Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 246: Six Great Refining Gangs to Punish Yinshan Mountain, Accepting Heaven's Will
The stone cave was deep and quiet. Bright light shone down from above, illuminating the two Taoists in patches.

Their eyes were focused on the black and white chessboard on the stone table, and their fingertips gently picked up the chess pieces, as if they were about to drop them at the next moment.

The rustling of leaves adds a touch of liveliness to this quiet space.

On the tea stove next to it, the elegant tea fragrance and the wood fragrance of the chessboard are mixed together, creating a unique atmosphere.

Lu Cheng and Chen Qingfeng would occasionally sip the tea in their cups. The temperature of the tea formed a sharp contrast with the coolness of the cave.

When the cup touched their lips, the warm feeling seemed to make their thoughts clearer.

As the game progressed, the chessboard on the stone table gradually became filled up, with black and white pieces interweaving to form a complex pattern.

The sound of the gurgling stream outside the cave could be heard faintly, adding a touch of tranquility to the solemnity. The two Taoists had calm expressions, but their frowns revealed their inner struggles.

For a moment, everything in the entire cave seemed to be still except for the sound of chess pieces falling and the occasional sound of tea.

Suddenly, a glimmer of enlightenment flashed in Chen Qingfeng's eyes. He smiled lightly and made a move.

After staring for a moment, Lu Cheng felt relieved and smiled as well. The two looked at each other, both happy.

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Hahahahahaha..."

It's a pleasure to meet an old friend, drink tea and discuss philosophy. Winning or losing doesn't matter. The underground stone palace soon returned to its tranquility, leaving only the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard, proving the fierce battle that had just taken place.

Miao Chuyun came over with a teapot in hand to add more tea, but saw that only his master Lu Cheng was left on both sides of the chessboard.

Master looked very sad at this moment. Miao Chuyun had never seen his master like this before.

The Master in my memory was always confident, positive, profound and strong. It seemed that as long as he was alive, he would never show any concept that had anything to do with soft, weak, tired or exhausted.

Miao Chuyun inexplicably felt distressed for his current master.

"Master, Uncle Chen is no longer with you?"

"...He can no longer accompany me. He was extremely talented when he was young, but unfortunately he was delayed by love affairs. When he was young, he admired the relationship between master and apprentice. When he was middle-aged, he was obsessed with love. However, he did not know that the word "love" is the most hurtful. It is like boiling water pouring into the ground, destroying his foundation for longevity. It is a pity."

Miao Chuyun's original meaning was that Master Chen would no longer play chess with you? But this also hit the nail on the head for Lu Cheng.

Chen Qingfeng has qualifications, talents, and good fortune, as he caught up with an era in which the Taiyi Yuan Qi resides, allowing all living things to practice Taoism.

But he harmed himself and destroyed the foundation of his own cultivation. He wanted to do this himself, and no one could help him no matter what.

Today is the last time the two of them will talk together in this life.

The time has come, and the calamity of the Yinshan old demon has come.

On the other side, outside the Moyun Cave in Yinshan Mountain.

The sky was filled with flames as the Southern Sect's Great Elder, the Fire Scale Great Sage Qi Tianyan, flew down.

Before coming this time, he went to the Eight Views specially and spent a considerable amount of money to ask for a divination from Master Qingxuan.

At that time he asked: "Master, can I get what I want on this trip south?"

"I want that guy in Yinshan to die without a burial place!" He added again, fearing that his question was not clear enough.

After hearing this, Qingxuan Zhenren, who was originally calculating, stopped his deduction and said to Qi Tianyan:
"The real person will be able to get what he wants when he goes there."

As everyone knows, because the Yishu school is too overbearing, the descendants of the Eight Landscapes often do not calculate the hexagrams completely for fear of the unpredictable laws of nature, and do not do anything to the extreme to avoid the backlash of fate.

After hearing the assertion from Master Qingxuan, Tianyan thought that the old demon from Yinshan had done so many evil things that his luck had declined to the extreme, so he laughed and went south.

In those days, on the coast of the East China Sea, Huang Longzi attained enlightenment at the foot of Tianzhu Mountain.

Before this, Huang Longzi had asked Qi Tianyan to be his protector. As long as he could protect himself and help him pass the forty-nine calamities safely without being disturbed by external calamities, Huang Longzi would unconditionally help Qi Tianyan three times in the future and must not refuse because of danger.

As a result, Qi Tianyan was careless and fell into the trap of the Seven Killing Gu of the Yinshan Demon, and had to flee in defeat.

