Chapter 256 The mantis stalks the cicada, with the oriole behind (1)
The section of shadowy wood in front of us is just a small section of roots of the ghost baby tree, and its main body is still deep underground, apparently being This time the earth dragon turned over and was shaken up.
After Lu Cheng observed carefully from a relatively distance, he formed a magic formula with both hands, and relied on his profound cultivation of the Five Elements Escape Technique to turn it into a ray of yellow light that went deep into the ground silently.
The earth escape technique is surrounded by thick earth and rocks. The darkness is like an abyss that swallows everything, which will make ordinary monks uncontrollably afraid. During the escape process, Lu Cheng keenly sensed a wave of The ancient and cold atmosphere became stronger and stronger, guiding him forward.
Suddenly, a glimmer of light appeared in the distance. As Lu Cheng approached, the light gradually turned green and faint, like a will-o'-wisp at night, which looked particularly strange in this silent underground world.
Finally, he arrived at an empty underground cave. The cave was damp and cold, and the air was filled with earth and a musty smell of decay.
In the center of the cave, beside the cold pool, an ancient tree stands so huge that it almost reaches the sky. Its trunk is as old as countless years, and the bark is covered with dense black textures, as if recorded. With traces of time.
The root systems of countless branches are twisted and winding, and the extending branches are like a baby's arms, small but full of power.
A faint green will-o'-the-wisp floated around the tree. It was these will-o'-the-wisps that scattered the previous ghostly light.
Lu Cheng used the eight-view Tianyizhen secret method, restrained his body, spirit, and spirit, and listened attentively. The sound of wind, water, and the unknown slight sound of breathing, in this silent underground world Intertwined.
He could feel that the ancient tree in the distance in front of him contained powerful vitality and an unspeakable malice.
That is not a malice directed at oneself, but against all living beings.
Time passes day by day, and I don’t know how long it has passed. Lu Cheng hides himself with Tianyi Zhenjue, and Tianyi Zhenjue blends into nature, but I am afraid that even the group of Taoist priests in the Eight Views are not as good as Lu Cheng It was performed well only because Lu Cheng cultivated the true meaning of the Five Elements, and all things in the world are based on the Five Elements.
Plop.
A demonic elk beast that had reached the third level of cultivation was entangled by a tree root, dragged into the cave, and smashed to the ground.
Deer blood contains pure yang energy, which greatly replenishes the physical spirit. Therefore, this monster beast was not directly nailed into the neck by tree roots and branches, drained of blood and swallowed dry, but was dragged here for the main body to devour.
Click click click click.
Along with a harsh sound, the ghost-infant tree demon turned around, revealing an old human face, full of wrinkles and layers of wrinkles, but it was the face of an extremely kind old woman. It just opened its mouth and swallowed the elk monster completely into its mouth. It chewed and swallowed, and rich blood overflowed from the corners of its mouth.
After devouring the elk monster, Granny Ghost Infant breathed and rested for a moment, then opened her mouth again, and a white light appeared and spread faintly from it. After a while, two chubby white lights came out of it. Come doll.
They were laughing and joking, chasing and fighting with each other - Taoism returns to the infant, allowing practitioners to temper their three treasures of essence, energy and spirit. Qi Shen returns to the innate baby state, which is innate, and then uses this vast world as the mother body to cultivate infinite life.
The blood of the father and the mother creates life, which is nothing more than a mustard seed. It is only ten months, and the grain and rice are only a few loads, but the baby that finally takes shape has grown thousands or even tens of thousands of times. Unfortunately, once born, life changes from innate to acquired. After twenty years of growth, acquired resources consume ten thousand times as much as the former. How does it compare to the innate state?
The yin and yang of heaven and earth, the universe of men and women, and the way to immortality are already within them.
At this moment, the magic formula in Lu Cheng's hand changed, and his whole body suddenly turned into a puff of smoke and fled.
The next moment, the position where he had just stood was torn to pieces by several dark tree roots. Granny Guiying looked at the empty place with doubts, and in the end, she just thought that she had made a mistake.
Using the Five Elements Earth Escape to return quickly, Lu Cheng already had a rough idea of how far the ghost-infant tree demon had reached.
The soul-nurturing tree and the ghost baby fruit are both mature. The soul-nurturing tree refers to a section of the heart of the ghost baby tree demon, and the ghost baby fruit is the two ghost babies just now.
