In a temporary cave in the Jianzhong Plain, Xi Yan and Wu Chenlong guarded the entrance and remained vigilant.
Five days have passed and Cheng Ling has been recovering his true energy and spiritual power in the cave. Xiyan is secretly worried that he has not come out for so long and has to face so many sword elves.
To her, as long as Cheng Ling is safe, it doesn't matter even if she doesn't get the Kendo Fruit. Why do you have to work so hard? Every time I see Cheng Ling's tired look, I feel a pain in my heart. This feeling is really uncomfortable.
Zhang Hu stood aside and comforted: "Xiyan, don't worry, the master has overcome many difficulties along the way. He must have his own plan. We must believe in him!"
Xi Yan nodded helplessly and said, "I know, I hope he can get what he wants!"
The two waited for more than an hour, and Cheng Ling finally came out. Looking at him, it was obvious that he had completely recovered.
He said to the two of them: "You wait here, I will continue to set up the formation!"
After saying that, he stretched out his figure and disappeared in front of them.
Returning to the original place again, I carefully observed the array pillars that I had set up before. I found that several node array pillars in the middle were still destroyed. Fortunately, those sword elves did not have much wisdom and only destroyed them in the process of chasing Cheng Ling. , the rest of the formation base is still intact.
He hid his figure and lay far away on the edge. I kept deducing in my mind that this time I must lay down as many formation pillars as possible, but the last thirty-six were too close to the Kendo tree, and many nodes were guarded by powerful sword elves.
To divert them away from where they are standing, you also need to calculate the attack direction and dodge direction. This was no simple job. His mental energy was consumed rapidly, and he was even calculating his sword skills and dodge direction.
For half an hour, Cheng Ling closed his eyes to relieve the fatigue in his eyes and the drain on his mental energy. After half an hour of deduction, it was basically impossible to lay down all thirty-six formation pillars. At most, twelve pillars could be laid down. Adding the three damaged points in the middle, there were fifteen nodes.
The reason it's so difficult is to avoid the Kendo Tree. There are too many sword elves surrounding it. We need to find a way to lure them away, and then set up a formation in front of the kendo tree. The Kendo tree was too precious, and it would be bad if the formation shrouded it and destroyed the Kendo fruit on it.
After observing for a while, the sword elves relaxed. Cheng Ling suddenly burst into flames, and used the Scenery Shadow Body Technique to its limit, leaving hundreds of afterimages behind.
He dodged a few times, broke through the perimeter, reached the middle section, and fired with both hands, instantly re-laying the connected formation pillars on the original nodes. Then, continue to push in. But before he could spread out, the sword elves woke up and surrounded him in a fan shape from the outside.
Cheng Ling didn't dare to come into contact with them at all. He dodged the sword spirit's attack and transformed into dozens of afterimages again, while his true body continued to rush towards the kendo tree.
The afterimage only lasted for a few breaths, but it still confused most of the sword elves. The sword elves in the middle and outside all attacked those afterimages, buying him some time. By the time they realized it, Cheng Ling had laid down five formation pillars in succession at the last node.
The remaining formation pillars were even more difficult. The afterimages on the periphery disappeared, and the sword elves next to the kendo tree also surrounded them. Their swordsmanship is more powerful, and their illusory long swords are swung with sharp sword energy.
Cheng Ling had to dodge distractedly. As a result, the speed of entering the formation pillar slowed down, and the sword spirits surrounding him slowed down.
There are too many spirits, and many node positions are occupied by their bodies.
With anxiety in his heart, he raised the Pure Yuan Sword in his right hand and suddenly struck a powerful blow into the gap between the two sword elves. It was the newly comprehended fusion sword skill "God's Thunder Killing!" This sword was fired with all strength, and it had never been used before after the comprehension was completed.
The artistic conception of wind and the artistic conception of thunder merged together to form a powerful penetrating tornado. The tornado went straight forward, and the sword elves blocking the front were scattered, and a gap was suddenly revealed.
Cheng Ling rushed out towards the gap with great force. The sword elves chased him madly, and he took the sword elves and ran away into the distance. After running for a while, he made a big circle back to the Kendo tree, continued to attract the sword elves, and escaped again.
After going back and forth like this several times, the sword elves surrounding the kendo tree were driven away from their original positions by him, and they just ran away after him. In this way, the gap appears.
The Scenery Transformation Body Technique reached the peak of Dacheng, and the speed was strange. The only ones who could catch up with Cheng Ling's speed were those sword elves who took the light and swift route. Those behind could not keep up. After a few rounds, more than a thousand swords There were less than fifty elves following behind.
Cheng Ling secretly thought, God help me, suddenly changed direction, rushed to the Kendo tree, and took the opportunity to lay down ten more formation pillars, three more than originally calculated. But at this moment, his true energy was almost exhausted. If he stayed any longer, he would be overtaken sooner or later.
Seeing the sword elf behind him getting closer and closer, he quickly changed direction and continued running towards the outside. After walking the sword elves for most of the day, I got rid of them and returned to the temporary cave.
As soon as he returned to the cave, he said directly without waiting for Xi Yan and Zhang Hu to ask questions: "Help me protect the law, I will continue to restore my true energy!"
