Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 153: Feeding Insects with Spiritual Liquid
"The cultivators at the Refining Gang Realm are definitely high-ranking people in the Lin family. The 'old guys' he mentioned might be..."

Lu Cheng himself is closely entangled with the Lin family of Ranmu Mountain. He has collected several of the most core inherited books of Ranmu Mountain: "The Great Method of Seizing the Sky and Transforming the Soul", "The Secret of Forging the Yuan in the Five Palaces", "The Book of Five Elements Alchemy", and "Transferring the Soul".

At this moment, combined with the previous events, I naturally thought of "Soul Transfer".

When the life span of the monks in the Ranmu Mountain Lin family who have reached the Ningsha and Liangang realms comes to an end, they will transfer their souls to other creatures in order to achieve immortality.

The only ones who can make a Lin family cultivator in the Refining Gang Realm commit suicide voluntarily are these old monsters.

"Interesting. After all the twists and turns, we are still back to the Lin family. What are they doing to expand their business so much?"

As Lu Cheng's mood changed, the two flying swords, Cang Yan and Qing Ming, that were circling around him, slightly bent and hummed, just like a person stretching lazily. They flew around Lu Cheng twice, then quickly shrank and flew back into his sleeves.

A spiritual flying sword can greatly reflect the owner's mood. With the Golden Dragon Inner Core in hand, Lu Cheng's mood at this moment is:

"It's such a nice day, Lin family, you better do something wrong and get into my hands. I will then wipe out your entire family and I will kill you!"

The Ranmushan Lin family has been a major evil sect for many years, and Lu Cheng has been eyeing this family for a long time.

The news that the elixir Blood-Exchanging Flower, which can replenish the spiritual foundation of cultivators, appeared in the Yellow Spring Valley of Ranmu Mountain spread like wildfire throughout the world, not only attracting the attention of major sects in the world, but also attracting a large number of cultivators from the Tongxuan Realm to gather together.

There is a Qushui City near the Ranmu Mountain, which is mainly populated by members of the Lin clan, supplemented by common people. Although it is far less prosperous than the Lingnan City That Never Sleeps, it is also an outstanding spiritual city.

There is Ranmu Mountain in the Ten Thousand Mountains. A few hundred miles away from the mountain is Qushui City. A hundred miles west of Qushui City is Huangquan Valley, the birthplace of the Blood-Exchange Flower.

From the monk's perspective, this distance is very close.

Huangquan Valley can also be called Huangquan Ghost Cave, which is similar to the Yinfeng Ghost Cave within the sphere of influence of the Wanshou Palace in the Western Regions.

As for the inheritance of immortal civilization, although their characters are different, they are all pictographic block characters. The underlying mechanism of their design is very sophisticated. It will not be like many civilizations where, with the development of the times, the number of characters in the vocabulary to be learned increases and the difficulty of learning increases. The commonly used characters are basically within 5,000 words and will not increase rapidly.

And it conforms to the natural laws of living things. For example, when a person says "chest" or "abdomen", the movement of his qi and pronunciation will naturally pass through these two parts.

Therefore, high-level cultivators like the red-haired ancestor Gongsun Lie, who are said to have Semu ancestry, are very rare, because of the problem of civilizational barriers themselves.

The five words "Yinfengdi Guiku" describe all the characteristics of this place.

The same is true for the Yellow Springs Ghost Cave. It is a giant rift cave with lush jungles and dense miasma, forming its own ecosystem. Although the lifespan of the monks of the Ranmu Mountain family who practice soul-transferring techniques will be greatly extended, the lifespan of the soul will gradually be consumed over time. At this time, the animal nature will gradually erode the human nature and gradually fall into madness.

At this time, the soul-transferring monk will take the initiative to enter the Yellow Spring Valley, using the geographical advantages of the place to slow down the loss of soul, and at the same time prevent himself from going crazy and harming his former tribesmen.

Of course, the Lin family designated a place like this as a forbidden area. Moreover, monsters and insects would occasionally rush out of the valley to eat people.

But the entire Huangquan Valley is extremely large. It was still okay in the past, but now the cultivators of the Lin family stationed in Huangquan Valley are unable to stop the cultivators from all over the world from gathering here, and their numbers are increasing and their cultivation levels are getting higher and higher.

Therefore, after the garrisoned monks suffered losses, the Lin family simply withdrew those people, gave up their jurisdiction over Huangquan Valley, and began to shrink the family's power in order to protect themselves.

Lu Cheng entered Qushui City.

He walked around the street, asked for some information, and then went straight to a shop in the middle of the street.

