Chapter 18 If there is a practitioner in the future who has three points of practice, I will have seven points of inspiration
After returning to Chixin Temple, Lu Cheng was in a good mood.
This time, I got a lot of money from killing the monsters. Moreover, Chen Qingyun, one of the Chen brothers and sisters, privately gave his talisman experience to Lu Cheng out of guilt.
Although it does not involve fundamental Taoism, strictly speaking, this kind of thing violates the laws of the master.
Just the contents of the talisman that Chen Qingyun learned are almost all in the Huoyun Mansion's library (but the predecessor, Lu Cheng, did not write down the learning). After Lu Cheng accepted it, it would be difficult for anyone to know unless he and Chen Qingyun told him. .
And there are indeed several spells among them, which are very useful.
In the early morning, inside the Chixin Temple, Chen Qingfeng was doing exercises to heal his injuries, Chen Qingyun was drawing talismans to cultivate his character, and Lu Cheng was practicing swordplay in the courtyard.
At this time, there was a sudden noise in the front yard.
Lu Cheng frowned slightly, sheathed his sword and held it upside down. With a step forward, the young man in Taoist robes shrank to the ground and quickly came to the front yard of Chixin Temple.
Disciples of the Red God Son must practice martial arts to cultivate their foundation in the innate realm. During this period of time, Lu Cheng has fully practiced these ordinary martial arts on himself, and even made some breakthroughs based on what he saw in his previous life.
Arriving at the front yard, Lu Cheng saw the maids standing there, surrounding a man covered in blood, who was the steward He Lan.
She crawled here overnight, covered in blood from wounds.
When Lu Cheng first arrived, there were several strong servants who seemed to be trying to drag He Lan down. They didn't look like they were trying to save her.
"Guanshi He, what's wrong with you?"
The young Taoist rushed forward, drove away the people around him, and helped He Lanqing, who was seriously injured and close to death, up.
He Lan's family was the first family that Lu Cheng came into contact with after he came to this world. In addition, He Lan was also diligent and conscientious in his work, so Lu Cheng was indeed very concerned about it.
"Guanzhu Lu..."
He Lan, who was already unconscious, heard the voice and slowly opened his eyes and saw Lu Cheng.
Then, she didn’t know where the strength came from, but she forced herself to push Lu Cheng away, then knelt down and kowtowed to Lu Cheng.
"Guanzhu Lu, our Xu family is sorry for you... We originally planned to die without telling you about this matter."
"Our family is sorry for you..."
"What's the matter? If anything happens, we'll tell you that it doesn't have to be like this."
"Guanzhu Lu, the Gu Shen Cult took away Gou Sheng and Er Girl, I want to use them as human sacrifices to the Gu God. My man wanted to take us to escape yesterday, but he was killed. Our people have been beaten to death, and my mother has left... I'm sorry for causing you trouble, but I have no other choice but to find you..."
While crying and talking, He Lan said from He took out a broken pair of scissors from his sleeves and stabbed himself in the neck quickly and hard.
She didn't want to tell Master Lu about this in her heart. She felt that Master Lu alone would never be able to deal with so many monks from the Gu God Sect.
But she couldn't help it.
The whole family died. Gou Sheng and Er Ya were captured and were about to be sacrificed as human sacrifices. Their mother was also dead when they returned home.
He Lan had no other choice. She stumbled to Chixin Temple and told Temple Master Lu about it. Then I wanted to die and make amends with my life to the temple owner.
It was just half of the scissors that He Lan stabbed at his neck, but the young Taoist in front of him flew away with a flick of his finger.
Then Lu Cheng waved his hand and gently pressed He Lan's eyebrows to make him pass out.
"Bring Mr. He to the wing room in the temple to rest. You have to take good care of him. If anything goes wrong, this temple is your sole responsibility."
I clicked on the strong ones who wanted to drag He Lan away just now. Servant, Lu Cheng said.
"Also, who among you tells me what the Gu God Cult and human sacrifice are all about? I have been here for a while, how come I have never heard of this?"
Around The servants looked at each other and didn't dare to say anything. The clever one rushed to work and gently dragged He Lan to a side room.
"If you don't say anything, get out of here today." Lu Cheng suddenly shouted angrily.
Seeing that the master of the temple was angry, the servants and women around him could no longer bear the pressure, and they started telling each other everything.
