Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 259: Advancement to the Third Level of the Golden Core Realm, the Second Forty-Nine Heavenly Tribulation (Please collect and subscribe!)

He beat the seriously injured sixth-level ghost baby tree demon fiercely, and when his own magic power was about to run out, he took the initiative to withdraw from the Jiuli world, feeling refreshed and at peace.

The soul returned, and sitting on the altar, Lu Cheng planned his future path.

Of course, he could cultivate immortality and become an ancestor in the Dingzhang world from now on, and live a carefree and happy life. As long as he cut off the cause and effect with the outside world and truly took root in this world, with his own Taoist foundation, he might be able to get a glimpse of the Taoist fruit of the primordial spirit in the future.

But this thought only flashed through Lu Cheng's mind for a moment before it was eliminated.

If you can achieve immortality, but live in anxiety and guilt every day, then you don't need immortality.
Master, wife, concubine, enemies, in the Tongxuan world, there are countless causes and effects that are difficult to cut off and sort out.

"I can die, but I won't allow myself to live in disgrace."

With the sword in my hand and the energy in my chest, I will cut through all disasters, split open all obstacles, and prove my eternal life and freedom!
This is the fruit of Lu Cheng's Tao. When walking alone with a sword, the most important thing he relies on is not the sword, but the courage in his heart. Being timid and living in a cowardly way is the way of immortality for many people, but it is not the way of immortality for Lu Cheng.

“Master Huang Longzi and Teacher Chi Shenzi have been preparing for nearly a thousand years to deal with the Demon God Catastrophe. If I were still in Tongxuan Realm, I should have participated in it by now. But since I have accidentally come to Dingzhang World, I cannot come here in vain. While repairing the Du’e Golden Boat, I should collect the Nascent Soul techniques and even the Nascent Soul inheritance of this world and bring them back to Tongxuan Realm.

It is not easy to collect the techniques of Yuanying or even the inheritance of Yuanshen, to practice Qi, build foundation or even the Jindan realm. If I had the status and magic power of Yuanying Zhenjun, these things would be much easier. "

Half a year later, in the Huanyun Valley of the Cangyun Mountains, he was in seclusion in a stone chamber.

A Taoist wearing a mask walked out of the secluded stone chamber. Outside the stone chamber, an inner sect monk was waiting anxiously.

"Junior Brother Zhang, long time no see. How come you have time to come and see me today?"

"Brother Tie, you finally came out of seclusion..."

The cultivator named Zhang was suddenly stunned. After a long while, he murmured, "Tie, Uncle Tie, have you completed the foundation-building stage?"

In the world of cultivating immortals, there is no direct master-disciple relationship, that is, the one who is more accomplished is the master. So, the moment before, he could still call Tie Xiao "senior brother" and assign to him the tasks assigned by the sect's deacon.

But at this moment, the other party had become his uncle, and the cultivator named Zhang did not even dare to assign him any more sect tasks.

The Qi training realm and the foundation building realm are nothing in the eyes of high-level cultivators, but they are worlds apart in the eyes of low-level cultivators. That is a realm that most disciples cannot achieve in their entire lives. In addition to hard work and talent, some opportunities are also needed.

How many monks have never waited for this opportunity in their entire lives.

Tie Xiao's advancement to the Foundation Establishment stage only caused a little stir in a very small circle, and it soon died down, because Tie Xiao was originally a casual cultivator who joined the sect through the secret realm trial. Most of the cultivators who were able to walk out of the secret realm trial alive had the cultivation base of the late Qi training stage. In addition, with the resources obtained in the secret realm, many of them were promoted to the Foundation Establishment stage in the next few years. Being able to walk out of the secret realm alive already showed that their talents and luck were both good.

Jiuxia Peak, the cave where Master Lin Qinghan lives.

Because his registered disciple had advanced to the foundation-building stage and came to pay a visit, Master Lin came out of retreat for this purpose. Unexpectedly, after entering the hall, he saw the gift presented by the disciple:
A piece of thousand-year-old iron is worth a fortune.

True Person Lin Qinghan was devoted to cultivating the Tao and had never liked trivial matters. After she reached the Golden Core Realm, although the sect provided generous offerings and the family behind her also provided offerings to her, these resources were barely enough to sustain her cultivation. It was very difficult for her to purchase magic weapons for self-defense.

So even though he knew he shouldn't do so, looking at the disciple's sincerity, Master Lin Qinghan still did not refuse.

