Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 262: Heaven, Earth and Humanity Mixed Together, Wealth and Honor Cannot Repay the Old Kindness (Please Collect, Please Subscribe!)

Under the azure blue sky, a group of Kun cultivators were flying in the air using flying instruments.

Although the magic power of the Qi training cultivators is weak, they are able to fly short distances within the sect's territory.

"Senior Sister Mu, this batch of newly made snow silk Taoist robes is really beautiful! They are as white as snow and untainted by worldly dust. They can also help to purify the mind and assist in cultivation. Senior Sister, please leave one for us sisters to wear in turn. We have cultivated for more than ten years and have woven more than a hundred snow silk Taoist robes, but we have not even worn one ourselves."

In mid-air, several female cultivators in plain Taoist robes were flying in flying instruments. They were carefully holding several exquisitely crafted snow silk Taoist robes in their hands, and were chattering non-stop around a female cultivator wearing a black veil.

"No, that's right. The Daxue Mulberry Garden we hosted is about to recoup its capital. By selling this batch of robes, we can pay off all the debts we owe. Every extra month of debt is a lot of interest. Also, the sect competition will be held in a few months, and we need to save some money to buy magic tools and talismans for Yu Shuang so that Sister Yu Shuang can get a good result."

"Why is this happening? Senior Sister Mu Yun is so stingy!"

"That's right, I don't like Senior Sister Mu Yun anymore."

"I compete every time, but I never get a good result. I might as well give those spirit stones to Senior Sister Mu Yun."

"Keep your voice down. Alas, who can blame me for having a good brother? I have endless spiritual stones to spend, unlike us poor people."

Tie Yushuang said nothing among the female cultivators, but clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her flesh.

Outer disciples, inner disciples, registered disciples, true disciples, the many senior cultivators in Haoran Academy of Cangyun Mountain Range select disciples, and of course it mainly depends on the opinions of the senior cultivators.

However, there are also alchemy conferences, weapon refining conferences, Taoism conferences, sect competitions and other ways to select talents. The most outstanding among them will be noticed by the sect's senior masters and promoted to registered disciples or even true disciples.

For the vast majority of outer and inner disciples, the lifetime limit is the inner disciple status. There are even quite a few who remain outer disciples their entire lives, and their cultivation level is at the fourth or fifth level of Qi training throughout their entire lives.

These people are already superior if they can get a manager position in the sect and live a dignified life.

Mu Yun, Tie Yushuang, and a dozen girls nearby were female cultivators who had entered Haoran Academy together. They listened to teachings together, practiced together, slept on a large bunk bed together, and contracted the Daxue Mulberry Garden together. They were considered top-notch among the lower-level disciples in the sect, and were not particularly short of spirit stones.

However, those who practice immortality fly in the sky with swords, roam freely between heaven and earth, chase the sun and the moon, fly across the sea of ​​stars, and achieve immortality.

No one who sets out on the path to immortality wants to be a low-level disciple for his entire life.

These girls are not as daring and courageous as the Qian Xiu in fighting, nor do they have the ruthlessness of many of the Qian Xiu spirit planters and spirit miners who bow their heads to the ground, treat themselves like cows, and work hard to accumulate spirit stones.

So they united together, nominated one or two Kun cultivators with whom they had a good relationship, signed spiritual contracts, and everyone raised spiritual stones for them to practice and participate in the sect competition.

Once you become a registered disciple or even a true disciple, the sect will reward you with a private cave, spiritual veins, spiritual medicine gardens, and spiritual fields. These must be handed over to the sisters who helped you before to manage in accordance with the spiritual contract signed previously.

Mu Yun and Tie Yushuang were the two people nominated by this group of cultivators. Mu Yun was generous and acted like an elder sister. After receiving everyone's spiritual stones, she did not use them for her own practice. Instead, after several investigations, she took everyone to contract the snow mulberry garden and weave snow silkworm Taoist robes.

Because of its fine workmanship and purity of worldly things, it is loved by many female fairies. The market value has been rising in recent years, and everyone is about to buy the Daxue Mulberry Garden. In the future, everyone present will have more money to spend on spirit stones.

In contrast, Tie Yushuang would participate in the Talisman Making Conference, the Tao Discussion Conference, and the Sect Competition whenever he had the chance, because these did not conflict with each other and could even help a cultivator build a solid foundation in the Tao.