The monk uses the ghost infant to reverse the yin and yang cultivation. Because the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit are not in harmony, even if he barely succeeds in cultivation, he will definitely be at the bottom among the Yuanying monks. But here, here, the ghost infant tree demon will definitely be extremely powerful. The difficult sixth-order Nascent Soul demon.
So Lu Cheng came here just for exploration and must retreat.
Although Lu Cheng was conceited, he also knew that if it was a sneak attack, even if he faced an early Yuanying monk whose realm was not stable and whose magical weapons were not sufficient, he would still be somewhat sure of defeating him.
But if the other party wants to escape, it will be difficult for him to keep him. If the opponent is not in the early stage of Nascent Soul, or has some powerful magic weapon, then he will most likely be the one who dies.
"There are still some lack of opportunities. According to the classics, although some ghost baby trees have existed for thousands of years, they have not cultivated into monsters. The ghost baby fruits formed can be picked and taken away by a mortal. And the ghost-infant tree demon I met is probably an extremely powerful character. She They have almost faintly sensed me. I am afraid they have no chance to practice the Ao Dao method.”
If there is no chance, these demons accidentally obtain the skills of human monks, and after thousands of years of understanding, they mix their own destiny. The magical powers often become extremely powerful, far exceeding those of their peers.
Of course, there are also some unlucky ones. For example, a tree demon accidentally obtained the high-level fire technique of a human monk. This is more embarrassing. It doesn't matter if you practice it, or if you don't practice it.
Lu Cheng calculated the time and realized that he had probably spent about seven days underground. He had not yet exceeded the limit of the underground mine holiday. His return at this time would be silent and would not disturb anyone.
Just as Lu Cheng continued to move upward, a ray of light suddenly descended from the distance.
When Lu Cheng saw this, he immediately spit out a flying sword that was completely transparent and invisible but had its own essence. His whole body merged with the light of the sword and disappeared without a trace in the space.
Although it was not intentional, Lu Cheng has practiced Taoism for two hundred years, and now he is indeed like an extremely powerful assassin, good at hiding and good at breaking out. The only difference is that as an assassin, he is still an individual cultivator. Body and body cultivation.
"Li Zhuoyang, Mr. Li?"
When the escaping light flew close, Lu Cheng had already recognized the other party. It was Mr. Li of Huanyun Valley who was responsible for guarding the underground mines.
This Li Zhuoyang Li Zhenren is a monk in the late Jindan period. During the internal struggle within the sect, he took the wrong side. Later, he was banned by the Supreme Elder. He will never be able to improve his magic power in this life, even his disciples. No matter how difficult it is to shelter.
Although there is still some freedom, guarding in this underground mine is no different than house arrest, and the rest of his life will be spent.
When Lu Cheng saw him, his thoughts changed slightly and he followed him quietly. Li Zhuoyang didn't notice at all that there was a shadowless sword light following behind him.
"This is...the soul-nurturing tree, the ghost infant fruit?"
Similar to Lu Cheng, Li Zhuoyang also found the root system of a ghost infant tree demon, and his expression suddenly changed with ecstasy.
The Ghost Infant Tree Demon is a sixth-level demon, and there is no way he can match his level of magic power, so he retreated immediately, not daring to explore deeper.
Seeing this, Lu Cheng thought for a moment, then held a hand on his forehead with one hand and waved his hand, and a little golden light fell on Li Zhuoyang's body.
Most of the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu in Lu City have been left in the southern border of Tongxuan Realm, but there are still a small amount of Golden Silkworm Gu on hand, which is of little use in fighting, but some of them are better than Hidden, but still able to play a huge role.
After doing all this, Lu Cheng stopped following Li Zhuoyang and ran away with his sword.
"My own magic power alone is far from enough to deal with the sixth-order tree demon, but if Li Zhuoyang and the others take action, I will be confident enough to advance or retreat."
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The cave is deep and dim, with the only dark red light coming from the dragon Gu that has transformed into a dragon on the Yin Yang Dharma Platform.
Sometimes it transforms into an ancient flame dragon covered with scales and horns, and sometimes it transforms into a lively golden-red ape that jumps around.
The second change of the Five Elements Reform is to use fire to generate earth.
