Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 177 Breakthrough to the Sixth Level of Refining Gang

The market opened by monks on land is called a workshop market, and the market opened in the sea is called a sea market. Both are places for trading and exchanging what they have.

Although Lu Cheng had never been to the overseas world of immortal cultivation, he knew that overseas products were abundant, and resources and transportation were generally better than inland. Overseas cultivators were also richer, but also more chaotic. If they killed someone, they would hide in the deep-sea islands, making it difficult for anyone to find them.

There are a large number of independent cultivators overseas, and it is easier for them to get opportunities to practice, build foundations, and establish families, but it is also easier for them to be wiped out. Therefore, there are always wealthy overseas cultivation families migrating to inland areas, and poor inland cultivators going to overseas cultivation circles.

Farming is hard but stable; overseas life is rich but also more chaotic.

Six beams of light flew rapidly towards an island mirage, but before they got close, they were signaled to stop by the other party with flags.

In order to avoid safety accidents, some small inland markets will also do the same. Some small and medium-sized markets will not even receive foundation-building cultivators from other places. Wu Lingjun, Lu Cheng and others are veterans in the Tongxuan Realm and are certainly not unfamiliar with this.

In less than a moment, spiritual flags flew up from the sea city, forming a light curtain that quickly enveloped the entire sea city.

He actually activated the defensive formation and was extremely vigilant.

After the formation was activated and protected Haishi, a middle-aged female cultivator flew out with several cultivators a moment later.

The middle-aged female cultivator has already reached the initial stage of the Refining Gang realm. The cultivators behind her also have extraordinary magical powers, and the lowest one is a cultivator at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

The middle-aged female cultivator's spiritual sense lightly swept over Wu Lingjun, and her face suddenly changed.

He quickly bowed and said:
"I didn't know it was the Lord's visit. Jin Yunhai City is sorry for the disrespect."

"It's okay. We are disciples of the real master and are going overseas to purchase some spiritual medicines. How can the defense here be so strict? I don't think there is much popularity here."

Wu Lingjun has practiced Taoism for hundreds of years and has rich experience, so he can handle things appropriately.

"Please come in, senior cultivators." The middle-aged female cultivator seemed to have mastered some skill in judging people. After making sure that the people in front of her had no murderous intent or hostility, she let out a light breath and began to invite people in.

"You all came at a really bad time. The entire Southeast Sea has been in chaos for the past six months. The three immortal islands and the three demon islands have been at war with each other, killing each other. There are also the sea monsters. It is said that the cause of this is that a casual cultivator traveled through the Southeast Sea and killed the beloved son of the East Sea Dragon King, provoking a melee between humans and monsters. Alas, I don't know when this will end."

The three immortal islands overseas refer to Tumu Island, Tianji Palace, and Zifu Chonglou. The three demon islands overseas refer to Dongji Island, Xinfo Temple, and Baiguyuan.

The Three Immortal Islands in the East China Sea are one of the twelve orthodox sects in the world, and the three overseas demons are merely among the sixteen evil sects in the world. However, with one against three, and with the involvement of the monster tribe in the southeastern sea, this war will still be a protracted one with an unpredictable outcome.

At the same time, the practicing forces in Tongxuan Realm also found it difficult to intervene for the time being.

With the introduction of the female cultivator named Wu from Jinyunhai City, everyone had a general understanding of the current chaotic situation in the overseas cultivation world.

With the guarantee of Miss Wu, the six people stayed in the Haishi Inn. At the same time, Wu Lingjun also found connections and spent a large amount of money to hire a weapon refiner to repair the spirit boat for them.

During this period, alchemists and weapon refiners both had improved their status and made a lot of money. The cost of repairing the spirit boat was extremely high. Fortunately, Wu Lingjun didn't care about it at this time.

It will take some time to repair the spirit boat, and during this time everyone can discuss what to do next.

Inside the inn, in the room.

A nautical chart was spread out on the top of a spacious round table, with six people sitting or standing around it.

"No wonder Grandma Jinhua of Biyun Cave lost contact with Master. It turned out that there was a great battle in the southeastern sea area, which damaged the spiritual vein. In this case, the two junior sisters are likely still living in Biyun Cave. We just need to go there and bring them back."

