Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 344: Advancing to the Second Level of the Nascent Soul Realm, the Wheel of Reincarnation
The valley is quiet, with waterfalls cascading down and ancient trees towering into the sky. Occasionally, the sound of birds chirping can be heard in the dense forest.

A Taoist priest sat cross-legged on a blue stone, his eyes closed, breathing deeply and rhythmically, as if he had merged into one with the surrounding world.

Nine air dragons surrounded him, and each wisp of air condensed into a dragon shape, sometimes circling, sometimes rolling, just like a real dragon circling and dancing in the air.

As the Taoist's aura deepened, the magic power in his body surged out like a tide, impacting every meridian in the body. The chubby white baby sitting cross-legged in the Huangting was like being bathed in sweet rain, running back and forth happily in the Taoist's body, his little face flushed as if he was trying hard to digest the energy.

After running tired and sitting down cross-legged, the chubby baby's body, as white as white jade, seemed to have grown a little bigger and become more solid.

The realm of Yuanshen is also called Huashen. What is Huashen?
To keep it and let it go is to allow the deity to return to the body.

Nothing is impossible without doing anything, and it lasts forever. Nothing is necessary, nothing is impossible, it shines with the sun and the moon, and lives with the heaven and the earth.

To look at the cultivation of the Nascent Soul from a more realistic perspective is to cultivate the Nascent Soul to the same size as the physical body, and then merge it with the physical body. Once this step is completed, one will achieve immortality.

The Taoist is still far away from this realm now, but he has made such progress in just twenty years with the Nine Breaths to Subdue Qi. A barely perceptible smile appeared on his face. He felt the surging power in his body and his heart was filled with unspeakable joy.

Suddenly, the nine energy dragons suddenly converged and turned into streams of pure spiritual energy, pouring into Lu Cheng's body. He slowly opened his eyes, and the sound of noisy quarrels seemed to pass faintly in his ears.

"Shisheng, what are you quarreling about? I don't care what your reasons are. You have followed me in cultivating the Dao for decades. Even though merits and deeds are not important, you still need to be calm and peaceful. What's wrong with you now? When you go back, copy the Wonderful Sutra for Relieving Suffering a hundred times to calm your mind."

When they reached the outside of the mountain, Taoist Lu Cheng frowned slightly and said this.

A few days ago, the spiritual vein of Baiyang Cave, thousands of miles away from Zhiguan Mountain.

A group of second- and third-rate nuns from the Xuanmen sect stood under a stone tablet with swords on their backs.

Opposite them was a barefoot man holding a banner who looked like a monk or a Taoist priest, followed by several disciples with ferocious looks.

"Senior sister, it is said that the Lord of Baiyang Cave is a demon lord appointed by the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace. Our fight with him has attracted the disciples of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace. Can the disciples of the Demon Palace uphold justice? We should leave now. At least, can we ask the Cangjian Palace to support us?"

A female cultivator said this to the female cultivator who was leading the group and was carrying a sword, her expression slightly panicked.

"It's useless. The demons are entangled with each other and are all birds of a feather. I have already sent a letter to the Hidden Sword Palace, but the elders of the Hidden Sword Palace replied that this is a matter under the jurisdiction of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, and they cannot interfere at will."

"How could this be?"

After the Eight Visions weakened, the Cangjian Palace became the leader of the eight orthodox religions in the world. However, such a behemoth could not help but feel a little short of breath when facing the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, and it was difficult for it to support the backbone of the righteous sect.

At this moment, two sword lights flashed in the sky.

When the sword light faded, two high-ranking cultivators appeared. The man was handsome and valiant, and the woman was delicate and beautiful. The female cultivators below couldn't help but whisper to each other when they saw them. They really didn't expect that the cultivators from the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace would look like this.

Judging from his appearance, he seems to be even more upright than the righteous monks.

"An Jing, what's so strange about this? Only demons of a lower realm would have an evil appearance, so that you can tell at a glance that they are demons. A truly high-level demon must be good at changing, and even make it difficult for you to distinguish right from wrong."

"Two high-ranking cultivators from the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace, please take a seat."

Unlike those stone heads in Mingdao Temple, the evil monk Xu Xin, the master of Baiyang Cave, knows the identities and origins of the two people in front of him.

One of these two was one of the three heroes and two clouds back then, and the other was even more extraordinary. He was the direct disciple of the god in the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace.

Therefore, the evil monk Xu Xin was extremely respectful to the two people whose magical powers were even inferior to his own, which made the disciples behind him, who were used to their master's ferocious and cruelty, dumbfounded and uncomfortable.

