Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 156: Robbery and Stealing of Elixirs (Please readers collect and subscribe!)
“Before their lifespans expire, the immortals of the Lin family will transfer their souls to insects and beasts, and escape into the depths of the Yellow Springs Valley to linger on. It is said that this was the case before the fall of the Lin Dynasty.

Although the spiritual insects are not naturally intelligent and are more likely to transfer souls, they will eventually erode the mind of the person who casts the spell over time. Those old monsters who are neither human nor ghost are sometimes lucid and sometimes confused. The Lin family of Ranmu Mountain has the responsibility to support these elders and regards them as the family's support. However, the direct relatives of the Lin family dare not often contact these old monsters, so they sent us away as the son-in-laws. "

As Situ Hua spoke, he pointed at the scars on his face and even his missing ear.

Obviously, these come at a cost.

“I took this opportunity to discover a spiritual medicine garden deep in the Yellow Spring Valley. There are countless exotic flowers and plants in it. I have seen several fourth-level blood-changing flowers alone!

If I could really find a fifth-order heavy-source cleansing blood flower there, I could go to Dongyang Orthodox Church, worship under the elders of the Demon Sect, and learn the magic way."

When he spoke to the end, a terrifying look appeared in Situ Hua's eyes.

Among the people present, except Situ Hua who is the son-in-law of the Lin family, the others are all cultivators with complex connections and power behind them.

There seems to be a Jindan master behind Guo Lingbao, and Xingshen Temple behind Shangguan Xue. Even Madam Shi has connections with high-level members of the Lin family, which seems to be able to resolve the collection.

The five people present had related interests and the same goals, and they soon signed the Netherworld Blood Oath, agreeing not to attack each other and to help each other as much as possible.

The Netherworld Blood Oath is a very mysterious and special contract. It is said that there are even Jindan Zhenren who died from the backlash because of breaking the oath. Even if there is a way to bypass the oath, it will cost a lot, so most cultivators will not deliberately break the oath unless it is absolutely necessary.

"When are we going to set off? We can't leave right away, right?" Lu Cheng asked after completing the blood oath.

"How about after seven days? Is there anything else that Brother Lin needs to prepare? Perhaps I can help you a little?"

"No need. Let's meet in Huangquan Valley in seven days." Lu Cheng stood up and said.

Five days later, Shen Longcheng, a casual cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage, who had already emptied his cave and was ready to leave at any time, arrived at Lu Cheng, where he was warmly received by the Shen family.

"My benefactor, please come in quickly."

"No need for that. Is the Yellow Springs Valley exploration map that Fellow Daoist Shen promised to prepare for me ready?" Lu Cheng didn't want to be overly polite and asked directly.

"My benefactor, the map has been drawn. Please take a look." Shen Longcheng walked up and unfolded an exploration map covered with marks and annotations in front of Lu Cheng.

Each area is distinguished by painting in a different color, which clearly shows that a lot of thought was put into it.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Shen, for your hard work for me."

As he spoke, Lu Cheng took out two bottles of pills and placed them on the table. This exploration map was obviously compiled by Shen Longcheng when he invited his fellow practitioners to buy the Huangquan Valley exploration map from them, which saved him a lot of time.

Increases the chances of success in subsequent actions.

"No need, benefactor, you saved my life, how can I accept this pill again, no need."

Lu Cheng couldn't stand being refused, so he picked up the exploration map, and disappeared in an instant with a burst of green light. Only Shen Longcheng was left standing there with two bottles of pills in his hands.

"Alas, this Lin Shangxiu obviously doesn't want to get involved with you too much, so why do you care so much? You have been working for him non-stop for the past five days, doing many favors, and spending a lot of spirit stones, and now he just gives you two bottles of pills and sends you away."

At this time, Mrs. Shen came in and talked a lot, feeling sorry for her husband who had to work so hard just after recovering from a serious illness.

"What do you know? Women have no knowledge."

"If I am doing this for myself, why would I bother so much? This Master Lin is obviously from a big sect, and his skills are extraordinary. This is the end of my life. After this injury, I will never have the chance to go further. But our daughter Xuezhu still has a chance. If we can make this Master Lin owe us some favors, maybe we can ask Xuezhu to be his disciple.

The slight breeze created by these upper realm monks when they walk can lift the snow beads up to the blue sky, and see the world that you and I will never see in this lifetime."

"..." Mrs. Shen could not say anything else after hearing this, but stepped forward to put on a coat for her husband to protect him from the cold.

Two days later, outside the Yellow Springs Valley, five beams of light appeared in the void.

