Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 81 If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening.
There is no righteousness or evil in the Tao, but people's hearts are different after all. The righteous path in the Tang Dynasty's Tongxuan cultivation world is headed by the Eight Scenery Sect and the Cangjian Palace. They emphasize self-discipline and abstinence, tempering the mind, accumulating magic power and cultivating immortality.

The evil sect is headed by Dongyang Orthodox Church, assisted by the Palace of Incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts, Beichen Sword Gate, and Gushen Sect, which balance the world. They believe that the universe is dark and the strong prey on the weak, and that the great way is for cultivators to devote the world to themselves.

Under the Taoist philosophy of "the universe is dark, the strong prey on the weak", not to mention indulging in lust, even if the devil's heart digs out people's hearts and livers and fries them, it is not uncommon to temper one's own mind with all the sentient beings in the world:
If this body perishes, it is because my cultivation is insufficient and my practice is inadequate;
Although it is extreme, it does make sense.

The evil path is somewhere in between the two, without the longevity of the righteous practitioners and the harsh and simple precepts, and without the ideals of the evil practitioners.

They are more like a group of mortals who have gained enormous power. These are the sixteen evil sects in the world.

But this type of cultivators happens to be the most numerous in the world. When there are many of them, naturally there will be a few who have outstanding opportunities, character, and roots, so people in the world call them evil heretics and unorthodox teachings.

In the boudoir, Madam Ruyu looked at the rosy little face of her disciple and swallowed her saliva with greed. Most of the cultivators from the unconventional sects were ugly. Occasionally there were one or two who looked good, but they had been eaten up by a group of slutty girls and maids and were picked up without restraint until they became rotten sieves.

The young monks in the orthodox religion are the best. Nine out of ten of them are virgins who entered the religion. Their pure yang bodies are still intact. They use their own yin and yang to set up furnaces and tripods, and refine elixirs internally. If they can collect the primordial essence, one of them can be worth a hundred of those from the side sects.

The great masters of the underworld like Bai Gu and Huo Gui, who have abundant vitality, are certainly not comparable to Yu Wenzhong, but these bastards are more cunning than each other. You want to absorb their essence? They also want to absorb your Yin essence to increase your power.

If you don’t give it to me, I will turn against you even in bed. With your life at stake, will you give it to me or not?

Even if he were to reward you with some essence occasionally, you would have to flatter and serve him in every possible way to get even a little.

Therefore, Madam Ruyu has been keeping Yuwen Zhong by her side, wanting him to build a foundation with the righteous Taoism, which would be of great benefit to himself.

However, she had been severely squeezed by the bones these days. At this moment, Madam Ruyu's five energies were empty and the internal fire was burning. She almost wanted to ignore everything and take supplements from Yuwen Zhong first to make up for the lost vitality in these days.

"Master...Master, don't do this, don't do this."

Yuwen Zhong grew up reading Taoist books and texts, and he had a great desire for the great Dao of Taoism, otherwise he would not have insisted on practicing as a virgin in Madam Ruyu's cave for so many years.

But at this moment, as the scent of his master's body continued to enter his nose, Yuwen Zhong's face became redder and redder, and he became confused and bewildered.

Just when both the man and woman were confused and infatuated and just wanted to indulge themselves, a faint sound of a flute came over, making Madam Ruyu's eyes gradually clear.

"How could it happen so fast? Disaster, disaster has come!"

Before this, Lu Cheng had already brought the people from Chixin Temple to the Fire Ghost Cave, which was dozens of miles away.

The Fire Ghost Cave sent a sword fighting invitation to the Chixin Temple in order to gather the local evil spirits together. It would be best if they could also recruit a few fellow practitioners and foundation-building cultivators who had grudges against the master of the Chixin Temple. This kind of thing cannot be concealed because some local families have secretly defected to the Chixin Temple. After all, the Fire Cloud Cave Mansion is too famous. But the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Lu Cheng was well-versed in the Analects of Confucius: If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening.

If I find out the way to your house in the morning, you will be dead in the evening.

The reason why Lu Cheng didn't take action before was because he didn't know which evil cultivator those village elders and families were connected to. If he killed anyone he saw, all the local people would be forced to join the enemy side.

Even Lu Cheng wouldn't be so vicious.

Now the Fire Ghost Cave has sent a sword fight invitation to the Red Heart Temple. With Lu Cheng's personality, he took the monks of the Red Heart Temple to the Fire Ghost Cave on the day he received the invitation:
As the saying goes, a sharp sword cuts the Gordian knot. I only use one inch of a three-foot long sword.

Lu Cheng knew clearly that the entire Chixin Temple, except for himself, was almost entirely full of weaknesses. Therefore, instead of fighting against the local forces with their moves, it would be better to use speed to defeat the slow, and use ruthlessness to defeat ruthlessness.

