Chapter 303: When enemies meet, they are particularly jealous
Chapter 303: When enemies meet, they are particularly jealous (5K words, asking for monthly votes~ I want to rush to the top five of Xianxia~)
Demon Locking Tower, fourth floor.
While killing Monk Kongse on the third floor, Cheng Xinzhan was selecting candidates for the fourth floor. If he wanted to avoid injustice, he would naturally have to find a notorious killer, or a killer whose character he was familiar with.
Fortunately, the Xuanmen Demon Fighter really spared no effort and captured so many demons. Cheng Xinzhan didn't know how many of them were like Uncle Gu who were captured and imprisoned in the tower for their crimes, but there were also many notorious villains that he was familiar with, so he didn't spend too much time on selecting the demons.
Those killed on the second and third levels were all notorious, and the fourth level was no exception.
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"He chose the old monk Jingshi!"
The divination was still very lively. The prisoner on the fourth floor saw Cheng Xinzhan enter the cell of Monk Jingshi with his own eyes, and he couldn't wait to share it with the other prisoners in the tower through the divination.
"Ha, Master Yun has chosen another acquaintance. Monk Jingshi was the master of sermons at the White Jade Forest in Xikang. He was captured alive by the two hermit elders Di Bai and Hu Qing from my Biyun Temple, as well as Senior Sister Wu Mei. Master Yun was also present at the time, and his mountain-guarding Lion King was a great demon suppressed under the White Jade Forest."
Someone from Biyun Temple introduced it with a smile.
"The hermit elder of Biyun Temple, right? That must be the third monk? Wu Mei, is that the Wu Mei known as the "Female Flying Bear"? I heard that among the younger generation, her sword is second only to the Green Rope Sword. If the three of them join forces, what level of cultivation does this old monk Jingshi have?"
There are also people who don’t know much about Xikang and are asking about it.
So the man from Biyun Temple said,
"The White Jade Forest is a great religion in Xikang. As a master of sutras, Monk Jingshi has attained the fourth level of cultivation. He has also cultivated the "Bearing Stone Suffering" of the Eight Sufferings of Xikang. His strength is comparable to that of a dragon or an elephant. Of course, he is not easy to deal with. However, at that time, we were in the White Jade Forest, and my three elders were afraid of tearing down the forest and destroying the mountains and rivers, so they did not use their full strength. But Monk Jingshi must be very difficult to deal with."
The man explained.
"Then how long did it take the three of you to capture the evil monk?"
someone asked.
The disciple from Biyun Temple answered hesitantly.
"It's been a long time. I can't remember exactly, but it should be around 25 minutes."
So everyone had a rough idea in their minds.
"Just press for two quarters of an hour!"
Immediately someone started shouting.
"Half an hour!"
"Three quarters of an hour!"
"..."
The shouting started again in the divination box.
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In cell number 152 on the fourth floor.
The lion became as majestic as a mountain, at least eighty or ninety feet high, making the entire virtual world seem cramped. If it weren't for the fact that the cage became larger the higher it went, this battle might not have been enough time for the lion to display its abilities.
At this time, Monk Jingshi was pinned down by the lion, with blood gushing out of his mouth.
After the lion escaped from the trap, he had no way to avenge the loss of his veins by having the mountain dug up and its veins cut off. Cheng Xinzhan chose Monk Jingshi on the fourth level, which helped the lion to resolve his grievances. Therefore, he did not take any action in this battle from beginning to end, and let the lion vent his anger.
At this time, the lion had recovered and Monk Jingshi was about to die. Cheng Xinzhan then stepped forward. He didn't say anything more and flames were already rising in his palms.
Monk Jingshi's face changed and he said anxiously,
"I want the Holy Lion to save me personally, so that I can be reborn in the Pure Land of Buddha. Please don't do anything."
As he said this, Monk Jingshi's chest was crushed by the lion, and he became so anxious that even more blood flowed out of his mouth.
However, Monk Jingshi didn't care at all. He was already waiting to die in the Demon Locking Tower. He had lost all hope. Now he was being killed by a green-maned snow lion that appeared from nowhere. He believed that this must be the Buddha's will, and that his chanting of scriptures day and night had reached the Buddha's ears.
Perhaps it was because he did not live and die with the White Jade Forest at the last moment, but chose to escape, and was captured alive, that he angered the Buddha and had to suffer a little before he could go to the Buddha Kingdom. This could also explain why the Holy Lion, which carried the Buddha's will, hated him so much, and every move he made was a killing move, not even giving him a chance to speak.
Cheng Xinzhan was somewhat puzzled when he heard what Monk Jingshi said.
"That's the only request?"
Monk Jingshi nodded, his eyes full of pleading.
Cheng Xinzhan nodded and handed over a blank jade slip.