Although Huang Longzi successfully survived the disaster in the end, when Qi Tianyan came to him again, Huang Longzi certainly refused to acknowledge him, at least not completely.

The last three attacks were changed to one, and Huang Longzi would only use all his strength and not his complete strength.

Qi Tianyan was of course very unhappy as he lost more than two-thirds of the benefits he had already obtained. However, it was unreasonable for him to make trouble for Huang Longzi. After all, he was the one who ran away first. Huang Longzi's ninth disciple Lu Cheng almost risked his life in the fight, but in the end, the other person succeeded while he was defeated.

The Fire Scale Great Sage took his anger out on the Yinshan Old Demon. He first healed his wounds in secret and waited for several years. Finally, when the Yinshan Old Demon's luck was at its lowest, he came to take revenge.

At this moment, the first Fire Kirin in this world stood in a cloud of fire, releasing endless fire beasts downwards.

Correspondingly, the entire Yinshan Mountain below was also filled with dense black clouds, which were filled with countless ferocious and hideous poisonous insects.

These millions of demon soldiers who had been trained and raised by the Yinshan Old Demon for many years, even without anyone in charge, turned into a huge skull and devoured the sky.

Upon seeing such evil power, ordinary Jindan Zhenren would retreat and avoid the attack.

However, Qi Tianyan's Taoist skills and magical powers make him one of the top Jindan Zhenren in this world. Taoist Huang Longzi might not be his match even in his prime before he cultivated the Nascent Soul.

Qi Tianyan was seen pinching the magic formula in his hands at this moment, and all the fire spirit power between heaven and earth seemed to be absorbed by him, and then condensed and cast a spell.

Rumble.

Under the impact of the huge fire, the middle layer of clouds in the sky dispersed like a cracked bronze cave. In the center of the rolling clouds, thunder and lightning intertwined into a terrifying and magnificent picture.

Thunder and fire appeared in the sky, like the wrath of a god, descending with irresistible force towards the overwhelming army of poisonous insects below.

Boom.

The skull formed by countless poisonous insects stood tall, like an immortal general on an ancient battlefield, cold and eerie.

Its eyes were sunken, like two dark abysses, with green ghost fire burning in them, seeming to devour all life.

When the thunder and fire struck, the two came into contact and collided, and they held each other for a moment. Then, the bones and membranes composed of countless tiny insects began to burst. The bone-like structure finally couldn't hold on under the impact of the thunder and fire, and it let out a mournful wail.

Broken bones flew like rain, and the poisonous insects fled in all directions. They had no fear, but knew how to avoid the terrible aura that would destroy them. They used to be millions of demon soldiers that frightened all the cultivators in the world, but now they seemed so small and powerless in front of this blow that was almost the power of nature.

Rumble, rumble.

The aftermath of the powerful magical impact shook the entire Yinshan Mountain.

Inside the cave, Yinshan Zhenren had just killed Tian Xinzi who was lured back and swallowed his heart, liver and blood, preparing to use them to restore his spiritual power.

This blood-feeding method was invented by Yinshan Zhenren in recent years. He thought of Lucheng and then associated it with the Blood Nerve Sutra. The Blood Nerve Sutra has spread all over the world and many of it has been copied and reprinted, with many fragments circulating in the world. An old demon like Yinshan Zhenren would naturally collect many of them. Even if he himself does not collect them deliberately, there will be countless evil monks who want to please him and will come to present this sutra to him.

He was indeed a man of extraordinary talent. Based on these fragments, he quickly figured out a technique by which he could heal his internal injuries by consuming large amounts of other people's essence and blood.

The more monks with profound magic power you devour, the better; the more monks with the same magic power as you devour, the better.

Although the technique is in its infancy, there are bound to be many backlashes and inharmonies. If you force yourself to practice it, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles.

But at this time, Yinshan Zhenren was at the end of his rope, and he was convinced that with his own Taoist wisdom, as long as he could overcome the current difficulties, he would definitely be able to find a way to resolve the hidden dangers, so he practiced without fear. But at this moment, the Fire Scale Great Sage came to attack the mountain, and the huge shock even affected Moyun Cave.

Yinshan Zhenren took two steps back, feeling sad: "Is it true that my fate has come to an end?"

This blood-feeding method, which was realized through the fragments of the blood nerves, can repair one's internal injuries by devouring a large amount of essence and blood of the same origin, but it always requires a process of digestion and transformation.

During this process, it is not advisable to take action, otherwise the vital energy in the body will be mixed and counteracted, and the large amount of homologous essence and blood swallowed into the body will probably be not only useless but harmful.

But at this moment, Qi Tianyan had already attacked and there was no way Yinshan Zhenren could retreat.

