Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 367: Six Instruments to Refine the Heart, Famous in the City

According to the spells in the Book of Ten Thousand Tribulations and One Hundred Weapons, with Lu Chengfeng's current state of mind, if he wanted to successfully refine the weapons and forge his Dharma body, he would need at least six top-grade magic weapons from the Buddhist and Taoist traditions, refine their essence, and forge them into his body before he could succeed.

Use the power of magic weapons to break through the cultivator's own magical realm.

Fortunately, Lu Chengfeng had been practicing for 1,600 years and still had some wealth. Although the cost of this breakthrough to a smaller realm was almost as much as a breakthrough to a larger realm, it required him to exhaust all his savings.

But Lu Chengfeng had already stopped at the third level of the Nascent Soul realm for hundreds of years, so he accepted the price he paid.

What's more, after reforging the Dharmakāya, not only will one's magic power break through, but one can also cultivate an extremely powerful magical power to protect the Dao, so one may not necessarily suffer a loss.

He explained the key points to Lu Chengfeng, and then let him leave to go to Haiyuan City to purchase Buddhist and Taoist magic weapons.

Lu Cheng returned to the Taoist palace, sat cross-legged on the altar, and his consciousness left his body, flew around and landed in his chest.

"You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. An ordinary spiritual contract, even the Styx oath, can be violated by a Nascent Soul cultivator as long as he is willing to pay the price. It's time to take out this Nine Nether Pearl."

The Jiuli world is a wild and desolate place.

An evil bird with nine heads was sleeping soundly among the mountains. It had gorgeous black and gray feathers and nine heads. Most of them were asleep, but some were still awake and kept making terrifying hissing sounds.

Each head seemed to contain endless evil and power, and the huge body exuded a burning evil aura, and the surrounding air seemed to be distorted by its existence.

Suddenly, the eighteen pairs of eyes of the ghost car opened at the same time, and its gaze seemed to evoke endless illusions and distort people's hearts.

"Lu Cheng, you bastard Taoist priest are here again! Your sword skills and magic power have improved rapidly in recent times, and you come to test your sword on me so soon!"

When the Taoist heard this, he just smiled and said nothing.

Trying out the sword? This time I'm here to kill you.

The Taoist gestured with his hands, and a jet-black sword light flew out from his sleeves and cut down the enemy. His unique sword skills were the sword energy and thunder sound, and the sword light turned into a rainbow. The sword seemed to carry endless power from the underworld, and it was both fast and fierce, heading straight for one of the heads of the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot.

The Nascent Soul magical power domain spread around the Nine-Headed Ghost Car, and countless illusions appeared and disappeared with its body as the center, as if there were countless worlds.

The Ghost Chariot has nine heads and speaks evil words. It is extremely skilled in illusions. Once you are trapped in it, you will be easily killed. If the opponent is difficult to deal with, you can also use illusions to restrain him and fly away.

Therefore, this nine-headed ghost chariot roams the worlds, commits countless evil deeds, but few cultivators can deal with it.

However, all the illusions seemed to be destroyed by a sword at this moment. Guiche reacted very quickly, and the head suddenly dodged, easily avoiding the sword light.

The other heads each spewed out demonic energy like flames, entangled with the attack of the Netherworld Flying Sword.

Gui Che was familiar with Lu Cheng's swordsmanship, and Lu Cheng was also very familiar with Gui Che's illusion techniques, so ordinary illusion sword moves could hardly really hurt the opponent.

But Lu Cheng's flying sword attack did not stop. He immediately changed the magic spell in his hand and performed the Five Elements Sword Technique.

Five rays of five-element sword lights flew out from his sleeves one after another. At first, they were not as sharp and ferocious as the Netherworld Flying Sword, but they stimulated five different attributes of five-element sword energy: green, red, white, yellow, and black.

Guiding the vital energy between the four directions of heaven and earth into the sword, the sword energy is infinitely amplified. When it is brought to the extreme, it is so strong and powerful that it seems to be able to move mountains and break seas.

The white sword energy was extremely sharp, as if it could cut through everything.

The green sword energy contains vigorous vitality, but also hides hidden murderous intent.

The black sword energy was as surging as waves.

The red sword energy was so fierce that it seemed to be able to ignite the entire space.

The earth-colored sword energy was heavy and steady, giving people an unshakable artistic conception. These five five-colored sword energies attacked the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot from different directions, shifting and changing in all directions. The Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot's Nascent Soul Divine Power Domain was suddenly in chaos and fell into a passive state.

The unique sword skills are the sword light turning into rainbow, the five elements sword intent, and one sword breaking the illusion.