"You and I are master and disciple, and we have a deep bond. This heavy thank-you gift is overdue. Xiao'er, after you advance to the foundation-building stage, what kind of skills and techniques do you want to practice?"

This means that Tie Xiao can choose for himself. Normally, the disciple will learn whatever the master teaches. Without this generous gift to thank the master, such a good thing would not be possible.

"Master, I have been obsessed with the art of refining puppets recently. I wonder if there are any classic books passed down in the sect?"

"...Yes, there are some. There are a few advanced puppet manuals in the library, but without a basic understanding, the contents are obscure and difficult to understand. I have a nephew Chu in Huanyun Valley who seems to be proficient in puppetry. Since you are so interested, I will ask him about it for you."

The master and the disciple exchanged a few more polite words, and then Lu Cheng saluted with both hands, bowed deeply, and left.

"This Iron Owl is quite powerful. The thousand-year-old cold iron is enough to refine magic weapons. He is quite good at making money."

At this time, the maid beside Master Lin Qinghan came closer, saw that her master was happy, and praised softly.

Lin Qinghan's maids and servants are basically her blood relatives. The female cultivators serve as her maids, and the male cultivators cultivate the spiritual fields near the spiritual veins for her.

Even though these are all menial jobs, their treatment is actually better than that of ordinary inner disciples. If most of these people's cultivation aptitude were not so poor, the probability of them becoming Foundation Establishment or Purple Mansion cultivators would probably be higher than that of the disciples of the Golden Core Elders.

Therefore, the maids around Lin Qinghan dared to speak.

"Hey, don't go out and say nonsense. Besides, Tie Xiao used to be a senior manager of the underground mine. It's reasonable for the underground mine to have some spiritual ores for sale at a low price."

When Lin Qinghan said this, it suddenly occurred to him that Tie Xiao had never knelt down to pay respect to him since he had known him. He always bowed with both hands, which did not seem to be in line with the behavior of a disciple towards his master.

But on second thought, Lin Qinghan only felt that Tie Xiao was a bit wild due to his background as a casual cultivator, and she didn't care too much about such things. Looking at Han Tie in front of her, she quickly put the matter behind her.

Master Lin Qinghan kept his word and quickly introduced Chu Hanfei and Tie Xiao.

With the support of Lin Qinghan, the number one female fairy in Huanyun Valley, Tie Xiao could learn the basic puppet-making technique from Chu Hanfei by paying some spirit stones.

A sect needs high-level puppets to guard a large number of mineral veins and sacred mountains. Even a family of immortal cultivators needs puppets to protect the mountains.

Therefore, this Chu Shangxiu made a fortune by relying on his skill in refining fourth-order puppets. Although he was willing to teach for the sake of Lin Qinghan's face, he only taught the more basic things about refining first- and second-order puppets. The real essence should be left to his descendants and disciples.

However, what Lu Cheng needed were exactly these basic things. The old monster Tian Yanzi recorded his entire life in the jade profile he wrote down, as well as the skills he practiced and the methods of refining puppets. However, he did not record the methods of refining low- and medium-level puppets, either because he felt it was unnecessary or because he was limited by the space in the jade profile.

The reason why Lu Cheng suddenly wanted to learn these things was not because he wanted to delve into puppetry, but because he wanted to repair the Destroying Heavenly Lord and transplant a ghost infant into it to obtain the sixth-level Nascent Soul combat power in advance.

Spring goes and autumn comes, and time passes like this day after day.

One year, two years, five years, ten years, fifteen years, twenty years.

The Taoist Tie Xiao, who originally served under the tutelage of Jiuxia Fenglin Zhenren and had a good reputation, gradually disappeared among the crowd as time went by.

In the eyes of many people, this was a typical mistake in his choice of the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation. He chose an art that was not suitable for him, but he still immersed himself in it. Over the past twenty years, he had spent countless spirit stones and spiritual objects.

Master Lin Qinghan was the most open-minded about this: "My eldest disciple has already successfully established his foundation. Even if it takes some time, it would be a good thing if he can gain something.

Moreover, who knows if he will suddenly have an epiphany one day if he continues to immerse himself in this way? "

Inside the cave, on the Yin-Yang platform.

Mysterious light flowed and candlelight flickered all around.

The Taoist priest sat cross-legged on the altar with a solemn expression on his face and his hands in seals. A red light burst out from between his brows, leaping like a raging flame.

As he breathed in and out, the fire energy between heaven and earth condensed in the air and transformed into a blazing magic fire that enveloped his body and illuminated the entire cave like a lava world, but without burning anything around it.