Zhongli Ling, a burly man with messy hair, said this with excitement.

"You said the best outcome, but it's not very likely. The two junior sisters came to practice overseas. How could they live in the cave all day? Why did they come out? What's more, Grandma Jinhua's Biyun Cave is deep in the South China Sea and is quite close to the Great Desert Island of the East. There are two Jindan Zhenren on the Great Desert Island. This can be said to be a battlefield for cultivators from all sides."

Third brother Ou Bai spoke in a cold tone. He did not give Zhongli Ling any face. Zhongli Ling was also quite in awe of this senior brother and did not dare to say anything more when he heard his words.

"We have to go even if it's dangerous. I remind you that although our master is usually kind and gentle, you should also know that he loves the two little sisters the most. Now it has been more than half a year. If our relationship causes the two little sisters to encounter an accident... their magic power will be abolished, the tendons of their hands and feet will be cut, and they will be expelled from the sect. You don't think I'm exaggerating, do you?"

The fourth brother, Nangong Jing, looked around and said this.

"I don't want this to be the ending. Even if we can't cultivate the Golden Elixir, we still have hundreds of years of immortality to enjoy in the future. So let's go to Biyun Cave as soon as the spirit boat is repaired. If the six of us join forces, as long as the Golden Elixir True Man does not take action, there will be few masters in the world who can be our opponents." Niu Meng said.

"We have to go to Biyun Cave, but not all of us. If we come back empty-handed, it will be a waste of time. The six of us are all cultivators at the Refining Gang realm. With the face of our master, ordinary immortals will not bully us and lose face. We will investigate separately. Once we get any news, we can contact them through the Tongling Baozhuan and the others will go to meet us immediately."

After thinking for a long time, Second Senior Sister Wu Lingjun made this decision.

She has been practicing Taoism for more than two hundred years. Although the Taoist method of Gong Zhen, the incarnation of all beasts, is powerful, it is also difficult to practice. Wu Lingjun has reached the ninth level of Refining Gang in more than two hundred years. Although the progress is not slow, she cannot afford to delay. If the matter of finding the two junior sisters is delayed for dozens or even hundreds of years, Wu Lingjun will not be able to accept it. It is very likely that her pill will fall from a top-grade pill to a small pill condensed with lead and mercury.

In that case, the difference in magic power, path, and status is huge. Although Wu Lingjun also wanted to repay his master, he certainly didn't want to do it in this way.

"Okay, that's settled."

The fourth brother, Nangong Jing, suddenly took out a purple bead from his sleeve and placed it in front of everyone.

"The two junior sisters are related to our lives, so whoever finds them first will save them from danger first. This Wanhua Poison Pearl will be my prize."

What Nangong Jing refined was the blood of the blood-veined purple scorpion, an extremely ferocious ancient poisonous insect. Even if this Wanhua Poison Pearl was not his natal magic weapon, it was almost the same. Its effect could ward off all poisons in the world. At the same time, it was also an extremely powerful poisonous magic weapon. Even the fifth-level poison could be overcome and eliminated. It was extremely precious.

Upon seeing this, the people present also took out precious magical instruments and spiritual objects as a prize, betting on the person who could rescue the two little sisters from danger in the future.

Lu Cheng didn't say a word during the whole process, but he was standing aside and thinking about how to find and rescue the sisters Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue.

What Fourth Senior Brother Nangong Jing said before was not without reason. At least if it was really unfortunate and the two sisters of the Xiao family were killed, Lu Cheng himself would never dare to return to Cangshan. Master Huang Longzi has always been kind, but don't forget that he is one of the most powerful demon masters in the world.

By dispersing the search and using different methods, the speed of exploration can be increased six times. Although it involves some risks, it is a risk that must be taken.

……

In the next few days, everyone assigned their respective search directions and then left one by one, leaving only Lu Cheng who meditated all day and the second sister Wu Lingjun who was waiting for the spirit boat to be repaired.

Each of the six true disciples under Huang Longzi has extraordinary magical powers and amazing methods.

