Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 53: The anger is not over yet, and the situation is still boiling (Sanjiang didn’t get it, it will be released tomorrow)
"Shopkeeper, give me three jars of strong liquor first."

After killing the man, Lu Cheng took the Qiankun bag and did not leave. Instead, he sat down in a nearby street restaurant and started drinking in front of everyone.

The innkeeper was so scared that his legs went limp, and his bastard waiter Ergou fell to the ground, unable to be kicked. He could only go forward and pour wine for the Taoist himself.

The strong liquor went down his throat, and he felt warmer and warmer as he drank it. However, Lu Cheng only felt that he had a lot of murderous intent in his heart, which was boiling in his chest.

Normally speaking, it would be something to be proud of for a Qi Condensation Realm cultivator to kill a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator all by himself. However, the young Taoist who was drinking bowl after bowl of wine did not feel that it was satisfying enough!

"The one who should be killed has not been killed, the one who should die has not died, the flying sword is still whistling in its sheath, how can I vent the anger in my chest?"

Who does Lu Cheng really want to kill?

Of course, it was Chen Tengjiao and Chen Tianxiong, father and son, from the Sword Art Hall. The person they killed today was just a knife handed over to them. Chen Tengjiao was the hand wielding the knife, and Chen Tianxiong was the support behind him.

If I don't kill them, I will feel like a thorn in my back.

At this time, a ball of golden light avoided everyone's sight and crawled into Lu Cheng's sleeve. The poisonous golden silkworm Gu had eaten and drunk enough at this moment, so it gently bit Lu Cheng's finger and then escaped into the Jiuli Cauldron.

There were monks who killed people in the streets.

In the city that never sleeps, such a big event had of course been reported to the City Patrol Department long ago. Not long after, many patrolmen with silver and bronze badges had rushed to the place and surrounded the scene and the young Taoist who was drinking.

"My name is Wu Cheng, nice to meet you, Master Lin."

"My name is Xu Zhang, nice to meet you, Master Lin."

The sons of Wu Cheng and Xu Zhang had both been trained by Lu Cheng and had made great progress in swordsmanship. At this moment, they came forward to strike up a conversation.

"That evil cultivator tried to assassinate me with a secret curse, but I counterattacked and killed her. There should be a curse array she set up nearby. You guys go check it out. I'm staying here and not going anywhere."

Wu Cheng and Xu Zhang looked at each other and saluted in unison, saying:

"Yes."

As Lu Cheng's sword skills surpassed those of other heroes and his reputation grew, Wu Cheng and Xu Zhang were increasingly considered to be far-sighted in spending a large sum of money to seek guidance from Master Lin of Wenjian Zhai for their sons. Now, Master Lin's three-day guidance fee has risen to one thousand and twenty-four spirit stones.

Many people in the city even set up a forum to bet on when someone would double the number.

It was not the first time that the evil cultivator had killed someone with the curse. She was able to establish a foundation with the Yin Ghost in southern Xinjiang. Her first half of life must have had a lot of stories and excitement, so she was not an unknown person.

"This person is the Curse Master Tang Yao, who is good at the evil magic of entering dreams. Her spirit can travel and kill people invisibly. I didn't expect that Master Lin would be beheaded with a sword in the street today. She really deserves it!"

"only……"

The coroner who performed the autopsy frowned slightly when he said this.

"Just what?" Xu Zhang asked with a frown.

The coroner looked around at first, then approached Xu Zhang and whispered:
"She was poisoned, and her heart and liver were gone. It seems that she encountered an extremely powerful poisonous insect before she died."

Xu Zhang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the elegant Taoist in the restaurant. He didn't expect that Master Lin, who had a handsome face, could actually raise poisonous insects and had raised them to a very advanced level.

"You don't need to make this public. Just make sure it's Tang Yao."

"This person is definitely Tang Yao. I can guarantee his life."

"That's good."