It shows the Taoist's ability to control fire, and the high level he has reached.

His body was wrapped in the blazing fire, like a volcano, and the earthy yellow light grew from the fire, gradually forming pieces of hard soil and stone. The soil and stone continued to expand, and finally turned into a huge stone ape, lifelike, with a strong body and clear muscle lines, as if it had endless power.

Lu Cheng's magic power grew rapidly with the practice of the Five Elements Transformation. The image of the Sun-Swallowing Ape became clearer and clearer. He seemed to sometimes transform into an ancient fire dragon and sometimes into a giant ape. The same thing was that every breath he took could shake the entire cave.

A huge amount of spiritual energy was extracted by the formation in the cave. Over the years, the spiritual energy that Lu Cheng had stolen from the spiritual veins of Huanyun Valley alone was probably worth millions of spiritual stones. It was just that he stole it evenly and with great skill, so he had never been discovered.

This vast, pure and powerful spiritual energy is injected into his skin, bones, blood and flesh, benefiting both his body and his magic, and combining it with his human skills.

Gradually, every hair on the golden monkey's body seemed to exist in reality, fluttering in the wind, and its pupils, which were originally full of animality, began to flash with humanity and wisdom.

The air in the cave was distorted due to the high temperature, but not a trace of dust could approach Lu Cheng.

The changes of fire creating earth were vividly demonstrated on his body. The earth and rocks continuously absorbed the essence of fire and became more solid and strong. The figure of the Taoist on the platform looked even more mysterious in the wandering and interweaving of fire, earth and rocks.

Rumble, rumble... From the distance in the sky, a dull sound of thunder suddenly came.

"Roar!"

Finally, with a roar that shook the earth, the image of the Sun-Swallowing Divine Ape suddenly disappeared, and Taoist Lu Cheng regained his original physical body. But at this moment, there was a glow of fire and earth flowing in his eyes, and his magic power was so strong that he had already been promoted to the third level of the Golden Core realm.

He refined the golden elixir at the age of 149, and reached the third level of the golden elixir at the age of 200. Even in the magic world, this is extremely amazing.

What's more, for most of the demonic monks, improving their magic power in this way will cause endless troubles and come at the cost of overdrawing their potential.

"I originally thought that there would not be forty-nine tribulations in this world, but I didn't expect that after breaking through to the third level of the Golden Core, my Qi would still surge into the sky, attracting a heavenly tribulation."

Although he said this to himself, Lu Cheng felt no fear as he sensed the thunder gathering between heaven and earth. Since ancient times, thunder and fire have complemented each other, and thunder belongs to the metal element among the five elements, as earth produces metal. At this time, the second change of his five elements reform has been successful, and he can even sense the changes in the third change in advance.

At the same time, the vortex of spiritual energy outside Lu Cheng's retreat cave has enveloped the entire mountain. Now, anyone can roughly understand where this strange phenomenon of heaven and earth was triggered.

Fortunately, the Cangyun Mountains are a natural sixth-level spiritual vein, which can provide such a huge amount of spiritual energy in time to fill the big hole in the spiritual energy vortex, allowing Lu Cheng to finally complete his mission.

In a cave several thousand feet high on the main peak of Qilin Peak in Huanyun Valley, a Taoist priest named Huang with silver hair was meditating and refining his Qi.

At the moment when the spiritual light vortex appeared hundreds of miles away and the calamity clouds gathered and rolled, Taoist Huang suddenly opened his eyes in astonishment, revealing an expression of disbelief. "Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation? No, this scale is too small. Could it be that..."

The Nascent Soul cultivator's mind was working rapidly, and he soon thought of an incident that happened in the sect twenty years ago.

Therefore, he withdrew his magic power without hesitation and immediately turned into a beam of light and flew out of the cave.

A moment later, the Taoist surnamed Huang appeared near the spiritual energy vortex, standing on a high peak and sensing everything below, his expression changing.

At this moment, another beam of light came flying rapidly. It was the second Yuanying Zhenjun of Huanyun Valley, the young cultivator named Liu.

"Brother, what's going on? Could it be that?"

"That's right. Hehe, I didn't expect that someone would actually take advantage of the situation and take away the Ghost Infant Fruit right under our noses. Judging from the current state, it is obvious that the fruit has been successfully refined."

The Taoist surnamed Huang stroked his beard and said.

"…Then what should we do?"

