Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 291 Little Sijiu, Big Sijiu, Promoted to the Fifth Level of Golden Core, External Tribulation Flame Demon Arrives
"Senior Sister Mu, we cultivators cultivate our minds and cultivate our natures, living a carefree and immortal life, so why is there such a great catastrophe of heaven and earth with endless killings?"

In the middle of the night in Nanlihai, a female disciple from Huanyun Valley was hiding among the rocks with her group and asked in a low voice.

There were many companions around, and although they didn't speak, their looks at her were also full of confusion.

The female cultivator called Senior Sister Mu crouched behind a rock, thought for a moment, and then answered:

“In the world of mankind, there is birth, aging, sickness and death. Everything has its rise, stasis, decay and emptiness. According to the records in Taoist books, there is life and spiritual energy in this world, as well as death and calamity energy. As cultivators, we live, breathe in the energy of heaven and earth to cultivate, and thus occupy the life and spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Dead energy and calamity energy will also continue to accumulate in this process, which is inevitable. Therefore, ancient books record that in the world of immortal cultivation, there will be a great calamity of heaven and earth that affects all practitioners every 3,600 years. Forty-nine thirty-six is ​​called the 'forty-nine calamities'.

In every catastrophe, there will be cultivators who break through the catastrophe and increase their spiritual power. Small catastrophes bring small supernatural powers, big catastrophes bring big supernatural powers, and some even ascend to become immortals and achieve heavenly beings. "

“The cultivators of later generations read history and discovered the patterns therein. The cultivators who were good at deducing the mysteries of heaven believed that instead of responding to the calamity passively, it would be better to resolve the death calamity as soon as possible, which would cause less harm to this world and to the cultivators.

Therefore, in the past ten thousand years, cultivators have considered 1,200 years as a minor calamity and 2,400 years as a medium calamity, and have promoted the movement of the heavens according to the times and circumstances to avoid the recurrence of the 'forty-nine calamities'."

According to the deduction of Taoist sages, there are many catastrophes that cannot be avoided in the operation of heaven and earth. Instead of trying to avoid them, it is better to deal with them in advance and trigger them, so that the losses caused are relatively minimal.

Mu Yun explained the principles of Taoist books and classics to the senior and junior sisters present based on her understanding of them. She did not dare to say that her understanding was completely correct, but it did temporarily resolve the doubts of many senior and junior sisters present.

"What we are facing should only be a minor catastrophe. According to historical records, there was such a war in our Dingzhang world 1,200 years ago. If we survive it, most people here will not have to experience this catastrophe again in their lifetime."

Taoist nun Mu Yun's words made many monks present laugh.

This kind of calamity is also called the Uncertain Calamity. The high-level cultivators will trigger it according to the changes in the number of days. There will be no great calamity of heaven and earth for 1,200 years after this calamity. Unless some of the cultivators present have achieved the Nascent Soul stage, they will not have to experience this calamity again.

"It is said that after the Saint Lady Yin Biling was transferred back, another Yuanshen Patriarch came to Tiannan to take charge of the situation. His name is Mingkong Taoist. He is only at the Jindan level, but he has mastered the true teachings of Taoism. With the cultivation level of the late Jindan stage, he made friends with the Yuanying of Tiannan. Most of the Yuanying True Lords are not even his match. His magical powers are incomparable, and his mind is extraordinary!"

"Impossible? Commanding the Tiannan Zhenjun cultivator with the late Jindan cultivation level?"

"How is it impossible? He is a direct descendant of the Yuanshen Patriarch. The Taoism he practices and all his magic tools are definitely different from ours.

With such cultivation, one has a far-reaching vision, and the chances of achieving Nascent Soul in the future are infinitely higher than those of ordinary True Person cultivators."

The female cultivator Mu Yun listened to these people and started talking about other things, feeling relieved.

Several years after the great battle for the island, the cultivators from the Northern Territory occupied twenty-two spiritual islands headed by the main island of Cangyun, while the cultivators from the Southern Territory occupied fourteen spiritual islands headed by Lingxi Island. The forces of both sides were intertwined and the fighting continued.

The monks of the Northern Territory occupied twenty-two spiritual islands, and it was difficult for many monks to be self-sufficient. Every day of the war consumed a large amount of spiritual stones, spiritual rice, elixirs, and many other resources. This was even more true for the monks from the southern part of the world who came on an expedition.

