Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 420: One thought holds the sky and knocks on the jade seal, the true nature remains in the heart of Tao
Lu Cheng stretched out his five fingers, and the blood beads of all spirits spun and flew back to his palm.

Six more distorted human faces appeared on the surface of this dark red gem, which were the essences of the six calamity cultivators just now.

Except for the dwarf who was killed by the seventh-level thunder talisman at the beginning, none of the remaining six people escaped. They were all bound in the Blood Pearl of All Souls. As long as the pearl was not destroyed, they would not be able to reincarnate and would have to provide magic power for this magic treasure forever.

Of course, if the soul in it condenses into a magical weapon spirit, then it will not want to be destroyed.

"call…"

At this moment, Lu Cheng felt the blood surging in his body, the pores all over his body dilated, and every inch of his skin and muscles were filled with joy.

It satisfied his nature and replenished Lu Cheng's energy, causing his Taoist robe to rustle in the wind.

“Seeing the nature is merit, equality is virtue, and being unobstructed in every thought, always seeing the original nature, and truly using it, is called merit and virtue… Merit and virtue are within the Dharma body, not outside.”

"I see...I see! Hehehehe...cough cough, I was in such a hurry just now that I am out of breath."

When he was fighting just now, an idea flashed in his mind, and at that moment he saw some clues to the technique of fusion of talisman and body that had troubled Lu Cheng for many years.

Lu Cheng had some realization in his mind and wanted to test his idea immediately, but now was obviously not the right time.

Moreover, the Taoist suddenly turned around and his eyes swept towards a certain void in the southwest. The flow of clouds there seemed natural, but it gave him a sense of disharmony.

"I will strike down anyone who doesn't agree with me!"

Lu Cheng thought of this idea, but he did not use the third seventh-level thunder talisman in his sleeve after all.

He looked deeply into the void, and suddenly a dazzling light burst out from his body. More than 120,000 light symbols turned into wings and wrapped around his body. In the blink of an eye, they turned into meteors and flew into the distance of the sky.

After the escape light passed thousands of miles away, Lu Cheng suddenly made a gesture and changed direction.

The originally straight escaping light suddenly turned three times strangely, leaving an afterimage in the air each time it turned. When the last afterimage dissipated, the real body had already disappeared.

About half an incense stick later, strange ripples appeared in the void that the Taoist had just been staring at.

A tall, charming witch with a firm chest and long legs, wearing exquisite armor revealing a large area of ​​skin, stepped out of the void.

She licked the corner of her lips with the tip of her scarlet tongue, and sneered at the direction where the escaping light disappeared:
"What a vigilant young Taoist priest from the Taiqing Sect. It's a pity that he has bloodshot eyes, a fierce spirit, and endless killing calamities. He may not live long with such a face."

The green bell on the witch's waist moved without wind, emitting soul-stirring magic sound.

The shadow of the battle just now appeared in front of her - especially the clip where Lu Cheng sacrificed the seventh-level thunder talisman, which was watched repeatedly.

“He cultivated the Taiqing Sect’s Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Technique to become a Nascent Soul, and his foundation in Taoism is extremely deep. With the Nascent Soul stage, he can probably use one or two of the Divine Lightning Talismans.

Ascended monks are usually fierce and resolute, and extremely difficult to deal with. I could have killed him with my attack just now, but there is no guarantee that he would not self-destruct his own life magic weapon and high-level thunder talisman, dragging me to death with him. Even if he can't kill me, I'm afraid he can damage my body. However, since he is just here to handle the task, there is no need for me to fight him to the death."

People in the evil world mostly just bully the weak, but try to avoid direct clashes with the strong, so as not to end up losing more than they gain.

This ancient demon witch obviously understood the truth. But if Lu Cheng's previous performance was a little weaker, she would have already made a move in secret.

"Let's go find other targets. We need to get some useful intelligence before we report back to our tribe."

……

The Black Mountain Market is filled with clouds and mist.

A white cloud flying car slowly landed on the jade platform in the northeast corner of the market town. As soon as Lu Cheng took back the flying car, he saw dozens of people already standing around the jade platform, waiting politely.

Leading the group were Chu Yibai and Yan Xiao. They hadn't seen each other for over a hundred years. Their magical powers had reached the peak of Purple Mansion, but their expressions lacked the sharpness of the past and were more shrewd and worldly-wise.

"Welcome, Senior Brother!"

Chu Yibai was wearing a moon-white robe and had her hair tied up high. Although she was over 300 years old, she was still as bright and beautiful as a young girl. She led the other practitioners behind her to pay their respects.

