Starting from the Tiger Demon Yaksha, the demon immortality

Chapter 163: 162: Jiao Su fights and kills, burning wood becomes a knife
Exquisite Tower.

The deep purple flames danced and leaped, and in the flickering firelight, Li Cunxiao waved a ten-foot-long trident, maneuvering between the two demons.

There were two demons, one looked like a dragon snake and the other looked like a tiger. They were extremely fast and could even fly in the air for a short time.

Cloud dragons and wind tigers, the whistling wind and the gray clouds intertwined, and occasionally a trident of purple flames broke through the gloom.

Taiyi Zhenren held his beard tightly in his hand as he watched the two beasts fighting in the arena.

Ever since Li Cunxiao broke through Huangting seven days ago, he has been entering Linglong Tower to kill monsters every day without fail.

After their strength increased, the third-level monsters were no match for Li Cunxiao. Under the latter's crazy slaughter, within four or five days, all the third-level monsters on the third floor were slaughtered.

Then, the opponent immediately attacked the fourth floor.

After successfully killing a fourth-level demon alone a few days ago, today he has to fight two alone.

Taiyi really couldn't understand why Li Cunxiao was so interested in fighting demons.

However, when observing with the bone mirror, the other party's state of mind was still as clear as a mirror, and there was no sign of being contaminated by evil spirits at all.

Apart from sighing that he was born to be a god of war, I really can't find any other words to say.

In the Linglong Tower, Taiyi Zhenren has absolute control, so he is not worried about Li Cunxiao getting hurt.

Instead, the other party's cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds. After seven days, he actually opened another meridian.

If Qici knew this, he would be overjoyed, but Taiyi felt a little anxious.

There is no other reason. The more progress the other party makes in Buddhist practice, the greater the desire and difficulty they will have in changing their practice.

"We can't wait any longer. Jiao Mu Jiao's elixir has been delivered to San Lang, but he's clearly not interested."

"Changing the cultivation method requires long-term planning, but the backup plan must be laid early."

Just as he was thinking this, a loud shout suddenly rang out from the fourth floor.

Looking down, I saw that Li Cunxiao's muscles were bulging all over his body, and under his ivory white skin, his meridians were like golden threads, emitting a bright glow.

The blood-jade-like Yanmo Qi flowed into the snake spear, and the trident transformed from the purple flame at the spear tip suddenly danced ferociously and turned into a giant python, swallowing the two demons into its belly in one gulp.

At the Huangting realm, until the seventh meridian is opened, one can only protect the body with true qi and cannot release it.

However, the power of the magic treasure lies in this: it can do things in advance that warriors originally could not do.

The two demons fell into the giant python's belly and tried to struggle at first.

However, Li Cunxiao had expected this. A specially formulated true energy flowed into the purple flame python, like countless tiny lotus petals.

The two demons suddenly howled miserably, and the power in their bodies seemed to be out of control. Their raging blood was like a male dog in heat, with huge bulges bulging and running wildly under their skin.

The two demons felt so much pain that their eyes turned bloodshot. They completely lost their rationality and even started fighting each other.

Such a hideous and terrifying scene is very similar to the scene in the hell of suffering. This is Li Cunxiao's biggest gain in the past few days besides the improvement of his cultivation.

"Hellfire Gun", finally got started.

Generally speaking, demons are stronger than warriors of the same level, and it is common for them to fight against many enemies alone.

However, as vicious creatures filled with evil spirits, these animals have no wisdom at all. In other words, they are more easily provoked.

With Li Cunxiao's current attainments in "Fire Hell Spear", it would be somewhat difficult for him to replicate the scene before him on a warrior of the same level.

But if used to deal with demons, it would be much easier.

In other words, as long as he has enough true energy, he can split into two, three or even more purple flame snakes, let these demons kill each other, and finally he can easily reap their heads.

But even though he had opened another meridian with the help of the vajra three days ago, fighting one against two was already his limit now.

Moreover, compared to the third layer, the number of monsters on the fourth layer has decreased visibly, to less than a hundred.

At the current rate, they would all be killed in less than a month.

Having stayed here for quite some time, he had managed to summarize some of the "rules" of Linglong Tower.

The higher the level, the higher the level of the monsters, the fewer in number, and the slower they refresh.

"I wonder if this fourth-level demon on the fourth floor can keep up with my advancement speed."

The two demons fell to the ground with a bang. In Li Cunxiao's mind, the light on the vajra grew visibly, and finally converged, lighting up a pair of Capricorn claws.

Another opportunity to break through the obstacle is at hand.

The corners of my mouth curl up unconsciously, as harvest always makes people happy.

The scene before him changed, and it was obvious that Taiyi Zhenren was moving himself out of the Linglong Tower.

The gains from the evil spirit couldn't be greater, and another point was that the opponent strictly controlled the duration of his battle.

Two-thirds of the time is spent learning alchemy and pharmacology, and the rest is spent on fighting. If you fail to kill three monsters a day, you have to leave Linglong Tower.