At this time of night, looking from this angle, the Yellow Spring Valley below looked like a bloody mouth of the earth with sharp teeth, filled with miasma and lurking murderous intent.

"My fellow Taoists, the opportunity to attain the Tao lies within this, please treasure it."

Guo Lingbao said this, and then took the lead in flying down with everyone.

What he said was not wrong. If these cultivators could obtain some precious fifth-level elixirs, it would be a stepping stone for them to advance.

Even Lu Cheng, who has the strongest roots among the five, hopes to find the fifth-order Chongyuan Purifying Blood Flower.

For thousands and tens of thousands of years, no cultivator in this world has been able to pass the forty-nine tribulations and transform from the fetus into a primordial infant. Everyone knows that Taoist Huang Longzi has been a Taoist for hundreds of years and has passed the forty-nine tribulations three times. He is the best among the Golden Elixir True Immortals and is one of the top five ancestors in this world in terms of Taoism and magical powers.

But Huang Longzi's power was not that intimidating, because of the forty-nine calamities hanging over the head of Jindan Zhenren.

Even though Taoist Huang Longzi had extraordinary powers, he only used various secret methods and treasures to delay the arrival of the calamity. He did not dare to act rashly.

This is not just Taoist Huang Longzi's problem, but a common problem faced by all the Jindan Zhenren in this world. For ten thousand years, there has been no Yuanying Zhenjun in the Tongxuan Realm of this world.

Some people believe that there are flaws in the fundamental Taoism of this world, while others believe that it is a restriction of heaven and earth and the Dharma Ending Age, which no longer allows the Yuanying True Lord to be born.

Lu Cheng was not sure of the specific reason, but he knew that from his own perspective, helping Master Huang Longzi to transform from a fetus to an infant and achieve the Great Dao would be of infinite benefit to his own path.

"I hope that the fifth-level Chongyuan Cleansing Blood Flower is not just the alchemist's speculation, but that this treasure really exists in this world."

The cultivators in the Ningsha Liangang realm flew at extremely high speeds, but in the Yellow Spring Valley they did not dare to use their full strength to activate their escape light.

The deeper you go, the more miasma there is, and the more likely it is that high-level monsters and spiritual insects will appear.

The reason why the Lin family of Ranmu Mountain spent a lot of resources to manage this place is because there are countless high-level spiritual insects breeding in this natural valley cave, which can be used for their Lin family monks to transfer souls and prolong life.

After descending for seven days, they saw many cultivators at first, sneaking into the Abyss Valley to collect herbs or hunt. However, as the five people gradually went deeper into the Yellow Springs Valley, the number of times they encountered other cultivators gradually decreased.

Fourteenth day of descent.

As the five people were flying and diving, they passed by a waterfall stream. There was a beautiful female cultivator in white clothes, lying on a big rock with a sword in her hand, her body soaked, and blood flowing along the stream.

Blood was gushing out from her abdomen, and her face was pale. It seemed that she only had one breath left and could die at any time.

Shangguan Xue paused and hesitated when she saw this, and then seemed to want to fly away.

But at the same time, the other four people beside her all reacted.

Lu Cheng and Situ Hua blocked her way. Madam Shi was behind them, holding her shoulders and asking:
"Fellow Daoist Shangguan, you don't want to save her, do you?"

"Maybe she can provide the information we want. At least we can know what hurt her so badly."

Shangguan Xue replied.

"Alas, Fellow Daoist Shangguan, I also know that there are mostly female cultivators in the Star God Temple. As the Mysterious War Star Lord, you naturally have a good impression of female cultivators. But here, you have no idea whether what you see is true or false, and you don't know whether the person you want to save wants to harm you!"

As soon as Mrs. Shi finished her words, Situ Hua flicked his sleeves and sent out several flaming dragons, which pounced and attacked the female cultivator in white.

However, when the flaming evil dragon flew to a certain distance, the space there suddenly began to surge and change like a whirlpool of water.

After a while, a voice came from among them:

"My fellow Taoists, since you have seen through it, then just leave. Why do you have to take action and cut off our brothers' financial resources?
Can we each take a step back and not disturb each other?"

It is obvious that this is a group of robber cultivators who take advantage of the kindness of other cultivators to kill people and rob them of their money. Once someone shows compassion like Shangguan Xue just now, he will fall into the formation and then be ambushed and killed by the robber cultivators. Their intentions are extremely sinister.

Shangguan Xue's face suddenly changed when she heard this.

"Okay, we have no intention of cutting off your financial resources, so it's just best if we don't disturb each other." Guo Lingbao replied, and was about to leave with the other four people.

