Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 295 Dao Yan Tian Di, Nanhai Sword Fight (Trying to work hard, more to come, please subscribe!)

The red sun was shining brightly, and above the South China Sea, a group of cultivators turned into rainbows and flew across, surpassing the flocks of white birds.

Lu Cheng was among them, and when he looked around, he found that he was familiar with more than half of these ten people.

This was quite unexpected, considering that I had been practicing Taoism in seclusion for many years, behaving solitary and keeping to myself.

The ten monks who participated in the sword fight were led by Wei Shuyi and Ming Yuchen, two great monks in the late Nascent Soul stage.

The two cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, one male and one female, both had profound magical powers. The male cultivator was named Ding Yunzhou and the female cultivator was named Yan Jingrong. They were acquaintances of Lu Cheng, but they were not familiar with him.

In addition to these four people, there are other cultivators in the early Nascent Soul stage, including Lu Cheng, Gui Dongmei from the Bihai Pavilion, Luo Ji'an from the Tianyao Sword Sect, and Han Sujin from the Bailu Academy.

These people can be considered familiar.

The last two people, one is an old man in Taoist robes, Huang Yuanzhi, the great elder of Lanjiang Sect who is at the peak of the third level of Nascent Soul, and the other one is wearing a black robe covering his face, but there is a faint demonic aura on his body. He must be the casual cultivator that Wei Shuyi and Ming Yuchen had brought in from somewhere to help.

There was once a debate on "nature" between Lu Cheng and Mr. Wei Da.

Simply put, it is a discussion of which kind of personality and behavior are more beneficial to the path.

Lu Cheng’s answer at that time was: courage, compassion, perseverance, intelligence, and prudence.

Needless to say, courage is important. If a sword cultivator does not have an indomitable courage and determination, no matter how high his swordsmanship or how strong his magic power is, he will never be able to achieve great success. If he can suppress others purely by relying on his magic power, he is not a sword cultivator. After all, there are higher cultivators in this world who your magic power is not enough to suppress.

Compassion comes from the Taoist precepts of valuing life. Taoists will not take the lives of other beings without reason. They respect their own lives and the lives of others. They oppose suicide and the easy killing of others. They are required to keep themselves clean, cultivate their character, and pursue longevity.

Respect the life of animals and plants, and believe that animals and plants, like humans, have spirituality and can, under certain specific circumstances, achieve success in cultivation. Immortals can absorb qi to remain immortal and live forever. However, before achieving immortality, they can consume animal flesh and blood and plants on the premise of respecting their own lives.

Perseverance, intelligence, and prudence are all traits that are beneficial to a cultivator's journey to becoming an immortal.

The caution here can be derived into: "Cut off the cause and effect, do not be contaminated by the calamity, obtain the purity, and become a pure and blessed monk."

This is the part of a cultivator's cultivation of his nature, but in addition to this, there are four essentials in cultivator's cultivation: Dharma, land, companions and wealth. These four essentials can be reversed according to different situations.

The inner nature and the four external requirements influence each other and evolve into the infinite calamities on the path of cultivation for the monks.

For example, Lu Cheng himself was bewitched by the law, "Haoran Zhengqi Jue" and "Xuanxingshu Mishou Fu Zongzhang", and agreed to join the sword fight.

This is courage and law.

For example, Senior Sister Gui, because she was a sixth-rank formation master, she was noticed by two great monks, Wei Shuyi and Ming Yuchen, and lured into the trap.

Lu Cheng felt that this senior sister was not short of a partner in Dharma and earth, so the only thing she needed was money.

This is intelligence and wealth.

Another example is Luo Ji'an from the Tianyao Sword Sect. He is deeply in love with the fairy Han Sujin from the Bailu Academy. He has risked his life for her many times, and this time is no exception.

This is stupidity and companionship.

For example, Xuanxingshu secretly taught the great monk Ming Yuchen of the Fu Sect to participate in the sword fight with his five elements dharma body in order to seek the opportunity of his soul.

