Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 350: Demon Refining Heart Method, Suppressing Demons and Killing Demons

Hunt monsters, raise insects and feed dogs.

Lu Cheng already had a plan in mind for this demon king who had the bloodline of the ancient Kuiniu mythical beast. Therefore, as soon as both sides came into attack distance, he drew his sword and instantly summoned the Netherworld Flying Sword in its sheath, slashing directly at the demon.

The Netherworld Flying Sword spun in the air, splitting into thirty-six sword lights including its own, which interacted with each other in an unpredictable manner. This was the unique skill of swordsmanship: sword light differentiation.

A cultivator who has mastered this sword skill can form a sword formation with just a flying sword and is extremely powerful in defeating many enemies alone.

When one practices to the extreme, each differentiated sword light has the toughness and sharpness of the flying sword itself. Lu Cheng's current differentiated sword light has only 60% of the power of the Netherworld Flying Sword, which can only be regarded as a small success and is far from reaching the extreme.

However, the number of sword skills he has mastered is so great that there are probably few people in the contemporary world of immortal cultivation who can compare with him. He follows the path of going from broad to deep.

Some cultivators believe that the most important thing in the sword cultivation path is sincerity and singleness of mind, but Lu Cheng does not think so. He himself is a cultivator who is good at change and is not restricted to one or several fixed sword paths.

"Fellow Taoist, wait a minute!"

The Kuiniu suddenly roared and spoke in human language.

At the same time, with its body as the center, a large number of pitch-black thunderclouds rolled and spread, with lightning dancing like silver snakes. From time to time, the lightning collided, and rumbling dull thunder sounds were heard.

The thunderclouds rolled up into the sky, and the demon body of the Kuiniu disappeared out of thin air. Above the thunderclouds, a middle-aged Taoist priest with a tall stature like an iron tower appeared, but there was a faint flash of lightning in his pupils.

Lu Cheng did not personally see the monster breaking into the city and killing people, and thought that he would have something to say in defense, so he temporarily suppressed the sword light.

It makes it circle in the sky like a fish, absorbing the vital energy between heaven and earth and pulling it into it from time to time, and the sword energy becomes stronger and stronger.

Seeing this scene, the iron-tower-like middle-aged Taoist priest's brows twitched slightly, showing a hint of fear.

"My three fellow Taoists, I damaged your private property. This is indeed my fault, but I was just hungry and did not kill indiscriminately. A large part of the casualties in the two towns were caused by thieves who took advantage of the chaos to kill people and rob money after the cities were captured. It cannot all be blamed on me."

"…Are you done talking?"

Lu Cheng looked indifferent, and was about to suppress the sword light after he finished speaking. At this moment, it seemed that he had indeed wasted some time.

"Of course, I took it without asking for permission, which indeed caused losses to the three Taoist friends. I will use this thing as compensation. How about that?"

As he spoke, the middle-aged Taoist opened his mouth and spat out a purple ball of lightning. When the leaping light on the ball of lightning gradually disappeared, a piece of purple crystal ore was revealed inside it.

Ziying Thunder Mine, a top grade sixth-ranked mine, is an extremely rare thunder-attributed spiritual mine for refining swords and treasures. In the transactions of the human race's Nascent Soul sect, treasures of this level are worth as much as ten human towns, let alone a whole town.

That middle-aged Taoist priest had followed the Demon God's edict and entered this world during the last catastrophe. Although he is now trapped in the Shenzhou barrier, he is so proud of his magical powers that he thinks he can do whatever he wants.

Before he offended the Demon Palace of Heaven and Earth, he had attacked many human villages and towns and lived a carefree life for many years. The cultivators who protected these villages and towns could not afford to offend him, and he wandered around the world and did not stay in one place for a long time, so those cultivators just swallowed their anger.

Until this time he offended the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, he had some bloodline of the ancient Kuiniu mythical beast, and had cultivated a pair of thunder eyes, and he felt terrified when he saw Lu Cheng.

In addition, the three human Yuanying cultivators on the other side were obviously well prepared, so he turned around and fled and was so easy to talk to like he is now.

If there was only a human cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage here, his body would probably have been broken and his Nascent Soul would have been devoured by him.

However, the middle-aged Taoist thought he had made enough concessions, but he heard the handsome Taoist in front of him sneer:

"You are so confused. Even if I kill you, the treasure will still be mine!"

After he finished speaking, thirty-six sword lights slashed down from the sky, and the sharp and murderous sword energy soared into the sky.

"Ah!? You are such an unreasonable and evil person. I will fight you to the death."

