Chapter 140 Pay off the debt
Chapter 140 Pay off the debt
Li Wuxiang immediately looked towards the ferry.
Even if his eyesight was good, when he looked from such a long distance, all he could see were a few faint black dots on the other side of the moat. When he concentrated his Dan power on his eyes, all he could see were slightly clearer outlines of human figures - there should be two people in the front, and a dozen or so following behind them.
"There are two cities near the Zhenxing Sect's coffin city. One is Dan City, and the other is Wu City." Mei Zhangjian raised his hand and pointed, "The one on the left is Dan City Lord Hu Zhao, who is a refining spirit. I'm too lazy to explain their realms, just listen to it as the middle stage of refining spirits, and Wu Meng is in the early stage. The one on the right is Wu City Lord Zheng Xuhe, who is also in the middle stage of refining spirits."
Li Wuxiang nodded.
"The cultivation methods of the Six Mysterious Sects and our Taiyi Sect are very different. Our Taiyi Sect emphasizes the sanctification of the physical body and the cultivation of Yang Shen. What does it mean to reach Yang Shen? It means to cultivate the innate Qi in your body into a new you through the methods of Qi Refining, Dan Formation, and Yuanying. This new you is a unity of body and spirit, perfect and flawless, which is the most perfect state between heaven and earth."
“But the so-called leaving the Yang Spirit does not mean that you no longer need your physical body. It’s just that there are two of you in this world, one is the you of this flesh, and the other is the you of the Yang Spirit. If you can cultivate to the realm of a True Immortal, you will merge these two yous into one, without leaving either one behind.”
"As for my Nascent Soul, what came out was the Yin God. The difference between the Yin God and the Yang God - once, Sect Leader Jiang and I were playing around, I produced the Yin God and he produced the Yang God, and we went to appreciate flowers a hundred miles away, and we each picked a flower. After the Yin God and Yang God returned to their positions, I didn't bring back the flowers I picked, but Sect Leader Jiang did. That's the difference."
Li Wuxiang didn't know why Mei Zhangjian was telling him all this, but every word spoken by a sword immortal who was about to become a Yang God should not be nonsense, so he listened carefully and took notes carefully.
"As for the six sects, although they are six sects, their cultivation methods are similar, and they are all heretical. For example, after refining the Qi, we condense the refined Qi into a golden elixir. And they continue to refine all the gods in the body, integrate them into the soul, and enhance the power of the soul. Does it sound familiar?"
Since Mei Zhangjian knew about the "Qing Nang Xian", Li Wuxiang no longer concealed it and nodded: "Yes. The Guang Chanzi I practiced was to refine all the gods in the body into the skin bag."
Mei Zhangjian turned to look at him and smiled: "Good boy, you didn't hide anything, which shows that you have a good heart. Yes, Guang Chanzi is like this. In fact, Guang Chanzi is also a skill that was tested by our Taiyi Taoist monks a long time ago. What is this skill? It is to solve a problem of our swordsman. You have to listen to me on this issue."
"Senior Sister Mei, please continue. I remember everything."
Mei Zhangjian patted his arm and said, "Okay. After refining the spirit in the Six Departments of Xuanjiao, the next realm is returning to the void, which is equivalent to my Nascent Soul. What is the void in returning to the void? It means starting to refine your soul and spirit, and refining your soul and spirit into the innate Qi."
"When they have refined their own souls and spirits, which are equivalent to the Taiyi Dao Yangshen, they will begin to merge with the Dao. What Dao are they merging with? They are merging this innate Qi with the Dao of the six great emperors. Therefore, in the later stage of merging with the Dao, they will ascend to the wonderful realm."
"I guess you must have thought about one thing - the Six Sects of Xuan Sect have so many people, so many monks, and so many natural treasures, why do they just stay in their dioceses and not come out to destroy our Taiyi Sect?"
"It's because their cultivation is not for themselves, but for the six great emperors. Their cultivation methods are all to make themselves closer and closer to the state of the six great emperors. The closer they are, the stronger the true spirits they can summon will be. Therefore, within the diocese, the cultivators of the six mysterious sects have divine help, and can exert 20% of their 100% skills."
“But once they leave the diocese, the higher the cultivation level, the more limited the abilities they can display. Of course, cultivators who have returned to the void are still stronger than those who have refined qi outside the diocese, but generally speaking, the difference between cultivators of the Six Divisions of the Mysterious Sect who have refined qi outside the diocese is smaller. So when you see those who walk in the Six Divisions of the Mysterious Sect, they are all refining qi.”