This is what my brother told me in the letter.

As a result, she was always just a little short of the mark. If she were in the top five of the Talisman Making Conference, she would be able to enter Baifeng Peak and become the registered disciple of Fairy Yunhua, but she ended up being in the top eight.

The top three in the Taoism Conference could enter Yueyang Peak and become the registered disciples of Tianqiao Zhenren, but she ended up being in the top six.

It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but it has been happening several times over the past decade, which naturally made the sisters who invested in her feel dissatisfied and they said some bad things.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with Lu Cheng's advice to Tie Yushuang in the letter.

After a cultivator is promoted to the Golden Core Realm, he will inevitably have a basic knowledge and understanding of the abilities of refining equipment, refining pills, discussing the Dao, and fighting. Even if he has not studied these before, in the process of practicing the Dao of Alchemy, he will inevitably have some understanding and enlightenment of some of the principles.

So, to put it the other way around, learning more before practicing alchemy can indeed help to strengthen one's foundation as a cultivator, and in the long run, no hard work will be in vain.

However, Lu Cheng forgot that for a cultivator in the Qi Condensation Stage, his vision was too far-sighted.

Lu Cheng's instructions were a hundred-year plan, but he overlooked the fact that Tie Yushuang could only live for a hundred years or so.

"Yu Shuang, don't care what those people say. I've seen your hard work, but you're just unlucky."

Mu Yun noticed Tie Yushuang's embarrassment. While the other female cultivators were distracted and talking about other things, she came to the side of this young sister and gently stroked her back to calm her down.

"Sister Yun, I'm fine."

Tie Yushuang forced a smile, with some bitterness in it.

In fact, it's not just these sisters. Because their brother sends them spirit stones every year, even many people in the family are dissatisfied. They think Tie Xiao dotes on his sisters too much and ignores the family. But in fact, his brother also helps the family.

Sometimes, when she secretly calculated, Tie Yushuang felt that her brother didn't seem to care about her own cultivation, and all the spirit stones he earned were provided to herself and the family.

I wrote to my brother several times to advise him, but he just laughed and said it was nothing. This support lasted for more than 20 years.

Everyone flew to Canxiafang.

I was just about to deliver some clothes to the owner of the local shop, and then I will buy some daily necessities for everyone.

Who would have thought that today they would see a Taoist in blue followed by a group of people, waiting at the gate of the market. Everyone knew the Taoist in blue. He was the owner of Canxiafang, Taoist Huangsang, a high-level cultivator in the Purple Mansion realm. It was difficult for them to meet him on ordinary days.

"What happened today? Why did Master Huang Sang from Canxiafang come out with so many people? Is there some important person coming?"

"I don't know. We'd better stay away from them. Don't offend the distinguished guest or get swept away by Huang Sang Shang Xiu's whisk!"

At this moment, the female cultivators led by Mu Yun and Tie Yushuang saw Huang Sang Shangxiu and other cultivators rising up on the clouds to meet them. Surprisingly, they were flying straight towards them.

"Hide, hide quickly!"

Even though she was normally quite opinionated, Mu Yun panicked and hurriedly asked her companions to hide.

However, they had no way of escaping the pursuit of a group of high-level monks and were soon surrounded.

"Haha, my dear friends Mu and Tie, you have kept me waiting for so long. Come on in and have a chat."

"... Master Huang, we are here to sell snow silkworm Taoist robes. We need to deliver them to the shop first."

Although Mu Yun was nervous, she keenly noticed that although Huang Sang Shangxiu called him "Young Friend Mu", his eyes never left Tie Yushuang beside him.

"Oh, this is the Snow Silkworm Taoist robe that has gained a lot of fame in our shop recently? It is indeed finely woven, with solid stitches. Every piece is soaked with painstaking efforts. How much is one Lingshi?"

Taoist Huang Sang asked this.

"Uh, two."

"Two thousand spirit stones? Okay, I will accept all of these pieces. From now on, my Canxiafang will accept as many snow silkworm robes as you produce. As for the price, you can discuss it with the manager. I will definitely not let you down."

Mu Yun wanted to ask for 200 spirit stones, but ended up being hit by 2,000 spirit stones. In the future, although Canxiafang could no longer offer such a price, it would certainly make much more than they did by selling on their own. Canxiafang basically did not make any spirit stones from them, just to establish a good relationship.

