Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 412 Arrival
The light of Danxia City's teleportation array gradually dissipated, and the figures of Lu Cheng and his group gradually solidified in the twisted space ripples.

After checking their identity tokens, the group left the teleportation hall and truly entered this fairy city.

After leaving the stone hall, one is greeted by a unique atmosphere that is a mixture of the strong smell of worldly life and the temperament of immortal cultivators.

There are shops lining both sides of the street, selling all kinds of spiritual materials and magical instruments, and the sounds of hawking can be heard one after another.

Foundation Establishment cultivators are just ordinary passers-by here, and occasionally one can sense the restrained aura of Core Formation cultivators.

Perhaps, there is a Nascent Soul cultivator hidden among them.

"Masters, do you need a guide to this city? I have been making a living in this city since I was young."

Immediately, a group of people gathered around, looking eager and respectful.

"It's worthy of being Danxia City. In terms of prosperity and liveliness, it is even better than Xuandu City." Chu Yibai sighed softly, ignoring those mortals.

"It's just a place where some mortal cultivators gather. How can it be compared with Xuandu Immortal City?" Taoist Yan Xiao raised his red hair slightly, and said with some disdain:
Rice is expensive, land is valuable and housing is hard to come by in Xuandu City, so of course there aren't that many people.

"You guys step back, someone will come to pick us up soon."

While Lu Cheng was talking to the mortals and low-level monk guides, patrol soldiers had already come quickly and bowed to the leading soldier:

"My fellow immortal masters, the Lord of Danxia City has already prepared a banquet in the mansion. My fellow immortal masters, please come in."

These patrolling soldiers are not immortal cultivators, but the physical cultivation lineage in the earthly immortal world is extremely developed. After a warrior has cultivated to the true elixir realm of martial arts, such as acquired, innate, Baodan, and Zhendan, and cooperates with the spiritual tools specially refined by the immortal cultivators, their lethality is not inferior to that of ordinary physical cultivators in the Jindan realm.

The only thing is that they are inferior in terms of lifespan, and a martial arts master who has achieved the True Dan of Martial Arts can stimulate his spiritual roots by taking the Soul-Enriching Pill, which makes him no different from a cultivator who is born with spiritual roots.

Moreover, these monks who entered the immortal path through martial arts are often strong both physically and mentally, and are good at fighting and killing. Many families and sects are willing to recruit and train them as monks to protect the way.

Because Lu Cheng had practiced physical cultivation in the mortal world, he considered using martial arts to form pills after coming to the Earthly Immortal Realm. However, he finally chose to use the Great Light Talisman Sutra to form a talisman pill. The Great Light Talisman Sutra can ward off inner demons and control the mind. It is beneficial to the original body after the external incarnation is cultivated. As for the martial arts of the Earthly Immortal Realm, he just needs to understand and study it slowly.

"Lead the way."

"I obey my orders."

The leader of the patrolling soldiers was a martial arts True Dan cultivator. Lu Cheng could vaguely feel that although he was still a mortal and had not obtained the Soul-Enriching Pill, there was expectation and even provocation in his eyes when he looked at him, and he was just trying his best to restrain himself - how could a martial artist who was not good at fighting possibly cultivate to the martial arts True Dan realm.

All I can say is that the wider the world is, the more choices it gives people.

Compared to the mortal world, the mortals in this world also have extraordinary aura.

Although he did not want to spend too much time in Danxia City, the Lord of Danxia City was also a registered disciple of Taiqing Sect and a local boss, so it was impossible not to interact with him.

Outer disciples and inner disciples are all so-called serving disciples, and they can only attend the public lectures of the Taoist masters.

Inner disciples at least have a certain amount of time for cultivation, while outer disciples focus on their duties and can only practice in their personal time.

A registered disciple is at least a disciple of a True Lord. The Taiqing Sect's sect rules require that only those who have reached the Yuanying True Lord realm are qualified to teach and impart knowledge. However, some elderly True Lords also accept some disciples, but they are not included in the sect's genealogy. Registered disciples have their own caves and generous sect salaries. In addition to public classes, they also have teachers to teach and impart knowledge.

Some, like the Lord of Danxia City, will be sent out to lead a region.

True disciples are cultivators who inherit the sect's Taoist tradition. It is better to have no disciples than to have unqualified ones. In Taiqing Sect, there are usually two channels for promotion.

One is to be admitted through the Xuantian Pavilion Daoism Examination, and the other is to be recommended by the monks of the sect. The competition is fierce, and it is not necessarily a good thing for ordinary people to serve as true disciples.

On the contrary, many of these registered disciples have clean backgrounds and strong roots, and their families have been Taiqing Sect monks for generations, so their status is close to that of true disciples.

With the soldiers clearing the way, they arrived at the city lord's mansion.

"Zhao Qingyu, the registered disciple of Master Yin of Qingfeng Mountain, nice to meet several fellow disciples."

In the City Lord's Mansion, the leading woman had her sleeves wide and fluttering in the wind, a jade pendant dangling from her waist. She performed the Taoist ritual, her voice as clear as spring water washing over jade. She and the twelve monks behind her performed the ritual at the same time.

The mayor of Danxia City turned out to be an elegant nun, who warmly entertained Lu Cheng and his party.

After a night of feasting, singing and discussing Taoism, both the host and the guests had a great time.

Originally, Lu Cheng was a little unhappy about the delay, but after this night banquet, he put the matter aside for the time being:
There is really nothing wrong with a Yuanying Zhenjun being so condescending as to entertain a Jindan cultivator. Moreover, he has no ulterior motive and just wants to maintain a friendship.

'Although a border city like Danxia City must have a Divine Transformation cultivator secretly in charge, but being able to serve as the city lord of this city, this Senior Sister Zhao is also a person who is good at dancing with long sleeves and has high means. We will inevitably have to deal with each other in the future.'

That night, after Lu Cheng completed his daily practice, he thought this in his heart.

The next morning, the group bid farewell to Danxia City and headed towards the Black Mountain Peaks in the northwest, riding on the clouds and mist to travel thousands of miles a day.

Lu Cheng bought a Duyun Flag in Xuandu City. When held by a Jindan cultivator and injected with mana by other cultivators, it can allow those with low mana to ride on the clouds and keep up with the flying speed of the Jindan cultivator for a long time. It can also be considered a flying magic weapon. However, if the flight is too far, it will put a heavy burden on the cultivator's mind and mana.

After flying for several days, we could see scattered settlements and monks' caves at first, but the deeper we went into the mountains, the sparser the population became.

Towering ancient trees block out the sun, the mountains are shrouded in mist, and occasionally the roars of unknown wild beasts can be heard.

The so-called wild beasts are creatures without any intelligence, brutal and bloodthirsty. The demon clan does not consider them to be of the same clan as themselves, but the strong ones among them are only weak in intelligence but extremely powerful. Even the immortal cultivators of the human race and the demon clan have been killed by them.

"Brother Lu, the Black Mountain area is ahead." Taoist Yan Xiao pointed to a long and undulating black mountain range in the distance. "It is said that the rocks here are black in color due to years of erosion by the Black Sea, hence the name."

Lu Cheng nodded slightly, his spiritual sense quietly expanded, looking around and understanding the environment.

The peaks of the Black Mountain are like black dragons, and the jagged ridges glow with a cold metallic light in the twilight. Wild beasts, alien races, and robbery cultivators are entrenched there, but if it weren't for this, how could there be any chance for those who come later?

"Whether it's mine, Chu Yibai's, or Yan Xiao's opportunities, they're all here."

(End of this chapter)