"Welcome, Senior Brother!"

Following Yan Xiao were mostly cultivators from the Yanhuo Clan, both men and women, all with red hair. They also bowed respectfully with humble attitudes.

Lu Cheng nodded slightly and glanced at the crowd. Most of these monks were unfamiliar to him, and they should be new followers recruited in the past hundred years.

There was awe and curiosity in their eyes as they looked at him - I guess they must have heard many legends about the true teachings of the Taiqing Sect over the years.

"No need to be polite, come in and talk."

As Lu Cheng took a step forward, the crowd gathered around him like stars surrounding the moon as he headed towards the central attic. The streets along the way had been cleaned and repaired, and every shop had a shopkeeper to welcome him.

Seeing this, Lu Cheng frowned slightly, but he didn't say much. He had been in seclusion for many years and even rarely replied to letters. This sudden return made Chu Yibai and Yan Xiao nervous.

On the top floor of the attic, a gilded incense burner was emitting green smoke.

After the maid served the tea and left, Lu Cheng took out a jade slip and threw it out: "These are the supplies needed by the sect. See how much you can raise."

Chu Yibai took the jade slip, scanned it with his spiritual sense, and frowned slightly: "Han Ling Iron, fourth-level spiritual talismans, fifth-level spiritual talismans... the number is not small, but with the current channels of Black Mountain Square, we can collect most of them."

Yan Xiao also took the jade slip and looked at it, and said thoughtfully: "The sixth-level spiritual talisman is a bit troublesome. There are not many people in the market who can draw it. But if you are not in a hurry, we can buy it at a high price."

"It doesn't matter. We'll do as much as we can." Lu Cheng picked up the teacup and took a sip. He had never intended to put all the pressure on the Black Mountain Market.

"It seems that you haven't had an easy time these years." Lu Cheng's gaze fell on Yan Xiao. The former foreign prince now had slightly gray hair on his temples, thick knuckles, a fluctuating aura on his body, and some hidden injuries.

Chu Yibai smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "Brother, you are right. Over the past hundred years, the market has expanded more than five times. Now the monthly turnover is several times higher than it was back then."

She suddenly stopped talking, realizing that she shouldn't bother the person in front of her with such trivial matters.

Over the past hundred years, her Chu family has also established roots here, and has grown from a common family to a wealthy and immortal family, all thanks to the foundation laid by Senior Brother Lu in front of her.

Lu Cheng put down the teacup and tapped the table with his fingertips.

"I see seven new sea towers in the northwest corner of Guanfang City. Are they the property of the Black Sea aquatics?"

Yan Xiao's forehead was covered with sweat and he bowed down and said, "Brother, you have a keen eye. The Black Sea Tribe discussed buying shares thirty years ago, and we...we really..."

"Get up." Lu Chengxu raised his palm, and a soft force emerged from thin air to lift Yan Xiao up. "I'm not blaming you."

The attic was silent for a moment. The bustling noises from the market outside the window made it so loud that one could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, Lu Cheng sighed softly: "After all, cultivators practice Taoism for eternity rather than for a moment. You may seem to be in a good position now, but in fact you are sitting on a volcano. When the undercurrent surges, you will not be able to suppress it."

"What do you mean, senior brother?" Chu Yibai asked after hearing this. She vaguely understood what Lu Cheng meant.

"Retreat from the current situation bravely and return the profits from this place to the sect." Lu Cheng put away his spiritual light and took out two jade tokens from his arms. He is now a disciple of Yu Ding Xuan Jun. Although he does not fight for power in Taiqing Sect, he still has some authority.

"This is the identity token of the outer sect deacon of Taiqing Sect. If you two wish, you can follow me back to the mountain to practice Taoism after I complete my mission for the sect."

The jade token fell on the table, making a crisp sound.

Chu Yibai and Yan Xiao stared at the word "Taiqing" on the card, their throats rolling. They looked at each other, and their expressions changed.

If it were more than a hundred years ago, they would have been ecstatic to get this position, but they would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Now, the two of them have been exercising the power of the owner of the Black Mountain Market for more than a hundred years.

Especially since both of their families are here, if they withdraw at this time, they will be heartbroken with their bones and tendons intact.

"Brother, if we abandon this place, who will support your practice in the future?"

Chu Yibai asked.

"Haven't we earned enough in these years? External objects are only used to assist cultivation, but they cannot replace cultivation. How long has it been since the two of you have improved your cultivation?
"I will return to the mountain to cultivate Taoism today. After a thousand years, I will have mastered the Taoism. Not to mention a market town, I will even have a fairy city. Is my Taiqing Sect short of that?"