The Gu God Sect is a sect developed by those Gu masters. It has influence all over southern Xinjiang. It focuses on using people to worship Gu, so as to obtain the protection of the Gu God. The place where it is located is not protected by Yin spirits and monsters. of infringement.
The branch below the Gu God is called the Gu King. Only the Gu King is qualified to protect a party. However, every five years, the protected place must provide boys and girls as human blood sacrifices.
This year, it seems that the Xu family was chosen by drawing lots.
I know something about the Gu God Cult in Lucheng. It is a widely spread monk sect in the Hundred Thousand Mountains further south in southern Xinjiang. It is said that the cultivation of its leader is unfathomable and he can live forever. Immortal.
However, mortals' definition of immortality is different from that of monks. In their view, living for hundreds of years is considered immortal.
In this world, due to the widespread spread of Taoist qi training, even ordinary people who have good habits of practicing breathing and exhalation can live to an average of sixty or seventy years old. Of course, this refers to wealthy areas, not like Ishihara County. As soon as they reach fifty years old, they throw them into the Mangshan area.
The people of the Tang Dynasty believed in Taoism, and the Gu God Sect was not allowed to teach openly in the Tang Dynasty. It was only in private that in order to resist the invasion of Yin spirits and ferocious beasts, the art of cultivating Yin Gu was practiced privately in the southern border area. This is something that is difficult to prevent.
The practice of these evil methods progresses very quickly, and after they are completed, the methods are weird. A monk who has practiced Buddhism for ten years may be harmed by a Gu master who has been cultivating Gu for a year or two when he comes to southern Xinjiang. It is just absolutely impossible. The road ahead for most Gu masters is cut off Absolutely, even the legendary Gu God leader's true cultivation is from the side sect's Qi training lineage. He is just allowed to mix various classics and find new ways to practice successfully, so that he can live forever. For him, Gu technique is just a protection. It's just a means.
“When and where will the blood sacrifice be performed?”
After understanding what was going on from the words of the servants around him, Lu Cheng pondered for a moment and asked.
"Tomorrow we will be at Shilipo, before nightfall." A servant girl who knew about the matter replied.
"Okay, you guys, please retreat and do whatever you have to do. This matter has nothing to do with you anymore."
Lu Cheng commanded with a calm expression, just before turning around At that time, he happened to be face to face with Chen Qingyun, who had arrived at an unknown time.
"...Senior Brother Lu, no matter how bad the Gu master is, he still protects the safety of a place. It is difficult to get a glimpse of the right path, but Gu magic can make rapid progress. There is no way around it. We have to leave after all."
Chen Qingyun's eyes flickered, and he was searching for a reason.
Lu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, but smiled after a moment, knowing that the other party at least had good intentions towards him.
“Junior sister Chen is right, I don’t want to do anything as a brother, I just want to do something to the best of my ability, and I will do what I can.”
“Huh, then Okay.”
Chen Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. At this time, Lu Cheng had already passed her by:
"Then I'm going to practice my swordsmanship. Junior Sister Chen, please help yourself."
The tone was soft, but for some reason, Chen Qingyun heard a bit of alienation from yesterday. She only hoped that she heard it wrong. .
Chen Qingyun stayed there for a moment. At this time, there were footsteps behind him. Chen Qingyun turned around and saw his brother Chen Qingfeng.
Chen Qingyun told his brother what had just happened.
Chen Qingfeng frowned slightly when he heard this: "Although the hardships in southern Xinjiang are far less prosperous than those in Middle-earth, there are a lot of cultivation resources. In areas like Shiyuan County, which is close to thousands of mountains, there are at least several practitioners. The Qishi family is entrenched. Even if we are strong dragons, we cannot overwhelm the local snakes. Alas, I hope Brother Lu can understand why things cannot be done.”
While the Chen brothers and sisters were talking, Lu Cheng was practicing swordplay in the main hall of Chixin Temple.
But the more he practiced his sword, the angrier he became. Pictures of when he first arrived in Shiyuan County and interacted with Xu Erniu's family flashed in his mind:
The kind old woman feeding the chickens , that Gou Sheng who runs in front every time he eats, that timid Erya who always likes to hide behind A Niang, and that He Lan who has some small plans of his own but does his best for himself. Xu Erniu, who wanted to hide my mother's age and take care of her for another two years, is now dead.
