Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 182 Heavenly Buddha Secret Realm
Inside the Biyun Cave Mansion, Gu Qinghong and Lu Cheng sat side by side in the courtyard paved with bluestone slabs. The towering ancient trees and mottled shadows provided them with a peaceful shelter.

There was a raging fire in front of me, crackling.

The two people who were chanting had solemn expressions and upright postures, as if they were two stone statues that had experienced many vicissitudes of life, quiet and profound.

Gu Qinghong clasped his hands together, moved his lips slightly, and recited scriptures. His voice was low and powerful, like ancient Sanskrit sounds echoing in the air.

The Taoist tradition of the Eight Landscapes was mixed with some Buddhist practices, but there was not much content. Gu Qinghong saw that the Dharma inherited here seemed to be related to Buddhism, so she used the Buddhist practices to save everyone, but what she had learned was profound and extensive.

Lu Cheng followed closely behind, his voice was softer, yet more powerful and sacred. The two chanting voices intertwined to form a strange harmony.

Both orthodox Buddhism and orthodox Taoism guide people to be good, and in fact they are two very compatible lineages.

Some second- and third-rate monks in the Xuanmen practice both Buddhism and Taoism, and can also develop impressive magical powers, so the conflict is not great.

There was a strange atmosphere in the air around. From time to time, leaves and petals fell on the bluestone slabs, dancing in the wind. At this moment, it seemed that even time had stopped.

The shadows of the two people were elongated by the setting sun and projected onto the bluestone slabs.

At this moment, the whole world seemed to be quiet, with only the sound of scriptures reverberating in the courtyard, as if traveling through time and space, bringing people into a remote realm beyond the world.

And those souls who passed away in pain seemed to find a moment of peace in the sound of the chanting. They seemed to be circling in the air, rising slowly, as if they were being led towards the light by the power of salvation.

“The master asserted that this person has secretly cultivated the blood nerves and has mastered their essence. His magic skills have penetrated into his bones and blood, and his skills have become one with his body. In the future, he will definitely become a blood demon and a giant in the magic way.

But how could his study of the sutras be so profound? Although I am not good at this, I can still recognize that this person has accumulated so much merit in the sutras that even some of the elders who are proficient in this field in the Eight Landscapes cannot match him. "

Gu Qinghong opened her eyes and looked at Lu Cheng's face, and saw a deep concentration and piety. He was fully immersed in the salvation ceremony, and was oblivious to everything outside.

In this quiet courtyard, we become the guardians of the souls of the dead, using pious scriptures to pray for the final peace and transcendence for the deceased.

Will such a person eventually become a blood demon?
Sitting in meditation and chanting scriptures will consume a lot of physical strength and even magic power. Therefore, after the chanting is over, although the salvation is completed, the two still have to stay in the Biyun Cave for one night to restore their magic power.

Gu Qinghong knew very well in his heart that if it were not for the pressure of the Demon God Tribulation, given their respective identities, the two of them would have surely become mortal enemies.

Now facing the life-and-death crisis, both the Taoist and the Demonic sects have chosen to survive. At least before the Demon God Tribulation is over, the two sides will not be enemies.

In this way, Gu Qinghong can satisfy her curiosity, communicate with the new magic rookie in front of her, and verify the difference between Taoism and magic.

Lu Cheng was also somewhat interested in the legal principles of the Eight Views, the world's largest religion.

As the night went on, the two of them would discuss from time to time the Taoist methods they had learned. Although they did not involve any specific practices, they were equally profound.

"The true teachings of my Divine Sect follow the natural way and point directly to immortality. All merits and deeds are directed towards this. Is there good or evil in the Great Dao? The Great Dao is objective and real. The cultivators deeply understand its principles, practice its way, and pursue eternity, transcendence, and freedom."

What Lu Cheng expounded was the view that the magic power of the demon sect was the most important. He believed that the Great Dao was objective, neither good nor evil, and that cultivators only needed to pursue the Great Dao itself. He believed that the practice of the righteous Dao focused too much on other aspects and lacked the meaning of directness.

The Tao is like mercury pouring down on the ground, penetrating every hole. The Tao is everywhere. There is Tao in the boiling spring water, in the fusion of yin and yang, and under the apple tree. There is even a sage who believed that: "The Tao is in the ants, the Tao is in the weeds, the Tao is in the tiles, and the Tao is in the feces and urine."

