Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 98: Black Bird Fierce Phoenix, Red Blood Ganoderma King
Just after entering the cave, waves of clouds rolled in and covered them like a tsunami. It was obvious that this was not the first time that Zuo Shuting and the Three Evils of Xuanyang Mountain had experienced this kind of situation. They each took out their magic weapons to resist, and the same was true for the four late-stage Qi training monks who followed them.

Zuo Shuting sacrificed a green flag, and the three evil beasts of Xuanyang Mountain sacrificed three flying hooks, obviously they had mastered the art of combined attack.

As for the four Qi-cultivating monks, they were the ones who controlled the flying swords. The lower the monk's cultivation level, the less tricks they used. The same was true for the monks with higher cultivation levels. It seemed that the monks in the Foundation Establishment, Condensing Evil, and Refining Gang realms all had various postures and methods.

"Roar!"

The cloud ban formation seemed to have triggered some kind of secret change. A terrifying roar of a beast could be heard among the rolling clouds, and a terrifying aura emanated from it, as if there was an ancient giant beast inside, wild and ferocious.

Immediately afterwards, a huge cloud beast that looked like a dragon or a flood rushed out. It could control the clouds and waves, greatly increasing the power of the cloud formation. As its body moved and changed agilely, it gradually suppressed Zuo Shuting and the three evil spirits of Xuanyang Mountain.

"Mr. Lu, please act quickly. With the combined strength of the five of us, we can definitely break this formation."

Zuo Shuting and others were blocked here last time, and even two members of the Zuo family died before they could escape.

But it was precisely because someone from the Zuo family died last time that Zuo Shuting became frightened and refused to get involved in this matter again unless she brought others to help.

Although the three evil men of Xuanyang Mountain were reluctant to share the benefits, it was difficult to stop them because they had protected their disciples and escaped unscathed last time, while two members of the Zuo family who were in the late stage of Qi training had died.

However, this hidden imperial tomb of the previous dynasty is extremely rare. The three evil men of Xuanyang Mountain refused to let Zuo Shuting look for friends with wide social connections. Finally, the four of them set their sights on Lu Cheng, who had just moved into the Taoist Garden. They thought that Lu Cheng had some magical powers but no friends or backers, so bringing him in would not be too detrimental to their own interests.

"Mr. Lu, please help quickly. I can't hold on any longer!"

No matter how Zuo Shuting cried out and begged softly, Lu Cheng refused to make a move easily. Instead, he sighed in his heart:
"He is indeed a cultivator from a small family. He only knows how to break through formations with brute force. How could he rashly activate the formation restrictions like this?"

But it was indeed because of Zuo Shuting and the others' actions that Lu Cheng was able to fully observe the changes in the entire Cloud Forbidden Formation.

He closed his eyes slightly and spread out his spiritual awareness.

The sword heart is clear and will not enhance the strength of spiritual consciousness, nor will it expand the coverage of spiritual consciousness, but it is an extremely powerful ability.

To the outside world, it is like a blind person regaining his sight, developing an amazing, predictive perception ability, making it difficult for him to escape his perception of any danger from the outside world.

Internally, just like a paralyzed patient regaining consciousness, he can minutely sense the state and changes of every part of his body, and the fusion and flow of blood and magic power. Even though he cannot fully mobilize all the potential of his body and magic power, the coordination and accuracy of his movements, and the coordination of all the muscles and magic power in his body are better than ever before.

Like God looking down, seeing everything.

It sounds mysterious, but in fact it is the changes brought about when a cultivator's mind is concentrated and sublimated to a certain level. The top cultivators in the world have more or less entered this state, and even possess other more powerful abilities.

For example, when he watched the real sword fight on Zixia Mountain and asked Master Chi Shenzi for advice on Kunlong Peak, Lu Cheng was sure that Master Chi Shenzi at least mastered:

The abilities of sword energy and thundering sound, sword heart being clear, sword being refined into thread, sword intent becoming momentum, and man and sword becoming one. The Xiantian school elder Gu Taixu who fought with him must have corresponding unique skills, otherwise he would have been cut in half by a single sword.

As his spiritual consciousness spread, Lu Cheng looked down at the operation of the fully activated Cloud Forbidden Formation.