Therefore, the Northern Territory monks would frequently launch multi-faceted and multi-point attacks to destroy and interfere with the Tiannan monks' reconstruction of production. When the blood loss reached the extreme, the Tiannan monks' coalition would collapse.

Tonight, Tie Yushuang and Mu Yun, along with many cultivators, will attack a small spiritual stone mine on the spiritual island occupied by cultivator Tiannan. Even if they succeed, cultivator Tiannan will not suffer too much loss. However, attacks like this happen almost every day. If there are too many bleeding points, even giants and blue dragons will find it difficult to withstand it.

Late at night, the bright moon in the sky seemed to suddenly change its light and color in a strange way.

"The time has come, take action!"

Suddenly, Mu Yun raised her hand, and after a moment, she swung it down. The cultivators around her took out their flying swords and magical weapons and flew towards the small mine in the distance.

The figures of numerous monks appeared and disappeared swiftly, each of them had their own Taoist methods and displayed their abilities.

Among the cultivators present, Mu Yun had the highest magical power and the most sophisticated magical weapon, so she flew away swiftly. After she got close, she summoned a small sword shining with silver light. The small sword flew out through the air, slashed down swiftly against the wind, and shone silver in the night sky, looking agile and magnificent.

The Taoist monk standing on the hillside, his expression changed when he saw this, and he immediately took out his spirit beast bag, from which a giant ape jumped out. The ape was naturally good at earth-based Taoism, and it screamed after escaping. Mu Yun's flying sword immediately slowed down.

"Enemy attack!"

The monk in Taoist robes let out a sharp roar and at the same time threw out a fire bomb talisman which exploded in the air, sending a warning signal, and then he suddenly burrowed into the ground and escaped.

This is what the alert monks do. After an attack, they will send out warning signals to alert everyone, instead of blocking all attacking monks.

Tie Yushuang led a group of cultivators to attack from the east, and Mu Yun led a group of cultivators to attack from the south. After the two groups joined forces, they did not engage in too much entanglement, but immediately blew up the mine tunnel that had been rebuilt by the Tiannan cultivators, wreaked havoc and then immediately retreated.

Killing the enemy is not the goal, on the contrary. In this regard, the more Tiannan cultivators there are, the heavier the burden on the Tiannan cultivation world will be, and the more difficult it will be to supply them.

Here, Tie Yushuang and Mu Yun blew up the newly rebuilt mine. The Tiannan cultivators also reacted quickly. Groups of sword lights flew up from the darkness and quickly rushed over.

However, a leading cultivator at the seventh level of foundation building saw several sword lights flying from afar, his face suddenly changed, and he cursed in hatred:

"It's that little bitch Tie Yushuang who's here. She's good at using talismans. If she can't beat someone, she'll use a fourth-level thunder talisman. We don't have enough manpower, so we shouldn't chase her too closely, or we'll end up driving her into a corner."

Over the years, Tie Yushuang has gradually gained some fame among the cultivators of the same level because of his cultivation of the authentic foundation-building skill of "drawing talismans and knowing the secrets".

If you know the trick to drawing talismans, the ghosts and gods will be frightened and scream; if you don’t know the trick to drawing talismans, the ghosts and gods will laugh at you!
Tie Yushuang is now a third-rank talisman maker. She can use talismans to make up for the deficiencies in various aspects of her own Taoist system. Her skills are very versatile. The most amazing thing is that Lu Cheng bestowed on her several fourth-rank thunder talismans. Although the authentic foundation-building "knowledge of drawing talismans" combined with the fourth-rank thunder talismans can no longer enhance the power of the thunder talismans, they are easier to use in a clever way. They can be activated and operated, almost like a Purple Mansion cultivator.

It is certainly difficult for cultivators of the same level to resist such magical powers.

……

Kunzi Island, a quiet and deep cave, is hidden among the rolling mountains and is surrounded by clouds and mist, as if isolated from the world.

Taoist Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the altar with his eyes closed. His chest rose and fell gently due to the inhalation and exhalation of spiritual energy, and he was oblivious to the world and himself.

The Taoist's breathing was long and deep, echoing in the cave with the faint sound of air flow.

The cave was filled with strange patterns, each of which seemed to contain the laws between heaven and earth and flashed with a faint light.