This is the difference between Taoism and other religions. Other religions are sinful when they discuss the Tao or the Supreme God casually, but Taoism believes that the Tao is there, between the operation of all things. Therefore, if a high-level cultivator wants to discuss the Tao, Taoist children can also discuss the Tao.

Even the former's discussion of the Tao may not be closer to the Tao itself than the latter's.

Lu Cheng's practice is closer to the path of magic, which is related to the education and influence he received in his previous life: in his previous life, America killed 25 million Indians, occupied America, and killed the indigenous people, but in the end she still became a beacon of the world and a moral role model.

From this we can see that being strong is itself a morality. In the future, I will become the Demon King, invincible in the world. If I do a few good things, there will be countless moral people to argue for me. If this is the case, why should I make myself suffer?

Do what you want to do, kill what you want to kill. Do whatever you want to do, and satisfy your nature.

The reason why Lu Cheng's current actions are closer to the right path is because the influence of his previous life is always there, making his moral level higher than that of people in this world. He treats people of the lower class who have not practiced Taoism as human beings, instead of being like many cultivators who have practiced for hundreds of years and have subconsciously distinguished themselves from humans as two species.

"The Great Way is objective and real, but people have human hearts, and heaven has its own heart. If you don't know which side people are in, then your mind will be hard to settle and hard to be firm. If you don't know which side heaven is in, then you won't know when disasters are approaching and you're about to die."

Gu Qinghong first acknowledged Lu Cheng's objective view of the great way, but she said that the people's hearts and minds did not refer to the support or opposition of the people, but to the view of the theory of human nature.

Her lineage believes that human nature is inherently good, and that only by refraining from killing, cherishing life, and doing more good deeds can one enlighten one's mind and nature and satisfy one's self.

At the same time, it points out that it is difficult for the cultivators of the Demonic Path to be determined and firm in their determination, and therefore their heart towards the Tao is not pious. Although their magic power improves rapidly in the early stages, they often become addicted to pleasure and delay their practice after reaching a certain level and losing the pressure of life and death crisis.

Therefore, although there are many cultivators in the middle realm of the demonic path, when it comes down to it, there are more Taoist masters.

At the same time, it is pointed out that there is still the Heavenly Way beyond the Great Way. After all, we are practicing under the Heavenly Heart of this world. If the cultivator cannot achieve the Heavenly Heart, he will inevitably encounter calamities.

In fact, it is true that the calamities of the cultivators of the evil path are much more serious than those of the cultivators of the righteous path.

The discussion between Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong was based on objective facts, not rhetoric or deception. This is also the basic quality of the most outstanding disciples of both the righteous and evil sects.

“In the Heavenly Demon Palace, there are many demon cultivators, which are not necessarily less than the high-level cultivators of the righteous path.” The Dongyang Orthodox Sect, the largest demon sect in this world, controls the Heavenly Demon Palace. There are countless demon cultivators and hundreds of masters in it. The power of one sect is almost equal to the accumulated cultivation of all the cultivators in the world.

"In the Heavenly Demon Palace, I have changed the world, but I am still imprisoned in a cage, without freedom."

The Demon Palace, the greatest treasure of the devil, conceals the secrets of the world. High-level monks of the Dongyang Orthodox Sect can do whatever they want in it, but they dare not leave the Palace easily. Once they leave, their luck will be rapidly depleted, and they will either die or be injured.

That night, Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong discussed philosophy almost the entire night.

But no one could convince the other. The debate between Taoism and the Devil is almost an eternal issue. Even if one of them convinces the other tonight, it would only mean that one side is more powerful than the other, but it does not mean that one of the two lineages is higher than the other.

But the more the truth is discussed, the clearer it becomes; the more the principle is argued, the brighter it becomes.

This night's discussion was beneficial to both of them. Sometimes, accepting some viewpoints that are completely different from your past will make it easier to think about your own system.

"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, walking in the deep Prajnaparamita for a long time, saw that the five aggregates are all empty, and survived all the hardships. Relic, color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, and the same is true for feelings, thoughts, and consciousness."

Under the cover of night, the white-robed female cultivator, Gu Qinghong, would meditate to restore her magic power and recite scriptures to calm her mood in between discussions.

Lu Cheng sometimes does this too, but not as frequently as the other party.

This also indirectly shows that his Taoism is higher than Gu Qinghong's. Of course, from Gu Qinghong's perspective, he has a strong devilish nature.

