Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 260: Nascent Soul Ceremony, Cold Yin Ice Evil Technique
“Hahahaha, I didn’t expect that fellow Tiedao’s understanding of Taoism is so profound.”

The cave is deep and full of spiritual energy. There are some mosses on the outer stone walls, and rays of sunlight shine through the hidden gaps, casting light and shadows.

Three Taoists sat around an old wooden tea table, wearing wide robes with big sleeves, and their expressions were different:
The old man had white hair and beard, and there was a sense of immortality between his brows; the middle-aged Taoist had eyes like lightning and a smile on his face; the young Taoist had a solemn expression, handsome and sharp.

The fire in the stove was slightly red, and a pot of aged Xianger tea was filled with a faint tea aroma.

For ordinary tea, the freshest one is the best, which is when it is the newest, tenderest and most refreshing. However, some magical teas are like fine wine, which becomes more fragrant and has a lingering aftertaste as it ages.

The three of them sometimes raised their glasses to sip, sometimes talked about Taoism, or bowed their heads in deep thought, and from time to time discussed their own experiences.

These three people are naturally the Taoist Huang and Taoist Liu from Huanyun Valley, as well as Lu Cheng who had just cultivated the Ghost Infant Avenue.

Lu Cheng had just survived the catastrophe and returned to the cave when Taoist priests Huang Liu arrived together. Without saying anything else, they only said they were there to visit their fellow Taoists.

There is nothing much to say about the other things. Whether it was stealing spiritual energy or his identity was unknown, this Taoist Tiexiao finally succeeded in refining the ghost baby, reversing life and death and ascending to heaven in one step.

It is meaningless to pursue the responsibility anymore. The Taoist surnamed Huang is now thinking about how to take advantage of the good relationship between the two parties to pull the other party into the camp of Huanyun Valley, or at least prevent the other party from becoming an enemy.

Not only did he lose his spiritual energy and treasures, but he also made an enemy. That would be like losing both his wife and his army.

The old Taoist used his fingers as swords and drew them in the air, as if he was performing the Tai Chi Bagua. Every stroke of his fingers carried the accumulation of years and the mystery of Taoism.

The middle-aged Taoist stroked his beard with his hand and pointed at the void from time to time. He and his senior brother practiced the same Taoist method, so he could add comments from time to time.

The young Taoist priest Lu Cheng watched and listened intently, his brows furrowed at times, his eyes shining at times, as if he had gained a lot.

Inside the cave, bamboo shadows swayed and the wind rustled. As the three Taoists drank tea and discussed Taoism, they seemed to hear the gurgling of a mountain stream and the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers.

In the dim light, their figures seemed to blend into the ancient atmosphere of the cave, turning this quiet place into a Taoist secret paradise.

After talking for a long time, seeing that the atmosphere had been set, and finding out that Tie Xiao had no sect to stay in this world, Taoist Huang Daozhong finally expressed his idea:
"Although you have achieved Nascent Soul status, you should know that the way of heaven is boundless while human power is limited. To be frank, achieving Nascent Soul status is only the beginning of a long journey to immortality. I wonder what you are going to do next?"

"Oh, I plan to travel around the world to relax my mind and explore some of the ancient mansions that I have been paying attention to for a long time."

Lu Cheng knew in his heart why Taoist Huang asked this, but he still wanted to be a little arrogant and raise his status in order to make more profits.

“Friend Tie Dao has a lot of magical powers, so he can go anywhere in the world, but without the support of a sect, there will be many inconveniences.

If you don't mind the decline of Huanyun Valley, you may join our sect. If you want to join a famous sect, that's also possible, but you will join the sect as a guest elder as a casual cultivator, you will have no influence in the sect, and you will need to deal with countless difficult matters for the sect. Once you agree to such conditions, you will actually lose your freedom.

It is better to take charge of the world yourself than to give alms to others. If you sincerely join our Huanyun Valley, you will be on an equal footing with my two brothers from now on. You can command the foundation-building and purple palace cultivators of the sect, read the martial arts manuals, and use the sect's treasure house."

Lu Cheng only listened to what Huang Daozhong said later. If he really intended to pack up the entire sect's treasury and take it away, he would not be able to hide it, and Huang Liu and the others would definitely fight him to the death. However, he probably still had the power to mobilize some resources.

"...Okay, in that case, I will join Huanyun Valley."