Of course, Lu Cheng had something to rely on to do this. Yun Yuzhen was on the left, He Lan holding the statue of the Red Heart God was on the right, and behind them were a group of divine guards and militiamen led by Xu Sheng.

Every time they walked a certain distance, there would be someone looking back and forth with a nervous look on his face. At this time, Lu Cheng would suddenly kill someone, and every time that person would use one or two of the evil magic of the Fire Ghost Cave to protect himself.

Along the way, no matter what identity the secret agents of the Fire Ghost Cave disguised themselves as: the owner of a tea stall, a waiter in a restaurant, a farmer carrying manure, or an old lady selling vegetables.

As long as they have murderous intentions, they will not be able to hide under the sword heart. This kind of swordsmanship has probably not appeared in southern Xinjiang for a thousand years.

This allowed Lu Cheng to easily eliminate all the hidden assassins along the way, without letting them successfully send out a single talisman, and the group arrived at the Fire Ghost Cave smoothly.

Dozens of miles away, in a forest, Lu Cheng asked everyone to stop:
"Fellow Daoist Yun, please ambush in the southwest of the Fire Ghost Cave and eliminate all the evil. Don't let any of the remnants of the Fire Ghost Cave escape. But if you encounter a cultivator you think you can't deal with, you don't need to take action. Protecting your own safety is the first priority."

"Head Priest He, you take the Taoist temple guards and hide here. If there are any evil cultivators from the local sects gathering here, it would be best if you can kill them with the Heavenly Soldiers and Gods. If not, try to remember their appearances and identities."

He Lan has been practicing the Heavenly Soldiers and Divine Generals Technique for many years. With the addition of the lightning-struck peach wood statue of the Red-Hearted God, and the devout Taoist guards, even a foundation-building cultivator would not be able to kill her easily before the statue's divine power is exhausted. Of course, she would try her best to use this fighting force on this trip.

"Please be careful, Master. Chijun's incense and Ishihara's safety all depend on you!"

He Lan said this earnestly. In her opinion, it was extremely risky for the temple master to go to the notorious devil's den in person.

It would be better to stay in the Chixin Temple. The people of Ishihara City will certainly be willing to live and die with the master of the temple.

"Hahahahahaha, a bunch of people who raise Yin and feed on poisonous insects, followers of unorthodox practices, are not worth Chief Priest He's worry. If it weren't for the purpose of catching them all in one fell swoop and avoiding trouble, I should have returned to the Red Heart Temple to rest now."

After saying that, Lu Cheng cast a third-grade top-grade invisibility talisman on himself and quickly fled to the Fire Demon Cave, which had been there for hundreds of years and was quite notorious.

Lu Cheng and Lin Qingyue divorced and divided the treasure of the Heavenly Book equally. Because it was rather hasty at the time, Lu Cheng got more materials and talismans, while Lin Qingyue got more magic tools and spirit stones.

The Fire Ghost Cave originally had a second-level mid-grade defensive formation, but it was not connected to the earth veins. Skilled formation masters were hard to find in the major sects of the Xuanmen, and were even extinct in southern Xinjiang, so it was directly broken by the White Bone Taoist's spell. Now the new formation has not yet been established, and it is entirely up to the disciples to guard it.

"Hmm? Lao Zhou, did you see that? Just now it seemed like a gust of wind blew by and it seemed like someone went in through the door."

At the entrance of the cave, two guards were talking to each other.

"I think your eyes are blurry. Someone just came out and someone came in?"

The invisibility talisman conceals the aura of a cultivator. Lu Cheng does have a fourth-level invisibility talisman, but it consumes too much mana and is not worth using here.

The speed of his sword-fleeing skills alone was enough to make ordinary cultivators unable to see clearly and think they were dazzled.

"The location of the Fire Ghost Wanderer, just catch a tongue and ask him and you will know where he is, then kill him with one sword. And considering the personality of this evil cultivator, if he dares to embarrass me, he must have called a few friends..."

In the lighted alleys of the cave, a cultivator in the Qi training stage was walking alone.

Immediately afterwards, he only felt a flash before his eyes, and his magic power was sealed and he was pressed into the shadow of the corner.

"Tell me, where does Fire Ghost Sanren live? Tell me more clearly and I won't kill you."

After a moment, Lu Cheng knew the approximate location from the Fire Ghost Cave disciple's eloquent answer, then he pressed his dantian and knocked him out, then hid in the shadow in the corner.

In the secluded room, after opening the protective formation, Huogui Sanren was practicing his skills in the secret room:
In front of him was a huge copper furnace with a blazing fire inside.

As Fire Ghost Wanderer practiced his skills, streams of fire flew out from the copper furnace and merged into his body.

Use the yang of the raging fire to neutralize the yin of one's own ghosts and increase magical power.

