Reborn Tianlong: I practice martial arts for immortality

"Don't kill me, don't..." Li Canghai looked at Wu Cuihua who was still muttering in her sleep, and his mood was released. Suddenly, the surroundings became much warmer and more peaceful.

Wu Cuihua's voice gradually weakened and her expression gradually calmed down.

Li Canghai murmured, "The Heart-Nourishing Song is effective and can restore sanity, but it cannot eradicate fear. If fear is always present, then regaining sanity may be painful for Cuihua.

The best way to overcome fear is to face it head-on. Let Cuihua watch Jiang Weichen being beaten by her, or kill Jiang Weichen, and she should be fine."

Li Canghai looked at Wu Cuihua. If he allowed this to continue, Wu Cuihua would die of exhaustion.

Li Canghai clenched his white, crystal-clear fist and said, "Since you've called me sister so many times, I'll combine all my old and new grudges to make that devil pay."

At this moment, Qin Xiao came up and said, "Senior, a man from the imperial court has arrived. His name is Tong Guan. He said he is under the order of Xiang Kui from the Inner Court to ask you to come out and deal with Murong Longcheng."

Chapter 345: Heading for the Capital

Li Canghai frowned. She didn't like trouble, so she didn't even show up to meet her sister, but trouble always came to her.

She also knew that Murong Longcheng was going to lead his men to attack the imperial city on September 9th and take control of the imperial city in one fell swoop.

But aren't there two people of the same realm? One is Xiang Kui and the other is Zhang Ziyang, both of whom are mid-stage Grandmasters. How can they not stop Murong Longcheng?

Li Canghai finally left Ziyun Peak. Before leaving, he left behind a music score and asked someone to play it for Cuihua often.

Li Canghai looked at the people who were watching him go down the mountain and shouted, "Tell that coward that my Xiaoyao Sect is not so easy to bully. Tell him to wait for me. I will be back soon."

Qin Xiao and others were embarrassed and did not respond, watching the great god leave.

"That person has left. The Alliance Leader's instructions to boil the medicine must be followed without delay."

"Yes, Hall Master." Everyone responded. Qin Xiao is now the Hall Master of the Foreign Affairs Hall.

Li Canghai couldn't find Jiang Weichen, so he stopped boiling the medicine as Jiang Weichen had ordered.

Qin Xiao and others were helpless. After all, when Li Canghai came, he searched his soul without saying a word. He couldn't resist at all and answered whatever he was asked.

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On the ninth day of the ninth month, the Double Ninth Festival, the weather is sunny and the autumn air is crisp.

It is a good day for scholars and poets to climb high and look into the distance, and miss their old friends. But this year, today, these scholars and poets have lost interest.

This was because a month ago, 400,000 troops were divided into several groups and rushed to various places to suppress Murong Longcheng's men.

Except for a few teams that had the assistance of the masters of the Inner Court, all the others were defeated.

The army gathered by the Song Dynasty was ordinary troops from all over the place. Although their number was greater than that of Murong Longcheng's men, they were warriors.

Normally they were scattered and posed no threat, but now they were enslaved by Murong Longcheng and turned into a powerful army that acted in unison.

In addition, officials from various places who were converted by Murong Longcheng provided strong bows and crossbows, which made the team very powerful.

Murong Longcheng was the first person to unite almost all the martial artists in the Song Dynasty into an army.

On this day, in the early morning outside the city of Bianliang, the mountain dew rose up under the shining sun, as hazy as ever.

On this day, the gates of Bianliang City did not open again as usual.

Everyone in the city, whether they were wealthy nobles or common people, felt heavy-hearted.

In the palace hall, all the civil and military officials frowned. Zhao Xu, who had just ascended the throne for a year, sat on the dragon throne like a mascot.

Later, Empress Dowager Gao, who was ruling from behind the curtain, asked sternly, "My ministers, you usually speak so logically, but now can you come up with a solution?"

"Empress Dowager, in my opinion, it would be better to dispatch border troops to the capital to support the king. No matter how powerful his martial arts are, we will be able to wear him down." A minister said righteously.

"It's not a good idea. If we transfer border troops, and there's no army guarding the border, then Liao and Western Xia will be able to march straight in. If we lose our territory, it will be very difficult to take it back." A minister objected.

"Humph, who cares about losing territory at this moment? If we can't deal with Murong Longcheng, the Song Dynasty will be gone."