His son and Lin Lie are already master and disciple, which is a connection. Xu Zhang certainly does not want Lin Lie to go to jail and cut off his son's career path.

Not long after, Silver Medal Patrolman Wu Cheng also came back, and behind him his subordinates captured two boys who looked only six or seven years old.

"We have found the curse formation, and captured two of Tang Yao's disciples. The case is confirmed. Master Lin was only fighting back in self-defense, and killing the wanted criminal is not only innocent, but also meritorious!"

At this time, two sedan chairs were carried in from outside the crowd.

The head of the Xie family, Xie Bian, and the head of the Yu family, Yu Ziliang, both got off their sedan chairs and rushed here.

Their arrival made the scene more chaotic. Both of them had some connections in the City Patrol Department, and they all came to protect Lucheng.

But Lu Chengxiu was at a state of calmness, and he vaguely sensed that the sedan chairs of the Xie and Yu families had actually arrived a long time ago, but they were just waiting for their connections in the City Patrol Office to inform them of what had happened and to confirm that there was no connection between the two families. Only then did the two heads of the two families come forward and do their favors.

The Xie family and the Yu family are both merchant families. Although they have guest officials at the Foundation Establishment stage, they are outsiders after all.

The head of Wenjianzhai, Mr. Lin, is not only the sword teacher of the two families' legitimate sons, but with his sword skills, he is also expected to break through to the foundation-building stage or even the underground foundation-building stage. If he can win over the two families, he will spare no effort.

Of course, if Lu Cheng was thrown into jail, these two families would immediately withdraw.

Lu Cheng forced himself to cheer up and exchanged a few words with the heads of the two families and Captain Yin Zhang of the City Patrol. After learning that Tang Yao was a wanted criminal in the City That Never Sleeps and that a reward of 3,500 spirit stones would be given for his killing, Lu Cheng said he would go and get it another day, and then returned to Wenjianzhai.

There was a bit of chaos in the Sword Hall at this time. When Lu Cheng returned, He Guo, Xie Yan, and Yu Liang all stepped forward quickly to salute:
"Master." There was concern in his eyes.

Before, Lu Cheng came out with a sword, and the other three were unable to catch up. Xie Yan and Yu Liang could only send out talismans to notify their teachers at home to help them.

"It's nothing, you've just been cursed. Calm your mind, sense the source of the curse, and kill the person who cast the spell with your sword, then the spell can be broken."

"..."

He Guo, Xie Yan and Yu Liang looked at each other in surprise when they heard this.

Finally, Xie Yan said with a wry smile:
"Master, you are the only one who can remove the curse of a Foundation Establishment cultivator." Before Lu Cheng returned, Xie Bian, the head of the Xie family, had already informed Xie Yan of what had happened through the magic talisman so that his beloved son could rest assured.

"Okay, don't gather here. I'm a little tired. I'll go back and rest. You guys should supervise and teach the younger brothers and sisters well."

"As ordered."

All three disciples should be in agreement.

The backyard of Wenjianzhai.

The young Taoist walked towards his room, and before his hand touched the door, Lu Cheng suddenly became alert.

But before he could react, the door of the room was pushed open.

A man in green clothes with white hair but a youthful appearance appeared:

The sword-wielding immortal ape Liu Baihong.

"Brother Liu?"

Unexpectedly, just a few months later, Liu Baihong appeared again.

"I'm afraid I need Brother Lin to do me a favor this time."

"What's the matter?"

Based on Lu Cheng's understanding of Liu Baihong, this person has a proud personality and is definitely not someone who would take advantage of others.

"Kill someone."

"Who?"

"The Grand Elder of the Sword Art Hall: Chen Tianxiong!"

Liu Baihong spoke word by word, then looked at Lu Cheng and said with a smile:
"I lost to you in the sword fight, so I didn't have enough energy to reach the foundation building stage. I had no choice but to kill a cultivator in the late foundation building stage to sacrifice my sword to boost my energy."

