Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 326 Underground Palace, Endless Spiritual Stones

The deep and dark underground palace hides countless treasures.

The Heavenly Demon Boy would send the two demons of heaven and earth to jointly guard the place, which of course has a mystery. Lu Cheng and Huang Longzi used their Fire Pupils and Golden Eyes and Yellow Dragon True Pupils respectively, and searched repeatedly, and finally found the location of this underground palace.

If it weren't so huge, the hidden formation it set up would indeed be hidden and difficult to detect.

If the two demons of heaven and earth had not been too confident and had not taken the initiative to kill people when their retreat was disturbed, the master and disciple might have really missed this place.

The spiritual stones are translucent, and the low, medium and high grade ones are piled up like mountains, countless, forming an underground mountain range, emitting a warm light, making this place look like a mysterious fairyland.

Among the rare treasures, there are glazed emeralds and flowing light, as if condensing the essence of the sun and the moon for thousands of years. Each piece contains extraordinary spirituality.

In addition to countless spiritual stones, there are also many spiritual iron ores and rare treasures in this underground palace, but most of them are of relatively low grade.

The Heavenly Demon Palace itself is an extremely rare space-type magic weapon. The most important thing to it is the numerous demon sons and grandsons and the sect inheritance within the palace.

It is not yet a true seventh-tier spiritual treasure. In order to condense spirituality with the body of a sixth-tier magic weapon, it has to devour and replenish itself frequently.

Secondly, it also carried with it some higher-level magic weapons and spiritual objects. In this underground palace, there were at least two thousand years of accumulation of the Yuanshi Demon Palace and Dongyang Orthodox Church, and there were countless spiritual stones and spiritual irons.

"Hahahahaha."

Huang Longzi was practicing the Dragon Transformation Technique. He was more interested in these external objects. At this moment, he looked at the pile of spiritual stones that looked like an underground mountain range, as well as the boxes of spiritual iron and spiritual steel piled up in the corner. He stroked them with his hand, then turned around and said to Lu Cheng:
“This is the foundation for generations to come.”

Lu Cheng practiced Taoism, and the five elements of true blood in his body checked and balanced each other with the five elements' law, thus making himself superior and unaffected.

He didn't really value these external things, but he wouldn't spoil his master's mood at this time, so he smiled and nodded.

"The foundation for thousands of generations? If we take it today, others will not be able to take it tomorrow? All these are external things. Only our own roots and cultivation belong to ourselves."

In this silent underground palace, time seemed to have stopped, and the air was filled with a faint floral scent. Lu Cheng took a quick look and found that there were magnolia flowers planted here. He thought they were planted by the twin demons of heaven and earth. When he listened carefully, there seemed to be the crisp, melodious sound of wind chimes in the air.

Walking into the depths of the underground palace, there is a pool of clear water that is silent. A few dark blue lotus flowers are floating on the water. They look particularly strange and beautiful under the dim light of the gem.

Every item here would be worth a fortune if placed outside, but the two demons of heaven and earth have probably been imprisoned here for hundreds of years to protect this place. What's the point of having hundreds of billions of spirit stones without freedom?

"I think the Heavenly Demon Boy would not dare to be so disrespectful to the two Nascent Soul Demon Lords. The two sides should have reached some kind of deal. The two demons of heaven and earth can regain their freedom if they guard this place for a certain number of years for the Heavenly Demon Boy. It's just that the two of them want to use the power of the Heavenly Demon Palace to cultivate into Nascent Souls, which takes a longer time. Now is not the time limit for reaching a deal."

Master Lu Cheng and his disciple Huang Longzi found the underground palace where the Heavenly Demon Boy hid the treasure. Just like in the past, this place was quickly turned into a forbidden area and other cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Sect were not allowed to approach.

At the same time, on the other side, the cultivators headed by Madam Baoxiang, commanding a group of elite members of the Tiandi Demon Sect, were attacking the Blood Rain Peak of Beichen Jianmen.

