Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 29: The Secret Method of Burning Wood Mountain, the Method of Seizing the Heaven and Transforming the Soul
Buzz. Hiss.

Accompanied by bursts of sounds of breaking through the air, in front of the small building, a young man in Taoist robes, holding a red sword in his hand, was dancing with the sword and practicing Qi. According to the methods in the Jian Yuan Lu, he controlled the sword with Qi and used the sword to guide the Qi, so that the two could enhance each other.

At this time, a beautiful female nun was writing in front of a long table in a small building not far away, occasionally looking at the man dancing with a sword.

Appreciation and admiration flashed in her eyes from time to time.

At this moment, Lu Cheng was fully focused on the sword. The Twelve Styles of Chiji Sword Techniques, nine defenses, two attacks and one change, were the introductory sword techniques passed down by the True Man Chi Shen Zi, so that disciples could protect themselves and avoid going down the mountain to cause trouble before they had achieved success in their cultivation.

However, what Lu Cheng learned was merely the method of interacting with mana. If we only talk about the changes in sword moves, Lu Cheng would not take ordinary cultivators who were able to condense their evil spirits or refine their magic power seriously.

After all, for cultivators, practicing to achieve longevity is the key, and magic swordsmanship is just a byproduct. It is impossible for the cultivators in this world to be like the players of "Nine Heavens" in the previous life, who fought with swords more frequently than eating and drinking.

Back in the Nine Heavens World, every player of the Blood Sea Demon Sect held a Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and they were known as Class A war criminals. If they were to be dragged out and shot one by one, there might be some innocent people, but if they were to be shot every other one, there would definitely be many who would slip through the net.

In such an environment, Lu Cheng served as the eldest senior brother of the Blood Sea Demon Sect for nearly ten years. Later, he stopped being the eldest senior brother because he plotted against his master, the current Blood God Son, and then disbanded the Blood Sea Demon Sect, took the sect's treasure and ran away.

As a result, all the Blood Sea Demon Sect players had no advanced skills and were chasing him all over the world. As a result, the lifespan of the entire "Nine Heavens" world was shortened, and the Spirit Realm dungeon had to be opened early.

"If I hadn't known that even if the server's capabilities were increased tenfold, it would still be impossible to simulate such a realistic world, I would have almost suspected that the GM had kicked me into this world."

As his thoughts changed, the Twelve Styles of Chi Ji Sword Technique gradually became a balance of offense and defense, and then slowly evolved into nine attacks and one defense and two changes. The entire set of sword techniques was completely transformed from a defensive sword technique to one where every move was an attack. Even if it was a defense, it was for a better attack.

This is in line with Lu Cheng's character. To him, the sword is used for attack. For an excellent swordsman, offense is equal to defense, because no attack can break through his flying sword.

Lu Cheng was practicing sword and Chen Qingyun was watching.

Chen Qingfeng walked out slowly from the small building to one side of the two people. Seeing his sister's state at this moment, he couldn't help but sigh.

Because both the brother and sister have already cultivated to the late stage of Qi training, they have to go out to temper their character, experience the world, and prepare to build a stronger foundation for the Tao in the future.

Their master Fan Xiuhui practiced hard for nearly a hundred years and finally broke through to obtain the Heavenly Dao Foundation Body. Even the ancestor Chi Shenzi praised her: "He has a firm heart and is not a vulgar person."

In addition, Master Fan had made a breakthrough to the Ningsha realm through his cultivation, and had been in seclusion for the past two years to consolidate his cultivation, so he certainly had no time to guide his disciples.

Therefore, the brother and sister decided to stay in Ishihara County temporarily, on the one hand to help the local people accumulate some merits for the external path, and at the same time to look for opportunities to practice.

However, looking at his sister's appearance at this moment, Chen Qingfeng was somewhat unsure whether his decision was right or wrong.

It is not conducive to the cultivation of immortal cultivators if they are easily emotionally aroused. Even if Qingyun has cultivated to the foundation-building stage, Chen Qingfeng would not mind it. But at this moment, he couldn't make it clear.

Otherwise, if he pushes it, not only will you not be able to press it down, but it will also cause more troubles.

"Qingyun, stop practicing talismans. Let's go out and survey the local water veins to prepare for the next water conservancy project."

Changing his mood, Chen Qingfeng pretended to be as he usually was and shouted like this.

"what?"

"Brother, I don't want to go out today."

Chen Qingyun's wrist trembled when he heard the voice, and the Taoist dancing with the sword in his pen was stained with a large stain of ink.

Seeing Chen Qingfeng coming over, Chen Qingyun quickly rolled up the rice paper.

“…What are you drawing?”

Chen Qingfeng asked as if he was unaware.

"I was drawing a talisman. Once you asked me to draw it in a mess, I ruined it."

"Oh, that's your fault, brother. Come back and paint again. You can understand the local geography of mountains and rivers as soon as possible, and purify the miasma river as soon as possible. Brother Lu will be happy about it."

"is it?"

