Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 403 A Chance

Xiantian, Qi training, foundation building, purple palace, golden elixir, Yuanying, Shenhua, Lianxu...

A Lianxu cultivator becomes the Taoist master of a Zifu cultivator. This kind of thing almost only happens in the earthly immortal world.

In the lower mortal world, most of the Purple Mansion cultivators’ masters are at the Jindan stage, and they would be thankful to have a master at the Jindan stage.

The master is only one realm higher than his disciples. Although he can provide guidance, he should not even think about taking a bird's-eye view or thinking ten steps ahead.

When a Lianxu monk preaches to a Zifu monk, if he is willing to guide you, he may make considerations and arrangements in advance for your practice five hundred years later.

Yu Ding Xuan Jun is one of the few Taoist masters of refining emptiness in Xuan Tian Pavilion, and unlike other Taoist masters of refining emptiness who are all cultivators of other sects, Yu Ding Xuan Jun is said to have a connection with the Taiqing Mountain lineage, so countless students in Xuan Tian Pavilion want to catch his eye.

Lu Cheng was able to enter Yu Ding Xuanjun's lecture hall as a monk who had sneaked from the lower world. He was truly a talented person in the world, just like an awl in a cloth bag, the tip of the awl will naturally come out after a long time.

His "quiet practice" subjects consisted of articles on Taoism, which collected the thoughts and research of millions of cultivators from the lower world. Even Jade Ding Xuanjun agreed with his writings after reading them, and felt that he had great potential.

However, Taiqing Mountain's Taoism is unparalleled in the world, and it is inevitable that its disciples have time to discuss the disadvantages of Taoism. In addition, the power of Taiqing Mountain has declined in recent years, and there are no Mahayana cultivators. Naturally, there are cultivators in the sect who demand changes, requiring more disciples to practice Taoism in order to complete the skills of movement and stillness.

After finishing the course at Xuantian Hall, Lu Cheng knew that due to the attention of Yuding Xuanjun, something would inevitably happen. He left the hall as soon as possible and immediately turned into a beam of light, heading for the market in Xuandu City.

The market town of Xuandu City is naturally huge in scale, and all the rare materials from all races in the spiritual world and from all regions and areas can be found here.

The light that Lu Cheng transformed into landed directly on a corner of a street in the market town. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to this place. Then, there was a "crackling" sound from his body and a crisp sound of bones changing. His face and figure suddenly changed, and he turned into an ordinary young monk.

He spotted a nearby pharmacy and walked in immediately.

"Senior, what spiritual item do you want to see? Although our store is small, we still have a full range of spiritual medicines."

The pharmacy was not very big. As soon as Lu Cheng walked in, a beautiful female cultivator quickly came to greet him.

Cultivators practice Taoism, Yi Jin and Cleansing Marrow to improve their physique, and having skin as white as jade and snow is just general. If they focus on the art of seduction, they can cultivate an excellent appearance in the Purple Mansion realm. Of course, there are also some Kun cultivators who are devoted to Taoism and will not be distracted by changing their physical bodies.

"Is there any elixir or magic medicine that can improve the magic power of Yuanying realm cultivators?" Lu Cheng asked directly without any hesitation.

"Fangxue, please go down. I will receive this guest in person." When the shopkeeper heard this, he knew that a big business had come, and he immediately stepped forward to receive him in person.

"Please come in, my dear guest, so that we can have a detailed discussion."

"Yeah." Lu Cheng nodded and followed his guidance.

After a cup of tea, Lu Cheng calmly walked out of the pharmacy, but he didn't go far before he went into another pharmacy.

In this way, he kept going in and out of nearby pharmacies, and purchased from almost all the pharmacies in Xuandu City.

There is no way. In the spiritual world, elixirs that increase the magic power of Nascent Soul cultivators are not a big deal, but here in Lu City, the demand for them is almost unlimited.

This kind of elixir is the hard currency among Yuanying cultivators in the mortal world, and is more useful than spirit stones. The income and expenditure of this elixir is huge profits.

"As long as there are enough pills, it is not a problem to increase the mana in a short period of time. Although there are still restrictions on the poison of the pills and the Taoism, I have the Samadhi True Fire inside and the Taoist inheritance of the Taiqing Sect outside. I can overcome the internal and external forces and be more careful. There will be no problem."

After purchasing a large number of pills, recipes, and elixirs, Lu Cheng did not leave the market. Instead, he walked to other streets and began to pay attention to the magic tools, treasures, various refining materials, rare talismans, and other items for sale in other shops.

Because the spiritual world has more abundant rare materials and the level of Taoism is far higher than that in the mortal world, the quality and power of these magical instruments, treasures, and talismans are far superior to the same level treasures in the mortal world. Some large stores even have sixth- and seventh-level talismans for sale, which is unimaginable in the mortal world.