According to the Eastern King Mu Gong, martial arts are the branches and leaves, and cultivation is the root. It is enough to keep your hands sharp in combat, and there is no need to lose sight of the main goal.

In fact, Taiyi didn't want to catch the fourth-level monsters every few days.

All the high-level demons from the neighboring provincial cities were captured by De Zheng and imprisoned on Karma Mountain, so there are not many left at large.

But he didn't want Taiyi to run away - he had finally managed to keep this thief bald away from home, so he could prolong his sleep time at night.

What if I leave for half a day or a whole day, and Li Cunxiao is taken away directly by Qici?
"The renovation cannot be delayed any longer."

Thinking of this, Taiyi waved his hand casually, and the clouds lifted the two of them up to the sky above Qinghua Mountain.

Li Cunxiao couldn't afford the consumption of Hot Wheels in this world, but he had played the Sky Roller many times in his dreams, so he was not nervous, just a little strange.

In the past, after the battle in Linglong Tower ended, it was basically the end.

Today, something seems different?
"Qing Tong, how is your practice of the Jiaomu Jiaojun Kung Fu going?"

In the dream, apart from the evil spirit, everything was fake. Of course, Li Cunxiao could not practice the technique. He was about to lie when he heard it, but suddenly he remembered his recent predicament and said:

"It's going well. I've already opened up a meridian. But I'm running low on zhenqi, so I'm having trouble practicing or fighting."

"Father is very powerful, is there any solution?"

Taiyi Zhenren couldn't help but smile - he was waiting right here.

"Qingtong, your mother is a Buddhist, and you have learned some Buddhist martial arts since you were young."

"But since I've switched to practicing Taoist techniques, I can't neglect Taoist martial arts either."

As he spoke, he pointed his finger, and the green true energy condensed into a seed and flew into Li Cunxiao's brow.

No matter how many times he had seen it, every time he saw the other party teaching the Dharma so casually, the latter couldn't help but feel surprised.

To cram a complete martial art into someone else's brain, such an application already involves the soul.

Before he could think about it, a martial art called "Burning Wood Sword" unfolded in his mind.

"This 'Burning Wood Sword' is a complementary martial art to Jiaomu Jiao."

"Among the seven constellations of the Azure Dragon, the Jiao constellation represents the dragon's horn. It is the first sign of fighting and killing, and therefore often brings disaster."

"Among the seven stars, it belongs to wood and is symbolized by a dragon, so it is called a Jiaomu Jiao."

"The Wood Element is originally the energy of life. The so-called burning wood to make a knife is the opposite of this."

"The aura of withered and extinct vegetation is a fierce poison that destroys all life."

Li Cunxiao quickly browsed through this martial art in a short period of time.

It can be said that it is worthy of being a top-grade martial art that matches the top-grade skills. Its exquisiteness and uniqueness are no less than the "Hellfire Spear".

"But what does this have to do with insufficient true energy?" Li Cunxiao couldn't help but ask.

"The Huangting realm is said to be about opening up the meridians, but in reality it is also a step to rebuild the internal organs and consolidate the foundation."

"Have you ever thought about what the internal organs and meridians are actually cultivating?"

Taiyi Zhenren tells the story in a leisurely and instructive way:
"Twelve Meridians, Three Yang and Three Yin of the Hand, Three Yang and Three Yin of the Foot"

"Yin and Yang encompass the five internal organs, and the five elements generate and restrain each other."

"What is Yin and Yang? What are the Five Elements?"

Before Li Cunxiao could open his mouth, Taiyi Zhenren had already given the answer:
"Wuji gave birth to Taiji, Taiji differentiated into two elements, Yin and Yang created the Five Elements, and the Five Elements are heaven and earth!"

"The five elements are wood, fire, earth, metal, and water."

"Wood is Shaoyang, fire is Taiyang, earth is Taiji, metal is Shaoyin, and water is Taiyin. This is the principle of the changes and rise and fall of yin and yang."

“Wood represents spring and the east; fire represents summer and the south.”

"Earth represents the middle of summer, the pivot of the transformation between yang and yin, and the central position."

"Gold represents autumn and the west; water represents winter and the north."

"See? The five elements represent the four seasons, and the five elements represent the five directions."

"From top to bottom, from ancient times to the present, from time to space, the universe is all within the Five Elements, within Yin and Yang!"

"Time and space are one, and the human body is a small world!"

"The internal organs refine the five elements, the Huangting refines yin and yang, and in the realm of true form, the two hearts compete to determine the master of the small world in the human body."

"Heaven and earth have their masters. Next, we will ascend to the ladder of martial arts and the beginning of the great path."

Li Cunxiao was speechless for a moment.

All in all, he has only been practicing martial arts for a year. He is no problem in practicing and fighting, but when it comes to foundation, he is undoubtedly far behind.

Knowing the result but not knowing the reason is the true portrayal.

However, Taiyi Zhenren's words were so enlightening that they almost clearly indicated the path to the true form.

Even though it is De Zheng, the fundamental reason for practicing cultivation has not been explained.

"You must be intimidated by the old Taoist, kid."

