Let's say that the silver light turned and hovered above the group of monsters, but it was the young man who returned with the sword, his clothes flying.
His spiritual consciousness swept over and found that these eight monster beasts were all in the late stage of foundation building, and there was a dark red crescent moon mark between their eyebrows. As expected, Yuan Qing secretly said, "Sure enough."
For seven days, I ran around in all directions, looking for traces of beasts, but my suspicions gradually grew and became more and more doubtful. I only felt that the beasts were in danger, and there were many doubts about them.
I think that although monsters have spirits, they have neither great wisdom nor education. Therefore, they are mostly driven by their own nature, and they often slaughter villages and exterminate families, and act recklessly.
But this beastly chaos is like arranging troops on the battlefield and setting up formations to attack a city: first clear the borders and make them isolated and helpless; then use threats and threats to shake their hearts, seize their ambitions, and make them vain; finally, join forces and gather strength , using the power of thunder to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
Such a strategy, if not man-made, would be guided by a great demon in disguise. But these demon cultivators destroyed a mere Qingzhou mansion in a matter of seconds, so why bother?
Therefore, the Yuan and Qing Dynasties concluded that this must be a treacherous and evil cultivator who took advantage of the chaos of the beast tide to commit such evil deeds as to destroy all conscience and commit bloodshed!
But there is still one thing that remains unclear: if they wanted to kill, why did they turn a blind eye to the tens of thousands of people who fled Qingzhou Prefecture, but refused to spare a single soldier of the general Ding?
However, after a moment's thought, the demonic beast below had already taken the lead in attacking.
But seeing lions and elephants blowing wind, tigers and leopards spitting fire, rhinoceroses freezing ice, flower snakes spitting poison, and green needle wolves hiding among them, all kinds of methods are used, as if they can really overturn mountains and seas, and destroy the world.
There was no sadness or joy on Yuan Qing's face, and his expression was indifferent. His sword light flashed out as he thought, and he suddenly escaped to a distance of more than a hundred feet. Then he made sword movements with his fingers, and drew a waterfall of sword energy in the air, killing the wolf that was chasing after him.
The attack missed, and the group of demons were furious and could not help but roar into the sky. However, before the roar stopped, they saw a brilliant sword light falling from the sky, and they arrived in front of the bull demon in the blink of an eye.
The bull demon was naturally startled. He stamped his hooves on the ground and the water around him surged, forming a thick wall of water in an instant.
Unexpectedly, when the sword light condensed, it instantly turned into a huge crystal sword, about ten feet long, with silver light flowing all over its body, and flames surrounding it.
The wall of water collapsed at the first touch like paper. Silver light flashed, the bull's head flew into the sky, and the giant sword continued to castrate, turning and slashing at the giant rhinoceros on the side.
The giant rhinoceros's eyes flashed with blood, snorted, and suddenly the whole body glowed with gray light, turning into layers of stone armor stacked on top of it. At the same time, the white light of its horn flashed, and a thin light blade was thrown out to meet the giant sword.
Unexpectedly, the edge of the giant sword was so sharp that it broke through the light-edged stone armor in an instant, and it flashed past, leaving behind another headless monster corpse.
The demon's head fell, and the beast's blood surged. The eyes of the remaining demons were red, their anger was rising, they were bloodthirsty and crazy! But he saw magical powers dancing wildly, spells flying everywhere, and for a while, all kinds of spiritual lights appeared one after another, like brilliant haze.
After Yuan Qing killed the two demons, he solved the art of body and sword integration and regained the form of sword escape.
Sensing that the attack wave was coming again, the young man made a thought in his mind, moved the clear sword heart, and let a thread of spiritual sense guide him, flicking left and right in the misty sky, like a butterfly piercing a flower, unstained by the fragrance.
Gradually, the hostility subsided and the demons regained their clarity.
As the giant elephant roared, the five demons - lion, tiger, leopard, wolf, and snake - all gathered their magical powers and formed a five-element formation to protect it in the center.
Then the spiritual light surged, and the majestic spiritual pressure soared into the sky, and poured down like the top of Mount Tai. However, the giant elephant swallowed the spirit and gathered its energy, and used its magical power to turn two bright white ivory tusks into a light blade of more than ten feet, hanging high in the sky. , slashed down!
But when I heard the sound of the sword ringing loudly, it penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks, reaching up to the nine heavens. Then the flames rekindled and the giant sword reappeared! Yuan Qing refused to evade, and once again used the art of combining body and sword to greet him bravely!