You should know that the sixth-level talisman is already the precious heritage of a Nascent Soul sect, and the seventh-level talisman is even more of a precious heritage of a Yuanshen sect. How can they be sold casually? After all, things are valuable because they are rare. How many seventh-level talisman masters can there be in the entire mortal world?

Lu Cheng didn't even need to pick out the most precious ones. He just needed to purchase the seventh-level talismans with a high cost-effectiveness and give them away privately.

Xue Yuzhen, who was unaware of the inside story, was so moved that she went into the Golden Light Cave several times at night and used various mysterious postures to serve Lu Cheng for several nights.

After making periodic purchases, Lu Cheng returned to his residence in Guilanfang in the south of Xuandu City.

Rice and land are expensive in Xuandu City, and every inch of land is worth a lot of money, so it is not easy to live here, but Lu Cheng has his own mansion in this city.

This is nothing. The Qiankun bag of the smuggled monk has not been destroyed. How many spirit stones can be taken out of it? Even if Lu Cheng said it, it would not be easy to investigate it even for a powerful force like Taiqing Mountain.

As soon as Lu Cheng stepped into the front yard of the mansion, he saw Zhou Zijing and a beautiful woman in plain clothes standing under a red osmanthus tree.

The female cultivator had eyes and eyebrows as cold as ice, and an ancient sword with a white jade sheath hung on her waist. Lu Cheng also knew her well. She should be a student in Xuantian Hall.

"Brother Lu!" Zhou Zijing rushed over and said, "Brother, you have gained the Dao affinity, but you can't just forget about me. If I can do the job assigned by the Taoist master well, I might be in the Taoist master's eyes."

"Hahahahahahaha, okay, then you'll be one." Lu Cheng laughed when he heard that and agreed directly.

Zhou Zijing has extraordinary magical powers and a clean family background. Three generations of his family have been outer disciples of Mount Taiqing. They support Zhou Zijing with all their strength in the hope that he will have a future in practicing Taoism. Zhou Zijing himself is quite capable, so Lu Cheng also needs someone he can trust on this trip.

"This is Senior Sister Xu Bingyun. I heard that Senior Brother will go to Mulongling, so I came to ask for your company."

Although Zhou Zijing recommended it, he did not dare to take on too much responsibility and said this.

Xu Bingyun took two steps forward and bowed slightly: "Patrolling the border is the most important thing for military affairs. Bingyun has some experience in the "Six-Combination Star Map"."

Mulong Ridge is the place where the human race and the Muling race meet. The Muling race is one of the ten thousand races in the spiritual world but has not been included in the list of the hundred races. There are no ninth-level cultivators (Mahayana stage) in the entire race, and there may not even be eighth-level cultivators (Fusion stage).

The reason why this branch can live safely on the border of the human race is because the Wood Spirits are naturally good at cultivating spiritual plants and spiritual trees.

They regard nature as their mother and extremely hate and reject any behavior that harms nature. In the most intense state, mortals who go into the mountains to cut wood will be attacked and killed by them.

In view of the fact that the monks of Taiqing Mountain lack the fighting ability and experience, they intend to migrate a group of wood spirits to the edge of Taiqing Mountain's influence. On the one hand, this can train the true monks of the sect, and on the other hand, by raising them for thousands or tens of thousands of years and then driving them away, they can harvest a large number of high-level spiritual plants and spiritual trees.

The efficiency of the Wood Spirit Clan in cultivating these spiritual creatures can be said to be several times that of the human race. After all, there are only a few seventh or eighth-level spiritual plant breeders in the entire Taiqing Mountain.

Another point that requires special attention is that there is no innate realm in the spiritual world, so the eighth-level spiritual plant husband in the spiritual world is the ninth-level spiritual plant husband (fusion stage) in the human world.

Taoist Master Yu Ding asked Lu Cheng to stay in Mulong Ridge for twenty years to perfect his dynamic skills. The patrol team can be seven to twelve people. Almost all the students in Xuantian Hall who meet the requirements want to join this team, because it can help them enter Taoist Master Yu Ding's sight. For a Purple Mansion cultivator to become familiar in the eyes of the Lianxu cultivators is a great opportunity. He will benefit greatly from just a word of advice.

"I understand Junior Sister Xu's request, but I still need to consider the details. I will give you a reply in a while. Please go back today."

"Liuhe Xingdoutu" is a good divination technique. It is of course very important to calculate good and bad luck in order to turn misfortune into fortune, but Lu Cheng's own Tianmo algorithm is also very good, so whether to invite him to join or not still needs to be weighed.

The somewhat uneasy Xu Bingyun was sent out, but Zhou Zijing, who looked excited, was kept.

"You guys, you didn't spread the location of my house around, did you?"