Madam Baoxiang has one great advantage, which is that she knows she is not capable. She has been relying on the protection of her husband for hundreds of years and is a little weak in dealing with emergencies. But because she knows this, her weakness is greatly compensated for.

At this moment on the Blood Rain Peak, the sword energy soared into the sky, and thousands of swords swept and circled like meteors, interweaving into a huge sword net. The sharp edges flashed, and wherever the swords pointed, there was a chilling chill.

In the center of the sword formation, the buildings in the sect looked more solemn under the reflection of the sword light. The disciples of Beichen Sword Sect had solemn expressions, but most of them revealed a fierce and bloodthirsty fighting spirit. Of course, they also knew that the enemy was powerful and this sword formation was the last line of defense of the sect. If they could not hold it, the Beichen Sword Sect, one of the four major demon sects in the world, would have its inheritance cut off today.

“Fight slowly. We are not in a hurry. This place is difficult to attack, so let’s first destroy the several spiritual mountains and spiritual veins nearby, and then concentrate our forces to attack here.

If we really can't take it down, we can just surround it but not attack it. Once my husband and Cheng'er have wiped out the Dongyang Orthodox Church, we can come back and join forces to attack here again. I don't believe we can't take it down."

Madam Baoxiang's words gave everyone the most confidence. Xiao Yuhong smiled and said:
"We'd better take it down as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if we delay here for too long, many of the industries of Beichen Sword Sect will inevitably be encroached upon by Tianluo Sect, Shuangxiu Mansion, Ice and Snow Demon Palace, and even the Eight Orthodox Religions. My husband has already sent an imperial edict, saying that after we take down Blood Rain Peak and occupy this sacred mountain, we will be rewarded according to our merits. If we lose many industries, our disciples will inevitably have a hard time in the future."

Xiao Yuhong's promise was passed down layer by layer, arousing the anger of many evildoers. Even if they could not share the Beichen Sword Sect's treasure house, the fifth-level top-level spiritual vein in Xueyu Peak alone was priceless.

After sweeping across the world and unifying the demon world, the Demon Lord and the Supreme Elder intended to reward the two True Lords according to their merits. This Blood Rain Peak Spiritual Vein was even one of the treasures that were awarded.

This aroused the envy of many old demons in the Jindan realm. Although the spiritual veins of Zhiguan Mountain were good, they were ultimately dependent on others. How could it be as satisfying as being a local lord thousands of miles away?

Therefore, even though Madam Baoxiang stated that this battle was not urgent, many powerful Jindan-level old demons in the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace rarely led their disciples to fight on the front line.

Seven days later, before Lu Cheng and Huang Longzi had even finished reorganizing the Eastern Demon Kingdom, they received the news that the Ten Thousand Swords Formation at Blood Rain Peak had been breached.

This progress far exceeded their previous expectations.

"Master's wife is very smart and talented. Master, you should arrange for her to have more experience."

"Do you think I don't want to? Not to mention the affairs of the sect, since she formed the golden elixir, she even needs me to watch over her cultivation of Taoism, and also take care of the affairs of the sect. Fortunately, Yuhong and Yuxue have not been infected with their mother's lazy nature.

The Dongyang Orthodox Sect and Beichen Sword Sect are both destroyed. What are you going to do next, Cheng'er?"

Standing among the mountains of the Eastern Demonic Kingdom, Taoist Huang Longzi asked this with his hands behind his back.

"Reform the Heaven and Earth Demon Sect to the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, and from now on, the spiritual veins will be strictly restricted in entry and lenient in exit. We no longer lack Dharma, land, companions, and wealth. Now we should become the noble and blessed immortals, and avoid karma. Digest the resources and focus on cultivation.

For those of us who practice Taoism, great power belongs to ourselves. The seven worlds of Dingzhang, Tongtian, Liehuo, Xuankong, Jumang, Yuqing and Yinyang all have Yuanshen ancestors to suppress fate. In the next thousand years, whoever can cultivate to the Yuanshen realm first will be the real hero. The battle between Taoism and Demons may still exist, but it will no longer be the mainstream.