In the secular world, when two countries or armies confront each other, they often kill people as sacrifices. One reason is to sacrifice to the gods of heaven and earth and increase the killing spirit. The other is to strengthen confidence and inspire the courage of the army.

Hearing this, Lu Cheng understood that Liu Baihong came to help him immediately after learning that he was assassinated. At the same time, he understood the cause and effect of the matter. He didn't say to kill Chen Tengjiao, but to kill Chen Tianxiong. As long as Chen Tianxiong died, Chen Tengjiao would be nothing more than a minor disease, and life or death would not matter to the two of them.

On the contrary, Chen Tianxiong is a threat that cannot be ignored.

“…Brother Liu, you don’t have to do this.”

"Alas, this matter is also for my own sake. I have a hunch that only by sacrificing a sword with a foundation-building cultivator can I advance to the foundation-building realm. Otherwise, I will die miserably in the process of breaking through the barrier."

In the room, Liu Baihong waved her hand and said this.

"Then we need to plan carefully. Chen Tianxiong is a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building. Even if his vitality has begun to decline, normally we cannot kill him."

Liu Baihong will repay a favor, and Lu Cheng is not the kind of person who would hesitate, so he began to think about how to proceed.

A cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, he had sharp spiritual awareness, powerful magical powers, and great wealth. It could be said that the moment they decided to kill him, Lu Cheng and Liu Baihong were gambling with their lives. However, both of them had shining eyes, were in high spirits, and had a sense of sharpness.

A sword cultivator may fail, but if he loses his courage, he will never be able to cultivate to a higher level.

If it is the inheritance of the ancient sword immortal's magic lineage, the magic power will be transformed into sword energy, and there will be a sense of sharpness from the inside out.

Unfortunately, Lu Cheng's magic power is relatively impure compared to that of a sword cultivator, and Liu Baihong has no good martial arts inheritance, so it will be more difficult for the two of them to practice this way.

Seven days later, in the morning, at Lin’s business shop.

Inside the inner house, Lin Qingyue was reading a letter, her brows furrowed as she paced back and forth, as if she was confused:

"Qingxue, what happened to you recently when you were learning swordsmanship in Wenjianzhai?"

"Seven days ago, an evil cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage tried to curse the master in secret, but was killed by the master with his sword. This incident caused a big stir, so many people came to the Sword Master to study."

After thinking for a while, Lin Qingxue answered her sister.

"I have also heard about this matter, but what does it have to do with you? If you have nothing to do, why would you invite me? Well, I will personally take you to Wenjianzhai tomorrow to meet Master Lin again."

Lin Qingyue had a faint hope in her heart, but then she shook her head, thinking that this was impossible.

The next day.

The carriage of Lin's merchant house took the Lin sisters to Wenjianzhai. It was snowing lightly that day, and the snowflakes fell from the sky to the earth.

A girl in the carriage lifted the curtain and looked out. She reached out to catch a snowflake and watched it melt in the warmth of her palm.

After arriving at Wenjianzhai, Lin Qingxue went to the sword hall to practice sword.

Lin Qingyue got out of the car gracefully and went to the backyard of the sword hall after explaining her identity.

"Lin's Merchant House, Lin Qingyue greets the owner of Jianzhai."

"Please come in."

A clear male voice came from behind the wooden door.

This was not the first time that Lu Cheng and Lin Qingyue had met, but this was the first time that they had been alone together.

At this moment, the young Taoist was making tea, and the woman, who looked like an ancient lady, observed etiquette and waited quietly for the Taoist to finish making tea.

After a cup of tea, the tea fragrance spreads.

Then Lu Cheng really started drinking tea, as if he had forgotten that there was a guest in front of him.

"The host is in a very elegant mood."

Lin Qingyue is the owner of the Lin's Trading Shop on the surface, but in fact, she is backed by the Lin family of Ranmu Mountain. Her status is not lower than that of a sword hall owner, but much higher.