The next day, when the first ray of sunlight shone down from the horizon.

Gu Qinghong was also reciting the Heart Sutra.

But at this moment, a golden light suddenly flashed in the courtyard of Biyun Cave Mansion.

Lu Cheng, who was meditating, suddenly felt something in his heart. He suddenly opened his eyes and stood up. Gu Qinghong did the same. The two looked at each other.

If one person's perception is wrong, it is impossible that both people's perception is wrong at the same time.

What's more, Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong are both people with firm minds, and they will never think that they were wrong just now.

“Heavenly Buddha…Heavenly Buddha Secret Realm!”

"That's right. Just now the sun rose in the east, and you were reciting the Heart Sutra. Under the influence of your energy, we instantly sensed the Heavenly Buddha Secret Realm."

In this world, there are many special areas called Jedi, Death Land, and Secret Realm. Most of them were caused by the unprecedented war between monks in ancient times.

That catastrophe not only completely destroyed the glorious era of ancient monks, but also left behind these abnormal areas. Some of them were extremely stable and could accommodate the battles of Divine Transformation monks, while others were extremely fragile and could be collapsed by the spiritual pressure of Foundation Establishment monks.

At this moment, both of them were smart people and they immediately connected all the clues. In the previous era, the Tianfo Sect of Buddhism in the sky found a special space and established a Tianfo secret realm.

Grandma Jinhua didn’t know whether she had inherited something from a miracle, or whether she was simply the descendant of the Tianfo Sect from another time.

In short, she discovered the secret realm of Tianfo.

"Why did the Biyun Cave Mansion suffer a robbery?"

"Because the person who made the move also wants the Heavenly Buddha Secret Realm. The treasure from the previous era might contain the secret that can allow the cultivators of this era to break through the forty-nine calamities."

"Why did Grandma Jinhua's disciples leave clues after she was robbed?"

"…Because of the impending calamity, Grandma Jinhua entered the Heavenly Buddha Secret Realm, but she could not come out again, so a loyal disciple risked his life to leave clues to prevent his teacher from being trapped in the secret realm."

One puzzle after another was solved.

Lu Cheng immediately thought that the Xiao sisters he had been looking for might have also followed Grandma Jinhua into the Tianfo Secret Realm.

The master and his wife must have given the two sisters a lot of protective treasures. The Xiao sisters are not so easy to be killed.

In this situation, only if they were trapped in a secret place would the two be unable to send out any news.

"The question now is how to open the Heavenly Buddha Secret Realm! The level of induction just now, even if we do it again, I'm afraid it's far from enough to open it." The Heavenly Buddha Sect should also practice the Great Sun True Fire Dharma. And the Biyun Cave is a node to open the Heavenly Buddha Secret Realm.

After Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong chanted scriptures all night, with Gu Qinghong also reciting the Heart Sutra to regulate his state of mind, and even with the aura of the Great Sun True Fire cultivated by Lu Cheng, the cooperation of many parties caused a momentary fluctuation in the Heavenly Buddha Secret Realm.

However, Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong had no idea about the magic power and medium needed to open and enter the Tianfo Secret Realm.

"Since we have gained something, it is already good. I plan to gather my fellow disciples to solve this matter together, Fairy Gu?"

"My master and Grandma Jinhua have always been friends. It would have been fine if he didn't know about this. But now that I know, there is no way I won't help Grandma Jinhua escape from danger."

"Alright."

Next, Lu Cheng planned to use the spiritual seal to send messages to Wu Lingjun, Ou Bai and others.

One person is short-term, two people are long-term.

Moreover, seeing the momentum of the monks who were slaughtering this place, Lu Cheng didn't think he could handle it alone. Call the other five people over, and the six of them will join forces. Even if the Jindan Zhenren with weaker magic power is weaker, they may not be unbeatable. At least there is always a chance to escape and save their lives.

It’s just that the Spiritual Treasure Seal is a special magical tool in the Palace of All Beasts Incarnation, which can store several fifth-level mid-grade communication talismans so that monks can communicate with each other.

Normally, a fifth-level mid-grade talisman is only used for communication and basically covers the entire Tongxuan Realm.

However, this world has too many special areas, sect formations, desperate places, dead places, secret realms, etc. So if he wants to be safe, Lu Cheng decided to go to a nearby market first, rent a cave and set up a formation, exert his magic power to the extreme before using the talisman.

