Mysterious World: I Have a Lost Heavenly Court

Ancient relics.

A Taoist temple on the mountaintop.

Lu Changqing launched a series of powerful wind techniques at the evil Taoist with utmost seriousness, and also used the Mind Disruption Technique to interfere.

But the next moment, he saw the stone statue's skin peel off the evil Taoist's body.

He opened his scarlet eyes, his fleshy wings flapped behind him, and he roared:

"Die, you insect—"

...

Inside a detached house in Heishan County.

Lu Changqing opened his eyes from the bed, his expression full of surprise.

The heretical people are so powerful!

He thought it was a low-level elite monster in the beginner dungeon.

But now it seems like it's definitely boss-level!

Even a Qi Refining Realm technique, when facing a Bone Refining Realm martial artist of the same level, can leave the opponent half-dead by a series of powerful wind techniques.

However, when facing evil people, they can only create some small dents on their bodies, without causing any real damage.

Lu Changqing was not discouraged at all; his eyes merely sparkled with curiosity and anticipation.

"With such immense strength, the divine blood that fell from its body must be extraordinary, right?"

"Judging from the strength that the heretic has displayed so far..."

Even if I advance to the Qi Refining or Blood Exchange stages, I probably won't have much of a chance.

"Let's continue exploring for new resources."

With this thought in mind, Lu Changqing once again chose to enter the Ancient Ruins.

...

The sky was gloomy, and the cliffs seemed to have fallen stars.

Looking at the wreckage scattered on the ground, Lu Changqing pondered for a moment and realized that there was no need to go back and prepare any more supplies.

Therefore, he decisively stepped over the corpse of the short-sword giant and strode toward the crossroads behind him that led in three directions.

Looking at the choices presented before him, Lu Changqing hesitated for a moment before choosing the left side.

He continued on his way.

The environment changed rapidly.

The surrounding mountains and forests began to come alive.

It is no longer as tranquil as Falling Star Cliff and Silent Wood Forest.

Birds chirp and insects hum, and occasionally you can see strange insects crawling across the tree trunks.

Because the influence of war and killing intent was gone, the air became much more humid.

He walked briskly for about half an hour.

The silhouette of a small town appeared not far ahead.

When we were about a hundred steps away from the town.

Sure enough, on the right side of the road, he saw another campfire with flickering flames.

This time, he approached with practiced ease, extending his fingers and letting the flames burn them.

A moment later, the colorful writing appeared.

[The destined individual ignites and activates the inherited flame of "Seven Emotions and Six Desires Suppressor"]

【Seven Emotions and Six Desires Suppressor:】

A hundred years ago, a celestial being in Heaven who specialized in the "Mind Refinement Method" threw his life's work, the "Suffering Sutra of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires," into the mortal realm before his demise.

The scriptures were deciphered when they fell, and the fragments drifted into this town. For a hundred years, they have been emanating invisible demonic energy, attracting all the wronged souls, demons, and evil spirits from within a hundred miles.

These evil entities are "fed" by the scriptures, causing their respective emotions and obsessions to be amplified infinitely. The greedy become greedier, the angry become angrier, and the ignorant become more ignorant.

They entrenched themselves in the town, fought, devoured, and split, eventually forming the bizarre ecosystem centered on the seven emotions and six desires through constant battles.

There aren't many living things in this town.

But each one embodies a different emotion. The scriptures themselves are hidden deep within the town, a place where no evil spirit dares approach, for to them the scriptures are both their "mother" and their "natural enemy."

The Suffering Sutra of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires? The Heart Sutra of Immortals and Buddhas?

Lu Changqing's eyes lit up.

The Taoist practice he is currently cultivating, the Qingfeng Jue, is the heart sutra commonly used by cultivators of the Qingfeng Temple, which is also the Great Qian Dynasty.

The Heart Sutra cultivation technique that Qingyun practices comes from an unexpected inheritance she received.

It is intended for use only by women.