Plum Palm Sword let out a sigh of relief: "Do you understand? Outside the diocese, within the same realm, swordsmen have no rivals in this world. Once inside the diocese - not to mention the cripples of the thirty-six sects - our swordsmen will also be suppressed by the Xuanjiao monks. Therefore, the six Xuanjiaos have to expand the diocese, otherwise, they dare not come to our territory."
"I just mentioned Guang Chanzi. This thing is like this - the Xuanjiao monks in the diocese, because they follow the path of soul refining, can accommodate a lot of spiritual energy. As for us swordsmen, our flesh and blood have their limits after all, and we can't produce as much as they do. When you cultivate to the Yang God like Master Jiang, this limit will be reached."
"But what if the flesh can hold more spiritual energy? So someone came up with this idea - to try out a technique that refines the flesh to perfection first, and then continue to practice. The Yang Spirit achieved in this way will be even more powerful. But there are always pros and cons. The con is that, as you already know, practice will become very difficult. The True Immortal Body Dao Chapter is already difficult, and it is even more difficult for a Green Bag Immortal to practice."
"You must have encountered many life-and-death moments. This is not because you are unlucky, but because of your human calamity." Mei Zhangjian turned to look at him, "You are the first person in Taiyi Sect to successfully form a pill since Guangchanzi's technique was invented. Junior Brother Li, you are the vitality seed of my sect."
Li Wuxiang was silent for a moment: "Senior Sister Mei, Lou He said that Guang Chanzi was created by himself..."
"I know about this. Guang Chanzi's technique has been abandoned in the sect for a long time, but now, in the past few hundred years, it will be a matter of life and death for Taiyi Sect." Mei Zhangjian looked into the distance and let out a sigh of relief, "After the last war, the Six Sects of Xuan Sect had the support of the Great Emperor and recovered much faster than us, and the diocese is getting bigger and bigger. The bigger the diocese, the shorter the interval for expansion."
"I calculated privately, and now is the critical juncture. If we allow them to expand outward, they will be unstoppable in the future, and the Sword Sect will be destroyed. If we can stop this momentum, there will be a glimmer of hope. Sect Leader Jiang is mature and prudent, and I am a little more thoughtful, so I let Lou He try. He is a very courageous person, which is why I accepted him into the Sword Sect in the first place, but I didn't expect that he is even more courageous than I thought. After punishing him, I will also accept the punishment."
"But one thing he did right was having you. I told you all this today so that you wouldn't be clueless when you return to Nether Nine Abyss. I also want you to know that you are extraordinary. Once a person feels that he is extraordinary, he may really soar to the sky."
These words made Li Wuxiang feel at ease. It was not the best result - everything that happened to him seemed to be an accident in a certain plan and experiment.
But at least it means that the path he is taking now is correct. It will be more difficult, but also stronger - isn't this what he wanted when he decided to practice the True Immortal Body Dao Chapter?
What’s more, there is another surprise among the surprises – Taiyi!
At this time, Li Wuxiang also understood what Lou He meant by what he had said before - "it's all the same."
This Senior Brother Lou is really... Well, he still looks like a swordsman after all.
Mei Zhangjian exhaled: "Okay, now look at them again. First look at the Dan City Lord Hu Zhao on the left."
While the two were talking, the two city lords on the other side of the ferry were also talking. They seemed to be discussing what happened in the coffin city and trying to find out where the sword came from.
When Mei Zhangjian said this again, Hu Zhao took a few steps forward and looked at the surface of the river again.
The huge rock that Mei Zhangjian had driven into the river was still there. Hu Zhao seemed to have discovered it, and said something to Zheng Xuhe, the mayor of Wucheng. Then he jumped up, flew back and forth on the water several times, and landed on the huge rock.
"The methods of the cultivators of the Six Sects of Mysterious Sects are all based on the perception of the true spirit." Mei Zhangjian said, "When you want to kill them, you will find that they have many ways to save their lives. But you should also find that it is very simple to kill cultivators with Qi Refining cultivation. You just need to attack them by surprise and don't give them the opportunity to do anything. Even if they save their lives, as long as the sword force continues, they will have no way to survive."
"As for cultivators who practice spiritual cultivation, they usually ask for the True Spirit to be in their bodies. What is the True Spirit? People from the Thirty-Six Sects would say that the True Spirit is the Great Emperor himself. But in fact, the True Spirit is the Qi form that the cultivator asks for through the connection with the Great Emperor."