"Have you two envoys investigated everything? I followed the order of the Lord of God and practiced Taoism in the mountains, refining the Xuanyin Beast Gathering Banner. These evil nuns from Mingdao Temple took a fancy to my sacred mountain and attacked it from time to time. It was also because of my lack of magical power that I let the matter drag on until today and disturbed the two envoys. I am really guilty."

"You are talking nonsense. Xu Xin, you killed mortals and sacrificed their blood to the demon banner. My junior sister is a local cultivator. When she returned home to visit her relatives, she found that a child in the city had disappeared without a reason. She investigated the matter and was harmed by you. I, Mingdao Temple, will never stop fighting you!"

"You thief, you are slandering me. The people of Xincheng are all under my rule. They are rich and live a happy life. This is a well-known fact. You can't frame me with just a few words. The two envoys, you have also investigated Xincheng. You should know that what I said is the truth. As for the children in the city disappearing for no reason, is there any city in the world that doesn't have missing children? There are beggars, bandits and refugees in every city. Can all these be blamed on me?"

"Okay, shut up."

At this moment, Shi Sheng raised his hand to stop Xu Xin from saying anything else. Then he turned around and asked the nuns in Mingdao Temple.

"I only want to ask one question. If the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace takes back the spirit vein of Baiyang Cave, can you take charge of this place? Can you protect the new city from being destroyed by wild beasts? Can the local human race continue to survive?"

"……this."

The female cultivator headed by Mingdao Temple was stunned for a moment when she heard this. Their Mingdao Temple also had its own spiritual veins and places for cultivation, so how could they give them up so easily?

"Ugh."

Seeing this, Shi Sheng couldn't help but sigh, and turned to the evil monk Xu Xinyan and said:
"The tricks you played are not hard to see through in the palace. The people of Xincheng are afraid of the wild beasts slaughtering the city, so no one dares to report you. However, you use human blood to bless the magic treasure's spirituality, and the evil nature will grow. It will backfire severely in the future."

"I, Deng Huayun, will leave Mingdao Temple from now on and guard the Chiyang Spiritual Vein to protect the people of Xincheng. If you break this oath, you will be punished like this!"

At this moment, the female cultivator led by Ming Daoan suddenly drew out her sword and cut off her long hair.

Originally Xu Xin's mood was up and down, with fear and ecstasy intertwined, but at this moment, ecstasy suddenly turned into fear.

Because Shi Sheng looked sideways at Deng Huayun, the next moment, a blazing sword light fell in front of him:

Since there are cultivators willing to stay in the Baiyang Cave spiritual vein and protect the survival of the people within a hundred miles, then this person is useless.

During these years, Yun Huang'er traveled around the world with Shi Sheng and experienced many things. A few years ago, under the witness of the elders of both sides, they became a Taoist couple.

The young couple have a deep affection for each other.

At this moment, they urged their flying swords forward at the same time. Two sword lights, one white and one gold, were as bright as rainbows, instantly killing Xu Xin in a miserable state.

The Heaven and Earth Demon Palace had already issued a ban that it was okay to sacrifice beasts to the banner, but anyone who wantonly killed mortals to sacrifice to the banner would be investigated and punished without mercy.

Of course, this is the rule, but if it is really a place with poor mountains and bad waters, and no cultivators are willing to stay and practice except for a few magic cultivators, the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace will not go there to patrol.

What is good? What is evil?
The way of the sky is more than damage but not enough to make up for.

On the cliff, sword lights were flashing. Facing the sword lights all around him, Xu Xin flew back, his face so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out of it.

The Xuanyin Beast Gathering Banner in his hand emitted a dim light, forming a sharp contrast with the blazing sword light of the two swords on the opposite side.

"My two envoys, my position as the Lord of Baiyang Cave was bestowed by the Divine Sovereign after all. You two just killed me like this without informing the Divine Sovereign?"

"If Master blames me after I kill you, I will go and apologize."

Then, there were even more fierce and sharp sword lights coming from all directions. Not only the two of them, but also the female cultivators of Mingdao Temple not far away quickly reacted and attacked with swords.

The flying sword lights were not fast, not fierce, not sophisticated, and not sharp, but they connected with each other end to end, like a flying dragon, enough to cut through the haze emitted by the Xuanyin Beast Gathering Banner.

Surrounded by such flying swords and sword lights, Xu Xin tried to save his life several times, but was interrupted by Shi Sheng or Yun Huang'er's spells. Wherever the sword energy circled, rocks shattered and trees broke. Xu Xin's Xuanyin Beast Gathering Banner summoned the souls of thousands of beasts to come, but was killed by the sword light and made a buzzing sound, which seemed to be somewhat out of control.

