I Killed Gods and Demons in Song Dynasty

Chapter 142 The Sixth Level of the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong!
"The first test!

“Obtain the orthodox Taoist inheritance and investigate the secrets hidden for generations in the Tianshi Mansion of Longhu Mountain.

“The duration of this trial is one full year in the human world, starting from the time you accept the mission.

"During the first test, the agent will not receive any form of additional assistance."

The solemn and majestic voice came to an abrupt end. Li Qingyun hung quietly in the air, looking at the huge gate in front of him, with waves in his heart that could not be suppressed.

He has always been very curious about the mysterious palace he is in, and has tried many methods in the hope of discovering the secrets within. However, no matter how he explored and experimented, he did not find any clues.

Here, except for the gray-white mist rolling like the sea under your feet, and the huge eyeball that can peek into the secrets of heaven and predict the past and the future, there is only eternal silence and tranquility.

However, what Li Qingyun did not expect was that after he was promoted to the fourth-level "Secret Whisperer", perhaps with some kind of recognition from the hidden existence, he actually brought different changes to this mysterious space and started the trial leading to the inheritance of the gods.

Li Qingyun slowly floated back to his seat, sat on the throne again, supported his chin with his hand, and began to think about this test mission.

The Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion has been passed down for thousands of years and has always been the leader of the orthodox Taoism. Many powerful Tianshi have emerged in successive generations, and their background is unfathomable.

The contemporary Heavenly Master, "Mr. Xu Jing" Zhang Jixian is a powerful "Yang God" of the sixth realm, ranking fifth on the Tiangang List, only behind a few people such as "Pure Yang Sword Immortal" Lu Dongbin and Huashan Sect's founder Chen Tuan. He is undoubtedly one of the strongest people in the world, and is only one step away from ascending to heaven and becoming a true immortal.

And several of his disciples are also extraordinary. In addition to his first disciple Zhang Shouzhen, who has stayed in the "Yin Shen" realm for many years, there is an even more powerful last disciple, the "Five Thunder Immortal" Zhang Mingyi, who ranks first on the list of the 72 heroes of the Earthly Fiends.

With such a group of top masters in charge, let alone Li Qingyun wanting to investigate the secrets they are hiding, even if he wants to bypass the mountain protection formation and sneak into Longhu Mountain for a stroll, it is an almost impossible task.

Although his seventy-two transformations and invisibility and stealth are magical, they are somewhat incomparable in front of the profound foundation of a thousand-year-old sect. Under the watchful eyes of a Yangshen strongman, even if he turns into a fly or a mosquito and flies in, his whereabouts will be discovered in an instant.

Moreover, the one-year deadline is neither short nor long. Compared with the difficulty of this test, you may miss the deadline if you are not careful.

Li Qingyun frowned, feeling that this task was quite tricky, so he leaned on the tall backrest of the throne, trying to get into a comfortable position, and quickly thought of various solutions in his mind.

"I can try to ask Mr. Bao for an order to transfer me to Longhu Mountain for official business, and then I can go in openly. But what excuse can I give him?"

"Zhang Shouzhen of Longhu Mountain has a good impression of me. Maybe I can try to get close to him and see if I can get this old Taoist to take me to Longhu Mountain. Well, if I do that, with a powerful Yin God following me, how can I have the chance to explore the secrets of Tianshi Mansion?"

"Marshal Mu still owes me a favor. She is also the God of Incense and Fire. She can travel through space and directly descend into famous mountains and rivers. Perhaps I can ask her to take me to Longhu Mountain..."

"..."

Li Qingyun thought of several methods, but each of them had many weaknesses and were difficult to implement.

Finally, he had to sigh and admit that there was no way to accomplish this mission by any tricks. If he wanted to investigate the secrets of the Tianshi Mansion, he could only honestly change his identity and become a true disciple of Mount Longhu, hiding in it with dignity.

With this idea in mind, a rough framework of a plan emerged in Li Qingyun's mind.

But this is far from enough. Investigating a master like Longhushan requires detailed and careful calculations. Even if there is a mistake in any link in the layout and the flaw is discovered by others, all his previous efforts will be wasted.

What's more, carrying out this plan means that he will have to say goodbye to Bianliang City for at least several months. Whether it is the job in Kaifeng Prefecture or the Changle Gang, which he has worked hard to build and has just started to show some signs of improvement, all need to be properly arranged and nothing can be sloppy.

Li Qingyun thought about it carefully and wrote down the key points of the plan and the preparations needed one by one. As for the specific details, he planned to gradually improve them during the preparation process.