Shangguan Xue's face was grim, and she followed behind with gritted teeth. Lu Cheng smiled and sent a message through his spiritual sense: "Come to think of it, the five of us have never worked together before, right?"

"It's too risky. They have an illusion array to block them, but at least their numbers are no less than ours, and we don't know their details or their abilities." Guo Lingbao frowned and disagreed.

Of the five people, two agreed and one opposed.

"The five of us were carefully selected. Even if ordinary cultivators from other sects have higher magic power than us, they may not be our opponents. If they were truly masters, how could they be willing to do such a despicable thing?"

After a moment's hesitation, Mrs. Shi conveyed this message to others.

Among the five people, three agreed and one opposed.

Situ Hua immediately took out a star plate engraved with talismans, sorted out the five elements of energy, and quickly determined that the water element was the most dominant in the surrounding environment. Situ Hua clasped his hands and moved his fingers. A waterfall stream not far away, and the rushing water suddenly turned into a flying water dragon, swooping down.

But it was still the same formation as before. When the water dragon swooped down, there was a sudden surge and change like a vortex of water waves, which dissolved it. It was obviously not a simple illusion formation.

"Protect me."

Upon seeing this, Shangguan Xue summoned her flying sword and held it in her hand, then she stepped on the magic steps and mobilized all her magic power, and dark purple starlight rose up.

Upon seeing this, Lu Cheng immediately flicked his sleeves and summoned the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, from which billowing gray-black skeleton mist emerged, surrounding and enveloping his group of cultivators.

Shangguan Xue is a talented cultivator who is good at cultivation in Xingshen Temple. She may be only over a hundred years old and has reached the level of Lian Gang cultivation. However, she has not experienced much hardships. When she saw a female cultivator was seriously injured, she thought of her fellow sisters in Xingshen Temple and wanted to rescue and protect her. However, after discovering that she was deceived, she was furious and ruthless. She used Taoism and tried her best.

At this time, flying swords, flying forks, flying spikes, and flying hooks had already flown out from the illusion array. Although their magical powers varied, they all came together with quite a majestic momentum.

Seeing this, Madam Shi took out a black bone-cut fan and waved it forward. Suddenly, gusts of cold wind blew up, and those flying magic weapons seemed to be burning with cold flames, and their magic power was cut off by several layers. Guo Lingbao offered a flying shield and a jade ruyi. The shield swelled in the wind and flew in the air to resist, while the jade ruyi landed on one of the most powerful flying swords and suppressed it.

But after all, they were outnumbered against the majority, and some magical weapons still flew up, but were intercepted by Lu Cheng's Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

At this time, Lu Cheng took out a magic tool from his sleeve. As soon as it appeared, it released thousands of boundless colorful and auspicious auras, which spread and covered an area of ​​ten feet. The thirty-three heavenly scenes were faintly visible, with palaces, ceilings, golden lamps, jade dew, necklaces, colorful clouds, and even auspicious beasts such as unicorns, phoenixes, and dragons. Finally, it condensed into an illusion of a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, layers of military formations, fairy music floating in the air, vast and vague, seemingly real and illusory, changing in an instant.

The shrine is a small pavilion where statues of Taoist gods and the spirit tablets of ancestors are placed. This magical instrument and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner together form layers of heaven and hell, the illusions of heavenly soldiers and evil spirits, but they are connected with each other's energy, as if they are transforming and restraining each other.

In fact, it is the fourth-level middle-grade magic weapon Wanhun Banner and the fourth-level middle-grade Shinto magic weapon Red Heart God Statue, but the latter is covered by Lu Cheng's shrine.

Lu Cheng has been accumulating merit for many years by transcending the souls of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. The evil ghosts under the soul banner, enlightened by the "Wonderful Sutra for Salvation of Suffering", were sent to the Chijun Dharma Domain to accumulate merit and practice, seeking reincarnation. The evil spirits killed by the heavenly soldiers and generals were thrown into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. Over time, the two magic weapons naturally interacted with each other.

At this moment, they were all controlled and sacrificed together, yin and yang were mixed, and the domain of law was so solid that it gave people a feeling of indestructibility, and the legal principles were mysterious.

Situ Hua, Guo Lingbao, Madam Shi and the others could only think that this Fellow Daoist Lin must be from some great sect, whether righteous or evil, but they could not figure out which one it was no matter how hard they tried.

As time went by, Situ Hua's Five Elements Reform had been carried out several times, and at this time, Shangguan Xue's Taoism was finally completed.

I saw a slowly rotating star map, which suddenly appeared above the illusion array. Then, purple star pillars shot down from it and landed in the illusion array, like star thunders of divine punishment.

