Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 138: Concentrate on the mind, earth gives birth to gold

A zombie, or more accurately a fourth-order iron corpse, is as hard as iron, its movements are stiff and slow, its mental state is even lower than that of a wild beast, and it basically only has bloodthirsty instincts left.

Lu Cheng did not use the fourth-order flying sword, but instead used five third-order flying swords to fight the enemy. However, this time, he used more close combat methods that combined man and sword.

At the age of seventy-seven, he had reached the sixth level of Sha Condensation, the ninth level of Body Refining, and the unity of Dharma and body. This way of practice would probably be considered foolish by many cultivators in higher realms.

If he had put the same amount of energy into cultivating his magic power, Lu Cheng would now have at least reached the Refining Gang realm.

For the vast majority of cultivators, possessing the magic power of the Lian Gang realm, even if it is only the first level of Lian Gang, will bring greater benefits and stronger combat power than practicing both magic and body.

But this is not the case for Lu Cheng. A stronger body can carry more powerful magic power. Not only is it beneficial to his Taoist foundation, but for him, the dual cultivation of magic and body can also transform into combat power that is not inferior to that of the Refining Gang Realm.

The five five elements flying swords of Chunjun, Yaoshi, Baiyu, Chiyan and Cangfeng came out one after another, sometimes flying in the air, sometimes being held in Lu Cheng's hands, and then he would use all his strength to strike out.

“Many scriptures record that the human body is a precious raft for escaping the world. It does not require any external help and naturally contains endless and mysterious treasures.

The cultivation method of my Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace is also the same. With the help of the blood of the true spirit, it is powerful. It is difficult to condense the golden elixir, but once the golden elixir is refined, it is easier to make a top-grade elixir than other sects!"

What Lu Cheng was thinking at this moment was actually subconsciously flattering the Palace of the Incarnation of All Beasts.

If you have the opportunity to refine the blood of true spiritual beasts such as the Yellow Dragon, Jiaolong, Cold Qilin and Sky Fox, it doesn't matter if you can't make a golden elixir. If you can, it will of course be easier to make a top-grade elixir.

However, the Taoist method of the Palace of Incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts can easily produce high-quality elixirs, but most of them are of second or third quality. It is difficult to produce high-quality elixirs because it relies too much on external forces.

With the help of the fourth-order iron corpse in front of him, Lu Cheng slowly refined his magic power, physical body, and swordsmanship, gradually bringing them together into one furnace.

After all, he has been devoted to practicing Taoism and has not fought with anyone for 28 years. For Lu Cheng, it is really a way to cultivate his body and mind, and he is very bored.

With a thought, the sword rises and the head falls off!

"In fact, for me, I don't really care about immortality or not. I prefer to sweep the world with a sword, be invincible, and ask who is the hero in the world with a sword in hand."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

Under Lu Cheng's control, the Five Elements Flying Sword absorbed the surrounding vital energy of heaven and earth and flew faster and faster. Although it was a third-level flying sword, it could fly back and forth, pointing east and striking west, and one sword after another cut the weak points of the fourth-level iron corpse's body, causing the corpse's qi to spread and rise.

Suddenly, Lu Cheng flew up, holding a sword and slashing down diagonally. This sword integrated the cultivator's magic power, physical body, and the power of the sword turning into a rainbow into one.

The iron corpse was chopped back and finally crashed heavily into the rocks. Its body was strong, but at this moment it was almost destroyed.

"Photography."

Lu Cheng waved his sleeves, and a small green tripod flew out, emitting a dark golden light, covering the fourth-level iron corpse, and then sucked it into the tripod.

However, this time, after the green cauldron flew back, the Taoist did not take it back as he did in the past. Instead, he shook it slightly. There was a slight sound inside the cauldron, followed by the sound of water.

After his magic power was promoted to the Condensed Evil Realm, Lu Cheng gradually sensed a new use for the Jiuli Ding:
The fourth-level iron corpse just now had its flesh broken into pieces and turned into a stream of extremely refined and pure Xuanyin corpse qi. It was a fourth-level spiritual object and would have infinite uses for a master who was proficient in the way of corpses.

