Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 279: Exchange of Techniques, Backstab

If a workman wants to be good, he must first sharpen his weapon.

Lu Cheng himself is an expert in the art of swordsmanship, and therefore understands this point even better.

Practicing swordsmanship requires talent, time, hard work and even a certain amount of opportunity, but even if you have these, a sword practitioner may be beaten to death by a weapon refiner of the same level.

Because in a sense, cultivators who can practice the four arts of alchemy, weapons, talismans and formations to a high level are rarer and more powerful than sword cultivators.

At least, even if Lu Cheng himself were to encounter a sixth-rank weapon refiner who was armed to the teeth, he would definitely stay as far away from him as possible and would never dare to provoke him easily.

Sixth-tier magic weapons are extremely precious. Even a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage has no more than five sixth-tier magic weapons that match his own magical power. Any sixth-tier magic weapon is a precious asset to a sect.

Therefore, even though Lu Cheng took Lin Qinghan to various trade fairs and auctions during this period, he did not encounter any suitable sixth-level magic weapons. Either they were unsuitable or the prices were raised to abnormal levels.

Lu Cheng had a good life and had a lot of spare money, but he didn't want to be the tycoon.

During this period, Lu Cheng took Lin Qinghan to trade fairs and auctions. On the one hand, it was to purchase protective magic weapons for him. After all, an early Jindan cultivator with an excellent set of protective magic weapons could compete with middle- or even late-stage Jindan cultivators who lacked magic weapons.

On the other hand, Lu Cheng also used the cover of his concubine to purchase some skills and books on the arts of cultivation needed by the Tongxuan Realm.

After being away for many years, Lu Cheng was still worried about the situation in Tongxuan World, but he also knew that his worry was useless. His master Huang Longzi, his teacher Chi Shenzi and many seniors in Tongxuan World had been preparing for the Demon God Catastrophe for nearly a thousand years. If he forced himself to return now, one more or one less would not make much difference. It would be better for him to gain enough resources in Dingzhang World. When he returns, he can bring about huge changes in all aspects of the entire Tongxuan World.

"In a pure physical fight, the Tongxuan Great World, which has only developed for more than a thousand years, will never be a match for those demon gods from outside the realm. The only way is to be deliberate and make those demon gods from outside the realm hesitate to act rashly... Li Tang Dynasty, Shenzhou barrier?
Such a development is even beneficial to those demon gods from outside the realm. Only in this way can we buy more time. But even so, it is by no means easy. "

As his horizons broadened and his Taoist proficiency improved, Lu Cheng connected his life experiences from Southern Xinjiang to Huoyun Prefecture, from Huoyun Prefecture to the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions, and vaguely glimpsed the layout and plot of the Eight Scenic Spots and Guizang Mountain.

What they did was even beneficial to those demon gods from outside the realm, but this was also their only chance to survive:
"Connect the fate of the entire Li Tang Dynasty and the common people of the world, and fill them into the Shenzhou barrier together. If the Shenzhou barrier is broken, the fate of the people will be dispersed, and its value to the demon god will be greatly reduced. But if it is delayed for a thousand years, it will not be a big deal for the demon god, but it can greatly increase the overall value of the Tongxuan world."

It's like a hen rolling away its eggs to protect them, hiding in the forest and changing from a poultry to a pheasant. However, the forest belongs to that family, and that family is happy to see the chickens become free-range chickens with their hunting rifles. Not only are they more valuable, but there is also more fun in hunting. Anyway, in such a short time, it is impossible for you to evolve from a chicken into an eagle and then peck out your owner's eyes.

"But it's already very difficult to turn just one hen into a pheasant. The eggs may break along the way and the chicken may die in the wild."

"Husband, what are you thinking about?"

Inside the auction hall, Lin Qinghan noticed that her husband had been resting with his eyes closed, and asked with concern. The beautiful woman's peach blossom eyes were full of tenderness.

"Nothing, I just thought of some Taoist tricks."

At this moment, a fat man with a waist of three feet walked quickly to the center of the auction.

The fat Taoist took out a green jade slip from his arms and said:

"This is a sixth-level formation book, and it also contains some of the insights of formation practitioners. I believe everyone knows how valuable it is. I want to use this jade introduction to exchange for a complete sixth-level practice method, either neutral or feminine in nature. Sixth-level formation books like this are rarely available on the market. This time, fellow Taoists must seize the opportunity to avoid regrets in the future."