The shop was a bit deserted, with only a middle-aged monk sitting on a recliner flipping through an old book.

"My fellow Taoist, is there any cave house available for rent in the city?"

When the middle-aged monk saw someone coming in, he immediately stood up and put down the book in his hand, and walked forward and said enthusiastically:
“There is plenty of spiritual energy in Qushui City. Over the past few hundred years, we have opened up countless caves. There are countless caves of various spiritual energy levels. How could they all be filled?

I just don't know what level of cave you need?

Although fellow Taoist looks young, his body is full of magical power and Taoist energy. I'm afraid he has already reached the foundation-building stage.

If you want to live more comfortably, I recommend you choose the second-level A-type cave.

Because this type of cave dwelling is relatively large, it has a total of more than a dozen separate rooms, and also comes with two acres of third-grade medium-quality spiritual fields. It not only has an alchemy room, a weapon refining room, and a talisman making room, but also a training room for cultivators to test their sword skills and magic.

However, the price of renting this kind of cave is naturally more expensive."

Whenever Lu Cheng went out, he would use the magic technique of changing his appearance into a hundred different forms to slightly adjust his face, so that even people who were familiar with him would not be able to recognize him at first glance. And of course, it was even more impossible for this cultivator who managed the cave in Qushui City to see through Lu Cheng's magic and illusion.

With the introduction of this cultivator, Lu Cheng chose a nice second-level A-grade cave to rent.

In fact, there are far more caves for rent and sale in Qushui City, but this is an official industry of the Lin family, and the price of renting and selling caves is much higher than that of other shops. But there is one advantage, that is, the safety is more guaranteed. Lu Cheng predicted that chaos was coming here, so he simply paid a high price to rent a Type A cave. As for the fact that it only has third-level spiritual energy, his current practice is mainly to condense evil spirits, supplemented by spiritual energy.

It was under such circumstances that Lu Cheng moved into Qushui City. At the same time, he sent a letter to the sect through a local undercover agent, saying that he had taken over the matter and expounded on the findings of his investigation.

For the next six months, Lu Cheng practiced the art of condensing evil spirits with the Five Elements True Evil Gourd in Qushui City. At the same time, he opened a small shop and hired people to purchase blood-changing flowers.

"The third-level blood-changing flower can improve a cultivator's foundation, so will it have the same effect on spirit insects?
The Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu is known as the king of all Gu and is extremely difficult to cultivate. I have been feeding them with the best medicine from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect for many years. Apart from the increase in the number of third-level Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu, there is no sign of any of them being promoted to the fourth level.

So if we add these blood-changing flowers into the medicine, will it be effective?"

Although the price of the blood-changing flower does change three times a day, it is only a third-level spiritual medicine after all, and the price increase will not be excessive and does not exceed Lu Cheng's affordability.

On the contrary, if this investment is effective, it will be more meaningful for oneself to catalyze the production of the fourth-level golden silkworm Gu as much as possible.

Of course, it was impossible to use the entire colony for the experiment at the beginning. Lu Cheng chose a cave with multiple insect rooms, separated different groups of golden silkworm Gu worms, and raised them in them to supply them with medicinal liquid.

This is southern Xinjiang, and it is not difficult to find a foundation-building cave with many insect rooms.

Half a year later, in a deep cave in Qushui City, a ray of sunlight shone through the cracks onto the bluestone slabs, creating a mottled effect.

Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the green jade bed in the center of the stone chamber, wearing a loose gray Taoist robe with the collar casually open, revealing the plain cloth underneath.

His hands were placed flat on his knees, and his fingers were crossed and changed in mysterious gestures.

In front of him, a gourd was suspended in mid-air, from which gushed out pure and evil energy. It looked black at first, but in fact, there were various colored auras entangled inside.

As the practice deepened, his own magic power blended with the five elements of true evil spirit, causing the Taoist's body to gradually emit a faint light, with five colors flowing. With it as the center, faint ripples spread in the air, as if the power of the five elements had achieved harmonious coexistence under the Taoist's control.

The next step is to return the true evil magic power to the dantian. The cultivators call this step "condensing the evil and embracing the elixir to temper the true form."

He was already very familiar with it so of course there was no danger. However, there were countless people in the world who made mistakes while practicing and ended up dying because of this step.

Therefore, apart from the outer defensive formation inside and outside the entire cave, there are also some golden stars flashing, which are the swarms of poisonous golden silkworm poisonous insects.

With these third-level golden silkworm poisonous insect swarms, even a Condensed Evil Monk with ordinary magical powers would most likely die from the swarm if he casually broke in.