This is also related to the training method of the magic way. Lu Cheng was the ninth true disciple when he entered the sect through the relationship with teacher Chi Shenzi of Huoyun Mansion. Of course, this is also related to the gifts he brought with him.

But most of the others were not like that. Huang Longzi had accepted many disciples before, but the remaining ones had just become true disciples. Therefore, each of them was difficult to deal with, and the cultivators who could easily deal with them would usually not take action for Huang Longzi's sake. Therefore, even in the extremely chaotic period in the southeastern sea area, there was a certain guarantee of safety.

A few days later, the spirit boat was repaired and the second sister Wu Lingjun was about to leave. She saw that Lu Cheng was still hiding in the room to practice Taoism all day long, but she did not think that Lu Cheng was unwilling to contribute. She just thought that this junior brother wanted to break through to the sixth level of Refining Gang before going out to search.

If the breakthrough is only a month away, this is a reasonable explanation.

Of course, if Lu Cheng had not accumulated good reputation through his previous performance over the years, it would be hard to say what Wu Lingjun would think and do at this moment.

"Ninth Junior Brother, I'm leaving first. Once you break through to the late stage of Refining Gang, you must immediately carry out your mission as a disciple without further delay."

After Wu Lingjun left these words, she turned into a rainbow and left.

Lu Cheng watched the blue light disappear into the distance, thought for a moment, and then turned back to his room in the inn in Jinyunhai City.

Lu Cheng's own mana was indeed only a little away from breaking through the late stage of Lian Gang, but he was not mainly busy with this matter during this period:
Inside the Jiuli Ding is a world of insects.

Blood, poison, death and gore, tens of thousands of poisonous golden silkworm Gu rushed towards a giant centipede with several wings on its back like a dark golden cloud.

This hidden-winged centipede swam and circled upwards. It had already reached the fifth-grade golden elixir level, and its innate bloodline was also not bad.

With the flap of its wings, it can escape into the void, becoming invisible in an instant and difficult to detect.

There were just thousands of golden silkworm Gu gathered into a human form, forming the image of Lu Cheng, standing in the middle of the golden cloud. He cultivated the magical power of sword heart enlightenment, just like after he cultivated the sword energy and thunder sound, even if he was at the Lian Gang realm, he could be compared to the escape light of an ordinary Jindan master.

After a cultivator has achieved the state of swordsmanship, even if he is at the Refining Gang realm, he can see through the fifth-order invisibility technique. This hidden-winged centipede is extremely powerful, but it was restrained by Lu Cheng's means.

"over there!"

As Lu Cheng pointed, a large number of golden silkworm Gu rushed up and knocked out the hidden-winged centipede in the void. They rushed up densely, and it seemed that countless golden threads tightly wrapped around the huge centipede, making it increasingly difficult to move.

"hiss!"

This beast was almost at the level of a Jindan Zhenren, but it had no wisdom and was lacking in magical powers. At this moment, it was rapidly spinning the tail of the knife around its body to chop at the golden silkworms, chopping the insects surrounded in the darkness into pieces, some even breaking their shells and bones and falling off.

This is the power of magic and physical body. Although the intelligence of the spirit insect is low, even not as good as that of the monster beast, the strength of its physical body is almost above that of the monster beasts in the same realm. At this moment, life and death are breaking out, and it even displays the power of a fifth-level monster.

However, Lu Cheng didn't care about seeing blood and death, and the poisonous golden silkworm Gu didn't care even more, and they even became more manic and excited because of it.

But they were able to accept the orders that Lu Cheng kept giving, forming layered formations and attacking in waves like a tide.

Spirit insects, to some extent, are the best soldiers. They are intelligent. Both Taoist soldiers and demon beasts are afraid of death, but these poisonous insects are not.

Therefore, the claim of the Yinshan Patriarch that he could raise a million demon soldiers is not an exaggeration and is extremely powerful.

Among those third- and fourth-order golden silkworm Gu, there were two fifth-order golden silkworm Gu hidden. In a one-on-one fight, these social fifth-order golden silkworm Gu could not defeat the hidden-winged centipede. However, as the hidden-winged centipede continued to get injured, its mana was depleted, and its body became tired, suddenly, a fifth-order golden silkworm Gu drilled into its broken shell, took a bite inside and injected its own venom.

