Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 135: Seven Treasures Demon Refining Tower, Condensing the Five Elements True Evil
In a secluded cave in a gloomy ghost cave in the Western Regions, a young Taoist priest sat on a cushion with his eyes closed, concentrating. In front of him was an old and dilapidated long banner. Lu Cheng held seals with both hands and practiced magic formulas, which were constantly circulated.

As the spell evolved, five-colored characters flew out, circling around the long banner, and finally merged into it.

The old long banner was spinning with the five-colored characters around it, and gradually emitted a powerful wave of magic power, making the air around it seem to be condensed, filled with a dark and oppressive atmosphere. Lu Cheng felt this power, and ripples appeared in his heart, because he knew that this was the result of his painstaking sacrifice, and the feedback that the Wanhun Banner was about to be completed.

A cultivator, no matter how high his level of Taoism and magical powers are, will feel constrained if he does not have a superior magical weapon that matches himself.

At least, this is the case for the vast majority of cultivators in the Tongxuan Realm, and this is not wrong. Even the legendary sage cultivators and ascended immortals must have several treasures on their bodies.

However, judging from the current structure of the Tongxuan Realm, a Jindan True Person cultivator is already a high-level cultivator in this realm. Not counting the demon gods he had seen before, the magical powers of those beings, even if the bonus of their bloodline was subtracted, Lu Cheng speculated that they were at least at the peak of the Jindan Realm or even the Yuanying Realm.

A group of demon gods in the Nascent Soul stage are entrenched in the so-called "end of the world" around this world. What do they want to do?
Master, did Teacher Chi Shen Zi really not notice?

"Om..."

As Lu Cheng lost his focus, the fierce fire on the Wanhun Banner, a fourth-grade intermediate magic weapon in front of him, spread out, forcing some colorful words to disperse.

This made Lu Cheng regain his composure and he quickly changed the magic spell in his hand.

Under the evolution of the Innate Five Elements Seal, those words seemed to have their own life. They rolled and jumped on the long banner, sometimes turning into moths, sometimes into lotus flowers, and sometimes into dragons and phoenixes, full of infinite changes and vitality.

After the ritual was completed, the five-colored characters on the long banner had become real characters. They were tightly attached to the long banner and no longer drifted away. Finally, the two merged into one.

Sitting upright on the mat, Lu Cheng took a deep breath, slowly opened his eyes, stretched out his hand, and took the Ten Thousand Souls Banner into his hand.

This long banner magic weapon is of the fourth-grade intermediate quality. Its power and spirituality have surpassed any magic weapon he had in the past.

In the Tongxuan Realm, which is currently led by Jindan Zhenren realm cultivators, the number of magic tools, talismans, and elixirs will decrease sharply once they reach the fourth level.

Because the current peak of the Tongxuan Realm is the fifth level. Although Lu Cheng has seen the fight between Master Chi Shenzi and Zhenren Gu Taixu at close range, he believes that their strength is not inferior to the level of some ancient Yuanying realm cultivators recorded in ancient books.

After all, a 9th-grade pill is also a Jindan, and a 1st-grade pill is also a Jindan. The difference between them is more than a thousand miles.

“Although I still need to perform a ritual to save my soul, I still need a fourth-tier magical weapon to protect me and avoid death.”

Lu Cheng said this while holding the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and then walked out of the cave.

Underground palace, sleeping palace.

After practicing in seclusion for several months, he healed his wounds and recovered his vitality after breaking through, and finally finished refining the fourth-level Ten Thousand Souls Banner in the secret room before coming out. Xue Yuzhen was naturally worried.

Lu Cheng had just come out of retreat and was mentally exhausted, so he took care of his concubine Xue Yuzhen and rested and relaxed for a few days.

Barefoot, she walks on the scented steps, holding her golden shoes. I see her on the south side of the painting hall, always leaning against me and trembling.

With Xue Yuzhen's current strength, he is already able to tear tigers and leopards apart.

To some extent, she was also fighting madly for her life, fighting a life-and-death battle. However, when her teeth and nails reached the critical point of being able to hurt Lu Cheng, they would automatically slide away without leaving any scars.

After being promoted to the Condensed Evil Realm, Lu Cheng's protective true evil has been formed. Although it is thin, it is tough.

Outside the curtains, the rain is trickling, the spring is fading, the silk quilt can't stand the cold at five o'clock in the morning. I don't know I am a guest in the dream, I am greedy for a while.

"Ah..."

After seven days and seven nights, there was a long chant.