The Biyun Cave is too damp with moisture, making it unsuitable for Lu Cheng to set up formations and cast spells.

Just when Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong were about to leave Biyun Cave Mansion, suddenly, a golden bell that Gu Qinghong was wearing fell down.

Gu Qinghong grabbed Lu Cheng, and at the same time Lu Cheng noticed that the face of this female cultivator suddenly turned pale.

"how?"

"Retreat quickly. This is the life-saving golden bell given by my master. If I encounter a fatal disaster, it will shake and ring."

If it encounters a fatal disaster, it will shake and make noises. Now the golden bell fell directly. No wonder Gu Qinghong, who practices the Yi Shu numerology and Taoism, has a pale face.

Lu Cheng had also come into contact with the Taoism of the Eight Landscapes.

The master of the Eight Landscapes, Qingxuan Zhenren, evaluated himself as "the best in the magic world in the past three hundred years." Lu Cheng certainly didn't think this was a good thing.

I'm afraid that this Taoist Qingxuan has already seen that I'm secretly comprehending and studying the blood nerves.

It was inevitable for Lu Cheng to comprehend the blood nerves. He had a very high aspiration, but the highest level of Taoist practice in this world was only the Golden Elixir level.

At that time, there was almost no advanced Taoist magic inherited in Lu Cheng. How could he have held back for decades with the most advanced and supreme magic formula in his hands and not comprehended and studied it to improve himself?

The worst that could happen is cultivating the blood nerves, but if one succeeds, one can extract the essence of Taoism from it and replenish one's own foundation in Taoism.

If a cultivator has such profound Taoist teachings in his hands, how could he not study them?

Just when Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong wanted to retreat back to the Biyun Cave Mansion, a huge bronze tripod suddenly fell from the sky. In an instant, thousands of clouds of flames emerged from the bronze tripod, burning the entire sky red, like a meteorite falling to the ground.

A monk in Taoist robes suddenly appeared. He took out a yellow gourd and held it high, pointing it at Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong, and shouted softly, "Fix!"

Invisible and tangible ripples surged out, instantly freezing the two people in place. The air on all sides became as hard as metal and stone, making it impossible for them to move.

At the same time, another cyan-gold sword light came slashing over.

It was ordinary and mediocre, but the sword light was as fast and fierce as a sudden rainbow, and it seemed that it would cut the two men into four with one sword.

The rest are too late to watch.

Because just these things in front of them were enough to chop Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong into pieces and burn them to ashes.

Super-level Taoist method, the five elements and the true fire of the earth.

At the critical moment of life and death, Lu Cheng immediately used his innate magical power. He just opened his mouth, and boom, a terrifying flame like a volcanic eruption gushed out.

The blazing black and red fire stream dissolved everything, like a black and red flaming dragon, surrounding Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong, melting the stone-like air around them.

Lu Cheng's own cultivation has reached the late stage of Lian Gang, and he is practicing the Great Sun True Fire Divine Gang. The power of his Great Five Elements Earth True Fire is so strong that it is a very terrifying fifth-order offensive Taoist technique. Ordinary Jindan masters and even Jindan Zhenren would not want to take on it lightly.

"My name is Bajing Gu Qinghong, and this is the ninth disciple of Master Huang Longzi. Fellow overseas masters, do you want to start a war with both the righteous and the evil at the same time?"

Gu Qinghong broke the spell in Lu Cheng and revealed the identities of the two people as soon as she was able to speak, but at the same time, she was not slow at all in flying the sword.

He controlled the flying sword with one hand as graceful as a startled swan and as elegant as a swimming dragon, and actually blocked the cyan gold flying sword that was coming towards him.

This allowed Lu Cheng to concentrate on dealing with the huge fire cauldron that was falling down.

Lu Cheng waved his sleeves and a large amount of golden light was scattered. At the same time, he sacrificed the golden branch of falling treasures, which turned into a golden rainbow and passed under the huge fire cauldron that was falling rapidly.

Boom.

Rumble, rumble.

The power of the Falling Treasure Branch is not enough to brush away the Falling Fire Cauldron, and the grade of the magic weapon may not be as good as the other party's. However, what Lu Cheng wants is to make the opponent's magic get out of control and not hit him and Gu Qinghong on the head.

For a powerful spell like this one that absorbs and exhales the vital energy of heaven and earth, even a spellcaster at the Grandmaster level has to rely on the force and cannot control it all the time. While the power is enormous, the control will be slightly weaker.