Back then, when Lu Cheng obtained the Jiuli Ding, it only had two functions: contraction and release. However, he now gradually realized that it was not that the Jiuli Ding only had these functions, but that his own Taoism and magic power were too weak back then, so he could only use these two most basic functions.

"I have read the classics in this world, but there is no record of the Jiuli Ding in those ancient legends. However, there are records of it in the myths of the Earth Era in my world... But why did it appear in reality, and why did it bring me to this world?"

The more he discovered the power and wonder of the Jiuli Ding, the easier it was for Lu Cheng to think about it. However, it was just a thought. He was just a gamer, and what could those powerful beings in ancient myths and legends want from him?

"The worst that can happen is that one's soul will be scattered. In our world, we believe that there is nothing left after death. Moreover, this is the artifact of that master. It is nothing if it dies at the hands of my mother."

In the myths and legends of the Earth Era, the Jiuli Ding was originally owned by Chi You, the chief soldier of the Jiuli tribe, and was one of the rare treasures of the ancient prehistoric era. It possessed incredible power and was said to be able to create all things, and also had amazing destructive power.

There is an infinite space world inside, so it seems to be able to contain the heaven and the earth.

Later, Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi offered sacrifices to the sky, and a divine sword descended from the sky and killed Chiyou. Chiyou, the chief military leader of the Jiuli tribe, was killed by the Xuanyuan divine sword.

Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi gave the Jiuli Ding to Nuwa. Nuwa created various lives, but found that most of the creatures in the wild were ferocious and brutal in nature.

In order not to destroy the balance of the Tai Chi of heaven and earth, he re-refined the Jiuli Ding, hoping to purify all the brutal energy, and through this refining, sublime those overly brutal monsters, beasts, demons and other creatures, so as to maintain the harmony of the earth.

But Lu Cheng couldn't understand why such a treasure appeared in "Nine Heavens" and brought himself to this world.

"Maybe, maybe I will know the answer only after I ascend to heaven. Maybe I will never know the answer."

In the following days, Lu Cheng continued to search for the Five Elements True Evil, practice swordplay, use the True Evil Gourd to absorb evil spirits, and tease dogs.

In order to obtain the purest and deepest Five Elements True Evil Energy, he naturally walked farther and farther, and his magic power became deeper and deeper. Gradually, he walked for more than four months. With Lu Cheng's flying speed, this was already a very long distance.

But during these four months, Lu Cheng discovered several third and fourth level refined corpses that had already become quite powerful.

Although these refined corpses are nothing under Lu Cheng's sword, if they were in the mortal world, the fourth-level refined corpses would be enough to turn a town into a dead city.

"Isn't this frequency a bit wrong?!"

Once again, he put a refined corpse into the Jiuli Cauldron and shook its body into pieces, but this time nothing was left and Lu Cheng didn't care.

Because this is the fourteenth corpse he has refined during this period of time.

Even though zombies are more likely to appear deep underground, this number is still too abnormal.

After a few more days, the doubts in Lu Cheng's heart were answered. He was just absorbing the True Evil at a Five Elements True Evil node when a rumbling sound suddenly came from deep in the earth veins.

Lu Cheng was surprised and quickly stopped his magic power and flew up. Then he saw a whirlwind like a black dragon rushing out of the cave in the distance, rushing in all directions. Even at high altitude, it did not disperse, but became more and more violent and ferocious.

As soon as this black gas appeared, the air around it suddenly became extremely cold, and even ice formed on many rocks.

"Xuan Yin Di Sha, there is actually another evil vein here? No, that's not right, why does it seem like it was gathered here by humans?"

Because Lu Cheng had experience in using spells and formations to influence the true evil of the earth veins and devour the magic power of cultivation in one fell swoop, he could vaguely see the abnormality of this place.

Just when Lu Cheng was about to withdraw after a brief thought, he suddenly heard a sobbing sound, and then a rolling black fog gushed out from the cave. Lu Cheng's eyes were sharp, and he saw countless faces twisted and screaming in the black fog, which were actually formed by countless ghosts. From the black fog, a general in luxurious heavy armor flew out, with a gloomy face and a pair of eyes emitting bursts of blood flames that seemed infinitely deep. At this moment, he stared at Lu Cheng, giving him a huge pressure.