Xue Yuzhen's pretty face was pale as she lay on Lu Cheng's chest, but she was full of satisfaction. After a while, she suddenly whispered, "If one day, my husband dies first, I swear by my three souls and seven spirits that I will never live alone in this world. In the underworld, I will serve you obediently."

Lu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know why his concubine suddenly thought of this.

He just lowered his head and looked at the eyes of the woman in his arms. He inexplicably believed her and didn't even say the teasing sentence: "Why didn't you follow your late husband?"

Instead, he said, "Okay, then you will be my concubine in the underworld. You will be destined to be a concubine for the rest of your life."

Xue Yuzhen smiled when she heard that and buried her pretty face in Lu Cheng's arms.

"As long as the master loves me, I can do anything."

In addition to dual cultivation, Lu Cheng tuned the piano and Xue Yuzhen danced, Lu Cheng played the flute and Xue Yuzhen played the xiao.

The two of them played chess with black and white pieces, watched fish, had fun, and picked up bargains.

When the master's house arrest order at the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace was lifted, it was already two months later. Lu Cheng was no longer tired, and he returned to the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace with Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger in high spirits.

After a cultivator has achieved success in his profound arts and broken through the Condensed Evil Realm, he can absorb the true energy of heaven and earth into his own magic power, using the true energy as medicine and himself as a furnace, and his magic power will increase tenfold by leaps and bounds.

If one's mind is tempered enough, the skills are complete, and one finds a vein of land filled with evil spirit, one can achieve success in five to ten years.

But Lu Cheng didn't want to compete with the world's cultivators in terms of cultivation speed. He thought it would take five to ten years to complete the task, and then what? What grade would the elixir be?
In Lu Cheng's opinion, this is the key point.

On the contrary, it was the Goddess of Lishan in the Star God Temple who traveled overseas for a hundred years to cultivate the "Dou Mu Yi Qi Jue" and condensed a body of pure evil spirit. The time she spent to condense the evil spirit was more than ten times that of many so-called genius cultivators. But in the end, she defeated the true disciples of the Huoyun Mansion, who were rampant in the southern border and had almost no defeats, with a star flag, and made them retreat, becoming famous all over the world.

Therefore, before Lu Cheng truly condenses his evil spirit, he wants to travel around the world and train himself with the goal of collecting the five elements concentrate to refine his own magic weapon. At the same time, he also wants to return to the Chixin Temple in southern Xinjiang and the City That Never Sleeps to take a look and see his old friends.

He had already written all of this down in the letter he had previously sent to the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace.

Master Huang Longzi and Madam Baoxiang have been in charge of the Northern Sect for hundreds of years, and their private vaults contain countless treasures. However, in addition to providing for their own practice, the two also want to train their daughter to become a talent.

After Lu Cheng obtained the secret book of the Seven Treasures Demon Refining Tower, Taoist Huang Longzi and Madam Baoxiang studied it day and night, hoping to let their two daughters refine a life-long magic weapon together:
This fourth-level life-defining magic weapon, which required two people to refine together, originally had seven layers, and a treasure was placed in each layer to suppress it. On the top layer, there were two linked treasure rings; on the second layer, there was a red wheel, surrounded by flames on all four sides, burning fiercely; on the third layer, there was a bowl; on the fourth layer, there was a golden bell; on the fifth layer, there was a wisdom sword; on the sixth layer, there was a Brahma bell; on the seventh layer, there was a treasure mirror. There were necklaces hanging on all four sides, and on the top, there was also a relic or golden elixir.

Now, after being modified by Taoist Huang Longzi and Madam Baoxiang, although it still has seven layers, it is divided into two sides, and the number of magic weapons required has doubled.

Xiao Yuxue also told Lu Cheng about this matter in a letter. Lu Cheng's head was buzzing when he saw it. This was a set of magical instruments. To start with, one needed the materials of sixteen fourth-level magical instruments, and then two Jindan Zhenren or Buddhist practitioners of the same level would have to contribute their lives.

If such a magical instrument is successfully refined, how powerful and domineering will it be? Without one or two wealthy Jindan Zhenren supporting behind the scenes, don't even think about using such a magical instrument.

The Seven Treasures Demon Refining Tower itself possesses powerful power to subdue demons, and its precious light radiates in all directions. The seven treasures in the tower each have their own brilliance, and they can even be connected as one. Once they are born and cultivated to a high level, these two sisters will surely be unrivaled in the world!
A few days later, in the Palace of Ten Thousand Beasts.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or because Lu Cheng had some face in the heart of his master.