Although I reminded him at this time, the young Taoist still ignored him and just read quietly and drank tea.

Time passed little by little, and an hour later.

Lin Qingyue's face had become somewhat ugly. She seemed to get up and leave several times, but for some reason she finally sat down.

Two hours.

Three hours.

After three and a half hours, Lu Cheng spoke:

"It seems that Miss Lin has the same purpose as me."

Given Lin Qingyue's status and position, it would be impossible for her to be ignored like this and sit there for a whole day unless she had any ulterior motives.

"...Master Lin, what do you want to say?"

"If the girl is willing, she can leave now."

Lu Cheng stretched out his arm to indicate the direction of the door. If Lin Qingyue had not made up her mind, he would rather give up the matter or find other opportunities with Liu Baihong.

But Lin Qingxue just came to me for help seven days ago. The change in such a short time shouldn’t be so big. Could it be that Lin Qingyue and Lin Qingxue have different ideas?
Hearing this, Lin Qingyue stood up angrily and walked towards the door of the room, but when she was about to leave the room, she stopped, closed the door and turned around suddenly.

"Master, are you really willing to help me? Yes, Chen Tengjiao has done something so ruthless that he is determined to fight you to the death. If Chen Tianxiong really cultivates to the Condensed Evil Realm, there may not be a place for you in this Never-Sleeping City!"

"Of course, any female cultivator who aspires to the great Dao would not want to be someone else's cauldron. If you can really kill a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, perhaps we can join forces."

Lin Qingyue took a few steps forward, staring at the Taoist in front of her with burning eyes.

What is a furnace?

The furnace is to use "fire" to calcine and extract its essence. If you practice the ordinary method of collecting and replenishing too much and don't control yourself, it is easy to be like Lu Cheng's predecessor, with your true breath mixed up and go crazy and die.

However, if there is an excellent furnace and cauldron, the essence of heaven and earth can be introduced into the "furnace and cauldron", and then manipulated skillfully with special means. After a considerable degree of "calcination" and "refining", the essence of heaven and earth can be greatly enhanced, making the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages.

But this is for the person who takes the "drug". What will be the outcome of the furnace after such manipulation? In other words, who will care?
Not to mention that before the orthodox Xuanmen cultivators build their foundation, it is best not to lose the tradition of true yang and true yin. After Lin Qingyue was merely used as a furnace to be calcined and replenished by others, her path was half ruined.

Even though Chen Tianxiong successfully stimulated his own vitality with the secret technique, his chances of breaking through the barrier and achieving the profound skill were only 30%.

For Chen Tianxiong, this confidence is great enough, enough for him to try his best to fight for it, but for Lin Qingyue, it is another matter.

As Lin Qingyue's murderous intentions were revealed, Liu Baihong walked out from another room.

Lu Cheng, Lin Qingyue and Liu Baihong's eyes met one after another, and they all knew in their hearts that a short-term alliance had been established.

"Brother Liu and I will take action. What can Miss Lin provide?"

"time and location."

"In addition, one of the most terrifying abilities of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is that their spiritual awareness far exceeds ours. I can lead Chen Tianxiong to the room with the God-Forbidden Screen so that the two of you can take action!"

High-level shops in the market usually have screen-like magical instruments to prevent spiritual prying, used to create a relatively private space. As the manager of the Lin's Shop, Lin Qingyue naturally has the authority to mobilize such resources.

"In fact, if Miss Lin is willing to offer her True Yin, the chances of this battle can be increased by 30%!" said Liu Baihong on the side.

If you attack when the target is practicing dual cultivation, the chances of assassination will be greatly increased. When Liu Baihong was young, he hid under the bed and used this opportunity to kill an opponent whose cultivation strength far exceeded his own.

"Absolutely not. If I were willing, why would I cooperate with you two?" Lin Qingyue's face changed when she heard that and she flatly refused.

(End of this chapter)