The Five Elements Sword Intent is one of the most stable sword intents in the world, and it can objectively and truly restrain illusions.

"scold!"

The nine-headed ghost chariot roared, and the nine heads simultaneously spewed out black demonic mist, which quickly spread and enveloped Lu Cheng's five elements sword light.

The Five Elements Sword Light seemed to be greatly hindered in the evil fog, and its speed gradually slowed down.

This is the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot that has spared no effort to use its magic power to infect the heaven and earth. All things in this world are made of the five elements, but it can temporarily cover and change their nature with its own demonic energy, and it can also weaken Lu Cheng's five elements sword intent.

With the sword power restrained, the threat of the Five Elements Flying Swords was greatly reduced.

"I sense murderous intent in your heart. Are you going to kill me this time!?"

The Ghost Car is a master of magic and is good at reading people's minds. At this moment, it was able to see through Lu Cheng's mind for a moment.

Upon hearing this, Lu Cheng said nothing, but quickly formed seals with his hands and performed the innate qi catching technique.

A huge five-colored hand condensed in front of him, and then slapped towards the evil fog.

The Five Elements Handprint was so powerful and fierce that it actually dispersed the thick evil fog directly, and with the entanglement of the Netherworld and Five Elements swords, it hit the body of the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot hard.

The nine-headed ghost chariot felt pain and let out an angry roar.

"Young man, you can't kill me just by yourself, and even if you kill me, it won't do you any good!

I have a secret method that allows me to curse others. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator will die under the death curse.

My last ancestor was already a demon saint, but he retired to the outer realm to practice, leaving me as his successor. If you kill me, my ancestor will sense it and hunt you down. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about your master and relatives!"

However, while the nine evil heads continued to utter heart-wrenching words, the Ghost Chariot was by no means an easy opponent. It also launched a counterattack. The seven heads simultaneously spewed out black rays of light, which shot towards Lu Cheng like sharp arrows.

Lu Cheng kept changing the magic spells in his hands and performed the Five Elements Escape Technique. The Taoist's figure appeared and disappeared between the mountains, and his aura changed inexplicably. However, those rays of light actually shuttled back and forth like flying swords. Obviously, it was also a killing move that Ghost Car had prepared for nearly a hundred years to deal with Lu Cheng, condensing his aura into a sword.

"The Yuanshi Heavenly Demon Seal appears!"

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Lu Cheng changed the hand gestures and pressed forward.

Rumble, rumble, rumble, it seemed that a huge sacred mountain was pushed out in the void. At the same time, a chaotic hole seemed to emerge with Lu Cheng's body as the center.

Clang Clang Clang Clang.

The four Qi swords were forcibly shattered by the domineering power of Yuanshi Tianmo Seal, but some black rays still broke through Lu Cheng's defense. Even Duotian Hualing could not completely dissolve them, leaving a few shallow sword marks on his Taoist robe.

"Humph."

Lu Cheng groaned in pain and there seemed to be a flash of fire in his eyes. With a thought, he released two groups of poisonous insects, the gold-gnawing fire ants and the poisonous golden silkworm.

With the attack of the Ghost Chariot just now, an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator would have died under its sword. Although the sword mark on the Taoist robe was shallow, the sword intent and sword energy went straight into the bone marrow. It was only because Lu Cheng practiced both the Dharma and the body, and had the Samadhi True Fire that had been nurtured in his body for many years to protect his body from the foreign body, that he was able to withstand it.

However, he also suffered some sword wounds.

Two clouds of insects, one gold and one red, and the gold-gnawing fire ants swarmed towards the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot like a tide. Their hard teeth could easily crush the precious materials for sword-making, let alone the flesh of the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot.

The poisonous golden silkworm Gu was flying in the air, releasing highly toxic gas, forcing the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot to be distracted to deal with it.

The nine-headed ghost chariot was annoyed by the two poisonous insects. It flapped its wings and swung its body frantically, trying to shake off the poisonous insects.

But the gold-gnawing fire ants were tightly attached to its body, constantly gnawing at its flesh and blood, and the deadly poison of the golden silkworm Gu also began to spread in its body.

"Spiritual birds eat Gu, and they are also eaten by evil Gu. Mutual promotion and mutual restraint are not absolute. My understanding of the Insect Sutra is not wrong."

While the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot was busy dealing with the poisonous insects, Lu Cheng immediately summoned the sixth-level magic weapon, the Samsara Banner. As soon as the Samsara Banner appeared, it exuded a mysterious and strange aura.

