Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 349: The Master of Eight Scenes, Infinite Dreams

The sky was covered with dark clouds, a natural calamity was approaching, thunder rumbled, and purple lightning danced through the air.

In Xuanji Valley, the contemporary master of the Eight Landscapes, Gu Qinghong, sat cross-legged in the middle of the formation. Outside the valley, there were several elders from the temple guarding her. Her expression was serious but not dignified.

Just now, Gu Qinghong had swallowed a Nascent Soul Pill, and gained great supplementary power from the pill in the process of breaking the golden elixir and condensing the Nascent Soul. At this moment, the Jade Infant was waving its hands and feet happily, and its innate magical powers were gradually condensing. Naturally, such a cultivator had a much greater chance of surviving the Nascent Soul tribulation.

"I was blessed by fate and became an Infinite Yuanying. With my aptitude for cultivation, I was able to achieve such a Yuanying Dao fruit. It was truly the blessing of my master's fate.

With this Nascent Soul, even if the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation of a Tongxuan cultivator is mixed with the last forty-nine-fold tribulation, the tribulation will be heavy, and I will have nothing to fear. "

Although both are Nascent Soul Tribulation, the upper and lower limits of the power of the tribulation vary greatly. Some cultivators from the seven realms have written books specifically for this purpose, roughly dividing the power of the Nascent Soul Tribulation into: small tribulation, medium tribulation, and large tribulation.

There are also very rare phenomena of Tianshu and Tianxing. The immortal cultivators in the Tongxuan world steal the Disha and Tiangang from the heaven and earth to practice in the process of cultivation, so they are disliked by the Heavenly Dao of this world. The last forty-nine tribulations are superimposed on the Nascent Soul's tribulation.

Therefore, the first tribulation these cultivators have to overcome is the middle tribulation. The smaller tribulation that is easier to overcome will almost never appear. If they are cultivators of the evil path, they will start with the big tribulation.

Several decades ago, Lu Cheng, the Lord of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, had to endure a Taoist heavenly punishment. Although he survived successfully, the power of that Nascent Soul Tribulation frightened countless Golden Core True Men at that time, causing them to lose their minds and dare not endure the tribulation again.

Gu Qinghong's luck and merits were both excellent, and he was also proficient in Yishu Taoism. He chose the time and place when his luck was the strongest to transcend the tribulation, but the rolling tribulation clouds above the sky were still as powerful as a medium tribulation approaching a great tribulation.

If this was an ordinary cultivator who only knew the Dao of Easy Calculation, he would basically be dead. In the first few rounds of thunder and fire, there would be no trace of his body left.

But the cultivators of the Eight Landscapes are different, and this female cultivator Gu Qinghong is especially different.

She formed seals with her hands, and a mysterious formation spread out with her body as the center, emitting golden light, like a golden sun, piercing through the dark clouds and illuminating all directions.

Rumble, rumble.

The purple lightning fell like sharp swords, slashing towards Gu Qinghong again and again, but she used her flying sword and a variety of magic weapons to overcome the tribulation and the Yishu Taoist method to dissolve and break it one by one.

As time went by, the sixth-order heavenly tribulation became more and more fierce, with thunder and lightning, and strong winds sweeping and howling, as if to destroy the entire valley below. Gu Qinghong's face was pale, but there was a firm light in his eyes.

At the same time, among pavilions and towers a hundred miles away.

It is spring, with fishermen singing in the evening and beautiful waterside scenery.

"Junior Sister Qinghong, can you survive the sixth level of the heavenly tribulation? Don't waste my Infant Transformation Pill in vain. I owe Li Ziling a favor for this."

At this moment, Lu Cheng was sightseeing in the garden with the Xiao sisters. With the spiritual awareness of the three of them, they could observe the catastrophe that was happening a hundred miles away.

Xiao Yuxue poured a cup of tea for Lu Cheng and said this, then continued:
"Brother, you are really cruel. Second Senior Sister begged for this pill and even knelt in front of our father and mother for a long time. But you still gave the Infant Transformation Pill to an outsider. I remember that you had a very good relationship with Second Senior Sister back then."

Not only Lu Cheng, the Xiao sisters also have a very good personal relationship with Wu Lingjun, so they don't understand why Lu Cheng would side with outsiders.

Xiao Yuhong was fine at this time, but Xiao Yuxue was somewhat confused and resentful.

"Don't underestimate this fellow Daoist Gu. She inherited the direct teachings of True Lord Qingxuan and the Taoist tradition of the Eight Landscapes. Her destiny is so profound and long that there is hardly anyone else in this world who can compare to her. We now have eight Nascent Soul cultivators in the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace. It seems that we are enjoying a prosperous life, but if we don't know how to cherish our blessings and accept our luck, I'm afraid we will not be as profound as the Eight Landscapes. Our destiny is actually a little shallow.