After a little hesitation, Lu Cheng, who was a straightforward person, agreed directly.

If it were not for a weak sect like Huanyun Valley, like Xuanmo Sect and Haoran Academy, where the master-disciple inheritance within the sect is strict, an outsider cultivator would usually only be able to serve as a guest elder for his entire life, ultimately unable to master the sect's practical affairs, and not as well-paid as the sect elders in terms of annual good deeds, and would also have to work hard for the sect in fighting on all sides.

If Huanyun Valley was not in an extremely difficult situation, it would not have allowed Lu Cheng to enter the core layer so easily. After all, it was a major sect with two Nascent Soul ancestors. In the eyes of most cultivators, it was already extremely powerful and was even growing stronger day by day.

"Hahahaha, okay, Junior Brother Tie is so straightforward, I can't let you down." As he spoke, Huang Dao Zhong waved his sleeves, and a jade slip with cold air flowing appeared in the air.

"This is one of the only two sixth-level fundamental skills inherited from my Huanyun Valley, the Cold Yin Ice Demon Skill. Although it is most suitable for female cultivators with ice spirit roots, it should also be of reference to my junior brother."

When practicing Taoism with a ghost infant, the magic power will always be at the Nascent Soul level and will not be able to grow at all. The nature of the magic power will inevitably tend to be cold and yin. Huang Dao Zhong meant to let Lu Cheng practice the Cold and Yin Ice Evil Technique first and truly master his own magic power.

The three chatted for a while, and then Lu Cheng showed a little tiredness, and the two Taoists Huang Liu immediately took their leave.

"Brother, why did you just hand over the Cold Yin Ice Demon Art? This technique is extremely powerful. If it weren't only suitable for female cultivators with ice spirit roots and the training process is extremely difficult, it would really be the top technique in this world. Aren't you afraid that he will take the Cold Yin Ice Demon Art and defect to the Xuanmo Sect?"

"If you are afraid of this and that, then there is no need to do anything. Even if he takes the technique and surrenders to the Xuanmo Sect, so what? Without this technique, will the Xuanmo Sect be unable to suppress us? It is better to be sincere and treat others with respect, and bet on the character of this fellow Tiedao.

In addition, Qinghan girl might be married to him, so that no one from both Xuanmo Sect and Haoran Academy would be interested in her, which would cause trouble in the long run."

A few more days.

Huang Dao Zhong came alone and persuaded Lu Cheng to hold the Yuanying Ceremony.

“Junior Brother Tie, I know you like to be alone in your cultivation and don’t like to be disturbed, but the sect has one more Yuanying Zhenjun. Celebrating this will not only boost the morale of the sect’s cultivators, but also has other purposes.

We need to invite some vassal sects and families. Due to the decline of the sects in recent years, these people have become disunited and have begun to secretly collude with outsiders.

With one more Yuanying Zhenjun in the sect, they will feel more at ease. At least the taxes will be paid on time and we won't have any complaints."

Lu Cheng, who had just obtained a sixth-level martial arts technique from someone else, couldn't say no at this moment, so he accepted the deal.

Soon, the news that the third Nascent Soul ancestor appeared in Huanyun Valley began to spread in the Cangyun Mountains and influenced the surrounding immortal cultivation circles, temporarily boosting the reputation of Huanyun Valley.

There are a total of five Yuanying True Lords in the Xuanmo Sect, four Yuanying True Lords in the Haoran Academy, and there are now three Yuanying True Lords in the Huanyun Valley. Although they have not caught up, they have at least made up for some of the gap.

At this time, Lu Cheng was busy comprehending the Hanyin Bingsha Jue, which was the first sixth-level martial arts he had ever obtained in his life. The Blood Sutra and the Yuanshi Tianmo Strategy were not counted. The former was incomplete, and the latter was more inclined to preaching rather than teaching. Only the Hanyin Bingsha Jue was a sixth-level martial arts that could be cultivated all the way to the Nascent Soul stage. It was extremely mysterious and powerful, and there was almost no such thing in the Tongxuan World.

And just as Huang Daozhong judged, the ghost baby's magical powers are indeed more suitable for practicing this kind of skills.

Deep in the cave, Taoist Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the Yin-Yang platform. The surrounding area was filled with chilling cold, as if he had entered an ice-covered world.

The Taoist had his eyes tightly closed, his long eyebrows were like swords, and his face was filled with calm and concentration, as if he was savoring the true meaning of the Great Way of Ice in the silence isolated from the world.