Lu Cheng waved the Wheel of Reincarnation Banner with one hand, and streams of golden light swept towards the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot. This was the condensed magic power of the Eighteen Gods. The Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot felt threatened by this magic power, and it tried to struggle to escape, but was suppressed by the Netherworld, the Five Elements Twin Swords, and the two kinds of evil poisons, and it could not fly away for a while.

Lu Cheng took the opportunity to once again display the Five Elements Sword Technique and the Innate Qi Grabbing Technique, and coordinated with the power of the Wheel of Reincarnation Banner to launch a series of violent attacks on the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot.

"Even if you can escape now, where can you escape to in such a big world?"

The five elements flying swords turned into five, and the five combined into one. This is Lu Cheng's natal flying sword, the Netherworld Flying Sword plus the Samsara Banner.

After this battle with three sixth-tier magic weapons, Lu Cheng's spiritual awareness and magic power were pushed to the limit. The nine-headed ghost chariot gradually couldn't hold on under this powerful attack, and its nine heads began to explode and fall down one after another.

"Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist! Why on earth do you suddenly want to kill me? I am willing to follow you from now on, obey your orders, and never betray you."

The five flying swords of the Five Elements suddenly merged into one, turning into a flying sword that looked like glass, and intersected with the Netherworld Flying Sword. The sword forces of each other complemented each other, and finally turned into two swords like poisonous dragons, cutting off the last two heads of the Nine-Headed Ghost Car like scissors. With a loud bang, the huge corpse of the giant bird fell to the ground.

But after a moment, the body of the Nine-Headed Ghost Chariot suddenly began to tremble, and an ink-black shadow rushed out from its body, as if trying to escape.

Just at this instant, Lu Cheng put his palms together in front of his forehead and summoned a ray of Samadhi True Fire, which enveloped the surrounding area of ​​the Ghost Chariot's corpse with a single wave.

“Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist, please let me go. I really didn’t lie to you. My ancestor is a seventh-level demon saint. He planted a heart-linking talisman on me. If I really die, my ancestor will be able to sense you immediately. Fellow Daoist, there is no deep hatred between you and me. In the future, I am willing to eat vegetarian food every day, chant Buddhist scriptures to transcend my past sins, and please let me go… Ahhhhh!”

"You don't need to worry about me like this. No matter what the Heart-Linking Talisman is, it is impossible to pass it to any existence through the Jiuli Cauldron. If you are not a good opponent, and I haven't killed for a long time, do you think I really have no other way to kill you?
Once you enter this cauldron, your life and death will be in my hands."

When Lu Cheng finished speaking, the nine-headed ghost chariot had been completely refined into a Nine Nether Pearl.

An object like a glass ball with a dim light flew down and landed in Lu Cheng's hand. It was condensed by the essence of Guiche's demonic energy.

The Jiuyou Pearl, the Ghost Car's natal demon pill, and the demon pills of the ancient demon kings who have cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, many of their demon pills can no longer be simply called demon pills. Many of them contain all kinds of incredible power.

The Jiuyou Pearl is one of them. It is said that after refining, it can quickly improve a cultivator of the same realm by one small realm, but it is said that it contains heavy demonic energy and has some hidden dangers.

Inside the Jinting Immortal Palace of Canglong Mountain, on the Dharma platform.

Lu Cheng slowly opened his eyes, and when he turned his palm over again, a demon pill with black gas rising from it appeared in his hand.

Lu Cheng read ancient books and had long known that the ghost car contained this treasure, but he had never thought of using it on anyone.

Master Huang Longzi and Lu Cheng are both people with a bright path, so there is no need to use such a quick-success treasure. The Nine Nether Pill and the Ghost Infant Pill are similar in nature, so perhaps they will be more effective if used on Madam Baoxiang and the Xiao sisters. Lu Cheng has also considered using it on Xue Yuzhen and Yun Linger. These two people have special physiques, so perhaps they can be stacked to become two mid-Nascent Soul cultivators.

“But this pill has a strong demonic energy, which may even affect the cultivation of cultivators for many lifetimes. Although it is almost impossible for Yuzhen and Ling'er to cultivate to the Yuanshen realm on their own, how can I bear to ruin their paths with my own hands?

Forget it, I will use it on Master Chengfeng. At worst, I will compensate him with the Book of the Hundred Weapons of Ten Thousand Tribulations. This treasure can also help me prepare for defense."

Four years later, Lu Chengfeng borrowed money from everywhere to buy a sixth-grade to upper-middle-grade Buddhist magic weapon, and he finally raised the money.