As for the second senior sister, she has just cultivated to the late stage of the Golden Core and still has hundreds of years to live. Why is she so anxious?
Now is the time when the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace is thrifty and accepting good fortune. I exchanged a Transformation Pill for this fellow Daoist Gu's six attempts to help us calculate the Heavenly Secrets. This is already very worthwhile and will be of great help to us in clearing away the external disasters."

Lu Cheng asked Li Ziling for the Infant Transformation Pill. He told his master Huang Longzi about this matter, and his master told his master's wife, Madam Baoxiang. Then somehow the matter reached his second senior sister Wu Lingjun, causing Lu Cheng a lot of trouble.

As this matter concerns the path of cultivators, it is no wonder that Wu Lingjun is willing to give up all the good deeds of the sect and his personal wealth in exchange for it, because if it is missed, the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace may not get a second spiritual object to assist cultivators in cultivating the Nascent Soul for hundreds of years.

The Nascent Soul tribulation of a Tongxuan cultivator must be severe, and this has been known by many Jindan Zhenren in the Tongxuan world.

If you don't fight at this time, you may lose every step and your path will be cut off from then on. Or you may even be killed by lightning and your path will be destroyed.

However, Lu Cheng had his own considerations on this matter. The Heaven and Earth Demon Palace was not short of an ordinary early Nascent Soul cultivator, but there were probably not many cultivators as proficient in Yi Suan as Gu Qinghong in the Seven Realms.

At this moment, Lu Cheng walked to the edge of the pavilion, held the wooden railing and looked into the distance. A hundred miles away, the calamity energy was rolling, but a golden light always existed in it, standing firmly.

Gu Qinghong's hands moved rapidly in the air, and as the magic formulas were circulated, every stroke seemed to contain the ultimate principles of heaven and earth, and the law of nature.

As the hand gestures changed, all the words on a Taoist book composed of golden threads seemed to come alive and transformed into dynamic runes that surrounded her, forming a circle of protection to resist the raging wind and thunder from all directions.

The mountain wind was howling, and Gu Qinghong's Taoist robe was rustling in the wind. A trace of pain was revealed between her brows. The magic power in her body had been gradually exhausted during the long period of practice.

The purple lightning around her became more and more intense, as if God was testing her determination.

However, Gu Qinghong was not moved by it. She just devoted herself to the operation of Taoism and harmonized with the vital energy between heaven and earth.

Boom boom boom.

At this moment, time seemed to freeze. A huge purple-red lightning, like a dragon or a cone, fell down almost as if it were real.

That destructive aura made the Xiao sisters, who were hundreds of miles away and had been cultivating to the Nascent Soul stage for decades, change their expressions and feel unable to resist.

"Oh no, Brother Gu is afraid!"

"…Brother, you have lost all your money this time."

However, at the moment when the heavenly tribulation reached its peak, the light on the Book of Changes beside Gu Qinghong suddenly surged, forming a huge white beam of light that shot straight into the sky.

In the beam of light, the female cultivator's figure gradually became blurred, and finally turned into a dazzling Dharma image.

The Dharma image held the magic formula in the light column, emitting a soft light, which injected a huge supplement into the white light column, making it not lose in the confrontation with the purple-red lightning. After a series of violent shocks, the lightning dissipated, and the purple lightning around seemed to be absorbed by a force, gradually converged and calmed down.

With the true formation of the Nascent Soul, the forty-nine heavenly tribulations gradually dissipated, the sky cleared, and all things revived.

"This Taoist move is quite interesting. From Taiji to Wuji? Borrowing strength from your future self to overcome the current disaster... It is indeed mysterious."

The Xiao sisters were only shocked by the power of the Taoism displayed by Gu Qinghong, but Lu Cheng vaguely saw the key to this Taoism. The past was constant and the future was infinite. Practitioners could sense their future selves from the fate line of their own survival and borrow some magic power from it.

"Unfortunately, this method requires a profound understanding of the Eight Landscapes Yishu Taoism. I can't spare the time to comprehend the Yishu-related Taoism."

Gu Qinghong, the current master of the Eight Views Temple, successfully passed the sixth-order Nascent Soul tribulation and received help from Lu Cheng's Nascent Soul Pill. At this time, Lu Cheng and his two wives naturally had to step forward to congratulate him and do him a favor.

When Lu Cheng and the Xiao sisters turned into rainbows and flew over, several elders from the Eight Landscape Temples who were closer also surrounded their current master with excited looks and provided protection.

Upon seeing Lu Cheng, Gu Qinghong made a gesture with one hand and bowed deeply in front of him.

Lu Cheng also returned the greeting by holding the incantation:
"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on setting foot on the path to the Nascent Soul stage. Your life span will be thousands of years, and you are one step closer to the Great Dao."

"If it weren't for Brother Lu's help, I would have probably died in the thunder tribulation. I will repay your kindness later."

At this time, the first strange phenomenon of refining the Nascent Soul appeared: the rare treasures from heaven and the fairy jade marrow had begun to fall. This was a relatively common Nascent Soul phenomenon.

