Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 27: The people's heart is in the right place, the mind ...
"Huh, Master, I have already saved Chen Xianshi... You don't have to worry about it anymore."

As I stepped into the Chixin Temple, such a thought came to my mind, and then it was interrupted.

But Lu Cheng felt relieved because he sensed that it was the will conveyed by the general Li Meng with his last divine power.

Only the gods have this power, and they can only have this authority in their own temple.

With the dual protection of magic and personal character, if even Li Meng cannot be trusted, then no one in Lucheng can be trusted now.

"Then, all that's left is to solve it with all our strength."

Lu Cheng slowly raised his head and looked at the huge black centipede that was crazily destroying the Taoist temple and spewing poisonous fire everywhere. Its head was almost as big as a house, and its body was surrounded by demonic energy, and its momentum was terrifying.

In most cases, cultivators in the Qi Condensation Realm would have to stay away from Foundation Establishment Realm monsters. In some cases, they couldn't even run away.

However, if this Gu King is not expelled, the belief in blood sacrifice in Ishihara County will not change, and everything he has done before, even cutting down mountains and destroying temples, will be meaningless.

"Then, go ahead!"

The Taoist's eyes were fierce as his mind was focused.

"Fight with your sword, and look for an opportunity to severely damage it with the Fire Lightning Orb. Only in this way can you possibly kill it. If there is a mistake or the power of the Fire Lightning Orb is not fully exerted, I will most likely die. You cannot use magical instruments such as Thunder Hammer and Lightning Cone that are difficult to control. It can smash these two second-level magical instruments with just one blow of its tail."

Lu Cheng slowly drew the sword from its sheath, held the Chisong sword at his side with one hand, and slowly slid his left hand across the sword spine with his sword finger, forming a straight line and pointing at the giant centipede in the distance.

"A third-level demon beast normally requires at least five late-stage Qi training cultivators to cooperate with restraining magic weapons and formations to defeat it, and there may even be some casualties in the battle."

"Insect monsters have stronger vitality and stronger bodies than ordinary monsters, but their innate intelligence is weaker. Even a third-level monster should be useless against ordinary wild beasts. Perhaps we can take advantage of this."

At this time, the evil poisonous soldiers in the Chixin Temple and the remnants of the armed forces of the Li, Tu, Zou, and You families had almost all been killed.

If the independent cultivators from Southern Xinjiang failed to escape in time, they would fall into the mouth and stomach of this giant centipede.

So soon, the giant black-armored centipede noticed the young Taoist standing behind him with a sword.

The swordsman and the demon beast, a stare-down between natural enemies.

Roar!
Lu Cheng had never heard the cry of an ordinary centipede before. At least the one in front of him sounded like the roar of some giant beast.

Huge and terrifying.

What followed was a turquoise flame gushing out from its mouthparts.

It is extremely poisonous and has a high temperature. A Qi training cultivator would die instantly if hit head-on by it, and even defensive magic weapons would not be able to withstand it.

Fortunately, Lu Cheng had the Xiaozhuan Qingfeng Talisman on his body, and at the same time he was paying full attention to the posture and movements of the giant centipede, so he could use his sword to dodge at the first moment.

The emerald green fire waves chased the red sword light and burned the human figures.

Wherever the flames passed, even the ground and rocks were burned, and the air was filled with highly toxic gases for a short time.

Fortunately, cultivators in the late stage of Qi training can switch from external breathing to internal breathing for a long period of time. If they were ordinary people, they would die miserably even if they were not hit directly by the fire wave.

Spraying poisonous fire to chase it, but found that it was not as fast as the little bug to dodge. Lu Cheng quickly looked for blind spots and cover.

Upon seeing this, the Black Centipede King quickly changed its attack method, opened its mouth, showed its sickle-like teeth on both sides, and pounced down with its huge body.

"There's poisonous fire on the left, and a killing spree in front, so just shake it!"

Lu Chengping controlled the sword light and soared into the sky, as if he wanted to dodge and escape from the air. The Black Centipede King's killing action naturally changed accordingly, and his mouthparts slightly raised upwards.

However, the next moment, the young Taoist suddenly jumped off the flying sword, the Chisong flying sword continued to rush upward, and Lu Cheng fell down. The red sword light, without anyone to hold it back, suddenly accelerated ten times.