During the past four years, the much-rumored mining of the spiritual mine in Canglong Mountain has gradually come to nothing. I'm afraid that the high-level cultivators in Haiyuan City are also worried and troubled. On the one hand, they don't want to give such a big benefit to the newly arrived Yuanying Zhenjun, and on the other hand, they are afraid of undermining the sect's rules and causing the cultivators in Haiyuan City to become disloyal and even resentful.

It may take hundreds or even thousands of years to establish a sect's rules that are recognized by everyone, but to destroy it, perhaps just one or two things are enough.

As a result, the attitude of the top leaders of Haiyuan City towards this matter became procrastination.

Anyway, after hundreds or thousands of years, the Fire Crystal Vein is there and it can't escape. Just wait for the changes.

And here are the cultivators in Lucheng, Jinting Xianque, Canglong Mountain.

A group of cultivators live in seclusion, uninvolved in cause and effect, and uncontaminated by calamity. Only Yuwen Zheng, Wu Lingjun, Shi Sheng, and Yun Huang'er, four cultivators in the late Jindan stage, frequently accept and complete monster hunting missions.

At the same time, their magic power is extremely deep compared to that of cultivators of the same level, their fighting ability is extremely strong, and they are also alert and vigilant. Even if many cultivators in Haiyuan City want to attack them, they will find it difficult to seize the opportunity for a while.

Four years later, Lu Chengfeng, who had collected six sixth-level upper-middle-grade Buddhist and Taoist magic weapons, visited Jinting Xianque again. This time, there was no need to wait, as Taoist Lu Cheng came personally to lead him in.

People who practice Taoism cannot stand red tape, and the relationship between the two of them had become relatively close after the last seven-day discussion, so Lu Cheng just spoke frankly.

"Fellow Daoist, during these four years, I have prepared a magic pill for you. You can use it in the next spellcasting, or you can not use it. This is a risky move, an extraordinary method. If it succeeds, it may help you to make further progress on the path of Dao. If it fails, it may affect your cultivation for many lifetimes."

As he spoke, Lu Cheng took out the jade bottle containing the Jiuyou Pill from his sleeve and handed it over.

Lu Chengfeng took it, opened the restriction and looked inside, only to see a magic pill filled with heavy demonic energy, with five-colored light symbols flying around it, obviously sealed.

"Such a deep and pure demonic energy. What is this pill?"

“The Nine Nether Pill has a strong demonic nature, but according to ancient records, it can greatly enhance the magic power of cultivators.” Lu Cheng has practiced Taoism for a long time and has cultivated a lot of magic skills, but he will not take the Nine Nether Pill because he is only over 400 years old this year and he still has 1,600 years to live. If the demonic nature invades his body during this 1,600 years of life, it may be difficult to eliminate it even if he reincarnates and cultivates again.

But Lu Chengfeng is different. He is a cultivator with strong Buddhist and Taoist natures. In addition, he has less than 400 years to live, so perhaps he can minimize the harm of the Nine Nether Pill.

After understanding the function of the Nine Nether Pill, Lu Chengfeng paced back and forth in the Taoist Palace, and finally stopped and said with a smile:
"Okay, since the True Lord has prepared this pill for me, if I don't use it, I will be letting him down. I will take this pill."

Lu Chengfeng himself was not sure. If a cultivator who could cultivate his primordial spirit after reincarnation could get the help of the Nine Nether Pill and climb up to the top of the mountain to see the scenery, it would definitely be of great help to his practice in the next life.

Practicing cultivation is like climbing a huge mountain. At this moment, Lu Chengfeng’s time is running out, and he encounters a cliff. In order not to waste time, Lu Chengfeng decides to climb up and prove the Tao with life and death as the key.

The moon rises and sets, and time passes.

Inside the mysterious and majestic Canglong Mountain Taoist Palace, the atmosphere was solemn and dignified, as if the air had frozen at this moment.

Lu Chengfeng sat upright in the center of the Taoist palace's altar, his eyes closed, his face solemn, quietly waiting for the arrival of the right time.

Lu Cheng stood opposite him with a calm expression.

When he looked up at the sky and found that the time had come, Lu Cheng used his hands to cast a spell, and a ball of blazing Samadhi Fire burned brightly in the void in front of him. The golden-red flame danced, emitting a heart-pounding high temperature and faint ripples.

The light of the true fire reflected on the walls of the Taoist palace, flickering strange lights and shadows, as if mysterious runes were dancing.

"Refine the weapon into the body, and refine the mind with six weapons. Being able to complete this great method will be of great benefit to assisting me in comprehending the Ruyi Heavenly Demon Record."

