Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 456: The sea of ​​clouds is boiling, the sword energy is crossing, and the blade marks in the Xunfeng Ancient Cave are shocking (Please subscribe!)

Qi-refining monks have their own social circles, and Shen-transforming monks have their own social circles:

Discussing Taoism, trading, exploring mysteries together, protecting the way and avoiding disasters, feasting and having fun, these are the meaning of a Taoist companion. A Taoist companion not only refers to a wife, but also a companion on the road of pursuing the great way together.

There are also several space cracks around the Huangyun Mansion, connecting to the secret world outside the domain. The narrow ones can only be entered by cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage, while the wide and extremely stable ones can even accommodate cultivators in the Divine Transformation stage to fight against each other.

The Secret Realm of Heavenly Fire is one of them. The several kinds of fire-based spiritual objects produced there are of great benefit to the spiritual practice of cultivators who have reached the stage of Divine Transformation.

As the lord of Huangyun Mansion, Han Qingyun is in charge of Huangyun Taoist Palace and jointly controls the Qiantian Zhenyang Divine Thunder Array with the local garrison commander. Within the territory of Huangyun Mansion, he is not afraid even of ordinary Return to Void cultivators.

However, outside the Huangyun Mansion, the protective formation could not follow him, and the Huangyun Taoist Palace was the lord's public tool, so he could not carry it with him, and his magical powers were greatly damaged.

However, Han Qingyun also wanted the spiritual objects produced in several secret realms around Huangyun Mansion. So during these thousands of years, he made friends with six cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Realm. These six people included both men and women, both Taoists and secular people, and some were not even human. They were collectively known as the "Seven Friends of Hanshan."

They agreed to advance and retreat together and never betray each other.

When monks explore secret realms together, the most taboo thing is that their companions will plot against them from behind.

Therefore, when exploring the secret realm for the first or second time, everyone must swear a great oath and enter into various strict contracts.

However, the contract that can restrain a Divine Transformation cultivator is itself of great value. A Divine Transformation cultivator has profound magical powers and strong resistance. If one really wants to violate it, as long as the price paid is high, usually no matter how strict the contract is, it will not be able to restrain him.

Therefore, in order to save exploration costs, monks will often stop using contracts after establishing basic trust with each other. Otherwise, many times, when they come back and do the math, the spiritual objects they get from exploring the secret realm are just equal to the cost of purchasing high-level documents, or even a loss.

"This time the Skyfire Secret Realm is opened. If it were normal days, Senior Brother would not be afraid, but Junior Brother Lu, you know Senior Brother's current state. It's a stretch for him to maintain the magic power of an early stage of the Spiritualization. Ahem... Now, except for my fellow Senior Brothers, no one dares to believe it. The more I practice, the less courageous I am, because I have heard and seen a lot."

Riding on a cloud, Han Qingyun and Lu Cheng were talking and chatting while flying.

As local landlords, Han Qingyun and Lu Cheng arrived at Sanxian Mountain first and waited for two days to welcome the distinguished guests.

The concept of time of high-level cultivators is very different from that of ordinary people. Two days passed just by the two of them meditating for a while.

The Sanxian Mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist, and seven white stone pavilions are scattered on the top of the mountain, faintly arranged in the shape of seven stars.

Copper wind chimes are hung on the eaves of each pavilion. When the mountain breeze blows, the sound of the chimes is as clear as a spring, harmonizing with the roar of the distant waterfalls, creating a rhythm of its own.

Han Qingyun was wearing a Taoist robe with a jade pendant hanging around his waist, but his face was three points paler than usual.

He stood in front of the Tianshu Pavilion, looking at the six Taoist friends who came on the clouds one after another, with a trace of worry flashing in his eyes. Borrowing the power of others to risk life and death is certainly something to worry about.

"Second Brother Han's injury hasn't healed yet, so why bother to come and greet him in person?" A red fiery wind swept across the distant sky. The first person to fall was an old Taoist in a red robe, carrying a red copper gourd on his back. He was none other than Ge Xiu, the "Wind and Fire Old Man" among the Seven Friends of Hanshan.

