Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 355: Xuantian Thirteen Changes, Purple and Green Sword Techniques (Please subscribe!)
In the sacred mountain, the secret cave, and a stone mansion, a group of cultivators were sitting and standing.

"Roughly speaking, Yunxiao County is about 200,000 to 300,000 miles away from Zhiguan Mountain of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace. With just one spell, the enemy was defeated instantly. This method must have reached the realm of earthly immortals. It is simply incredible. I dare not imagine that the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace is worthy of being inherited from the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace!

His ability to tame beasts is almost unrivaled in the world."

On the stone platform, an old Taoist with a big head, a small body, and no beard and white eyebrows, sighed repeatedly while holding a letter in his hand.

“Not only that, over the years, the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace has suppressed demons and slayed monsters to maintain the overall stability of the Tongxuan Dharma Realm. The Kui Niu Demon King has noble blood and is good at controlling thunder. He was brought to the palace because he broke into cities and ate people. Lord Lu and his two wives joined forces and entered the northern mountains and eliminated him in three days.

And that Taoist Xu, I have had some contact with Zhenhun Valley's Li Zhenjun. This man is a man of extraordinary courage and spirit, and is truly a rare talent in the Zhenhun Valley lineage. He once fought against a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul from another realm and was not defeated. Such a high-level cultivator also died at the hands of Taoist Xu, and then Taoist Xu died at the hands of Master Lu's sword. It can be seen that Master Lu really deserves the title of the number one swordsman in my Tongxuan Realm."

"Master Cao, what do you mean by saying this now? No matter how good Lu Daoist is at swordsmanship or how powerful his magic is, he is no longer on our side. Why should we still worship him as the leader of the Demonic Path?
If I were to ask you, this person is the bad guy. If the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace was still ruled by Venerable Huang Longzi, we would have already gone to war with the eight major orthodox religions and unified this world. We would never dare to think of rebellion. "

In front of the white-browed old man Cao Xiayou stood four monks. The leader was dressed in black and had fair skin, but his long hair was mixed with black and white, and his eyes revealed a malicious look.

Next to her was a tall, bald, fat man with a loose robe, a protruding belly, and skin as white as jade. He gave people a feeling of being as heavy as a mountain.

To the left and right, there was an old woman with dark green skin and a tall and thin Taoist in a black robe. Both of them had evil auras and were evil.

"What I mean is that I had no choice but to join the Demonic Path. My master was partial to his own people and was determined to pass on the inheritance of the sect to his useless only son. If I had not joined the Demonic Path to seek the secret method, I would be a pile of dust now. But I also paid a terrible price."

As he spoke, Cao Xiayou untied his outer robe, revealing his emaciated body that was skin and bones.

"Now Lord Lu is going to lead the Demon Palace to convert from evil to Taoism. Cao is willing to follow in his footsteps. I myself really don't want to continue to hate and fight with my disciples."

"Cao Xiayou!"

Hearing this, the four cultivators in front of him all took a step forward and surrounded Cao Xiayou. A strange purple light appeared from the leading female cultivator.

He went crazy because of hatred, and became a demon because of madness.

Lu Cheng's reform of the entire demonic path certainly affected the interests of many people. Some cultivators were willing to obey, while others chose to form alliances and secretly defect and resist.

"What? Do you want to force me? Don't forget that I, Cao, am a fifth-rank formation master. If you retreat now, I swear I will never betray you. But if you take action but fail to kill me, you and the organization behind you will probably have to go from secret to open."

Cao Xiayou sat upright on the altar, even with his eyes closed. He seemed calm and not panicked by the situation.

But the four cultivators opposite him all understood that Cao Xiayou was practicing magical skills, absorbing the essence in his body and cultivating himself to be neither human nor ghost.

At the same time, he was practicing the magic skill of pupil technique. The moment he suddenly opened his eyes, he was attacking with all his strength. In this cave, the four people were not sure they could take him down.