As time went by, Zuo Shuting and the three evil men from Xuanyang Mountain had been cursing in their hearts, but they were just unable to catch their breath and curse loudly. At the same time, they had already started to prepare themselves mentally. Just like last time, before their magic power was exhausted, they would send out a few juniors to resist the formation, so as to avoid being seriously damaged by the formation themselves.

At this moment, Lu Cheng, who had been standing nearby watching the excitement, suddenly drew his sword:
"Qiang!"

"Roar!"

The Yunjin Flying Dragon was flying in the air when it was suddenly cut in half by a ray of sword light as bright as a rainbow.

However, this kind of injury has no effect on this kind of cloud dragon. As long as it is given a little time, its body can quickly heal and return to its original state.

But after the scarlet sword light slashed the cloud dragon diagonally, the remaining force of the sword turned into a rainbow and flew over, cutting through a large area of ​​the sea of ​​clouds, revealing the array pattern on the wall and stones behind the clouds.

"That's the Cloud Ban restriction. Break it. If you break it, this formation will be broken!"

Zuo Shuting exclaimed in shock.

At this moment, she finally understood that this fellow Daoist Lu actually understood the changes in the formation and was not just standing idly by.

But if she could think of it, how could the predecessors who set up the formation not have thought of it?
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

The cloud-ban flying ropes turned into substance, spreading out to form a net. Lu Cheng's red-flame flying sword seemed to have walked into a trap.

"Photography!"

At this moment, a steel ring flew out from beside Lu Cheng, spinning in the air and expanding in the wind, spinning several times in the direction of the array wall from a distance.

The Great Method of Stealing Heaven and Transforming Spirits is probably the nemesis of most of the rigid, sophisticated spells and prohibitions in this world.

At the most critical moment of the transmission of mana, taking away a portion of the mana, even if it is not much, is enough to make the spells and restrictions difficult to continue.

As soon as this technique was used, the layers of cloud nets suddenly seemed to collapse.

"Qiang!"

The Scarlet Flame Flying Sword burst into flames, and from the bottom of the sword light, a sword with a round blade suddenly flew out. The earth sword hides its blade, and fire creates earth.

when.

Just like striking a snake in its weakest part, the hidden tip of the earth sword was deeply pierced into a node on the array wall. The entire Cloud Forbidden Array shook for a while, and then slowly disintegrated and dispersed in all directions.

"This is an extremely advanced fourth-order formation. If it hadn't been left unattended for a thousand years, and if the earth's veins hadn't shifted due to the passage of time, we would all have died in this formation."

It seems that once the formation is set up, there is no need for management, but in fact, the more advanced the formation, the more maintenance it requires.

Because the mountains, rivers, earth veins, and even the stars in the sky seem to be unchanging from ancient times, but in fact they are slowly changing. The earth vein nodes a thousand years ago and a thousand years later must have changed. If there is a large earthquake or crustal movement, even a fifth-level formation may be destroyed overnight. Of course, a skilled formation master can determine the plate stratum area, and it is relatively easier to survive if the formation is set up in such a plate area.

But there is no such area within Chang'an.

"I didn't expect you to be proficient in formations. Mr. Lu, you really deserve the credit for breaking the formation this time."

Lu Cheng struck with two swords and broke the formation of the ancient tomb. Although the three evil spirits of Xuanyang Mountain were still angry, they couldn't say anything. In addition, their magic power had been greatly depleted before, so they each swallowed the pill and found a secluded place to meditate and recover.

Zuo Shuting kept saying nice things and began to hint at Lu Cheng's background.

Before, Lu Cheng only told her that he was a wandering cultivator from the Xuanmen sect. Zuo Shuting believed it at that time, but after seeing how Lu Cheng broke the formation with two swords just now, she was a little shaken.

"A wandering man in the mountains must have some means of self-protection when he travels around the world. Otherwise, he will be eaten by dragons, tigers or whatever. But he can't help but cry to the heavens and the earth. Why don't you take a deep breath and recover your energy? Is your magic power still sufficient?"

"Alas, Zuo Shuting's magic power is shallow. Even if she recovers all her magic power, she may not be able to protect herself. The last time the formation was broken, my two nephews died in it." When she said this, Zuo Shuting looked miserable and about to cry. She was already beautiful, and her moving expression at this moment was very pitiful.

But when Zuo Shuting glanced sideways, she saw that the young Taoist in front of her looked normal.