Rumble, rumble.

The heaven and earth within a certain range seemed to be shaking. After twenty-four star thunders were fired in succession, the formation below could no longer bear it and broke down immediately.

Except for the one who was already vomiting blood due to internal injuries, the other dozen or so Tribulation Cultivators used their respective magic weapons to scatter in all directions and escape.

But at this moment, there was no way to leave.

They were all killed one by one by Situ Hua, Guo Lingbao, Madam Shi and Lu Cheng, who attacked with all their strength, and no one was spared.

The female cultivator from Qing Dynasty who pretended to be injured was caught up by Lu Cheng flying on a sword.

He begged bitterly, "Master, please spare my life. I was also forced by those robbers. Master, please spare my life..."

Although the Taoist was kind-hearted, the flying sword in his hand was merciless.

The beautiful female cultivator in white clothes barely managed to hold out for half of her sword move before the sword light of Cang Yan came and pierced her chest. Such a beautiful woman was so pitiful that she only had time to say a few words and didn't even have time to let anyone know her name before she was killed by Lu Cheng's sword and died a beautiful death.
After performing that powerful Star Thunder technique, Shangguan Xue suddenly turned pale and sat cross-legged to start practicing recovery techniques.

The other four cleaned up their mess and counted the spoils.

"We can only do this now. If we create such a big scene in the depths of Huangquan Valley, we will be courting death!"

After receiving several Qiankun bags, Situ Hua said this.

"It's unlikely that there are these Tribulation Cultivators in the depths of Huangquan Valley." Lu Cheng put away the Qiankun bag that he was allocated and didn't care.

"Fellow Daoist Shangguan has lived in Xingshen Temple for a long time, practicing Taoism wholeheartedly, and his mind has become simpler. She doesn't understand that these calamity cultivators cannot be killed completely. Demons are born from the heart. How can there be no demons in the world as long as there are human hearts?" Madam Shi shook her head slightly, looked at the female cultivator behind her who was practicing to recover, and shook her head slightly.

At this moment, if someone wants to harm you, you probably won't even have the chance to fight back.

In Madam Shi's opinion, a cultivator with such a temperament would find it difficult to go far even if he had an excellent character and foundation.

That night.

In a cave, a bright yellow bonfire was burning.

Although the five people present had achieved great success in mystical arts and did not need a bonfire to keep warm, they would feel more comfortable when they could see the light in this dark underground.

Just like Lu Cheng said before, after everyone joined forces to fight the enemy once, they became more familiar with each other and their relationships became much closer.

At this point today, we would also talk about some topics that we don’t usually mention.

"Fellow Daoist Situ, after you got the Chongyuan Cleansing Blood Flower, you wanted to become a disciple of the Dongyang Orthodox Sect and learn the true teachings of the Demon Sect. Fellow Daoist Shangguan, what about you?"

Mrs. Shi asked this while placing dead branches on the campfire.

"I want to help Master refine the Golden Elixir, and I also want some fourth-level blood-changing flowers to supplement my own Taoism and increase my foundation for cultivation."

Shangguan Xue's master is the abbot of Xingshen Temple, Lady Lishan. Her magical powers are not inferior to those of the top disciples of the twelve orthodox sects. She is obviously a ruthless character who is not willing to climb to the top and has been pondering the path to the golden elixir for many years.

If I could obtain the power of Chongyuan Cleansing Blood Flower, perhaps I could really get my wish.

"I want to return to my family. I don't necessarily need the Chongyuan Cleansing Blood Flower. Of course it would be best if I have it, but other precious spiritual medicines are also fine if I don't have it."

Guo Lingbao said this, but he did not say which family he came from. He was just exiled here as a side branch, but he still had such magical powers.

"I want a lot of spirit stones. I'm tired of living in Qushui City after living here for a hundred years. I want to live in Lingnan City That Never Sleeps, or somewhere further away." Mrs. Shi said.

"My situation is somewhat similar to Shangguan Xue's. I also want that rare treasure to help my master strengthen his foundation. At the same time, I also need a fourth-level blood-changing flower to refine my own foundation."

If the fifth-level Chongyuan Cleansing Blood Flower really exists, then it would be effective for both the Lady Lishan who is at the ninth level of Refining Gang and the Taoist Huanglongzi who is at the ninth level of Golden Elixir. The only difference is that one is used as the main medicine to refine a top-grade golden elixir, while the other is used as an auxiliary medicine to temper the foundation of Taoism.

Just like cultivators in the Qi training stage can also take the third-level foundation-building pill. Even if they fail to break through, they can break through the original ninth level of Qi training and advance to the tenth level of Qi training. Their magic power is much stronger than that of ordinary Qi training late-stage peers.