He is a big and thick man, and he calls his mother-in-law Lanlan...
Woooo...
Whoosh whoosh...
The sword is light and agile, focusing on avoiding the real and hitting the weak, finding gaps and entering, and killing the enemy with one sword! Avoid using turbidity.
Lu Cheng clearly knew the essence of the sword formula in his heart, but when he used the sword at this moment, he subconsciously used more and more force. Gradually, the Chisong sword was like a big sword in his hand, and he began to slash and slash. Lord.
Sometimes he holds the sword in one hand, sometimes he holds the sword in both hands, his body moves, and when he swings the sword, the sword wind whistles and whines.
Rationally I know: Chen Qingyun is right, Southern Xinjiang has its own laws. The monks with the four surnames of Li, Tu, Zou and You who are entrenched here, plus the foreign aid from Gu Shen Sect, there are more than a dozen Zuodao monks in the late stage of Qi training.
Once you make a mistake and destroy your physical body, your future path will be ten times more difficult. I still have a great future, the road to eternal life.
But Lu Cheng always felt that the sword in his hand was screaming.
On this day of sword practice, Lu Cheng practiced all day long.
"Senior Brother Lu?"
Pingping Tingting's pretty little Taoist nun Chen Qingyun came outside the hall and called softly. However, she could not stop the young Taoist who was bent on dancing with the sword.
Chen Qingyun was a little worried about Lu Cheng, fearing that he would fall into inner demons, so when he saw this, he quickly went to find his elder brother Chen Qingfeng.
After Chen Qingfeng heard about this, he came outside the main hall of Chixin Temple and saw the scene inside. He frowned deeply at first, then paced back and forth outside the hall, and sighed after a long time:
"He has already had a heart as strong as iron, and now he is just refining his distracting thoughts. He is a disciple of the real Red God Son and is worthy of being the direct descendant of the ancient sword immortal lineage. "After pondering for a long time, Chen Qingfeng gritted his teeth and said:
"Yun'er, go and ask the master to come over. It's fine if we don't come. Since we have already been involved in this matter, if If you stand idly by, even the master will lose face with the real Chi Shenzi in the future.”
"...Yes."
When Chen Qingyun heard the previous words, he was about to say that the master was still in retreat and would not receive the sound transmission talisman. But when he heard his brother's words behind him, he gradually understood the seriousness of the matter. After a while, he sacrificed his magic weapon, Hong Ling, and left the Chixin Temple.
Chen Qingfeng's internal organs were shaken and he was seriously injured. He looked inside for a moment outside the main hall of Chixin Temple, then he turned to the side room and began to swallow the elixir to heal his injuries with all his strength.
Beliefs are often shallow without reflection.
A little Taoist boy, he has grown up in a Taoist temple since he was a child. He naturally believes in Taoism. However, although this belief is pure, it has not been thought through. It floats on the surface and is difficult to penetrate into the heart.
When the Taoist boy grew older, he saw the vast world outside and realized that in addition to Taoist temples, there was Buddhism, demonism, demons, Gu magic, and countless heretics in this world. Even in Taoism, It is also divided into different dharma lines.
At this time, speculation and choice begin. Buddhism has means of vows, the devil's path is advancing rapidly, the demon clan's legal body is powerful, the natal magical power is powerful, the poison is weird and unpredictable, and there are also magic methods that are easy to grow.
Knowing this, after understanding this, Taoist thought, he still believed that the Taoist temple he grew up in was his best choice. This is the second level. Beliefs are firm after reflection.
This is exactly the state Lu Cheng is currently in.
The third level, the little Taoist boy grew up in a Taoist temple. When he grew up, he entered Buddhism and left Buddhism, entered the demonic path and escaped from the demonic path. All the heretics in the world could be ignored, and he could even go one step further to become a sect. He became an ancestor, but he finally returned to his Taoist temple and achieved great success in Taoism.
"The "Chiji Heart Technique" is the fundamental method of Qi training for our sect, and it directly points to the golden elixir avenue. However, if you want to practice the Chiji Heart Technique to a higher level, you need the domineering and sharp energy in the sword to assist you in breaking through..."
"Master Chi Shenzi belongs to the lineage of ancient sword immortals. Ordinary Qi practitioners can hide, avoid, ignore, or escape thousands of miles away to avoid disasters, but swordsmen monks cannot do that. They can only because If a swordsman loses his courage, he will never be able to reach a higher level."