At this moment, the demon gods from outside the world have led countless demon beasts to this Tongxuan world. The magic path still has great luck. If the orthodox religion wants to defeat and refine the demons, it will go against the way of heaven. If their hearts are not clear, their path will be difficult to follow. "

The righteous path draws inspiration from heaven and earth, takes spiritual objects to refine flying swords and magical weapons, pursues the path to becoming an immortal, ascends to the sky, and then spiritual energy from the upper realm descends to replenish this realm, thus forming a cycle.

The devil path feeds on souls and blood, and gathers the weak to become strong. If it were in a world full of human cultivators, this lineage would of course be incompatible with the righteous path. But at this moment, in this Tongxuan world where monsters and beasts are entrenched and gathered, people in the devil path practice the Xuanyin Beast Gathering Banner, the Heavenly Demon Yin Fire Banner, the Shura Banner, and the Heavenly Demon Du Gathering Banner. Many of these magic skills and magic treasures can feed on the blood of a large number of monsters. This is in line with the operation of the will of heaven. If the righteous cultivators cannot see this point and go against the will of heaven, they will surely be retaliated by the way of heaven. That's why Lu Cheng said that the devil path still has some luck up to now.

After listening to Lu Cheng's words, Taoist Huang Longzi was silent for a long time and finally nodded slowly:

"Cheng'er, it's fine if you want to be a pure and blessed immortal. Now that the magic has developed to our level, it's time to switch from magic to Taoism. However, there are many details involved. Cheng'er, you have to be more careful. Don't let yourself be left without a few helpers when you encounter external disasters."

"Disciple, I will be more careful. Within a thousand years, the struggle between Taoism and demons will not be the mainstream of this world. After a thousand years..." Even Lu Cheng did not dare to say that he had such a far-sighted vision.

Two months later, on the Blood Rain Peak, Taoist Lu Cheng changed the Heaven and Earth Demon Sect into the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace. He also rewarded the cultivators and divided up their spiritual veins.

"From now on, our sect will be strict about admission and lenient about exit. I will appoint elders one by one, but that doesn't mean I will just kick you out. If the eight orthodox sects bully you one day, you can still go to Zhiguan Peak to find me, Lu Cheng. However, if anyone uses living people as blood food again and is caught by the orthodox sects in the future, don't blame me, Taoist Lu Cheng, for being merciless."

In the Blood Rain Peak, Lu Cheng sat on a stone platform and explained the new rules of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace to the cultivators below.

The Heaven and Earth Demon Sect was changed to the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, and from then on, it was strict to enter but lenient to leave. The cultivators present were delighted to hear this. Now that the Demon Sect had unified the Demon Sect, no one wanted too many newcomers to come in and share their benefits. Afterwards, although some cultivators listened to the various principles and rules that Lu Cheng talked about, and some cultivators disagreed, Lu Cheng did not care about it.

After the evil way develops to the extreme, it will inevitably turn into the righteous way, because the core of the evil way lies in "obtaining things out of the ordinary", breaking the original order and rules, and obtaining benefits that are difficult to obtain under the previous order and rules.

But when it develops to its extreme, the magic itself will turn into a new order and rule, because no world can be destroyed indefinitely.

Now these people only understood Yan Jin, but in the future they will know that Kuanchu's words are the key. As long as their own strength is strong enough, the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace will transform from a demon to a Taoist, and the eight orthodox religions will have to accept it. Even if they don't accept Lu Cheng's destruction of them and the re-establishment of the righteous path, the world will still accept it.

The principle between Taoism and demons was the same in Lu Cheng's previous life. In the Earth era, there were nearly two hundred countries and regions, and there were also demon countries that supported their economies with drugs, gambling, and human trafficking. However, they were all small countries, and it was difficult for them to compete head-on with Taoism in other aspects. In order to survive, they could only "obtain exceptionally" in this way. Even if a large Taoist country was a demon country at the beginning, it would eventually have to transform from a demon to a Taoist country. Otherwise, it would not be able to maintain development and survival.