"The six emperors of the six mystical sects have mastered the laws of heaven and earth. The laws of heaven and earth can be regarded as their innate Qi. To invite the true spirit is actually to invite from this Qi, to invite the phantom body, to invite the incarnation, to invite--"
"Projection? The shadow of the emperor cast on the monk?" Li Wuxiang said.
Mei Zhangjian thought about it carefully and smiled: "This is a better way to put it. It is easier for people who don't know to understand. Okay, then please project it."
"The six emperors are all in the Wonderland and cannot come to the world of the living. Because since they have become golden immortals, they have transformed into the Tao. If they come to the world of the living, they will be separated from the Tao and will no longer be golden immortals."
"So, their true spirits are all in the sacred mountain, between the mortal world and the truly invisible and intangible wonderland. For example, the Lord of Dan City, Hu Zhao, must have some magic at this moment. This protective magic was left on him by his true spirit, and its power is limited. If the flying sword is strong enough, it can break the magic."
Mei Zhangjian paused when he said this and slowly exhaled a breath of fresh air.
As the clear air came out, it immediately turned into golden air and then condensed into a small lightsaber.
Li Wuxiang stared at the lightsaber carefully, waiting for her to tell him more about refining the flying sword.
However, the next moment, the lightsaber suddenly flashed and immediately appeared in front of Mei Zhangjian.
Li Wuxiang was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned to look in the direction of the coffin city.
Hu Zhao was originally standing on a huge rock in the middle of the river, but when he looked again, Hu Zhao's head was gone!
His body swayed, and he suddenly fell into the river, and was immediately swept away by the current. "Senior Sister Mei, you..."
"This is the solution." Mei Zhangjian smiled and pointed to the ferry, "Now, look again."
Li Wuxiang let out a breath and looked over there again.
The people at the Coffin City Ferry seemed extremely shocked. Zheng Xuhe, the Lord of Wu City, was so frightened that he took two steps back. The dozen or so cultivators behind him immediately gathered together.
Then Zheng Xuhe raised his hand, and a gray-yellow light enveloped everyone. Before he stopped, he took out a tablet from his sleeve and tapped it a few times. Immediately, three strong men in golden armor appeared in the void and blocked everyone.
"Now they are using the power of the true spirit to perform magic. In the future, when you deal with cultivators who practice spiritual cultivation, if you give them the opportunity to perform magic and borrow the power of the true spirit, it will be difficult to break their magic."
"Because although it is a 'projection' and its strength varies according to the cultivator's own level of cultivation, this projection comes from the laws of heaven and earth after all. If you fail to break the law, the spell will be replenished immediately from the Spiritual Mountain. It will be useless to try again."
"So when dealing with Xuanjiao monks, the first taboo is to avoid asking them to be fully prepared, and the second taboo is to avoid getting entangled in a fight with them. Once you find that the situation is not good, leave immediately." Mei Zhangjian stared at Zheng Xuhe, who was glowing yellow behind the three golden-armored warriors, "But I'm not going to teach you how to retreat today. Look carefully again, and use the power of the elixir to look at your eyes--"
"The true form teaching method that Zheng Xuhe is using now comes from Lingshan. You have already formed the elixir, and your body and soul have merged with the innate Qi. So when you look at him and look at him carefully, can you feel anything?"
Mei Zhangjian didn't tell him how to "look at it", and Li Wuxiang realized that this might be some kind of test for him.
So he kept silent and followed her instructions, looking carefully and attentively. After about two breaths, he saw nothing. He even felt that because he had been staring at Zheng Xuhe for too long, the three golden-armored warriors in front of him and the yellow light on his body gradually became illusory, as if they were separated from the world by a thin veil...
His heart skipped a beat and he immediately grabbed the "gauze" and sensed it with his spiritual sense. Suddenly, a faint howling sound came to his ears... That was the sound from the sacred mountain!
At this moment, Li Wuxiang suddenly felt his eyes blurred, and he saw——
It was as if the illusory and blurry Lingshan was superimposed on the reality of the world. He, the Jindan swordsman who had merged with the innate Qi, sensed the projection of the innate Qi which also came from the Five Mountains True Form Emperor. So he seemed to see the source of the True Form magic that Zheng Xuhe was performing... It was invisible, intangible, and difficult to describe, but it seemed to extend from the Lingshan in strands.
Then another strong feeling emerged from my heart——
"I feel like I can cut them off."