The Black Centipede King's attack could no longer be changed, and he bit the man and the sword in half.

The sword slid back in a slightly narrow arc and took Lu Cheng away again. At this time, Lu Cheng had a pale golden folding fan in his hand:
A second-level mid-grade magical weapon, the Six Desires Peach Blossom Fan.

Thunder Hammer and Lightning Cone cannot be used, and the Red Pine Sword must be used to deal with the Black Centipede King, so it cannot be easily released at a long distance. Therefore, the only magic weapon in Lu Cheng's hand that can be used for counterattack is this fan.

"The Red Pine Sword is only a first-class flying sword after all. Although I can control it with my mind, the sword's speed and power are not enough. After the effect of the Small Seal Scripture Qingfeng Talisman on me wears off, it can't really move me. I still have one Small Seal Scripture Qingfeng Talisman. Before I run out of power, I will use the Fire Thunder Pearl to inflict enough damage on this Gu King."

The thought of fighting flashed through my mind.

Lu Cheng waved the folding fan in his hand, and a pink Six Desires Fire fell on the Black Centipede King.

The pink flame burned on the body of the Black Centipede King, but could not even burn into its shell. It was like a breeze blowing on the face, but not cold at all.

The Black Centipede King seemed to have sensed that the little guy in front of him could not hurt him at all.

Its huge body coiled like a snake, but each of its paws covered with barbs could cause terrible damage to Lu Cheng, but it was cutting him all over.

stab.

He dodged carelessly and was cut by the Black Centipede King's foot.

The Taoist robe on Lu Cheng's back was torn apart, revealing the torn rattan armor and dark golden skin underneath.

The rattan armor was, of course, the treasure obtained from Tu Hong. It was a second-grade lower-grade defensive vestment. Its advantage was that anyone could wear it. The golden skin was the effect of the black gold armor talisman. The combination of the two was able to defend against the cutting of the Black Centipede King's foot, causing Lu Cheng to only stagger but not lose his combat ability directly.

"No, the sword is too slow and too weak. Even if I can predict the Black Centipede King's movements to a certain extent, the Red Pine Sword cannot help me evade it."

Fighting with a sword, fighting and retreating at the same time, Lu Cheng discovered the problem with himself, so he gritted his teeth and began to circulate the magic power in his body with the entangled spiral method.

The power of sword energy can be improved by increasing the impact length of magic power. As long as the meridians in the body can withstand it, the Chisong Flying Sword can withstand it. In theory, it can greatly improve one's own combat effectiveness, making the sword faster and more powerful.

When Lu Cheng was caught in a tough battle and even risked a certain degree of risk, the heavenly soldiers and generals who had originally dissipated into illusion in the entire Chixin Temple began to gather together inexplicably again.

They couldn't even believe themselves, looking at themselves who had returned to this world again, gazing at their hands and looking around.

However, Li Meng, Tu Nuhu, Zou Xiong, Zou Yong and other heavenly soldiers and generals did not remain in doubt for too long. Instead, they chose to ignore the source of their power and took up their weapons again to protect the master of the temple.

"Form a formation, quickly form a formation to protect the abbot!" The leading general shouted loudly, gathered soldiers, and formed a formation with swords and spears to resist the monster.

"What's going on? I've cut off the supply of mana. The Heavenly Soldiers and Gods should have dissipated by now. How come they can gather together again?"

Lu Cheng held a sword in one hand and a fan in the other, and was surprised while fighting with the monster. He knew very well that the law was objective and realistic, and spells could not be completed without the supply of mana.

The power that bursts out at the critical moment of life and death is the potential that already exists in your body. The violently fluctuating spirit is also a part of the "spirit" among the three treasures of essence, qi and spirit.

So the desperate outbreak means you still have energy and a trump card that you cannot normally play.

But the Heavenly Soldiers and Divine Generals spell has no divine power left, and Lu Cheng is also very sure that he did not provide any magical power for this spell, so how is it completed now?
"Perhaps, Chen Qingfeng suppressed his injuries and reactivated the formation, using wood to help fire? To force out the remaining divine power in the Red Heart Temple?"

Possible guesses flashed through Lu Cheng's mind, but he couldn't be sure at all. Fortunately, this was a good and unexpected change that was beneficial to his own struggle.

With the two golden-armored divine generals, silver-armored heavenly soldiers, and even more and more bronze-armored heavenly soldiers around, they gathered together and formed a formation.