This is courage, perseverance, law and wealth.

To put it more clearly, do things that are profitable and reliable, and avoid things that are unprofitable and uncertain!

The path to immortality is sometimes like the sun and the moon, visible but untouchable; but sometimes, it is like the soil under your feet, simple and solid.

Lu Cheng observed these people and understood them. At the same time, he knew that he was being observed by these people, but it was unknown whether he had any understanding or not.

Perhaps someone could, during this short period of flying with a sword, realize more important and distinct principles of Taoism than what Lu Cheng realized.

They flew to the agreed deserted island in the South China Sea, which was located right in the middle of the Northern Territory and Tiannan monks' armies. This way, both sides could be relatively at ease, without having to worry that someone on the other side would suddenly go back on their word and plot an ambush. That would only cause a big melee, and neither side would gain any advantage.

"Mr. Wei and Fellow Daoist Ming are finally here. We have been waiting for you here for a long time."

Taoist Mingkong, Luo Chen from Moyan Valley and other Tiannan monks came up to greet them, and Taoist Mingkong bowed and spoke.

"No need to waste time talking nonsense. Today, we will fight to the death. After this battle, the calamity will be dissipated and neither side will pursue any responsibility. Let's sign the contract."

Ming Yuchen was a very decisive person. He directly took out a Styx Contract, bit his finger and signed it first.

For those who have already cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, most of the blood oath contracts are no longer sufficient to constrain them, and they can be freed from them as long as they are willing to pay the price.

However, this Styx Contract specially prepared for Nascent Soul cultivators is different. We cannot say that no Nascent Soul cultivator has ever cracked it, but the price of forcibly cracking it is definitely enough to make most Nascent Soul True Lords shudder.

What's more, most of the people present were cultivators in the early Nascent Soul stage, and they absolutely had no ability to break free from the entanglement of this evil weapon.

The cultivators came forward and signed the contracts one by one.

Lu Cheng signed the contract in the name of Tie Xiao, but after signing, he still felt an ambiguous connection between himself and this evil weapon. If he dared to break the oath, he would surely suffer a disaster.

Of course, every word on it has been checked and finalized word by word. As long as you strictly abide by the rules and don't deliberately retaliate afterwards, signing it is the same as not signing it, and there are not too many restrictions.

"Hahahaha, Madam Yan, your husband Gu Feisong died under my Devil Flame Art. Now why don't you and I have a sparring match? If you lose, I won't kill you. You can follow me back to the Corpse Cave in White Bone Mountain and become my concubine. You will have endless benefits to enjoy."

After everyone signed the contract, there was no regret. Among the Tiannan monks, a monk wearing a black robe with a bare chest and a head full of dark red messy hair laughed, flew up into the sky, and challenged Yan Jingrong to a fight.

This person is the Tiannan demon cultivator Qiu Qianying, who has the fifth level of Nascent Soul magic power and has been a demon for many years. In the chaos of the past, it was he who plotted against and killed Yan Jingrong's wife Gu Feisong. At this moment, he is spewing obscenities to disturb Yan Jingrong's mind.

His magical powers are actually not as good as Gu Feisong's, but he used the chaotic fighting method back then, his magic skills were mysterious, and he plotted against Yan Jingrong first. Gu Feisong was eager to save his wife, so he was attacked by Qiu Qianying and unfortunately died.

But in fact, the death of Master Gu was quite unworthy. After receiving the flying sword magic weapon from her husband, Yan Jingrong was afraid of Qiu Qianying's magical power and reputation, and had no intention of avenging him.

If Ming Yuchen had not forced her to do so, Yan Jingrong would not have been willing to come to this battle. Xuanxingshu's secret teachings of the Fu Sect had close ties with the Chixin Sect where Gu Feisong came from. If he was really angry, he really had the ability to do so. Yan Jingrong had no choice but to do her best in this battle.