"Shisheng, you will not have a good death if you betray the evil path! And your master, although he is a member of the evil path, he hangs out with the righteous cultivators. One day he will be harmed by them. Isn't he being targeted by the Mi Lian Sect of the Xuankong Dharma Realm now? In three years, there will be a sword fight in Lishan. Will any sect of the eight orthodox religions speak up for him? Do you really think they regard you as their own people?" Knowing that he was going to die at this time, Xu Xin yelled and shouted, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he turned around and tried to escape again.

However, Shi Sheng and Yun Huang'er seemed to have seen through his intentions long ago, and blocked Xu Xin's escape route from the left and right.

The two men exchanged glances, synchronized their sword techniques, and combined their swords again. The sword rainbow surged and transformed into a brilliant golden and white sword dragon, which pounced towards Xu Xin with bared fangs and claws.

Boom.

After Xu Xin struggled in vain, he was finally pierced through the body by the stegosaurus with a loud bang and exploded into a bloody mist.

His flesh, blood, and golden elixir were all devoured by the severely damaged long banner in mid-air.

Seeing this, Yun Huang'er waved her hand and called the Xuanyin Beast Gathering Banner back to her own hands:

"What is the right way or the evil way? Being highly skilled in the way and having great magical powers is the right way. You are so confused that you can't see the changes in the world and go against the trend. How dare you criticize us?"

Yun Huang'er had a somewhat frivolous and arrogant personality to begin with, but she was born in the Cangjian Palace and became a disciple of the Xiantian Sect, both of which were orthodox sects, so her personality was naturally restrained.

Later, she followed her husband Shi Sheng to become a disciple of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace. Although Shi Sheng was reincarnated as a human, his temperament was mainly focused on this life. He was kind and even a little pedantic. On the contrary, Yun Huang'er was very compatible with the cultivators of the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace. She practiced various Taoist and magical scriptures and was able to apply them to other situations without sticking to a certain form. She applied them as she pleased and felt like she had mastered them.

"From now on, the Baiyang Cave Spiritual Vein will belong to this Fairy Deng. The Heaven and Earth Demon Palace will demand 20% of the spiritual products produced here. However, if the new city is breached by wild beasts, the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace will be held responsible. Fairy can also give up this spiritual land, but before the new successor arrives, you must continue to guard this place, otherwise you will still be pursued by our sect."

Shi Sheng quickly handed over the matters here, and then, without even going to Xu Xin's cave with Yun Huang'er, he rode on his sword and rushed all the way to Zhiguan Mountain.

They have been traveling around the world for more than ten years. When Shi Sheng heard what Xu Xin said, he was slightly frightened. He knew that what the other party said was true, so he immediately chose to return to the sect.

"Husband, don't be so anxious. With our master and ancestors guarding Zhiguan Mountain, even if he is a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, what can he do? If he dares to force his way into Zhiguan Mountain, he will die on the spot."

But no matter how Yun Huang'er tried to comfort them, the two of them still crossed half the continent within a few days and returned to the mountain gate. That's when Shi Sheng flew into the mountain on a sword and disturbed the master's cultivation of magic power.

"You all, come in with me."

Seeing that the eldest disciple Situ Hua, the second disciple Miao Chuyun, the third disciple Youming, the fourth disciple Shisheng and Yun Huang'er were all there in the back mountain, Taoist Lu Cheng shook his head slightly, and then waved his hand for them to follow.

Zhiguan Mountain is very large, especially after Lu Cheng survived the Jiuxiao Xuanzhen destructive thunder catastrophe here, the spiritual veins expanded and the area occupied became even larger.

"You have all followed me for many years. When do you think the flying sword was the most terrifying?"

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"When the sword is in the sheath, no one knows when it will be released. The moment the flying sword is released, the sword light is so sharp that no one dares to stop it!"

Among the five people, only Miao Chuyun gave the answer after a little thought.

At this time, Lu Cheng brought his four disciples into a bamboo house.

As he pointed his finger lightly, the house closed, and scrolls fell into the bamboo house. Scrolls unfolded one by one, revealing records about the Yuanying True Lords of the Milian Sect. Most of them were about the two great True Lords, Jiang Wangji and Tu Hanyun.

"First, Sheng Boqian died at the hands of your master's wife. I was an eyewitness to this. How could I be unprepared?"