In short, since this matter cannot be accomplished overnight, although there is only one year to complete the test, it is better to spend a few more days preparing than to make low-level mistakes halfway.

……

After sorting out all of this, Li Qingyun once again shifted his attention to the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong and couldn't help but sigh.

It was just a ceremony to be promoted to a fourth-level agent, but it consumed 10,000 souls, qi and blood. If such a "huge sum of money" was used to empower the "performance" of magical powers, it could have elevated the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong to perfection.

Perhaps he could use the remaining qi and blood to cultivate the newly acquired "Heng and Ha Qi", or deduce a powerful fifth-level technique.

But now the more than a thousand souls, qi and blood forces in his body are far from enough to do these things.

When he thought of this, Li Qingyun felt distressed and could only keep comforting himself: after all, after becoming a "secret whisperer", he had obtained the precious opportunity to reveal the secrets of the mysterious palace and become the heir of a hidden existence, so it was not a loss to spend ten thousand energy and blood.

After calming himself down a bit, he entered into meditation and began to practice the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong.

With the sacrifice of qi and blood, with the help of the magical power of "performing the law", Li Qingyun practiced the mantra of the sixth level of the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong and began to continue to condense the innate true qi.

With the simultaneous practice of thousands of incarnations, he made rapid progress. All the difficult and obstructive points were immediately overcome, and he broke through the barriers one after another. It didn't take long for him to complete this stage of practice.

Just when Li Qingyun was feeling delighted, he suddenly realized that his cultivation had not stopped.

The innate true energy in his body suddenly surged again, and under the control of the technique, began to gather towards his eyes.

A moment later, he felt a burning pain in his eyes.

Li Qingyun couldn't help but scream, but under the effect of the supernatural power, his body didn't move at all, and the flow of his true energy was not hindered in any way. A large amount of qi and blood was still moving towards his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, intense pain invaded his eyes like a tide, as if every inch of his eyeballs were melting.

That feeling is like staring at the scorching sun at noon without blinking, or having your eyelids held open while someone exposes your eyes to thick smoke.

The huge stimulation was like a thousand needles piercing his eyes, causing tears to well up in his eyes. He experienced the greatest torture since he started practicing. He almost lost control several times, but under the control of the magical power of "acting", he avoided it safely.

I don’t know how long it took, but the unspeakable pain gradually dissipated and Li Qingyun’s mind returned to clarity.

The sixth level of the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong - "Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils" was completed.

[Remaining Qi and blood: one hundred and seventy-five souls].

……

In comparison, the transition from the fifth to the sixth level of the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong was not a qualitative change, and consumed less Qi and blood. However, Li Qingyun still gained a new technique.

"Fire eyes and golden pupils".

This is an auxiliary technique of the soul type, which has three functions.

The first is to distinguish the true from the false and to understand the secrets.

This is a passive skill that does not require casting spells or consuming true energy, and it allows you to always maintain the ability to see through illusions and distinguish between reality and disguise.

Not only that, this skill can also reveal the cultivator's realm and cultivation path, and even current status. It is equivalent to being able to observe the opponent's "blood bar" at any time during battle. Its practicality is self-evident.

This effect is quite similar to Li Qingyun's "divination" power, but it does not need to be actively activated, nor does it require the sacrifice of qi and blood. It is like a radar on standby around the clock.

The second function of "Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils" is to break through the limitations of dimensions and see secrets that ordinary people cannot see.

For example, after practicing enough skills, Li Qingyun can see through the soil several feet or even dozens of feet deep underground, or understand the internal structure of various sophisticated machines.

As his skills become stronger in the future, he will be able to observe things thousands of miles away, and even travel through time and space, trace back history, and see things that happened in the past and the future without being restricted by time.

Although the magical power of "divination" can also do these things and obtain more detailed revelations, divination requires a medium. Only by relying on personal items or the intersection of fate to establish a special connection with the divination object can accurate information be obtained.

In contrast, in some situations, "Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils" are less restricted and more useful.

The third function of "Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils" is a means of attacking the soul. It allows Li Qingyun to look directly into the eyes of his opponents and assimilate others with his own negative emotions such as hatred and evil thoughts, thereby controlling people's hearts and making the recipients believe in and submit to him from the bottom of their hearts, and never repent until their death.

Of course, the effectiveness of the magic is related to the opponent's level of cultivation and the strength of his mind. For opponents with particularly determined minds, it may not be possible to achieve complete control, but using it in actual combat to interfere with the opponent's mind is also a very good method.