Xi Yan glanced at him worriedly and saw the tired look on his face. She felt heartbroken and couldn't help but said: "Brother Ling, you are too tired. It's better not to insist so much. It's okay if you don't have the sword skills!"
Cheng Ling opened his eyes and said calmly: "Xi Yan, I know what you are thinking. In the past in Luoye City, you would practice hard because you wanted to seek justice. Now in the Wuxiang Sword Sect, your life is too comfortable. , the persistence I had back then gradually disappeared.”
"But brother Ling, isn't your revenge avenged? Why do you still have to work so hard?"
"Yes, my revenge has indeed been avenged. Along the way, to my current state, my strength has gradually strengthened, but the stronger I become, the more I feel insignificant. Has the stage of transformation reached its peak? No, this is still far away. It’s not enough, there are still many things I haven’t done yet.”
"The road to monasticism is a road full of thorns. I don't know where the end point is. I only know that I have to make myself stronger. This world is a world of the weak and the strong. Only by standing on the top of all living beings can we maintain our spiritual integrity. Be free and you will make the rules of the world.”
"What kind of world is your dream world? Just work in that direction. Otherwise, you will only become a pawn in the hands of others, and your destiny will be controlled by others. Do you understand?"
These words were spoken slowly, and each word passed into Xi Yan's ears clearly. He hoped that the woman who was hurt by her father and insisted on seeking justice could see clearly the nature of the world. Cultivation was against nature and full of unknowns and dangers, rather than flowers grown in a greenhouse.
Such people, no matter how strong their cultivation is, will not achieve much. Because their Taoist heart is not firm enough, they have too many worries and too many distracting thoughts. not just
For Xi Yan, even Zhang Hu's performance during this period has such problems.
Originally, Zhang Hu was born in a farmer's family, embarked on the path of spiritual cultivation, and reached his current state, with a very firm mind. It's a pity that like Song Yingjie, he was too well protected and lacked life and death experience. This kind of experience cannot be obtained by practicing hard in a sect.
The experience of life and death is like standing on a suspended steel rope, with survival on one side and death on the other. It is definitely not a substitute for entering the depths of a certain mountain range, fighting monsters for a few times, and suffering some minor injuries. He needs to temper his state of mind and have the awareness to die at any time.
In such an environment, only when you kill the thorns with a shawl can you experience the baptism of blood and fire. Only then will your Taoist heart become more firm and pure, and your swordsmanship will become more powerful.
Xi Yan and Zhang Hu were stunned by what they heard. Every sentence of Cheng Ling contained hidden essence, like a heavy hammer hitting their minds. Gradually, the eyes of the two people began to change, no longer hesitating, as if a shining light was injected into them, and their moods improved a lot.
Cheng Ling nodded slowly. The two people's understanding was still very high. After this moment of change, their state of mind could keep up with the rapid advancement of cultivation and reach a balance point. As long as there is another opportunity, they can improve again.
But at the moment, the most important matter is the Kendo Fruit. He closed his eyes, entered the practice again, and began to recover the consumed real energy and mental power.
Five days later, Cheng Ling woke up again. In the past five days, I never listened to Xi Yan's complaints and just closed my eyes to practice. Zhang Hu is refining the true essence. His cultivation has been completely consolidated in Yuanying Consummation. He is just following Cheng Ling's idea to continue refining to prepare for the promotion to God Transformation.
Cheng Ling saw that they were working hard on their own, so he didn't bother them. The temporary cave has a concealment formation, and even without the two guardians, the sword elves cannot discover it.
He left the cave and continued towards the Kendo tree. The position of the Sword Elf has changed, and we need to deduce it again. This time, we will try to capture the remaining twenty-one formation pillars.
After deducing for a long time, he took action again. This time, he rushed directly to the side of the Kendo tree without being noticed by the sword elves in the middle or outside. It wasn't until six formation pillars were laid that they woke up and started to attack Cheng Ling again.
Cheng Ling followed the same pattern and led the sword elves in circles. Every time he made a big circle, he would lay down three or four formation pillars when he returned to the kendo tree.
Unfortunately, later on, the number of sword elves was increasing, and they seemed to have discovered Cheng Ling's pattern. The only ones chasing him were the sword elves with strange speeds, and the others were guarding the kendo tree.
As a result, it became much more difficult for Cheng Ling to lay down the formation pillars. After several rounds, he laid down a total of eighteen formation pillars. The last three formation pillars had to be temporarily stopped because of the excessive consumption of real energy and mental power. The temporary cave is restored.
Continuously depleting his mental power to the point of near exhaustion and then recovering it again made his mental power make great progress. Not only that, his cultivation became more pure and pure based on the perfection of God Transformation.
The operation of the technique became more and more proficient. It only took four days to restore the true energy for the last time, which was a full day less than before. Moreover, after applying the movement technique during this period, the scenery and shadow movement technique was improved again and reached the perfect state.
Cheng Ling came to the outskirts of the Kendo tree for the fourth time, his eyes sparkling, looking at the glowing fruits on the tree crown, and said calmly: "This time, I will definitely complete all the nodes, Kendo fruit, you wait for me!"