This dragon Gu has been sacrificed and refined by Lin Zhong Taoist for thousands of years. Its essence is so soft and gentle that it can be refined into any kind of physical form. It is an extremely precious Taoist treasure.
When ordinary Taoists obtain it, most of them will use their physical state to simulate their own physical state, and use this to further develop their own magic power. They can have a perfect physical body when they die unexpectedly. If they practice for a long time, , is the most perfect external incarnation, with endless magical uses.
However, although Lu Cheng did the same thing, his approach was a little different from ordinary Taoists. He cultivated Samadhi True Fire as his own magical power. Samadhi True Fire can refine the essence and spirit and smelt the physical body. As long as the essence and spirit are sufficient, the physical body Even if it is severely damaged, it can be refined and recast.
Therefore, except for the inner demons, we are almost no longer afraid of any mistakes in the Qi training method. Practicing partiality and mistakes also greatly enhances the ability to resist external calamities in the practice.
So when practicing the second transformation of the Five Elements Transformation, using fire to generate earth, Lu Cheng practiced it himself first. After gaining experience and proof, he then taught it to Dragon Gu bit by bit, so that, except for the lack of mana, This dragon Gu even mastered the second level before Lu Cheng.
Now, it continues to change, reflecting back to the owner.
Taoist Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the Yin-Yang Dharma Platform, his gaze like a torch fixed on the dragon Gu that was rising into waves of fire.
At this time, Dragon Gu once again transformed into the form of an ancient flame dragon, with a faint golden luster all over its body, as if every scale contained infinite vitality.
The True Fire of Samadhi swirled around the dragon Gu, like a fire dragon, disappearing and appearing, its hot breath making the air in the cave seem to be boiling. At the same time, a large amount of spiritual energy was also involved.
The Taoist's hand gently brushed the horn of Dragon Gu's head, which is the symbol of the top horn of the scales, and is also a symbol of Dragon Gu's cultivation to the extreme.
Following the gentle movements of the Taoist, Dragon Gu's body vibrated slightly, emitting a low and powerful sound.
The True Fire of Samadhi jumped with it, and the flames seemed to have life. They danced around the Dragon Gu, constantly trying to make contact with the Dragon Gu's skin, but at the moment of contact, they were killed by the Dragon Gu. The radiated heat bounces off.
An imperceptible smile appeared on Lu Cheng's face. It was gratification for Dragon Gu's growth, and it was also an affirmation of his progress in Taoism.
Dragon Gu is just a bug in its essence, but after reaching the second level of the Five Elements Transformation, its own essence has also been greatly improved.
This shows that after cultivating the true spirit, after five changes, thirteen changes, thirty-six changes, and seventy-two changes, the physical body becomes an immortal, feathered, and ascends. The path is feasible, at least in the current way. Judging from the legal deduction, there is no problem. Thinking like this, his mind and body were gradually immersed in a mysterious state, as if he was integrated with the dragon Gu, the true fire of Samadhi, and even the spiritual energy of the entire cave.
The air is filled with a strange fragrance mixed with burning and herbs. This is emitted when the Samadhi True Fire refines impurities. It has both the power of destruction and new life. hope.
Earth fire represents violent energy.
The blood and fire representing the material self.
The divine fire, the golden flame of the sun, represents the power of destruction and creation. The three merge together to form the true fire of samadhi for heaven, earth, and people.
As time passed, the temperature in the cave became higher and higher. The flames enveloped the Taoist, and the Taoist absorbed the flames.
But Lu Cheng seemed not to feel it at all. His mind was completely immersed in the cultivation of Taoism within himself and his external incarnations.
Dragon Gu seemed to be sensing the Taoist's artistic conception, and its body began to become more agile, as if it could turn into a golden light at any time, break through the shackles of the cave, and soar above the nine heavens.
At this moment, Dragon Gu suddenly let out a thunderous dragon roar. The sound was full of power and majesty, which shocked the entire cave.
Taoist Lu Cheng's figure also swayed slightly, and he opened his eyes again, but his eyes were more determined. He just touched the dragon Gu with his hand to calm down its madness.
"You can only cultivate to this point? Without the true fire of Samadhi, it is ultimately insufficient in nature and innate."
