Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 412 Hundred Poisons and Golden Silkworm Gu

The two walked along the cave. Although they went a long distance deep, there was no sense of dullness in the air.

"There seems to be something on the wall." Tang Xiaolian suddenly said.

"It's true." Yan Yu shone the flashlight on the wall and saw many murals carved on the cave wall.

These murals and the patterns on the cave walls themselves intertwine with each other, so when the spiritual sense scans them, they appear as a large, intricate, meaningless mass of lines. However, if light is shone through them from a certain angle, it will be found that some of the lines begin to reflect brightly, outlining patterns with clear meanings - this is a visual mechanism that only the human eye can see clearly.

The test has already begun here. Is it to test whether I have enough vision to see through the surrounding environment?

"What do you think? I'm pretty useful, right?" Tang Xiaolian put her hands on her hips, waiting for Yan Yu to praise her.

But Yan Yu ignored her completely. He just moved the light from his mobile phone closer and carefully looked at the contents carved on the murals.

Seeing that he ignored her, Tang Xiaolian puffed up her cheeks and her eyes also fell on the mural. Suddenly, she said:

"Is this a sword technique?"

"No, it's sword style." Yan Yu corrected.

"Isn't the sword technique just the sword style?" Tang Xiaolian was puzzled.

"There's a huge difference between the two." Yan Yu stared at the mural carefully and explained, "Sword styles refer to sword moves with clear meanings, such as Pines Welcoming Guests, Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, and Rainbow Piercing the Sun. To put it another way, they're like words."

"Sword techniques involve varying and connecting sword moves to form a complete sword-controlling combat system. It's like a sentence or article composed of many words. Do you understand?"

"I see." Tang Xiaolian suddenly realized, "So this is a dictionary carved on the wall."

"You can say that." Yan Yu was silent for a while, "But these sword styles... I don't quite understand them."

"Captain Yan is a professional swordsman, but he can't understand it?" Tang Xiaolian asked teasingly.

"If you've read advanced textbooks on swordsmanship, you'll know there are currently thirty-six recognized sword styles," Yan Yu said without turning his head. "But judging by the number of these murals, there are far more than thirty-six..."

He suddenly burst into laughter again and said:
"Why am I telling you so much? You're not a professional swordsman."

"I'm really sorry that I'm not a sword immortal!" Tang Xiaolian got angry again.

But there was no point in getting angry. Captain Yan obviously didn't buy it, so she could only take out her cell phone to help with the lighting so that Yan Yu could see more clearly.

Yan Yu walked and stopped here and there to look around, and soon he reached the end of the mural gallery.

"Did you see anything?" Tang Xiaolian asked curiously.

"There are fifty-four forms in total," Yan Yu said thoughtfully. "Besides the thirty-six known forms with many variations, there are also eighteen new forms. The sword movements are rather complex and unusual, and their application is not very wide."

"That's quite normal," Tang Xiaolian agreed. "If they were useful, why didn't they recruit more disciples and pass them on? Instead, they carved them secretly in a place like this where there's no sunlight?"

"You're not a Sword Immortal, you don't understand." Yan Yu glanced at her again, "Judging from the style of the sword path, the current thirty-six forms should be a streamlined version of the fifty-four here. Many complex details have been deleted, which has greatly lowered the threshold for sword control. Even cultivators who are not Sword Immortals can learn it."

"But in fact, if one wants to reach a high level in swordsmanship, one needs to simplify and complicate things, trace back to the source, and master the original fifty-four forms before one can make further progress."

"Old man with long eyebrows, is this why you brought me here? Did you anticipate that your lineage would be truncated and streamlined in the Dharma Ending Age, so you left a copy here?"

"There seems to be another stone door here." Tang Xiaolian suddenly said, "It's exactly the same as the one we broke from the outside before."

Yan Yu went over to check for a moment, then formed a sword technique with his hand and slashed the Huangting Sword towards the stone gate. There was only a dull thud, but the stone gate remained motionless, without a single scratch.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Tang Xiaolian gloated, grinning wickedly, "Is this what a professional swordsman is? This is it?"

Yan Yu ignored her, took out a light and shone it for a while, then saw two seal characters engraved on each side of the stone gate.

On the left is "Guan Ri" and on the right is "Bai Hong".

