Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 363: Yuanshi Dharma Seal, Overturning the Earth and the Sky

The palace was quiet. Lu Cheng sat cross-legged here in meditation, wearing a plain robe with a solemn expression.

An unknown amount of time had passed before a red light appeared from his chest and flew out, then entered his brain through the Baihui point on his head. Lu Cheng's eyes slowly opened.

He has been refining evil poison and honing his swordsmanship for nearly a hundred years. Whenever Lu Cheng has made some progress, he will go find the nine-headed ghost chariot to practice swordsmanship.

Their lives are powerful, their methods are varied, they are vicious and cunning, and the fights with them are full of fun. At the same time, they never worry about being put to death in the inland city of Jiuli Ding, so they hone their swordsmanship and state of mind.

At the same time, even if the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot was severely damaged, Lu Cheng would not kill it, at least not before finding a new target to practice with.

"The sixth-level demon king is surrounded by precious treasures, and the ghost car may even have the Nine Nether Pearl inside. Even if we want to kill it in the future, we must find a moment that will catch it off guard and preserve the most complete demon body."

The Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot was already a dead demon in Lu Cheng's mind. No matter how many tricks and swordsmanship Lu Cheng used in front of it, he had nothing to be afraid of, and he didn't have to worry about it being spread.

After thinking it over, Lu Cheng took out another piece of green cloth and began to inject his spiritual power into it to refine it. This piece of green cloth was naturally the Heavenly Demon Palace.

It is a space magic weapon close to the seventh-rank spiritual treasure. Even though it has been refined for many years, Lu Cheng's spiritual consciousness and magic power cannot be refined into it. After flying across the starry sea for twenty-four years, only the outermost restriction of this treasure has been worn out, but the core restriction is still as solid as a rock and refuses to open to Lu Cheng.

However, Lu Cheng was not in a hurry to refine it slowly, because Lu Cheng knew that the number of treasures stored in the Heavenly Demon Palace must be so large that he would be extremely satisfied.

The air is filled with the faint scent of sandalwood, and the "ding-dong" sound of water droplets flowing through the clear springs in the Jade Palace adds to the fun.

Lu Cheng had his eyes closed, his hands holding a green cloth, his long hair as black as ink, rising and falling slightly with his breathing.

His fingers gently twisted a string of prayer beads, and the smooth jade stones turned on his fingertips, emitting a faint warm luster.

There was silence inside the Jade Palace, with only the sound of Lu Cheng's breathing and the turning of the rosary beads intertwined together, creating a mysterious and solemn atmosphere.

Rays of five-colored light were brushed into the cloth. They were the result of the five kinds of magic power in Lu Cheng's body. They were brushed down one after another. After these twenty-four years, the outermost restriction of the Heavenly Demon Palace had been brushed so hard that it was flickering and in danger.

At the same time, in Haiyuan City, Canglong Mountain, and Jinting Cave.

This is a very powerful immortal cultivation family. Since immortal cultivation families cannot recruit talents as widely as sects do, there are immortal cultivation families in the foundation-building and purple mansion realms everywhere in the immortal cultivation world. However, the number of immortal cultivation families that have Jindan cultivators or even Yuanying Zhenjun has dropped sharply.

Even if they appear occasionally, most of them are just a flash in the pan and then quickly fade away. The business model of the Xiuxian family has its advantages as well as its fundamental flaws.

Basically, only cultivators of the same clan can enter the core layer of the family. Under such conditions, how can the research and iteration of the family's skills possibly catch up with the sect that recruits talents widely?
The four essentials for cultivating immortals are Dharma, land, companion and wealth. He fell directly to the lowest level in terms of Dharma and companion.

The Jintingdong family is a family of immortal cultivators that has a Jindan cultivator. They have a prominent status in the immortal cultivation world, but their numbers are rare. Even many small and medium-sized sects are unwilling to provoke this behemoth.

After all, the loyalty and sense of identity of the cultivators in the immortal cultivation family are far higher than those in the normal immortal cultivation sect.

The reason why the Zhuang family can produce several Jindan monks for several generations is not because the monks of the Zhuang family are more hardworking or smarter than those of other families.

Just because of the influence of their ancestors, a thousand years ago, the Zhuang family had a Nascent Soul ancestor who occupied Haiyuan City, the spiritual veins of Canglong Mountain, and established the Jinting Cave foundation.

The Canglong Mountain spiritual vein is a sixth-level spiritual vein, connected to the main spiritual vein of Haiyuan City. The spiritual energy it produces is enough for several Nascent Soul cultivators to live in the mountains and practice refining and cultivation.

Possessing such a sixth-order spiritual vein, the cultivators of the Zhuang family have been several steps faster than cultivators from other immortal cultivation families since birth. In this way, it is naturally easier to cultivate Jindan cultivators.