“Tang Shi, tell all the disciples in the sect to go out and protect the sect. Humph, I don’t believe that the Gushen Sect, which I have painstakingly managed for hundreds of years, will not be able to defeat Qi Tianyan!”

Tang Shi glanced at his senior brother Tian Xinzi lying in a pool of blood. Although the two had been fighting openly and secretly for many years, Tang Shi couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic when he saw his senior brother end up with such a miserable ending.

My mind naturally recalled the correspondence between me and Lu Cheng during this period, and the many things we said in the letters.

However, Tang Shi did not dare to delay and responded immediately, then summoned all the fellow disciples in Yinshan Mountain to go out with the ancestor to fight against the powerful enemy together.

However, this time Tang Shi was careful. He went to a dark place and cast a spell to summon his natal poisonous insect, the ancient blood mosquito, and fed it a large amount of his own blood. After a while, those blood mosquitoes actually gathered and transformed, and then condensed into the appearance of Taoist Tang Shi himself.

This is the function of this kind of spiritual Gu. It is fierce and violent by nature, difficult to control, and extremely powerful in fighting. Moreover, it can simulate the appearance, mana and even spells of a person in a short period of time by devouring the blood of a monk. It is unpredictable. If it did not need to devour the blood of a monk, it would simply be another more convenient way to incarnate.

When the incarnation Tang Shi came out, Yinshan Zhenren was already fighting with Qi Tianyan.

One of these two people has the advantage of geographical location, while the other has mastered fire magic and is very good at controlling poison.

Of course, it was because of this carelessness that Qi Tianyan was ambushed by Yinshan Zhenren last time and suffered huge losses.

This time he was not only extra careful, but also prepared a fifth-order flowing fire cover magic weapon in advance. Although the magic weapon was not top-grade, it was in line with the nature of fire, and the flowing fire was precise, which was the best way to restrain Yinshan Zhenren's witchcraft.

The golden silkworm Gu with a hundred poisons has been revealed, and the second Yuanshen secret of Yuanpinzhu was broken last time in the East China Sea.

The only powerful witchcraft that Yinshan Zhenren can rely on now is the Seven Killings witchcraft.

This method uses seven kinds of highly poisonous poisonous creatures, snakes, scorpions, spiders, bees, mosquitoes, ants and butterflies, to make seven arrows. Once launched, the arrow shadows fly through the air and change mysteriously, making them unpredictable and difficult to guard against.

However, Qi Tianyan had already been hit by this move once before, so although Yinshan Zhenren relied on it, he did not dare to use it directly.

If he could be hit again easily this time, Qi Tianyan could find a secluded place and die on his own.

Therefore, at the beginning, the two sides only fought with each other's magic power and spells.

The blood-feeding technique seemed to be working. Yinshan Zhenren's face turned ruddy, and it seemed that his mental strength and magical powers were gradually recovering to their peak state. The hand gestures changed, and a large number of poisonous golden silkworms transformed into a golden giant hand, which cooperated with the poisonous insects around to pounce on the red-clothed Taoist who looked like a boy in the sky.

However, Lu Cheng back then could use Samadhi True Fire to melt iron, and Qi Tianyan today can do the same. Even Lu Cheng's True Fire is not as good as the high-temperature explosion of his Fire Method.

The golden giant hand instantly burned and exploded.

Under the blazing sun, Qi Tianyan stood in the void. Although he was besieged by a group of Gushen Cult monks, he closed his eyes slightly, opened his palms slightly, and the blazing seven-color flames jumped and burned in his palms. Another flame swirled around him, forming a blazing fire circle vortex, separating him from Yinshan Zhenren's disciples and Gu insects. In the flame vortex, there was a shield-like object that was spinning at high speed.

The disciples of the Yinshan lineage, even if they did not want to take action, had to do so. Gu worms had been planted in all of their bodies. If necessary, Yinshan Zhenren could put them in life or death situation with just a thought.

However, at this time, they all used magical weapons and spells to attack, but were instantly burned to ashes in front of the waves of fire, even themselves.

Watching these disciples dying one after another, Master Yinshan's face was gloomy. He quickly formed seals with his hands, and dark green worm-like poisonous insects flew out from his sleeves. They gradually gathered in the air and swelled into a huge poisonous beast.

The poisonous beast looked ferocious and fierce, with a cold green light flashing in its eyes. It roared at Qi Tianyan like a lion or a tiger, and the sound shook the whole area.

The confrontation between the raging fire and the poisonous insects made the atmosphere in the sky extremely tense.