"Junior brother, please be patient. Judging from the situation of this Nascent Soul Tribulation, if that cunning youngster has a shallow foundation, he may not be able to survive this tribulation."

As if in response to the words of the old man surnamed Huang, blue and white thunder gathered in the sky and fell like a spear of heaven and earth.

With Lu Cheng's merits and achievements, how could it come to this?
"Hahahaha, there are many monks and Taoists in front of the gate of hell. It is because they know more than ordinary people and have more power to intervene, which makes them more likely to fall into cause and effect."

Since Lu Cheng started practicing Taoism, although he would use his flying sword to chop off people's heads as soon as he had the murderous thought, most of the people he killed were evildoers, and the souls who had been saved by the "Tai Shang Miao Jing" were definitely far more than those he had killed.

However, in order to save the old monk Zong Zhen, he took on the thousand-year cause and effect of the heavenly Buddhist world, so it can be said that he has committed serious sins.

The more serious the sins, the heavier the calamity will naturally be.

But Lu Cheng didn't care much about it. In the Taoist concept, the calamity is severe, and the reward will be great after overcoming it.

Everything in the world carries Yin and returns Yang, two sides of the same coin. Is the calamity severe? Just break it with the Taoist magic in your hands.

Roar!
With a swing of the sword, all the spiritual energy within the entire cave was drawn and mobilized by the flying sword, condensing into a huge flaming dragon shape, which bit and killed from bottom to top. This is the dragon-shaped killing sword style.

In the eyes of Huang Liu and the other person in the distance, it seemed as if a golden-red ancient fire dragon suddenly appeared, circling and dancing, angrily devouring the sky.

After Lu Cheng mastered the sword art of transforming sword energy into shape, as long as he had a little spare energy, he could swing a few swords to cultivate the true, mimic the shape, make the sword energy have its own spirituality, and form an ancient fire dragon to kill the opponent.

Thunder and fire complemented each other, and the blue and white thunder in the sky gathered and stabbed down, but the flaming sword light pulled it away and detonated it prematurely.

In a flash, the lightning spear and the fire sword collided with each other nearly a hundred times, and the sword fire burned the sky.

At this time, nun Lin Qinghan from Jiuxia Peak had already flown over. It was not because she was the fastest, but because she cared about this place the most. She came to the downwind of the two sect ancestors and bowed first, then Lin Qinghan shifted her gaze to the place where thunder and fire intertwined.

"Qinghan, where is that place?"

At the top of the mountain, the old man surnamed Huang asked this.

"That, that is the retreat place of my registered disciple, Taoist Tiexiao."

"Ha, you are quite capable as a registered disciple. Although you live in a cave of a foundation-building cultivator, the spiritual energy in the cave is as strong as my residence."

"...Master, please punish me for my negligence!"

Finally, the elegant and refined nun could no longer bear it and knelt down before the Grand Elder to ask for punishment.

"..."

The old man surnamed Huang stroked his beard and said nothing more. Instead, he focused his mind on the place where the tribulation would be passed.

At this time, the lightning spears in the sky had gradually dissipated, and Lu Cheng's own sword energy had also become somewhat exhausted and sluggish.

In the Tongxuan world, normal Jindan Zhenren, after cultivating to the third level of Jindan, will often use secret methods of overcoming tribulation and secret treasures to conceal the secrets of heaven, so that the heavens cannot sense them. Only after their own magic power and magic treasures have greatly increased and they are fully prepared, will they take action to overcome tribulation.

However, Lu Cheng did not prepare any treasure to help himself overcome the tribulation, and the tribulation he had to overcome was the most difficult level 49.

The two Yuanying Zhenjun Huang Liu from Huanyun Valley mistakenly believed that this was the Yuanying heavenly tribulation.

Boom, boom.

This time, amidst the surging sea of ​​clouds, incandescent thunder balls rolled out and fell, crushing the void with a loud bang.

"Hehehehe... cough cough, my energy is not good when I'm practicing, why is it making such a noise?"

As he spoke, Lu Cheng summoned an extremely ferocious iron puppet with a flick of his sleeves. This was his greatest achievement in the past twenty years. The thick and huge black metal armor was extremely sharp in every inch. Nine different but equally ferocious ghost faces were carved on it. They were located on the shoulders, chest, abdomen, waist and joints, and these ghost faces were constantly moving around.

Destroying Heavenly Lord was a sixth-order puppet that Tian Yanzi had almost completed back then, but he ultimately did not have such a good opportunity as the Ghost Infant Fruit, and ultimately died at the hands of the Demon God, thus failing at the last hurdle.