Ordinary cultivators dare not easily change their main practice method.

Because for cultivators, frequently changing the cultivation method will bring great risks. The acupoints and meridians through which the mana cultivated by each cultivation method passes are different. Frequently changing the main cultivation method will cause the mana to flow in disorder, the mana will also be mixed, and the mana body will also be damaged. This will not be of any benefit to the future path of Taoism.

However, Lu Cheng didn't care. He cultivated his innate magical power, the Samadhi True Fire, and used the Eight-Nine Caves True Dao Treasure Pill to build an indestructible Taoist foundation.

The impurities in the magic power and the damage to the Dharma body can all be eliminated with the help of the Samadhi True Fire. Even if you practice all kinds of Dharma, the fundamentals will not change.

Taoist Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the altar with his eyes closed. His Taoist robe was flowing with cold air. He formed hand seals with his hands, and a murderous aura permeated his body, as if it could lower the temperature around him again.

Frost condensed around the Taoist, and a faint white mist filled the air, as if he was in the Arctic ice field.

Following the rhythm of the Taoist's breathing, the true energy of the Cold Yin Ice Evil Art flowed through the meridians in his body, condensing into sharp icy blade auras.

"call!"

Lu Cheng suddenly stood up, let out a low roar, and spurted out icy blade energy from his mouth.

These sword energies circled and danced within the stone palace, seemingly resonating faintly with the surrounding stone walls.

The ancient runes on the stone wall seemed to become more vivid because of this power, as if they were about to jump out. Lu Cheng's brows showed a trace of pain, and he was obviously fighting fiercely against the coldness in his body.

He had been practicing Taoism for the past two hundred years, and his magic power had been more inclined towards the fire element. Now that he had suddenly turned to the extremely yin and cold path, it was inevitable that he would feel sad.

A thin layer of frost formed on his skin, which was the trace of the release of his magical power and the inevitable price of practicing such an extremely cold technique.

As the practice continued, time seemed to stand still in this stone house filled with chilly air.

As time passed, Lu Cheng seemed to have turned into an ice sculpture. Only the icy blade energy that kept spreading and gathering revealed that he was still a living person.

At this moment, Lu Cheng seemed to be isolated from the whole world, leaving only the contest between him and the Hanyin Bingsha Jue, and the constantly rising cold magic power.

The Jiuli world, one of the countless worlds within it, is dead silent and gray. The sky is low and gray clouds cover the earth like a thick curtain.

The ghost baby tree demon didn't know how long he had been here. In this world, there was no concept of time, no rotation of the sun and the moon, and no living things.

Only yourself, only yourself.

Fortunately, it finally found some source of spiritual energy. The rocks were broken and it was unknown how deep the crack was. The ghost baby tree demon finally found the underground magma.

Although the flow was golden and red and the temperature was scorching, it finally brought some vitality to this dead world. Where there is magma, there is spiritual energy.

The roots of the Yin wood stretched down, absorbing the weak spiritual energy while burning, replenishing the main body's mana. "I need to recover my mana as soon as possible. I don't know when that evil man will appear again. If I want to survive, my only chance is to defeat him and capture him when he appears. By then, not only can I regain my freedom, but even this powerful spiritual treasure will be my treasure!"

Just like the golden-winged Roc, the sixth-level ghost baby tree demon also gradually discovered some secrets of this space treasure.

For example, it is almost unbelievably powerful. Not only is it able to subdue monsters, but the world it creates is almost boundless. It is not the kind that is trapped in an array, but is truly infinitely vast.

How can these big monsters not become greedy?
At this moment, a golden rainbow suddenly appeared in the gray sky, and the next moment an evil man walked out of it.

Using the extremely yang body to practice the Cold Yin Ice Evil Technique, mixing water and fire to temper the body, among ordinary cultivators who practice in this way, only one or two out of a hundred will make progress, and the rest will all be in vain.

Although Lu Cheng was able to eliminate all the suffering with his own magical powers, he still suffered a lot in the process.

Therefore, after completing nine transformations, he came to the Jiuli world to relax.

"Monster, I want you to help me practice!"

"Die for grandma!"

People have the intention of hurting tigers, and tigers are harmful to people's hearts.

When it saw Lu Cheng again, the ghost baby tree demon let out an extremely ferocious scream, and its endless vine roots rushed towards the man in the air like a tide of snakes.