"Of course I am doing it within my ability, but it's not like I haven't done it before, and it's not like I haven't won... ..."
"The poor Taoist wants to use the sword in his hand to cut down the mountains and destroy the temples to kill all the strange ghosts and evil spirits."
It is night, and Lu Cheng's sword becomes more and more exciting and fierce as he practices it. Li.
Therefore, he did not notice that as his own thoughts continued to be purified.
In the main hall of Chixin Temple, the bottle of the statue of Chixin God gradually ignited, with a faint red light: If there is a practitioner in the future, he has three points of practice...
times Day, noon.
A fierce neighing sounded from the main hall, and then, in the horrified eyes of the servants and women in the temple, a majestic red war horse was seen running out like a ball of flame.
After practicing swordsmanship day and night, the thoughts in Lu Cheng's heart have been purified to the extreme. The only thing he can do is kill. As for why he has to wait until noon.
This is because it is noon at this time, and all evil spirits and spells are suppressed.
"My little sister, I'm afraid my trip was in vain this time, and I just couldn't make it in time. However, it might as well be a trip in vain, at least Master Fan will have a reason to speak to the real Chi Shenzi in the future."
Chen Qingfeng, who had yet to recover from his internal injuries, sighed in his heart as he looked at the Taoist priest riding away.
The reason why he sent his sister out yesterday was actually because of this consideration. Chen Qingfeng knew that his sister admired this true disciple of Huoyun Mansion, so he sent his sister out because he was afraid that his sister Go through danger with this person.
……
The wind and sand rustled, and the treetops swayed.
At noon on Shilippo, Li Jiuyou, Tu Hong, You Pozi and Zou Shepo were drinking. There was a temple on the slope beside them.
This temple has no windows, which is the so-called black temple. Only one door is still tightly closed at the moment, and the cries of children can be heard from inside.
The time for the Black Sacrifice has not yet come. When the time for the Black Sacrifice arrives, the Gu King will crawl out of the mountains and forests and enter the temple to enjoy blood food.
Before that, the monks from the local Gu God Sect would also enjoy themselves here, and at the same time, they would also sit in to ensure that the entire Black Festival would not be disturbed.
Once the Gu King's enjoyment of blood food is disturbed, twice or twice as many sacrifices can quell his anger.
And this process is also a process for the local monks to establish their own authority: even the children have been handed over. In the future, the local monks will ask for money and land, and naturally they will ask for everything.
On the Shili Slope at this moment, there are dead cows, dead sheep, and dead pigs, not to mention chickens, ducks, fish, and geese. They are all slaughtered on the spot, and the blood is soaked in the loess.
A local butcher’s son was killed on the spot because he was afraid that the slow slaughtering would offend a monk. Now he is hung up, and the meat is cut off piece by piece and roasted on the iron plate. Eaten by that monk.
His father was trembling and crying. Not knowing that his son was dead, he first knelt down and begged for mercy, then picked up a knife and fought hard, but was also killed.
There are many voodoo elves in the deep mountains and old forests of the southern border region. The practice of many local monks is to reach a contract with these voodoo elves and merge into one.
In this way, the mana that these Gu elves have cultivated for hundreds or thousands of years can be lent to the contracted monks.
Therefore, one or two years of practicing the Dharma can be equal to ten or twenty years of practicing Taoism.
As the saying goes, it is easy to gain magical powers but easy to enter the devil's trap.
According to the Buddhist theory of six paths of reincarnation, the level of these Gu elves is far lower than that of humans.
People take the initiative to communicate with them and the two parties reach a legal agreement. In a certain sense, they are willing to fall. Although they can obtain magic power in a short period of time, the voodoo elves have obtained the human body. If they practice normally, they may never be able to obtain it. arriving human body.
Moreover, those who are close to demons are different, and those who are close to demons are hindered.
Some monks have integrated too deeply with these Gu elves and gradually lost some of their normal humanity. Moreover, they do not think there is anything wrong with them, but they think it is because you can't figure it out.
For example, normal people would not get together and eat with enthusiasm, but they think it is normal.
Li Jiuyou, Tu Hong, You Pozi, and Zou Shepo are entrenched in Shiyuan County. Although they are also side sects, they have also been influenced by the Xuanmen dharma. At this time, they are watching the group of monks eating people. It was full of enthusiasm, but also a bit disdainful.
