This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 57 Are you worthy of being an immortal cultivator?

Inside the guest house in the Zhao family courtyard, Zhuang Lin immediately threw back the quilt, got out of bed, grabbed the coat hanging on the wooden rack in front of the bed and put it on.

As his right hand passed through the sleeves and stretched out towards the bookcase, the wooden sword flew into Zhuang Lin's hand.

In a breath of time, Zhuang Lin had put on his clothes, then immediately opened the door and went out. With a light jump, his figure shot out like lightning, and while still in the air, he seemed to blend with the moonlight and disappeared in a flickering manner.
These actions were just Zhuang Lin's subconscious reactions in a hurry.

However, the stars and the moon are bright tonight, and Zhuang Lin feels that the starlight and the moonlight are like flowing water. He is obviously going to the place where the qi is sensed, but he seems to have no thoughts and subconsciously waves his sleeves backwards.

At that moment, Zhuang Lin seemed to be completely absorbed in the vast expanse of water. When he regained consciousness, he discovered that he had already crossed hundreds of feet in a short period of time.
At the gate of Wuling County Government Office, the man in the black robe was obviously frightened by the chill from the sword wound on the demon corpse's heart.

For someone with profound martial arts skills and superb swordsmanship, it is naturally very likely to kill this giant monkey.

However, no matter how high the martial arts skills are, the sharpness of the sword is limited to that moment. It is impossible to leave such a strong sword energy on the corpse, and it is condensed inside without dissipating. If I hadn't reached out and wiped it, I would have almost not noticed it.

So the person who killed it was not the Confucian scholar swordsman mentioned in the official notice!
In other words, he is not a mortal at all!
The moment he figured this out, the man in the ink-colored robe suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Could it be that the man left the sword energy on purpose?

At this moment, not far from the county government office, Zhuang Lin had not yet come out of his state of perception, and his figure had already fallen here as if with the flow of water. Following his perception, he glanced at the demon corpse and saw a middle-aged man wearing a black robe standing there.

demon?

Or a monk?
There was a slight movement of Tai Chi Yin and Yang in Zhuang Lin's eyes. He could see the aura around the man clearly and even feel the aura of the spiritual power in his body radiating outwards and merging with the spiritual energy from the outside world.

I'm not sure if there are any changes that I can't detect, but from what I see now, although there is a faint sense of dirt, there is no obvious inhuman smell, and the breath is still human, so it should be a human and not a monster?
If it is a human, and all the destiny is as I see it, then this person should not have established the foundation of Taoism yet?

Using his own analogy, it is hard to say about other things, but Zhuang Lin knows that if the Taoist immortal furnace is forged and manifested, then the spiritual power in his body will gradually be transformed into true immortal magic power.

Although it is okay to confuse spiritual power and magic power in terms of effectiveness, and even in definition, any power that can achieve the effect of casting a spell can be called magic power.

However, if we delve deeper into the nature of various "magic powers", we will find that they are extremely different. The real immortal magic power is born, and if there is some overflow, it will manifest in the destiny as the immortal spirit in the immortal sense.

But the person in front of him didn't have that, and it was obvious that he definitely hadn't truly reached the level of returning to nature.

So he's not as good as me?
Zhuang Lin's thoughts only lasted for a moment, but his gaze seemed to have been noticed by the man in the ink-black robe.

For the man in black shirt, he had just started to feel something was wrong when he suddenly felt being watched. It was like opening a door and suddenly someone jumped out from behind it and exclaimed "Wow".

The man in black shirt was startled, then immediately turned around and looked behind him, only to see a blurry figure bathed in the light of stars and moon.

Moreover, the person just stood there, but he actually had a feeling of blending with the moonlight and starlight. If one paid too much attention to the light of the moon and stars, this feeling would give people the illusion that the person was also looming.

The man in the black shirt couldn't help rubbing his eyes. He first saw the dark red sword, then followed the sword upwards and finally saw the person coming. It was a Confucian scholar in a gray and white robe.

There was almost no breath around the person who came. No, it should be said that his breath at this moment was almost integrated with the light of the stars and the moon.