However, after thousands of years, the Zhuang family monks can no longer maintain this ten-thousand-year foundation.

The Taoist palace with flying eaves above the spiritual vein is called a cave, but in fact it is a large jade palace complex. It is more spiritual and beautifully decorated than the mountain gates of many thousand-year-old sects.

Inside the main hall, Zhuang Zonghan, the contemporary head of the banker family, paced back and forth, shaking his head and sighing.

Sitting on his left and right were three men and one woman, all of whom were Jindan-level cultivators of the Zhuang family. They were Zhuang Zongyu, Zhuang Zongwen, Zhuang Huangrong, and Zhuang Huangrong's Taoist partner Ren Qin.

"Brother, please say something. The Longshan Millennium Contract will expire in two months, but at this time, Master Chengyun had an accident in the open sea... No, we don't need to hide it anymore. Master Chengyun may have died. If there is no Yuanying Master to renew the Longshan Contract on behalf of the banker in two months, we will move out of Longshan and abandon this thousand-year foundation left by our ancestors."

Zhuang Zongyu was an old Taoist with a gray face and a long beard. At this moment, his words were solemn and he seemed full of worry.

"At this point, what can I do? I spent so much money to get Jingyu to become Chengyun Zhenjun's disciple. Now, how can I easily get close to a Zhenjun cultivator in such a hurry?"

Even in Haiyuan City, the number of blessed mountains and sacred places is limited, not to mention Canglong Mountain and Jinting Cave, which are both excellent in terms of spiritual veins and geographical locations. Not to mention anything else, just the spiritual medicine garden that has been cultivated by the cultivators of the Zhuang family for thousands of years is a huge fortune.

Over the past thousand years, no one dared to move, for they were intimidated by the laws and regulations of Haiyuan City. However, even if a Yuanying Zhenjun purchased the spiritual land, he could only purchase it for a thousand years at most. After a thousand years, a second Yuanying Zhenjun must renew the contract. Otherwise, the more than ten thousand people in the family, who were no longer under the control of a Yuanying Zhenjun, would have to leave Jinting Cave Mansion.

The glory of a gentleman will decline in three generations, and will be cut off in five generations.

The blessing of the Yuanying ancestor has protected this family for a thousand years, and the same is true of the laws and regulations of Haiyuan City. If they cannot protect the ancestral foundation, they can only blame the incompetence of the descendants of the Zhuang family.

At the same time, in Haiyuan City, a tall and thin monk in black was performing rituals and receiving instructions in front of a floating spiritual mirror.

"In two months, the contract between the Zhuang family and Jinting Cave Mansion will expire. I have already informed everyone in Haiyuan City that any Nascent Soul cultivators who might be interested in the spiritual vein here will not compete for it. You have to clean up the rest by yourself. No matter what, I want Jinting Cave Mansion to be in my hands in two months."

"Please rest assured, Master. If I can't even subdue an early Nascent Soul cultivator, I will be letting you down for all your years of teaching."

The black-robed monk performed the ceremony and spoke.

"Well, don't be too careless. There are many good cultivators even among the early Nascent Soul cultivators, but they wouldn't dare to embarrass a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator like you just for a spiritual land."

One month later, Haiyuan City, Monk Inn.

As the five elements of spiritual light spread around Lu Cheng's body and continuously penetrated into the cloth in his hand, suddenly, there was a series of "crack, crack" sounds like broken glass.

Dozens of rays of light suddenly shot out from the green cloth in Lu Cheng's hand, flying around in the sky.

Among the three with the strongest spiritual light, Lu Cheng recognized two of them:

One of them was an ancient seal, with dark gold interwoven into a dragon shape, circling and climbing, extremely luxurious. It was the Yuanshi Heavenly Demon Seal, the most precious treasure of the Yuanshi Demon Sect in the past, a sixth-level upper grade, with incomparable power.

One is a jade ring with a dragon wrapped in black and white spiritual light, a sixth-level magic weapon Yin-Yang Jade. Although its grade is not as good as the Yuanshi Tianmo Seal, it contains special powers and can summon two black and white dragons to assist cultivators in fighting.

The last and most powerful ray of spiritual light was a purple boat with an exquisite shape and full of spirituality, which did not seem to be an ordinary item.

"Three sixth-tier magic weapons, twenty-four fifth-tier magic weapons, and four sixth-tier spiritual talismans. This is just the first layer of the Heavenly Demon Palace, and the core magic ban has not yet been refined.

For the Heavenly Demon Boy, the core magic restriction should contain the dead survivors of the Dongyang Orthodox Church. He helped those Jindan monks of the Dongyang Orthodox Church to practice alchemy and gain a lifespan of 800 years. These monks also gave their spiritual souls to the Heavenly Demon Boy to nourish his own spirituality.