With the body of the Kuiniu Demon King as the center, the calamity clouds that rose into the sky roared like a poisonous dragon, with lightning piercing the air, and the demon changed from time to time into a human form and sometimes into a one-legged green bull.

The apparent cultivation level of this sixth-rank demon king is only at the early Nascent Soul stage, and his magic power is around the second to third level, but demon beasts pay great attention to their bloodlines. Even if they are at the same level, their combat power will be completely different due to different bloodlines.

The most powerful true dragons and phoenixes can even defeat fifth-level monsters at the fourth level, and sixth-level monsters at the fifth level, when facing monsters of inferior bloodlines. That means a human cultivator at the Jindan stage can defeat a Yuanying cultivator.

Of course, correspondingly, these powerful young true spirits will also be feared and coveted by countless lower-level monsters. A python monster may very likely disregard its own life and death in order to devour a young dragon.

If the swallowing and fusion is successful, it will save hundreds or thousands of years of hard training.

The thunder-attributed Kuiniu bloodline is also extremely powerful. Lu Cheng looked at the thunderclouds rolling around the demon king in front of him and saw from them: thunder punishment, life and death, nourishing the body's qi and blood, and cleansing the bone marrow and blood, all kinds of mysterious and powerful powers.

The magical power of this Kuiniu Demon King is only at the early sixth level, but he is not afraid when facing most of the mid-sixth level monsters, and can even defeat them.

Lu Cheng's thirty-six Netherworld sword lights circled in the air and strangled the monster, but did not gain any advantage in the thundercloud column and successfully killed the monster's physical body.

Rumble.

A huge thunder explosion sounded, and suddenly, hands formed by blue and white lightning condensed in the thunderclouds and slapped over from the air.

The thunder method is powerful and fierce, with great power.

This Kuiniu Demon King practiced both magic and body. His physical cultivation was even better than his magical power, so his mid-air grabbing ability was also extremely powerful.

However, Lu Cheng raised his hand and slapped out, the five elements flowed between heaven and earth, and a nearly pure white giant handprint condensed in the void and struck out with a bang.

The innate qi big grasping technique, and Lu Cheng's big grasping technique, in addition to the five elements magic power, also integrates the Shinto magic lineage, so the big handprint has a faint sense of incense, sacredness, immortality, and suppression, which adds three points of power.

Bang bang bang.

After a fierce collision, the continuous thunder handprints cast by the Kuiniu Demon King were all broken by Lu Cheng. Instead, they merged with the innate energy and turned into a powerful vital energy that flew back to Lu Cheng and fell into his sleeves.

Just as the Kuiniu Demon King was surprised, Lu Cheng raised his hand again and punched out. A ball of extremely condensed silver-white fist light broke through the air.

The Kui Niu Demon King only saw a fist as white as jade and with a magical glow breaking through the void and suddenly hitting his chest.

"what!"

Bang, it was as if thunder exploded in the void.

The Kui Niu Demon King fell back from the thunderclouds, and thirty-six Netherworld Flying Swords chased and killed him. Although they could not cut his body for the time being, the sword force pressed on his meridians and acupoints, thus cutting off the circulation and gathering of the Kui Niu Demon King's magic power, making it difficult for him to defend and recover.

At this time, the Xiao sisters, who had been standing behind Lu Cheng and had never taken any action, both cast their spells at the same time.

It is not known whether it is because the pill maniac Huo Xiu is so skilled that the Ghost Infant Pill he refined has miraculous effects, or because the cultivators in the Tongxuan Realm have condensed the Earthly Evils and Heavenly Gang, and their magic power is far higher than that of the cultivators in the Seven Realms. In short, those cultivators in the Tiandi Demon Palace who took the Ghost Infant Pill to refine the Nascent Soul, although their magic power is still unable to improve, their magic power has reached the average level of Nascent Soul cultivators at the first level, and they are not the worst among the Nascent Soul cultivators.

The Xiao sisters, who were in tune with each other, worked together to activate a magical weapon that was their own. At the moment the magic weapon was sacrificed, it did not rise into the air or grow larger. Instead, the golden pagoda floated in front of the two sisters and flew around, with streams of spiritual consciousness and magical power continuously invested in it.

When the time is right like this, the Xiao sisters pointed their fingers and the Demon Refining Pagoda flew into the air, continuously absorbing the vital energy of the surrounding heaven and earth, growing larger in the wind, and the magic weapon continuously radiated the Demon Refining divine light outwards, as bright as two suns hanging in the sky.

"what!"