Chen Qingyun was already panicking and wanted to cover it up, but after hearing his brother's words, his desire to not go became even weaker.

"Of course, if a monk accumulates more merits, he can reduce many disasters in the future. I am the Taoist official of Ishihara County. All industries in this locality are thriving, so naturally I will have a share of the merits. You two are working for me." At this time, Lu Cheng walked into the small building with his long sword held upside down, and picked up a towel to wipe the sweat off his cheeks.

"Let's go then."

After hearing what Lu Cheng said, Chen Qingyun happily went out with his brother.

After Lu Cheng finished his daily sword practice, he took out a Taoist book from his Qiankun bag and began to read.

"Master, Fairy Chen must like you."

At this time, the steward He Lan brought a bowl of hot sugar water to the round table next to Lu Cheng's lounge chair.

Half of the woman's cheek was burned.

On the night that Lu Cheng fought with the Black Centipede King, He Lan took her two children and hid in the cellar. The cellar was not small, but He Lan was worried that the cellar would collapse and bury her and her two children to death, so she held Gousheng and Erya at the entrance of the cellar.

As a result, the poisonous fire of the Black Centipede King corroded the lid of the cellar, and venom fell out.

He Lan hugged her two children tightly, but the poison was poured all over her body. Fortunately, the poison had been greatly diluted, otherwise He Lan and her two children would have turned into a pool of dirty blood.

Lu Cheng didn't care about He Lan's disfigurement, and neither did He Lan herself. She had never planned to marry again in her life because she didn't think there would be another man in the world who would risk his life to love her and her two children.

It is a great blessing to be under the tutelage of the abbot and slowly raise two children to adulthood.

"Although a cultivator's pursuit of truth does not necessarily require him to give up all emotions and love, he must also learn to restrain himself. Qingyun's kind of love will destroy both of us." Lu Cheng answered without raising his head while lying on a rattan chair reading a book.

He Lan was a little scared when she heard that, and she didn't dare to say anything more, and quickly retreated. She was a servant, and she just said that because she saw Miss Qingyun was smart and lovely, and she was sincere to the master, and she was afraid that the master would miss such a good marriage.

But she didn't understand that for a monk pursuing the great way, love between men and women can be enjoyed but not indulged in. The path to immortality, the path to self, self, is the most important thing.

"The Heaven-Seizing Spiritual Transformation Technique?"

After more than half a month, Lu Cheng has opened Li Jiuyou's Qiankun bag. This man has been entrenched in Shiyuan County for many years, and his family background is indeed very rich. He has more than a thousand spirit stones alone, which is a huge sum of money for a cultivator in the Qi training realm. Other miscellaneous spiritual objects can also be worth more than a thousand spirit stones. In addition, there are also some books on martial arts.

But compared to those corpse refining methods, what really concerned Lu Cheng was this volume of skills that Li Jiuyou had kept in his bottom box, as well as some correspondence between him and Ranmushan.

The Gushen Sect and the Burning Wood Mountain are the two most prosperous sects of cultivation in Southern Xinjiang. The Gushen Sect was founded by the Patriarch of Yinshan Mountain. All Gu Masters in Southern Xinjiang worship him as their leader. They have established countless black temples to raise the Gu insects he raises.

It is indeed hateful that Gu Kings feed on human sacrifices, but without these Gu Kings, there are countless monsters in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and beyond, and the people living there don't even have the ability to resist. Blood sacrifice to Gu Kings, many Gu Kings are really willing to fight to protect their own territories.

Therefore, the merits and karma of the Gushen Cult are intertwined. Apart from the Yinshan Patriarch who was born here, no other real person would come to these Ten Thousand Mountains to suppress one side, so the people in the mountains worship them as gods.

Although Ranmu Mountain does not have a cultivator of the first-class level as Yinshan Zhenren, the "Great Method of Seizing the Sky and Transforming the Soul" passed down by its sect is said to be the practice method of the royal family of the previous dynasty.

After the rise of the Tang Dynasty, the core members of the royal family of the previous dynasty had to hide in the Ten Thousand Mountains and founded the Ranmu Mountain lineage. Although their influence was weaker than that of the Gushen Sect, they had not interfered with each other for many years and occupied a large territory.

"This technique is really interesting."

"After practicing the Nine Transformations, a vortex of suction will form in the body. It can not only affect other people's sword techniques and spells, but can even steal their magic power and replenish itself when necessary."

Most of the sword techniques and magic spells in the world require to be just right, not more or less, but the Great Art of Stealing Heaven and Transforming Spirits can steal people's magic power from a distance. The more advanced and sophisticated the sword techniques and magic spells are, the more afraid of this. A perfectly functioning structure suddenly lacks magic power. Not being able to perform the task is secondary. The mere counterattack of the remaining magic power is terrifying enough.

Seize the soul to break the sword, seize the soul to break the law, seize the soul to replenish the essence, seize the soul to heal the wound. After years of research in Ranmu Mountain, this miraculous skill has evolved into infinite changes.