"Master Cao, that Taoist Lu sent his disciples to look for trouble with us old people. Are you just turning a blind eye to this? Killing people to practice martial arts, which of us old guys hasn't done it? When others are facing disasters, we sit by and watch without any reaction. I am afraid that one day the disaster will fall on our heads."

The leading female cultivator said this with some reservations.

"It is because I have been paying attention to this matter that I am sure of this. I will not hold grudges against the past. Even if an enemy complains to the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, the Lord God will just let him take revenge on his own. He did not say that he would uphold justice for him and embarrass us old brothers.

The old bat in the Chiyin Mountain next door killed prisoners and drank their blood to practice martial arts, killing several people unjustly, but the God King only confiscated his spirit stones. Can my crime be greater than his?"

"Now that monsters are rampant and spread all over this world, the Lord of Gods is in need of people. We who practice blood and soul can use beast blood and souls instead of human blood and souls. Why do we have to attack our own people? After all, we are just people who practice magic skills, not monsters."

While Cao Xiayou said this, he kept his eyes closed and did not let down his guard.

The female cultivator who was the leader of the four people saw that she couldn't find any flaws, so after a while she finally flicked her sleeves and said, "Let's go!"

Things like this have happened frequently in Tongxuan Realm in recent days.

On the one hand, the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace had strict control, which affected the interests of some middle and high-level demon monks. On the other hand, Lucheng City suppressed and killed the Kuiniu Demon King and Xu Daoren in two battles, which shocked the world.

Many cultivators who were originally wavering tilted their psychological balance towards the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace after these two battles, and felt that their own magic skills did not require human blood and souls to be practiced.

Demon cultivators, most of the time, just bully the weak and take advantage of the jungle. In order to gain extraordinary gains, they use extraordinary methods. In general, they always try to avoid direct clashes with the strong.

There are also some who have a lasting hatred for anything that is unfair in this world, and they are almost righteous, but they are not among the majority.

Zhiguan Mountain, inside the Demonic Palace of Heaven and Earth.

Lu Cheng lightly pressed the quaint desk in front of him, the tip of his pen jumped on the rice paper, and the ink spread on the paper.

In a flash, a few thousand words appeared like beads or chains, lying across the paper:
Xuantian's Thirteen Reforms, a further step in the Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method.

Originally, if Lu Cheng wanted to create his own martial arts, it would definitely not be so fast, but in the Tianhai Cave, he inherited seven sets of Yuanshen martial arts.

Especially one of them, Ruyi Tianmo Lu, which swallows gold and iron, refines them into one's own body, and obtains a body of gold bones and jade marrow, which is immune to all kinds of attacks and cannot be harmed by any magic.

This extremely precious seventh-level Yuanshen Demonic Body Cultivation Method is almost identical to the Great Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method, and has provided Lu Cheng with a lot of reference.

Now that the overall skeleton is in place, it will be much easier to fill it with flesh and blood.

In addition to the Ruyi Heavenly Demon Record and its incomplete copy of the Secret Strategy of the Heavenly Stone of Transformation, Lu Cheng also comprehended the Ten Thousand Spirits Wood God Technique and the two Seventh-Level Yuanshen Magic Sword Techniques:

The Zigang Xuansha Leiguang Sword Technique and the Qingmo Shuangsha Tianhui Sword Technique, these two sword techniques, one fast and fierce, the other vicious, are very suitable for Lu Cheng's sword-wielding temperament.

"The Purple Gang Black Evil Lightning Sword is fierce and domineering, with the force of thunder and lightning. Wherever the sword points, the thunder destroys everything. The Green Demon Frost Evil Heavenly Filthy Sword is extremely filthy, evil and poisonous. Once you are hit by the sword, all other methods will be lost. When you practice to the extreme, even if a cultivator with a primordial spirit is hit by the sword, he will have no choice but to abandon his physical body and turn the disaster around.