"Then I would also like to make a request, to write down the practice method of "Carrying the Suffering of Stones"."
Without any hesitation, Monk Jingshi took the jade slip, placed it on his forehead, and used his soul to engrave the Dharma and scriptures into it. The Dharma light flickered, and soon the monk returned the jade slip, then clasped his hands together and waited for death.
Cheng Xinzhan looked at the jade slip and felt there was nothing wrong with it, so he nodded.
The lion exerted force with its feet and crushed the monk to death like an ant.
Then, the monk's spirit dissipated.
"Roar--"
The lion opened its mouth, and the void stirred up waves, and the monk's soul was blown away like bubbles. But until his death, the smiles on the monk's body and soul were very sincere, as if he was very sure that he would really go to the Buddha's kingdom.
The lion didn't care what the monk thought, and he didn't want to be a holy lion of the Buddha. The idea that lions and peacocks were Buddha beasts was just a figment of the imagination of these lunatics. The lion was sure that he was born from the earth and mountains, and was definitely not created by the Buddha.
Cheng Xinzhan did not intervene and allowed his true spirit to be reincarnated.
Then, he threw a fire on the ground and burned the corpse clean. Once the flesh and blood of the three realms were burned, they all turned into pure spiritual energy and returned to heaven and earth. Soon, only a few scattered magic treasures and a golden relic were left.
He used cave stones to collect all the magic treasures. The fire continued to burn on the relics. Letting the lion take action and letting the true spirit reincarnate were already the limit of what he could do. As for burying the golden elixir in the sand, the monk did not mention it, and he would not do it. This time when entering the tower, he must put on a full show.
Soon, the golden elixir gradually turned into spiritual energy and dissipated. At the same time, a faint gray-brown evil spirit also emanated.
Cheng Xinzhan's eyes lit up, and he took out the mercury net, which was indispensable for practitioners - although most practitioners would never see a Gangsha in their lifetime, people were still willing to spend some money to keep things like mercury nets and lead bottles on hand, just in case they encountered one?
Cheng Xinzhan was even more skilled in dealing with Gangsha, as soon as he put down the mercury net, he would gather up the floating evil spirits, not letting even a single strand escape, and condense them into a ball of evil water, which he then collected in a lead bottle.
The evil water was surprisingly heavy, like carrying a small mountain.
Combining the color of the evil water and the magical rhythm it exudes, it is not difficult for Cheng Xinzhan to infer that this is a true Yang Yi evil, "Yelun Qianjun Evil", which can produce dust and sand, pile up stones to form mountains, and a single wisp weighs a thousand pounds.
This is also a true evil that complements the practice of "Carrying Stones". According to the volume of the evil water, it is about two taels. In addition, just now at the third level, the monk Kongse also refined more than one tael of "Bone Dissolving Blood Coagulation Evil" - it should be a gift from the Blood God Cult, which can be regarded as a rich harvest.
He put away the real evil and put it into the dragon scales, removed the clouds and mist, and rang the bell. At this time, the lion returned to its original size.
Almost as soon as the bell rang, the prison guard on the fourth floor walked in. It seemed that he had been guarding the door the whole time. The prison guard looked excited, which made Cheng Xinzhan a little confused.
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"It has been verified. Monk Jingshi's body is gone! Master Yun has gone to the fifth floor!"
The prisoner on the fourth floor watched Cheng Xinzhan enter the fifth floor, and he couldn't wait to inform others.
"This is too fast!"
Someone responded immediately.
"Haha, I won the bet again. I remember all the people who placed the bets. Don't run away after the spring collection is over. I will come to your door one by one to collect them!"
"Stop talking nonsense, where are the people on the fifth floor? Hurry up and connect them!"
"Everyone is watching. There are only a few people on the fifth floor right now. He is the first one to come up among the outsiders."
The people on the fifth floor responded.
"I've chosen it! It's Yao Kaijiang from the Southern School!"
"Oh - it's Yao Kaijiang, also a fourth-level monk, but his abilities are much greater than those of Monk Jingshi. Before he was possessed by the devil, he was the eldest disciple of the Red-haired Patriarch. He was also a well-known figure in the side sect. He went crazy and wanted to betray his religion and become a devil."
"You who betray your teacher and ancestors deserve to be killed!"
"He deserves to be killed, but it's not easy to kill him. This man is now made of iron and steel, invulnerable to swords and spears, water and fire. He is said to have undergone four washes, and his combat power is estimated to be five washes. Master Yuan Jueyu's sword couldn't kill him, and even catching him took a lot of effort."
"Indeed." Everyone discussed.
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Cell No. 79 on the fifth floor.
As soon as Cheng Xinzhan came in, he was unusually not attacked.
The prison world on this level was even bigger, about three to five miles wide, but it was still dark inside. Not far away, a man was sitting cross-legged on the ground, as majestic as a bear, probably about ten feet tall.