...

The Demon Palace of Heaven and Earth unified the demon path, and three of the four major demon sects that had existed in the Tongxuan Realm for a thousand years were destroyed. This was a major event of the millennium and attracted people's attention.

The Demon Lord of Heaven and Earth, Lu Cheng, established a palace of religious reform and at the same time sealed off spiritual veins and set prohibitions. Although many of these regulations did not meet the requirements of orthodox religion, they were already strict and complicated restrictions in the demon world.

What's more, formulating sect regulations is one aspect, while implementing and abiding by them is another. In sects like the Three Immortal Islands in the East China Sea and the Soul-Calming Valley, where the implementation of sect regulations is not very adequate, the actions of the disciples may not be better than those of the disciples of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace.

The cases of overseas monks killing people, stealing treasures and plundering spiritual objects are already a hundred times more serious than those in Middle-earth.

As the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace merged and wiped out the three major demon sects, even though most of the resources were swallowed up by Lu Cheng and Taoist Huang Longzi, the remaining resources were still enough for the elders and disciples to share.

When people are given some leeway, they will always be less cruel.

The Western Demon Cult is in a secluded quiet room inside the magnificent Demon Palace on Mount Zhiguan.

In front of Lu Cheng, there sat a young Taoist who looked exactly like him. At this moment, he was holding a golden branch in his arms.

Lu Cheng took out something that looked like a root from a jade box. There was a faint glow of precious light flowing on it, which was extremely extraordinary.

"Using this ten thousand year old wood spirit and your life energy to cultivate the Falling Treasure Golden Branch, it shouldn't take long to upgrade it to the sixth rank magic weapon realm. It will be enough to use it as your life magic weapon."

The young Taoist in front of him was naturally the incarnation of the disaster-avoiding person refined by Lu Cheng using the dragon poison. He was originally going to use it to save his life during this great disaster caused by the demon god. Unexpectedly, although he experienced many dangers this time, he did not use this thing in the end. Of course, this was a good thing.

The Ghost Infant Pill was used to help him forcibly ascend to the Nascent Soul stage, and cultivate the Five Elements Transformation. Although this exhausted his potential and it would be difficult to ascend in the future, a substitute incarnation of the Nascent Soul stage was enough to last for hundreds of years. Walking one and looking ten times ahead is not necessarily better than walking one and looking three times ahead. The world is like a game of chess, who can really exhaust and calculate everything?

In the secret retreat room, the spiritual beads inlaid on the walls emit brilliant light.

Taoist Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the cushion on the altar, breathing deeply, responding to all the orifices in his body and letting all the breath flow.

"Suck……"

As he absorbed deeply, the Taoist slowly raised his palms. In the palms of his hands, as time passed, there seemed to be a ball of illusory flame quietly gathering and burning.

The battle against the Demon God was the only time in Lu Cheng's life that he used up all of his Samadhi True Fire in one go. Now he had to refine it again and nurture it.

This innate magical power of the Jindan realm brings together all the Taoist achievements of the Qi training, foundation building, and Sha Ning Liangang realms. It is not a magical power for killing. As far as Lu Cheng is concerned, the Samadhi True Fire is more of a magical power for longevity that assists in practicing Taoism.

With this magical power, even if only a piece of blurry flesh and blood remains, as long as the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit are still sufficient, they can be refined again and the Dharma body can be regenerated.

To some extent, it is even more terrifying and powerful than the blood shadow demon body described in "Son of Blood God".

Although the Blood Shadow Demon was unrivaled in the world and could plunder the vitality of all living beings in the world for his own use, he was ultimately controlled by the Thunder Dharma Buddha Sound. Lu Cheng cultivated his own three treasures of essence, energy and spirit, and refined a breath of Samadhi Fire to cultivate an indestructible body of Vajra. There was almost no Taoist magic or magic in the world that could restrain him. As long as his merits were sufficient, he would be invincible.