"I see you're not worried about the Song Dynasty, you're worried about yourself, right?"

"Queen Dowager, the Grand Master is not afraid of the army. He comes and goes as he pleases. He is not afraid of the army, so he must not be withdrawn from the border."

"........."

There was a great quarrel in the court, and no conclusion was reached. At the same time, in a courtyard in Bianliang City.

"Fairy, you are finally here. If you don't come, the sky of the Song Dynasty will collapse." Xiang Kui said happily.

After Li Canghai sat down, he looked at the pale-faced Xiang Kui and Zhang Ziyang and asked in confusion, "How could you two mid-stage Grandmasters be beaten like this by Murong Longcheng?"

Xiang Kui said with a serious expression, "Fairy, you don't know, Murong Longcheng's realm has returned to the late Grandmaster level. His skills are even more powerful."

Li Canghai frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "How did he break through?"

Is there a blessed place like Changchun Valley in this world? But if you leave a blessed place for a long time, you can't maintain your state of mind.

Just like the spiritual spring water in Changchun Valley, once it is brought out of Changchun Valley, the spiritual energy will quickly dissipate and turn into sweet mountain spring water.

The residents of Changchun Valley have been taking spiritual spring water for a long time. With the spiritual spring water warming and nourishing their bodies, most of them are free from illness and live to be a hundred years old.

However, after leaving Changchun Valley, the spiritual spring in his stomach will quickly dissipate. Without the nourishment of the spiritual spring water, he will age quickly.

"Fairy, after we consulted the Buddhist scriptures, combined with the intelligence sent back and the previous encounters, Murong Longcheng may have learned from the Buddhist scriptures how to absorb and utilize the power of will and faith.

The more people he converts and the more pious they are to him, the higher his realm will be.

He gathered the willpower of all living beings to forcibly elevate his realm, while also using this powerful willpower to block the leakage of his own energy."

Li Canghai was stunned. "Can wish power have such an effect?"

The reason her master was able to maintain the realm of heaven and man was, firstly, that he was in a blessed place like Changchun Valley with rich spiritual energy, and secondly, that her master had comprehended the artistic conception of Beiming's swallowing, and his absorption and discharge were in balance.

Zhang Ziyang interjected, "The essence of willpower is mental strength. Strong mental strength can absorb spiritual energy from the outside world into the body, and also strengthen the control of the body, which naturally reduces the leakage of energy.

However, Murong Longcheng's spiritual power is external. The reason why he can still maintain his sanity is because the people he converted have weak spiritual power.

But when the number of people increases and he reaches the late stage of Grandmaster, he will lose his mind and will be corroded by the desire contained in his willpower and lose his self-identity. "

Li Canghai nodded. Since the decline of heaven and earth, countless people have been studying ways to lock their own energy, and mental power is naturally one of them.

However, there is no definitive answer as to what level of mental strength is needed to maintain a certain state.

After breaking through to the Grandmaster level, the soul gave rise to spiritual consciousness, but there was no systematic method on how to cultivate spiritual consciousness.

One can only strengthen mental strength through visualization and other methods, use it to nourish and strengthen the spiritual consciousness, or the body's rich true essence can also be used to nourish and strengthen it. However, even the spiritual consciousness at the celestial realm cannot control the leakage of body energy.

Mental power is equivalent to acquired consciousness, and consciousness is the product of the growth of innate spirit (soul).

After opening the Niwan Palace and breaking through to the Grandmaster level, one uses the acquired consciousness to nourish and strengthen the innate spirit.

The Niwan Palace is not opened, the innate spirit is obscured, and the acquired conscious spirit dominates the body.

When the Niwan Palace is opened up, the innate spirit becomes the main one and the acquired conscious spirit becomes the auxiliary one, and their positions are exchanged.

Zhang Ziyang said again: "Murong Longcheng has absorbed so much willpower, but the willpower is mixed and contains the various desires of others, so it is bound to lose control.

The reason he can still maintain his sanity today is because of his strong mental strength and the fact that there aren't many strong people among those he has converted."

Li Canghai pondered and said, "If he continues like this, he will probably lose himself sooner or later and become a demon controlled by various desires."

"Fairy Li, I wonder if you can deal with Murong Longcheng now?" Xiang Kui asked solemnly.