The Black Centipede King roared angrily and no longer focused all his attention on Lu Cheng. Like a heavy truck rushing into a crowd, he rushed into the heavenly soldiers and generals to bite and hunt.

Wouldn't it be better if there was more blood food?
“Ah? Aaaaaah!”

The weapon in his hand was cut off and he himself was bitten into the mouth of a bronze-armored heavenly soldier, who let out a shrill scream.

But as the Black Centipede King bit down with its sharp teeth, the bronze-armored heavenly soldier in its mouth turned into a scattered stream of light and disappeared.

As the body rolled up, another piece was cut off.

But there was still no blood flowing, no flesh to devour.

Although, under the protective spell of "The Miraculous Sutra for Relieving Suffering", the last bit of true spirit of these heavenly soldiers and generals will not be easily harmed or destroyed, but the soul power of the heavenly soldiers and generals who were scattered will also be greatly damaged, and they will not be able to re-condense and descend to the world in a short period of time.

Therefore, the heavenly soldiers and generals are not endless. After all, their upper limit is only a spell at the Qi training level.

Being able to rely on one method to deal with most of the Qi Condensation cultivators is already powerful enough. It does not mean that this method can help Lu Cheng overwhelm a powerful monster equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Boom.

A blue-white flash of lightning struck down from mid-air.

Because demon insects are naturally afraid of lightning and fire, even though the damage was not great, the Black Centipede King was still hit by the lightning and his body shrank.

Then he realized that this thunder method could not cause any harm to him.

Turning his head around, he saw the young Taoist priest who was as hard to catch as a swimming fish. He was holding a hammer in his left hand and awl in his right hand, and was now retracting his magic weapons.

After catching his breath, Lu Cheng would certainly not watch the Heavenly Soldiers and Gods being quickly wiped out by the Black Centipede King. These Heavenly Soldiers and Gods were equivalent to his extra defense. Once he made a mistake, they were willing to do their best to protect him and let him catch his breath again.

"This is what we call stepping on someone's feet. With them here, I have an 80% to 90% chance of defeating this Gu King. Well, this is the real world, and I have to give my opponent an additional 30% chance of winning. So my chance of winning is... 60%, which is enough."

"Roar!!"

The Black Centipede King roared once again and pounced towards Lu Cheng, but Lu Cheng, who had already recovered his breath, used magic fire to ignite the last small seal Qingfeng Talisman and a black gold armor talisman, and drew his sword to fight.

Lu Cheng, who had extremely meticulous observation skills, discovered that as he continued to inject the Six Desires Peach Blossom Fire into the Black Centipede King's body, the Black Centipede King did not seem to be hurt at first. However, when the Six Desires Peach Blossom Fire was accumulated to a certain extent, the Black Centipede King now seemed to be becoming more and more manic.

He was not sure how to advance or retreat, and even his only hunting wisdom was being wasted.

"It probably doesn't have enough intelligence to perform deception. So, the Peach Blossom Fire of the Peach Blossom Fan is not ineffective, but it will be ineffective if the dosage is not enough... I remember that many poisonous insects will die after mating."

With one hand he controlled the sword, and with the other hand he waved the peach blossom fan continuously to attack with peach blossom fire.

It's not that I'm going to stop doing this today. For a long time to come, the third-level disposable magic weapon like the Thunder and Fire Pearl will be a life-saving killer move for me.

Therefore, Lu Cheng didn't mind if he could kill the Black Centipede King in a clever way and leave behind the Thunder and Fire Pearl, especially when the bodies of the heavenly soldiers and generals in the Chixin Temple were becoming more and more condensed and real.

Wandering, consuming, and releasing peach blossom fire, time has dragged on for a long time at this point, and light is faintly visible on the horizon.

At the same time, Lu Cheng also began to understand why the divine power in the temple suddenly increased drastically.

When he was flying high in the sky on his sword, he saw fire dragons gathering from all directions of Ishihara County.

After thinking about it, I knew what was going on.

Not only will the remnants of the four families counterattack and try to take back their family property, but the poor people also know how to protect their own interests and their leader, Chixin Temple, the Lucheng Lu Daoguan.

The people’s wishes are fulfilled through the sculpting of a golden statue.

Under the overwhelming will of the people in Ishihara County, it was like a large-scale Shinto festival.

