Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 289: Repairing the Gap in the Sky
The two most important death gates on Kun Island are the eye of the big array and the teleportation array.

The eye of the fifth-level formation is fine, as it is the place where the earth's energy gathers the most powerful force. Unless they find a sixth-level formation master who can break the One Yuan Four Symbols Formation, even if the ground veins are unstable at this moment, the Tiannan cultivators dare not force their way into the formation, because there is also a formation master close to the sixth level, the Yuanying Zhenjun of the Bi Hai Pavilion, who is sitting in seclusion inside to harmonize the earth's energy. If they are not careful, everyone will be trapped to death inside.

Relatively speaking, the teleportation array is more deadly. The geographical requirements of these two buildings are different, and it is difficult to build them in one place. The former focuses on integrating the earth's energy as the center, while the latter focuses on the stability of the earth's vein nodes, just like a person practicing qi:

The upper Dantian Zuqiao, the middle Dantian Tanzhong, and the lower Dantian Qihai can all be used as places to practice and nourish Qi. The difficulty of practice varies, but in terms of stability, only the lower Dantian is the most suitable.

Once the teleportation array on Kun Island is destroyed, the entire Ling Island will become a desperate situation on the chessboard. Not only will Cangyun Island be difficult to save, but once a decision is made to save it, there is a high possibility that more cultivators will be lost.

Then why didn't the Tiannan monk focus on attacking the teleportation array after temporarily breaking the island's defensive restrictions by moving the mountains and shaking the sea?

Because they didn't know where the teleportation array was located. The Thirty-Six Islands of the Nanli Sea had been preparing for this battle for many years. Many teleportation arrays were even dismantled and re-arranged. And except for a very few people, most of the cultivators on the island didn't know where the teleportation array was located.

Instead of searching aimlessly for the teleportation array, it would be better to kill a large number of enemies and capture the Spirit Island directly.

Therefore, although guarding the teleportation array is important, it is also almost the safest position on the island. Lu Cheng arranged his Taoist partner Lin Qinghan here, and Zhenjun Gui Dongmei and Zhenjun Ji'an also arranged their closest disciples and relatives here.

"Ancestor!"

"I've met the true king."

Seeing Master Ji'an, looking pale and tired, walking out from the shadows, everyone, including Lin Qinghan, bowed in greeting.

These three ancestors have the highest authority. Whenever they come here, they have their own reasons, which are not for others to question.

"Wait a minute, Master Ji'an, can you please let us verify your identity? This is our duty, Master. Please forgive me."

The female cultivator Li Suyi is the true disciple and successor of Gui Dongmei. Gui Dongmei's original surname was Li. After her husband's death, she inherited her husband's surname to show her chastity. However, her true disciple is from her own family, a distant niece with very good qualifications.

Of course, Gui Dongmei is a Yuanying Zhenjun, and the relatives of both families can be taken care of. The reason why Li Suyi was chosen as the successor is that there is indeed no one in her husband's family who has more comprehension and aptitude than this disciple.

"Ah."

The old Taoist didn't say much after hearing this, but drew a talisman in the air with one hand. A faint blue light flickered and the talisman was formed by condensing energy.

"Spiritual Yuan True Talisman, this is the Spiritual Yuan True Talisman, it is indeed the ancestor, this cannot be deceived by magic."

Seeing the Lingyuan Mansion's unique talisman, Lin Qinghan and Li Suyi looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they were just being overly suspicious:
Why would his own Nascent Soul ancestor subconsciously restrain his aura when he came here? If the garrisoned monks had not been alert, he would have been almost unaware of being approached.

Now that I think about it, maybe the ancestor wanted to test everyone, which can be barely explained.

"Kun Island has been breached. Follow me and teleport back to the main island immediately!"

"What!?"

Master Ji'an's words were so shocking that the five Jindan cultivators present were at a loss for a moment.

Upon seeing this, Master Ji'an subconsciously raised his left sleeve, but then he put it down again, not knowing what he was thinking of.

Seeing this scene, Lin Qinghan suddenly remembered that during their private conversation at night, her husband had said to her:

"Everyone has some subconscious habits before taking action. For example, I noticed that every time Fellow Daoist Ji An took action to kill someone, he would subconsciously raise his left sleeve first..."

This discovery shocked Lin Qinghan, and Master Ji'an turned his gaze towards her. She subconsciously lowered her head. Ji'an thought that she was terrified about the fall of Lingdao and the safety of Taoist Tiexiao, and did not doubt it.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Gui and Fellow Daoist Tie have already escaped. The attack on Kun Island this time has caused enough blood loss among the Tiannan monks. Let's return to Cangyun Island first, and then make a long-term plan."