The sturdy man only had a piece of black cloth wrapped around his waist, and the rest of his body was exposed. His whole body was blue-gray, like an iron man cast in bronze, and his knotted and bulging dark silver tendons were clearly visible, as if mercury sand was flowing inside. There was not a single piece of good skin on his body, and there were foot-long scars everywhere. The skin of the wounds was turned inside out, and the blue-gray flesh and gray-black bones inside could be seen. It was neither bleeding nor healing.
Cheng Xinzhan looked at him carefully. It seemed that although Yao Kaijiang escaped in the end last time at Fuxia Lake, he was also seriously injured by Hong Changbao and Liu Tianfang. The scars deep enough to see the bones had not healed after so many years. They were undoubtedly left by the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword.
However, thinking from another angle, even though Yao Kaijiang was badly injured by the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword, he was still alive and well, especially his copper skin. It was obviously closer to the "mercury blood copper corpse" of the legendary ancient Yelang Kingdom as described by Hong Changbao than when he first saw him in Fuxia Lake.
Yao Kaijiang's face was still covered with the golden mask, but there was also a knife scar on it that cut across his nose bone from his left eye to his right eye.
At this time, Yao Kaijiang opened his eyes, revealing a pair of blood-red pupils, and looked towards Cheng Xinzhan.
"Who are you."
He asked like a master, and in this prison, he seemed to have the bearing of a master.
"A mere casual person."
Cheng Xinzhan replied.
"A lone person? Can a lone person enter the Demon Locking Tower?"
he asks.
"Xuanmen is holding a spring search, and this time, we have also invited some people."
"hehe."
Yao Kaijiang laughed.
"Spring Souring? The Spring Souring in the tower? Well, I, Yao, have become the prey. Ha, a chicken used to scare monkeys. But Xuanmen is willing to share the prey with you, the scattered people. It seems that Xuanmen is in a bad situation now."
Cheng Xinzhan nodded.
"Then do you know who I am?"
"Yao Kaijiang's name has long been known throughout Buddhism, Taoism and other religions as a traitor to his teacher. Everyone knows him."
Cheng Xinzhan said slowly that he really looked down on Yao Kaijiang.
"What do you know!"
As expected, Yao Kaijiang was furious. He stood up suddenly and was ready to start a fight without even saying a word.
Cheng Xinzhan was naturally on guard, he dodged, but the lion directly displayed its magical power and pounced towards the mountain - he brought the lion with him this time to rescue Uncle Gu in the fastest and safest way, not to fight alone.
When Yao Kaijiang saw the lion pressing down on him like a landslide, his pupils suddenly shrank and he immediately spat out the golden elixir and sacrificed his Dharma image, an emperor with a golden crown and black robe.
The Dharma image has green skin and silver veins, and the pattern on the golden crown on his head is exactly the same as the one on Yao Kaijiang's mask. The crow and bird patterns on his black robe are also the same as the patterns on the bronze chariots and puppets seen before in Fuxia Lake.
It is not difficult to guess that this should be the legendary King of Yelang.
However, Yao Kaijiang was confused. He built his foundation with the Shura Dao of Redwood Ridge, but halfway through he switched to practicing the Yelang Magic Skills. Not only did he become neither human nor ghost, but even his Dharma appearance was so ridiculous:
Only thirty feet.
A veritable little Dharma image.
He couldn't help but sneer, but he was not laughing at the little Dharma image itself, but at Yao Kaijiang's lack of vision.
Yao Kaijiang naturally didn't know what Cheng Xinzhan was thinking, but when he saw Cheng Xinzhan's smile, he felt extremely humiliated. In fact, the Yelang King Dharma Image was indeed something he was ashamed of, so he never used it in the outside world, for fear of being laughed at.
But now he was in prison, no one saw him, and the puppets he brought out from the underground palace of the ancient Yelang Kingdom had been almost wasted. It was normal for a side door magician to only know how to use puppets but not how to repair them. So facing such a strange lion demon that was also in the third calamity, Yao Kaijiang could not think of any good way except to use the Dharma to delay it.
"You use your numbers to bully the few, how can you be called a hero?"
Yao Kaijiang roared, and took out a bronze Qin Changge, slashing towards Cheng Xinzhan.
Cheng Xinzhan smiled when he heard this.
"Yao Kaijiang, when you say this, have you forgotten that you still have puppets?"
However, Cheng Xinzhan didn't know that before Yao Kaijiang was captured alive, he had already used up all the puppets in the underground palace of Yelang Kingdom during his years of fighting with the righteous and the internal strife with the evil. He thought that those puppets were confiscated by Xuanmen when Yao Kaijiang was imprisoned in the Demon Locking Prison.