"hiss!"

The hidden-winged centipede took to the air and danced, with a highly poisonous aura spreading all over its body as it circled.

Lu Cheng took out a fifth-grade anti-poison cinnabar and protected all the poisonous golden silkworms around him. He was a cultivator who had destroyed two of the sixteen evil sects in the world. He could even gather five fourth-grade top-grade five-element flying swords, let alone a relatively common item like the anti-poison cinnabar.

As time went by, the toxin in the golden silkworm Gu became more and more corrosive. The centipede wanted to break out and save its life, so its counterattack became more and more fierce.

However, there were green-scaled snakes, tree worms, gold-eating fire ants, ancient blood mosquitoes and other spiritual insects all around, which surrounded it with their numbers. Then more golden silkworm Gu flapped their wings and flew out, like a group of indomitable warriors, and rushed straight towards the hidden-winged centipede without fear even when the opponent was almost crazy.

The indigenous insects in this insect world each have their own living and hunting areas, which have not changed much for hundreds or thousands of years. However, the poisonous golden silkworm Gu suddenly expanded in all directions, enslaving or exterminating the insect population, which seemed to arouse the dissatisfaction of some powerful insects.

This hidden-winged centipede was the first to appear. It had powerful magical powers, flew very fast, and was good at hiding. Lu Cheng had spent a lot of time and effort during this period to lure it into the encirclement of many spirit insect groups: Now that it's here, don't leave.

At this moment, the hidden-winged centipede had been injected with the deadly poison of the fifth-order golden silkworm Gu, and its condition was constantly deteriorating as it struggled to hold on.

Tens of thousands of poisonous golden silkworm Gu hovered in the air like a dark golden cloud. Following Lu Cheng's command, they quickly descended and suppressed the giant centipede that was once so majestic and intimidating.

Golden spots of light climbed up densely, biting and gnawing at the food, injecting poison, and oppressing the giant centipede, making it gradually difficult to move and breathe.

The centipede bit, circled, struggled, and crashed into the mountain fiercely, but it was of no avail. The shell of the golden silkworm Gu was strong and its vitality was vigorous and powerful. In addition, its large number constantly replenished the attack, making the meaning of these attacks ultimately come to nothing.

A large number of golden silkworm Gu opened their mouths, and their fangs, which were long relative to their body size, pierced deeply into the centipede's body, devouring its flesh and blood, constantly absorbing blood and magic power from every part of their bodies.

Finally, this hidden-winged centipede at the fifth level of magical power let out a wail and struggled with all its might, but ultimately it could not escape death.

Tens of thousands of poisonous golden silkworm Gu covered it, and after devouring it bit by bit, they gradually emanated a stronger and more ferocious aura, which frightened the surrounding spirit insects.

There were indeed casualties and losses in the insect swarm, but more of the poisonous golden silkworm Gu were promoted to the fourth level, and the original fourth-level ones even evolved into fifth-level golden silkworm Gu.

After doing all this, Lu Cheng also let out a long sigh.

Then his mind left the world of Jiuli Dingchongxiang and returned to the quiet room to breathe and guide his mind to recover from the energy consumption.

The next day, early morning.

The sun rose from the east. Lu Cheng rode the sword light and flew out of Jinyunhai City, soaring high into the sky. Then, he supported himself with the Yin-Yang domain and breathed in and out the sun's fire energy towards the rising sun.

Streams of golden-red light gathered and continuously flowed into the body of this cultivator. His already extremely pure Gangsha magic power accelerated its circulation, pushing Lu Cheng to the late stage of the sixth level of Gangsha magic.

At the same time, although it did delay some time, Lu Cheng had already made up his mind on how to rescue the sisters Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue.

Rather than going as a disciple of the Liangang realm under Master Huang Longzi, it is better to go as a master of the Jindan realm.

He can jump out of the situation and have a higher status, and can influence the cultivators of various sects in the southeast sea area to search for the Xiao sisters.

With external alchemy tools, assisted by his own swordsmanship and a swarm of golden silkworm poisonous insects, it is enough.

(End of this chapter)