To put it simply, Lu Changqing is indeed lacking a decent martial arts technique right now!

"The Town of Seven Emotions and Six Desires is open for exploration!"

"If we obtain this true scripture later, even if it's just a fragment, its power will likely be extraordinary!"

"Ancient ruins, truly a treasure trove!"

Overjoyed, Lu Changqing strode towards the town.

At the same time, his hopes and expectations gradually subsided, and he became focused and serious again.

After all, the description is already very clear.

The "people" in this town are all the strongest beings cultivated through the practice of raising Gu poison.

Lu Changqing walked into the quaint, somewhat desolate town.

I glanced around and saw that the street was deserted.

The surrounding thatched huts were mostly made of a mixture of loess and rice straw.

Some doors were locked, while others were open.

Lu Changqing randomly found a thatched hut with its wooden door wide open, stopped and peeked inside.

The house had all the basic necessities: a bed, a wooden table, chairs, and a water tank. But there was no one there. Only black marks remained on the floor, like blood that had dried up long ago.

He went inside, his feet touching the yellow earth, and did a quick search of the house.

As it turned out, he actually found materials that were beneficial for cultivation by the corner of the wall and the edge of the bed!

A dark red bamboo shoot, one section, about three inches long, with its surface covered with fine barbs.

【Spiritual Plant: Wrathful Bamboo】

[Category: Phyllostachys nigra, Bambusaceae, Emotions, Genus: Anger]

[Description: Growing in places where fierce arguments or fights once took place in the town: the bedroom where a couple quarreled, the courtyard wall where neighbors cursed each other, the corner of the tavern where drunkards fought. The unresolved anger from a century ago, drawn away by scriptures, seeped into the soil, giving rise to this bamboo.]

[Efficacy: Cut bamboo pith into extremely thin slices, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, and mix them into a medicinal bath. The energies in the powder will stimulate repeated contraction and relaxation of muscles, which can replace stance training, allowing practitioners to maintain muscle tension and exercise while in a seated state.]

[Note: This bamboo remembers every fight in town. Couples arguing, brothers turning against each other, drunkards smashing bowls... it remembers them all. If you cut it down and soak it in medicinal soup, the wound will cramp, and once it's healed, you'll be fine. When it whips you, the force is exactly the same as when that drunkard smashed the bowl back then.]

"nice one!"

"Using this as a medicinal bath allows you to enhance your martial arts training without expending physical energy, which is equivalent to having extra energy for daily stance training!"

"It directly increased the speed of cultivation!"

Lu Changqing was overjoyed and quickly dug up the bamboo shoots and put them into his spatial storage.

He straightened up, his eyes burning with desire: "I just randomly explored one room."

"This town has at least a hundred households."

"If we look around a bit, won't it take off?"

He was filled with anticipation for the exploration to come!

But just then, he suddenly heard the buzzing of flies in his ear.

Turning my head, I saw a dozen or so flies, each about the size of a fingernail and greenish-blue in color, fluttering their wings as they flew by.

【Mutant Species: Seven-Emotion Fly】

[Category: Mutant species, phylum Dissimilar arthropoda, class Diptera, order Emotions, family Muscidae, genus Heptaphylla]

[Description: When the town was destroyed, swarms of flies bred among the corpses. The demonic fluctuations of the scriptures infected the maggots, which transformed into flies and mutated. They no longer fed on carrion, but on the emotional remnants dissipating in the air. Red flies were angry, blue flies were sad, purple flies were fearful, and green flies were joyful.]

They don't bite, hurt, or harm people, but in a quiet town filled with monsters that feed on emotions, they are incredibly deadly because they reveal your presence.

【Effect: Can kill. When ground into an extremely fine powder and mixed with talisman ink, it can cause the attacked person to enter a state of paranoia and madness.】

The powder can also be inhaled for personal use to stir up emotions and affect one's mood, thus aiding in the subsequent practice of the "Seven Emotions and Six Desires Sutra".