When the two met, there was no earth-shattering roar. There was only a soft "bang" sound, and the light blade shattered. The giant sword was as powerful as breaking bamboo, slashing to the end, and finally penetrated through the giant elephant's brain palace, rolling up a rain of blood like a waterfall.
The ten-foot demon body suddenly fell to the ground. The remaining five demons were terrified and had no intention of resisting at all. They hurriedly dispersed the formation and fled in all directions.
Yuan Qing appeared not far away, his face slightly pale, but his eyes were shining, as bright as stars.
He turned around and landed on the ground, pointed his sword, and spoke the magic spell. A dazzling silver light appeared all over the young man's body. The water-breaking sword was like a silver paste. There was an explosion and turned into a silver stream of light. It flashed away and then returned suddenly.
Looking at the five demons again, they were all struck by the stream of light, and the raging sword energy exploded, destroying the entire demon corpse into a rain of blood, which was scattered in the wind.
At the same time, more than ten miles away, in a dark cave.
Several screams were heard one after another, but eight men were seen paralyzed on the ground, all wearing animal skin robes, dark and dirty blood gurgling from the seven orifices, and they did not know whether they were dead or alive...
Let's talk about Yuan Qing. After the sword was passed, he stood still, his eyes were slightly closed, and the silver glow around his body was faint, as if he had fallen into some mysterious realm.
At that time, under the transparent heart of the sword, a line of spiritual sense was detected, and the sword was decisive and moved forward indomitably.
However, whether it is the already perfected art of integrating body and sword, or the art of sword energy and thunder and sound that has not yet been understood, they all require the blessing of great magic power, so now the energy channels are empty and the energy palace is empty.
However, it is precisely because of this that it coincides with the true meaning of "existence and non-existence, yin and yang are in harmony".
As the saying goes, after seven years of accumulation, the water will overflow, and once it is all gone, it will be full and refreshing. There is a saying that "one drink and one peck will bring God's will."
Then the mind is clear, the mind is clear, and the spiritual platform is bright. In a trance, it is as if the spirit has entered the dark world, and all things are clear in the heart; in the breath, all living beings follow each other, and heaven and earth are in love with each other.
This is the supreme wonderful state of interaction between heaven and man!
Suddenly the wind blows, and the young man's clothes are hunting. Within a radius of ten miles, the wind and clouds suddenly change, and the spiritual tide surges! Countless spiritual energy manifested into five-color light spots, and they all fell into Yuan Qing's belly like tired birds returning to their nests.
As a result, the furnace was rekindled, the internal fire flourished, the spirit was forged and the qi was refined, and a little Taiyin [Essence Fire] was born, which faintly floated towards the sword embryo, disappeared into it in a flash, and disappeared.
The whole body of the sword embryo trembled, like wiping a veil, washing away all the lead. A thin layer of afterbirth peeled off quietly, revealing a silver pill that was completely clear and flawless.
Then, the pill swirled lightly, scattering stars like mist. The mist gathered into the dragon, and the essence fire reappeared, and there was a candle dragon holding the fire, shining around the sky, the I Ching washed the marrow, and removed all impurities, and that wisp of impurity also disappeared in this silver spark.
Finally, the clear sound started, and the chanting curled up, clear and melodious in the distance, swaying straight up, and stopped after eight turns.
Yuan Qing's thoughts returned to his body, and on the sword shadow in the sea of consciousness, star beads emerged, about to come out of the mud and fall into the Dantian. It was the pure and pure true meaning of the sword.
However, before the star beads moved, I saw a lot of illusions: there were swords of life and death, people's hearts were full of ghosts, and thousands of houses were brightly lit; there were poems, wine and songs, the romantic years, the old man's immortal demeanor; and there was the person buried deep in his heart who was as gentle as water. Beautiful girl...
There are all kinds of things, all of which are part of the young man's life.
The next moment, the stars disappeared and the illusion disappeared. Yuan Qing woke up leisurely and sighed: "Nine turns of elixir are completed, but it requires ruthlessness and forgetfulness to unite the spirit and essence. I don't know how long it will take for this last turn. Get through..."
He called back the Broken Water Sword and turned around to leave, but saw Shen and Ma leading tens of thousands of soldiers standing a hundred feet away with solemn faces.
When everyone saw Yuan Qing looking at him, they immediately knelt down on one knee and shouted in unison: "Thank you, the Supreme Immortal, for your help! The Supreme Immortal is so righteous. We will never forget it!"