Qi Tianyan's brows were tightly knitted together, but his heart was calm. He had vaguely sensed that Yinshan Zhenren was in an abnormal state. Although it seemed that his magic power had been fully restored, he still felt as if his blood and marrow were burning to stimulate his potential.

What's more, even if Yinshan Zhenren's magical powers were fully restored, he would still not be his opponent.

And Yinshan Zhenren was concentrating, his face changing from gloomy to bright, as he watched the flames gathered by Qi Tianyan collide with his own Gu beast, causing bursts of violent explosions.

He was using all his strength to activate the blood-feeding technique in his body, hoping to minimize the counterattack of his essence and blood and restore his own vitality to the maximum. At this moment, he was using all his strength to fight, which actually helped him free up some meridians and circulate his magic power.

Qi Tianyan's figure appeared and disappeared in the flames in the sky, and each appearance was accompanied by a surge of flames. Yinshan Zhenren was as erratic as a ghost, and the various witchcraft in his hands were unpredictable.

Qi Tianyan's fire magic carries the domineering power to destroy everything, while Yinshan Zhenren's witchcraft contains weirdness and depth.

As the battle progressed, gray ashes fell from the sky, and charred traces appeared on the ground, witnessing the final demise of a monk who had dominated this place for nearly a thousand years.

"Yinshan, you're not in the right state. Could it be that the internal injuries you suffered more than a decade ago have not yet fully healed? Yes, that was Huang Longzi's hateful attack. It is said that even your life-saving magic weapon was destroyed?"

"Go!"

Ignoring Qi Tianyan's provocative words, Yinshan Zhenren suddenly let out a sharp roar and sacrificed the Seven Killing Gu. For a moment, every time an arrow was shot, there would be flying snake shadows, fluttering phantom butterflies, spider silk filling the sky, or hundreds of centipedes flying through the air, all sorts of strange and mysterious changes.

However, a golden-red flame beam suddenly rose up from Qi Tianyan's body, and he used his great magic power to forcibly block and destroy the Seven Killing Gu.

After this move, Yinshan Zhenren could no longer hold on. He spat out a mouthful of dark red blood, his face turned pale, and his body turned into light and flew downwards.

Qi Tianyan was delighted. He didn't expect that it would be so easy to win in the Yinshan Dojo. He turned into flames and was about to chase after them, but was surrounded by the remaining insect swarms.

Sometimes insects are more loyal than humans, and sometimes human hearts are more vicious than insects.

After returning in defeat, Yinshan Zhenren knew that it was a matter of life and death. He vomited blood while forcing himself to support his body and escape to Moyun Cave.

"Who is there?"

Suddenly, Yinshan Zhenren shouted loudly, trying to forcibly gather his magic power, but he spat out a mouthful of blood first.

"Master, it's me."

Just at this moment, Tang Shi walked out from the shadows.

"You're not dead yet?"

“Thanks to Master’s great fortune, I was knocked unconscious by the fire wave of Qi Lao Mo, and when I woke up, I had been dragged here by my life Gu.

Master, come quickly, there is a secret passage here that leads directly to a hundred miles away, it is quite hidden, I just discovered it!"

Yinshan Moyun Cave is the home of the Southern Wilderness Demon Sect. Even before Yinshan Zhenren went crazy, the struggle there was brutal and fierce. Many people were secretly building secret passages in preparation for their final escape. Yinshan Zhenren himself knew this well, and this time he escaped back with the intention of saving his life.

At this moment, Tang Shi was walking in front and Yinshan Zhenren was following behind. Looking at this disciple, Yinshan Zhenren's eyes gradually turned fierce, but before he could make a move, he spat out another mouthful of blood. The backlash of Tian Xinzi's original essence and blood was far from eliminated. If he forcibly performed the blood-feeding method at this time, not only would he not be able to restore his magic power, but it would aggravate his internal injuries. What's more, he didn't have many disciples with some magic power.

After thinking about it, Yinshan Zhenren temporarily gave up the idea of ​​killing Tang Shi.

And Tang Shi did lead Yinshan Zhenren through many twists and turns, and they finally left Yinshan through a long secret passage.

But before Yinshan Zhenren could really breathe a sigh of relief, a sharp sword light like thunder shot out from behind his head.

"Die, old devil!"

It was the six great Refining Gang who slayed Yinshan Mountain, accepting the mission from Heaven. Although Chen Qingfeng, who had the weakest magic power among them, had not reached the Refining Gang realm, he used all his energy to arrange and preside over the targeted formation, and the effect he exerted in a short period of time was no less than that of a cultivator at the Refining Gang realm.

(End of this chapter)