Among the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, the four of elixirs, weapons, talismans and arrays are the most important. There is no reason why such good things would not be put to use.

Many cultivators' eyes lit up, and they were eager to purchase this treasure to increase their sect's wealth.

"I have a sixth-rank flying sword. Would you like to see it, fellow Daoist Ma? I am willing to make up for the shortfall with spirit stones."

"I have a sixth-level defensive magic weapon."

This fat Taoist is named Ma Zhiqiu, a famous Yuanying realm cultivator in the Northern Territory. A few years ago, he and Master Xue Bi gave birth to a daughter, and the whole world congratulated them.

It is a great omen that Yuanying Zhenjun and Jindan Zhenren can naturally have offspring. However, it should be noted that the higher the realm and magic power of the cultivator, the more difficult it is to have offspring. This is a kind of balance in the way of nature.

Moreover, Master Xue Bi is more than a thousand years older than Xiao Ma Zhiqiu, and the old man and his young wife dote on him deeply.

As for their little daughter, the couple held her in their hands for fear of her dropping it, and put her in their mouths for fear of her melting.

However, Ma Zhiqiu's own Taoism was sinister and fierce, and practicing it would be against the harmony of nature, so he didn't dare to teach it to his daughter. Master Xue Bi came from a small sect, and her Taoism was not well inherited. She was able to practice to her current level thanks to the support of her husband.

Ma Zhiqiu knew very well that if a cultivator easily switched to his main cultivation method, it would damage his innate talent. He came to the Nanli Sea so that his family could live long and enjoy the happiness of immortality together. Otherwise, this man would be a lone man and even the Yuanshen Patriarch would find it difficult to command him.

Faced with the sixth-level formation manual, many monks present wanted to exchange it.

However, most of the people present were from sects, so sect skills could not be taught casually. Ma Zhiqiu did not want her daughter to become a disciple of someone else, so the mother and daughter were separated. She communicated with several fellow practitioners, but gained nothing.

Just when the fat Taoist was feeling a little discouraged, Lu Cheng sent a divine sense over to him: "Daoyou, I have a technique in my hand. Can you take a look and see if it is suitable for you?"

As he spoke, Lu Cheng transmitted the first half of a set of skills over.

"The Secret of Purifying the Heart and Universal Goodness? A Buddhist technique?"

Ma Zhiqiu used his spiritual sense to scan and carefully read the first part of the technique, and his face suddenly showed some displeasure. He certainly didn't want his only daughter to ruin his family and become a nun.

Lu Cheng inherited this technique from the Tianfo Sect. Old Monk Zong Zhen cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage and left behind two sixth-level Buddhist techniques for this sect.

Lu Cheng knew that he had studied too many scriptures on the path of magic, and his mind would inevitably become narrow-minded at times. Therefore, in addition to Taoist books, he would sometimes read Buddhist scriptures, although not many.

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist. This Qingxin Pushan Jue is gentle and peaceful in nature. It doesn't necessarily require breaking one's family to practice. From the Xiantian realm to the Yuanying realm, it is step by step. The practice is complete and without any omissions. The most important thing is that this practice can harmonize temperament. Daoist, don't you want your daughter to have a gentle temperament and be kind? What's more, the Buddhist practice can also accumulate blessings and eliminate disasters."

Ordinary people often do not know the taboos when they worship Buddha. The Buddhist way of accumulating blessings and eliminating disasters is like a dam, which turns raging waves into gurgling water. In other words, ordinary people should not offer many Buddha statues at one time. Ordinary people do not have that much blessing. This is like a dam breaking the flow, and it will be unsustainable all of a sudden.

In the secular world, many elderly families do not understand the tricks and invite Buddhas into the house. If one is not enough, they invite another one. If one is not enough, they invite another one. Then the family's fortune takes a sharp turn for the worse and their luck is bad for several years or even more than ten years. Many opportunities to change their fate are missed. Accumulating blessings and eliminating disasters is like breaking the dam. For ordinary families, inviting one or two Buddhas is completely enough.