As soon as he finished speaking, the other five friends arrived one after another - Taoist Mo Wen of Xuanjian, Fairy Lady Liu Qingmei of Wan Gu, Mr. Zhang Jiuling of Iron Crown, Medical Saint Bai Zhi, and the only one dressed as a layman, the Wandering Thousand Machines Zhou Buzhi.

The seven people sat down in the Tianshu Pavilion, and maids transformed by magic quickly came forward to serve them spiritual tea.

When Hanshan's seven friends all arrived and saw a Taoist priest from Lucheng appear in the pavilion, they naturally looked at each other in surprise.

The most taboo when exploring secrets is when there are companions with unknown identities. This small group will naturally reject strangers.

Han Qingyun gently stroked the teacup, spreading the lingering tea fragrance. He suddenly said, "I invited all of you old friends here today because I have something to discuss. Because I suffered some internal injuries a few days ago, I am afraid of delaying the opportunities of all of you old friends, so I invite my fellow disciple Lu Chengshenjun to explore the secret realm of the sky fire together.

Junior Brother Lu and I are friends for life and death, and you can absolutely trust me."

The atmosphere in the pavilion suddenly became tense, and no one spoke for a while.

After a cup of tea, the leader of the Hanshan Seven Friends, Daoist Xuanjian Mo Wen, drank the tea, and the teacup in his hand cracked with a crack. Although he had a long beard, he still looked handsome and sneered: "Brother Han, are you confused? The seven friends have been together for hundreds of years, why do we need outsiders to interfere?"

"Big brother, be careful with your words." Wan Gu Niangniang Liu Qingmei gently stroked the jade flute in her arms, her voice as clear as a spring hitting a stone: "This Lord Lu is a true disciple of the Taiqing Sect, with the cultivation level of a spirit. He killed the four great ghost saints in the great calamity of Huangyun Mansion. Such a person..."

"God of Transformation?" Mo Wen suddenly interrupted, a fierce light flashing in his eyes: "I heard that it has been less than 500 years since he broke through the God of Transformation. I am afraid that even his realm is not completely stable. The Skyfire Secret Realm is full of dangers. If the whole army is annihilated because of one person, who will bear the responsibility?"

Taoist Xuanjian, who uses the two words "Xuanjian" as his Taoist name, is naturally good at swordsmanship and is even a sword cultivator himself.

Sword cultivators - they often act in a simple, direct and even cruel manner.

But this might not be a bad thing. After all, if the eldest brother, Han Erge, did not step forward and act as the bad guy when trying to get people into the Seven Friends of Hanshan, it would be even harder for the others to deal with it.

On the other hand, Hanshan's six friends did not want this to happen. After all, the Taiqing Sect was powerful. It would be easy for them to have a Taiqing disciple join today and another one join tomorrow. Hanshan's six friends did not want to be used as swords by the Taiqing Sect.

"Junior Brother Lu, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

Han Qingyun first bowed to Lu Cheng and spoke.

Lu Cheng waved his hand and said, "Exploring the Secret Realm of Skyfire is of great importance, so we should be cautious."

"I am seriously injured, and I don't want to drag down my old friends. I just came up with this plan, and I spent a lot of favors to ask Junior Brother Lu to help. Since you don't trust Junior Brother Lu and me, we will leave. We will not participate in the exploration of the Skyfire Secret Realm this time."

Having said that, Han Qingyun stood up and was about to leave.

However, at this moment, the red-robed Taoist master Fenghuosou Ge Xiu suddenly stood aside and blocked Han Qingyun.

"What, Lao Wu, I can't even leave? Are you going to detain me until the exploration of the secret realm is finished?" Han Qingyun raised his eyebrows slightly as if angry.

"What are you talking about, Second Brother? Boss Mo doesn't mean what you think he means. He just has that cold face. Don't you know him after all these years?