"This set of skills must have extremely serious flaws, otherwise why would Burning Wood Mountain retreat to the southern border? Think about it, Lu Cheng is just a female cultivator who has undergone a certain level of purification and transformation, but she still died and disappeared, directly taking away other people's magic power... However, this Heaven-stealing Spirit-transforming Skill must also have a method to purify magic power, otherwise the Burning Wood Mountain Taoist tradition would not have been passed down to this day."

The more Lu Cheng comprehended, the more he felt that this technique was exquisite, mysterious, and profound. However, the back of this volume of techniques did not record any methods for purifying magic power.

Obviously, although Li Jiuyou sincerely surrendered, he still couldn't get all the core secrets of Burning Wood Mountain. Although this volume of skills can be practiced, it is hard to say whether it contains one-third of the complete book.

"After practicing, at most you can reduce the use of it on weekdays to reduce the damage to yourself. After you have achieved a small success, go to Burning Wood Mountain to look for the second half of the technique. If you can't find it, it won't be too late to give up the practice."

It would have originally taken a hundred years to slowly purify the magic power left by the predecessor Lu Cheng. However, as Lu Cheng went through the two events of "summoning the gods" and "slaying the centipede", the magic power in his body was greatly refined and refined, which could save twenty years of hard work.

After realizing the unity of God and self, one's spiritual consciousness will be greatly enhanced within the Chixin Temple, and over the years, twenty years of hard work can be reduced.

But even so, he was already eighty years old when he completed the foundation-building stage.

It would be better to disperse his power and start over. With the aptitude of this body and the need for retraining, twenty years would be enough to reach the ninth level of Qi training. By that time, Lu Cheng would only be in his forties. The only problem was that during these twenty years, all his magic power would be wasted and he would be unable to protect himself for a long time.

This option was certainly out of the question some time ago. Dispersing one's power under the threats from the Li, Tu, Zou and You families would be tantamount to seeking death. But now it can be considered.

However, the emergence of the Burning Wood Mountain's Heaven-Destroying Spiritual Technique seemed to give him another option:

First practice the method of stealing the sky and transforming the soul, and then go to the country of a thousand mountains to look for the second half of this method. At worst, you will return empty-handed and have to start over again.

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng put the Taoist book aside, lay on the rattan chair, closed his eyes and rocked, not in a hurry to make a decision.

Whenever we encounter major events that concern the next few or even dozens of years, we always need to think them over carefully.

At night, the Chen brothers and sisters came back from divination of the water veins of the area, looking excited, because Chen Qingfeng had found a way to use the power of the heaven and earth formation to guide the water of the miasma river and dissolve the poison.

"Even if we can't completely eliminate it, it's good to be able to eliminate some of the toxicity. We can grow some crops that are more resistant to the toxicity, so at least we don't have to rely entirely on the weather for our food."

There are many evil ghosts and poisonous insects in the miasma river. Chen Qingfeng wants to use the newly built Chixin Temple to suppress the evil ghosts and use the power of the sun to purify the poison so that the poisonous insects will go away.

"It just so happens that we can use work for relief. After building the Chixin Temple, we can continue to hire local laborers to build the water conservancy project designed by Brother Chen. We don't have to worry about not having enough money. Even if it's not enough for something that will benefit future generations, they will be willing to reduce some of their wages and make the people suffer."

"But we must ensure that the formation is effective. We can build a few small formations first to observe the effect, so as not to start with a large project right away."

Lu Cheng also hopes that the people of Ishihara County can live a better life, and is willing to join Chen Qingfeng's plan, even if it is just to cooperate and assist.

"Well, I must plan carefully and not rush for success. This matter is also a test for my formation practice."

Seven days later, late at night, in the secret room of the Tu family’s bamboo building.

Lu Cheng sat upright on the cushion, and after repeated deliberation, he began to practice this great method of transforming the spirit into heaven.

Even without considering the mysterious power of the Dutian Hualing Dafa, which can directly seize the magic power of others, this technique itself is worth practicing.

Because there are many methods of practicing that can disperse the magic power into the acupoints and meridians in the cultivator's body, making the acupoints and meridians wider and tougher. Of course, this should be a preparation for seizing the magic power of others. Although it is impossible to directly seize the cultivation of others, even if you only seize one or half a layer, you need strong meridians to carry it.

But for Lu Cheng's self-created Meridian-Severing Sword Qi, this is also an unparalleled auxiliary cultivation method.

The stronger the meridian acupoints are, the higher the load limit will be, and the power limit of the Broken Meridian Sword Qi after it is operated to the limit will also be greater.

Sitting upright on the cushion, Lu Cheng recited the formula of the technique in his mind, followed the steps, and began to gradually transfer the magic power. He used his fingers like swords to strike several acupoints on his body to disperse the magic power.

As this process progressed, a hazy aura gradually spread from the young Taoist's body, flowing through his meridians and dissipating into formless form.

(End of this chapter)