For the whole day that followed, Mu Yun, Tie Yushuang and the other female practitioners around them felt dizzy as if they were falling into the clouds.

"A snow silkworm Taoist robe is worth two thousand spirit stones. A snow silkworm Taoist robe is worth two thousand spirit stones? When I go back, I will weave the Taoist robe except for eating and sleeping. No one of you can stop me."

There were many female cultivators crying and laughing at the same time. They were laughing because their future lives would be better, but they were crying because they felt bad for the past. They had sold so many snow silkworm robes and had thrown away so many spirit stones in vain.

"No, no. The Snow Silkworm Taoist robe is definitely not worth two thousand spirit stones, not even one thousand spirit stones! There is definitely something wrong." Mu Yun struggled to break free from the feeling of falling into the clouds, stood up abruptly, and spoke to himself.

"Why not? Master Huang Sang said that the weaving is fine and the stitches are solid. Do you know how much hardship we went through to weave those robes? How many times have our hands been pricked by needles? Why not? Why not?"

"Su Jin, that's not how it works. It doesn't mean that if you suffer, someone will give you spirit stones. There is no such thing in the world."

At this moment, a female cultivator ran into the room of the inn with a golden communication talisman:
"The sect's spiritual talisman is sending a message, the spiritual talisman is sending a message!"

All the female cultivators in the room were silent, because a golden communication talisman like this was not conducive to concealment, so in Haoran Academy, such talismans had another nickname, called: "Top of the Golden List", and almost all of the messages they conveyed were good news that could directly change a cultivator's fate.

"Whose talisman is this?"

When Mu Yun asked, she couldn't help but her voice trembled a little, but she already had a vague guess in her heart.

"It belongs to Senior Sister Tie."

really!

Tie Yushuang took a deep breath, then stepped forward, took the communication talisman and opened it.

After a moment, he closed it and put it away, with a puzzled look on his face. "Senior Sister Tie, what happened?"

Tie Yushuang turned her head to look at Mu Yun, and after a moment she said slowly:

"The master of Yueyang Peak, Tianqiao Zhenren, wants to accept me as his true disciple and asked me if I am willing."

The Yuanying Ceremony in Cangyun Mountains and Huanyun Valley was extremely successful in every aspect.

Many guests who came here heard profound legal principles that they would hardly hear under normal circumstances.

At the same time, he also witnessed the prison-like divine power of Yuanying Zhenjun. Zhong Muhan, a cultivator in the late Jindan stage of Haoran Academy, was killed by the flying sword in an instant.

Because Ouyang Yi and Xuanmo Sect's True Lord Chikui attacked at the same time, the two of them were fighting with each other's magical powers, which was difficult to hide, so some cultivators present saw clues, but they could not quite understand them.

In addition, it can be said that everyone present had benefited from True Lord Tiexiao, so they spoke in a direction that was beneficial to True Lord Tiexiao.

As a result, the situation turned out that the two True Lords Chi Kui of Xuanmo Sect and Ouyang Yi of Haoran Academy besieged True Lord Tiexiao. It turned out that True Lord Tiexiao had mastered the profound skills and was able to fight against three of them alone. He defeated his opponents in succession and killed Zhong Muhan on the spot.

In a short period of time, the reputations of Master Tiexiao and Huanyun Valley both soared.

It was very comforting as many of Huanyun Valley's vassals were originally wavering and indecisive.

Huanyun Valley, Jileifeng Cave.

This is the best spiritual vein besides the main peak, Qilin Peak, and Linghe Peak which has been managed by Master Liu Hexuan for many years.

Lu Cheng sat in the main seat, looking at the helpless Master Qinghan below, with a bit of amusement in his heart.

Cultivate the essence, energy and spirit, and pursue Taoist ascension.

Because of the difficulty of cultivating to become immortals, many practitioners voluntarily cut off the part of their physical cultivation and simply settle for the next best thing.

But if one only focuses on the cultivation of Qi and Spirit, then the cultivator must be pure-hearted and free from desires. This way, one's mind and spirit can be aligned with the Great Dao and reduce rejection. After all, one is no longer cultivating the physical body, so the missing cultivation must be made up in Qi and Spirit.