Just after he recovered his breath, the middle-aged Taoist who was as strong as an iron tower was enveloped by the magic light of refining demons. At the same time, he saw the huge pagoda slowly suppressing him.

His face was pale. He didn't expect that he lost to Lu Cheng in terms of physical and legal skills. But this didn't matter. Physical cultivators are good at enduring long battles.

But he really didn't expect that the delicate and seemingly fragile young ladies could actually use such a domineering and extraordinary magic weapon.

The divine light and magical power emanating from the Demon Refining Pagoda made him feel difficult to resist. The middle-aged Taoist priest used several magic weapons and magical powers in succession, but they were all suppressed by the Demon Refining Pagoda.

Finally, the middle-aged Taoist changed back to his original form, a one-legged green bull with twisted muscles and extremely strong. The green bull raised its single hoof and turned into a green light, which collided with the divine light emanating from the Demon Refining Pagoda, causing a loud roar.

This attack even slowed down the speed of the Demon Refining Pagoda. The Xiao sisters turned pale, but that was all. After this attack, the Kuiniu Demon King himself was a little dizzy, and then his whole body was suppressed by the Demon Refining Pagoda.

The huge pagoda slowly shrank and finally flew back to the hands of the Xiao sisters. The Kuiniu Demon King, which had shrunk a hundred times in the pagoda, was still changing and struggling, but was surrounded by one demon-refining divine light after another, and his spiritual consciousness and magic power were eventually exhausted.

"The power of the Demon Refining Pagoda used by the two junior sisters is not inferior to that of a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul stage. It has a strong restraining effect on demon cultivators. Suppress this demon king and trap it for a thousand years. Let it know who makes the rules of this world."

Lu Chengfei returned to the Xiao sisters, held the slender hands of his two wives, and input his magic power. Only after Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue's complexion gradually recovered did he let go of his palms, but was still lightly scratched by Xiao Yuxue.

"This magic weapon is powerful, but it consumes too much vitality to nurture it. Fortunately, you found the Ghost Infant Pill for us. Otherwise, Yuxue and I would have to give up this magic weapon. We can't let it hinder our life's path. Now, even our training methods have to lean towards it and be affected by it.

Fortunately, I have devoted all my energy to cultivating this treasure in this lifetime, and after two thousand years, I will be able to cultivate it again. Yuxue and I will also have a top-notch treasure to protect the Dao."

The magic weapon, the Demon Refining Pagoda, was originally devised by a group of Taoists in the Eight Views. It was later noticed and developed by Huang Longzi and his wife. However, hundreds of years ago, even Master Huang Longzi's perspective was limited. He only saw the power of the Demon Refining Pagoda, but did not expect that the more he cultivated it, the greater the cost would be.

Magical weapons are meant to protect the Dao. It is undoubtedly unwise to use them as a great hindrance to one's practice.

Now, by chance, they have obtained both the person and the treasure, but the Xiao sisters still need to create a set of magic refining techniques specifically for this magic weapon. And it can be imagined that this set of techniques created specifically for a specific magic weapon must be of no reference and practice value to most cultivators.

The issue of inheriting the Taoist tradition, which is very important for monks, is difficult to achieve.

……

The battle in which the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace suppressed the Kuiniu Demon King seemed to be taking place in the northern mountains and no one knew about it, but in fact it attracted worldwide attention.

Whether it is the demon race or the human race, how many sixth-level demon kings and true lord cultivators are there in this world?

Those demons that have developed intelligence will use this to estimate the strength of the human cultivators in the Tongxuan Realm. Those human cultivators will also use this battle to estimate the power of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace.

In the battle at Lishan that year, although Lord Lu won the battle, did he suffer from serious and irreversible injuries? After all, he was a great cultivator.

As a result, Lu Cheng and his two wives chased into the northern mountains. Not long after, the evil aura of the Kuiniu Demon King disappeared between heaven and earth.

The decisiveness of this battle caused many forces hidden in the dark to immediately disappear into hiding.

In this way, thirteen years passed peacefully.

The cultivators from the seven realms continued to travel to the Tongxuan Realm, working together to explore the outer caves and the vast open sea.

The Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, the Eight Orthodox Religions, and the second- and third-rate sects of the Xuanmen Demonic Path continued to live in peace.

From the perspective of the righteous in the Tongxuan Realm, the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace originated from the devil path and is inclined towards the devil path. From the perspective of the evil demons, the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace has begun to break away from the devil path and enter the Tao path.

This is a very dangerous position and state, but if Lu Cheng's generation does not do this, it will be more difficult and stressful for future generations to do this.

Thirteen years after the battle to suppress the Kuiniu Demon King.