After all, the person in front of him was his old brother for many years, so Lu Cheng gave him a few more words of advice.

Hearing this, Chu Yibai's expression changed slightly, and Yan Xiao's face became even uglier.

"Brother, please give us some time to think carefully." Yan Xiao bowed deeply and said this.

"Well, this is indeed not a trivial matter. Okay, you guys go down."

Lu Cheng finished his words and waved his hand, driving the two men out of the quiet room.

"A century of vanity in the market place is gone, one thought holds the sky and knocks on the jade seal. Do not be attached to the power in the world, the true nature will always remain in the heart of Tao."

Lu Cheng has been practicing for hundreds of years and has achieved enlightenment, and his Taoism has reached a very high level. It can be seen that Chu Yibai and Yan Xiao both have a deep affection for Heishanfang and their relatives.

It's no wonder, Chu Yibai was the only one who did this, but Yan Xiao moved almost half of the Yanhuo clan to the Black Mountain Market. He was a very public-spirited person back then.

"But, the immortal way values ​​privacy."

Lu Cheng crossed his hands and closed his eyes. Clouds and wind rolled around him, wrapping the Taoist in a spiritual mist.

After staying in the Black Mountain Market for seven days, Lu Cheng left and headed to the Wuyin Sea area of ​​the South China Sea to carry out the sect's exploration mission.

When he returned, that was when Chu Yibai and Yan Xiao made their real decision.

Dozens of days later, the South China Sea was shrouded in fog, with fog lingering all year round, and the area where the sea and the sky met was hazy.

Lu Cheng drove the Baiyun Flying Car through the sea of ​​clouds, overlooking the sea below.

The veins in this sea area are unstable and the spiritual energy is disordered, so ordinary cultivators try to avoid it. However, for cultivators above the Jindan realm, it is not a threat.

"The ground veins are turbulent, and spiritual energy is leaking out... It seems that something strange has happened deep under the sea."

Lu Cheng's consciousness swept across the sea, and he sensed the turbulent undercurrents and the faint rise of a fiery aura. He pondered for a moment, put away the flying car, and his figure turned into a beam of white light, diving straight into the seabed. Boom!
As soon as I entered the water, I felt a scorching wave of air rushing towards me. It was obvious that the nearby submarine volcano was accumulating power and could erupt at any time.

A natural phenomenon like volcanic eruption is not dangerous to Yuanying Zhenjun, so Lu Cheng naturally searches carefully and goes deeper.

The temperature of the surrounding sea water rose sharply. Ordinary fish and shrimp had already fled. Only a few fire-attributed monsters were still swimming nearby, greedily devouring the dissipated fire spiritual energy.

A layer of khaki light shield appeared around Lu Cheng, isolating him from the high temperature in the sea water.

He lightly tapped his fingertips, and the magic power of the light seal immediately turned into fine silk threads, spreading out in all directions like a spider web, exploring the source of the inspiration.

These rays of light appear to be lines, but in fact, if one has the ability to see with magical powers, one can see that these rays are composed of countless fine spells.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, the thread of the talisman stopped in front of a crack in the seabed, as if blocked by some force. Lu Cheng's eyes focused, his figure flashed, and he arrived at the edge of the crack in an instant.

Looking inwards and probing with his spiritual sense at the same time, he found that the crack was about ten feet wide and bottomless. Red magma was rolling in it, and blazing spiritual energy was gushing out like a tide.

At the edge of the crack in the ground, there was a red coral growing. Among the coral branches were three crystal clear red jade fruits, and there were faint flame patterns flowing on the surface of the fruit skin.

"Sixth-level Red Flame Fruit?" Lu Cheng's eyes flashed.

This item is a rare treasure from heaven and earth bred by the fire spiritual vein. Taking it can temper the body, enhance fire-attributed magical powers, and even help Nascent Soul cultivators break through bottlenecks.

Although the current body of mine is not practicing the Fire Dao method, it can still benefit from taking it. Of course, it is best to take some Yin spirit water as a blend.

This is something that cannot be seen in the mortal world. It is a spiritual creature of heaven and earth that can only be born in the environment of the earthly immortal world.

"The spiritual energy of this place is in disorder, and the underground fire is erupting. Many spiritual creatures of the fire and earth elements have also been born! It is true that misfortune is the root of blessing, and blessing is the root of misfortune."

Just as Lu Cheng was about to pick the fruits, he suddenly felt the sea water behind him shaking violently. He did not move, but his consciousness had already swept behind him.

Roar! !