There is no need to invest too much time and energy in refining this treasure. Just this seal is worth my hard work. "While whispering, Lu Cheng reached out and took the Yuanshi Tianmo Seal in his hand. This is a magic weapon that can suppress people with force. It was quite difficult to activate it even with the magic power of the Tianmo boy. However, this treasure is just right for Lu Cheng who is practicing both magic and body.

At that time, Yang Tianshu, the last leader of the Dongyang Orthodox Church, had his physical body controlled by the Heavenly Demon Boy. However, he was not a dual practitioner of Dharma and body, so the Heavenly Demon Boy had to worry about using too much strength and damaging this rare Nascent Soul cultivator's physical body.

But Lu Cheng was different. When he cultivated to the middle stage of Nascent Soul, he controlled the Heavenly Demon Seal with the power of both Dharma and body, and could turn the world upside down. Who could withstand his pressure?
The characteristic of this magic weapon is that it is ruthless and can only hit the forehead. The cultivators who are killed by it die in a tragic way. It implies the essence of practicing both Dharma and body. In other words, the first generation master of the magic path was himself a cultivator who practiced both Dharma and body.

Lu Cheng was delighted when he got the treasure, and he started to refine it immediately.

The Yin-Yang Jade, also known as the Dragon Jade, is a sixth-rank low-grade magic weapon. It is not very powerful, but it has a magical advantage. The cultivator can inject magic power into it in advance, and activate it at will when encountering a disaster, summoning the Yin-Yang Dragon to defend the way and protect the body with both offense and defense. Although it is a sixth-rank low-grade magic weapon, if enough magic power is injected into it, its power is not inferior to that of a sixth-rank mid-grade one. However, once the Yin-Yang Dragon is damaged, it will take at least twenty years and at most a hundred years to nurture it.

This kind of nourishment does not interfere with the normal practice of the cultivator. It is similar to Lu Cheng's refining of the prohibition of the Heavenly Demon Palace. The daily practice time of the cultivator is limited, because the three treasures of the cultivator are limited. There is no such thing as infinite practice and infinite transformation.

The purple boat is called the Purple Cloud Boat, a rare flying magic weapon, a mid-grade sixth-rank magic weapon. The wonderful thing about it is that it can be used by multiple people to exert their magic power together and combine their magic power. Once it speeds up, it will be difficult for cultivators of the same rank to catch up. At the same time, it is more suitable for long-distance travel.

The remaining four sixth-level talismans and twenty-four fifth-level magic weapons, each has its own magical powers. The treasures that can be collected by the demon boy who has existed in the world for thousands of years are naturally rare and ordinary.

On this day, Lu Cheng was practicing in the temple, refining the Yuanshi Tianmo Seal, when his disciple Shi Sheng suddenly arrived and asked to see him.

"Why, why are you here instead of concentrating on your cultivation?"

"Master, Deacon Han from Yuque Pavilion is here to visit you again."

"Oh? Call him in and see what kind of surprise this young friend can bring me!"

"Disciple obeys your command." Shi Sheng bowed politely and retreated.

Not long after, Han, the steward of Yuque Pavilion, walked into the hall at a brisk pace. After meeting, he bowed deeply.

"I've met the true king."

"My dear Han, there is no need to be so polite. What brings you here today?" Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on a cushion, his whole body enveloped in a halo that made it almost impossible to see him except for hearing his voice.

"True Lord, happy news, great happy news! The Golden Court of Canglong Mountain was originally one of the spiritual veins closest to the core area of ​​Haiyuan City. However, if our descendants are not worthy in this life, no one can inherit the Taoist tradition. The thousand-year contract will expire in one month.

Although the disciples of Jinting Xianque Zhuang family are not good, they still have a good foundation. For thousands of years, they have cultivated spiritual mountains, medicine gardens, and spiritual fields. There are also fifth-level spiritual medicines in the medicine garden. As long as the True Lord is willing to give the Zhuang family a little compensation, I think they will also be willing to hand over Jinting Xianque intact to you and leave a good relationship for the family. "

"I see. My friend is thoughtful."

Upon hearing this, Lu Cheng understood what Deacon Han meant.

When a cultivator practices, he must breathe in and out spiritual energy. If he does not have the breathing of spiritual energy, he must use spiritual stones and spiritual water to assist him. Otherwise, although a cultivator will basically not fall back to the Golden Core realm after reaching it, it will be extremely difficult to increase his magic power.

If a cultivator below the Jindan stage stays in an environment with scarce spiritual energy for a long time without any spiritual stones or spiritual water to replenish it, his magic power will even decline over time.

From the perspective of outsiders, if Lu Cheng's family of five Nascent Soul cultivators were living in the Haiyuan City Inn and practicing magic, the daily consumption of spirit stones would be a considerable expense.