After thinking it over again and again, the fat Taoist Ma Zhiqiu decided to exchange the jade slips of his martial arts skills with Lu Cheng. The two parties signed a contract together that the martial arts skills in his hands would not be passed on to others within 500 years.

After this transaction, the fat Taoist Ma Zhiqiu said goodbye and left. Before leaving, he invited Lu Cheng and Lin Qinghan to visit Bi Qiu Peak in their spare time, so that the two True Lords would have a friendship.

"Bi Qiufeng, hehe, this Master Ma is really interesting." Lin Qinghan said with a smile after Ma Zhiqiu left.

"It is true that this True Lord dotes on his Taoist partner. They have been together in the human world for three thousand years. They are the envy of mandarin ducks instead of immortals."

Lu Cheng shook his head and continued to watch the auction on the auction table.

The auction held here is not very standardized. Any Yuanying Zhenjun who wants to can interrupt at any time and step forward to make the transaction first, just like Ma Zhiqiu just did.

Most of the items on the auction table were fifth-level pills, instruments, talismans, formation plates, and other treasures. Not long after, Lu Cheng also purchased a fifth-level spiritual medical book.

Among the hundred arts of cultivating immortals, the art of spiritual medicine is most compatible with the way of physical cultivation. Although Lu Cheng also practices divine arts, he is not a pure physical cultivator.

With the war approaching, this auction was mainly for magic weapons. In less than an hour, more than 30 fifth-tier magic weapons were sold. However, these fifth-tier magic weapons were mainly of medium and low grades, which did not attract Lu Cheng and Lin Qinghan.

Just when Lu Cheng and Lin Qinghan thought that they would not gain anything more today, two fine pieces finally appeared on the stage.

"The fifth-rank superior Xuanwu and White Tiger puppets. The former is made from 4,000-year-old Xuanbing. When used by a cultivator with ice spirit roots, its power will be increased by three points. The latter is made from Taiyi True Gold. Its attack is fierce and powerful. The base price of these two puppets is only 6,000 spirit stones."

The cultivators who are practicing Qigong and building their foundation use low-grade spirit stones, the cultivators who are practicing Purple Mansion Golden Core use medium-grade spirit stones, and the unit of spirit stones used by the cultivators who are practicing Nascent Soul in their daily transactions is high-grade spirit stones.

In other words, these two fifth-order puppet beasts are priced at 600,000 low-grade spirit stones.

"Six thousand two hundred!"

"Six thousand four hundred!"

"Six thousand eight hundred!"

Seeing that Lu Cheng also joined the competition, Lin Qinghan's pretty face turned pale.

"My dear husband, you have bought me enough protective magic weapons these days."

"I didn't buy them entirely for you. You forgot that I am also proficient in puppetry. I bought them for research and to increase my own accumulation of puppetry skills."

After hearing what Lu Cheng said, Lin Qinghan's expression became a little better, but she knew that once her husband took a fancy to a treasure, he would often be willing to spend a lot of money to buy it.

In the end, these two fifth-grade top-quality puppets were purchased by Lu Cheng at a sky-high price of 84,000 spirit stones, causing a sensation at the auction.

After getting the treasure, Lu Cheng directly handed the puppet bag to Lin Qinghan beside him. "You are a cultivator who practices the Water Dao method. These two treasures will be more powerful on you."

"Husband, you still say you didn't buy this for me?"

"It is indeed for research, but it makes no difference to me if I keep it with you."

After the auction, seeing that there were no more good things, Lu Cheng and Lin Qinghan left the auction. Two beams of light, one blue and one red, broke through the air.

On the top of the island, under the blue sky, the evening breeze caresses and the stars shine brightly.

The night is like silk, embellished with the splendor of the Milky Way, and the stars sway in the sea and sky. The bright moonlight in the sky gently sprinkles on the winding coast, and the silver waves echo the starry sky, outlining a breathtaking picture.

Being in it, flying in the air is like being in a painting.

"What a beautiful night. The beauty of the world is so great. I wonder what the scene described in the book, 'The magnificent view of the sky is endless', is like."

Lin Qinghan felt the night breeze blowing, gazed at the starry night, and felt a little emotional.

"As a person of our Taoism, shouldn't we be thinking that one day, we will open up the sky, reproduce the Nine Qis, and meet our ancestors in the Heavenly Palace again?"