It's an amazing yet terrifying feeling!

It's magical because I've never seen such a situation before, but I also know that this is definitely a state that can only be achieved by reaching a certain level of cultivation, or practicing some special secret method.

The reason for the horror was that the man in black shirt knew that the person coming was most likely the one who killed the giant monkey.

This person designed it for me!
Furthermore, this person's cultivation must be far superior to mine.
Thinking of this, a strong sense of panic arose in the heart of the man in black clothes.

Zhuang Lin had now emerged from his brief moment of enlightenment, and his aura gradually emerged, but it was still reserved. He seemed to be no different from an ordinary person, except that he lacked the turbid air that ordinary people had.

This situation feels different in the eyes of the other person.

It’s like a person who you need to open your eyes wide to see clearly the moment before, gradually becomes clear from blurry, and becomes real from unreal the next moment!

"Who are you?"

Zhuang Lin asked this question with a puzzled look on his face, while looking up and down at the man standing next to the demon corpse.

However, the man in the dark clothes felt extremely guilty. Facing Zhuang Lin's gaze, he felt that he was being scrutinized and questioned, and he unconsciously became defensive.

As his mind moved, his qi followed, and the aura in Zhuang Lin's eyes also changed, becoming dark and unclear with a hint of coldness.

This feeling was obviously unfamiliar to Zhuang Lin, who was seeing a real cultivator outside the valley for the first time, but he understood at the spiritual level that there was hostility!
It was strange that this person appeared here. Why did he become so hostile just because I asked a question?
A guilty conscience!

Looking at the demon corpse beside the man again, Zhuang Lin suddenly understood. He even took another look and found that there seemed to be a vague connection between the two auras.

So that's how it is. The giant monkey recovered from its injury and made another progress. It wasn't some miracle at all. It was clearly being raised by someone!
"Ha ha ha ha ha"

Zhuang Lin couldn't help but sneer a few times. He didn't expect that the first cultivator he met when traveling in this world would be this kind of person!

How can it be a good thing to keep monsters and allow them to harm people?

Within a few breaths of Zhuang Lin's landing, both sides in front of the yamen had already reached their conclusions. However, before Zhuang Lin could react, the man opposite him suddenly bowed and saluted.

"Did this Taoist friend hear the news and come here to exorcise the demon? I see that you have a special way of escaping, so I guess your cultivation is quite good. Unfortunately, following the demonic aura here, I discovered that someone had already gotten there first. Everything is written on this official notice, and I don't know who did this!"

The man in black clothes had a smile on his face and his voice was gentle and polite.

But in Zhuang Lin's eyes, disguise can indeed change one's complexion to a certain extent, but even if one can deceive oneself, the implicit coldness is still obvious.

Doesn't he know that I have seen through his fate?

And
Although Zhuang Lin's performance just now was due to coincidence, his outward expression was already obvious enough.

The feeling of the power of the stars and moonlight naturally moistening the jade beads, even if the cultivation level is not enough, as long as those who have a normal inheritance have a little vision and common sense, they will understand that this is the combined power of heaven and earth, and it is also above the star and moon realm.

You told me that your escape method is special and your cultivation level is not bad?

He doesn't understand!
Zhuang Lin had this thought in his mind, and at the same time he sneered in his heart.

So that's how it is. It's not the orthodox way of immortality, but the evil one. And even if it's the evil one, it's the kind of ignorant and petty person!
At this moment, Zhuang Lin had almost determined the nature of the person in front of him. Although his lineage of Dharma inheritance was incomplete, he was also clear that such an evil disciple must be killed by anyone in the orthodox sect!
Although he had basically classified the other party as a demon like a rat crossing the street, Zhuang Lin did not show it on his face at the moment.

Even though he knew that he was much higher than the other party in terms of realm and actual cultivation, he didn't know many tricks after all. Some ideas of capturing and questioning him were rejected in a flash. He lacked experience. If he didn't want to fail miserably, he must not hold back!

So Zhuang Lin still took a few steps closer while remaining vigilant and took a look at the official notice on the side.

