"Master..."
Yuwen Tuo turned his head and looked at the figure standing on the big rock over there, and the Xuanyuan Sword floating on the side. A smile appeared on his face. He hurriedly took two steps forward, then suddenly stopped, and his smile slowly faded away.
"Master, your cultivation..."
On the other side, most of the people in Chengyun Sect, including the head sect leader Yun Ji, were surprised. Their cultivation was wasted, just like the vast ocean drying up and the heaven and earth collapsing. There were some who had lost something and then recovered it, but most of them could hardly make any progress in their cultivation even if they started all over again.
But now, it seems that Lu Liangsheng's cultivation has not been wasted at all, and there is a tendency of breakthrough compared with before.
In the dead silence, more than a dozen male and female disciples of Chengyun Inner Sect lowered their voices.
"Outside Chang'an City, could it be that Lu Liangsheng has not abandoned his cultivation at all..."
"Yes, Master, the Danhai is surging and difficult to recharge, but why is he still like this?"
The old man in front just raised his hand to ask them to stop talking. He looked past Yuwen Tuo and looked at the figure in a green shirt and white robe on the big rock at the edge of the cliff. The person who set up the magic circle in front of him was his apprentice, but when they met, he saved this side. Thinking of the scene outside the south gate of Chang'an that day, the old man probably figured it out.
Immediately, he put away his magic sword and bowed towards that side with his fists clasped.
"Thank you, Brother Lu for your help."
…
The voice was gentle and spread to the big rock over there. However, Lu Liangsheng's attention was on the Xuanyuan Sword, which was a perfect match with its scabbard. A brilliant golden aura was lingering around.
"… Is this the Xuanyuan Sword? The scabbard's greatest function is actually this."
Since he got the scabbard from Changyang Mountain, Lu Liangsheng has also studied the scabbard. After all, it is a part of the divine weapon. However, he has practiced Taoism for many years and cannot compare with the experience of those practitioners who have practiced Taoism for dozens or hundreds of years. He gave up after trying many times. If he had not been ambushed by Zhu Erniang in the Qingcheng Mountain Cave, he would not have known that the Xuanyuan sword scabbard also has the ability to control magic.
Now, I truly understand the function of the scabbard. It is actually used to restrain the invincible power of the Xuanyuan Sword.
"Everything in the world is mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining, even divine weapons seem to be no exception."
After hearing Yuwen Tuo's "Master!" and Chengyun Sect's headmaster Yun Ji's words "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lu, for your help," Lu Liangsheng came back to his senses, nodded towards the group of more than ten people, and his eyes swept across the Blood Spirit Formation, finally landing on Yuwen Tuo.
"You set up this formation by killing 100,000 Turks?"
The latter hesitated for a moment, lowered his head, and slowly raised his hands: "Yes... yes, Master."
One hundred thousand Turks
The light words floated in the wind. The disciples of Chengyun Sect were shocked by the number. Those who practice Taoism should not get involved in the secular world. This has been the warning of the elders in the sect since they started practicing Taoism. They all looked at the headmaster in front of them. The old man frowned when he heard this.
"Good kill!"
Over there, Lu Liangsheng looked at his apprentice with approval. The latter raised his face and was a little stunned: "Master..."
"You don't have to look at me like that."
Lu Liangsheng pushed away the Xuanyuan Sword that was floating by, walked down the rock, and a smile appeared on his face.
"I read the books of sages, not just dead books. I never give charity to my enemies. But I came here today because I heard about your story. So I want to ask, Tuo'er, what do you want to do?!"
"Master, if you trust me, don't..."
"But Master Wu Yuan?!"
Lu Liangsheng spoke calmly, staring straight at Yuwen Tuo's brown and blue pupils, "Master trusts you. I don't care how many Turkic lives were used to set up this formation. I'm just afraid that you will be used by him. The painted skin monster Hua Hongyi has also joined his sect."
"Takuer knows."
Yuwen Tuo took a breath, took a half step back, put some distance between himself and his master, clasped his hands heavily, and bowed.
"Thank you for your trust, Master. This matter is indeed related to the Master. In fact, this formation, although it looks evil, is extremely effective. I cannot reveal the whole story now... Master, take care!"
As he lifted his cloak, his figure suddenly became blurred. When Lu Liangsheng shouted, "Tuo'er!", he chased to the edge of the cliff. The figure that fell under the cliff turned into a stream of light, rose and fell several times, and disappeared behind the foothills of Qingming Mountain.
Looking at the "flowing light" disappearing behind the mountain, Lu Liangsheng gritted his teeth and his cheeks puffed up a few times. He just asked about Master Wu Yuan but it was just a tentative question. He didn't expect that it was really related to him.
"What on earth is this for?!"
"Friend Lu!"
At this time, the voice of the headmaster of Chengyun Sect sounded behind him. Lu Liangsheng calmed down and turned around, only to see an old man walking towards him with a magic sword on his back.
He raised his hand and greeted, "Master."
"Haha, Daoist Fellow Lu, you are too polite. If you hadn't stopped your disciple just now, I and the disciples would have suffered a great loss of mana. By the way, may I ask, how did Daoist Fellow recover his cultivation?"
It was not unreasonable for the leader of a sect to ask such an abrupt question. After all, Lu Liangsheng was a disciple of the Purple Star Demon Sect. The former had grudges with all major sects. Just because the last incident was exposed did not mean giving up.
Lu Liangsheng put the matter of his disciple aside for the moment and spoke frankly with a smile about the recasting of the Five Elements.