Just like the fifth-level inner elixir can not only assist cultivators in breaking through, but also be used to refine external elixir magic tools.

"The medicinal garden I discovered contains countless spiritual herbs. It is probably the most important heritage of the Lin family in Ranmu Mountain. Madam Shi, I don't know which elder of the Lin family you are related to, but I would like to remind you that after you succeed this time, you'd better flee like the other fellow Taoists. I don't think any elder can help you resolve this matter."

Inside the cave, Situ Hua stared at Madam Shi's beautiful face and said this.

"Humph, this lady has her own plans."

Mrs. Shi seemed to notice Situ Hua's look and replied with a sneer.

The next day, after resting, the five people continued to explore deeper into the Yellow Spring Valley.

Twenty-fourth day of descent.

There was white mist in front of my eyes, which looked like just ordinary white mist.

However, within the coverage area, all the branches and leaves of the vines were covered with some dark white fog. This was not ordinary white fog, but miasma. Even monks with magical powers to protect themselves would die if they took it too much.

"Now that we are here, we must act with caution. There are many half-human, half-ghost old monsters from the Lin family here. Once we attract them, we're done."

After each of them cast an anti-poison talisman and swallowed the elixir, Situ Hua transmitted his divine thoughts in this way.

"Is it really as terrible as Fellow Daoist Situ said? After all, the Lin family is only one of the sixteen evil sects in the world. There is no Jindan Zhenren in the sect. I heard that a Jindan Grandmaster appeared in recent years. I am afraid that he also promoted himself through various secret methods."

Guo Lingbao replied in a rather arrogant tone.

"...I have no intention of speaking for the Lin family, but after coming to Huangquan Valley so often, I really feel that the Lin family is far more terrifying than the ordinary sixteen evil sects. Their family background is too deep."

At this moment, Lu Cheng, who was breaking the fog with a sword in front, suddenly stopped, because a Taoist priest in green robe appeared in front of him and was taking the blood-exchanging flower.

This is a fourth-level blood-changing flower, which, like the blood orchid, can replenish a cultivator’s foundation and is extremely precious.

However, faced with at least hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, none of the five people, Lu Cheng, Situ Hua, Guo Lingbao, Madam Shi, and Shangguan Xue, took action.

Because the green-robed Taoist floating in the air did not use any magic weapon to escape, he just stood there in the air, clumsily and unfamiliarly digging out the fourth-order blood-changing flower bit by bit.

This is a Jindan Grandmaster, not a Jindan True Person, because the portrait of the Jindan True Person is circulated among all the sects and families, and the cultivators who have cultivated to that level will not easily change their appearance.

The Taoist in green robe was not interested in the five people behind him. After collecting the fourth-order blood-exchanging flower and placing it in the cold jade box, he flew away in an instant.

"This should be Grandmaster Chen from Yongchuan Bibotan. His portrait is passed down in my family. This Grandmaster should be over 600 years old. I didn't expect his appearance to remain the same."

Only after the Taoist priest in green robes left far away did Madam Shi dare to take a deep breath and said this.

"It seems that the Blood-Exchange Flower or the fifth-order Heavy Origin Blood-Cleansing Flower has attracted many Grandmasters to Huangquan Valley. Yes, the third- and fourth-order Blood-Exchange Flowers can also help the disciples of these Grandmasters improve their foundation. This is enough for many Grandmasters who value the training of their juniors to make a personal trip."

Guo Lingbao said this with a somewhat tense face.

"Fellow Daoist Situ, is that medicine garden hidden enough? I don't want to see several masters fighting each other when I go there."

Mrs. Shi asked Situ Hua. In fact, this kind of thing is known without asking. If it was not hidden enough, how could the Lin family build a medicine garden there as the most important family heritage.

If the younger disciples had not been lazy and afraid of difficulties, and pushed the responsibility of taking care of the elders to these sons-in-law, this secret would not have been known until now.

"Don't worry, the medicine garden is extremely hidden and won't be easily discovered. Moreover, if those old monsters of the Lin family go crazy, even the Grandmasters will... have a headache."

"This may not be a bad thing. With these masters muddying the waters, it will be easier for us to get out afterwards."

At this time, Lu Cheng said this, which made everyone excited.

At this point, the five of them would not retreat easily. No matter what, they had to explore the heart of the Lin family's Yellow Spring Valley.

There are not many opportunities to change your destiny in this world. Whether you are a mortal or a monk, once you are lucky enough to encounter one, you should try your best to grasp it.

(End of this chapter)