Then Zhuang Lin's heart moved, and he looked to the side and said with a smile.

"As the notice says, it was I who killed this beast! I was just confused by the ferocity of this lowly monster. I thought some evildoer was waiting here to commit evil and use it to do evil."

When the people next to him heard Zhuang Lin's laughter, they felt their hearts pounding. Those eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, making them feel uneasy.

"Yes, yes. The world is in turmoil right now, with demons and monsters everywhere. There are too many evildoers in the world. The righteous are weak and the evil are rampant. Immortals like me and my fellow Taoists can only do the best we can."

The man in black shirt swallowed quickly, his mind racing as he thought of every possible word or phrase. He pretended to face Zhuang Lin while subconsciously taking a step back, but he didn't stop talking.

"I see that the sword energy is still lingering in this monster's wound. Fellow Daoist, you must be the sword cultivator, right? I've always hated my own inadequate cultivation, and how it's difficult for me to be perfect in exorcising demons and defending the Way. Seeing that there's still a master like you in the world today, I'm deeply relieved!"

Zhuang Lin put one hand in front of him and the other behind his back, then slowly turned around and looked at the person opposite him with a smile.

Although the sword was behind his back, it seemed to sense his master's intentions and its color gradually turned crimson.

"Really? I thought so too, but..."

Zhuang Lin paused for a moment, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

"Why do I feel that the aura on you, Daoist friend, is connected to this evildoer?"

Before Zhuang Lin finished speaking, a puff of smoke suddenly rose from the black-shirted man opposite him.

A muffled "bang" sound!
The black mist on the man in black clothes was like a black firework explosion, and his body suddenly turned into several black lights and fled in all directions!

I wanted to use words to provoke him and confirm it to avoid misjudgment, but I didn't expect that the other party couldn't suppress his inner fear and chose to run away directly. Even the rising black fog was full of evil and filth.
At this moment, especially when he saw the black fog, Zhuang Lin suddenly became furious, and his murderous intent was even stronger than when he killed the monster before. Almost at the same time as the monster escaped, he chased in the direction with the most black shadows.

Zhuang Lin stepped on the ground, and there was a muffled "boom" sound. His figure turned into a shadow in an instant.

The crimson wooden sword in his hand danced as Zhuang Lin moved forward. In an instant, his body seemed to split into light and shadow, and several afterimages appeared, and more than a dozen sword lights appeared.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak, woosh."

With the flash of sword light, more than a dozen black mists were shattered almost at the same moment.

But none of them is the real one!

Zhuang Lin suddenly turned around with a sense of something in his heart. A flash of Tai Chi Yin and Yang flashed in his eyes. He only caught a glimpse of the black shadow in the northwest. At the same moment, he stopped and turned around.
At this moment, Zhuang Lin's sword swung like a dragon, and his entire body twisted and swung like a giant fish in the water. As he twisted his body, he swept his sleeves, shaking the spirit wind like flowing water.
"Wow~"

There really seemed to be a sound of water. Zhuang Lin controlled his body with his sword and turned around in a very short time, chasing after that aura.

The shadow in the strange black smoke in front seemed to be able to sense the murderous intent. Just looking back, he was suddenly horrified.

Compared to just now, at this moment, Zhuang Lin had murderous intent in his heart, and the red sword in his hand seemed to have magnified the murderous intent countless times. The murderous intent was cold to the bone, and the murderous intent was as hot as the sun. When he looked back, he saw only a red light chasing his soul.
"Fellow Daoist, spare my life, ah——"

"Are you worthy of being called an immortal cultivator?"

The two voices sounded almost at the same time.

At that moment, the red light in Zhuang Lin's hand had already caught up with the fleeing evil cultivator. The man's turn at that moment was like offering his neck to him.
shuh~
A flash of red light, the black mist dissipated, and a corpse, its body and head separated, sprayed blood. Inertia carried it forward, partly upward, partly downward, before they landed on the ground one after another in a matter of moments.
Even at this moment, the horrified screams of the black-robed man still echoed in the city.
(End of this chapter)