Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 95: Teaching the Dao Book, the Innate Qi Capture
Huoyun Mansion, Kunlong Peak.

Most monks probably spend a long period of their lives in seclusion in the stone chamber.

Lu Cheng sat on the altar, surrounded by pictures drawn by spiritual light.

Lu Cheng was in the midst of studying the Blood and Nerve Taoism. He would rather gain less than act with caution, repairing his internal injuries bit by bit and accumulating knowledge of Taoism.

However, in this process, one's own Taoist system will inevitably be affected by the blood nerves.

On this day, Lu Cheng was in seclusion in his own stone chamber, studying Taoist books, practicing Qi and swordsmanship. Suddenly, a red halo spread from the stone door of the chamber.

Upon seeing this, the young Taoist immediately dispersed the magic light from the surrounding scriptures, then opened the stone chamber restriction and released the communication talisman wrapped in red light into it:
"Lu Cheng, come to the top of Kunlong Peak to see me."

The voice of Master Chi Shen Zi was heard from within the talisman. This kind of summons through privately sending talismans was something that had never happened before in his previous life.

"Why did Teacher Chi Shenzi want to see me? Was my secret cultivation of the Blood Nerve discovered? Or is it because of something else?"

He had a lot of secrets, so he couldn't help but feel worried at this moment. However, after a moment, Lu Cheng cut off all the fears and distractions in his heart, walked out of the room, and flew to the top of Kunlong Peak on his sword.

Kunlong Peak is the highest peak in the Huoyun Mountains. Its top is deep into the clouds. If Lu Cheng had not cultivated the five elements foundation-building magic power, he would not have been able to climb up at all.

Rumble, rumble, dull thunder rolls.

Layers of black clouds covered the area, and lightning flashed like snakes, giving people a huge sense of oppression and deterrence, as if they were surrounding Kunlong Peak.

After passing through layers of clouds, Lu Cheng, who was riding the sword, saw an old Taoist in a red robe sitting on a huge rock and fishing downwards.

If there really is a lake or fish pond below, then the fishing line of this fishing rod must be nearly 10,000 meters long.

"Disciple Lu Cheng, I pay my respects to the Master."

Lu Cheng flew down on his sword and then retracted the sword light, bowing respectfully.

"Well, you're here."

Seeing Lu Cheng arriving, the old Taoist first carefully placed the fishing rod on the bluestone, then turned his head and looked at Lu Cheng for a long while.

Chi Shen Zi didn't say anything, so Lu Cheng also half-knelt there and didn't say anything.

Finally, the old Taoist spoke:

"I still remember that forty years ago, when I was out looking for sword-making materials, I met a little beggar. I was in a good mood after finding the treasure mine, so I brought you back."

"You have good roots, but your determination to pursue the Dao is not strong. When you came down the mountain 20 years ago, I thought our relationship as master and disciple had ended. But I didn't expect that after being tempered by the world, you would have a kind heart. In order to save a few young southern barbarians, you cut down mountains and destroyed temples, and wiped out blood-eating ghosts and gods. You even broke with the local cultivation forces for this. This is both your calamity and your opportunity. Without this opportunity, how could you have the fate of building the Five Qi foundation?"

"It's a pity that since you have cultivated the Five Qi Foundation, you have already embarked on the path of Qi Refining, which is incompatible with the Taoism of my Huoyun Mansion."

Hearing this, Lu Cheng's expression changed slightly:
"Master, are you going to drive me down the mountain?"

Seeing this, Chi Shen Zi on the bluestone shook his head slightly, then took out a letter from his sleeve, wrapped it in a magical light and sent it to Lu Cheng.

"I practice the Life and Death Illusion Sword Qi Yuan Gang Zhen Sha in Huoyun Mansion, which is not suitable for your foundation. However, I have a senior brother who practices Taoism in the Western Regions' Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace. His lineage has the most refined and pure Five Elements Zhen Sha, which can build an incomparable and powerful foundation for you. Are you willing to go?"

Hearing this, Lu Cheng's mind raced, and finally he knelt down and bowed: "Disciple is willing to go."

If it were an ordinary person, he might show some reluctance at this time.

But Lu Cheng has specifically studied the character of Chi Shen Zi: he regards Taoism as above all else.

If Lu Cheng dared to say: "Disciple wants to stay in the mountains and continue to serve the teacher."

This old Taoist could tear up the letter directly, and then arrange a menial job for himself, and serve him for a hundred years first:

You yourself don't value your own path, do you expect me to value it for you?

If you need to rely on others to push you forward, it is better for you to give up as soon as possible. You won’t go far on this path anyway.

"Hahahaha, okay. But after all, you have called me Master for twenty years, and I can't let you leave Huoyun Mansion empty-handed."

As he spoke, a white jade sceptre flew out from the sleeves of the Red God Son, landed in front of Lu Cheng, and floated in the air.