Everyone was so excited that they lost their minds for a moment, so naturally they just followed what Master Ji'an said.

All five people stepped into the formation. Even Li Suyi, the leader of the five who was known for her intelligence, looked panicked, leaving Lin Qinghan, who wanted to wink at her, no chance at all. Moreover, she was not sure at all at this moment, so she could only stand at the edge of the formation:
"What if my husband guessed wrong?"

"If my husband is just chatting and laughing with me in the boudoir, it doesn't count."

In the cave, at the moment the teleportation formation under his feet lit up, Lin Qinghan once again saw Master Ji'an raise his left sleeve.

The next moment, a dazzling golden sword rainbow spread out from his body, sharp and condensed, so powerful that no one could resist.

The sword light brushed across the bodies of the monks from Lingyuan Mansion and the bodies of the monks from Bihai Pavilion led by Li Suyi. Because Lin Qinghan was always hesitant and alert in her heart, she subconsciously summoned two fifth-level puppets to block herself at this moment.

Puff, puff, puff, puff, clang.

Because the teleportation array itself has a certain spiritual pressure, it can reach across thousands of miles in an instant. The farther the distance, the more likely it is to make people uncomfortable. In addition, they were caught off guard, so three of the five Jindan Zhenren present died in an instant. Only Li Suyi suddenly appeared with a defensive aura, and only two fifth-level puppets suddenly appeared in front of Lin Qinghan for defense.

Blood splattered everywhere, and both of them fell backwards.

"Pfft...Uncle Master, why?"

Li Suyi half-knelt on the ground, blood oozing from her whole body. However, she really didn't understand why this scene was happening.

"The Bi Hai Pavilion's Bi Hai Tide Rising Heart Sutra? You must have cultivated to the realm of unity of man and skill to be able to block my sword without any defense.

Unfortunately, if I give you another hundred years, I'm afraid you will also be a person of my way. God kills people without leaving any traces. No matter how good your spiritual roots are or how high your comprehension is, it will be useless if you don't have the opportunity. "

The Bi Hai Pavilion is a sect that practices water-based Taoism. The sect's fundamental Taoism is the Bi Hai Tide Heart Sutra. After practicing it to a high level, the protective magic power is as vast and deep as the ocean. Once it is activated, even if the opponent's magic power is much higher than one's own, it will be difficult to seriously injure one with a single blow.

If Li Suyi was well prepared and went all out, she certainly wouldn't be Ji An's opponent, but it would also be far from easy for Ji An to defeat her in a short period of time.

"The end of life?"

Li Suyi thought about it over and over again, but couldn't think of any reason why Ji An would give up everything and betray the Northern Territory. In the end, this was the only thing she could think of.

However, Taoist Ji'an responded by causing the flying sword to rise again.

The golden sword light flashed again, and the head of the beautiful woman Kun Xiu flew up in the golden light and blood waves.

Lin Qinghan watched helplessly as his sister, whom he admired so much, died in front of his eyes. Her head rolled to his side, and he was unable to move due to fear and injuries.

In fact, her internal injuries were not serious, after all, there were two fifth-level puppets blocking in front of her and they were all shattered. But at this moment, Lin Qinghan really couldn't think of how she could survive under Ji An's sword.

There is great terror between life and death. Although Lin Qinghan cultivated to the Golden Core Realm with her natural talent, she had experienced too little because of this.

Compared with Li Suyi, Ji An didn't think highly of Lin Qinghan at all. She was just a concubine who relied on her beauty to serve her railway friend.

"For the sake of the friendship between me and my fellow railwaymen, I will let you live a little longer."

Thinking of this, Ji An raised the sword in his hand and was about to slash at the teleportation array diagram.

But at this moment, a blazing flame spanning a hundred miles, like a fire dragon, suddenly appeared behind Taoist Ji An and knocked him down with a punch.

The old Taoist suddenly lunged forward, turned around, and swung his sword. The sword energy was like a rainbow. Boom, boom, boom, clang, clang, clang.

Bang bang bang.

But after all, he lost the initiative and was caught off guard, and was accidentally hit by four heavy punches from Lu Cheng. He fell backwards violently, and his Five Elements Dharma Body was temporarily scattered and almost collapsed.

"Ugh."

Ji An gathered his magic power and tapped his chest several times with his fingers like swords, trying to keep his body and spirit together.