A red-scaled dragon with a body length of nearly a hundred feet emerged from the water, its eyes were bloodshot, its fangs were sharp, and its body was surrounded by blazing fire. It was actually a peak sixth-order fire dragon!

The moment the red-scaled fire dragon broke out of the water, the sea around it seemed to boil.

Lu Cheng raised his eyebrows, and moved sideways three feet like a swimming fish, just avoiding the bite of the fire dragon. He majored in the North Sea Kunpeng Dance to refine his body, so his body movement speed did not decrease at all even in the sea.

"What a beast!"

Lu Cheng snorted coldly, and the Tianyuan Nine Chapters Jade Seal flew out from his sleeve and hung beside the Taoist. The "Rain Seal" lit up first, and countless fine water runes fell like waterfalls, forming a blue water curtain around him.

The fire dragon missed the attack, so it spun its body and swept its tail across, creating a huge torrent of water that penetrated the sea water and hit Lu Cheng in the face.

The tiger has three moves: pounce, lift and cut. They are ferocious, swift, pure and sharp.

The dragon also has this power, the dragon and snake strangling force, a combined attack method.

Lu Cheng flew back and used the water curtain of the "Rain Seal" to block the attack from the dragon's tail, preventing the power of his dual cultivation of magic and body from being effective.

With his right hand, he put his fingers together like a sword and wrote the thunder talisman in the air. With each stroke, purple lightning jumped on his fingertips, and in the blink of an eye, a thunder talisman took shape and was imprinted on the fire dragon's forehead from a distance.

"boom!"

The thunder talisman exploded, and the lightning was like a dragon.

With a bang, lightning spread, the fire dragon roared in pain, and the scales on its head were charred black.

But its ferocity became even stronger because of this, and its body shrank rapidly, turning into a small golden dragon that quickly dived into the crack in the ground. After a moment, the earth shook violently, and red magma burst out of the ground, controlled by the fire dragon, and hit towards them like a dragon controlling the water and forming a tsunami.

"Borrowing the power of the earth veins? I underestimated you."

Facing only a fire dragon, Lu Cheng did not want to waste the seventh-level talisman. He formed seals with his hands, and more than 120,000 light talismans emerged from the void, surrounding it like a galaxy.

At the same time, the "Thunder Seal" and "Wind Seal" of Tianyuan's Nine Chapters Jade were activated at the same time, and the power of wind and thunder formed a violent vortex on the seabed.

This is the deep sea. Thunder is a variant of gold, and wind is a variant of wood. Gold creates water, and water creates wood. The power of wind and thunder is not restrained by water.

Rumble, rumble...

The violent vortex formed by the power of wind and thunder collided with the power of the magma tsunami, exploded with a loud bang, huge waves spread, and the two disappeared.

However, at this moment, the evil dragon hidden in the chaos suddenly opened its mouth and spurted out a column of red-gold light - it was actually the dragon breath it had cultivated for thousands of years!
This is the most powerful attack of this dragon besides spitting out dragon balls.

Wherever the dragon's breath passed, the sea water evaporated, the water curtain protecting the body melted, and the protective magic power dissipated.

Lu Cheng's expression changed slightly, and he dodged, but the aftermath of the dragon's breath still swept across his left shoulder. His Taoist robe instantly turned into ashes, revealing the burnt and shattered five-element insect armor inside, and his own blood also spread.

"What a domineering fire technique!"

Lu Cheng looked down at the burn marks on his shoulder, and his eyes were filled with even more fighting spirit.

Lu Cheng has a brave and aggressive side to his character. What he practices mainly is the Taoist transformation and ascension technique, which is the first guardian technique of Taoism. When practiced to the pinnacle, every additional transformation will give you an extra life, and each life can be cultivated into an immortal body like a god or demon.

These are two aspects, one is precise and the other is broad, but these two aspects do not conflict with each other.

Therefore, they may get injured or die during the fight, but it will not affect the fierceness and ferocity of their attacks at all.

After all, the Dan Gu Yao Sui body of the incarnation is far inferior to the Beihai Kun Peng Wu body. Fortunately, there is the Heavenly Demon Killing Sword formed by the innate magical power of the Purple Mansion Realm, which can control the Five Elements Insects (fifth level) that are lower than its own realm and form insect armor, otherwise this arm would be useless.

In the future, I will look for a magical medicine to reconnect the broken limbs and expel the fire poison.

"Fortunately, I have used the Samadhi True Fire to refine this body to enhance its resistance to fire, otherwise..." Lu Cheng exclaimed in his heart.