These were written casually by Lu Cheng when he was inspired. If a cultivator enters this cave in the future and looks at these diagrams, he will have a chance to comprehend the Taoism that Lu Cheng is practicing at this time. Of course, there is also a great possibility that he will go astray, lose his magic power, and become possessed.

As time passed, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst out from Taoist Lu Cheng's body. The five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth operated alternately in sequence, as if explaining the most essential and primitive physical laws in the world. The changing light intertwined into complex totems.

Due to the long-term infiltration of spiritual energy, the stone walls around the cave are dotted with plants and are full of green.

In the center of the cave, a clear spiritual spring flows quietly, and bubbles constantly emerge from the spring, making subtle sounds.

Suddenly, a slight cracking sound was heard, as if another layer of the outer shell of the golden elixir in the Taoist's body broke and fell off. As the golden elixir circulated, it became more and more refined and complete, and full of spirituality. Lu Cheng's brows naturally revealed a trace of irrepressible joy.

It is something to be happy about when a monk practices Taoism and his magical powers and practices improve.

At this moment, Lu Cheng felt that his body, this cave, and even the entire Five Elements World had established a deeper connection. He could feel the response of the natural world with every breath he took.

"call……"

"I have relied too much on external forces over the years, which has affected my practice to some extent. Fortunately, I have read many Taoist scriptures, so my foundation has not been weakened."

His own magic power was raised from the fourth level of Golden Core to the fifth level of Golden Core. After laying a solid foundation for the practice system, Lu Cheng broke out of the cave and relaxed his body and mind.

Walking out of the cave, the view suddenly became clear.

I saw flowers in full bloom and colorful butterflies dancing among the flowers.

The sunlight shines through the treetops, scattering on the ground in a mottled manner, adding a bit of liveliness and warmth to this quiet valley.

A woman in an elegant long dress stood in the sea of ​​flowers. Her face seemed to blend into the sea of ​​flowers and was difficult to distinguish.

The woman waved her hands gently, as if she was playing with the colorful butterflies around her, or stroking the flower petals.

The breeze blew by, bringing with it the scent of flowers. The nun gently closed her eyes, as if trying to feel the beauty of nature with her heart.

In the valley, the sound of birds singing one after another brings vitality to this quiet world.

The colorful butterflies in this valley were found for him by Lu Cheng, who ordered the low-level monks of Nanlihai. They were the Phantom Ice Butterflies, which were not particularly rare, but only high-level ones were rare. They only followed their respective butterfly kings in groups.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lu Cheng asked.

"Ah, husband, you're out?" Lin Qinghan suddenly opened his eyes and said with some surprise.

"Thank you, husband, for setting up this flower and butterfly garden for me. Qinghan likes it very much. However, this is wartime after all. My husband shouldn't have spent so much effort on me."

As she spoke, the stunning nun bowed, but her eyes were filled with joy.

"...It won't happen again."

Seeing Lin Qinghan's expression at this moment, Lu Cheng certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to explain that he intended to use these butterflies for practicing. "Oh, by the way, did you dispatch Yu Shuang here? And you also gave her several fourth-level thunder talismans in my name. Why did you do that?"

Lin Qinghan already knew his true identity, so of course he also knew that Tie Yushuang had nothing to do with him.

The two of them toured the garden, standing side by side, talking as they walked.

"Qinghan has not read many Taoist books, but he knows that mortals fear consequences, while immortals fear causes. Although my husband is not the Taoist Tie Xiao who died in the secret realm, he has inherited his identity after all. Even if it is only a little, I do not want the Tie family to affect my husband's Taoist practice. Moreover, for us, supporting the Tie family a little is just a matter of convenience. With the Tie family in the cultivation world, my husband will have more eyes and ears and influence."

Lin Qinghan is a cultivator from a family. She is different from Lu Cheng, a cultivator who fought alone with a sword. In her opinion, a well-managed family is a resource and a help. Families and sects have certain negative effects on the cultivation of cultivators, but in the end, they provide more positive assistance. Otherwise, why would people in the world establish families and sects?
Lin Qinghan herself is an example. When she was at the Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion realms, her family did have some demands on her. But after she reached the Golden Core realm, the Lin family became more of her private property, and the family's development and decisions had to take her interests into consideration more.

The same goes for the sect. After all, those low-level monks serve the high-level monks.

