Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 57 Two Years, Widow (There will be updates in the evening!)

Spring passes and autumn comes, time flies.

In a blink of an eye, two years passed.

During these two years, the influence of Wenjianzhai has grown day by day. Although Lu Cheng was reluctant, it was hard to refuse the favors and requests from some connections. So the number of students in Wenjianzhai expanded to an average of about 300 people, and the monthly salary was still ten spirit stones.

In the past two years, Lu Cheng earned 72,000 spirit stones just from student tuition.

Sure enough, no matter which world you are in, as long as the education and training are done well, you won’t have to worry about money.

In addition, Lu Cheng’s three-day guidance fee has increased to 8,192 spirit stones.

It all started a year and a half ago, when a cultivator in the late Qi training stage requested three days of instruction for some unknown reason. After being tortured by Lu Cheng's swordsmanship for three days, he gained some insights after returning and actually successfully broke through to the foundation building stage.

It is extremely dangerous for ordinary Qi training late stage cultivators to forcefully break through without the aid of foundation building pills. On average, only one out of thirty can succeed, and the rest all fail, often dying horribly due to broken meridians.

The foundation-building pill can harmonize magic power and protect the meridians. The effect of this pill in assisting breakthroughs is secondary. Its most important function is to prevent the cultivator from going astray due to a failed breakthrough. This has given many cultivators great psychological comfort, and they are more daring to give it a try.

The impoverished late-stage Qi training cultivator had no spiritual stones to buy the foundation-building pill. He was fifty-nine years old, and seeing that his vitality was beginning to decline and that there was no hope for his future path in life, he used the spiritual stones he had accumulated over the years to ask Lu Cheng to teach him swordsmanship.

Lu Cheng didn't know what he had touched on him, the whole process was just normal swordsmanship instruction.

Then this guy seemed to have realized something, and went back to seclude himself and achieved a breakthrough.

When this incident happened, the entire cultivation community in the City That Never Sleeps was in an uproar.

The breakthrough ratio is thirty to one. Although this person has not yet completed the underground foundation, his foundation is much deeper than that of ordinary cultivators of the same level, and he has a bright future.

This unexpected incident brought two more people to Lu Cheng's camp, with one person receiving guidance worth 2,048 spirit stones and the other providing guidance worth 4,096 spirit stones. However, although these two made some progress in their swordsmanship, neither of them succeeded in making a breakthrough.

Finally, someone concluded:

If one has a talent for swordsmanship, it would help to increase the probability of breakthrough if one seeks guidance from a swordsmanship master before taking the foundation-building pill. This talent can also be replaced by alchemy, weapon making, and even other arts of cultivating immortals.

Although it is just a guess, this inference was very popular for a period of time.

But Lu Cheng didn't care about it. He just taught students in Wenjianzhai and practiced his swordsmanship quietly.

Two years passed, and because of the rational use of various cultivation resources and his increasingly solid foundation, Lu Cheng's magic power actually broke through two levels and reached the eleventh level of Qi training.

However, this does not significantly improve its combat power, it only enhances its sustained combat capability.

"This is because I have mastered the two sword skills of Sword Intention and Sword Heart, which greatly accelerated my efficiency in purifying my own magic power. I have repeatedly tempered and purified Lu Cheng's mixed magic power, and gradually made the progress I have today."

Lu Cheng was practicing sword in the backyard of Wenjianzhai and summing up in his mind.

At this moment, the sword he held had a pure, thick and deep sword light. It was no longer the red flame, but the newly purchased Chunjun.

The Scarlet Flame Flying Sword was severely damaged, and Lu Cheng could not hire a craftsman in the City That Never Sleeps to repair it, so he could only hide it temporarily.

Fortunately, it is common for those who are good at swordsmanship to collect several high-quality swords.

At the beginning, because Lu Cheng responded appropriately, Zhang Shou did not have too many doubts and did not choose to check Lu Cheng's flying sword. Now two years have passed and this matter is no longer a flaw.

hum hum...

As Lu Cheng continued to pour the meridian-breaking sword energy into the sword, Chunjun emitted bursts of rumbling sounds.

The Taoist used his own magic power to control the sword light, and then he pounced, and the sword light flashed and the man was like a swimming dragon. It turned out that the man and the flying sword were really combined.

The flying sword flew through the air and turned into a ferocious sword dragon, flying and dancing in the sky. The Taoist was in the middle of it as if he was riding the wind. The sword energy was so powerful that it was impossible to tell the gap between the sword light and the human shadow.

It has been seven years since he came to this world, and the speed at which he purifies his true energy is much faster than Lu Cheng had previously estimated.

If he wanted, he could buy a foundation-building pill and complete the foundation-building process right now. It would be a piece of cake, but it would also be a great success.

What's more, with Lu Cheng's current connections and financial resources, if one is not enough, then two, or even three or four, will surely be built.