The fire dragon also sensed the danger. If a normal human cultivator was hit by its dragon breath, even just a little bit, his entire body would turn into a torch in an instant, and even his Nascent Soul would find it difficult to escape.

And at this moment, the opponent was hit by such a blow, but he only suffered minor damage? This result frightened the fire dragon to death.

The dragon's body coiled, attracting the surrounding magma to form a red armor. The flowing magma solidified on its body surface and turned into ferocious spikes, like a demon wearing armor.

"Roar--"

With a deafening roar, the fire dragon suddenly pounced over.

In the eyes of cultivators like Lu Cheng, the sixth-rank red flame fruit is still a precious spiritual object of heaven and earth. In the eyes of this fire dragon, it is probably an opportunity for achieving enlightenment. How could it retreat so easily?
It was actually trying to use its body to confront the talisman, and to fight it in close quarters. The dragon claws tore, the lightning scattered; the dragon tail swept, the wind blade shattered. The magma armor was constantly peeling off under the bombardment of the talisman, but it was quickly replenished by the earth veins and flames.

Lu Cheng frowned slightly when he saw this, because this fire dragon was not only physically strong and ferocious, but it could also recover infinitely with the power of the earth veins. As a result, a long battle would be disadvantageous.

His mind raced, and he suddenly retracted the talisman and floated backwards.

When the Fire Dragon saw this, he was ultimately not familiar enough with the cunningness of the human cultivators. He thought that this terrifying human cultivator had finally grown weak, and so he attacked even more fiercely.

The blood, flesh and inner elixir of the demon race is a precious medicine for human cultivators. The same is true for the golden elixir and primordial infant of human cultivators.

Of course, in the mortal world, human cultivators collectively refer to the countless monsters as the monster clan, but in the earthly immortal world, there is a powerful dragon clan, and they do not consider themselves to be monster clan.

True dragons, celestial phoenixes, unicorns, and black tortoises are each called a clan in the world of earthly immortals, and the same is true for many powerful branches among the ancient demons.

At this moment, the fire dragon wanted to swallow the Taoist's Nascent Soul in front of it to increase its own vitality and magic power. It swung its body, causing the underwater volcano to vibrate violently. Countless magma columns shot up into the sky, turning this sea area into a flaming cage.

'Right now!'

Lu Cheng was waiting for the moment when the fire dragon used all its strength to activate the power of the earth veins. He suddenly bit his tongue and sprayed a mouthful of blood from the tip of his tongue onto the jade seal.

The "map seal" suddenly lit up, forming an earth-based magic domain around the Taoist.

At the same time, the Wanling Blood Pearl flew out from Lu Cheng's Dantian and hovered in front of his chest. The nine human faces on the dark red pearl opened their eyes at the same time and let out a shrill howl.

The blood was like a tide, dyeing the surrounding flames dark red.

The fire dragon sensed the danger at this moment, but it was too late to retreat.

The magma it had just stirred up was now transformed into a large number of earthy yellow chains by the "map seal", which entangled it continuously, thus becoming a shackle, trapping it in place. Lu Cheng had already finished the last spell, and most of his Nascent Soul Seventh Level mana was invested in the Wanling Blood Pearl.

"Blood Spirit Returns to Origin, Go!"

As the spell was cast, the All-Spirit Blood Pearl suddenly glowed with blood, flew out, and hit the body of the fire dragon, immediately devouring the fire dragon's blood like a whale sucking water.

The hundred-foot-long dragon's body shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, its red scales lost their luster, and the fierce fire in its eyes gradually dimmed.

"Ho, ho, ho..."

The fire dragon struggled frantically, but could not break free of the earth chains around it. After a long time, it let out its last mournful cry, and its body finally went limp.

At this moment, Lu Cheng once again offered up a sixth-grade top-grade "Xuanbing Demon-Suppressing Talisman".

The talisman light exploded and cold air condensed. The sea water within a hundred feet radius centered on the fire dragon instantly froze, temporarily trapping the fire dragon.

"You evil beast, if you break this talisman you will be dead." Lu Cheng said coldly, and then he used the spirit beast bag to collect the ice and turned it into flowing light. He first took away the red flame fruit that was not affected by the battle, and then fled far away to hide.

He was a man who had been through many battles, so he naturally knew the principle of "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind." After this fight, which had created such a big commotion, he had to hide immediately to recover his spiritual consciousness and magic power, while also observing who was approaching nearby to determine whether the person was a friend or an enemy.

Just as Lu Cheng thought, not long after, several beams of light appeared in the sky above the area, as well as a sweeping divine sense investigation.

(End of this chapter)