He knew in his heart that this was a cruel person, and he quickly restrained his attitude.

"After entering the ancient tomb, Master, you must also pay attention to the three Taoist friends in Xuanyang Mountain. Although I have interacted with them several times, I have also heard of their bad reputation."

Two hours later, everyone's magic power was restored and they continued to explore the ancient tomb.

Once the protective formation was broken, defenses like the Dragon-Breaking Stone could no longer stop the monks present. After breaking the Dragon-Breaking Stone, the nine people each used anti-poison talismans and then entered the tomb together.

After entering from the Broken Dragon Stone, what you see first is the tall and spacious underground mausoleum. After walking a few steps forward, you can even see bronze oil lamps on both sides that are bright without fire, making the surroundings clearer.

The floor is made of blue bricks and stones, with bronze guard statues standing on both sides with weapons in hand.

"During the Yinyue Dynasty, people believed that life in the mortal world was a short transition, and that only the world after death was long and eternal. Therefore, the Yinyue Dynasty invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build the mausoleums of the superiors. They also believed that the mortal world would be swallowed up by the underworld one day, and at that time, they would revive and return."

"So, these oil lamps and guards are not prepared for us, but for the person behind the door who is waiting for resurrection after death."

The tomb is filled with poisonous miasma that can kill mortals, but cultivators can move forward unhindered.

"Because they firmly believed that people could be resurrected after death, every tomb of a superior during the Yinyue Dynasty was built like a small underground palace, with a spiritual medicine garden, a scripture pavilion, a Dharma library, and the like. However, a thousand years have passed, and we don't know how much is still useful to us."

This was obviously not the first time that Zuo Shuting had explored this kind of ancient tomb. As everyone was flying, she chatted leisurely.

"Don't fight over any spiritual objects you see later. There are enough spiritual objects in this ancient tomb that has never been discovered and opened for us to share."

While flying, Lu Cheng noticed the murals on the green stone walls on both sides.

In the dim ancient tomb, the murals seemed to be looming in the faint light:
The mural depicts a sacrificial ceremony from ancient times. The characters in the painting are solemn and dignified, wearing gorgeous and complicated clothes, holding offerings in their hands, and kneeling devoutly in front of the ancestral statue on the altar. Behind the statue is a huge golden bird, which looks fierce, mysterious and powerful, and seems to be the incarnation of the ancestral spirit.

On the altar, a wizard in a black robe was presiding over the sacrificial ceremony.

As the ceremony progressed, offerings were thrown into the fire one by one. The firelight illuminated the faces of the people on the murals. Their expressions were either pious or fearful, but every movement revealed a hint of respect and fear.

Because offering property is only the beginning. What the ancestors really want is the flesh and blood and life of their descendants...

Finally, a giant painted golden bird descended from the sky. It lowered its head and swallowed the rolling river of blood wantonly, enjoying the blood sacrifices of countless creatures.

"The Yinyue Dynasty seems to believe that powerful monsters are the manifestation of the spirits of their ancestors. They are just the substitutes for the spirits of their ancestors to guard the land. It is no wonder that such continuous blood sacrifices of living people were overthrown."

When he reached the corner of the alley, Lu Cheng couldn't help but look at the mural:
"From the formations here, even though the Yinyue Dynasty was in its infancy a thousand years ago, it has already developed to the point where it can set up a fourth-level formation and may even have a Jindan Zhenren. So how could they still regard the monster beasts as their ancestors? Or, did this dynasty really sign some kind of contract with a powerful monster beast?"

It is too strange that a civilization that has developed to the point where it can arrange a fourth-order formation still believes that monsters are the manifestation of the spirits of their ancestors. However, it makes sense if the Yinyue Dynasty reached a blood sacrifice with a certain monster.

It is difficult for monster beasts to practice cultivation, but their lifespan is much longer than that of immortal cultivators. It makes perfect sense that the Yinyue Dynasty would worship powerful monster beasts in order to seek eternal prosperity.

But even so, a thousand years ago, the evil phoenix was born and eventually destroyed this brutal and bloody previous dynasty.

Li Tang ruled the world for a thousand years. It cannot be said that he did a great job, but at least he conquered the Western Regions, opened up the southern border, and conquered the wilderness in the north. He conquered a vast territory for the human race and established long-term stability and prosperity. Just based on this, he enjoyed the support of the world for a thousand years, which can be said to be worthy of his position.