The night scene in front of him was beautiful, but Lu Cheng knew that as long as he could continue to survive, one day he would be able to see more beautiful scenery.

"I don't have the same cultivation as you, my husband, nor the same firmness of your heart. I would have nothing more to ask for if I could accompany you for a thousand years."

"..."

Everything on the island was enveloped in the soft light of the stars and the moon; the originally distinct outlines became softer and the colors became deeper.

"Boom."

The waves rolled in the night, making a low and powerful roar, which was the primitive music of nature.

Riding the sword and riding the wind under the starry sky, it seems that even the soul is purified, and all the troubles and constraints seem to dissipate with the waves.

The starry sky is like a pair of deep eyes, gazing at everyone who looks up at it, giving them endless imagination and tranquil power.

"Boom."

When the waves broke again, Lu Cheng suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He lowered his head and saw a sharp sword piercing his chest.

Without the actual verification of Taoism, any spiritual purification is false.

"Evil thief!"

Lin Qinghan's reaction was already outstanding. When suddenly attacked, this female cultivator did not scream or do anything else at the first moment, but slapped her magic bag. Four-color light burst out from her body, and two newly purchased black tortoise and white tiger puppets, as well as two humanoid puppets given by Lu Cheng, all flew out to defend and counterattack.

She just wanted to attack but didn't know where to attack. The current situation was that except for a flying sword that suddenly pierced her husband Taoist Tiexiao's chest from behind, the assassinating swordsman disappeared without a trace and didn't reveal his whereabouts at all.

Suddenly, the body of Taoist Lu Cheng who was stabbed from behind began to change rapidly. Sometimes he was the image of Taoist Lu Cheng, and sometimes he was a suit of cold iron armor.

At the same time, another Lu Cheng appeared out of thin air in front of him, with a cold look on his face, and pointed a finger. His five fingers were as white as jade, and at the tip of his fingers there was a golden-red flame, condensing and burning.

"If I hadn't been using the ghost baby incarnation as my main body, and my real body was hiding on the side most of the time, I would have been seriously injured by this sword if not killed! Who is this person? How dare he kill people near Cangyun Island at this time!"

Lu Cheng, with his cultivation level of a Jindan Zhenren, mingled with the Yuanying Zhenjuns by relying on his external incarnation. He had always been extremely cautious.

As long as he went out, the Phantom Demon Banner would always be in an activated state, circling around Lu Cheng's body and swapping his original body with the ghost baby's Dharma body, making most cultivators believe that the original body was a puppet and the incarnation was the real body.

But even with such caution, he still couldn't defend against this assassination attack.

The impulse was ineffective, the sword heart was clear and ineffective, and the Phantom Demon Banner that had been hidden at his side like a latent dragon was also ineffective in defense and was pierced through by the flying sword like dark lightning. Until this moment, Lu Cheng could feel the terrible sword energy bombarding the puppet's body crazily.

Although it is a human-shaped puppet, the puppeteer will certainly not set a lot of vital points on the chest and abdomen of the human-shaped puppet.

Lu Cheng placed the ghost baby at the lower back of the puppet's neck, avoiding the brain, heart, and dantian, which are more frequently attacked parts. Some puppeteers like to place the spirit stone on the buttocks or feet of the human-shaped puppet. The former has thick armor, and the latter is not easily attacked.

However, although the ghost baby puppet had avoided the direct piercing of the flying sword by virtue of its design, the sword energy spread throughout the puppet's body. Even though the ghost baby was surrounded by a large group of poisonous golden silkworm Gu, it was still seriously injured in a short period of time.

If it weren’t for the golden silkworm Gu’s life-threatening protection, the ghost baby would have collapsed physically and mentally.

Clang.

The Samadhi True Fire struck the flying sword fiercely.

It’s not that Lu Cheng doesn’t want to attack the sword spine and weak points of the flying sword, but the flying sword is surrounded by sword energy and has no weaknesses. In this case, it would be better to attack it head-on.

Originally, the flying sword could have retreated in time, but the ghost baby was severely injured and its ferocity was aroused. From its dantian, bursts of strange, tricky, vicious and poisonous sword intent and sword energy burst out, locking onto the flying sword from all directions inside the puppet's body.

At the same time, the Phantom Demon Banner suddenly appeared, like an endless undercurrent, delaying the flying sword for a moment.