[Note: They know when you're angry before you do, and the same goes for when you're afraid. Whenever you have emotions, they will be attracted to you.]

After reading the description of these flies, Lu Changqing's expression changed, and he immediately spat out his natal spirit sword.

With a thought, a cold glint flashed.

More than ten blue-green flies immediately fell to the ground.

Lu Changqing had just cut them down when he saw two more groups of different colored flies buzzing in from outside.

Red, dark purple...

This corresponds to Lu Changqing's current anger, as well as his worry about the powerful monsters that might exist in the town...

"Grass!"

At this moment, Lu Changqing once again felt the difficulty of the various strange environments of the ancient ruins!

Because the number of rainbow flies has increased.

In addition, they are already large in size.

They flapped their wings in unison, and the sound was quite deafening in this deserted town!

Lu Changqing frowned slightly, intending to use the spirit sword again.

result...

A golden light suddenly flashed in from outside the door!

It collided directly with the spirit sword!

"Bang—"

A sound of weapons clashing rang out.

Lu Changqing felt that in order to maintain the stability of the spirit sword, the spiritual power in his body was reduced by one-third!

He was startled.

Master!

It should be noted that after Lu Changqing advanced to the Qi Refining realm, he constantly used hand seals to release the Wind Force Technique and the Mind Disruption Technique.

That's enough to release it nearly a hundred times.

Using the spirit sword consumes even less spiritual power... Killing those demons on the street tonight only reduced his spiritual power by two-thirds.

But now, it was just a clash with that golden light!

One-third of it has fallen!

Just then, a figure appeared outside the wooden door of the house.

It was clearly the owner of that golden light.

Upon seeing that person's appearance, even with Lu Changqing's strong mentality and high tolerance, he couldn't help but frown, his face showing disgust and aversion.

Faces, all faces!

The man's scalp, arms, upper body, and lower body were completely hairless and unclothed.

It doesn't have normal human skin either!

Its entire body is made up of human faces!

Upon seeing Lu Changqing, at least dozens of eyes on the other person turned to look at him.

And all of them had smiles on their faces at the same time.

Lu Changqing felt his scalp tingle instantly.

This, this thing is definitely a monster!

At that moment of emotional fluctuation, a swarm of flies of various colors began to buzz in from beside the monster covered in strange faces.

【Obsession Seed - Golden Foil Face-Snatching Demon】

[Emotion of the person in question: Greed]

[Description: Originally the wealthiest pawnshop owner in town, he lent money at exorbitant interest rates, manipulating prices and only caring about gold and silver, not people. When the town suffered a disaster, he locked his storeroom, refusing to give away a single grain of rice, and was eventually beaten to death by starving villagers amidst a pile of money. After death, his soul was drawn to scriptures, his obsession solidifying—he wanted to possess all the "valuable things" in the world, including human faces. Sensing the cultivator's desire and greed, it instinctively and frantically pursues him.]

[Weakness: It has a compulsive collecting urge towards "valuable things." If an obviously valuable item is offered, it will abandon its current prey to chase after that item, even if it is a trap.]

[Note: Killing the enemy may result in the following item being a "Golden Scissors" item]

Upon seeing the description of the monster before him, Lu Changqing also realized what the sudden golden light that had just flown by was.

It's just a huge pair of scissors.

It was unremarkable, yet it exuded a powerful and oppressive aura.

"At least a demon at the Liquid Condensation Realm!"

Lu Changqing immediately determined the strength of the monster in front of him.

He dared not delay any longer. He immediately made hand seals and cast spells while using his spirit sword to rush forward and restrain the enemy.

But just as the white light flashed past, the golden scissors blocked the way for the spirit sword.

With a "bang," it was stopped.

Before Lu Changqing could even release the spell he had been performing by forming hand seals...

Then, several human faces fell off and flew off from the body of the Golden Foil Face-Stealing Demon, which was made up of dozens of faces, and drifted to Lu Changqing's side, each speaking human language.

"Everything you want, I have here!"