After completing his training, Li Qingyun exited the mysterious palace, sat at the desk, wrote down the next plan, put it away in his arms, and went to sleep with his clothes on.

……

Late at night, at the Prince's Mansion, Cao's Family.

The young uncle Cao Jingzhi who was rescued from the Bian River by Li Qingyun was now lying on the bed with disheveled hair, his eyes closed, his face as pale as gold paper, his body twitching from time to time, and he let out bursts of low growls like a wild beast, which was extremely horrifying.

His elder brother Cao Jingxiu was sitting at the head of the bed. Seeing his brother in such a state, he couldn't help but sigh. He reached out and pinched open his teeth, then fed him a fragrant pill.

As the pills gurgled down his throat, Cao Jingzhi gradually calmed down, but he was still unconscious. Large beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he seemed to be enduring great pain.

Cao Jingxiu looked at his brother with a complicated look in his eyes, showing guilt, heartache, and infinite sadness.

In the dim room, the faint candlelight shone on his face, half bright and half dark, changeable, just like his current mood.

Suddenly, in the shadows in a corner of the room, someone coughed softly and said:
"Cao Jingxiu, we haven't seen each other for many years. At this point, are you still unable to get over your obsession with birth, aging, sickness and death?"

The sound was not loud, but to Cao Guojiu's ears, it was like the sound of a huge bell, splitting the sky and the earth, and awakening the deaf.

As the words rang out, time in this world seemed to have frozen, and even the flickering candlelight seemed to be frozen at that moment.

In the thick darkness of the room, a vague figure appeared at some point.

As soon as this figure appeared, it was like the scorching sun in the sky, shining brightly, and the murderous Gengjin energy immediately dispelled all the shadows.

Cao Guojiu was shocked and turned his head to look. He saw two figures in total. The moment he turned around, they immediately became extremely clear and were reflected in his pupils.

One of them was tall, dressed in green, with a Huayang scarf on his head, eyebrows reaching into his temples, eyes looking up to the sky, and a sword on his back. His face had an indifferent and peaceful expression, but he exuded a sharp pure Yang Qi.

The other person had his hair combed into two buns, his chest was bare, and he was holding a large palm-leaf fan, which he gently patted on his round belly, looking relaxed and contented.

When Cao Guojiu saw the two men, he immediately knelt down on the ground with a plop, bent over, and said respectfully:

"Disciple Cao Jingxiu pays homage to Grandmaster Chunyang, Grandmaster Zhengyang!"

The people who came were the two most famous masters on the Tiangang List. The one carrying a sword was Chunyangzi Lu Dongbin, and the one holding a palm-leaf fan was Zhengyangzi Zhongli Quan.

When Zhongli Quan saw Cao Jingxiu, he said with a smile:
"Your Excellency, there is no need to perform such a great ceremony. We are all Taoists. There is only a difference between good and evil, not between high and low. Although the two of us have taught you Taoism, it is only due to fate. We have no intention of accepting you as a disciple."

As he spoke, he gently waved the palm-leaf fan in his hand, and a gentle force lifted up the kneeling Cao Guojiu and made him stand steadily on the ground.

Uncle Cao still looked sad, and said earnestly:
"My two immortals, please have mercy on me and save my brother! When he was promoted, he became possessed and on the verge of losing control. I tried everything, but I could only keep him alive, letting him live like a ghost."

Lu Dongbin snorted coldly and said seriously:

"Evils sent by heaven can be avoided, but evils brought upon oneself cannot be escaped. Cao Jingzhi has committed many evils and deserves death. You must also punish him for not disciplining him properly."

Cao Jingxiu was shocked when he heard this, for he knew that his younger brother usually bullied others, robbed boys and girls, and did many bad things.

Given Lu Dongbin's hatred of evil and his tendency to go to extremes to correct wrongs, since he had already found out the truth, he did not kill Cao Jingzhi with his sword, which showed that he was quite restrained.

He did not dare to say anything at the moment, so he could only ask:
"I wonder why the two immortals have come to Bianliang City? If you need anything, I will be at your service."

Lu Dongbin said calmly:
“It has long been predicted that there will be three wars between gods and the end of the world is approaching.

"Four thousand years ago, the Yellow Emperor and Chi You started the first war between gods. Two thousand years ago, there was the second war between the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Now it's the same cycle again.

"Over the years, my brother Zhongli and I have tried our best to prevent the predicted third war between gods, but despite all our efforts, we still failed..."

……

(End of this chapter)