Just through his Dharma eyes, Lu Cheng could sense that this person was at least at the Refining Gang Realm, and his magic power was far greater than his own.

"It has been many years since a Taoist priest has visited the Netherworld. Whose soul are you looking for to revive? Do you have any talismans from the real person?"

The words of the Hades General seemed to indicate that Lu Cheng had walked from the human world into the underworld. At the same time, thousands of ghosts were howling around him. Ordinary people would only believe it about 70% under such oppression.

But this person was trying to fool the wrong person. Lu Cheng practiced Shintoism and had two masters who were ranked among the top among the contemporary immortals. He knew very well that neither his teacher Chi Shenzi nor his master Huang Longzi had ever told him anything about the underworld and hell.

"This is the Western Regions, so the force that calls itself the Netherworld is - the Sixteen Evil Sects of the World, the Thousand Corpse Cult!"

Different from the Gushen Sect which was founded by the founder of Yinshan, the entire sect has no cultivator who can independently guard an area except Yinshan Zhenren. Even the eldest disciple Tian Xinzi has only the ninth level of Liangang cultivation, which is not enough to support the sect.

Therefore, in the barren land of the Ten Thousand Mountains in Southern Xinjiang, the Yinshan Patriarch still had to keep the Burning Wood Mountain and the Lingnan City That Never Sleeps as wings. Without the support of these two sixteen evil sects, it would be even more difficult for the Yinshan Patriarch to control Southern Xinjiang and mobilize resources. Under this premise, the Burning Wood Mountain and the City That Never Sleeps each made some small moves, which the Yinshan Patriarch ignored.

The Wanshou Incarnation Palace is the largest sect among the demon sects, second only to the Dongyang Orthodox Sect. It has five Jindan Zhenren: two from each of the Southern and Northern Sects, plus the newly promoted Yuwen Zheng. There are more than 40 Jindan Grandmasters who have achieved the middle and lower grade of Dancheng.

Although it is inferior to the Dongyang Demon Cult which inherited the lineage of the Yuanshi Demon Sect, within the sphere of influence of the Western Regions, the Palace of the Incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts does not rely on external help. The Nine Palaces Demon Realm is hidden in a special space, and the Thousand Corpse Cult is hidden underground. They are unwilling to provoke the Palace of the Incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts but have not completely surrendered to it either.

The Nine Palaces Demon Realm is still okay, but the Thousand Corpse Cult, in order to practice their skills, has been digging up graves and stealing the remains of high-level monks. Both the Nine Palaces Demon Realm and the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace have taken action against them, wanting to get rid of them as soon as possible.

"He was originally a general of the underworld"

boom!
Lu Cheng first bowed politely, and then a precious light flashed from his body, and he suddenly turned into a huge thunder ball and slammed into the heavily armored Hades general.

At the same time, a flash of sword light appeared on his body, and five-colored sword light swam around him, carrying him away to the rear at an astonishing speed.

Seeing this, the Dark General did not seem surprised, but laughed loudly and said:
"Fellow Daoist, now that we are here, we should make the best of it. Since a living person has entered the netherworld, how can we come and go as we please?"

At that moment, the heavily-armored Hades general took a deep breath, and all the souls and mysterious Yin evil spirits around him were sucked in through his mouth and nose. He then mixed them with his own magic power and suddenly stretched out a palm to slap down.

In the sky, everything has disappeared, and there is only a gray-black light, like a rainbow, whizzing past.

Condensing the evil spirit and gathering strength for a single strike, in other words, in this long gray-black rainbow, this Hades general instantly gathered all his power. His own power, as well as the power of the souls that had accumulated around him for hundreds of years, gathered into one body and turned into a shocking strike.

Rumble, rumble.

The long rainbow penetrated and swept through the place where it swept, and the earth and rocks were torn apart like waves. It advanced over a hundred feet and created a huge hole.

However, when the Hades general flew over, he unexpectedly did not notice the figure of the young Taoist priest, and was narrowly avoided by him.

"What a wonderful earth escape technique! But you must have been injured and can't run far! If I let you escape, you little brat who dared to enter the underworld, I, the Underworld General Situ Chi, can't afford to lose you!"