However, these two sword techniques are extremely dangerous to practice. If you are not careful, you will either be killed by lightning or poisoned. It's really interesting!"

"Husband, is it possible that these two sword techniques are actually practiced separately? No one would practice two completely opposite sword techniques at the same time, right?"

"But that would be boring."

Looking at her husband in front of her, with his innocent face, Xiao Yuhong's heart was full of pity and love, but she was also a little angry.

Her husband treats practicing sword skills as a game, but he is so talented and extraordinary that he is truly a natural sword immortal that is hard to come by in a million years.

However, it is too dangerous to practice two profound sword techniques with completely opposite sword styles at the same time.

"No, you are not allowed to practice both at the same time. Even if you practice one at a time, I will not stop you. Practicing both at the same time is too dangerous!"

In addition to the four Taoist books: Ruyi Tianmo Lu, Huaqing Tianshi Secret Plan, Zigang Xuansha Leiguang Sword Technique, Qingmo Shuangsha Tianhui Sword Technique, and Wanling Mushen Sutra.

Among the seven soul inheritances that Lu Cheng obtained in the Tianhai Cave Heaven that year, there were: Yin-Yang Mixed Cave Method, Nine Secrets of the Immortal True Spirit, and a Book of Ten Thousand Tribulations and Hundreds of Weapons.

Among them, the Yin-Yang Mixed Cave Method is a secret method of dual cultivation, and the Nine Secrets of the Immortal True Spirit are the magic secrets of the Shinto way. Xiao Yuhong, Xiao Yuxue, Xue Yuzhen and Yun Ling'er all focus on studying these two books of the Yuanshen Taoism.

She could advance by using the Yin-Yang Mixed Cave Method, benefit from both sides with her husband, and ascend to heaven together. She could retreat by relying on the Nine Secrets of the Immortal True Spirit and practice the way of the gods, borrow the power of the Red Lord to keep her true spirit alive, and wait for her husband to come and rescue her after he ascends to heaven.

Under these seven Taoist books, there are also sixth-level Taoist books such as Hanyin Bingsha Jue, Huanri Dafa, Tianyao Sword Sutra, Haoran Zhengqi Jue, Xuanxingshu Secret Talisman General Chapter, Xuanmo Zhengfa Fragment Chapter, etc.

It can be said that the cultivators in the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace are not lacking in the three aspects of law, land, and wealth. With the support of the heart of Tao, their Taoism will naturally make great progress.

As long as they practice diligently, the cultivators in the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace have such profound attainments, high insights, and ingenious methods that there is no other sect in the Tongxuan Realm that can compare to them.

As for partners, Xiao Yuhong, Xiao Yuxue, Xue Yuzhen, Yun Linger, and Madam Baoxiang all have their own husbands to rely on.

But for people like Huang Longzi, Lu Cheng, and Huo Xiu, they are a little lacking in terms of partners. They have almost reached the top of the Tongxuan realm in their respective fields.

Taoist Huang Longzi is a man of natural talent. When it comes to companions, his friends, relatives and friends are his companions, and his enemies are also his companions. In a battle with Taoist Xu, he was hit by an arrow and gained the power of "death". After returning to the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, he had an epiphany and went into seclusion again.

If he could seize this God-given opportunity, Huang Longzi's magic power level would be able to break through the third level of the Nascent Soul and be promoted to the middle level of the Nascent Soul.

Huang Longzi is already more than 1,100 years old. It is not fast for him to cultivate to the middle stage of Nascent Soul at this age. He also does not have enough time to reach the Yuanshen stage. However, with his accumulated Taoist foundation, it is almost inevitable that he will be able to enter the Yuanshen stage again in the next life after one catastrophe.

It's just that the Nascent Soul Realm and the Primordial Spirit Realm share one tribulation. One tribulation at the Nascent Soul Realm grants two thousand years of life, while one tribulation at the Primordial Spirit Realm grants three thousand years of life.