Both sides were cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Although Yan Jingrong was not very determined to fight, Qiu Qianying appeared to be indifferent on the surface, but deep down she did not look down on him at all.

Yan Jingrong had just flown out to fight, and as soon as she entered the sword fighting area, Qiu Qianying had already released several dark golden flaming spears with the flick of her sleeves. These spear shadows were divided into seven and unexpectedly shot towards Yan Jingrong from all angles.

Although she was attacked by the opponent, Yan Jingrong reacted extremely quickly.

She possesses the assets of two mid-Nascent Soul cultivators, and her wealth exceeds that of most cultivators at the same level. At this moment, the magic power in her dantian is activated, and a lightning and fire shield flies out from the magic bag on her waist, protecting her body.

Like the Devil Flame Valley, the Red Heart Sect was also a sect that specialized in practicing fire-based techniques, so Yan Jingrong knew very well that the masculine strength of thunder and fire could defeat the vicious and evil nature of the devil fire.

At the same time, a sixth-order mirror flew out from the side of Yan Jingrong. With the infusion of spiritual consciousness and magic power, the mirror light spread and covered Qiu Qianying's Dark Gold Magic Spear, making its changes mysterious and impossible to perform.

"The Devil Flame Valley's Devil Flame Burning Heart Art uses the cultivator's natural lifespan as fuel in the early stages of cultivation, allowing for rapid progress. This way, the cultivator can more easily enter the realm of unity of man and skill.

After reaching a high level of cultivation, although one's own lifespan is greatly depleted, one can refine the golden elixirs and primordial infants of others to replenish it. It is an extremely fierce practice!

Fellow Daoist Yan doesn't seem to be determined to fight. If the battle gets into a stalemate, the longer the fight goes on, the more disadvantageous it will be under the devil's burning heart!"

Wei Shuyi watched the battle from the side, seemingly strolling leisurely, without any pressure, and talked with Lu Cheng through his spiritual consciousness. His Qi-cultivation skills were truly amazing.

The Devil Flame Burning Heart Art is one of the four fundamental skills of the Devil Flame Valley. After being cultivated to a high level, it can induce the cultivator's heart fire to become blazing, and cause internal burning to death.

"We have been fighting with the three great demon sects in Tiannan for many years. Even if Madam Yan doesn't like fighting, she shouldn't be completely ignorant of it. She should have some way to deal with it, right?"

Judging from the situation at this moment, Yan Jingrong was already in a complete disadvantage. Qiu Qianying of the Demon Flame Valley opened the spirit beast bag and released a sky full of black fire crows, covering the sky and the sun. The black flames roaming in the sky had completely enveloped the female fairy.

"You forced this girl to fight. Aren't you being thoughtless? Although she has the power of a Nascent Soul, her ability to fight is..."

"Hmph, Senior Brother Wei, don't underestimate her. This girl has many friends and is friends with several of my fellow disciples, including Grandma Tianshi. Why do you think I forced her to participate in this battle? Do you really want to throw away a spiritual island?"

Before Ming Yuchen finished speaking, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Just when Qiu Qianying's Black Fire Crow Formation was about to be set up and the outcome of the battle was no longer in suspense.

Yan Jingrong suddenly took out a yellow gourd and threw it into the air.

Suddenly, the sky turned yellow and a dark yellow sand fog rose up. In a very short period of time, the sand fog covered an area of ​​several miles in radius.

"Ah ah ah ah..."

Suddenly, Qiu Qianying's terrifying howling and roaring could be heard from the sea of ​​black and red fire.

"Soul-Falling Sand, this is actually Grandma Tianshi's Soul-Falling Sand! Where did you get so much? How is this possible?"

Grandma Tianshi is an extremely powerful overseas cultivator. She has rarely been involved in the secular world and her mind is pure, so she will not fall into the calamity.