But most of the design ideas he left behind were correct, including puppet designs suitable for yin and death magic powers.

During the past twenty years, Lu Cheng has put a lot of effort into repairing the Destroying Heavenly Venerate, and at the same time, he has sacrificed the Ghost Infant Fruit to it. Now, this puppet is equivalent to a sixth-order puppet. Moreover, as long as the Ghost Infant Fruit is replenished in time, it has not been truly refined and used, so there will be no Nascent Soul Tribulation. It can be taken out and refined normally in the future.

However, in the eyes of the two True Lords Huang Liu of Huanyun Valley and a group of Jindan True Lords, it was the Taoist Tiexiao who had refined the Ghost Infant Fruit and flew out to resist the thundering catastrophe.

Dark clouds gathered in the sky like a tsunami and thunder roared.

Huge incandescent balls of lightning were brewing and condensing in the dark clouds, ready to go, jumping with the thunder, beating like a heart.

Suddenly, a ball of lightning struck downwards, and the light pierced through the thick darkness, locking the sixth-order puppet tightly.

This sixth-level puppet stood in the void, its armor engraved with densely packed talismans and inscriptions, all of which were activated at this moment.

When the thunder ball bombarded the magic armor, black ripples appeared on the surface of the armor, like ripples in the darkness, spreading endless negative energy.

The black gas spread out like a living thing, interweaving with the light of the thunder ball, causing it to dissipate and melt.

Around this puppet, there are countless ghosts wailing and screaming. Their faces are distorted and their expressions are painful, as if they are telling of their unwillingness and grief in their lifetime.

The ghost baby fruit is formed by the accumulated magic power of the ghost baby tree demon over thousands of years. The number of yin spirits and souls in the yin energy is indispensable.

Boom.

In the end, this sixth-order puppet was almost blasted into a golden red color, and fell back into the cave.

Huang Liu and the other two who were far away had almost thought that they had failed in their tribulation. The thunder tribulation there was so violent that they were unwilling to risk getting hurt and send out their spiritual sense to investigate.

Inside the cave, Lu Cheng took back the sixth-level puppet. After a period of respite, his magic power had been restored to most under the operation of the Great Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method. Looking at the sky, although there were many thunders in the sky, most of the calamity power had dissipated.

Soon after, Huang Liu and the other person in the distance, along with a group of Jindan Zhenren from Huanyun Valley, saw a fire dragon suddenly rise into the sky and disappear into the clouds.

Fire Escape!
Among the five elements of escape techniques, the Fire Escape has the strongest instantaneous explosive power. Driven by the Ancient Flame Dragon Transformation, it really has the potential to turn into a rainbow and escape thousands of miles away. However, it is too overbearing and cannot be practiced by non-physical cultivators.

The Taoist escaped into the layers of calamity clouds, and soon turned from fire to earth, he became a giant earth-yellow ape, controlling the light of escape, roaring to the sky, and waving his arms.

The Sun-Swallowing Divine Ape transforms into an ancient earth-walking monster. It looks up at the sun and wants to swallow it!

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch..."

Along with a terrifying roar, powerful and deep magic power like the earth spread out in all directions, dispersing and washing away the calamity power in the sky. At the same time, around the Sun-Swallowing Fire Ape, a series of chaotic holes emerged, swallowing up the thunder in the sky, constantly tempering Lu Cheng's form and spirit.

"Everyone, disperse now. Issue a gag order. Anyone who dares to reveal even a little bit of what happened today will be treated as a traitor to the sect."

On a distant high peak, Taoist Huang looked at the calamity clouds that spread all over the sky. No, they were almost being swallowed up. The domineering and powerful martial arts practiced by the other party were fully demonstrated.

"Brother, do you want to?"

Upon hearing this, the Taoist named Liu beside him vaguely guessed what his senior brother was thinking.

"It's hard to be small between the two big ones, not to mention that Qinzhou has not been peaceful in recent years. No matter where this person came from, he has successfully refined the Ghost Infant Fruit and cultivated the Nascent Soul Avenue. If we give him the skills and a few better magic weapons, he may be able to help the two of us and help us maintain the sect.

If the thousand-year heritage of Huanyun Valley were to be destroyed by you and me, wouldn't it bring shame to our ancestors and make their souls restless? "

"Well, then I'll follow your instructions, Senior Brother."

Taoist Liu has never had any ideas, and this time is no exception.

(End of this chapter)