute puppet. But when would the Dongyang Orthodox Church give the substitute puppet to someone else?
Even if he was captured accidentally by monks outside the sect, they would probably be hunted down to the ends of the earth.

A few days later, in a quiet stone chamber in the Eight Views.

The young Taoist priest sat upright on a cushion in the stone chamber, his hands crossed and pressed lightly, his mouth breathing in and out slightly. On the wall of the stone chamber hung an ancient scroll, which depicted a mountain-shaped waterfall and a Taoist priest's crane.

As time passed, the five elements of energy circulating in the room gradually became more substantial. Lu Cheng's expression changed from calm at the beginning to slightly painful. Sweat appeared on his Taoist robe and his body was shaking slightly.

When a monk cultivates the Dao, he absorbs and exhales the energy of heaven and earth into his body, forming magic power, which he can use to move mountains and fill the sea. But on the other hand, such a huge amount of magic power affects the internal organs, every muscle, and every bone of the monk's body day and night...

The yin and yang and the five elements in the human body integrate and distribute all the qi, each has its own function and use. If something unexpected happens and the function is disrupted, what will be the consequences?
Therefore, all the cultivators in the world fear the words "going astray and becoming possessed by the devil" as ordinary people fear a tiger.

Lu Cheng's practice has always been based on the outline and has been very steady. Even after being taught by two immortals, Chi Shenzi and Huang Longzi, they could not see any problems.

But in fact, the excessive sword intent he knew was still acting on his body and mind. At this moment, Lu Cheng used the Five Elements Sword Intention to guide his body and mind, and all the discord and disharmony were dispersed. Fortunately, his years of cultivation were extremely short in the eyes of a serious cultivator, and those negative influences did not affect his foundation.

Lu Cheng was in a trance and didn't know how much time had passed. Suddenly, he opened his eyes. Five colored auras, blue, red, white, yellow and black, flowed and changed, exploding and spreading with his dantian as the center. The entire secret room shook slightly.

Lu Cheng exhaled deeply, his face gradually turned rosy, and the sweat on his body disappeared. He felt the five elements of magic power in his body circulate and stretch, and it was obvious that the discord had been eliminated.

As he held the incantation, a talisman flew into the stone chamber from outside. It turned out to be Xiao Yuxue's sound transmission talisman:
"Brother, my mother has already arrived at the Eight Views. When you have finished healing, please come out quickly and we will go home together."

"Master's wife came in person?"

Lu Cheng put away the talisman and his expression warmed up. After all, it was a reassuring thing to have a home for his life.

After washing up, he left the secret retreat room provided by the Eight Views.

At this time, it was already the seventh day after the end of the Eight Scenes Dharma Assembly.

Most of the monks have dispersed, but some are still staying in the temple, trading, discussing and inviting other monks.

Led by a Taoist boy from the Eight Views, Lu Cheng came to a courtyard where Baoxiang Zhenren was received.

After entering the main hall, I saw my master's wife, Madam Baoxiang, having a pleasant conversation with a beautiful middle-aged nun.

Madam Baoxiang was accompanied by the Xiao sisters, while the middle-aged female nun's attacker was a group of young male and female monks led by Xuanzang Mountain's eldest brother Fang Boyang.

Seeing Lu Cheng enter, not only the Xiao sisters looked at him, but the young cultivators from Xuanzang Mountain also turned their eyes to him, with curiosity and admiration in their eyes.

"Senior Brother Lu!"

When Xiao Yuxue saw Lu Cheng, her eyes lit up and she cried out.

"Old Nine, thank you for your hard work. You have brought a lot of glory to the sect this time."

Madam Baoxiang did not care about her little daughter's rudeness, but looked at Lu Cheng and said with a smile.

"It's all thanks to the teachings of Master and Master's Wife."

After the ceremony, Lu Cheng took out the jade bottle containing the thousand-year-old stone milk and the diamond bead, a secret treasure for overcoming tribulations, and respectfully handed them to Madam Baoxiang with both hands.

"I appreciate your filial piety, so I will accept these things. However, your master will decide what reward you should receive."