There are treasures that can allow cultivators to have one more chance to overcome their calamity, but they are all extremely precious and hard to find even after thousands of years.

If one wants to ascend to become an immortal in the future, the opportunity to overcome the tribulation is crucial. A cultivator who has cultivated to the Yuanshen realm and has never undergone the tribulation has a much greater chance of becoming an immortal than a cultivator who has undergone the tribulation once.

According to Taoist scriptures, there is actually no limit to the lifespan of a cultivator of the primordial spirit. They have already initially cultivated to the path of immortality, but there is insufficient immortal energy in the mortal world, and the cultivator's primordial spirit cannot get enough development and growth, so their lifespan is only three thousand years, and each catastrophe lasts for a total of six thousand years.

In fact, if it is in the world of earthly immortals, a cultivator who cultivates to the seventh level of Yuanshen realm can achieve immortality.

Time passes day by day, there is no sixty years in the mountains, and the cold ends without knowing the years. Zhiguan Mountain is the magic palace of heaven and earth.

The blessed land of Lingshan is shrouded in clouds and mist, like a fairyland.

There was a hidden valley in the mountains, and Lu Cheng liked its quietness so he often went there to practice. He was seen wearing a Taoist robe, holding two swords, with purple and green light flowing on the swords, condensing and changing, and when he controlled them, they were like two dragons dancing and circling in the air.

Although Madam Xiao Yuhong asked him to practice the sword techniques one by one, with Lu Cheng's talent in swordsmanship, he had already memorized the contents of these two sword techniques by heart, so it was impossible for him not to practice them together even if he wanted to.

At this moment, he closed his eyes and concentrated. Two sword lights danced in the air and moved with his breathing. The sword light was like lightning, cutting through the sky and making a deafening roar.

The two swords wielded by Lu Cheng sometimes turned into purple lightning, stabbing forward violently, and sometimes turned into blue-black frost demons, cold and ruthless.

The sword intent and sword energy of the two swords were so powerful that they distorted the surrounding space, as if they wanted to refine this place into nothingness.

"Master, Master! Calm down, you have to calm down. I am a Yin-type flying sword. Can you use my skills to control the Purple Yang Gangsha Heavenly Thunder?"

Guided by the Dao formula in the void, streaks of purple lightning fell down. They should have been attracted by the sword light, but the Netherworld Flying Sword twisted its sword body unwillingly.

"Half man, half sword, half sword, half man, returning to the original state, transformed into a human. Marrying a wife and having children, no longer bound by shackles, from sword to man, from man to immortal, which step is not against the will of heaven?

If you are willing to be a sword for the rest of your life, I will not force you. But are you willing?"

"..."

The next moment, Lu Cheng's sword technique and flying sword merged into one, and the Netherworld Flying Sword rushed into the purple lightning and used the sword to attract the lightning.

"Difficult? Of course it's difficult. With your murderous aura, it would be a hundred times more difficult to survive the calamity of ascension than it is now. This is just the beginning."

As time went by, as the two sword techniques were put into practice, Taoist Lu Cheng's face sometimes showed pain, sometimes ecstasy.

At this moment, his emotions were completely controlled by the two sword techniques, and he was completely immersed in the world of swords.

His swordsmanship has already reached the level of perfection, and every move and every style is filled with murderous and violent demonic spirit.

As the purple-green sword dragon circled and danced in the sky, the surrounding flowers, plants and trees were destroyed by the sword energy, and bottomless cracks gradually appeared on the ground.

In the valley, there was no other sound except the sound of sword energy. It was as if the whole world was swallowed up by Lu Cheng's swordsmanship, leaving only him and the two flying swords he controlled.

Lu Cheng sometimes used the Netherworld Flying Sword to activate the Purple Gang Xuan Sha Lei Guang Sword Technique, and sometimes used the Netherworld Flying Sword to activate the Green Demon Frost Evil Tian Hui Sword Technique. He used the Netherworld Flying Sword to make the sword technique more powerful, and used the Five Elements Flying Sword to make the control of the sword technique more smooth.