But then again, what kind of abilities does Lord Lu have? After all, we have only heard your narration. And as I, your fifth brother, have just recently mastered some sword skills, how about asking Lord Lu to give me some comments?
If everyone understands the method, it will also facilitate future cooperation.”

Ge Xiu, the Wind and Fire Sou, one of the Seven Friends of Hanshan, was good at the art of escape. In Han Qingyun's impression, he was not good at sword fighting.

Among the seven friends of Hanshan, the first one in terms of magic power and combat power is naturally the black sword Taoist Mo Wen. Sword cultivators are known for their sharp fighting skills, and those who can survive and cultivate to the state of transformation are the best. The second is Han Qingyun himself. There is no other reason. As the master of Huangyun Mansion, the skills he practices and the resources he controls are not comparable to others.

The next person should be Mr. Tieguan Zhang Jiuling. He was born as a casual cultivator. It is said that he accidentally ate the essence and blood of some ancient exotic beast when he was young and luckily survived. His spiritual power is much stronger than that of cultivators of the same level, and his various spiritual secret techniques are also extremely vicious and fierce.

The others all have their own strengths and specialties, and can demonstrate their outstanding abilities in various special environments, but they are relatively weak in head-on combat.

Ge Xiu is one of them. His escape technique is indeed magical, but it seems that he has never demonstrated any outstanding sword-wielding ability.

In this matter, Han Qingyun couldn't make a decision on behalf of Lu Cheng, so he could only turn sideways and look at Lu Cheng.

"What Fellow Daoist Ge said makes sense, so let's stop here."

Lu Cheng knew that Han Qingyun was waiting for the spiritual creatures in the Skyfire Secret Realm to save his life, so he accepted the challenge without any hesitation.

The border garrison commander of Taiqing Sect cannot be attacked? This is a joke. If this happens, it means that Taiqing Sect is rotten to the core and deserves to be destroyed.

In any sect, the sect warriors are the last to be corrupted. If a sect cannot even fight its own warriors, then it is truly like an old widow with a dead son, with absolutely no hope left.

It is impossible that the Seven Friends of Hanshan did not think of this, but they were still calmly waiting for Ge Xiu to make a move, which meant that they must have something in mind. Therefore, although Lu Cheng was confident, he also raised his vigilance at the first moment.

On the top of Sanxian Mountain, the sea of ​​clouds is boiling.

Ge Xiu took off his wine gourd and stood in the air, his Taoist robe fluttering. On his waist hung a flying sword with a scabbard that looked like it was made of ancient wood and vines. The scabbard was not opened, but the cold sword energy was already cutting through the flowing clouds.

He caressed the scabbard-covered long sword and said with a smile:

"Friend Lu, the sword technique I am about to perform is taken from the ancient Xunfeng Cave Heaven, which emphasizes 'the wind moves without a trace, and the sword breaks the soul'. I hope you can give me some advice."

The next moment, all he had in his hand was the scabbard.

Lu Cheng's pupils dilated slightly, with golden-red flames flashing in them. Under his fiery golden pupils, the sword light that was originally far beyond the vision of a spirit-transforming cultivator now revealed its trace.

"laugh--"

A green sword light suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and penetrated Lu Cheng's body like a fish breaking through water, spreading the protective energy and piercing Lu Cheng's throat!

"Fast enough! Fierce enough! This sharp, a seventh-grade upper-grade flying sword? No, it's probably only halfway to an eighth-grade flying sword."

If it were an ordinary sword cultivator who had attained divine enlightenment, he would probably have been defeated instantly by Ge Xiu's quick sword strike.

This is because sword practitioners usually do not wear defensive magic weapons on their bodies, but instead use the sword to evade the real and attack the virtual, or to become one with the sword.

Both of these options could result in being a moment slower, and thus dying from this swift and almost instantaneous swordplay.

In contrast, Lu Cheng chose to use his own magic power and physical body to take the attack.