"Ruyu, Baigu, and all those who betrayed me, I want you to die!"

As Fire Ghost Sanren's resentment and roars grew, twisted phantoms began to appear on his body, appearing to be him, yet not him.

But at this time.

Clang, bang.

An unusually pure sword light suddenly broke through the door of the stone chamber where the master was practicing martial arts in seclusion, and immediately afterwards, an extremely domineering golden-red sword light came to kill.

At first, Huogui Sanren thought that Baigu Taoist had changed his mind and came to kill him, but the next moment he knew he was wrong.

The fiery intent and fierce power in the sword force, the certainty of killing, the certainty of victory, and the certainty of death of the enemy, were simply not something that could be emanated by anyone he knew.

"Master Chixin, please don't kill"

Before he uttered the last word "I", the flaming golden sword had already landed on Fire Ghost Sanren's body.

Breaking through his protective magic power, he pinned his body diagonally to the wall. There were still three, or even four ghost shadows in Huo Gui San Ren's body. However, under the sword intent and the overbearing sword fire of the Fiery Golden Light Sword, none of the last four ghost shadows could break out of his body, and all of them were burned to ashes together with Huo Gui San Ren.

The sudden burst of such intense sword energy within the cave naturally woke up the Taoist White Bone who was practicing, as well as Madam Ruyu who was still hesitating in the room.

And soon, the monks from the Fire Ghost Cave also discovered the disciple who had been captured and knocked unconscious by Lu Cheng.

"Oh no! Someone broke into the cave. Be alert! Be alert!"

"Someone broke into the cave!"

Lu Cheng didn't care about the noise outside. He waved his sleeves, and the whole person emerged with a burst of red light, instantly turning into the red Taoist robe of a Fire Ghost Cave monk.

The divine power is best at affecting people's hearts. In his early years when he was in the Qi training stage, Lu Cheng used the power of thunder and fire to perform illusions and almost fooled Tang Shi, who was already a foundation-building cultivator at that time. Today, his divine illusions are naturally more advanced, and he even compiled them into a divine art to pass on to He Lan. Lu Cheng called this illusion: Hundred Changes of Demonic Appearances.

This is to remind and warn ourselves that self-cultivation is the right way. If we are overly obsessed with divine methods, we will fall into the devil state, and it will be too late to regret then.

"For a group of ordinary mortals, I am making enemies with all the monks in Southern Border. Am I doing this because I am influenced by the 'protective' divine thought of the Red Lord? And not out of my own heart?"

"No, I come from a world with abundant material resources. I feel unhappy when I see those law-abiding people bullying and humiliating me. It would be fine if I were powerless to change them, but now I have built my foundation and have mastered swordsmanship. I am afraid of them, so why shouldn't they be afraid of me?"

Ten years of sharpening a sword, Frost Blade has never tried.

Today, Ba Shijun, who is injustice?
I have practiced sword for more than ten years, and today I will eliminate all the injustice here!
At the same time, on the other side, Bi Hongjun was leading a group of disciples from his family, hurrying towards the Fire Ghost Cave.

No one is more anxious than the Bi family to wipe out the Chixin Temple.

Because their family practices ghost-path techniques, the more the farmers in their county are insulted and tortured during their lifetime, the heavier their resentment will be after death, and the more helpful it will be for them to practice ghost-path techniques.

Selling powerful ghost magic tools is the way for the Bi family to make money. Then they exchange the spirit stones for silver to buy farmers. This cycle has become an industry.

Therefore, the establishment of Chixin Temple and the popularization of the belief in Chixin God made Bi Hongjun feel that a disaster was imminent.

So as soon as the Fire Ghost Cave sent the letter, he rushed over immediately, fearing that he would miss the last life-saving straw if he arrived a little late.

Just when they came to a forest that they needed to pass through, Bi Hongjun saw a disciple of Huogui Sanren from Huogui Cave, meditating with his eyes closed under the shade of a tree.

This woman's name was Mu Shuying. She had consumed her vitality by practicing ghost magic, so although she was only in her forties, she looked very old and frail, like a woman in her seventies or eighties.

However, because he was ruthless and good at using strategies, he was trusted by the Fire Ghost Sanren.

"Friend Mu, why are you meditating here?"

Since he needed a favor from others and the Bi family had a close connection with the Fire Ghost Cave, Bi Hongjun certainly would not turn a blind eye to it, so he stopped the disciples of the clan behind him and went forward to pay his respects in person.

"Huh. I was wondering who it was. It turns out to be a fellow Taoist who came to join us in this celebration. Please, please, please. My master ordered me to come here and welcome the guests."

"You are so polite. You are willing to help the local monks to remove the cancer of Chixin Temple. This is a great deed. My Bi family is willing to do so."

Mu Shuying stepped forward and Bi Hongjun naturally moved forward.