Combined with the divine power of the innate chief general of Chixin Temple, they all represent the will of protection.

Therefore, the bodies of the heavenly soldiers and generals inexplicably reunited. In fact, even if they were beaten to the point where only a little bit of their true spirit remained, this kind of will from the people was a huge supplement to them, allowing them to recover in a relatively short period of time.

"When God and I become one, all evil will be shunned?!"

Standing on the broken remaining wall, Lu Cheng held his sword at his side and felt the gathering of the divine power in the Taoist temple.

Compared with Chixin Temple, compared with the heavenly soldiers and generals, and even compared with Mr. Wang Yue who has passed away for many years, the current Lucheng is the main carrier of the people's aspirations in Ishihara County.

When the power of will in Chixin Temple accumulates to a certain level, Lu Cheng's mind will naturally be blessed.

The "spirit" part of essence, qi and spirit is blessed and elevated.

At this moment, Lu Cheng felt as if he had become a foundation-building cultivator and had condensed his spiritual consciousness.

The God of Observation shines everywhere and examines everything.

Therefore, insight into and control of one's own body comes from the heart, and outside one's body, the spirit and intention are all there, expanding infinitely within the scope of pure heart observation and existing everywhere.

This feeling was so wonderful, as if the evolution of life was omniscient and omnipotent. For a moment, Lu Cheng almost sank into this feeling, as if as long as he was willing to take a step forward, he could achieve "immortality".

Although Shinto is not easier than Xiandao as a whole, it is unique in this respect.

But in the next moment, he realized that his "spiritual consciousness" could not leave Chixin Temple at all.

Looking at the flying birds outside the temple, Lu Cheng suddenly woke up.

"This kind of 'god' and 'immortality' is not the path I pursue. If I am trapped in this small place forever, what's the point of becoming a god or a saint and living forever?"

"No wonder the classics record that immortal cultivators who are too obsessed with the divine path will go astray in their practice. The divine path has its own unique structure, and some of its achievements are too tempting for immortal cultivators."

The whole process sounds slow to describe, but it is actually just the changes of a few thoughts. One thought is to enter the divine way, and one thought is to guard the immortal way. However, the simple changes of these thoughts made Lu Cheng break out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, the black centipede king soon attacked violently, and the pressure it brought forced Lu Cheng to focus his mind.

Keep your original heart and the blessing of divine power will still be there.

Mr. Wang Yue of the past has long been reincarnated, and the divine power here is ownerless and has no true spirit. Therefore, Lu Cheng can resonate with it and occupy it.

The divine power condensed and blessed within the Chixin Temple not only allowed Lu Cheng to briefly condense a spiritual power similar to that of a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, but also increased his original eight points of mental strength (two points were used in the previous battle) to twelve points, fifteen points, and eighteen points, greatly enhancing his control over the magic power in his body and the qi outside his body.

Under such circumstances, it would be a rare thing if the Black Centipede King, who had been driven mad and completely disorganized by the Peach Blossom Fire, could still attack Lu Cheng.

Even if he is attacked unexpectedly, Lu Cheng has the magic of heavenly soldiers and generals to protect himself.

Finally, when the people from Ishihara County who were running in the front gathered and arrived, they were blocked outside the temple by the bronze-armored heavenly soldiers. The Black Centipede King Yuanguan, who was covered in peach blossom fire, lost his vitality under the huge amount of peach blossom fire, and the breath of the whole monster weakened.

On the other hand, Lu Cheng, with the continuous blessing of Chixinguan's divine power, and the fine control of his own magic power and external energy, completed his initial conception of the Broken Veins Sword Qi.

Although this state of spiritual consciousness is temporary, it is of great help to Lu Cheng in cultivating his own unique swordsmanship and cannot be taken away.

Chisong only has a first-level flying sword, and Lu Cheng is only a Qi training cultivator, so one man with one sword cannot kill a Foundation Establishment monster. However, what if he has hundreds or thousands of swords?

Even the gurgling water can cut through rocks.

At the weakest moment of the Gu King and the Black Centipede King, a Taoist priest who had been flying back on his sword to avoid the attack just a moment ago, sensed the sudden weakening of the monster's aura and flew back in the opposite direction. The more than 30-meter-long Qi sword in his hand, which was formed by the superposition of countless sword shadows, slashed rapidly diagonally with the Black Centipede King's body as the center, and wherever the red sword passed, the Black Centipede King's shell, which was harder than fine steel, was broken into pieces.