"Sister Mengying, the disciple I'm waiting for has come out of retreat. Shall we set off today?"

"But at my sister's command."

The middle-aged nun nodded when she heard this, and that day, the group boarded the large spiritual boat of Xuanzang Mountain and began their return journey. Huang Longzi and Madam Baoxiang had some friendship with the two masters of Xuanzang Mountain, Shan Jinfu and Ouyang Mengying.

Although the Shan couple did not attain the great way of the golden elixir, they were both hardworking people. They practiced alchemy in Xuanzang Mountain for hundreds of years and their magical powers and skills were extraordinary.

After spending a few days together, Lu Cheng discovered that Fang Boyang seemed to have a good impression of Xiao Yuhong. Unfortunately, the King of Xiang wanted to have a dream but the goddess was not interested. The few short days of spending time together on the spirit boat were far from enough for Fang Boyang to make Xiao Yuhong feel more favorable towards him.

Western Regions, the Palace of All Beasts.

After borrowing the flying boat from Xuanzang Mountain and returning to the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace, he waited for a few days until his master, Huang Longzi, would finish his retreat and come out to give lectures.

In the main hall, the Canglong Temple, except for a few disciples who were out on business, Madam Baoxiang, the Xiao sisters, and other true disciples were all there.

Today, at the end of his sermon, Master Huang Longzi did not continue to talk about Taoism, nor did he talk about magic formulas, swordsmanship, or the hundred arts of cultivating immortals. Instead, he talked about an old story from the past:
"About two hundred years ago, I achieved a high-grade golden elixir and became the Grand Elder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace. I was ambitious and felt that I could conquer the world.

While traveling around the world, I happened to meet a young man in black. He was wearing a gorgeous robe and had an ordinary face but an elegant temperament. I wanted to make friends with him but he ridiculed me, so I got angry and attacked him.

That was the most difficult battle in my hundreds of years of practicing Taoism. That young man was full of true fire magic, and he actually obtained the essence of the Great Sun True Fire. Those who practice fire magic do not have all the sword skills of sword practitioners, but there are many spiritual flames and strange fires in this world, such as the Nine Heavens Fiery Fire, the Qianli Seven Flavors True Fire, the Great Sun True Fire, the Taiyin True Fire, the Stars True Fire, the Small Nanming Fire, etc. ... When cultivated to a high level, it can be said that fire dominates the universe.

After seven days and seven nights of hard fighting, I returned in defeat. "

When he said this, Huang Longzi looked towards Lu Cheng who was sitting on the futon. After a pause, he said:
"Old Nine, as a monk, how can fame help me? Just like when I met that young man in black, I was already famous all over the world, but I still lost to him and almost died."

"Only when the Tao is in your body can it be yours. All other external things are false. After staying in the palace for a few days, you can go to the ghost cave in the dark wind to help the fourth brother. If you still want to become famous, come out again in forty years."

With one sword, he killed his way through the Eight Scenery Assembly, adding glory to the sect and winning two precious spiritual objects for his master, but in the end he was banished to the ghost cave in the dark wind.

Even Lu Cheng felt a little suffocated for a moment, but he quickly adjusted his mood and responded politely.

"Well, these three shadow-transforming talismans will help you protect yourself and save your life. All right, all of you go down. Lao Jiu, follow me."

Three talismans flew out from the Taoist priest, landed in Lu Cheng's hands, and were then put away by him.

The Shadow-Transforming Talisman is a fourth-order, mid-grade spiritual talisman. After being activated, it can conjure up the phantom of a monk holding the talisman, which cannot be detected even by a spiritual sense. It is a life-saving talisman that can be used to avoid being hunted down by monks of higher realms.

Huang Longzi walked in front and Lu Cheng followed behind. The master and disciple walked one after the other and came to the Sutra Library of the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace.

But this time, Huang Longzi took Lu Cheng all the way without any obstacles and arrived at the fourth floor of the Sutra Library.