"Brother Lu! How could I be such a person who doesn't know the importance of things?" Zhou Zijing cried out in disgrace. "Even Xu Bingyun, I heard that she has some inheritance of Yi Suan Shu, so I just introduced her to you, Brother."

"Okay, I believe you. Guarding Mulong Ridge for twenty years is an opportunity, but it could also be a dead end. People like you and me don't have guardians to look after us. The Taoist Master gave us an opportunity. If we can grasp it, the Taoist Master doesn't mind giving us a hand. If we don't have that destiny, the Taoist Master will only sigh for us!"

Lu Cheng said this.

Hearing this, Zhou Zijing was stunned for a long while, but finally smiled: "Brother Lu, my Zhou family has been waiting for this opportunity for three generations! If you were not the best in the 100-year Jinggong, how could Xuanjun's Dharma Eyes look down at you for even a moment?"

"If fate shows that a battle can be won, there will be a chosen one who will take this opportunity; when it comes time for us to take up the sword, it will be a situation where yin and yang are hanging in the air, and water and fire cannot blend. Only by cutting off the destiny of heaven and earth, splitting a ray of heaven in the face of death, can we fight for the chance of half a piece falling on the chessboard."

"...Who said that? You can't say that." "Oh, it's my grandfather. Back then, my grandfather was a spiritual farmer in Taiqing Mountain. He cultivated the land for Taiqing Mountain all his life and was just a tenant farmer.

One day, the dragon turned over and the market was in chaos. Our whole family risked their lives to protect the spiritual fields of Taiqing Mountain. Half of our family members died. When it came to rewarding merit, my great grandfather did not want any other rewards, but only asked for the status of an outer disciple... That's how I am now. Senior Brother Lu, do you know how much I envy your talent? But ordinary people like us don't have it. If we want to climb up, we can only fight for our lives generation after generation. "

"..." Lu Cheng listened quietly to the history of the three generations of the Zhou family's rise to wealth, without saying much, because he knew in his heart that even if he did not have the power of the Jiuli Ding to seize the heaven's fortune, he might not be able to make a class transition in his original world, and might not be able to do better than Zhou Zijing.

Listening to his story, it is obvious that he grew up listening to it around his elderly parents and has a lot of pressure on his shoulders.

Just at this moment, there was another knock on the door.

Although the courtyard mansion in Lucheng is quite large, the monks with sharp eyes and ears can naturally hear it.

"Didn't you say you only brought Xu Bingyun with you?"

"Senior Brother, it really wasn't me this time. I didn't know." Zhou Zijing explained repeatedly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Cheng stepped forward and opened the water mirror. Through the water mirror, he could see outside the door, a red-haired young man was trying hard to control himself and force a smile.

Even if it means being servile and fawning.

Behind him, four strong men from the Flame Clan were carrying two boxes with gilded fire patterns. Just looking at the boxes themselves, it was obvious that they were extremely valuable.

A moment later, the red-haired young man was led into the courtyard.

"This is the secret Earth Fire Crystal of our clan. Each one is worth a hundred top-grade spirit stones." Yan Xiao pointed to the leaping red flame in the box, which made the crystal in the box look like lava.

"If you allow me to go with you, I will give you ten thousand-year-old fire dates."

Zhou Zijing's face suddenly changed when he heard this: "Yan Xiao! You were slandering Senior Brother Lu before, and you dare to come to my house today. You are so shameless..."

"I'm talking to Fellow Daoist Lu, why do you have the right to speak here?"

While the two were arguing, Lu Cheng sat aside drinking tea without saying a word. After a while, when the two were gradually running out of words because of the oppressive feeling at the scene.

He then said calmly, "Have you quarreled enough? If not, continue. If you have, get out of here."

"..."

"..."

No one rolled out, they just stood there motionless.

Seeing this, Lu Cheng put down his teacup and walked to the two opened boxes with gilded fire patterns. He could feel the scorching heat just by getting close.

"Earth Fire Mysterious Crystal? It's a good thing, but unfortunately I don't need this little spiritual stone. Tell your people to carry it and get out of here immediately, or I will call the Qingming Guards to throw you out."

The Qingming Guards are warriors who defend Xuandu City, and they are filled with Nascent Soul cultivators.

puff.

At this moment, when Lu Cheng was about to turn around and go back into the house, the red-haired young man behind him knelt down with his head on the ground. Seeing this scene, not to mention the two Yanhuo clan strongmen, even Zhou Zijing was stunned. Everyone in Xuantian Pavilion knew that Yan Xiao of the Yanhuo clan was of noble birth, arrogant and conceited.

Lu Cheng also turned around at this time and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Tell me why? Otherwise I will definitely not accept you."

"The Yanhuo tribe needs a true disciple of Taiqing Mountain. Half a month ago, I received a letter from the tribe that the Shadow tribe is attacking us. They have their eyes on our land. Taiqing Mountain is unwilling to intervene in the affairs of other tribes, but without Taiqing Mountain, our tribe will be finished. My people are dying, and a prince who cannot protect his people does not deserve to live.