Large patches of spells suddenly appeared on the skin outside Lu Cheng's Taoist robe. His protective magic power suddenly turned from light to red and was gathered at one point:
The innate supernatural power of the Spirit Transformation Realm, the blood talisman connects to the mysterious orifice/the blood talisman connects to the mysterious energy, the physical body is the cauldron, and the spiritual energy is the medicine. The higher the level of the cauldron, the more likely it is to refine superior Taoist fruits.

The Blood Talisman to Open the Mysterious Acupoints is the process of constantly refining one's own body by means of talismans. After these two hundred years, Lu Cheng's talisman-drawing technique has been upgraded to the peak of the sixth level, and his body has also reached the seventh level of physical cultivation under his continuous refining. Naturally, it is easier to refine superior magic power.

It sounds very slow, but in fact the whole process is as fast as lightning. As soon as Lu Cheng thought about it, the blood talisman that combined human power and profound energy came out as soon as he thought about it.

To the people around, they only saw a flash of green sword light, and a spot of bloody red appeared in the palm of Taoist Lu Cheng. However, that spot of bloody red firmly blocked the seemingly sharp sword light, and it seemed that it could be broken at any time, but it just couldn't be broken!

"What kind of evil magic is this?"

Ge Xiu was slightly stunned. Ever since he obtained the sword manual and the magic sword from Xunfeng Cave, he had completed his learning and had been almost invincible since he came out again.

Along the way, he made an appointment to fight swords with the six friends of Hanshan. Except for the Taoist Mo Wen of Xuanjian who remained undefeated with his cultivation level close to the peak of the Divine Transformation, even the fourth brother Zhang Jiuling was defeated by his sword.

For a moment, Ge Xiu almost felt that with this sword scripture and sword skills, he could go anywhere in the world.

That's why there was this sword fight, but I didn't expect...

Just as Ge Xiu was stunned, the blood talisman's mysterious energy, which was almost one with Lu Cheng's, suddenly surged with blood light, and the blood line spread like a spider web. It turned out that Lu Cheng had already sacrificed his life-saving magic weapon, the All-Spirit Blood Pearl, and the surging blood light almost encircled the green sword.

Ge Xiu was startled and used his sword skills to retreat, but the green sword's light was too fast and he finally escaped from the sea of ​​blood and was swallowed up.

At the same time, Lu Cheng swung his sword.

When Ge Xiu sensed danger, a layer of golden sand suddenly appeared around his body. This was the Gengjin sand, Ge Xiu's magic weapon to protect himself.

At this moment, as the golden sands flowed, a sword shape appeared faintly in front of him. It was an invisible but tangible flying sword that was so powerful that it could kill people without them even being able to see it!
"The invisible flying sword is so powerful! The garrison commander of the Taiqing Sect is indeed not an easy person to deal with."

Lu Cheng's sword light was sharp, and Taoist Ge Xiu felt sorry for his magic weapon, so he activated the Wind and Fire Escape Technique at the first opportunity. He merged himself into a gust of wind and fire, and flew up into the sky. The speed of his escape technique was even faster than that of a flying sword!
Normally, when cultivators of the same realm fight with magic and swords, it is impossible for a cultivator's escape speed to exceed that of the opponent's flying sword. However, nothing in the world is absolute. There are countless extraordinary skills and unique knowledge in the world of immortal cultivation. What's more, Lu Cheng's Five Elements Flying Sword is only of the lower seventh grade. As long as the magic power is profound, there are still many escape methods in the world that can exceed the speed of his sword. But even so, it can be seen that Fenghuo Sou Ge Xiu's escape technique is superb. He is both talented and has worked hard. After he has cultivated it successfully, it is almost impossible for cultivators of the same realm in the world to kill him.

"No wonder you asked Lao Wu to fight with Junior Brother Lu. It turns out that Lao Wu has already completed the Wind and Fire Nine-Chen Sword Scripture and obtained the flying sword of Master Jiuchen. His swordsmanship is so good now that even if I were at my peak, I'm afraid I wouldn't be his opponent."

Below, Han Qingyun looked at the sword fight in the sky, his expression becoming increasingly ugly.