After all, the essence of dragon Gu is just a Gu insect, and its original potential , transforming into a dragon is already the top Feng and Lu Cheng used the Five Elements Transformation to further their potential and obtain the true spirit transformation of fire and earth. However, it has reached its limit now. Dragon Gu can no longer continue to practice the third level of the Five Elements Transformation. Although the magic power can still grow, the state of the skill But it has reached its limit.
Lu Cheng meditated on the Taoism in Huanyun Valley, and at the same time began to think about how to obtain the Nascent Soul and even the Nascent Soul skills of the Dingzhang World as a reference.
In the great world of Tongxuan, Lu Cheng and his master Huang Longzi both created their own techniques after they reached the golden elixir realm.
Huang Longzi obtained the Taoist lineage of the Palace of Incarnations of Ten Thousand Beasts, comprehended the Spiritual Secrets of Ten Thousand Beasts, and created the general outline of Xuanmen's true spirit transformation. After Lu Cheng cultivated to the Jindan Realm, he comprehended the Spiritual Secrets of Ten Thousand Beasts, and Xuanmen The general outline is to reform the Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method in order to achieve the synergy of the five elements and balance the essence.
Creating one's own exercises has the advantages of creating one's own exercises, and practicing the exercises of predecessors has the smoothness of practicing established methods.
Although the self-created Kung Fu requires extremely high levels of understanding from monks, if one succeeds in practicing, his understanding of the Kung Fu and the Dao will far exceed that of monks in the same realm.
But if there is insufficient understanding and insufficient opportunities, one stage may be stagnant for hundreds of years or even a lifetime. No one without great courage or perseverance would dare to do it.
Both Lu Cheng and Huang Longzi were somewhat helpless. The overall level of Taoism in Tongxuan Realm was so high. Before Huang Longzi cultivated Yuanying, there was no way ahead. If there was a Yuanshen, However, the two of them may not choose this difficult path.
When he came to the world of Dingzhang, although Lu Cheng still practiced his own five-element true spirit transformation method, he still wanted to obtain more of the Nascent Soul and even the Yuan Shen skills inheritance in this world. He could refer to the canon to integrate and improve. , In this way, perhaps many natural chasms that were previously thought to be insurmountable can be crossed in one step, and things that were originally thought to be impossible can be completed through practice.
With the dragon Gu as a reflection of his skills, Lu Cheng's Taoist practice became more and more smooth, his magic power increased day by day, and he made rapid progress.
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After using the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu to stare at the real person Li Zhuoyang for a period of time, Lu Cheng was completely relieved when he found that he was secretly calling friends, but there was no movement from the top management of Huanyun Valley.
This Mr. Li really does not want to let go of this great opportunity to reach the sky and completely change his own destiny.
If the entire sect in Huanyun Valley is monolithic, then it will be extremely dangerous for Lu Cheng to try to draw chestnuts from the fire.
Lu Cheng knew in his heart that he could not defeat the vast majority of Nascent Soul Lords. Facing the few Nascent Soul Lords who were good at escaping, they could not even escape. If you dare to take action, you will definitely die.
I don’t know what kind of cultivation the Yuanying ancestor in Huanyun Valley has, but Lu Cheng at least knows that he has been condensing Yuanying for hundreds of years. If this matter alarms him, then Lu Cheng will have to consider himself Do you want to go through this muddy water again?
Opportunities, dangers, sometimes you have to make judgments and choices.
"Senior Brother Tie."
Underground mine veins, in the steward's room.
Zeng Xue, dressed in white Taoist uniform, burst in with a food box, which seemed to brighten the dark environment here.
"Ah? Senior Sister Zeng! Senior Brother Tie, Senior Sister Zeng is here to see you again."
The young junior steward looked at the famous beauty with envy and greeted Senior Brother Tie, but he only felt envy in his heart.
Senior Brother Tie has outstanding ability in doing things, and his background is also a registered disciple of Jiuxia Peak Master. He is already a senior steward at a young age, and he may not be able to sit in a position that he may not be able to achieve even if he works hard all his life.
No wonder Senior Sister Zeng Xue admires such a person so much.
How could this young Huanyun Valley disciple know how ambitious Zeng Xue was?
After the last underground exploration, Zeng Xue went back and calculated carefully. However, during this exploration, Senior Brother Tie got more than 3,000 spiritual stones. Senior Brother Tie himself was in the late stage of Qi training, and With the protection of Master Jiuxia Fenglin, I'm afraid it won't take a few years to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill to successfully build the foundation.