The reason why it still maintains such fighting spirit is because Lu Cheng's magic power is indeed weaker than its, although it doesn't understand why this Taoist can always sense danger and avoid it, and escape from danger in time after a long battle.

But if I fail ten times, I will try a hundred times. If I fail a hundred times, I will try a thousand times. As long as I can successfully capture him once, I will let him know what the dilemma of life and death is!
However, this was because it did not understand the Jiuli Ding. In fact, as long as Lu Cheng still had a thought, he could leave the Jiuli world at any time.

In order for this innate treasure to function, it actually does not require Lu Cheng to provide any spiritual power.

To this day, Lu Cheng has already possessed the magic power of the Nascent Soul level, but he is still unable to refine this treasure even a little bit, so that Lu Cheng does not understand why the Jiuli Ding has been following him all the time.

"You have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. For now, I can control you, and that's enough."

As Lu Cheng flicked his sleeves, an extremely ferocious puppet iron man flew out accompanied by a gray light.

The sixth-level Destruction Lord's thick and huge black metal armor was extremely sharp in every inch. Nine different but equally hideous ghost faces were carved on it. They were located on the shoulders, chest, abdomen, waist, joints, etc., and these ghost faces were constantly moving.

"what?"

No matter how the ghost baby tree demon tried, he could not have imagined that in just a few years, the evil man had already possessed the magical powers of the Nascent Soul level.

The nine ghost faces on the body of Destroying Heavenly Lord gathered at his chest, and suddenly emitted a dark gray light column like a rainbow.

This is just a derivation and application of Tian Yanzi's Nascent Soul Puppet. Its advantage is that it is simple and direct, but its disadvantage is that the use of magic power is extremely rough.

However, the ghost baby tree demon has been in a seriously injured state all the time, and has been trapped in an almost soulless world by Lu Cheng over the years, causing his injuries to continue to worsen.

Therefore, the vine roots that filled the field of vision were forcibly suppressed and completely interrupted by this simple and rough full-strength attack.

"Impossible, how could your magic power grow so fast... I understand, this is a Taoist method of the human cultivators. This breath also has the scent of my ghost baby, give it back to me!"

The ghost baby tree demon opened its bloody mouth full of sharp teeth and spewed out bloody and poisonous mist.

This mist turned into two poisonous dragon-like attacks, passing over the Nascent Soul puppet like scissors and attacking Lu Cheng's body.

Five Elements Escape Technique, Fire Escape!

He took a light step, and from the perspective of the ghost baby tree demon, he saw a fire dragon rushing towards him in an instant.

"You use these few moves over and over again. At most, you can make some slight changes to these few moves. Do you think you can control me with this method?"

From the fire turning into earth, the Taoist quickly transformed from a fire dragon into a huge earth-yellow ape. He grabbed the torso of the ghost baby tree demon with his arms, stomped on the ground with infinite power, and with a roar, he suddenly threw the ghost baby tree demon towards the rushing Destroyer.

Double kill tactics, the second level of the Five Elements Transformation, even monsters like the Ghost Infant Tree Monster that are relatively not good at physical combat cannot compete with the brute force of Lu Cheng's Sun-Swallowing Divine Ape.

The Great Five Elements Spiritual Transformation Method:

The first transformation is the Ancient Fire Dragon Transformation.

The second transformation is the Sun-Swallowing Divine Ape Transformation.

When the five transformations are completed, the five elements will flow and the primordial infant will be formed.

Boom.

The Destroying Lord and the Ghost Infant Tree Demon collided violently. The Destroying Lord was not afraid of being damaged, but the Ghost Infant Tree Demon had a sense of pain and was afraid of injury and death.

"Roar!"

The Lord of Destruction roared towards the sky, and a powerful magical power instantly spread out from his body. A huge black sphere appeared out of thin air, forming a law domain with itself as the center, affecting the changes in the laws of the surrounding heaven and earth and repelling all non-self existence.

Nascent Soul Supernatural Power Domain!

After possessing a sixth-order puppet, Lu Cheng finally understood that the Nascent Soul magical power domain was the resonance between the cultivator's own spiritual consciousness and magic power and the part of the laws of heaven and earth that he practiced.