He changed his sword technique again and made a move like a white rainbow piercing the sun. Sure enough, the stone door shattered.

Tang Xiaolian was stunned. How could the hardness of this stone door change? Before, it didn't even leave a mark when I chopped it, but now it's as brittle as tofu.

"See, this is the professional swordsman." Yan Yu said lightly, stepping in with his hands behind his back.

Damn it, he got it right!

Tang Xiaolian gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, and followed him with her head down. The two of them passed through a corridor and, as expected, encountered a second stone gate. Carved from right to left were four characters in seal script: "Cangsong welcomes guests."

So that's how it is. The mural in front teaches you the fifty-four moves, and behind it is the stone gate that will host the exam. You must master all of them to pass. If you are not a Sword Immortal cultivator and cannot perform the full fifty-four moves, you will inevitably fail at these checkpoints.

Yan Yu suddenly realized something, and he led Tang Xiaolian forward like a hot knife through butter, passing through fifty-three stone gates in a row, only to see light finally appearing in front of them.

Come out!

Tang Xiaolian couldn't help but burst into tears when she suddenly saw the light of day again. She followed Yan Yu out of the cave quickly and saw a picturesque valley outside.

Surrounded by cold and majestic mountains in the distance, coniferous forests are densely woven like silk. Large rivers pour down from the mountains, nourishing the fields on both sides of the valley, and golden flower fields are blooming everywhere.

In the center of the flower field, there is a winding path that eventually leads to a towering palace on the hillside in the distance.

Tang Xiaolian couldn't wait any longer, urging Yan Yu to set off quickly. The two of them descended the mountain path and stepped into the golden flower fields. They could smell a sweet fragrance, not like the usual rich floral scent... If anything, it was more like the grease of grilled steak.

"The smell of this flower is so strange." Tang Xiaolian went to smell it curiously. Before she got close to the golden flower, she was suddenly pulled by Yan Yu behind her.

She staggered and lost her balance, falling headfirst into Yan Yu's arms. Just as she was about to get angry and ashamed, Yan Yu pulled her hard with his left hand and quickly pulled her behind him. At the same time, he made a series of sword gestures with his right hand, and the Huangting Sword flew out, making a crisp sound like the collision of metal.

Only then did Tang Xiaolian see clearly that where she had just stood, a golden beetle was knocked away by the Huangting Sword, but it was unharmed. It buzzed angrily for a moment, then changed direction and continued to pounce.

What kind of poisonous insect is this! It's not even afraid of being chopped down by a flying sword?
Tang Xiaolian looked shocked. Although Yan Yu had no expression on his face, he was secretly on high alert.

He recognized the golden beetle as the famous golden silkworm Gu with a hundred poisons from his previous life!
It is invulnerable to swords and spears, and immune to water and fire. It can even eat away gold and iron. If an ordinary cultivator is bitten by this vicious insect, he will die of the poison within three quarters of an hour even if he escapes in time.

In a previous life, there was a famous folk insect-wielding cultivator named Dai Zongwei, nicknamed the "Insect Emperor." He relied on three poisonous golden silkworm Gu to wreak havoc. Later, he was recruited by the Annan Army, but his arrogance remained unwavering, and he vowed to become the Annan Army's foremost cultivator. Then, struck by Immortal Xie's thunder technique, his worldview shattered. He then transformed himself into the Immortal's minion, serving him at his beck and call without complaint.

Considering that this man had never betrayed since he was recruited, and was considered an upright man, and that there were no insect-using monks in Yan Yu's team, he had not thought of taking those poisonous golden silkworm Gu in advance, but he did not expect to encounter another adult insect here!
The poisonous golden silkworm Gu can only be refined and recognized by its master during the egg period. Once it hatches, it cannot be tamed. In addition, it is immune to most physical attacks and spell damage, so it is a terrifying natural enemy of most extraordinary people.

Yan Yu pinched the sword technique in his hand and used the Cangsong Welcoming Move to intercept the angry Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu. He turned around and said:

"run."

"Ah?" Tang Xiaolian was puzzled.

"Run!" Yan Yu saw that she was still in a daze and had no time to explain. He continued to use the Huangting Sword with his right hand to intercept the golden silkworm Gu, grabbed Tang Xiaolian's hand with his left hand, and ran forward along the path in the flower field.

(End of this chapter)