Lu Cheng and his two wives, Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue, had just finished their meditation session for the day and walked out of the cave, strolling and chatting in the gardens of Zhiguan Mountain.

Huang Longzi and Madam Baoxiang do not live in Zhiguan Mountain. In this magic palace, there are only Lu Cheng, his wife, concubines, and the trusted disciples of the Tiandi Demon Palace.

Suddenly, a faint sound of a sword whistling came from high in the sky, and the next moment a sword talisman appeared in front of Lu Cheng.

"Sword talisman for communication?"

Upon seeing this, Lu Cheng took the sword talisman directly, opened it and took a look. After a moment, his expression changed slightly.

"Husband, what happened?"

Seeing this, Xiao Yuhong frowned and asked.

"There is a Yuanying cultivator from outside. I don't know what his purpose is. He killed many cultivators from the righteous sect a few years ago, and then hid for a few years. In recent years, he has been associating with cultivators from the Tiandi Demon Palace. A few days ago, he killed 21 elders of the sect. Master already knows about this."

Twenty-one Jindan-level and True Person-level cultivators. Even though the Heavenly and Earthly Demon Palace had divided the spiritual veins strictly and leniently allowed exit over the years, the sudden death of so many elders who had obeyed his orders was still a bit damaging to their vitality.

What's more, many of these cultivators have followed Taoist Huang Longzi for hundreds of years, and they always have some face and favors left for him. Now that they have died at the hands of foreign cultivators, how can Huang Longzi not be furious?
"Give orders to guard the gate. Yuhong, Yuxue, let's take the spells and magic weapons and leave now. Not only Master, but also Third Uncle is here."

"…What on earth does this Taoist Xu want to do to make himself unacceptable to both the righteous and evil sects? If it was just for money, why would he go to this extent with his cultivation?"

Xiao Yuxue took the communication sword talisman from Lu Cheng's hand, and said hatefully after reading it.

"Many people in the demonic world will gradually become extreme and strange because of their cultivation techniques. Sometimes it is simply inexplicable."

With such a big thing happening, Lu Cheng, as the master of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, who was supported by everyone, couldn't help but take care of it. After a cup of tea, the three of them went down the mountain together, with the purpose of joining their third uncle Mie Hongzi and their master Huang Longzi to kill this beast Xu Daoren.

Half a day later, at Qingyang Cave in the southern border of the Tang Dynasty.

When Lu Cheng and the Xiao sisters arrived together, Huang Longzi and his third uncle Mie Hongzi had already arrived.

At this moment, the tall old Taoist was whispering something to Mie Hongzi.

"Master."

"Father."

"Cheng'er, now that you're here, go in and see if you can find any clues."

"Yes, Master."

Qingyang Cave was in a mess.

Although cultivators have clean physiques and the stench is not overwhelming, dozens of people died in a short period of time and the strong smell of blood still hits the face.

It can be seen that because Taoist Xu is willing to humble himself and make friends, many local cultivators are willing to give face to a high-ranking cultivator.

He brought his relatives and concubine to the banquet, but he didn't expect to make friends with a ghost king who wanted to take his life.

The skins of many people were peeled off, so the people lying there and sprawled on the jade table were all bloody corpses.

There were several monks who were good at detective work and soul summoning at the scene. When they saw Lu Cheng walk in, a monk in a gray robe immediately stepped forward and saluted, saying:
"This subordinate has met the leader."

Although the Tiandi Demon Cult was renamed the Tiandi Demon Palace, many old people still prefer to call Lu Cheng the leader.

"Songji, what's the situation?"

The gray-robed monk's name is Song Ji, and he is the number one tracking expert in the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace. Even Lu Cheng, who is tired of mundane affairs, has an impression of this kind of specialized monk.

When Song Ji heard Lu Cheng calling his name directly, a hint of joy appeared on his originally gloomy face, but he quickly suppressed it.

"Everyone was killed in one blow. There was no sign of a fight. There was drug powder in the wine. That Taoist Xu actually poisoned the Jindan cultivators. It was obvious that he had prepared in advance and didn't want them to leave alive."

"Can you summon spirits?"

"No, the necromancy has already been used. There is not even a single dead soul or evil spirit within a hundred miles. Either they were prepared in advance, or they are practicing soul-collecting skills. I am more inclined to the latter."

"Practicing the magic of soul-devouring and soul-refining? No wonder he would attack both the righteous and evil cultivators. He is so reckless. Sooner or later, this kind of person will become a rat crossing the street."

Lu Cheng roughly understood the whole story and said this.

(End of this chapter)