"There are hundreds of arts in the world of immortal cultivation, but there are more than just hundreds of arts for cultivators to cultivate. If you like and feel that you are good at it, then just go ahead and do it."

Back then, Lu Cheng knew that Lin Qinghan had an interest in and talent for managing a sect, but he did not comment on this because he was not sure that the path he had chosen was wrong.

A few months later, inside the Jiuli Cauldron, the tree demon died.

In that small forest, Lu Cheng, the white-clothed tree demon, the eldest ghost baby, and the second ghost baby were tasting bitter leaf wine, jade wine, and some spiritual fruits and vegetables.

"coming!"

Although Lu Cheng used the Heavenly Demon Algorithm to deduce that the White-Clothed Tree Demon would face a great disaster in the near future because of its reduced luck, and it was very likely that it would not survive.

But he only knew that a disaster was coming, but he didn't know what it was or where it came from, until this moment.

The mountains collapsed and the earth cracked, and the underground magma in the world of death rolled and boiled.

The whole world began to shake violently, and the earth began to crack in large areas, naturally including the forest beneath the feet that the white-clothed tree demon had painstakingly created.

She wanted to resolve the situation, but was stopped by Lu Cheng:

"In this calamity, if you have nothing to lose, you will have nothing to gain. You can't protect it."

Just because you take action at this moment, you are almost making an enemy of the entire world.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, bang.

Streams of magma and fire gushed out from the cracks in the ground, accompanied by violent poisonous smoke and burning winds.

"Hahahahahaha."

Then, a wild laugh like raging wind and thunder suddenly sounded, and an enormous burning demon shadow appeared out of the ground with an extremely violent posture, accompanied by overwhelming flames and lava.

Fire demon, or Balrog.

A fire demon that is extremely rare in the world of immortal cultivation and is only created in extremely pent-up underground fire.

"Kill you!"

The fire demon that appeared from deep within the earth's crust in the realm of the dead did not say anything extra. As soon as it stretched out its claws, a huge claw fell down.

Each claw is as sharp as a sword, and when it is swung down, it gives people a feeling of evil and destruction.

If it were in a normal world, after the Fire Demon had killed and devoured enough intelligent creatures, it would also merge these souls into itself to inspire and enlighten its own mind.

But in the Jiuli world, in this world of death, there is obviously no such opportunity. Therefore, although he has been practicing in the depths of the earth's fire for countless years, his style of doing things is still simple and direct.

It naturally has no language, but under the spiritual perception of high-level monks, there is no need to use language.

"So this is what happened. When the catastrophe came, the Flame Demon attacked the Tree Demon. And judging by its magical power, it is probably no less powerful than a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. If I were not here, even if the White-clothed Tree Demon and the two Ghost Infants joined forces, I am afraid they would not be its match."

If the Book of Changes or the Heavenly Demon Algorithm is cultivated to a high level, not only can it sense and predict disasters in advance, but it can also be eliminated through magic.

But here in Lucheng, he has only one way to deal with the disaster: instead of using various methods to avert the disaster, which is tangled and may lead to the accumulation of future disaster forces, it is better to break it with one sword and use force to break the disaster quickly and neatly.

Five Directions Five Elements Hammer!
Knowing clearly that the disaster was approaching, Lu Cheng himself seemed to be feasting with the white-clothed tree demon here, but in fact he had already secretly applied the Five Elements to the surrounding heaven and earth, using fire to generate earth, earth to generate metal, metal to generate water, and water to generate wood, forming a cycle that spread and expanded.

At this moment, a punch was thrown, and a small world almost moved with it.

It seemed as if a white jade, lightly clenched fist suddenly appeared in the void and blasted upwards.

Fists and claws collide, bang!

The five elements become one, simplest and strongest, most domineering!
"Ok?"

The Earth Fire Demon has been practicing for thousands of years, nearly ten thousand years. Although he has no superior Taoism and only practices instinctively, the magic power he has accumulated is already very deep and incredible.

But at this moment, it was blocked by the one who seemed to have the weakest magic power among the four opponents. Of course, it felt difficult to understand.

Moreover, as Lu Cheng's mind moved, the first to move were the two ghost babies sitting next to Lu Cheng. They had cooperated with Lu Cheng for many years and had already connected their minds. This tacit understanding was even better than that between them and the white-clothed tree demon.

Roar!
Suddenly, a terrifying lion roar was heard from the void.