The more he practiced, the more the sword intent and sword energy of these two sword techniques would flow back into Lu Cheng's body.

His body was surrounded by the air currents of the Purple Gang Xuan Sha Lei Guang Sword Technique and the Green Demon Shuang Sha Tian Hui Sword Technique, like thunder and storm, interweaving into a picture of the cycle of life and death.

The flying sword flew through the air, the tip of the sword trembled slightly, and lightning and green light flashed in the air, as if it was going to tear the world apart.

One purple and one green, the two sword forces merged into the body, one on the left and one on the right, starting from Lu Cheng's left little finger and right thumb, spreading one on the left and one on the right. All the joints in his body made crisp explosion sounds, and there was even a timbre of metal collision in the sound. The power of the Zi Yang Gang Sha Tian Lei sword and the Qing Mo Shuang Sha Tian Hui sword collided with each other, confusing life and death, forming a destructive yet vital force.

The sword light was like a dragon, appearing and disappearing from time to time. Lu Cheng seemed to have merged into one with the light of the two swords, turning into a dazzling sword energy storm on the top of the mountain.

Wherever the sword moved, lightning flashed and green frost appeared. The sword energy swept away all the leaves and trees around the valley.

"go with!"

Suddenly, Lu Cheng let out a long roar, and his two swords overlapped. The purple-green sword light suddenly surged, as if it was about to break through the clouds. A hurricane of sword energy rose into the sky, tearing the sky and splitting the clouds.

The mountain birds on Zhiguan Mountain were startled and flew away, the trees were swaying, and the sword intent and power of the double swords reached their peak. At this moment, Lu Cheng seemed to have merged with the entire world.

Snap, snap, snap, snap, bang…

Suddenly, several important acupuncture points on Lu Cheng's body exploded from the inside out, and purple and blue blood flowed, and blood gushed out.

After an unknown amount of time, the two swords in Lu Cheng's hands slowly fell down, and the sword energy that penetrated the sky and the earth also dissipated.

"The backlash of the sword energy and sword power is indeed very heavy, but it is also very interesting!"

Lu Cheng opened his eyes, and a strange light flashed in them. He looked at the two swords in his hands and smiled slightly, feeling very satisfied with the results of his training this time.

It is interesting to solve problems when they arise, rather than not being able to find the problem in your own practice. In that case, there will be no room for further progress.

At night, Lu Cheng rode the clouds and returned to the Taoist palace.

At this time, Zhou Qingyun, the Yunyue Envoy of the past and one of the Five Attendants today, had already been waiting in the front hall.

This female cultivator was dressed in green, with beautiful and cold eyes. Although there were many rumors in the outside world that the five servants of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace were called attendants but were actually concubines, everyone had different thoughts. Lin Wanrong and Rong Jiaoer both wanted to be Lu Cheng's concubines, while Zhou Qingyun and Fang Shiman, two female cultivators, regarded this place as an excellent place for cultivation.

It is filled with spiritual energy and has rich Taoist scriptures. It can provide protection and safety, and there are also high-level monks who preach from time to time. It is truly a rare good place in the world.

"God, Master Jin Ri, the Master of the Fiery Dharma Realm, invites you to explore the Eclipse Cave Heaven together. I am willing to split the profits with you 70% to 30%."

"God, the Qingming True Lord of Guanghan Palace invites you to help us kill the mysterious frost insects entrenched in the depths of the ice field. Afterwards, I am willing to give Guanghan Palace the sixth-level elixir Tianhan Jingxin Dan."

"God King"

"Well, I am not interested in participating in these invitations. Qingyun, now that I have all the Taoist books, elixirs, and spiritual stones in the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, what should I do?"

Lu Cheng waved his hand, interrupting Zhou Qingyun's next words and asked.

"We should concentrate on practicing Taoism and pursuing the Great Dao... But if we reject all these invitations, won't we make too many enemies?"