The filthy, poisonous blood spurted out, fell on the ground, and emitted bursts of white smoke.

This is the meridian-breaking sword energy that Lu Cheng has researched and created. Through the cultivator's precise control of his own magic power, it spirals through the meridians like an electric circuit and continuously accelerates and accumulates.

Theoretically, the power of sword energy can be greatly increased, but the price is to burn the meridians and put a heavy burden on the body. Once the magic power is accidentally used in the wrong direction, the person performing this sword technique is likely to be killed by the explosion of his own sword energy.

Lu Cheng was now in a state of consciousness similar to the foundation-building stage, which was when he swung out this sword. Under normal circumstances, he would never dare to swing out this sword that was equivalent to hundreds or thousands of swords.

One sword breaks armor, one sword kills.

Seeing that the Black Centipede King was already in a seriously injured state, Lu Cheng took advantage of the situation and flew up with his sword, stabbing down. He was confident that this sword would be enough to kill him.

"Ow..."

At this moment, the roar of the Black Centipede King was no longer an angry roar, but a long wail. Under the power of the sword, Lu Cheng knew that this Gu King monster was no longer able to resist.

But also through the sword intent, Lu Cheng vaguely saw a tall, gray-robed old man with a sinister face appear on the body of the black giant centipede.

He turned sideways at this moment and looked at himself.

"Good swordsmanship!"

There seemed to be a sound of praise in my ears.

The next moment, Lu Cheng felt that he was being enveloped by some huge force and was flying backwards. Not only was he unable to fall and kill, but his body was rising into the air instead.

At the same time, the giant centipede below began to drill into the ground and escape.

It didn't use earth escape in the previous battle because it was not flexible enough to attack the young Taoist. If it escaped into the ground, its speed and reaction would be slower, wouldn't it be even more difficult to attack the opponent?

Turning around, because he was just hanging here and not restrained, Lu Cheng saw Chen Qingyun standing in mid-air above the white clouds, and next to her, the female cultivator who was wearing a white gauze hat and a light gray Taoist robe. This person just standing there made people feel as if everything in the world had become indifferent.

"The founder of Yinshan Mountain in Moyun Cave, the Gu God Sect Leader, is also known as the leader of the Southern Demon Sect. He has mastered boundless magic and raised millions of demon soldiers. Unless your master is here, if you kill his Gu worm, even if he doesn't bother with you for the sake of the True Man Chi Shen Zi, he will release the Gu worm in front of you and eat all the living beings in this county, young and old, men and women. Can you stop him?"

"...I can't stop you. Thank you, Uncle Fan, for your teachings."

After hearing this, Lu Cheng thought for a moment, then bowed politely to the master of the sect.

"After being out for some time, you have become more polite. If you release this poisonous insect today, the Yinshan Patriarch will not make things difficult for you anymore. Even if someone attacks you, it will only be a disciple of the same level as you in Moyun Cave. Well, I still need to practice in seclusion, and the rest of the matters will be handled by you youngsters."

As she spoke, the gray-robed female cultivator waved her hand, and Lu Cheng and Chen Qingyun, who were standing above the clouds, descended at the same time, and the female cultivator suddenly turned into a white rainbow and disappeared.

"Senior Brother Lu, a few days ago I listened to my brother and went to ask our master for help. It happened that our master's profound skills had reached perfection, and I was trapped in the formation. I just came out today." Chen Qingyun said apologetically, seeming to blame himself.

"Mysterious skills have been perfected... Uncle Fan has broken through the barrier of the mysterious gate of heaven and earth and reached the realm of Condensed Evil? No wonder it took only half a day to get here from a thousand miles away. With Uncle Fan's temperament, the Great Dao comes first. Let alone if one of the Master's disciples is in trouble, even if Master Chi Shenzi is in trouble, she will never help."

This Uncle Master Fan Xiuhui is one of the few cultivators in Huoyun Mansion who has successfully cultivated the Heavenly Dao and established his foundation. He is also one of the few cultivators who has been praised by his master, Chi Shen Zi. Today, he has broken through the Mysterious Gate of Heaven and Earth, and his cultivation has been smooth sailing, heading straight for the Golden Elixir.

(End of this chapter)