"As long as we stop resisting, we can have everything we want!"

"..."

These unconvincing words, amplified by the Golden Leaf Masked Demon's techniques, are filled with a seductive allure that tugs at the heartstrings!

Lu Changqing's mind stirred slightly, and he decided to put up a stubborn resistance.

But in the next instant, a golden light appeared before their eyes...

...

...

"no."

"Even if the Golden Leaf-Face-Stealing Demon doesn't use this ability to disturb people's minds."

"Even in a contest of skill level, I'm no match for him!"

In the darkness, on the bed, Lu Changqing recalled the details of what he had just done and finally came to a conclusion:

"There are definitely plenty of treasures in the town of Seven Emotions and Six Desires!"

"Whether it's a rainbow fly or a spiritual plant you randomly find in an empty house, it can greatly benefit you!"

"We've only been in town for less than half a cup of tea's time, and the bamboo shoots and the corpses of the seven-colored flies we've obtained are already considered excellent materials."

"But before one's own strength reaches the Blood Exchange Realm or the Liquid Condensation Realm, it is basically impossible to solve the two problems of 'emotional fluctuations' and 'powerful demons and ghosts'."

With a flicker in his eyes, Lu Changqing regarded the "Seven Emotions and Six Desires Town" as a treasure trove that could be explored after his breakthrough.

That's how it is, at least for now.

"Let's go to the ancient ruins and see where the other two paths lead."

"If all three paths lead to territories that require the Blood Exchange Realm or the Liquid Condensation Realm to make progress."

"Then the only path I can take from now on is 'asceticism'."

Having made up his mind, Lu Changqing immediately immersed himself in the ancient ruins.

...

...

Looking at the three paths in front of him, Lu Changqing chose the middle one and strode in.

The middle road is the same as the one on the left.

Initially, after leaving the area of ​​the Silent Wood Forest and Falling Star Cliff, the trees began to return to normal, and there were sounds of insects chirping and birds singing.

It felt like entering a new, vibrant world.

But as time went by and Lu Changqing traveled further and further, he gradually felt that the air around him was becoming dry and hot, which made him feel irritable.

The environment has also begun to change gradually.

The surrounding land became dry, and trees and vegetation began to decrease.

He walked for another half an hour.

The land beneath his feet had completely turned into parched, cracked scorched earth.

Ahead lay a desolate wasteland brought about by the scorching heat.

Under a dead tree to the left front, a flame flickered and burned.

Lu Changqing stepped forward, extended his finger, and the flames burned.

All the information about the surrounding environment came into view.

The destined master ignites the inherited flame of the "Land of Fallen Pills"

When the Heavenly Court fell, Laozi's alchemy furnace shattered. The furnace broke into hundreds of pieces, the largest of which, carrying the undying Five Elements alchemical fire within, crashed into the mortal realm, creating a scorched basin spanning dozens of miles. The alchemical fire has never been extinguished, burning this land day and night, turning it into a "Land of Fallen Alchemy."

There is no night here. Scattered fragments of the alchemy furnace emit a crimson-gold light day and night, illuminating the entire area as if in an eternal twilight. The air is so dry that lips crack at the slightest touch, and every breath feels like swallowing fire. Yet, precisely in this desolate place, life flourishes in a different way: vegetation mutated by the alchemy fire, demonic creatures tempered by the furnace slag, and the five elements' essence condensed near the furnace together constitute the unique ecosystem of this scorched earth.

The five elements of elixir energy, along with the starfire from the alchemy furnace, merged together, forming a single entity that created this desolate wasteland.

Lu Changqing read the introduction to this film very carefully.

Or rather, he would carefully examine the descriptions of each new territory.

After all, it is closely related to his subsequent improvement.

And when he saw the last sentence: "Including the starfire of the alchemy furnace, it was all fused together..."

His breath hitched!

It was the spark from the alchemy furnace that gave him pure Yang power!?

Now that his strength has increased, he is in dire need of more pure Yang energy!