"If you refuse just one or two requests, you'll make enemies, but if you refuse them all, then it won't matter."

"I obey my orders."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingyun politely responded.

It's not that she didn't understand the logic behind this, but the conditions offered by the True Lords from all walks of life and the senior cultivators from all sects were very generous. Even if she wanted to refuse, it shouldn't be her turn to do so. Zhou Qingyun didn't have the power to do so and had to get Lu Cheng's accurate confirmation.

"Where has Jiao'er been during this time?"

"Because some time ago, I handled the Yunxiao County incident for the Divine Lord. After returning to the palace, he seemed to have some realizations and has gone into seclusion."

"Well, she has been practicing diligently for so many years, waiting for an opportunity for enlightenment. If she can make a top-grade elixir, it will not be in vain for all her years of hard work."

"Qingyun is leaving."

"Ah."

When Lu Cheng returned to his residence, he happened to run into his Taoist partner Xiao Yuhong, who was tidying up the clothes he had casually placed in the room.

Xiao Yuhong did not allow waiters to enter Lu Cheng's room, which added a lot of housework to her, but Xiao Yuhong enjoyed it.

Lu Cheng knew that this was his wife's happiness, so he didn't stop her.

"Husband, who do you think will become the ninth Nascent Soul cultivator in my Heaven and Earth Demon Palace? Who will be the helper of you and your father?" There was a large rocking chair in Lu Cheng's room. After the couple finished their housework, they lay on the rocking chair together and chatted.

"It's either Shi Sheng or that girl Miao Chuyun."

"In my husband's eyes, my father's disciples and your senior brothers and sisters seem to be not worth mentioning."

Xiao Yuhong seemed a little angry, and said with a smile as she looked at Lu Cheng.

"No, it's just that Senior Brother Yuwen Zheng has too many mental obstacles, and his progress in Taoism has been slow over the years. Second Senior Sister Wu Lingjun still needs some time to accumulate practice, and Third Senior Brother Ou Bai's whereabouts are unknown. Only these three people under Master have the hope of cultivating the Nascent Soul. Counting me, the ratio is already very high."

“However, the second oldest, Miao Chuyun, was born with intelligence, and the fourth oldest, Shi Sheng, was even more naturally nurtured. Their spiritual fetuses have already turned into tribulations. The accumulated Dao karma of these two people is actually enough. They just want to cultivate the Nascent Soul path that suits their own paths. Otherwise, these two people would have already cultivated the Nascent Soul long ago.”

Lu Cheng practiced Taoism, building the foundation, condensing the evil spirit and refining the golden elixir. These steps were not actually very fast, but since he had refined the Nascent Soul, his progress in practice was faster and faster than that of the practitioners at the same level.

This was the result of absorbing the Five Elements and practicing the Great Sun Divine Gang, integrating the Gang and the evil to cultivate an incomparably powerful Taoist foundation.

When practicing Taoism with the methods of the Tongxuan Realm, in addition to having to go through forty-nine heavy tribulations and having a nine-tenth chance of death, the Tao foundation that is finally cultivated is actually more powerful than the Taoism inherited from the seven realms. After the Taoism of the seven realms was introduced into the Tongxuan Realm, many cultivators turned to practicing the Dharma in order to gain the favor of heaven and reduce the devil's tribulations, but there were also some cultivators who followed the Taoism of their own realm. It is difficult to explain the gains and losses of these choices.

The two disciples under Lu Cheng, Miao Chuyun and Shi Sheng, condensed the Earthly Demons and Heavenly Gang. In fact, their foundations had been perfected, but it was not easy for them to survive the last forty-nine catastrophes. They were just waiting for an opportunity.

Of course, if they could find spiritual objects such as the Infant Transformation Pill and the Nine Heavens Jade, with their accumulation, these two people could quickly break out of the calamity and become Lu Cheng's capable assistants to serve the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace.

(End of this chapter)