In short, Huang Longzi, who had been in seclusion for many years, accepted Lu Cheng's visit and met him in the Canglong Temple.

"Well, not bad, the divine will is pure and the foundation is solid."

Huang Longzi, who was standing with his hands behind his back, turned around, stared at Lu Cheng for a while, and suddenly said:

“When the Blood God’s power was flowing to the San Jiao and Soul Gate, how did you control the power and break through the barrier?” “…Master, I did comprehend a few volumes of the Blood God’s Sutra.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Cheng immediately broke into a sweat. He was certainly not stupid enough to explain how he gathered his strength to break through the barrier. Instead, he bowed politely and narrated from beginning to end how he obtained the Blood God Dao method.

From beginning to end, Huang Longzi's expression did not change at all.

"Although the Blood Nerve is a magic technique, it is indeed a unique skill in the world. The Taoism in this world is restricted to the Golden Core Realm. You should focus on the Great Dao and comprehend its essence, but don't immerse yourself in it. After a hundred years, you will know that the Mysterious Gate Transformation True Spirit General Principles created by the Master may not be inferior to the future of the Blood God Son."

"Disciple, I will follow the Master's teachings."

Although Lu Cheng knew that as a sect of the devil, the Palace of the Incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts would not call for killing just because their disciples practiced foreign magic skills, he still didn't expect that Huang Longzi would raise it high and put it down so easily.

Of course, this also reflects Taoist Huang Longzi's absolute confidence in his own path. He seems to believe that even if a contemporary blood demon really appears among his disciples, he has the magic power to suppress him.

In the history of Tongxuan Realm, there have been several generations of blood demons, and each generation caused bloody storms, as if it was a killing calamity between heaven and earth, and they would not stop until enough blood flowed in this world.

Next, Huang Longzi asked Lu Cheng about several key points in cultivation, and finally said:
"With your foundation and understanding, it won't be a big problem for you to cultivate to the middle level of Condensing Evil. Next, you can go to the Five Elements Cave to Condensing Evil. As for collecting materials for refining your own life instrument, it won't be too late to go there after you have cultivated the magic power of the middle level."

"Thank you, Master, for your advice."

It is extremely important to have someone to guide you on the road of cultivation and to strengthen your confidence. Otherwise, even if it is Lu Cheng, because the two realms of Ningsha and Liangang are related to his future cultivation of the Golden Elixir, he will definitely be extremely cautious and careful, and make repeated calculations. This is certainly not wrong, but it will at least waste a lot of time.

Now, with Huang Longzi's words, Lu Cheng doesn't have to worry too much about his own shortcomings before he reaches the middle stage of Ningsha cultivation.

Just as Lu Cheng saluted and prepared to leave, Taoist Huang Longzi called Lu Cheng again. Then, he waved his sleeves and a long sword with a sheath flew out from his robe.

"Old Nine, you are good at swordsmanship, so I'll leave this Qingming Flying Sword to you to protect yourself."

Lu Cheng was stunned when he heard that, then he slightly pulled out his flying sword. He saw that the sword body was chilly and surrounded by faint green electric light. With Lu Cheng's knowledge, he knew at a glance that it was a fourth-grade, top-quality wood-type flying sword.

"Thank you, Master."

"You are brave and diligent. As your teacher, it is only natural for me to bestow upon you a magical instrument to protect you. Now, you may go down."

He performed the ceremony in Lucheng and retreated.

A beautiful woman with elegant appearance and skin as white as snow slowly walked out from behind the screen of the Canglong Temple. The person who appeared here at this time was of course Madam Baoxiang.

"Alas, how could such a good disciple cultivate into the Blood God Son? I was originally quite fond of this Old Nine and wanted to marry Yuxue to him, but now it seems I have to think twice."

The blood demon was born, he didn't recognize his relatives, and killed everyone. It has been many years since the last generation of blood demon was born. Counting the days, it seems that it is time for a new generation of blood demon to reappear in the world.

"Hmph, aren't there enough cultivators in this world who study the blood nerves? Old Nine has some talent, but he can only practice some real things. Moreover, when Yuhong and Yuxue refine the Seven Treasures Demon Refining Tower in the future, how many demon cultivators in the world will dare to raise their eyes?"

“Let’s take a step back and say that they still have their fathers. Even if it’s the Blood Demon, it’s been so many years, and I haven’t seen anyone transform into a Nascent Soul from the fetus, live for thousands of years, or be immortal, and obtain the Great Freedom!”