But if one practices the art of transformation and ascension and pursues physical ascension, then there are not many taboos. The ancient Yellow Emperor practiced the art of transformation and ascension, and finally transformed into a yellow dragon and ascended with his three thousand fellow Taoists. This is the reason.

But Lu Cheng would not force the female cultivator to do so. Although his path had no taboos, he also exercised self-discipline.

“I am not Tie Xiao, I am just borrowing his identity and taking over his karma. I think the two brothers have guessed this.

Although Fellow Daoist Lin and I have been master and disciple for many years, because of the incident with Zhong Muhan from Haoran Academy, I cannot allow you to marry someone else within the next hundred years. However, I will not force you. Fellow Daoist, you are devoted to the Dao, so from now on, you and I will support each other."

"Good, thank you for your protection."

Fairy Lin Qinghan heaved a sigh of relief when she got this result. She also knew that her status as the Taoist partner of Yuanying Zhenjun had spread all over the world after the Yuanying Ceremony. If she married someone else, it would not only be a slap in the face of the Zhenjun in front of her, but also a slap in the face of the sect.

This result is the best possible win-win situation.

"If you are willing to discuss Taoism with me, you can leave a talisman as a token in advance. If I have time, I will send you a letter." As he spoke these words, Lu Cheng slowly closed his eyes.

A thick black gas quickly surrounded it and enveloped the entire cave.

Ghost Infant Avenue is also a great opportunity.

After all, the two thousand years of natural lifespan is not fake. If a Taoist monk obtains it, abstains from killing and cherishes life, reduces the karma, and practices hard for two thousand years, no one will make things difficult for a monk who practices hard. After two thousand years, the ghost babies will all disperse and he will have to start practicing again.

Re-entering the Nascent Soul stage is not only as easy as pie, but also a hundred times easier than for ordinary cultivators. In the future, there may be a chance to glimpse the fruit of the Yuanshen Dao.

Lin Qinghan left the cave, knowing in his heart that the Taoist who pretended to be Tie Xiao was an extremely powerful swordsman, otherwise he would not have been able to perform the peerless sword immortal method of refining swords into threads.

With such a foundation, combined with the Ghost Infant Avenue, he can be completely comparable to ordinary Nascent Soul early stage cultivators, and no longer be the bottom among Nascent Soul cultivators. As for mana, it is difficult for Nascent Soul cultivators to increase their mana, and there are many who have practiced hard for hundreds of years without making any progress.

"Having such a Taoist companion to protect my path is not a bad thing for me. No wonder the two ancestors would issue such a strong order. In the long run, it will be of great benefit to me and the sect."

When Fairy Lin Qinghan thought of this, she rode her light and returned to Jiuxia Peak. But in fact, she also knew that it would be better for her to stay at Jilei Peak to cultivate. Although the spiritual energy was violent, its strength was many times stronger than that of her own Jiuxia Peak Dojo.

Late at night, the stars are bright and the air is clear.

Inside the gloomy stone house, a faint green light was looming.

Cultivation is the eternal task for those who practice Taoism, so the first step in cultivation is to calm the mind. Most people find it difficult to persist in even the first step. Such people, no matter how good their qualifications are, will find it difficult to succeed in cultivation.

Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the stone platform with his eyes closed in deep thought. Opposite him sat a huge figure in iron armor.

Streams of pure yin magic power were transmitted, and the ghost baby's magic power traveled through his body like a latent dragon, occasionally stirring up gusts of gloomy wind all around, causing the tiny moss growing on the stone walls around him to sway gently, as if dancing under the whisper of the night.

Between the two, there is a purple glazed lamp.

The shape of this precious lamp is like a pot made of purple colored glaze. It is purple all over and filled with a mysterious and even evil aura. The body of the lamp is carved with delicate patterns of clouds and demon heads, giving people a mysterious and fierce feeling.

The air was filled with an ancient and mysterious aura of magical spells, and because of the sound of the wind, it seemed like a faint chanting sound could be heard from time to time, as if it came from ancient times.

His real magic power has just broken through to the third level of the Golden Core Realm. Although his magic power is growing under the impetus of the second level of the Five Elements Reform, Lu Cheng knows that now is not the time to continue practicing magic power. Both his mind and body need a process of adaptation.