Please, please take me and my people with you, so that Taiqing Mountain can see the obedient people behind the countless mountains!"

As he spoke, the red-haired young man banged his head against the ground again, drawing blood. Seeing this, the four Flame Clan warriors also knelt down and banged their heads against the ground.

Lu Cheng returned to the courtyard and sat down again, closed his eyes, and thought for a long time.

During this process, the five members of the Yanhuo tribe kept kowtowing.

Then, Lu Cheng stood up and walked slowly to Yan Xiao, put his hand on his head and said slowly:
"...Only a cultivator who knows how to control anger can cultivate the Fire God Strategy to a high level. You are still of some use to me. But I need twenty boxes of Earth Fire Mysterious Crystals and sixty thousand-year-old Fire Dates. Don't tell me you don't have them. I don't care if your Yanhuo clan is bankrupt or not. If you can give them to me, I will take you to garrison at Wood Dragon Ridge."

After Yan Xiao and his people left, Zhou Zijing was still in shock.

On the one hand, it was because of Lu Cheng’s greed, and on the other hand, it was because of Lu Cheng’s choice.

"Brother Lu, we are going to the frontline to fight. Is it really feasible to take these foreigners who are resentful of us with us?"

"If I were practicing in Yuqing Mountain, where humans are supreme, I would never have close contact with any alien race. But we are practicing in Taiqing Mountain, which accepts disciples from alien races. As for those who harbor resentment, they know how to weigh the pros and cons, so I want so much. Yan Xiao either can't give it out, or if he does, he must be more afraid of failure of this mission than I am.

People are full of vigor and vitality when they are young, but only after they suffer setbacks do they know who sets the rules between heaven and earth."

Of course, Lu Cheng was not talking about himself, but was pointing to the sacred mountain Taiqing Mountain in the distance.

"But Senior Brother Lu, if you raise a dog like this, aren't you afraid that one day the dog will grow up and turn into a wolf, and suddenly bite you back?" Zhou Zijing asked with some concern.

In fact, this is also the idea held by many cultivators among the human race in the spiritual world, who always believe that alien races cannot be trusted.

"Dogs will always bite people, and there will always be times when dogs bite people to death. But have you ever seen people in the mortal world beat dogs to death for this reason?

On weekdays, it can guard the house, and when hungry, it can cook delicious meat. Sometimes, when a person is extremely weak, he may be attacked by a dog, but that is the person's fault, not the dog's.

It is better to use it than to work hard. Yan Xiao also knows that we will be wary of him, so he will be more cautious and make adequate preparations.

Finally, if a person is willing to be a dog, but you don’t even give him the chance to be a dog, you are forcing him into a desperate situation.”

'The heaven and earth, the human heart, the self, the laws between heaven and earth are profound and indescribable, and endless. Just by heating the water, understanding this point, we can establish modern civilization. The way of practicing the golden elixir is nothing more than the method of mass-energy conversion.

The human heart is full of twists and turns, and it is hard to predict the future. Will Zhou Zijing, who has benefited more from me, be more loyal to me, or will Yan Xiao, who has invested countless blood in me, be more loyal to me? This is a difficult question to answer.

Is it to avoid contact with human hearts and evil spirits and to keep a clear mind of Tao to have an unobstructed mind, or is it to experience the changes in people's hearts in the world and to become peaceful and indifferent to have an unobstructed mind of Tao?

Self, understanding the heaven and earth, distinguishing the human heart, proving oneself, all the Tao methods will eventually fall on oneself. Only if you learn 100% and achieve 100% can you be a person who practices Taoism. If you learn 1,000% and achieve 10%, you will still have no way to seek Taoism.

The practice of Taoism is difficult, difficult, difficult, but it is the only way to achieve the ultimate state of heaven and man.'

After nightfall, Zhou Zijing also left. He had to make a lot of preparations before he could garrison at Mulong Ridge.

Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the cushion, reflecting on his choices and actions during this period. Some of them were wrong, some were right, and some were difficult for him to determine now.

"Observing the fast and worshipping Buddha, burning incense and meditating, how many people can cultivate a mind as cold as an ice pot and forget the world? Heaven is the furnace, and you and I are the cinnabar in the cauldron.

Go and practice, go and practice."

At this moment, Lu Cheng in the mortal world and Lu Cheng in the spirit world were both sitting cross-legged, breathing and meditating. Because of his experiences in the spirit world, Lu Cheng in the mortal world had been burning with fire in his heart due to the rapid increase in magic power, but the fire gradually dissipated, only because he had experienced the mortal world and understood the laws of the world. This was also the mysterious method of incarnation.

(End of this chapter)