If she is married now, she will be the wife of a Foundation Establishment monk in a few years. Her identity is stable and her status is respected. Compared with marrying a Foundation Establishment monk as a concubine, she can earn a few more spiritual stones and earn a lot more.
Beauty is cold and arrogant, it all depends on who it is for.
Zeng Xue was of course cold and arrogant towards Cui Zihao and Wu Zhichen, but after calculating the future prospects of this senior brother Tie Xiao, in the past half month, Zeng Xue has been coming to deliver food boxes every day, trying to please him in every possible way. All kinds of flattery can be described as stalking and indiscriminate beating.
If Lu Cheng was really a Qi-training monk, he would have been obsessed with women chasing men, let alone a beauty like Zeng Xue.
But Lu Cheng is now in the Golden Core realm. If he marries a junior like Zeng Xue, who is in the Qi training realm, he will be scolded in secret. Lu Cheng is also afraid that Zeng Xue will not be able to accompany him if his life is not smooth. After a hundred years, the beauty faded away and the jade died.
For cultivators, this is an extremely objective question. A high-level immortal cultivator takes a new concubine, and then goes into seclusion for an epiphany. When he comes back, the former beauty has gray hair and chicken skin or even turned into white bones. This kind of thing has happened in the past, still happens now, and will continue to happen in the future.
"Junior Sister Zeng, because she is determined to pursue the Great Dao and her aptitude is dull, she really has no intention of being distracted. It's not that Junior Sister is not beautiful, it's not that Tie is ruthless, it's just that the Great Dao is ruthless."
In On this day, Lu Cheng finally spoke out. Paying a few spiritual stones at the same time will be considered as the cost of spiritual food for the past few days.
Zeng Xue ran away crying while holding the food box.
She didn’t expect that even though she was already so shameless, this Senior Brother Tie was still so hard-hearted and unmoved at all.
This incident was seen by many people outside the steward's room, and for a while, his reputation as a god became even more widespread.
Even Master Qinghan from Jiuxia Peak heard about it. During a lecture, he publicly praised Tie Xiao Dao for his iron heart and promising foundation.
This is almost a promise: Master will mediate for you when you redeem the sect foundation-building pill in the future.
In addition to spiritual stones, Master Qinghan will do his best to provide help in other aspects.
It happened more than two months ago.
On this day, Lu Cheng was practicing Taoism on the Yin Yang Dharma Platform in the cave.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes and whispered:
"It finally begins."
The beginning here, of course, refers to the real person Li Zhuoyang Hu Peng Summoning friends, after more than a month of preparation, he began to take his Taoist friends who had signed the blood oath contract to go underground together to hunt down the sixth-order ghost infant tree demon.
Although most tree demons like to be quiet and don't like to move, they are alive, and the time has dragged on for too long, with long nights and many dreams. During this time, many Jindan practitioners in the sect went to Haoran Court to participate in the three-sect martial arts competition. , the ancestor of Nascent Soul will most likely also go.
If we wait for them to come back, although the depths of the underground are extremely deep and the Yin Qi is extremely obscure, they may not be able to hide it for a long time.
So these factors are doomed, and Li Zhuoyang cannot afford to delay it.
Hunt the sixth-level ghost-infant tree demon, obtain the ghost-infant fruit, cultivate quietly for decades, transform into a Nascent Soul, and completely change your own path and destiny.
As long as you practice the Yuanying Dao and express your willingness to surrender to the sect and atone for your previous sins, the past events can be easily overcome.
You may not even be able to imitate your predecessors, realize the Tao and meditate for two thousand years, and after the tribulation, you can once again have a glimpse of the ultimate state of the soul.
So even though it was dangerous, we couldn't care less.
"Well, why are there only seven of them? And most of their magic power has not reached the late stage of Jindan. With such cultivation, they dare to attack the ghost infant tree demon?"
Lu Cheng is here Li Zhuoyang had a golden silkworm Gu planted on his body to hide himself, so he could use it to project his spiritual consciousness to see what was going on around him.
In his opinion, the ghost infant tree demon has extremely deep magic power. Although the general level of Jindan Daoist in Dingzhang Great World is relatively high, the seven of them are still not enough to hunt the sixth level. The ghost baby tree demon's.
(End of this chapter)