In addition, with the help of the ghost baby's magic power, it is a perfect time to study the magic of the Seven Saints. If this method is perfected, a fatal fetus will be born in the magic lamp. Even if only using its own magic power, it can fight against the cultivators in the early stage of Nascent Soul.

Of course, this is by no means easy and is also extremely dangerous. Even a talented master like Master Deng had to reach the late Jindan realm before he dared to delve into the magic secrets of this step.

But Lu Cheng had no intention of achieving it in one step, he just wanted to comprehend and ponder it.

Moreover, he used the nine golden corpses as nourishment to refine the magic lamp oil. The backlash between heaven and earth would be much lighter than practicing this magic skill normally.

The Xuanyin Corpse Refining Technique is a great magic technique, as is the Seven Saints Magic, but it can also be considered as a check and balance between the demons.

"If I can really master this magic skill, it can be called the Demon-Feeding Technique. It can control demons with demons and devour demons with demons. Unfortunately, there are not many Eighteen Golden Corpses in this world to squander like this."

At this moment, a red demonic aura flashed across the cave in Jilei Peak.

Although it disappeared as soon as it appeared, Lu Cheng was practicing his skills with all his strength at that moment, and his mind was highly concentrated, so how could he miss it?
He immediately raised his hand and shot out a mysterious light, which was the Cold Evil Shura Sword.

This spell is extremely fierce, it is not magic but is worse than magic. There is no hindrance in normal use, but if it is used head-on, blood will be shed. If there is no nourishment of blood, the sword energy will easily dissipate. On the contrary, if it is practiced for many years, blood will be shed, and its power will continue to increase. In the end, it will not be inferior to that of a sixth-grade top-grade flying sword in a head-on collision.

Lu Cheng is quite fond of this skill because it is easy to obtain a large amount of pure Yin and Ming death energy.

The red evil energy moved in strange and mysterious ways at an extremely fast speed. Lu Cheng controlled the sword and chased after it, but after a moment he sensed that there was no murderous intent in the evil energy.

He suddenly understood something in his mind, and just followed behind without trying to strangle him.

Half an hour later, in a forest outside Huanyun Valley.

"Hahahaha, you are really brave to follow me this far alone. I really don't understand why a swordsman with your level of cultivation would choose to practice the Ghost Infant Technique?"

The red evil spirit finally fell into the hands of a man in black robe and red hair, Chi Kui Zhenjun of Xuanmo Sect, who was also the one who had secretly fought with Ouyang Yi before and made Lu Cheng famous.

If a sword cultivator loses his courage and determination, he will just be an ordinary cultivator, and even his sword energy will dissipate.

The key to sword training is to have the courage and sincerity to disregard life and death. Apart from that, the time spent is secondary. Success cannot be achieved simply by accumulating time.

"If fellow Daoist obtains this ghost baby in the Jindan realm, will you practice the Ghost Baby Technique?" Lu Cheng smiled when he heard this, but did not comment.

"If I had obtained it in the early stage of the Golden Core, yes. But if I had obtained it in the middle or late stage of the Golden Core, I would probably have been indecisive from then on, and would never have achieved the Taoism I have today."

Upon hearing this, True Lord Chi Kui thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head and sighed.

The competition in the demon world is cruel and fierce. If there is a chance to reach the top overnight, no one will let it go easily. The dangers and difficulties that a cultivator from a low level has to go through all the way up are so great that even if Master Chi Kui were to do it again, he would not be sure that he could overcome them all.

He had a relatively good background in the Xuanmo Sect. When he started practicing, he already had certain resources and knowledge. The cruelty and difficulty of the practice for those lower-level cultivators were even more unimaginable.

"The entire sect, except for the Soul Devouring Ancestor, are nothing more than his dogs. Even if they have cultivated to the True Lord realm, they are nothing more than the biggest and most ferocious dogs."

"So that's why you secretly helped me just now?"

As early as the previous Nascent Soul Ceremony, Lu Cheng realized that True Lord Chi Kui was willing to help, otherwise he would not have followed this evil spirit out of the mountain gate tonight and traveled a thousand miles away.

"I don't have the guts to bite back at my ancestor, but after practicing for thousands of years, it would be too pathetic if I don't even have the ambition to be a wolf. Hand over all the magic skills you have."

(End of this chapter)