Sure enough, the golden light flashed, and although the Falling Treasure Branch was almost burning with smoke when it flew back, the huge fire cauldron also tilted to the side, and pieces of burning coal fell, and finally the cauldron fell to the ground with a loud bang. Even though the Biyun Cave Mansion was considered an immortal residence and had some protection, it was still affected by the huge flames.

“Golden Silkworm Gu with Hundred Poisons!? So many, hehe, it really is a good method, no wonder you managed to kill those two idiots Shang Huitong and Shang Yunchuan in your hands.”

Following these words, rays of light flew up, and flags, swords, gourds, ruyi, rulers, scissors, tripods and other magical instruments intertwined to form a gorgeous yet dangerous picture.

It was impossible not to fight hard at this point, so Lu Cheng activated his innate blood and fire magical powers and meridian-breaking sword energy technique at the same time.

Man and sword became one and leaped up, controlling the five-colored sword light to dance like a dragon. The sword light was bright and dazzling, and every time the sword was slashed out, a blood-red sword shadow and the sword light cut through like a mountain.

Use the sword to draw blood, and use the blood to sacrifice the sword.

Flags, swords, gourds, ruyi, rulers, scissors, tripods and other magical instruments were used to attack, but they were cut back and repelled by the blood-colored sword light and sword energy, making them difficult to capture.

This is the significance of Lu Cheng's cultivation of his innate blood and fire magical power. In the Tongxuan Realm, no one can limit the enemy cultivators to the same realm as himself. Although blood and fire burn life, it can allow him to save his life or even kill his opponent even if his magic power is far inferior to his opponent.

Unlike Lu Cheng's blood-red sword shadow and sword light that slashed out like a mountain, Gu Qinghong and Lu Cheng stood back to back, staring at the surroundings.

Although the sword is not often struck, each strike will definitely hit the vital point and go straight to the core.

Lu Cheng's swordsmanship has reached perfection, but it is still not as good as her ability to see everything clearly in an instant.

After a few times, Lu Cheng also discovered this. His own five-colored flying sword followed Gu Qinghong's sword light, and he was able to break the force with cleverness and change the situation at the lowest cost. This greatly reduced the consumption of Lu Cheng's innate blood, fire and mana.

At first, the six Jindan masters who launched the assassination did not take it seriously, but after the two sides fought for dozens of moves, the six people realized that even if they joined forces, they could not suppress the opponent's two sword lights.

"It is the small destiny technique of Baguanjing. That Gu Qinghong can see through the future to a certain extent and choose the future that is most beneficial to her. I thought that Baguanjing's Yishu magical power was just exaggerated by the world, but I didn't expect that there are really people who can practice Yishu to this level in the Liangang realm."

An old man with a white beard sighed softly, and then suddenly pointed his finger into the air. Dense sword energy surged out, the killing power was not strong, but it was fine, continuous and endless.

"... disturbing the secrets of heaven! You are a cultivator from the Heavenly Secret Palace."

These sword energies mixed into the battlefield, instantly making Gu Qinghong's already ugly face even paler.

It was already difficult to spy on the secrets of heaven by crossing a higher realm, and at this moment he was countered by the opponent's spell. Gu Qinghong could no longer use her small destiny spell.

But from beginning to end, she did not choose to escape from Lu Cheng: because it was her golden bell thread that broke, Gu Qinghong knew in her heart that even if this disaster was caused by Lu Cheng, she would surely die if she fled alone at this time.

On the contrary, if you stay with Lu Cheng, there may be a glimmer of hope.

"Master said that he is the best demon in the past three hundred years. He will kill countless calamities in the future. He will not die here. I am the poor one. I knew that I would kill countless calamities if I followed him, but why didn't I react at that time?"

It was at this moment that blood light burst out all over Lu Cheng's body. He successfully seized the flaw for a moment. The five flying swords that combined the five elements instantly turned into a blazing blood rainbow, which swept Lu Cheng and Gu Qinghong together, and fiercely killed the white-bearded old man who had just broken Gu Qinghong's Taoist magic.

The old man had just broken the Taoist magic of the Eight Landscapes. He was in great joy, but he didn't know that due to the exhaustion of his energy, he also had corresponding flaws. All he saw before him was a blood-red sword light slashing across the sky, making his whole body feel cold.

(End of this chapter)