But no matter which one it was, Cheng Xinzhan's words made Yao Kaijiang even more embarrassed, so he rushed forward a little faster.
Looking at Yao Kaijiang's furious look, Cheng Xinzhan smiled lightly and drew out Qiu Shui to block.
Soon, there were clanging sounds. After more than ten moves, a light flashed in Cheng Xinzhan's right eye, and a white bone flying sword as big as an ox hair flew out. At such a close distance, it pierced into Yao Kaijiang's chest as soon as he left the Yin Palace - Yao Kaijiang had a mask on his face, otherwise he would have pierced the Niwan Palace.
However, to Cheng Xinzhan's surprise, the flying sword hit Yao Kaijiang but failed to penetrate completely.
Yao Kaijiang groaned, swinging his sword non-stop.
"Flying needles? Do you think your needles can break my flesh?"
As he spoke, Yao Kaijiang's copper skin began to shine, and his dark silver tendons wriggled like little snakes, and Youdu was actually being squeezed out bit by bit!
Cheng Xinzhan's mind moved, and Youdu turned into invisible sword energy, and he displayed his magical power of corroding bones and turning them into blood.
"呲-"
White smoke began to appear on Yao Kaijiang's chest. The flying sword created a small hole in the flesh there, and then the flying needle continued to pierce in.
Yao Kaijiang's face suddenly changed, and he changed his tactics. He swung his spear vigorously and quickly retreated. He freed one hand, stretched out two fingers, with his nails shining like cold iron, and suddenly inserted them into the wound on his chest, grabbed the flying sword, and threw it out quickly.
In just a short while, a hole about an inch deep and as thick as a chopstick had been eroded in Yao Kaijiang's chest. Of course, this was not obvious among the scars all over his body. Instead, it was twisted into two fingers thick by his own fingers. The top section of the two fingers he used to twist the sword had been melted away by the sword's evil spirit, revealing the bones.
"Are you from the Blood God Cult?!"
Yao Kaijiang naturally saw the origin of this evil magic weapon at a glance. His copper skin and mercury tendons naturally could not be hurt by ordinary magic weapons. After all, the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword could not take his life. It seemed that only the Blood God Cult's White Bone Flying Sword had such power.
As he spoke, he pinched and pressed several important acupuncture points on his body. Immediately, his blue copper skin was covered with strange black runes.
Cheng Xinzhan naturally did not answer, and controlled the flying sword to attack again. However, at this time, the black light emitted by the runes on Yao Kaijiang's body was like a robe draped over him, and Youdu could not penetrate the black light.
The secret techniques of the Yelang Kingdom are indeed not that simple.
Of course, Cheng Xinzhan didn't think that it would be so easy to kill Yao Kaijiang.
At this moment, Yao Kaijiang saw that the flying sword was no longer a threat, so he approached again. It would be a waste if he didn't approach him. Moreover, he had obtained this strong body through blood transfusion and mercury infusion, and he didn't know how much suffering he had gone through. He didn't believe that this seemingly weak and fragile person could have such a body.
You can be stabbed many times, but if you succeed once, the opponent's body will be torn into pieces.
Yao Kaijiang approached with this thought in mind. In the past many years, he had indeed won victories with this trick, and he firmly believed that this time would be the same.
Only by killing this man, eating his flesh and blood, and chewing his golden elixir can he make up for his lost magic power.
Yao Kaijiang thought so.
Cheng Xinzhan still used Qiu Shui to block, Bu Gang Ta Dou, and fought with Yao Kaijiang in close combat. Although he had not reviewed his Zhenwu swordsmanship much, it should not be difficult if he just used it to parry.
Soon, Yao Kaijiang also discovered this. With such a light sword, he could always deflect his powerful long spear, and often seize the opportunity to stab him with the sword. It is not as simple as you think to use a little force to move a thousand pounds. It is because it is too difficult that people talk about it with relish. How could this casual person do it?
"who are you?"
Yao Kaijiang asked, with such a flying sword and such a physical sword technique, he didn't believe that this was just an unknown person. And he realized that this person was stalling for time! He must be waiting for his body protection divine light to dissipate, or even waiting for his mana to run out!
Thinking of this, Yao Kaijiang exerted all his strength, swinging the spear faster and harder.
Cheng Xinzhan did not answer, his hand holding the sword was still steady. He was certainly not delaying, he was just thinking of a solution.
Cheng Xinzhan knew his advantage - he was proficient in all methods. Defeating the enemy with force or waiting for an opportunity was not his strong point, nor was it what he liked. Using the method of defeating the enemy quickly was what he was good at and was also his usual fighting style.
What are Yao Kaijiang's weaknesses? How can we overcome them?
Cheng Xinzhan looked at the green skin and black talismans on Yao Kaijiang's body, and he felt that he was about to figure it out.
(End of this chapter)