His voice was sincere, magnificent, and resounded throughout the sky.
Yuan Qing nodded slightly, accepted the gift calmly, and then said to Ma Youzhi using the technique of spiritual voice transmission: "Fellow Taoist, if you are free, I have something to ask Yuan."
Ma Youzhi was shocked when he heard that he was flattered, and immediately sent a message to reply: "The immortal invites me, I have been lucky enough for three lifetimes, how dare I disobey, come now!"
After saying a few hurried instructions to Shen Wenxin, he stood up, took the Light Body Art, and leaped to Yuan Qing.
"If you dare to ask the Immortal what you want to ask me, I will tell you everything I know." After standing still for a moment, Ma Youzhi bowed respectfully and asked.
"Fellow Taoist, there is no need to be polite, just come with me." Yuan Qing returned the courtesy and replied calmly.
After a while, the two came to the remains of the rhinoceros and ox demons. Yuan Qing pointed to the crescent moon mark in the middle of the two demons' heads and asked, "Do you recognize this mark, fellow Taoist?"
Ma Youshang stepped forward and took a look twice. He was startled and immediately replied: "Reporting to the Immortal, there is a cult in the Liang Kingdom called Worshiping the Moon. This cult respects animals and advocates the unity of humans and animals. This mark is It is the seal of the union of human and animal souls. The Moon Worshiping Sect has been notorious for its many evil deeds. It was wiped out by the Jingtian Sect ten years ago. Unexpectedly, it has resurrected now. It is really unbelievable."
Yuan Qing was silent when he heard the words, but he cursed in his heart: No wonder these monster beasts seem to be quite intelligent and know how to form formations, so that's it. But in this case, the monster beast has neither the spiritual sense of an animal nor the spiritual wisdom of a monk. It puts the cart before the horse, so how can it come about?
Seeing that Yuan Qing was silent, Ma Youzhi changed his mind, took out a storage bag from his arms, held it up with both hands, bowed and said, "Please accept it with a smile!"
Yuan Qing raised his eyebrows and asked lightly: "What do you mean, fellow Taoist?"
Ma Youzhi's figure did not change, and he said in a sincere voice: "Although my junior cultivation is shallow, I also know the cause and effect of blessings. I can't repay the immortal for saving my life. I can only have some external objects to express my feelings and hope for the immortal." Don’t be dissatisfied.”
Yuan Qing was about to refuse, but then he thought about it and settled a cause and effect, so he reached out to take the storage bag and put it away.
Ma Youzhi stood up, smiled, and was about to say something else when he heard Yuan Qing say calmly: "That's enough for now. Yuan has something important to do. Fellow Taoist Ma, take your leave."
Before he finished speaking, he saw the sword light rising from the ground, turning and falling into the city again. Looking at its direction, it seemed to be somewhere in the west of the city.
Blacksmith shop.
In the cellar, Zhuzi kept listening carefully to the noise outside. When there was no movement at all, he bravely climbed out.
When he raised his eyes, he saw Yuan Qing standing in front of him with his hands behind his hands. He was so surprised that he couldn't help shouting: "Brother Yuan, you are back!"
After saying that, he thought of the beast problem and changed the topic: "By the way, those beasts are attacking the city again, you...".
Yuan Qing interrupted with a smile before he could finish his words: "I've taken care of them all, there's no need to worry."
Zhuzi was choked when he heard this, then scratched his head and smiled, not knowing what to say.
When Cao Xi heard the conversation between the two, he pulled the woman out, ran to Yuan Qing, bowed and said, "Xi'er, hello sir!"
Yuan Qing gently stroked the child's head, smiled and said "Okay", and then said to Zhu Zhu who was still giggling: "Zhu Zhu, I'm here to say goodbye to you."
Zhuzhu's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "Brother Yuan!"
Cao Xi was also shocked, and called "Sir" with a tearful voice.
Yuan Qinglue waved his hand to interrupt the two of them, then rose up with his sword, went straight up to Qingming, and disappeared in a single turn.
"There is no banquet in the world that never ends, so you should cherish it." The young man's gentle voice came from afar and fell on the hearts of the two of them, echoing for a long time.
Zhuzi stood there in despair. Cao Xi burst into tears and kowtowed three times in the direction where Yuan Qing was leaving.
...
Thousands of miles away, deep in the mountains and dense forests.
A white shadow loomed, speeding through the forest, but it was a small raccoon cat the size of a palm.
Later, more than ten strong men, wearing animal robes, riding bulls or riding tigers, chased after him.