The Taoist tradition of the fifth brother Ge Xiu was originally incomplete. Their lineage only inherited the complete escape method from Master Jiuchen, and their sword techniques were incomplete, so it was difficult to cultivate great power.

Unexpectedly, after not seeing each other for a hundred years, Ge Xiu had gotten some kind of opportunity and had made up for the deficiencies in his previous skills, and his magical powers had improved by leaps and bounds.

"Don't be angry, second brother. We have no other choice. The Taiqing Sect is powerful, and second brother is always resourceful. If the situation were reversed, would second brother be willing for Bai Zhi and I to bring in anyone at will?

No matter what, we will do our best to protect you and help you escape this disaster when you explore the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm this time."

Wan Gu Fairy Lady Liu Qingmei said this, everyone is a cultivator who has practiced for thousands of years, there is no need to be sneaky about this kind of thoughts, even if there is no intention to harm others, one must be on guard against others, otherwise the people present would not have been able to practice until today.

"Humph."

Han Qingyun snorted coldly and didn't say much.

At this time, the sword fight in the sky had undergone new changes.

Following the All-Spirit Blood Pearl and the Five Elements Flying Sword, Lu Cheng also offered up a seventh-tier magic weapon, a jade talisman of mid-grade seventh tier.

Seeing this scene, the six friends of Hanshan below could not help but smile bitterly. The high-level cultivators from the big sects were different from those of them who were small families or independent cultivators.

There are three seventh-grade magic weapons, each with its own magical powers. The one with the lowest grade is the Five Elements Flying Sword, which can disappear into the Five Elements world without a trace. Its magical power and value are already above that of an ordinary seventh-grade mid-grade flying sword.

The Nine-Chapter Jade Talisman used to be Lu Cheng's natal magic weapon. Although he changed his cultivation path later, the quality of this magic weapon had undergone a fundamental change due to the nourishment of the vital energy in his body and the refining of the ten thousand years of jade marrow. Lu Cheng was able to operate it with ease, and as his attainments in talisman magic continued to improve, it was still considered half of his natal magic weapon.

At this moment, a number of seventh-level talismans were flying around the Nine-Chapter Jade Talisman, lighting up and activating one by one. Some of them added bonuses to the Five Elements Flying Swords, while others weakened the attacks on Taoist Ge Xiu. Each one had its own magical powers and mysteries.

With this addition and subtraction, Ge Xiu's escape method could not escape the pursuit of the Five Elements Sword Light, but Ge Xiu still had the seventh-grade lower-grade defensive magic weapon Gengjin Jingsha to protect himself, and the effect time of the talisman was limited. As long as the magic power was sufficient, Ge Xiu's escape method and magic weapon could operate for a long time.

So Ge Xiu was not afraid. Although he was amazed at the magical powers and wealth of Taoist Lu Cheng, he was still confident that he could win in the end.

"Daoyou Lu has exquisite magic weapons and Taoist techniques. I am also going to use my killing move." Ge Xiu suddenly recalled the flying sword and wiped the sword with his finger. Nine wind-shaped talismans appeared on the sword's spine.

He exhaled a breath of his own vital energy, and the talismans lit up one by one, and a ghostly howling of the wind suddenly sounded between heaven and earth - it was the killer sword move "Nine Abyss Wind Prison" in "Wind and Fire Nine Chens Sword Sutra"!
In an instant, nine tornadoes emerged from the void in all directions, with a sword shadow floating in the eye of each tornado, trapping Lu Cheng in the center. Wherever the hurricane blades passed, even the rocks were pulverized.

Seeing this, Lu Cheng remained calm. Through the sword fight, he roughly guessed that Ge Xiu's magic power was around the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. The spiritual sense of a cultivator could detect the approximate realm of other cultivators, but this behavior was quite hostile, and cultivators at high levels often practiced the art of concealing their breath, so in most cases, if the time spent together was short, the cultivator could only judge the approximate level of the person in front of him, and it was not very accurate.

(End of this chapter)