On the fourth floor, Taoist Huang Longzi reached out his hand and took a jade slip from the air, then threw it to his ninth disciple Lu Cheng. Then he continued to move forward and said:
"Your Dharma lineage is not suitable for practicing the Life and Death Illusion Sword Qi Yuan Gang True Evil. If you want to lay a solid foundation, you must condense the Five Elements True Evil. This is the Five Elements Condensing Evil method. You can start studying it after you go to the Yinfeng Ghost Cave. When you get there, don't rush to practice magic power to improve your realm. Just let it go naturally and spend more time to comprehend this Condensing Evil method."

"Don't be hasty. A cultivator's motto is 'I am not as good as others within a hundred years, but others will not be as good as me after a hundred years.' What is the difference between fast and slow? The Five Elements Condensation of Evil Spirits was once very popular. There are many excellent methods of Condensation of Evil Spirits. The one I gave you is the one I think is good, but you can also collect methods by yourself, draw inferences from other cases, summarize various methods, reflect on yourself, and find the method of Condensation of Evil Spirits that suits you best. In addition..."

On the fourth floor of the Sutra Repository, Master Huang Longzi was still walking up.

This scripture-repository has only six floors in total. The first three floors correspond to the innate, qi-training, and foundation-building realms respectively. The fourth floor corresponds to the condensing evil and refining Gang realms. The fifth floor is the golden elixir realm's skills and techniques.

As for the top six floors, there are probably only a few books in them.

"I didn't intend to give it to you so soon, but after thinking about it carefully, you should have prepared early. Remember, you must practice the sixth level of Gang Refining before you start practicing the fusion of true blood. Before that, the blood of the cultivator will be mixed, and it will be difficult to practice step by step. After the golden elixir, the fusion of true blood will be tit-for-tat and difficult to balance, just like me now."

"I have studied for three hundred years before I figured out a method to calculate the timing of fusing true blood. This is a secret secret, so don't tell anyone else."

Huang Longzi picked up a scripture on the fifth floor of the Sutra Library, then turned around and placed it in Lu Cheng's hands with great care:

The general outline of the transformations of the true spirits of the Xuanmen sect, the Taoist method that Huang Longzi studied and practiced throughout his life.

It is comparable to the original sect-founding technique of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace, the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Art, or even better.

"You don't need to study this method too much now. Just prepare yourself. When you reach the level of refining your Qi in the future, it won't be too late to study this method in depth."

Three shadow-transforming talismans, a Taoist book on condensing evil spirits, and a general outline of the transformation of the true spirits of the mysterious sect. This was the reward from Taoist Huanglong for Lu Cheng's performance at the Eight Scenery Ceremony.

Before this happened, Lu Cheng had never thought that he could directly obtain the General Outline of the Transformations of the Xuanmen True Spirit. This book can be said to be the life's work of Taoist Huang Longzi.

"I'll give you three days to get a general idea of ​​what to prepare for. If you become obsessed with this fundamental method now, it will only do harm to your path."

After explaining some more details, Taoist Huang Longzi left.

Lu Cheng comprehended the general outline of the three-day transformation of the Xuanmen True Spirit in the Sutra Library, and gradually understood why his master asked him to prepare:

To practice this Taoist method, the cultivator needs to fuse true spirit and true blood. If it is fused with the blood of ordinary monsters, this method will be useless.

True spirit and true blood are so precious and rare that we really need to prepare early.

Unless one has a natural bloodline like the Xiao sisters, ordinary cultivators who practice this Taoism will fuse their true blood before forming the pill, which will cause the bloodline to be impure, increase the difficulty of forming the pill, and affect the quality of the pill. If they fuse their true blood after forming the pill, it will cause a violent conflict, and the stronger the true blood, the greater the counterattack.

Huang Longzi calculated that only when one reaches the late stage of the Refining Gang realm and uses secret methods to calculate the right time, can one perfectly fuse the true blood, truly emulate the sages, and cultivate the general outline of the transformation of the Xuanmen True Spirit. Currently, no one in the entire Northern Sect has cultivated this Taoist method by their own strength, and the Xiao sisters also rely on the shadow of their parents.

(End of this chapter)