“Secondly, one punch is enough to prevent a hundred punches from coming. The Tongxuan Realm is in chaos right now, with cultivators exploring the caves and heavens and fighting constantly. If my Tiandi Demon Palace wants to stay in a corner, we must show our strength so that the world will be willing to let us stay in a corner.

Otherwise, surrounded by enemies, our strength may be exhausted day by day."

"You only saw me strike the Mi Lian Sect with my sword, but you didn't see that I have been sharpening this sword for forty years!"

From the time when Lu Cheng survived the Nine Heavens Mysterious True Destruction Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, to today when he reached the second level of the Nascent Soul Realm, a total of forty years had passed.

For a normal Yuanying realm cultivator, it is considered fast to improve one level of magic power every one hundred years. There are many who take two or three hundred years to improve one level of magic power.

Lu Cheng himself has a very solid foundation in Taoism, and he also obtained the Nascent Soul Vision after Nine Breaths, which enabled his magic power to increase so quickly. However, the more he practices, without elixirs or sudden enlightenment, the slower his magic power will increase. Moreover, once he encounters a bottleneck when practicing to this level, it will be very difficult to break through.

"Master has been preparing for this old monster Tu for so many years. It seems that after three years, this old monster Tu can only go underground to continue to comprehend his path to immortality!"

Yun Huang'er said this with a smile on her face.

At this moment, Yun Huang'er was shocked to see that Tu Hanyun, in order to practice a magic skill, turned all the creatures within a hundred miles into wooden men and wooden beasts.

"Tu Hanyun is the cultivator most likely to attack from the Milian Sect, but he could also be one of the four Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators. If it's one of the four Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators, I can certainly defeat him. If Tu Hanyun comes in person, although I'm not sure of winning, I think I have some ability to save my life, and I can recover faster than him. If Tu Hanyun is seriously injured, who else in the entire Milian Sect can launch an attack on the Heaven and Earth Demon Palace?"

Jiang Wangji is already more than 4,400 years old. If he leaves the sect lightly to fight with others, it will inevitably consume a lot of his vitality. As long as this white jade pillar that supports the sky and the purple gold beam that spans the sea do not fall, the Milian Sect will be a top sect, and no one in the Xuankong Dharma Realm will dare to touch the tiger's whiskers.

Even though he only had half a breath left.

In order to inherit the sect, Tu Hanyun practiced magic to improve his magic power, but no matter his magic power or personal prestige, he could not compare with Jiang Wangji. He was still unable to communicate with the seventh-level soul treasure inherited by the sect. It might be that his comprehension of the Taoism of his own sect was insufficient, or it might be because the seventh-level soul treasure had already developed intelligence. He simply did not think about continuing to work for the Mi Lian Sect.

It is very difficult to communicate with a seventh-level Yuanshen spiritual treasure. Some cultivators have special physiques, and as soon as they cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage, the spiritual treasure will come to them. Some cultivators have special physiques and are naturally disgusted by the spiritual treasure. Even if they cultivate to the Yuanshen stage, they can only suppress the spiritual treasure with their magic power and barely control it, and they will never be able to bring out the true power of the spiritual treasure.

"After you feel relieved, go back and do your own things, and pretend that nothing happened. Boss, how is the matter of the Samsara Disk? It will be difficult for you to make progress in this life. The Samsara Disk is related to your life and path, so you should pay more attention to it."

Among Lu Cheng's four disciples, the eldest disciple Situ Hua did the most work. He was diligent and prudent, and shared many chores with Lu Cheng.

But his cultivation foundation is limited, and the limit of being able to cultivate to the Golden Core Realm in this life is already the limit. And if a Golden Core True Person wants to reincarnate and be reborn with a pure spirit, he needs the assistance of extremely precious treasures, and the Samsara Disk is such a treasure.

At present, as far as Lu Cheng knows, only the Fire Spirit Lord and his wife in the Wuliang Earth Fire Demon Cave have a Samsara Disk, but that magic weapon has been refined into a life magic weapon by the Fire Spirit Queen, and it is said that some strange magic skills have been refined based on it. Going to someone's house to ask for their life magic weapon? This is an impossible deal.

Therefore, Lu Cheng could only let Situ Hua and hope that there was still a reincarnation disk in this world that had not been discovered yet.

By then, Lu Cheng wouldn't even mind personally fighting for his eldest disciple.

"Thank you for your hard work, Master. It is said that there are legends about the Wheel of Samsara in several caves. I have sent people to investigate."

Situ Hua bowed in gratitude. Among his master's four true disciples, he was the only one who had no chance to cultivate Nascent Soul in this lifetime. He could only share more of the miscellaneous affairs for his master.

(End of this chapter)