Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 275: The Virtuous Live in the Land

Lu Zheng could feel that this bronze tripod was clearly a cultural artifact.

However, the spiritual energy within the bronze tripod was lost, so much so that even a monster could use it.

Even in this state, the bronze tripod is still quite powerful. The scholar who cast it must have been a scholar who had reached the fifth level of Confucianism and Taoism.

Lu Zheng looked down at his feet. There was a barrier below to prevent the suppressors from escaping from underground.

Lu Zheng walked to the side of the bronze tripod, raised his fist, gathered a strong aura, and smashed it hard.

The cauldron suddenly made a muffled sound and trembled slightly a few times.

Outside the tripod, everyone was looking at the bronze tripod. When they heard the sound, their faces changed slightly.

"Boom!"

Lu Zheng swung his fist again, creating another commotion.

Niu Ben hurriedly said, "This boy actually has the strength to shake the cauldron! Quick, everyone, help me!"

In the past, people who were covered by this tripod would not have the strength to resist, but Lu Zheng still had such great power.

Niu Ben raised his hands and clapped them, and a strong demonic aura spread out.

He turned and gave orders to the others.

Seeing this, the cultivators and monsters who still had strength could not just stand there and watch. Following Niu Ben's instructions, they used their strength to help refine Lu Zheng in the cauldron.

Everyone worked together to refine Lu Zheng into a pill.

Lu Zheng looked at the thick evil aura that filled the surroundings and knew clearly what was going on.

But he was not in a hurry. He picked up Zhang Liang's hammer and smashed it at the cauldron again.

There was a loud noise, and Lu Zheng felt his ears buzzing.

"This bronze tripod is really solid..."

Lu Zheng shook his head and muttered softly, confirming that this bronze tripod was extraordinary.

After some trouble, Lu Zheng finally stopped and continued to look inside the bronze tripod.

Outside, Niu Ben and his group waited for a long time, but there was no sign of any unusual movement inside the cauldron.

"Are you still alive?" a demon asked in a low voice.

Niu Ben said in a deep voice: "He's not dead yet! This boy has a treasure to protect him. It's really difficult to refine it. We need to use our strength..."

Jiang Sheng, who was standing next to him, heard this and said quietly, "Since that's the case, let's stop hiding our abilities and show off our skills!"

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng waved his hand and several corpses flew over.

Jiang Sheng opened his mouth and sucked, and the essence of the flesh and blood of the corpses was absorbed into his body.

Niu Ben raised his eyebrows and followed suit without saying a word. He grabbed a corpse, put it directly into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then swallowed it to replenish his qi and blood.

A big demon also raised its hand and released a demonic power to grab a corpse.

However, the corpse trembled and was still alive.

However, he had been severely injured in the fight just now, and he was unable to move for a while, barely lingering there.

The man was extremely weak, and said with a faint breath: "Brother Jackal, I am still alive..."

Seeing this, the monster said calmly, "You're in such a state now, you won't live long..."

As he spoke, the monster killed the man and then refined him.

Other cultivators and monsters were used to it.

Normally, everyone treats each other as brothers, drinks and has fun without any grudges.

But the current situation is not the same as usual, and we can no longer care about the past affection.

At this moment, someone suddenly asked, "Where is the girl following him?"

Everyone's expressions froze when they heard this. After all this commotion, they actually forgot about one person.

Seeing this, everyone looked around but found no one.

Jiang Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Who's going to look for it?"

A demon whispered, "King Jiang, this is your territory. Send your subordinates to take a look."

Jiang Sheng frowned. He wanted to send someone, but all his subordinates here were dead.

"Someone come here!" Jiang Sheng shouted outside.

Outside the cave, Qing Wan led a group of bean soldiers to sweep across the four directions. The little demons were unable to resist and were all killed.

After some bean soldiers exhausted their spiritual power, they took root again and turned back into ordinary peas.

Qing Wan noticed something unusual in the cave and sent out bean soldiers to investigate the situation, only to discover that Lu Zheng had been suppressed.

"what?"

Qing Wan scratched her head, thinking that these bad guys and monsters could not possibly trap Lu Zheng.

She thought about it and continued to do as Lu Zheng instructed, and also sent a few bean soldiers to block the entrance of the cave.

Inside the cave, everyone felt uneasy as they did not receive any response from the monster outside.

Jiang Sheng's face looked grim. There were many of his subordinates in the valley, so how could there be no response at all?

He turned to look at the demon next to him and said, "Go and take a look!"

"Ah? Me?" The monster was shocked.

Jiang Sheng looked at the other person again, "You two go together."

Facing Jiang Sheng, the man and the demon had no strength to refuse, so they could only bite the bullet and go out of the cave.

Along the way, the man and the demon were trembling with fear.

The monster stopped halfway and whispered, "I'm going to cast a spell, you keep an eye on it for me."

The cultivator next to him nodded when he heard this.

The monster raised his hand and cast a spell, and several poisonous insects crawled out of his body and flew outside.

As soon as a few poisonous insects reached the entrance of the cave, they were killed by several sword energies.

The monster controlling the poisonous insects suddenly lost its sense of perception and its expression changed slightly. "There are a few grass spirits outside..."

The cultivator was stunned for a moment. "A few grass spirits, are they very powerful?" The monster shook his head and said, "I don't think they are powerful, but they can occupy the cave entrance. I'm afraid there really is an ambush outside."