After many twists and turns, led by Zuo Shuting holding a compass, the group finally arrived at the center of the underground palace.

There is a building every five steps and a pavilion every ten steps.

Immortal cultivators not only have destructive but also constructive abilities that are much stronger than those of ordinary people. If ordinary people want to build a magnificent underground palace like the one before them, it would probably take the whole country's strength to complete it. However, the underground palace before them is just the tomb of a royal family of the previous dynasty.

"This is the Sutra Repository. The ancient books from previous dynasties are of little use to us. They can only be used to broaden our horizons and increase our knowledge. So don't take these things privately. Everyone should make copies and take some back with them." Zuo Shuting suggested.

"it is good."

"it is good."

The three evil spirits of Xuanyang Mountain and Lu Cheng all agreed.

Everyone in the Sutra Repository made a copy of the ancient books from previous dynasties and put them in the jade slips.

What they found next were the magic weapon warehouse and the alchemy room. The magic weapon warehouse was slightly better. Although most of the magic weapons could no longer be used normally and most of them were not of very high quality, many of the materials could still be used. They could be sold to monks who were interested in collecting them to make a small profit.

There was really nothing in the alchemy room. Although there were rows of pills, they were no longer edible. Finally, the huge black iron furnace was taken away by Taoist Huafa, but this was not considered a gain. The furnace was half-ruined and could only be taken back to melt materials.

"The magic weapons and elixirs may be damaged, but the top-grade spiritual medicines in this spiritual medicine garden are more valuable as they age!" Taoist Zuo Ji's expression was relaxed, with a hint of greed in it.

This time's exploration of the ancient tomb can be said to be smooth sailing except for being blocked by the Cloud Ban Magic Array at the beginning.

Everyone present, including the four juniors following Zuo Shuting and the Three Evils of Xuanyang Mountain, probably has 20,000 to 30,000 spirit stones in their Qiankun bags. Of course, most of these profits will be taken away by the elders after they go out, but the remaining ones alone are enough to accumulate their hard work over the past few years or even decades.

Zuo Shuting, Lu Cheng and the three villains of Xuanyang Mountain certainly gained more from this trip.

According to the layout of the underground palace, we found the location of the spiritual medicine garden which covers a large area. Unlike other places, there is still a small formation protecting this place, but it is not as powerful and exquisite as the cloud ban formation outside.

Taoist Zuo Ji, Taoist Bai Yang, and Taoist Hua Fa looked at each other when they saw this, then stepped aside and made way for Lu Cheng.

Seeing this, Lu Cheng smiled, but did not say much. Instead, he stepped forward, closed his eyes and began to sense the formation. Although the Sword Heart Clear did not increase the strength of spiritual consciousness, it could strengthen the control of spiritual consciousness.

But during this process, the three evil spirits of Xuanyang Mountain looked at each other, then looked at the back of the young Taoist priest, and raised their hands slightly.

"Everyone, the underground mausoleum has not been fully explored yet. In addition, there is a main tomb chamber where a powerful forbidden spell may be set up. Are the three Taoists planning to risk their lives to break in?"

Zuo Shuting did not say anything, but transmitted her thoughts with her spiritual consciousness. Under her gaze, the three evildoers of Xuanyang Mountain suppressed their desire to take action.

"Unsheathed."

At this time, Lu Cheng had already seen through the flow of Qi in the small formation in front of him. The two flying swords of Chiyan Cangfeng were unsheathed one after another and nailed on the nodes of the Qi circulation.

I saw the small formation barrier flashing with light and dark, and then it suddenly collapsed.

After the formation was broken, everything inside the Spiritual Medicine Garden was revealed. As no one had taken care of it for a thousand years, most of the herbs in the Spiritual Medicine Garden had died. Only in the center of the garden, there was a blood-colored Ganoderma lucidum growing.

Extreme yin gives birth to extreme yang. No one would have thought that inside this thousand-year-old tomb, there would actually be growing such a thousand-year-old magical herb with extremely strong yang energy.

"No, I'm afraid it's more than a thousand years. The herbs in this spiritual medicine garden have been specially arranged to grow this Red Blood Ganoderma King. This is not an accident, but a gift that has been prepared for a thousand years. It seems that the princess here is really loved. Although she cannot enter the imperial mausoleum, her father still left her a Red Blood Ganoderma King!"