"By practicing this way, you have transformed yourself from a human into a beast. Can it still be called cultivation?" Li Jiuyou said after drinking a bowl of wine.
“For them, there is no great pursuit, and what they practice is not the secret method of immortality, it is just a craft passed down from family. At this moment, I understand somewhat, how the orthodox monks of Xuanmen view We treat them as we do."
Zou Shepo said with a smile as she had a black snake wrapped around her body.
"Survive first, then improve. This is true everywhere. As long as we accumulate from generation to generation, one day we will become the authentic Taoist sect." Li Jiuyou sighed deeply, and his eyes returned to determination.
Just at this moment, Tu Hong suddenly turned his ear and frowned slightly: "Did you hear the sound of horse hooves?"
"The sound of horse hooves?"
Just when the three of them were confused, there was a boom.
A blue-white thunder suddenly fell in mid-air, like a bolt from the blue, purifying the world.
The monk who was cutting people's flesh to eat was struck by lightning before he could react. He was hit diagonally and flew away. In an instant, his whole body was blackened and lifeless.
Immediately afterwards, a Taoist riding a red horse came with a sword and struck each other with hammers and cones on the left and right sides of his body, making a roar of thunder, and at the same time as they collided, A dozen blue-white thunderballs appeared next to the hammer and cone, ready to merge into it at any time.
"This lunatic, he actually came!"
Li Jiuyou originally thought that the possibility of Chi Xin Guan Lu Cheng coming was just in case. He really didn't expect him to come, but he didn't expect it. , Lu Cheng not only came, but also rode a horse and held a sword to kill people on the spot, showing no mercy and leaving no room for mercy.
You come here, bow your head, recognize me, and offer me a few volumes of the superior Taoist teachings. It’s not like we can’t return the children of your pure heart to you. At worst, we will go to the county to arrest the children of a few families. Can you commit the crime and fight against a dozen of us?
"Bold thief, how dare you"
Before the monk finished speaking, Lu Cheng had already pulled the reins to control the horse, passed by him and waved his sword. The great head flew up.
"How is it possible? Why didn't Du Ling cast a spell?"
A Gu cultivator who was farther away took off the black bamboo basket he was carrying, untied it and opened it, then rushed towards Lucheng and pointed his finger at it.
A swarm of black bees flew out from it and flew towards the man.
However, beside Lu Cheng's head, there were three magic weapons held up by his own magic power. One of them was a pale gold folding fan. As the magic power was poured into it, flames first surged up on it, and then directed towards the black pressure. With a slap of the black bees, a large area of Six Desire Tribulation Fire enveloped and burned those black bees to death. Even if the remaining power was not gone, the flame impact ignited the Gu cultivator, igniting him into a burning man, howling miserably. Barking and rolling around.
The normal Six Desires Tribulation Fire should be pink, and the temperature would not be so high, but at this moment, Lu Cheng’s mana is injected into the Six Desires Peach Blossom Fan. The Six Desires are gone, and only the Tribulation Fire is left, which is red. The flame temperature and lethality are both astonishing.
"Tu Hong, go and stop him. We can't let him kill people like this again. Ma Jiulang and the others don't even have a chance to cast spells. It's not worth their while to die." Li Jiuyou instructed Tu Hong while holding the spell in both hands to summon the corpse puppet.
"Okay."
Looking at the red calamity fire, Tu Hong felt a little scared. But Mrs. You cast a Yin spirit protection technique on him, and Tu Hong had no choice but to do it as soon as he gritted his teeth.
Even if that Taoist was powerful, Tu Hong would never believe that he had no ability to protect himself.
Lu Cheng focused on killing, riding his horse and swinging his sword. At this moment, the Jian Yuanlu mana in his body was running at a speed two or three times that of normal operation. He wanted to increase the sword power faster, There are two ways to be more fierce and ruthless.
One is to continuously increase mana. The stronger the mana, the faster the sword light will naturally be. The other is to speed up the running speed of mana. The faster the running speed of mana, the harder and more fierce it will be to push the sword light.
Lu Cheng's magic power was already powerful and complex. At this moment, it was running violently at two or three times the normal speed. With its widened and strengthened meridians, there was also a faint feeling of tearing.
(End of this chapter)