The cultivator's face changed when he thought about it. When he came, there were so many monsters outside, and now the gatekeepers have changed. How could the situation be so simple?

"What should we do then?" The cultivator's heart sank.

In the past, they were the kings here and no one dared to provoke them.

Now that this situation has occurred, I can't help but feel a little lost.

They don't want to be trapped in a jar and be slaughtered at will.

The monster thought for a moment and gestured with his hand.

The cultivators nearby understood what was happening, and then the man and the demon changed direction and retreated quietly, intending to find a secluded place in the cave to hide.

They don't want to be the first to stick their neck out, nor do they want to be trapped in a jar.

After a while, Jiang Sheng frowned and asked, "Why haven't you come back yet?"

Seeing this, others inevitably felt more uneasy.

Jiang Sheng's face darkened, and he guessed, "I'm afraid they ran away. If there were an ambush outside, there wouldn't be any movement..."

That being said, Jiang Sheng himself didn't quite believe it.

Jiang Sheng couldn't help but look at Niu Ben and asked, "How long will it take to refine it? We don't have that much time!"

Niu Ben's expression was equally grim. "It's almost there, hold on a little longer!"

Niu Ben couldn't calm down because he sensed that there was still a force blocking him inside the cauldron. Lu Zheng was clearly fine inside and still had the strength to fight back.

It's really hard to deal with scholars who cultivate a righteous spirit! Niu Ben felt heavy-hearted.

He had heard before that this type of literati was very powerful, but he had never met one among so many scholars. Today he finally saw one.

This righteous spirit is indeed more than one level stronger than ordinary literary spirit.

“So it’s a poem…”

Lu Zheng looked at the inscriptions inside the tripod and found that it was a poem written in ancient characters, written by a scholar when he cast the tripod.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng raised his hand, took out the Donghu pen and the Taishi Jian, and wrote this poem with great righteousness.

Once a poem is completed, brilliance flows.

Lu Zheng's eyes flashed, and he pointed a finger at the Taishi Jian. The poem on it suddenly flew out and turned into the light of cultural energy, reflecting the poem in the tripod.

In an instant, the bronze tripod trembled, and the poems engraved on the tripod began to fluctuate, and a literary spirit emerged.

Lu Zheng took a step forward, stretched out his hand in mid-air, and placed it on the poem, continuously infusing it with righteous energy to eliminate the evil spirit in it.

At the same time, Lu Zheng's thoughts flashed, and the sun and the moon surrounded him.

As the strange phenomenon of the sun and the moon appeared, the evil spirit in the cauldron was vulnerable and quickly melted like snowflakes, with green smoke rising.

Suddenly, the entire bronze tripod shook violently.

"not good!"

Niu Ben was horrified. He actually felt that he had lost control of the bronze tripod.

Without time to think, Niu Ben finished his attack forcefully and flew backwards.

The bronze tripod vibrated violently, and a powerful recoil force spread in all directions.

The other cultivators and monsters were already a beat slow to react.

Except for a few people in the fourth realm, they can still retract their hands and resist.

The rest were caught off guard and were hit hard by the recoil force. They flew backwards one by one, and if they didn't die, they were seriously injured.

What's worse, with one blow, it turned into blood mist and ceased to exist.

Everyone present retreated in shock and looked towards the bronze tripod with caution.

In the blink of an eye, the golden bronze tripod quickly shrank.

Lu Zheng stood in the center unharmed, with a righteous aura flowing through him. With mountains above his head and the sun and the moon around him, his aura was mysterious and extraordinary, as if he had the potential to be a god.

Lu Zheng waved his hand and a golden bronze tripod was in his hand. He turned to look at Niu Ben with a smile on his face.

"Your tripod is great, but it's mine now!"

Lu Zheng has not yet completely refined this ancient artifact, but compared to Niu Ben, he is obviously more qualified and capable of controlling this artifact.

"puff!"

Niu Ben's connection with the bronze tripod was forcibly cut off. He felt as if struck by lightning, his mind was immediately damaged, and a pool of black blood spurted out.

"You, actually..."

Niu Ben looked incredulous. He didn't expect that Lu Zheng was not only not affected by the refining power, but also accepted the tripod.

Lu Zheng said calmly, "A tripod like this should belong to a virtuous person. You are far from being worthy."

"go with!"

Lu Zheng waved his hand, and the sun, moon, mountains and rivers appeared together, carrying a surging pressure to attack the remaining cultivators and monsters.

A monster was hit by the scorching little sun and burned to ashes in the blink of an eye, leaving no ashes.

Some people were suppressed by the strange mountain phenomenon and turned into a meat patty in an instant.

Jiang Sheng was inexplicably shocked. He didn't know what kind of magic Lu Zheng was using that was so terrifying.

In panic, he used his escape skills and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

The next moment, Jiang Sheng appeared outside the cave.

When the soldiers saw Jiang Sheng appear, they all attacked.

Jiang Sheng was like a frightened bird. He didn't care about these small soldiers at all. He just thought that there were powerful ambushes lying in wait. He didn't hesitate to consume his essence, blood and lifespan, and used another technique to escape into the distance.

But a breath later, Niu Ben also turned into a black wind and escaped from the valley.

"One, two... no more?"

Qing Wan stood on the hillside, watching the two figures escape, and blinked.

Seeing this, she knew the outcome was decided, and she was no longer worried about the two monsters that had escaped, as there were plenty of ways to find them.

(End of this chapter)