For Yuanying cultivators who practice the fire-based skills, the fire-based laws will be manifested in their Yuanying magic domain, and all non-fire-based laws will be excluded. This is almost to a certain extent, and it is the world that I control the heavens and the earth. It is no wonder that ordinary Jindan masters cannot compete with them at all. Jindan Zhenren can use the Jindan magic power to forcibly break through the Yuanying magic domain and escape, but there is a limit. In a one-on-one fight, it is difficult for the magic power of Jindan Zhenren to be deeper, purer, and more domineering than that of a Yuanying Zhenjun.

The moment the sixth-level puppet spread the Nascent Soul magical power domain, Lu Cheng almost lost control of it.

Lu Cheng quickly held the mantra in front of his forehead and chanted behind the heavily-armored puppet to strengthen his spiritual control.

At this moment, Lu Cheng saw the heavily armored puppet slightly tilt its head, its scarlet eyes staring at him.

However, it did not do anything in the end. Instead, it turned back and swung its claws wildly to attack the ghost baby tree demon. As its iron claws swung, broken wood flew.

A cultivator will naturally feel at home in a space of laws that suits him. The more powerful the cultivator is, the greater the benefit he will receive.

After a moment, the Nascent Soul's magical domain dissipated, and the control over the puppet was restored, but the ghost baby tree monster in the pit was almost torn to pieces.

Lu Cheng stared at the Nascent Soul puppet and took it back with a wave of his sleeve. He then protected himself with the Five Elements Sword and came to the seriously injured Ghost Infant Tree Demon. He used the Heaven-Seizing Spirit Method and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to extract a large amount of its Yin and Ming death energy.

With the influx of a large amount of extremely pure Yin and Ming death energy, the grade of the Wanhun Banner itself is constantly improving. Moreover, there is a technique called the Cold Evil Shura Blade in the Cold Yin Bingsha Technique, which is quite powerful and requires a large amount of Yin and Ming death energy to be infused and cultivated.

The Nascent Soul Ceremony was held in Huanyun Valley of Cangyun Mountains, which was a very time-consuming and labor-intensive event.

At least as the host, we should give the invited sects and families enough time to prepare gifts and come to visit.

Half a year later, Huanyun Valley in Cangyun Mountains was extremely bustling and prosperous.

The sun was rising, golden light was spreading all over the earth, the white stone road in the valley was lined with flowers, and the Taoist ribbons were fluttering in the wind.

Long stairs lead directly to the main stage, where incense tables and ritual instruments are placed. Statues of immortal ancestors sit in the middle, wearing robes, holding dustpans, and looking solemn.

Below were the immortal cultivators from various places, including the Xuanmo Sect, Haoran Academy, the Dongshi Zhang Family, and the Hanjiang Li Family. They were either in groups of three or five or standing alone. They were all dressed in Taoist robes and had solemn expressions.

"Mu Han, don't lose your temper. Although Fairy Lin is on good terms with you, you two don't have any engagement after all. Now Fairy Lin is free to marry Master Tie Zhen."

"What is this Tie Zhenjun? He is just a fool who got to the top by using the Ghost Infant Fruit. Why did he marry Qinghan? It must be that old monster Huang who forced her to do it. I have to at least get to the bottom of it!"

Zhong Muhan of Haoran Academy is a seventh-level Jindan cultivator and one of the true disciples of Yuanying Zhenjun of Haoran Academy. He has a good chance of making further progress in the future.

As early as more than a hundred years ago, he had never forgotten Lin Qinghan from Huanyun Valley after he accidentally met her. Originally, he planned to propose marriage after Lin Qinghan refined the golden elixir, but he missed the opportunity because of a retreat. Who would have thought that when he came out of retreat on the first day of the new year, he heard the news that Fairy Lin Qinghan was going to marry the True Lord of his sect, so he came immediately.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar Ouyang Yi looked at his nephew and shook his head. However, since his senior brother allowed his nephew to come, it was obvious that his senior brother also wanted to test the waters and verify the truth of the rumor. Even if the fuss got bigger, it was just the nonsense of the younger generation and it would be easier to shirk it.

when.

With the ringing of a clear bell, the ceremony officially began. A white-haired old man stood up. It was Huang Daozhong, the supreme elder of Huanyun Valley.

As the old man waved his sleeves, the sky and the earth changed color, and the clouds rolled in the sky, as if welcoming this sacred moment. All the cultivators present closed their eyes and concentrated, feeling the spiritual energy between heaven and earth gathering.

(End of this chapter)