"Here is the Xiantian School's Xiantian Qi Grand Capture. The Xiantian School's cultivators are a little stupid, but they are very refined and pure. Their Taoism does have some merits. Especially this Xiantian Qi Grand Capture, which looks very simple but is actually very powerful. It can make the cultivator's magic power more condensed... They practice Xiantian Qi, while you build your foundation with five Qi. It's not as pure as them, but it's more powerful. Maybe you are more suitable for this technique than them."

"Of course, if you learn this technique, you will inevitably have some conflicts with the Xiantian sect's cultivators in the future. Do you dare?"

"Disciple, I dare."

At this moment, Lu Cheng suddenly recalled the real sword fight that took place near the Zixia Mountain spiritual vein a few months ago, which affected hundreds of miles. Then he looked at the white jade gui in front of him.

Even though he didn't have a deep relationship with the Taoist priest in front of him, Lu Cheng couldn't help but feel warm in his heart at this moment:

"Disciple, thank you for your many years of teaching."

Lu Cheng did not think that his dignity was more noble than others. He chose to kneel there and kowtow three times to the teacher in front of him.

"No need for that. If you achieve some success in your Taoism in the future, you will be worthy of me. From today until one month later, you must go up the mountain at noon every day. I have already seen the Xiantian Yiqi Daqinna technique, and I can pass on my understanding to you. As for how much you can comprehend, it depends on your own understanding."

"Also, don't use pills to treat your internal injuries. Your foundation is very solid. Using Qigong to repair your internal injuries bit by bit is also an excellent training process."

"Yes."

For the next month, Lu Cheng studied the Xiantian Yiqi Great Capturing Technique every day and went to Kunlong Peak to ask his teacher for advice:

There are several ways to practice the Xiantian Qi Da Qinna. The most suitable one for Lu Cheng is to practice the method of combining the five elements seals and the inside and outside. The five elements seals are the sharp gold seal, the Yi wood seal, the vast sea seal, the awkward fire seal, and the Wu earth seal.

During the practice, Lu Cheng understood more and more why Teacher Chi Shen Zi said that he was suitable for this technique. The Xiantian School only practiced the innate qi to obtain its essence, while he built the foundation with the five qi to obtain its thickness. In the end, they practiced to a deep level, and perhaps they would end up in the same place through different paths. It was really hard to say who could get the essence of it better.

In the process of practicing the Five Elements Seal, Lu Cheng's internal injuries were greatly relieved. The Five Elements Seal can regulate the five qi in the chest, from the outside to the inside, to cure diseases and heal injuries.

During the time when he was under the guidance of Teacher Chi Shenzi, Lu Cheng certainly did not dare to practice the Blood Nerves at all.

The blood nerves have been spreading endlessly in the world for so many years, and their magical properties can be integrated into the blood of cultivators, hiding their shapes and nowhere to be detected, which is also one of their characteristics. However, Lu Cheng was not sure whether Master Chi Shenzi had no idea, or he still believed that the Tao did not distinguish between good and evil, Taoism and demons, so he did not care at all.

"The five elements have both life and restraint. The prohibitions of the four seasons must be carefully observed..."

Chi Shen Zi sat on a big rock and made seals with his hands. Lu Cheng followed suit. There are a total of twenty-five hand seals of the Five Elements Seal. In addition, the body seal, heart seal and curse seal are required. Only when these three seals are coordinated can the Five Elements' Qi be mobilized to the greatest extent.

Of course, when one reaches a high level of cultivation, only five seals are left: sharp gold, Yi wood, vast ocean, awkward fire, and Wu earth, so the five elements seal is worthy of its name.

Lu Cheng was still a beginner at this time, so he just performed the seal, mobilized his magic power, and finally reached out with his hand.

Suddenly, the vital energy of heaven and earth gathered in front of him, and a huge translucent palm appeared in the air.

After only a moment of concentration, the palm disappeared.

"Well, you have been able to get a glimpse of the basics in just seven days. You really have the talent to practice this technique."

Lu Cheng was a very smart person, and with a strict teacher like Chi Shen Zi teaching him, he quickly understood the key to the small success of the innate qi capture technique. The rest was just day-to-day practice.

However, the fact that Lu Cheng mastered the technique so quickly aroused the interest of Chi Shen Zi. He combined the characteristics of Lu Cheng's own technique with the characteristics of this Xiantian school's technique and deduced further changes.

A month later, the young Taoist was at the top of Kunlong Peak, practicing hand gestures with both hands, interpreting the profound principles of the Five Elements, and finally releasing them with a palm.

The translucent handprint expanded rapidly after it flew out of the hand. It first flew upwards, rose to a high place, and then grew to a size of several acres. It naturally guided the five lines of vital energy around it to converge and fill it. Finally, it covered the sky and the earth, and then turned around and slapped it down.

However, the Five Elements Handprint was only halfway done when the Red God Son waved his sleeves to disperse it. After all, he had already gotten used to living on this mountain and there was really no place for him to make the handprint.

"I only deduced this change, but I didn't expect you to master it so quickly. This five-element handprint is extremely powerful. It not only benefits yourself, but can also mobilize the five elements of the heaven and earth. You can't use it now because your own magic power is too weak. In the future, when you condense the world's first-class Gangsha, a palm strike will fall, and smaller mountains will be shattered, mountains will collapse, and the earth will crack, and all living things will be extinct!"