Gu Qinghong’s second vision was: the stars formed a sea, and Yi Suan was unparalleled.

At that moment, the sky and earth within a hundred miles suddenly became dark, the day turned into night, the stars twinkled, and the celestial bodies moved, which seemed to contain endless legal principles.

Gu Qinghong’s third vision was: God favors her and brings glory to future generations.

A huge golden beam of light broke through the clouds and landed on Gu Qinghong. A Nascent Soul cultivator is already a treasure in the world and is favored by good fortune.

Gu Qinghong also inherited the direct teachings of Qingxuan Zhenjun and the Taoist tradition of the Eight Views. Coupled with her character and the merits she had accumulated over the years, it was normal for her to be blessed by heaven in this world.

After the three strange phenomena, all the changes in the vitality of heaven and earth gradually disappeared. The elders of the Eight Landscapes still seemed reluctant to leave. You have to know that the Lu Zhenjun in front of them was blessed with the fifth level of Nascent Soul phenomenon. Even if Master Gu was not as good as him, he should have four Nascent Soul phenomena.

Compared to those elders, Gu Qinghong seemed much more relaxed. She bowed to Lu Cheng again and said:

"I have understood what you mean, brother. However, I am still not strong enough to calculate the location of those evil things."

"Alas, Daoist Fellow Gu, please go now. I also know that this matter will not be accomplished overnight. I will visit Daoist Fellow again after some time."

After Gu Qinghong and Lu Cheng had a mysterious discussion, the female abbot left with several trusted elders from the Eight Views.

Xiao Yuxue was of course curious about the secret of the fight between the two, and looked at Lu Cheng with curious eyes. Lu Cheng smiled slightly, wrote the four words "demon corpse, devil" in the void, and then turned and left.

Lu Cheng's style of doing things is similar to his sword skills.

When the sword is in the sheath, no one knows when it will be released. The moment the flying sword is released, the sword light is so sharp that no one can stop it!

He should have left Tongxuan Realm after killing Tu Hanyun in a sword fight, and traveled around the seven realms to sharpen his sword and hone his mind and Taoism.

Only in this way can the sword be made invisible and bring the greatest deterrence to the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace.

But if the sixth-order demon corpse in the Tianhai Cave is not eliminated and the Heavenly Demon Boy hiding in the dark is not subdued, when he returns after traveling around the seven realms to sharpen his sword, the Heavenly Demon Palace will probably be left with only ruins. Such threats must be eliminated, so Lu Cheng gave the Infant Transformation Pill.

Tianji Yisuan's promise of six full-strength attacks just hit the limit of Gu Qinghong's psychological defense. If Lu Cheng dared to say nine times, Gu Qinghong would probably not want the Infant Transformation Pill, nor would she want to toil for the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace all her life.

None of the demon corpses in the late sixth stage and the demon boy who is only a step away from spiritual treasure is easy to calculate. After the calculation, Gu Qinghong herself is afraid that she will lose half of her life. This is when Gu Qinghong is in the Tongxuan Realm and Lu Cheng helps her with the demon algorithm. Only then can she accomplish this task in theory.

Of course it is not possible now. The foundation of the Nascent Soul has just been cultivated and is not stable. At least, it must be done after Gu Qinghong's Taoism is consolidated.

Several years later, in the northern mountains.

Three beams of light suddenly flew over, and when the light condensed into shape, it was Lu Cheng and the Xiao sisters. Lu Cheng stretched out his right hand and counted quickly with his five fingers. There seemed to be some mystery in the whole process, which made him naturally sense a certain direction.

"Southwest direction, chase!"

The three of them once again transformed into a beam of light and flew away.

Today, Gu Qinghong of the Eight Views has not yet recovered his strength. What Lu Cheng and the Xiao sisters are chasing after is not a demon corpse or a demon boy, but a sixth-level demon king who has committed serious evil and destroyed many cities recently.

Through this action, Lu Cheng informed the cultivators who were watching that he was not seriously injured in the sword fight with Tu Hanyun. At the same time, this sixth-level demon king was bloodthirsty and greedy, and destroyed two towns under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace. Killing it and feeding it to the poisonous golden silkworm Gu or the dog demon can not only enhance the reputation of the sect, but also allow the Xiao sisters to increase their own fighting experience, killing two birds with one stone.

The way of the sky is more than damage but not enough to make up for.

There are too many monsters in this world, and killing them is a merit. There are too many monks in this world, and suppressing them is a merit.

Why suppress monks instead of killing them? Because monks can relatively balance the relationship between themselves and the natural world, respect the Way of Heaven, practice the Way of Heaven, and finally break through the limits of the Way of Heaven.

Therefore, in most cases this law is useful, and the laws of nature will balance everything.

After the three flew a thousand miles in the southwest direction, they saw a one-legged, green-blue monster that looked like a green ox riding on a cloud of thunder to escape. It seemed to know that it was being hunted by human monks, so it looked back from time to time with a hint of uneasiness.

(End of this chapter)