At this time, the ground was shaking faintly. It was not a slight vibration, but the entire Qushui City and even the area within a hundred miles was shaking. In the quiet room, the Taoist closed his eyes and frowned slightly, but his martial arts skills were not messed up at all.

The sweat on his forehead dripped down his cheeks and fell onto the stone slabs, but he was not moved at all and continued to concentrate on the operation of the True Evil magic power.

As time went on, the ground shook more and more violently.

Suddenly, the Taoist's palms placed on his knees moved slightly with his fingers like swords, and then a ball of five-colored light suddenly lit up at his fingertips, like a gorgeous five-colored sun blooming in the cave.

"call……"

The earthquake gradually subsided, and he let out a long breath. At this moment, Lu Cheng suddenly opened his eyes, and there was also a colorful light in his eyes. It turned out that he had already gathered all the Five Elements True Evil power into his own Dantian, and his practice had made further progress.

Second Senior Sister Wu Lingjun's True Evil Gourd is also a rare treasure. Although it is only a fourth-level mid-grade one, it can hold an astonishing amount of evil spirit. Otherwise, with Lu Cheng's True Evil intake and exhalation volume, even the last two levels of mana condensed evil spirit cannot be contained by an ordinary fourth-level magic weapon.

"Huh, I am only half a step away from perfecting the Five Elements True Evil, but why are earthquakes so frequent in the past six months?"

After finishing his practice, Lu Cheng stood up and walked out of the practice room, heading to the insect room to check if his experimental insect swarms showed any abnormalities.

In the four insect rooms on both sides of the alley, there were many golden silkworm Gu densely packed together. Lu Cheng used them for a control experiment.

One group was only fed with the secret high-level spiritual medicine liquid of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, one group was mixed with the third-level blood-changing flower medicine liquid, one group was only fed with the third-level blood-changing flower medicine liquid, and one group was only nurtured by infusing their own magic power.

After half a year, the results are obvious.

The fourth group was eliminated first. If they were just fed normally and nurtured with full mana, the growth of the Golden Silkworm Gu would be very limited, or in other words, there would be no change at all in half a year.

Then the third group was eliminated. Although the golden silkworm Gu in this insect room was obviously irritable and excited, and its aggressiveness was greatly improved, its mana aura increased limitedly. Of course, the number of blood-changing flowers in my hand was limited after all, and the amount of medicine invested in feeding could not be as much as that of high-level spiritual medicine liquid.

The golden silkworm Gu in the first group of insect rooms, after being cultivated with medicinal liquid, had a slightly higher growth in magical power than the third group, but they did not show any signs of violent excitement.

The golden silkworm Gu in the second group of insect rooms grew larger, their magic power increased rapidly, and they became bloodthirsty and ferocious, showing amazing aggressiveness when they drank the high-level elixir mixed with the blood-changing flower medicine.

Lu Cheng would release them back to the Insect Town world from time to time, and these poisonous golden silkworm Gu would kill and devour crazily. If the original spiritual insects in the Insect Town world did not vent their bloodthirsty desires, after accumulating to a certain level, they would even attack and devour each other.

“Obviously, the Blood-Exchange Flower can make up for a cultivator’s foundation, and it’s just as effective against spirit insects… no, it’s even more effective.

If you continue to cultivate it in this way, according to my calculations, a fourth-level Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu will be born within ten years, but you must not neglect the mana to nurture it, otherwise, your control over this spiritual insect will become weaker and weaker. "

The secret high-level spiritual medicine liquid of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is already very valuable, and it must be mixed with the blood-changing flower medicine liquid which is even more expensive. At the same time, the cultivator must also invest a certain amount of mind and energy.

However, if it is possible to cultivate a fourth-level golden silkworm Gu that can kill hundreds of poisons, it would be worth it. In this Tongxuan Realm, except for the subordinates of Yinshan Patriarch, there has probably not been a golden silkworm Gu for thousands of years, let alone a group of fourth-level golden silkworm Gu. Even if it costs millions of spirit stones, it is worth it in Lu Cheng's eyes.

At this moment, a talisman flew over.

This is a communication talisman that has been allowed by Lu Cheng and can pass through formations and insect arrays and fly into the cave, but it cannot get close to the stone chamber for practicing martial arts.

Lu Cheng took the talisman and read the message:
"Fellow Daoist Lin Cheng, the ground energy in the area of ​​Qushui City has been fluctuating recently. Are you all right? I am organizing a gathering soon. At that time, the fourth-level blood-changing flower you need will appear. If you are interested, you can come to the gathering on that day."