"Well, the fate between you and me has ended. If you don't enter Ningsha, we will never meet again in this life. Go." After saying that, the old Taoist waved his sleeves.

Lu Cheng felt himself being swept away by an immense force and fell off Kunlong Peak.

As the sword flashed, he naturally stabilized his body.

Just looking at the top of Kunlong Peak, which was covered with dark clouds in all directions and with thunderbolts gathering, Lu Cheng felt uncomfortable. He knelt down again and kowtowed three times respectfully to the mountain:
"Thank you very much, Master, for your kindness in teaching me the Dao and the art, and for your kindness in educating me. Lu Cheng will definitely devote himself to the Dao and live up to Master's painstaking cultivation."

The previous three kowtows were made by himself, and now these three kowtows are made on behalf of his predecessor Lu Cheng, corresponding respectively to the grace of teaching and imparting skills, and the virtue of nurturing and educating.

A Jindan Zhenren cannot attack easily, but Teacher Chi Shenzi, for the sake of his future path, forced himself to fight against Gu Taixu of the Xiantian School. Even if the teacher had other purposes in mind and just went with the flow with this technique, Lu Cheng could not forget this favor.

After riding his sword down the mountain, Lu Cheng returned to his room and packed his luggage and clothes.

He didn't like the sadness of parting, so he didn't tell his other brothers and sisters. He just sent a communication talisman to his sixth brother Yi Bin, and then went down the mountain.

"Brother!"

"Senior Brother Lu!"

However, the sword light had not flown far.

Lu Cheng heard such shouting and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw Guan Linxiang, Xia Xixiao, Xu Hanxiang and Xu Xinyu, who were shouting and jumping below.

"Why are you four here?" Lu Cheng pressed down the sword.

"A few days ago, I wanted to ask Senior Brother Lu for swordsmanship instruction, but every time I saw you, you were not at home during the day, and you always came back very late at night, looking tired. When I saw you go to Kunlong Peak every day, I knew something must be wrong."

Xu Xinyu said this.

"Then what are you doing?"

"Brother, are you leaving? We are here to give you a farewell party. We have prepared good wine and good meat. Let's get drunk today."

Xia Xixiao stepped forward and pointed at the wine, meat, fruits and vegetables behind the four people.

The four of them didn't know what was going on, and they didn't dare to ask too much because of their low status, but they guessed that Lu Cheng was going to go on a long journey, so they prepared these things in advance and waited for Lu Cheng to get drunk together.

"Senior Brother Lu, don't say that there are no friends on the road ahead. Everyone in this world knows you! With your character and swordsmanship, I am looking forward to following you. You are famous all over the world, and millions of cultivators in the Tongxuan Realm recite your name." Xu Hanxiang stepped forward and said this.

"... You guys, you guys are so ridiculous. Well, since we've already brought out the wine and meat, how can we let you take it back? Let's get drunk today."

Going to the Palace of the Incarnation of All Beasts in the Western Regions, the journey to the foreign demon sect was long, and there was no rush to get there in a day or two, so Lu Cheng simply drank and chatted with the four of them.

"Brother, I will play the piano for you and my heart will dance for you." Xu Hanxiang took out the jade harp.

"I'm coming too!"

"Men dancing?"

"What's wrong with men dancing? It's so ignorant to make such a fuss."

So, Xu Hanxiang played the piano, Xu Xinyu danced, and Xia Xixiao danced the barbarian dance beside them. It was so vigorous and graceful with a unique charm.

"Brother Lu, I don't understand music theory and I don't know how to dance, but I have practiced some magic tricks. Please appreciate them." Guan Linxiang's magic trick was, of course, to summon a group of slim-waisted beauties with a wave of his hand.

This can be considered a spell commonly used by Taoists at banquets, but some people use it skillfully while others use it seldom. In front of Lu Cheng, Guan Linxiang's illusion is considered seldom. When Lu Cheng was in the Qi training stage, he was good at divine techniques and proficient in mental illusions. He could use the power of thunder and fire to mimic a person, which was more difficult than the illusion performed by Guan Linxiang with the help of the earth sword magic.

However, even though he didn't realize it in his heart, Lu Cheng still clapped his hands and laughed, giving him enough face.

What's more, gradually, Xu Hanxiang's playing of the piano attracted birds to come closer, and Xu Xinyu's dancing attracted butterflies to dance with her, and the five of them sang happily all night.

The next day, Lu Cheng woke up the four people who had drunk a little too much, watched them return safely to Huoyun Mansion, and then turned around and set off again.

The wine, meat, singing and dancing were nothing, but the friendship between the brothers that night made Lu Cheng cherish it very much:

"Wearing a Taoist robe, he enters the clouds, half a swordsman and half an immortal. Don't say that there are no friends on the road ahead, everyone in the world knows you!"

　Tomorrow is the story of the Palace of the Incarnation of the Beasts in the Western Regions. The author needs to think about it carefully. Tomorrow, I will try to update as much as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)