The Red Blood Ganoderma King is bright red in appearance and looks like a huge flower, half a person tall. It is the most precious of the blood ganoderma. It grows deep underground and requires a lot of nutrients to support its growth. It is one of the spiritual medicines that practitioners dream of because it is the main ingredient of several longevity pills.

The price is high and there is no demand for it in the market.

Seeing this fifth-grade spiritual medicine that was at least a thousand years old and worth at least hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones, the three Taoists Zuo Ji, Bai Yang, and Hua Fa looked at each other with a hint of regret in their eyes: if they had taken action just now, this precious medicine would have ended up in their pockets.

At this moment, the joy in Lu Cheng's eyes instantly disappeared, and his figure was suddenly wrapped in a sword light and wandered in the air.

Zuo Shuting and the three evil men of Xuanyang Mountain were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly turned around, only to see a female cultivator in a bright red silk dress appear behind them.

It’s just that its body is translucent, and ordinary people may not be able to see it in the dark underground tomb. However, Zuo Shuting and the Three Evils of Xuanyang Mountain are all cultivators, and their Dharma eyes are the same, so how could they not see anything unusual?
"you?!"

The female disciple who was following Taoist Baiyang suddenly stabbed Taoist Baiyang in the waist with the dagger she was carrying.

Taoist Bai Yang was caught off guard and swung his sleeves violently, with powerful magic power surging out, sweeping the female disciple away. Then he pointed his hand and a black flying hook rolled up, beheading the female disciple. Along with a flash of blood, a gray mist suddenly spurted out from her neck and flew towards the translucent red-clothed female cultivator.

"Be careful with your mind and use lightning and fire spells. This is a spirit ghost. After breaking the formation, it was attracted by the scent of the blood ganoderma."

At this time, Zuo Shuting and the other two Taoists had suddenly left their clansmen and disciples because they were not sure whether they had just been bewitched by ghosts.

Once the illusion takes hold of one's heart, it is merciless.

What's more, these four people usually don't treat their clansmen and disciples well. The female disciple of Taoist Baiyang just now was half a concubine to him. If she endangered him, they would kill her without any mercy.

At this time, the red-robed female cultivator, or spirit ghost, waved her sleeves, and black-grey lightning appeared above everyone's heads:
The method of Yin Lei, the fact that this female ghost was able to master this spell shows that her magical power is already quite high. In an environment with strong Yin energy, her power is further enhanced.

Boom, boom, boom.

Thunders struck down one after another, and everyone used magic weapons and swords to resist. The opponent was powerful and had the advantage of terrain.

Zuo Shuting and the three evil spirits of Xuanyang Mountain had a hard time resisting, especially Taoist Baiyang. He was seriously injured and when he violently activated his magic power, a large amount of blood gushed out of his abdomen.

At the same time, a member of the Zuo family and two disciples from Xuanyang Mountain gathered together to protect themselves. However, before the two disciples from Xuanyang Mountain could react, their bodies were torn apart by the long swords that came from behind.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The member of the Zuo family with black pupils laughed wildly and rushed towards Zuo Shuting and the three evil spirits of Xuanyang Mountain who were struggling to resist the Yin thunder.

When the four of them saw this, their expressions changed and they suddenly flew away.

boom.

Flesh and blood turn into swords, and swords turn into blood.

The Zuo family cultivator was completely shattered and exploded. For a moment, all you could see was a sky full of bloody swords breaking through the air, with force like a rainbow.

Even the four Foundation Establishment cultivators were doing a terrible job in dodging and defending.

At this time, Lu Cheng had already roughly determined the cultivation level of the red-clothed female ghost in front of him: the ninth level of foundation building. It might be that there was a lack of Gangsha here, so she was trapped for a long time and could not make any further progress in her profound skills.

Of course, ghosts are entangled in obsessions, and it is much more difficult for them to break through than for human cultivators. Even if she is given another thousand years, she still may not be able to achieve the level of successful profound cultivation.

At this time, Zuo Shuting and the three evil spirits of Xuanyang Mountain had gradually adapted to the ghost cultivators' magic and methods, and were gradually stabilizing their situation.

(End of this chapter)