As time goes by, when the current practice reaches its limit and the Dharma body can no longer contain more fire, the Taoist on the Dharma platform will practice the magic formula to gradually transform the power of fire into the solidity of earth, the growth of wood, the sharpness of metal, and the softness of water.

Use the principles and ideas of the Five Elements to eliminate the overly violent and dry nature of the Samadhi True Fire.

On the walls around the secret room, there were faint traces of ancient seal characters, which seemed to emerge and flicker with Lu Cheng's breathing.

Every stroke contains profound principles of the Five Elements. These were recorded casually by Lu Cheng, and at this moment they seem to be silently echoing the flow of magic power in his body, gradually becoming magical.

The air in the secret room is filled with a faint fragrance, which is emitted by the incense burner specially placed in the secret room for practice. This high-quality spiritual incense can help the cultivator calm his mind and better focus on the growth of his cultivation.

As the technique was practiced, Lu Cheng's face sometimes showed a hint of pain, sometimes a hint of relief, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on his cheeks and body.

Practicing the Great Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method and operating the Five Elements Dharma will is a double test for both body and mind, because it is itself a method of cultivating both Dharma and body, and it has unique benefits for refining the body and cultivating the mind.

Therefore, every transformation of mana seemed to tear apart the existing boundaries and reshape a stronger body. But Lu Cheng knew that as long as he persisted in this way, only by persisting in this way could he break through the bottleneck and reach a higher level of cultivation.

No matter how talented or able you are, it will still be inadequate without sufficient accumulation and hard work.

After finishing a day's homework, Lu Cheng walked out of the secret room and saw Xue Yuzhen and Yun Ling'er waiting outside the room.

"Meet my husband."

"You two have only recently condensed your Nascent Soul. You haven't been cultivating well during this period. Why do you always have to take care of me? Any maid can do such a small thing."

Lu Cheng raised his arm and asked Xue Yuzhen and Yun Ling'er to take off his Taoist robes and wipe his body, because the two of them had condensed their Nascent Souls with a Ghost Infant Pill. Although they were connected by blood with each other through the mystery of the Xuanyu Soul Transferring Technique, they were able to complete their cultivation.

However, his magic power is seriously insufficient. Not only does he need to take a lot of elixirs in the near future to stabilize his Nascent Soul, but the two of them cannot be far away from each other, otherwise his Nascent Soul will collapse.

Fortunately, the condensed ghost babies did not have any heavenly tribulation, otherwise, with the quality of their babies, one would definitely be killed if one was struck, and a pair would be killed if a pair was struck.

"Now that the world is at peace and the magic world is unified, I will slowly cultivate my magic power. Those maids are clumsy and can never be as good as me in taking care of the master."

"...Peace in the world? Not necessarily." Lu Cheng whispered after changing into his Taoist robe. The cultivators from the seven worlds of Dingzhang, Tongtian, Liehuo, Xuankong, Jumang, Yuqing, and Yinyang were merely observing the attitude of the demon god.

Among the nine worlds in this star field, the Chiyang and Qingming worlds have been occupied for hundreds of thousands of years. Not to mention for those Yuanshen sects, even for ordinary Yuanying sects and even independent cultivators, today's Tongxuan world is also an undeveloped blessed land of spiritual veins.

In order to continuously obtain the Taiyi Yuanxiantian Qi, the twenty-four demon gods threw countless broken cave worlds in the star field into the Tongxuan world, transforming them into nutrients to nourish the origin of the world. However, in those remaining cave worlds that have accumulated for tens of thousands of years, there are many leftover opportunities and treasures. However, in the eyes of the twenty-four demon gods, they are not as precious as the Taiyi Yuanxiantian Qi. However, this is not the case for human cultivators.

(End of this chapter)