However, if one wants to cultivate the foundation of the Earth Sword, it will take about twenty years of hard work.

Purifying and repairing a damaged foundation is so difficult, so those who truly practice the righteous path in the world often advise people to avoid taking shortcuts on the evil path. Once you take one step, it will be difficult to turn back ten steps later.

This is like a traveler climbing a mountain. The right way is to follow the path that has been walked by predecessors and climb up step by step. Although it is tiring, as long as you don't give up, there will always be a result.

The magic path is to climb up and down the cliffs, taking risks. There are very few people who can save time and effort and reach higher heights that ordinary people can't reach in a shorter time, but most of them fall down when they make a mistake. "Lin Lie!"

Just at this moment, someone called him. Lu Cheng called back the flying sword and turned around.

What you see is a girl in purple with a face as white as jade, eyebrows and eyes as picturesque, and a gentle temperament, which makes people feel close to her.

She was wearing a purple long dress with flowing lapels and swaying tassels. At this moment, she was trotting over with a wooden box in her arms, her red lips smiling and her eyes full of joy.

"Huh...Miss Qingyue."

Because they had lived and died together, in the past year after a gap of one year, Lin Qingyue often came to visit her sister to spend time with Lu Cheng.

With the help of the elixir, Lin Qingyue's old injuries had long since healed, and because there were elders in the family speaking for her.

With the treatment promised by the Lin family of Ranmu Mountain, Lin Qingyue no longer had to work as the owner of the Lin family's business shop, and at the same time, she had the resources and treatment of a Lin family elder, which was extremely generous:
Enjoy resources without any tasks, so you can practice Taoism wholeheartedly. This is a treatment that only those who have made great contributions to the family will receive.

Because of Lu Cheng's sword, the Lin family did not suspect Lin Qingyue.

The elders of the Lin family are also treated as foundation-building cultivators, and Lin Qingyue herself has good aptitude for cultivation. After this incident, her future path can be said to be smooth and she can expect success.

"Here."

Coming closer, Lin Qingyue handed over the wooden box in her arms.

"what is this?"

"Don't you know if you look at it?"

Lu Cheng smiled when he heard that. He took the wooden box with both hands and opened it. There was a sword inside. This was nothing special, but as Lu Cheng pulled out the sword.

A dazzling golden color appeared in his eyes.

"This, this is Akamatsu?"

The flying sword in front of him was originally the first-grade top-grade flying sword Chisong, but now, it has become a second-grade top-grade flying sword.

"It is now called the Blazing Golden Light Sword. I spent a lot of money to ask an elder in my family to refine it for you. The weapon is of excellent quality. When you are promoted to a foundation-building cultivator in the future, as long as you find a swordsmith with some skills, it will not be difficult to upgrade this sword into a third-grade high-quality flying sword."

Lin Qingyue smiled sweetly as if showing off, but her eyes were fixed on Lu Cheng in front of her.

The spiritual sword that had accompanied him for many years was finally forged into the second level and even the third level in the future. Lu Cheng was extremely excited. When he raised his head, his eyes met Lin Qingyue's.

The two of them were speechless for a while, they just looked at each other silently, and under the peach blossoms in the garden, the atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous.

"Okay, you, you try this flying sword. I have something else to do. I'll go back first."

"I send you."

"No, no, I'll go with Qingxue."

The girl in the purple dress ran away pulling her hair, but when she turned around the door, she suddenly turned around and smiled at Lu Cheng, then she left with a red face as if she was escaping.

Lu Cheng held the flaming golden sword in both hands, and his heart was shaken for a moment.

However, for those who practice Taoism, their emotions start from their actions and end with the Tao. If they let their emotions disrupt the Tao, it will be difficult for them to achieve their Taoism.

Even if he wanted to be with Qingyue, it definitely couldn't be now. His body had already lost its yang energy, so it didn't matter that his aura was mixed.

Although Lin Qingyue is a widow now, Lu Cheng knows that she is still a pure yin virgin, and the Taoism she practices is also a righteous practice with pure magic power. If he destroys her foundation of Taoism, does he love her or hate her?

He pulled out the newly acquired flaming golden sword inch by inch, and the hesitation and desire in Lu Cheng's eyes were also eliminated inch by inch.

Although he had not conducted any deliberate investigation in the past two years, he could vaguely learn through the relationship network of Wenjianzhai that the City That Never Sleeps had never stopped hunting down Liu Baihong, and even other forces had joined in.

"There must be something fatal in that Qiankun Ring. Fortunately, Brother Liu has never failed, but this thing is still a fatal fire thunder bead. The higher my cultivation level, the greater the chance of taking on this matter even if something happens in the future."

If Lu Cheng was already a cultivator of the Ningsha or Liangang level, then killing Chen Tianxiong would be a piece of cake. Even if he was facing Ranmu Mountain, there would be room for him to turn the situation around.

"In the end, this world is all about strength."

(End of this chapter)