Mei Zhangjian let out a long sigh and nodded, "Okay. That's it. We can cut them off. First cut off the connection between this magic and the true spirit - just for a moment, and then break the magic!"
The flying sword in front of her flashed again!
But this time, after the small sword flashed, it immediately turned into a golden light and shot straight to the ferry. Zheng Xuhe at the ferry should have seen the light, but the moment he saw it, his head had already fallen to the ground.
The three golden-armored warriors in front of him suddenly disappeared, and the gusts of air created by the golden sword blew Zheng Xu and a dozen monks behind him away. However, the golden sword did not turn around immediately, but rushed straight into the sky and turned into a beam of lightning and shot down, hitting the mountain on one side of the ferry.
When the collapsed rocks and smoke settled, Li Wuxiang saw a huge sword mark on the mountain that was as high as the mountain!
Mei Zhangjian turned around and said, "Helian's debt has been settled. Let's go."
She took steps as before, neither fast nor slow, but she needed to circulate her Dan power in order to catch up with Li Wuxiang.
After taking a few steps, Li Wuxiang could not help but look in the direction of the Coffin City Ferry again - the group of True Form Sect monks who should be the followers of the two city lords were all gone at this time, and no one even had the courage to look in this direction again.
He always thought that he was a little arrogant in the eyes of others, but compared with Mei Zhangjian, he seemed to be humble and easy-going...
Before, when they were in Deyang, Cheng Peixin had said that if a swordsman was killed, his companions would come from all directions to avenge him. At that time, Li Wuxiang was still thinking, what if someone deliberately set an ambush? Just like what happened to Wu Meng this time?
Now he seemed to know the answer.
Mei Zhangjian walked for a while and then said, "What I just taught you is a method that can only be used when you reach the Infant stage. But you are a Qing Nang Immortal, so you can also use it when you reach the Golden Elixir stage. However, after all, your realm is here, so don't use this method unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Yes, I understand. Palm sword."
Mei Zhangjian glanced at him and tilted his head slightly: "What's wrong? You're so respectful all of a sudden."
Li Wuxiang smiled and said, "I'm a little scared."
"You?" Mei Zhangjian smiled and shook his head. "The man who said on the coffin mountain that he wanted to learn the power of the Five Mountains True Form Great Emperor doesn't look like he can be scared. Well, let me think, you killed two city lords because of me."
"A little bit. But I don't mean to think Helian is unworthy."
"Well, it's better to talk to me like this, it makes me feel comfortable." Mei Zhangjian put her bamboo hat back on her head, "In fact, I still killed too few people. I have said this to Lou He and Zeng Jianqiu as well. To be a swordsman, you must have ambition in your heart."
"Since more than three hundred years ago, the spirit in the Sword Sect has decreased. The True Form Sect's walkers dared to go to Ranshan, and Wu Meng from the Coffin City dared to use Lou He to set an ambush. They have all forgotten what happened three hundred years ago and are no longer afraid. Once they are no longer afraid, what happened before will happen again. In fact, it will happen soon."
When Mei Zhangjian said this, he suddenly stopped, frowning and looking panicked.
The flying sword in Li Wuxiang's chest suddenly flew out of his body: "Senior Sister Mei!?"
"Did you take the stuff?"
"what?"
"The food—"
Li Wuxiang was stunned for a moment, then he retracted his flying sword and sighed, "I didn't take it. I'll go back and get it."
After a while, Mei Zhangjian started eating the snack while walking.
Li Wuxiang followed her holding the dried meat: "Senior sister, you just said 'it's almost there', what is it?"
"They are coming to encircle You Jiuyuan again." Mei Zhangjian said while eating, "Did you see it just now? Wu Meng died, and the people from Dancheng and Wucheng arrived immediately. The True Form Sect is not like this usually, and the two city lords would not care so much whether Wu Meng is dead or not - because it should be the True Form Sect's headquarters who should come to deal with such matters, and those two people might even be happy behind the scenes."
"But they came because they have something to do together. I have slowly seen it over the years. Almost all the big cities around the True Form Church have opened their headquarters in Lingshan. The last time they did this, they found You Jiuyuan after a few months."
Mei Zhangjian suddenly stopped again.
Li Wuxiang looked at his hands and said, "Senior Sister, I got all the things back."
"It's not about that. I suddenly remembered that I only talked about my own affairs. I haven't asked you whether you really want to go to Youjiuyuan. If you don't want to go and you're afraid of trouble, then you don't have to go. You can just be at ease outside for a few decades. If you want to go, I'll take you there right now."
(End of this chapter)