Flames condensed on the palms of Mu Shuying's hands behind his back, and he immediately pressed them on Bi Hongjun's back. A domineering and fierce fire force almost penetrated and ignited Bi Hongjun's internal organs.

"what!"

"Clan leader!"

Bi Hongjun screamed, and the blood that spurted out almost vaporized. The Bi family monks behind him reacted and attacked "Mu Shuying".

But at this time, a group of warriors holding bows, spears and other weapons ran out from the forest on one side.

"Chi Jun protects the body and kills the evil demon!"

"Chi Jun protects the body and kills the evil demon!"

As the magic weapons of the Bi family monks fell on Mu Shuying, He Lan's magic of changing into a demon form was broken, but an endless scarlet light emerged from her body, and in that scarlet light countless golden-armored heavenly soldiers and generals emerged to take over the defense.

Some of them responded to the calls of the Taoist temple guards and transformed into rays of light that fell on them.

The righteous gods cannot possess people, but Li Meng, Tu Nuhu, Zou Xiong, Zou Yong and other heavenly soldiers and generals are essentially evil spirits. Inviting them is equivalent to inviting ghosts to possess you. It's just that after they worship the righteous gods, the yin energy on their bodies will not be so heavy, and the harm to people will be greatly reduced.

The reason why so many Taoist temple guards were brought here is because the divine power of the Chixin Temple cannot reach here at present, and the divine power that can be stored in the statue of Chixin God is limited. With these devout divine guards as carriers of possession, the divine power consumption of Li Meng, Tu Nuhu and others when they appear in the world will be greatly reduced.

Under normal circumstances, any Bi family cultivator could deal with mortals like He Lan and Xu Sheng. With a defensive talisman and an offensive weapon, it would only take a certain amount of time for one person to kill a hundred people.

But today, under the divine law that has not appeared in the world for a long time.

The practitioners of the Bi family stared in amazement as the bone instruments they controlled were blocked by the red light, while the defensive talismans they used were simply unable to stop the rain of arrows and wielding spears.

The ghost magic was restrained by the divine magic, and soon all nine people in the Bi family were killed.

"Thank you, Chi Junwei."

After the battle, He Lan came to the statue held by Xu Sheng and bowed deeply. Looking at the crimson statue, she couldn't help but think of Mr. Wang Yue back then.

There are numerous corrupt officials in this world, but honest officials are rare. However, only honest officials can establish a good conscience for the world.

Only in this way could Lu Cheng practice Taoism and establish the foundation of Chixin Temple.

Even after hundreds or thousands of years, the people of Ishihara will still be under the protection of Mr. Wang Yue.

On the other side, inside the Fire Ghost Cave.

"Don't panic, calm down."

The Taoist priest Bai Gu flew up into the air, waved his Taoist robe and shouted like thunder.

Although the many monks in the Fire Ghost Cave were quieted down, the fear was still there and everyone was still whispering.

Just as the Taoist Bai Gu wanted to say something to boost morale, he suddenly felt a terrible pressure locking onto him, followed by a dazzling sword light that came from behind to kill him.

"The mind is locked, the sword intent is in full force! No wonder the Fire Ghost couldn't even block a single sword strike."

The old Taoist opened his mouth and spat out a bone bead, which spun around his body, carrying with it a huge amount of magic power, and fixed the extremely domineering and sharp golden-red flying sword in mid-air.

But immediately afterwards, under the sword, like a spirit snake spitting out its tongue, another pure sword light slashed out, and a sword was hidden under the sword, and the two swords moved forward.

"Good swordsmanship!"

The Bone Taoist silently used his magic power, and the air around the White Bone Magic Pearl began to distort. The Chunjun Flying Sword slashed past it, but a large amount of the sword force was removed, and then it was bounced away by the Bone Taoist's protective magic power, piercing through the stone wall with a clang, and flew back.

The White Bone Demonic Pearl was faster than the Chunjun Flying Sword. It shot towards Lu Cheng like a pale lightning bolt. Bang.

The Fire Ghost Cave disciple transformed by Lu Cheng flew up, and Lu Cheng landed on the bulge on the wall, looking at the old Taoist in front of him with some surprise.

"Master Lu, we agreed to have a fight to the death in Chixin Temple in a month. Master Lu, are you so impatient?"

The White Bone Taoist took back the White Bone Magic Pearl, stared at the young Taoist in front of him and said this.

"Humph, why bother talking to a bunch of evil heretics like you! Since you've sent out the invitation, you better prepare to die."

Because the Taoist White Bone Master was not affected by the sword intent at all, Lu Cheng had already been intrigued by him. He thought that his second level of foundation building in the underground world was equivalent to the fifth level of foundation building in the human world, plus his own swordsmanship, he had few rivals in this border area. However, he did not expect that he seemed to have met a master of the underworld today.

(End of this chapter)