Others don’t know that Lu Cheng’s two wives and two concubines all used the Ghost Infant Pill to refine their Nascent Soul magic power, which consumes very little spiritual energy.

Of course, the spiritual energy intake and output of Lu Cheng alone covers that of the Xiao sisters, Xue Yuzhen, and Yun Linger. In this respect, living off the resources is indeed not a big deal.

"Okay, then you can take me to see the Canglong Mountain and Jinting Xianque. If it really suits my taste, I am not a stingy person, and the Zhuang family and little friend Han will not treat you unfairly."

"What are you talking about, Master?"

Upon hearing this, Deacon Han smiled so hard that his teeth were showing, and he turned sideways to lead Lu Cheng forward.

For something like this, Lu Cheng would not go there alone. He sent out a talisman to summon his wives, concubines and disciples, and they flew up to the sky together.

"If you are not used to living in someone else's palace, it won't take much spirit stones and time to transfer monks from Haiyuan City to rebuild the palace. The best thing about Jinting Cave in Canglong Mountain is that the owner has invested countless efforts in its management and renovation for thousands of years."

This steward of Yuque Pavilion was quite capable in his work. It was only during this time that Lu Cheng learned his name: Han Zhi.

The family was originally ordinary people in Haiyuan City. After three generations of business, they had a son with the aptitude for practicing Taoism, and the whole family supported his practice.

It took another generation of efforts for Fellow Daoist Han Zhi to become the steward monk of Yuque Pavilion and hold some authority. Looking back, it was the hard work of several generations of the entire family.

Lu Cheng, the Xiao sisters, Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger, four disciples and Deacon Han flew on the clouds to Canglong Mountain and Jinting Cave.

Wherever we flew over, we saw countless shady trees and vegetation. It seemed that the monks from the Zhuang family had indeed managed this place with great care.

But when they actually flew to the Jinting Fairy Palace on Canglong Mountain, what they saw was a scene of grief and sorrow.

Under the supervision of a group of black-robed monks, a group of monks with low magical powers lined up in a team and walked out of the mountain, crying and wailing.

Lu Cheng and the others were slightly stunned when they saw this, and looked at Han Zhi. Han Zhi was also stunned when he saw this, and took out a jade case to check again, muttering:
"That's right. There is still a month left. Why are people forcing the Zhuang family to move now? And these people are not cultivators from my Yuque Pavilion. They are... cultivators from the Tiansha League!"

Jinting Cave in Canglong Mountain, inside the palace.

Zhuang Zonghan, Zhuang Zongyu, Zhuang Zongwen, Zhuang Huangrong and their Taoist companion Ren Qin, all with pale faces and bleeding mouths, surrounded a tall and thin monk.

"Gu Nansong, you Tiansha League monks are going too far. The thousand-year contract hasn't expired yet, and you brought people to my door today. Aren't you afraid that I will go to the Law Enforcement Hall to sue you?"

Under normal circumstances, although Zhuang Zonghan was the head of the Zhuang family, he would not dare to breathe a single breath in front of this True Lord. But now that his family was about to be destroyed, he was fearless instead.

"You are reporting this to the Law Enforcement Hall, it's just a dispute. As long as you don't leave, the banker won't be considered to have left Jinting Cave. But your banker will offend the Tiansha League because of this matter. Can you really afford this consequence?
As the head of a family, you should not act rashly for the sake of your family of tens of thousands of people."

The black-clothed monk Gu Nansong, with his own strength, suppressed the five Jindan monks of the Zhuang family. Although there were many other monks in the Zhuang family, they were naturally afraid to resist due to the pressure from Yuanying Zhenjun, for fear of bringing disaster upon their clan.

In recent years, under the management of Master Jiang An, the Tiansha League wanted to establish its own sect. Naturally, it was short of spiritual stones. Gu Nansong didn't want to give spiritual stone compensation, but the dealer wanted the blessed land of Lingshan that had been managed for thousands of years. So he played this trick and controlled the dealer a month in advance.

The Tiansha Alliance is close to establishing a sect, and has a deep network of contacts throughout Haiyuan City. In comparison, the Zhuang family has been in decline for a thousand years. Gu Nansong really doesn't think that the Zhuang family can make a comeback, and they don't even dare to resist.

This was the scene that Lu Cheng and his party saw when they arrived at Canglong Mountain and Jin Ting Cave. The cultivators of Tiansha League naturally wanted to stop them, but when they saw that there were five Yuanying Zhenjun on the opposite side, they quickly calmed down and wanted to inform Gu Nansong, but how could their escape speed match that of Lu Cheng and others? Even their spiritual consciousness flying talismans and other means were broken by Lu Cheng with a wave of his hand.

"It is normal for someone to fight for the sacred mountain blessed land. It is not uncommon for people to fight hundreds of times for the top-grade spiritual veins."

(End of this chapter)