"When I gave up my cultivation, I actually lived as an ordinary person for a while, going up the mountain to collect firewood, fetching water and making fire, and teaching in my spare time. I never expected that the book I had been carrying around with me would have such magical power that it allowed me to be reborn and regain my cultivation."
"Hahaha, it seems like this is a wonderful thing. If it weren't for your innocent heart, I'm afraid it would be difficult to have such an opportunity."
Yun Ji stroked his long white beard, nodded, and then looked at the Xuanyuan Sword floating in the air, "I think this thing is also destined to be with you. The choice of a master for a divine weapon also depends on the heart and blessings of the person. You must have done a lot of good things in the mortal world along the way."
"Master, you are praising me too much. I cannot bear to see it, and I always intervene in the matter, and I am often laughed at and called a goody-goody."
As he spoke, Lu Liangsheng reached out and touched the scabbard of the Xuanyuan Sword, exclaimed in admiration, then took it off and held it in his hand to examine it carefully.
"This artifact is not a bargain for me. It originally belonged to my apprentice. How can I take it for myself? I have to return it to him in the future and use it in a proper way."
An old man and a young man were standing on the edge of the cliff talking, and they would laugh from time to time, but there was too much difference between them, and there was a generation gap after all, so they couldn't chat and laugh.
Speaking of the magic circle set up on the side, Lu Liangsheng told the old man about his worries.
"Master Wu Yuan... I have never heard of him. He may be quite prestigious among monsters. He may be a great monster."
Yun Ji stroked his chin and looked at the gradually brightening sky and the winding and undulating mountain ridges. After thinking for a while, he said, "As for the so-called great calamity of heaven and earth, I have also had such a feeling, but not completely. I thought it was just the restlessness of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Maybe there is really a hidden secret. Well, let's leave the formation here for the time being. My Chengyun Sect is not far from here. I want to see what the so-called calamity of heaven and earth is like."
The reason he could say so much to this junior monk was also because of his previous help. After a few more words, he said goodbye and left.
"Master."
Lu Liangsheng called him and suddenly raised his hand to bow: "Thank you, Master. I thank you for releasing my master that day."
"Buddhism has the concept of saving people, so how can our Taoism lag behind?"
The old man who stopped in front of the disciples turned his head, his long white beard fluttering in the wind, and raised his hands to return the greeting, "In the future, you should persuade Zixing to stop doing evil things. I will also say some good words to other sects and independent cultivators."
"Thank you for your teachings, Master. My master has already reformed and no longer does evil. All the mistakes he made in the past and the elixirs and magic weapons he robbed will be returned one by one in the future."
Watching the old man and his disciples flying to the east with swords in hand, Lu Liangsheng sighed, sat on a stone beside him, looked at the dark red magic circle in front of him, and fell silent.
Yuwen Tuo is also working for Master Wuyuan. Is this formation really used to resist some kind of calamity from heaven and earth
… Perhaps, I should go find that Wu Se Zhuang and meet him.
The scholar looked at the Xuanyuan Sword sticking on the ground. He didn't go to Wuse Manor to look for Master Wuyuan before because he didn't want to put himself and his master in a desperate situation. Now... he has the Xuanyuan Sword, so even if he can't win, he can still retreat safely. What's more, he also has the star method of "Boundless Mountains and Seas".
In the azure sky, the clear chirping of birds could be heard gradually. The clouds in the east turned pale as a fish belly. A ray of morning light broke through the gap in the clouds and quickly extended along the mountains inch by inch.
When the light shone on the top of the mountain, Lu Liangsheng vaguely heard the sound of horse hooves, and the Yuelong Sword hanging in the air made a sound.
"That old donkey runs so slowly that its four legs are not enough."
The sound of hooves gradually grew louder, and a flash of lightning shot up from the bottom of the cliff, and fell down with a bang. In the dust that was kicked up, the old donkey saw his master sitting over there. He swung the bookshelf on his back, neighed excitedly twice, spread his hooves and ran up, nudging the scholar's sleeve with his long mouth.
A cloud of black smoke rose up on the ground. Qi You walked out and looked around curiously. Then he was attracted by the blood spirit formation over there. He ran over, squatted down and took a closer look.
After a long while, the Toad Taoist didn't come out, so Lu Liangsheng asked a question.
"Qiyou, where is my master?"
The woman turned around and pointed to the bookshelf behind the old donkey: "Isn't that... Hey, where's the little toad?"
The donkey chewing the tender grass on the top of the mountain blinked and tilted its neck to look back. It saw a rope extending from a small compartment of the bookshelf and hanging on the ground. The other end was empty and there was no trace of the toad.
Mu Qiyu covered her mouth and looked at the scholar embarrassedly.
"Old demon, the little toad may have fallen on the road..."
"Liang Sheng..."
Faintly, it seemed like the voice of Toad Taoist priest came from outside the cliff. Lu Liangsheng was wondering where his master had fallen. When he heard the voice, he hurried to the edge of the cliff, searching along the steep cliff wall.
"Liangsheng... Your teacher is here..."
Finally, at the bottom of the slightly inclined cliff, a black dot was seen. In the distance, the Toad Taoist was climbing a protruding rock, raising his toad face upward and shouting, while his two short legs kicked the moss-covered rocks hard a few times.
The webbed feet of the frog slipped, and the webbed feet of the frog that the Toad Taoist climbed to the top of the rock froze, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"You damn ass... just wait for me!!"
His body slid down the rock and fell to the ground with a bang. His round body rolled down the hillside like a ball, rolling farther and farther.
Only the sound echoed.
"… Liangsheng, my master… wants to eat donkey meat… meat… "