“Ahem…Tiexiao, how could you be here?”

Ji An stood with his back against the stone wall, holding a sword, his eyes full of disbelief. He seemed to have determined through some method that Lu Cheng should not be here.

At the same time, a hundred miles away, several ferocious golden silkworm Gu, carrying a Qiankun bag, flapped their wings and flew farther and farther.

"Do you find it incredible? I should be hundreds of miles away at this time. You used some kind of powder on the Qiankun bag of that Tiannan monk, right?"

He escaped at the fastest speed and traveled a very long distance. In addition, after the series of battles before, even with Lu Cheng's magic power, he felt that he was running out of energy. Therefore, he didn't mind chatting with this old friend in front of him at this time, which allowed him to leave with peace of mind.

"I had already taken away the Nascent Soul of that Tiannan cultivator. You saw it clearly, but you still gave me his Qiankun bag. I thought it was strange at the time."

"...No, that's not right. You also put some kind of powder on me, right? So when you sensed that I was getting closer to the teleportation array, you immediately realized that something was wrong. So, when the old demon Ren Qianqiu from the Demon Flame Valley used the Painted Skin Substitute Technique, you saw through it instantly because the smell was wrong!
Is it the bitter leaf bar? You put some kind of powder in the bitter leaf wine."

At this time, Ji An also figured out the cause and effect of the whole process. As for why Lu Cheng was not killed by those Tiannan monks, Ji An also thought that it was probably because there happened to be some Northern Territory monks who were performing a mission in the nearby sea area and they came over and saved his life. There was no other explanation.

Ji An was well aware of the magical powers of Hui Mo Luo Chen. Even his Nascent Soul was out of the body and he could not escape from him, let alone Tie Xiao who was fighting one against four. There was no way he would survive without help.

“There is no medicinal powder in the bitter leaf wine, but there is a special aroma in the wine. Unless you have cultivated special nasal abilities, it is impossible to detect it.

Other than that, this wine has only benefits.”

"Fellow Daoist Ji'an, we have known each other for many years, and we have shared life and death together. Now that I have solved your doubts, can you explain to me why all this happened?"

Lu Cheng stood inside the cave, on a huge rock, pointing at the fallen corpses on the teleportation array below.

There are people from the Bihai Pavilion and also the Jindan Zhenren from the Lingyuan Mansion. Obviously, Ji An doesn't even want his own Taoist lineage anymore.

"When a cultivator seeks the Dao, sometimes he can only go further if he is ruthless. This is something that fellow Daoists should be aware of. We have been fighting and scheming to pursue the Dao. It has always been like this since ancient times. Even among the ancient immortals, there have been many cases of fighting and killing each other."

According to old legends, there were immortals in ancient times: "Red flowers, white lotus roots, and green lotus leaves, the three religions are originally one family." As a result, they fought and killed each other until the sky and the earth were dark, countless immortals and gods fell, and the earth, water, fire, and wind were almost re-refined, although the ancient history has become extremely vague when it was passed down to this world.

But there are always monks who pick out sentences and can recreate the battles of those years to a certain extent.

Becoming an immortal is the common pursuit of the most outstanding, powerful, intelligent and brave people in the world. How can such a path not be cruel and intense?
You want to become an immortal just by relaxing, drinking tea and discussing philosophy, and chatting about the mind and nature scriptures. How can such an easy thing be possible in the world?
The fight broke out suddenly.

Ji An suddenly drew his sword and slashed at the teleportation array. At the same time, he released an extremely pure and condensed magic power, attacking the seriously injured Lin Qinghan.

However, Lu Cheng seemed to be prepared. With his body as the center, several rounds of pitch-black chaos suddenly appeared. From the largest chaos hole, the sound of fierce dog barking came.

Immediately afterwards, a ferocious and fierce demon dog suddenly jumped out, and with the cooperation of Lu Cheng's Heaven-stealing Demonic Skill, it crushed Ji An's magic power and swallowed and refined it.

This is not easy to do. The Lingyuan Mansion's lineage focuses on the essence and cultivation of magic power. The realm it pursues is that the various methods practiced complement each other and their power is doubled, and all the energies are united into one. The advantage of the sword energy emitted by itself is so great that even the flying swords of the same level dare not easily tamper with it.

This lineage of magic seems to be on the right track, but it is too difficult to follow. Fortunately, the essence of magic power also has many benefits in other aspects of cultivation, so it is always right to work hard for it.