With a focused look in his eyes, Lu Cheng began the first step of refining the weapon into his body. He controlled the Samadhi True Fire and wrapped one of the six top-grade Taoist and Buddhist magic weapons in it.

That was a longan relic.

Lu Cheng's magic spell changed, and the true fire instantly turned into nine fire dragons that entwined around it. As the dragon eye relic was wrapped and burned by the true fire, it began to make a buzzing sound, as if resisting this powerful force.

However, Lu Cheng's Samadhi True Fire is not comparable to ordinary fire. Under his extremely precise control, the temperature of the flame continues to rise and gradually penetrates into every inch of the material of the magic weapon.

As time passed, the magic weapon began to melt slowly. When the longan relic was completely melted into golden liquid, eighty-four thousand Vajra Sanskrit characters appeared on the ground of the entire Taoist palace. Those golden characters climbed up the Dharma image condensed by Lu Chengfeng like living things, and gradually formed golden liquid covering its body.

The whole process was difficult and obscure for both Lu Cheng and Lu Chengfeng.

Fine beads of sweat gradually seeped out of Lu Cheng's forehead, but his eyes became more and more focused and his hands moved in a steady manner.

"Next is the Taoist Xuan Ji Yu Heng Plate!" Lu Cheng lightly slashed with his sword, and the suspended star plate exploded into twenty-eight star rays.

Not all sixth-tier magic weapons win by their materials. Some of them may even be destroyed by low-level magic tools or sword energy, but they have terrifying power in the hands of cultivators.

The Big Dipper in Lu Chengfeng's right hand suddenly broke away from the sky and greedily devoured the falling stardust.

The sound of the rushing Milky Way seemed to be heard in the void, and a star pattern like a crape myrtle gradually condensed between the eyebrows of the Dharma image behind him.

The first magic weapon is the Longyan Relic, the second is the Xuanji Yuheng Plate, and the third is the Big Dipper Sword.

When he was refining the fourth piece of Mingwang Demon-Subduing Pestle, something strange happened. The many residual souls of foreign demons sealed in the pestle turned into thousands of blood-red pupils, and the demon-suppressing talismans on the four walls of the Taoist palace exploded one after another.

The nine-headed, multi-armed Buddhist guardian deity on Lu Chengfeng's left arm suddenly opened his eyes wide with anger, and the phantom of Mount Sumeru in his palm suppressed his bloodshot pupils.

Seeing this, Lu Cheng nodded slightly. With such Taoist and Buddhist cultivation, perhaps he could really suppress the evil nature of the Jiuyou Pill.

The fifth sixth-level magic weapon is the Six Yang Fire Crow Pot, and the sixth magic weapon is the Demon-Suppressing Temple Spirit Umbrella.

When all six magic weapons were melted, Lu Cheng took a deep breath and pushed with both hands, and the golden liquid formed by the magic weapons flew towards Lu Chengfeng.

Lu Chengfeng was already prepared at this moment. He quickly activated the magic power in his body and released his Dharma image with all his strength. The Dharma image shone brightly, blending with the golden liquid, and gradually became like a dazzling sun, illuminating the entire Taoist palace.

The liquid transformed by the magic weapon began to slowly blend into Lu Chengfeng's Dharma image after it came into contact with him. Every drop of liquid that blended into the Dharma image made the light of the Dharma image more dazzling and its aura more powerful.

Lu Cheng watched all this intently from the side, constantly adjusting the intensity and direction of the Samadhi True Fire to ensure that the process of refining the weapon into his body went smoothly.

As more and more liquid merged into the Dharmakāya, Lu Chengfeng gradually felt a powerful force surging in his body. His magic power began to rise sharply, and the space around his body seemed to be shaken and distorted by this force. But Lu Chengfeng kept his mind focused, not daring to slack off, and tried his best to guide this force to flow through his body.

As time went by, finally, all the golden liquid was successfully refined into Lu Chengfeng's Dharma. At that moment, the Dharma radiance was so bright that it seemed to break through the roof of the Taoist Palace and go straight into the sky.

Lu Chengfeng's body also began to tremble slightly. He felt an unprecedented powerful force gathering in his body.

Then, Lu Cheng quickly formed seals with his hands and muttered something. A mysterious light shot out from his hands and enveloped Lu Chengfeng's Dharma image.

Under the influence of this light, the Dharma image began to slowly shrink and eventually turned into a golden baby.

On that day, Lu Chengfeng from Haiyuan City used the six instruments to refine his body, and he broke through the bottleneck of the third level of the Nascent Soul that had trapped him for hundreds of years, and was promoted to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

(End of this chapter)