In half a year, due to the emergence of the fourth-order blood-changing flower, more and more cultivators from the Tongxuan Realm gathered here. At the same time, Lu Cheng was not just practicing martial arts and raising Gu. He also made friends with some well-informed local cultivators under the pseudonym Lin Cheng and paid attention to the situation here.

At present, the general view among alchemists is that the Blood-Exchange Flower is the result of the combination of some kind of spiritual medicine and the earth's energy in the Yellow Springs Valley.

In the past ten years, the energy in Huangquan Valley has been disordered, and the essence has leaked out, blending with the spiritual medicine, which has given rise to such rare treasures.

In the future, when the local energy here stabilizes, I'm afraid that the magical medicine such as the Blood-changing Flower will be completely unharvested, or at least, its quantity will be greatly reduced.

After these high-level alchemists discussed, the opinions they reached caused the price of the Blood-Exchange Flower to skyrocket again.

Now it is a bit like the main ingredients used in refining the Foundation Establishment Pill. It is obviously only a third-level elixir, but because of its special nature, it can be sold at a price that most fourth-level elixirs cannot.

If Lu Cheng was willing to sell the blood-exchanging flowers he had purchased before, his wealth would increase slightly. This shows that wealth will indeed gather on its own. However, not only did Lu Cheng not sell them, he continued to increase the price to purchase them, mainly because of the fourth-level poisonous golden silkworm Gu, which were so dangerous that once they formed a group, even ordinary Jindan Zhenren would have to avoid them.

Seven days later.

Lu Cheng walked out of the cave where he rented a house, flew low to the south of the city with the sword, and then after a few turns he entered a bustling Taoist temple.

Many monks love to practice in Taoist temples. In these Taoist temples, the ones worshipped are the monks who ascended to become immortals according to legend many years ago.

It is said that before the Tongxuan Realm declined to this point, the ascended immortals in the Taoist temples would occasionally even send their spiritual thoughts down to the mortal world to impart Taoism and continue their own lineages and destiny, but there are no such adventures nowadays.

"Haha, it's Fellow Daoist Lin Cheng. Hiss, every time I think of Fellow Daoist's name, I feel it's weird. Lin is of the wood element, Cheng is of the metal element, and wood is cut down by metal. How could Fellow Daoist's relatives and teachers give Fellow Daoist such a self-defeating name?"

The person who came forward was the host of this gathering, Guo Lingbao. Although he was a talkative person, he was a person who could make jokes and was good at making friends.

Lu Cheng had interacted with him several times and knew that he was just a talkative person with no other intentions, so he ignored him.

Wherever Lu Cheng passed, many monks came forward to greet him.

This is a trading gathering for cultivators in the Condensed Evil Realm, otherwise there wouldn't be treasures like the fourth-level Blood-Exchange Flower. It is considered the highest-level private trading fair in Qushui City.

Lu Cheng has been here for half a year. Although he is not well-known, he is generous and his magical powers are unfathomable, so many cultivators present want to talk to him and make friends with him.

At a trade fair of this level, even if everyone is not interested in this, there will inevitably be some process of exchanging Taoist experiences at the front.

However, since they were not close friends, no one would easily tell us the essence of their own Taoist practice, so everyone just talked vaguely, revealing some vague things. If someone had some overlapping practices, they could communicate privately.

If not, there will be no loss to the practitioners and it will not be a big deal.

As time went by, it was finally time for the exchange meeting.

As the owner of the Taoist temple, Guo Lingbao was the first to speak: "I have a monster skull skeleton here. It looks like it is at least level 4. Its horns and teeth are particularly sharp. I want to exchange it for 15,000 spirit stones or two magic pills that increase mana."

After saying this, he took out a huge skull that looked like a sheep's head and placed it on the table for all the monks present to take a closer look.

Lu Cheng also stepped forward to take a look. This piece of monster skeleton was full of spiritual energy, especially its two horns and sharp teeth. It was obviously a good material for refining magical tools. If there was a fourth-level tool refiner present who bought it, he would definitely make a profit.

Sure enough, not long after, a tall monk in Taoist robes walked to the corner of the Taoist temple with Guo Lingbao and started negotiating the price.

After a while, the tall monk in Taoist robes stepped forward and took away the skull, making room for others.

Next, a few more items were exchanged, including a fourth-grade mid-level flying sword, but Lu Cheng was not interested in anything until a girl in yellow came up with a jade box, put it on the table and opened it. Many people present immediately looked at Lu Cheng.

There is a blood orchid-like spiritual flower placed horizontally in the jade box, which is the fourth-level blood-changing flower.

(End of this chapter)