However, her miraculous skills with the Heavenly Stone are well-known throughout the world, especially the Soul-Falling Magic Sand that she cultivated with the Heavenly Stone, which can damage the yin, break disasters, and restrain ghost cultivators. If there are enough of them, even if a Nascent Soul cultivator is sealed in it, his six senses and seven orifices will be closed, and his soul will be sealed and locked in the sand, and he can be captured alive.

Yan Jingrong had a lot of Soul-Falling Divine Sand on her body, but after all, without the cooperation of the Heavenly Stone Miraculous Skill, she could not really hurt Qiu Qianying. However, the Black Fire Crow Formation that Qiu Qianying had painstakingly cultivated for hundreds of years did not have the self-preservation ability of their master.

They were swept into the rolling yellow sand one after another, their souls were destroyed, their bodies were worn away, and Qiu Qianying's hundreds of years of hard work were destroyed.

This is also the kind of Taoism that these spiritual beasts that win by numbers fear the most. Not to mention Qiu Qianying's Black Fire Crow Formation, even Lu Cheng's golden silkworm poisonous insect swarm will have no way back and will either die or live when encountering the Soul-Falling Sand Formation that is specifically designed to destroy the soul.

The spirit beast and its master are in telepathic communication, especially with such a powerful spirit beast formation, the mind cannot be withdrawn at will.

Qiu Qianying's mind was damaged, and her magic skills seemed to be backfiring.

He immediately took out a porcelain bottle, poured out a few blood-red pills, tilted his head back and swallowed them. But at this time, Yan Jingrong sacrificed a flying sword, a red silk, and a talisman.

The talisman is a sixth-order, mid-grade Wu Earth Dragon Armor Talisman. Once activated, there is a loud dragon roar that shakes the heaven and earth. Then, a yellow dragon covered with scales and horns surrounds Yan Jingrong, and even instinctively absorbs the surrounding Soul-Falling Divine Sand, using its soul-breaking power to break the evil fire power of the Demon Flame Burning Heart Art.

The flying sword and the red silk were both sixth-grade lower-grade magic weapons, but with the increased power of the Wu Earth Dragon Armor Talisman, Qiu Qianying was simply unable to break through Yan Jingrong's protective yellow dragon.

His body turned into flames, and he dodged left and right under the attacks of the flying swords and Hong Ling. He was really unwilling to accept that he would be defeated by Yan Jingrong, whom he had always looked down upon.

Seeing that the flying sword Hong Ling was unable to achieve its goal, Yan Jingrong suddenly opened her mouth and spat out a pure white jade ruler.

This sixth-rank intermediate-grade magic weapon disappeared into thin air, and when it reappeared it was already above Qiu Qianying's head. It shot down one foot and hit him right on the top of his head, instantly sealing his consciousness and magic power.

The next moment, the flying sword and the red silk came to strangle each other.

"what!"

Qiu Qianying screamed miserably as her body exploded from within. Black flames blazed and she forcibly pushed up the Pure Yang Jade Ruler on her head. In an instant, a black and red Yuanying with the characteristics of both an old man and a baby escaped from the air, suddenly turned into a rainbow, flew high into the sky, and fled far away.

In the first sword fight, Yan Jingrong used many magical skills to win the first place for the Northern Territory cultivators.

However, until Qiu Qianying's demon baby flew away, the female cultivator Yan Jingrong still stood there in a daze.

She had never imagined that with her own abilities, she could defeat Qiu Qianying and avenge her husband.

"Humph, the Wu Earth Dragon Armor Talisman, this is the secret talisman passed down by my master. I didn't expect this person could actually borrow it."

Although Yan Jingrong won, the great monk Ming Yuchen did not seem satisfied with it. Instead, Wei Shuyi stroked his beard and laughed.

"Fellow Daoist Gui, how about we have a competition in the next round?" A cultivator from the Tiannan group flew up and said so.

(End of this chapter)