The second ghost baby waved the magic weapon Seven Deadly Demon Banner in his hand, and a terrifying lion's roar was heard in the void.

The second ghost baby poured all his magic power into it, and a white lion of resentful water suddenly appeared and pounced on the huge body of the Earth Fire Demon that broke out of the ground.

The Resentful Water White Lion is a sixth-rank water-dwelling alien monster. It is a monster that has never appeared in ancient times. It is the hybrid of monsters from later generations. Some cultivators also suspect that it is the fusion of human resentment and monsters.

They often appear on mortal battlefields or on the edges of rivers where many people have died after a disaster.

It can control the resentful water, a water essence similar to the Xuanyin heavy water. The resentful water has both cold and thick characteristics. It is also a powerful means for cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage.

Just like fire overcomes wood, water also overcomes fire in the same total amount. The second ghost baby thought that this time he could show off his skills in front of his master, mother and eldest brother.

But not long after transforming into the White Lion of Resentful Water, he found that the Seven Absolute Magic Banner in his hand was rapidly burning and becoming boiling hot, becoming almost impossible to control.

"How could this be?"

"Your power is not in harmony with your mind, and your body and soul are separated. It's ok to use the Seven Absolute Demon Banner to deal with ordinary cultivators, but the power of this Flame Demon is far superior to yours. How dare you think you have a chance of winning?"

Compared to the second ghost baby, the first ghost baby had much more experience in fighting. He flew around in the dark sword light, suddenly cut through, cut off part of the flames around the ground fire demon, and then cut them off with the sword light. Although the flames were regenerated as they were cut, it was impossible for them to not consume mana, which could be seen from the increasingly violent posture of the fire demon.

It was certainly impossible for the White-Clothed Tree Demon to just stand by and refuse to take action, but she was a great wood-element demon and was somewhat afraid of the devil's flames on the Flame Demon's body.

After a brief consideration, he suddenly transformed into his true form, a huge ancient tree that quickly grew and rose, then entangled with the mountain shape next to it, lifted it up with force, and then chopped it down horizontally, as if a tree giant was wielding a giant sword as big as a mountain.

Four great masters fight against the Fire Demon!
Super-level Taoist method, the great capture of innate energy.

Because of the Great Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method, Lu Cheng has almost cultivated this Taoist method to a high level that the Xiantian school cultivators have never imagined to reach.

The performance of the Five Elements Great Handprint accumulates momentum and can continuously gather the five elements of vital energy from the surrounding heaven and earth, while the Five Directions Five Elements Fist can gather all the strength into one point.

Taoist Lu Cheng stood in the air and punched from time to time, always hitting the vital point and making the Earth Fire Demon extremely uncomfortable.

"Fortunately, this external disaster should not be difficult to resolve. This Flame Demon has been trapped in this dead world and has no chance to come into contact with living things. It can only rely on its innate instincts to cultivate. Unless it encounters a demon of the same level that counteracts its five elements, or a demon with much lower magic power than it, this Flame Demon is a weakling in the same realm and only relies on instinct to commit crimes."

That being said, the Earth Fire Demon, with a body as huge as a mountain, instinctively refined a giant metal claw, waving it wildly, which was in line with the laws of fire and killing.

There was blazing flame all over his body, and he was able to fight head-on with the two ghost babies, the white-clothed tree demon, and Lu Cheng in a short period of time, and he was not at a disadvantage.

Even when the white-clothed tree demon slashed with a sword, it was blocked by the sharp claws. The black and red devil fire quickly spread along the earth sword and attacked. The white-clothed tree demon immediately broke the earth sword and swung it to attack again. Having followed her son to comprehend Lu Cheng's sword techniques for so long, she has also obtained two points of the true meaning.

If there had not been this change, she would have been immediately attacked by the fire demon and put at a disadvantage.

Rumble, rumble.

The entire dead world was shaking violently, the earth's fire and magma continued to erupt and gather in the body of the Flame Demon, causing his magic power and madness to continue to increase, and he became more and more courageous as the battle went on.

"Harmony between man and nature! Advantages of the terrain? It seems that this monster has been entrenched in this world for much longer than the tree monster. It has actually refined the earth fire of this world to this point. This is a bit troublesome."

When Lu Cheng saw the scene, he immediately realized the problem.

(End of this chapter)