Seeing the dog head sticking out of the void, Ji An also smiled bitterly. He felt somewhat powerless against the endless tricks of this Taoist friend Tie Xiao.

Lu Cheng's entire body almost turned into a fist, and suddenly rushed over, forcing Ji An to draw his sword to protect himself and retreat.

The Taoist's fists were so powerful that the sound of each punch was like a huge crossbow arrow breaking through the air, echoing in the underground cave.

Lu Cheng's opponent, Master Ji'an, was calm and focused, and his sword moves were sharp, controlling the sword light to shuttle like lightning, shining like a cold star. The two Taoists shuttled back and forth in the dark cave, and their fists and swords met, making a clanging sound.

Lu Cheng's current physical body is not yet capable of fighting head-on with a sixth-order flying sword, but he is a physical cultivator and can change his moves extremely quickly in close combat, giving him the upper hand in terms of moves. He uses fast to defeat slow and does not give Ji An's flying sword any chance to cut him.

For a moment, the air in the underground cave seemed to be compressed and squeezed out by the fierce duel between the two men. Every time the sword energy and strong wind of the two sides came into contact, it was accompanied by flying stone chips. There were even huge rocks collapsing from the high cave ceiling, stirring up a cloud of dust.

The sound of rocks cracking came one after another, and it seemed that the entire underground was shaking with their fight.

Lin Qinghan was seriously injured and barely used his magic power to move himself farther away.

It was at this time that Ji An wanted to activate a sixth-level talisman to get rid of the disadvantage, but Lu Cheng used the Heaven-stealing Demonic Skill at close range to press down on him.

Pure magic power was swallowed by the chaotic hole and broke out of his body. Ji An only felt a sense of emptiness in his body. He was shocked and wanted to gather his magic power, but it was too late.

Lu Cheng's left hand transformed his fist into a palm and hit him repeatedly on the chest. He vomited blood and fell back, hitting himself hard on a boulder. The boulder behind him could not withstand the huge force and shattered with a loud bang. Ji An's magic power collapsed, his Nascent Soul disintegrated, and he no longer had any fighting power.

“Ahem, this is your true form! It’s not a puppet at all. In the final battle, you used your true form to send me off. You are worthy of being my friend.

Ahem..."

They have been together for almost ten years. They could keep it secret for a short period of time, but over time, both Gui Dongmei and Ji An noticed something.

The one that looks like the real body is a puppet, and the one that looks like a puppet is the real body. He has really grasped the essence of the illusion technique of Huanyun Valley.

"It's Bu Tian Zhi, the main ingredient of the Tian Bu Dan, the immortal pill that turns disaster into immortality..."

"what?"

"At our current situation, what else can easily shake our resolve, or even make us give up the inheritance we have painstakingly cultivated for hundreds of years? Of course, it is an opportunity to extend our lifespan by two thousand years. The wise demon Luo Chen swore to me with his inner demon that if I help him seize Kunzi Island, he will tell me the news about the Bu Tian Zhi that he knows... It is because of this that Ren Qianqiu is willing to work for him."

Streams of refined magical power and spiritual energy gushed out from the mouth, nose and other orifices of Taoist Ji'an. At the same time, his five elements body of Dharma quickly solidified and lost its vitality as if it had been petrified.

The Five Elements Dharmakaya may seem exquisite, but it is ultimately a cultivator's acquired flesh and blood creation. Once it does not have the sufficient vitality and magic power provided by the Nascent Soul to operate it, it will quickly lose its activity.

"Since you killed Senior Sister Gui's most beloved disciple, please tell her the news as well."

"As for me, I just don't want to spend the rest of my life without hope. As my life span runs out, my blood and qi are exhausted, my magic power is depleted, and the power that once moved mountains and filled the sea is gone. I lie on the warm bed, in the arms of my wives and concubines, waiting for death to come. All I can do is recall the glory of the past..."

In such a whisper, Master Ji An exhaled his last breath. Seeing this, Lu Cheng sighed softly and leaned over to close his eyes.

According to legend, Bu Tian Zhi can mend the flaws in the sky, giving cultivators a chance to re-enable a tribulation after one. It is a treasure that drives countless Nascent Soul True Lords and Primordial Spirit Patriarchs crazy. If a seventh-level immortal elixir, Bu Tian Dan, can be refined, it will really be a hope for a Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit cultivator to ascend to heaven.

Alchemy, weapons, talismans and arrays, perhaps only alchemy, only alchemy, can change destiny to such an extent.

(End of this chapter)