"I'm not sure either." Li Canghai said frankly, "Murong Longcheng's skills are now very strong, while I have fallen to the middle stage of Grandmaster."

She had been outside for several months and her realm had long been unsustainable and had fallen.

Xiang Kui sighed. At this moment, a eunuch came over. Xiang Kui looked at this man. His name was Tong Guan. Xiang Kui was quite optimistic about his talent. He was also practicing his [Sunflower Manual].

Although Tong Guan is a eunuch, he has a beard and does not look effeminate at all. Xiang Kui believes that he may be able to break away from the influence of his "Sunflower Manual".

"Tong Guan, does the empress dowager want you to convey something?" Xiang Kui asked.

Tong Guan bowed and replied, "Master, many people have gathered outside the city. The Queen Mother ordered you to kill Murong Longcheng outside the city and absolutely not let him enter."

Xiang Kui frowned. Kill him? Did he really think highly of him?

The Queen Mother lacked understanding of the strength of martial artists in the martial arts world, which might be the reason why they did not take it seriously before.

"I understand. Go back and report to the Queen Mother and tell her that I will do my best." Xiang Kui replied.

Chapter 346 Fierce battle outside the city

Outside the city of Bianliang, accompanied by the sounds of drums, music and stringed instruments, four sedan bearers appeared carrying a golden sedan chair, followed by tens of thousands of people.

The person sitting on the sedan chair was undoubtedly Murong Longcheng.

As Murong Longcheng appeared, a crowd of people who had been waiting in the mountains and forests outside the city began to emerge, shouting, "Welcome the Buddha! May the Buddha's light illuminate all living beings, and may the Buddha's compassion benefit all people."

Tens of thousands of people shouted together, their voices shaking the sky. Coupled with the golden light shining from Murong Longcheng's golden body, it was like a real Buddha descending to the world.

Tens of thousands of people, including warriors, gathered outside the city, like an endless torrent, bound to swallow up the city of Bianliang.

Murong Longcheng sent the previously converted troops to the local area to stabilize the situation, and now all those he summoned are warriors.

Although his number of troops was less than that of the opposite side, as long as he killed Xiang Kui, the imperial guards on the opposite side would also be his, and the imperial city would be within his grasp.

On the walls of Bianliang City, tens of thousands of imperial guards wearing armor and holding spears looked at Murong Longcheng outside the city with serious expressions.

Fan Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, looked anxious. The people in Bianliang City, including the temporarily transferred troops, had only about 200,000 people. Although the number was greater than that outside the city, the people outside the city were all warriors and were completely incomparable.

Although they could take advantage of the city walls and weapons, they could not defeat Murong Longcheng alone.

Fan Yuan called out urgently, "Quick, go and ask Lord Xiang to come and intercept this traitor Murong Longcheng."

"No need, we're here." As soon as the words fell, Xiang Kui, Li Canghai and Zhang Ziyang had already arrived at the city wall.

The three of them looked at Murong Longcheng, and saw that the four great Shaolin monks Xuan Du, Xuan Ku, Xuan Ji and Xuan Tong had actually become sedan chair bearers. They were confused for a moment.

Murong Longcheng glanced at Li Canghai and the other two at the city gate, raised his hand slightly, and his subordinates who were shouting immediately stopped.

Murong Longcheng was wearing a five-clawed dragon robe and his eyes fell on Li Canghai, "Li Canghai, do you still want to meddle in my business?"

"Haha..." Li Canghai laughed like a silver bell. "Murong Longcheng, are you crazy about becoming emperor? You haven't even conquered the whole world yet, and you're already calling yourself the emperor?"

"Hahaha..." Murong Longcheng laughed wildly, "I have already converted most officials from all over the world. Now, as long as we take over this imperial city, I can ascend the throne today."

"Today is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. I don't care about the so-called Supreme Ruler. If I want to be the Supreme Ruler, I will be the Supreme Ruler."

Li Canghai pondered, "Murong Longcheng has changed a lot. Last time he was relatively calm, but now he's a bit manic."

Li Canghai said with a smile: "There are three of us here in the imperial city today, I'm afraid you can't enter."

Murong Longcheng looked at Zhang Ziyang and Xiang Kui on either side of Li Canghai with disdain, "Zhang Ziyang and Xiang Kui? You two defeated generals who were beaten and fled twice by me, what qualifications do you have to go against me now?