Taiyi Zhenren was secretly pleased, but he remained calm and changed the subject:
"So, when you say you're lacking in zhenqi, it's not actually a lack of zhenqi, but rather an incompleteness of the five elements, a flaw in heaven and earth."

"To practice Wood Element Kung Fu, one must only practice Wood Element Kung Fu? This is just a narrow-minded view."

"The Yimu Azure Dragon True Classic is a unique skill modeled after the Azure Dragon's seven stars, encompassing all five elements, yin and yang."

"You are now deficient in Liver Wood and lacking in True Qi, so you naturally need to replenish it with Kidney Water."

"When you have mastered the Burning Wood Sword, I will teach you the top-grade martial arts corresponding to the Jishui Leopard, which uses water to generate wood."

"By then, even if you only have one lineage of cultivation, you will be able to possess double the true qi. You will naturally experience its various wonderful uses as you practice."

"So this wood-burning knife requires a lot of thought."

Taiyi Zhenren’s words are profound.

He also practiced Qi and blood step by step to where he is today, so of course he knew what troubles warriors who had just entered the Huangting would encounter.

The solution to insufficient true energy lies in the back-up plan of switching to practicing Taoist techniques. This is an open and aboveboard conspiracy.

But Li Cunxiao felt a little uncomfortable at this time.

There was something wrong with the look in the eyes of King Mu Gong of the East.

It was clearly a shadow of the past, but now it was as if he saw through me.

This isn't the first time.

Li Cunxiao occasionally had an illusion that the other party could see his true situation beneath Li Qingtong's appearance.

The advice I just gave even felt like the right medicine for my disease.

It is as if the King of the East, Mu Gong, is not just a shadow in memory, but still exists in the world.
The light and shadows in front of Li Cunxiao's eyes changed. When he opened his eyes again, he had woken up in the Zen room, and the sky outside the window was faintly pale.

"It's okay. Even if the other party is the product of some obsession, there's nothing to be afraid of with the Vajra. Don't scare yourself."

After a few words of self-comfort, he remembered what he had just said in his dream and couldn't help but take out the Jiaomujiao medicine hidden in the room.

The burning wood sword is a martial art belonging to the Taoist school, and it may not be differentiated from the original Nezha of Buddhism.

Taking powerful medicine is a traditional method, but it can save you from breaking through obstacles once.

This martial art is very powerful, but it has only a few moves, just one move with the burning wood sword.

Rather than being a martial art, it is more like a special method of transforming true qi, which can transform the vital energy into the energy of decay.

Unlike the damage caused by ordinary true qi, the wounds left by the burning wood knife attack are almost impossible to heal, because the damaged part of the body is directly "killed" by the burning wood knife.

"What a domineering martial art, worthy of being called Dousha Jiaoxiu, extremely ferocious."

Li Cunxiao played with the small wooden horn, and there was a faint sound of liquid flowing and rolling inside.

He was ready to learn this top-grade martial art.

The words of King Mu Gong of the East suddenly enlightened him.

It is true that improving one's cultivation is the most important thing at the moment, but instead of opening another lineage, it is better to get another demon as a follower and use wood to create fire.

Otherwise, even if the three meridians are opened, you are still at the entry level of Huangting, and the increase in true energy is not great. It is better to look at the long term.

And even if we talk about the close proximity, first of all, the Burning Wood Sword is a martial art, not a fundamental technique, and will not conflict with the "Supreme Secret Narada Scripture";
Secondly, this martial art is actually a technique for transforming true energy, and can be used in conjunction with the "Hellfire Spear". The power will definitely be greater, and it can also improve combat effectiveness in future battles with the Ming Cult.

Only if you have strong combat power can you obtain more evil energy from those monsters.

The more evil spirit you have, the stronger you are; the stronger you are, the more evil spirit you have.

This is a positive cycle, and initial investment is essential.

With this thought in mind, Li Cunxiao began to count his belongings.

Originally there were two bottles of Qi-accumulating pills. One was used when breaking through the Huangting, and another was used to practice the "Fire Hell Spear".

However, Zheng Yanchang donated two more bottles on behalf of the governor's office, and Decong also donated one bottle that day.

During these seven days of training, whether it was accumulating true energy or practicing the Fire Gun, he took a lot of drugs to improve his efficiency.

So in the end, I still had one and a half bottles, and about fourteen or fifteen Qi-accumulating pills left in my hand.

“It’s not enough.”

Li Cunxiao frowned, deeply understanding what it meant to spend money like water.

A bottle of Qi-accumulating pill costs ten thousand taels of silver!

"Junior brother."

Suddenly, Yuanguang's voice called out from outside the house. Li Cunxiao was startled at first, then he quickly opened the door, a hint of joy in his eyes:

"Brother, is there any news about the demon from the Ming Cult?"

Yuan Guang looked at Li Cunxiao, who was rubbing his hands in anticipation, and nodded:
"We've found the demon cult's camp. Tonight we'll march under the stars and raid the enemy camp with the city guards!"

(End of this chapter)