With a clang, the sword and fire collided, the flying sword fell back, and then it turned in the air, and suddenly a tall and thin Taoist in a black robe appeared.

"Sword Demon Art! You are a cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect!"

Because the fluctuations of the vitality and magic power in this area exceeded a certain limit, large island protection formations suddenly appeared on several surrounding islands.

The Cangyun, Kunzi, Danyang and the four islands were all shrouded in a haze of light, either gold, green, red or blue. The light varied depending on the formation. These hazes of light intertwined and changed, extremely mysterious.

This was also one of the reasons why Lu Cheng was successfully ambushed by his opponents. He thought to himself that if he took action here, it would be difficult to escape the pursuit of the three great monks on the main island of Cangyun. He had only been here for a short time and had no mortal enemy with anyone. Who would take such a risk to kill him?

When Lu Cheng saw the background of the Tianyao Sword Sect of the tall and thin Taoist in black, he was even more confused. The little fights between him and the monks of this sect seemed far from the point of life and death. So why would he use the assassination sword here?
“I never thought that the Taoist Tie Xiao, who has gained fame recently, is actually an incarnation of a Nascent Soul. Your original body practiced the method of physical cultivation, and you are a Golden Core body cultivator?
I wonder which Yuanshen ancestor’s beloved disciple this is… So this female cultivator with the Nine Spirit Sword Body is the cauldron you have already prepared! ? "

"What? Nine Spirit Sword Body?"

When Lu Cheng was distracted for a moment, a fierce and violent sword intent directly penetrated into his brain.

The unique skills of swordsmanship and the power of sword.

The sword cultivator must have experienced hundreds of battles and the fighting spirit and murderous aura that he needs to defeat and kill his opponents, and perfectly integrate it into his own spiritual essence and swordsmanship. As long as he can do this, using this unique skill against the enemy, any opponent will be intimidated by the sword's murderous aura.

Lu Cheng himself had also mastered this unique skill, so when the sword intent collided, it was like two swords in his mind, biting each other fiercely.

For cultivators at a high level, the Sword Intent would not be used easily, because the mind of cultivators at a high level is extremely strong. After cultivating to the Golden Core Yuanying realm, most cultivators have no obvious weaknesses in their mentality. The gap created by the Sword Intent is too short, so it is better to leave it until the right critical moment and fight for that half-moment of gap.

"His target is not me, but Lin Qinghan!"

The Yuanying Zhenjun of the Tianyao Sword Sect thought he had seen through Lu Cheng's weakness: as a physical cultivator, one's mind will always be weaker, not to mention that there was a huge realm difference between the two sides, so the sword intent was enough to restrain the opponent for a while.

Therefore, he used his spiritual consciousness to transform the sword and attacked once, and then combined the man and the sword and attacked Lin Qinghan again.

"Nine Spirit Sword Body, one of the three great sword cultivation spirit bodies in the world of immortal cultivation. As long as I get it, as long as I get it, I can be promoted to the late Nascent Soul stage and become a great cultivator!"

At this moment, the tall and thin swordsman in black was like a poisonous dragon, piercing the air with a piercing sonic boom scream at ten times the speed of sound, and attacked the frightened Lin Qinghan directly.

The White Tiger spit out a moon-like sword energy, and the Black Tortoise spit out a frost vortex, but neither of them could resist. In front of the sword force that was like a poisonous dragon, they were easily torn apart like paper.

However, at this moment, the cultivator suddenly felt a huge suction force coming from his side. He shifted his mind and looked over. It was the cultivator whose mind was supposed to be delayed for a moment. At this moment, a chaotic hole appeared in front of his palm, and a terrifying suction force emanated from it and enveloped himself.

At the same time, a golden light appeared in front of Lin Qinghan, and a giant tree suddenly grew out and completely covered her entire body.

The sword light gathered and slashed down, instantly gaining the upper hand.

But in the center of the tree that was quickly broken, an old woman in white stood up, dodged the sword, and pointed a finger behind the sword light:
The sky is doomed and the earth is caged.

With just this one finger, he broke the sword technique of sword light turning into rainbow, and temporarily cut off the control of the Tianyao Sword Sect's cultivators over the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth with the wood element spiritual energy.

(End of this chapter)