The Thousand Corpse Sect has seven Hades Generals, all of whom have reached the Refining Gang Realm. They fight for the Sect in many battles and have great reputation in the Tongxuan Realm.

As the magic spells in the hands of the Hades General Situ Chi changed, "human shadows" flashed and appeared from his body, eight in total.

The monks of the Thousand Corpse Sect use corpses as magical instruments. Situ Chi sacrificed and refined nine of his own corpses, but he only ever used eight. Such caution is the basis for his survival until now.

Using the magic formula, Situ Chi did not chase after them himself, but his eight shadow corpses made it seem as if he was there in person.

The young man seemed to have suffered serious internal injuries. During the sweeping search of his spiritual consciousness, the energy that was constantly escaping underground was rapidly weakening, and its speed was getting slower and slower.

"It shouldn't be the true teaching of some big sect. Although he managed to dodge my attack, he was seriously injured... What is that?"

The Thousand Corpse Cult's "Great Method of Concentrating Minds and Concentrating the Spirit" is extremely advanced. When practiced to a high level, with each refined corpse as a node, the original coverage of the spiritual consciousness can be increased several times or even dozens of times. When in the realm of condensing the evil spirit and refining the spiritual power, one can control the corpses and kill people from thousands of miles away.

But the price is that the clarity and accuracy of the spiritual consciousness scan is reduced. The more advanced the "Great Method of Concentrating the Mind and Concentrating the Spirit" is, the more this weakness can be compensated. But it is obvious that the Hades General Situ Chi is not that advanced.

Therefore, when he used his refined corpse to chase and intercept, block the breath, and face it, Situ Chi was stunned when he saw a yellowish-brown flying sword slanting into the ground through the refined corpse's perspective.

The next moment, a beam of pure sword light fell from above his head and killed him:

The Seven Dark Generals of the Thousand Corpse Cult? Really strong?
The thick earth escape turns into the golden mist escape, and the earth element gives birth to the gold element.

He used earth escape to hide his aura and transformed himself into one with the sword to assassinate his opponent. At this moment, Lu Cheng had already activated his meridian-breaking sword energy and his innate blood and fire magical power.

Lu Cheng could sense that his maximum limit was that each sword would take up one year of his lifespan, and at this moment, he had used up two months: I will kill you within six swords!

The innate blood and fire burned in his body, fueled by Lu Cheng's life force, which was transformed into violent and surging magic power.

The Taoist adjusted his breathing, used the Meridian-Severing Sword Qi Technique to gather his meridians and control the sword energy. With just one slash of the sword, he broke Situ Chi's protective magic power.

"Ah!"

Situ Chi was also a veteran who had been through many battles. Although he thought it was impossible rationally, his life and death instinct that he had honed over the years was frantically warning him at this moment, telling him that he would die in the next moment!
His spiritual consciousness had already controlled so many refined corpses and had flown so far away. It was of course impossible to call them back at this moment. In a hurry, Situ Chi could only use magic spells to fight the enemy.

As the two sides fought fiercely, a bit of evil spirit lingered on Situ Chi's fingertips, like a whirlpool or a torrent, fluctuating back and forth, with power gradually rising, and faintly, a roaring sound could be heard.

Suddenly, a finger pointed out, and a gray gas spread out in the direction of the finger. The aftermath alone created a gully several feet deep on the ground. Then seven fingers continued to point out, without stopping for a moment.

However, it was useless. As the two sides attacked in such close combat, the cultivator on the opposite side actually managed to charge forward with his sword in an almost impossible situation, dodging his seven Seven Evil Fingers in succession, and then slashed at him with a sword.

The spell was broken, revealing a flaw, and where the sword flashed, Situ Chi's whole body was split in two. A dark shadow suddenly rushed out from inside, and it was his own corpse that died in his place.

"No, it's not that his mind is really that fast, but my reaction has slowed down, and the sword intent has become powerful!"

It was too late to react at this moment, but the fact that Situ Chi could react so quickly showed that he was experienced in many battles.

There was a fierce force attacking from behind. Situ Chi turned around suddenly and saw a blood-red sword rainbow suddenly lit up and a sword fell in front of him. This was the last scene he saw in his life.

(End of this chapter)