Huang Longzi was wearing a Taoist robe with gray hair, standing with his hands behind his back. When he spoke the last few words, his pupils turned dark gold, like a congenital god.

For hundreds of years, the battle with the Yellow Dragon's true blood has certainly made Taoist Huang Longzi miserable, but this is also a broad road that connects the inside and the outside and reaches the sky.

"Husband, are you really sure?"

Madam Baoxiang was still a little worried, but it seemed that what she was worried about was not Lu Cheng, but the husband in front of her.

"Madam, you have worked hard to support the family business over the years."

Taoist Huang Longzi looked at the lady in front of him, gently took her into his arms and spoke softly.

"It's not hard. We are husband and wife, so we should support each other. In fact, I would be willing to die just to enjoy a hundred years of happiness in this heavenly palace with you, Yuhong and Yuxue."

"With you by my side, Yuhong and Yuxue, and with Junior Brother's years of preparation, this world can't stop us, and those demon gods can't stop us."

At the same time, on the other side, Lu Cheng took the jade ring given by his master and went to the Five Elements Cave in Guizang Mountain.

There is a formation guarding here, but there are no cultivators guarding it. Lu Cheng took out the jade ring and shone it, and the passage was unobstructed.

The Five Elements True Evil is the best evil spirit in the world. Cultivating this kind of evil spirit can match most of the strong energy in the world.

Unfortunately, in order for the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace to condense their evil spirits, they must condense their own true blood, and monsters with all five elements are extremely rare. Therefore, although there is a precious Five Elements True Evil Dharma lineage at the foot of Guizang Mountain, it has never been activated by any cultivator.

Of course, there are many monks from other sects and schools who want to refine the Five Elements True Evil, but who can get close to the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace in Guizang Mountain?

If they were caught accidentally, they would probably be taken away and used to feed the dragons that Huang Longzi used to pull his cart.

As soon as Lu Cheng entered the Five Elements Cave, he immediately felt streams of the purest true evil rushing through his entire body's acupoints.

This magic power is completely different from the normal vitality of heaven and earth. Once it is guided into the body, it will quickly combine with the five elements magic power that he has cultivated himself. Not only will it become several times more powerful, it will also completely change the nature of the magic power.

Make your own five elements magic power become more refined and condensed, and circulate.

Lu Cheng built his foundation with the Great Five Elements Earth Extreme True Fire, and also specialized in the Five Elements Sword Intentions to control the overall situation. The solid foundation of Taoism can be said to be a blend of heaven and earth, far surpassing the precedents of his predecessors in this world. Therefore, he absorbed the Five Elements True Evil from all directions very quickly.

He fell rapidly along the direction of the cave entrance, entering deeper into the earth veins and absorbing more pure true evil.

It was known that the magic power of cultivators in the Condensing Evil Realm increased ten times compared to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Until today, Lu Cheng truly felt the feeling of condensing the true evil of heaven and earth and his magic power increasing rapidly. For a cultivator, there is really no happier thing than this.

"This Five Elements True Evil Dharma Vein has hardly been refined by anyone, it is extremely powerful and pure. As a result, when I achieve the Great Condensation of Evil, my magic power will surely increase tenfold. At least at this stage of Condensation of Evil, I have established an extremely powerful foundation."

Just like that, Lu Cheng settled down in this Five Elements Cave. He couldn't absorb and condense the evil spirit all the time. Even if his magic power could bear it, his physical body couldn't bear it.

During the recovery and rest time, Lu Cheng refined the Qingming Flying Sword given to him by his master Huang Longzi.

This Qingming Flying Sword is of the fourth-grade top grade. Due to the material it is made of, it can emit Yi Mu Divine Thunder. The sword and thunder are one and the same, and its power is quite impressive.

Lu Cheng was naturally happy about his newly acquired top-grade flying sword. The Five Elements Cave was extremely quiet, so he naturally practiced sword techniques in the cave.

The flying sword shuttled back and forth, and although he only had one wood-element flying sword, the sword intent contained all five elements. In the process of practicing sword techniques, Lu Cheng discovered that the five-element true evil around him would be attracted and affected by the flow of his own five-element sword intent.

In the process of sword practice, one can condense true evil and have the effect of tempering the body. Realizing this, the Taoist who never wanted to take advantage of others, naturally made some careful deductions to make sure there was no danger, and then used sword techniques to condense true evil and have the effect of increasing magic power and tempering the body.

Although this was a little slower, it was worth it. Later, Lu Cheng used the Five Elements Seal to perform the spell and found that it was also effective.

(End of this chapter)