Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 5: Sand Bandits and East Bird City
"Is the young master so strong just after entering the Nascent Soul stage?" Qin Yitian murmured, still immersed in Lu Qingshan's just-broken tide, still in doubt and amazement.
You must know that Qianliu is not some weak mortal infant, but a Nascent Soul peak cultivator who comes from a top sect, possesses a top inheritance, and is on the Yellow List.
Such a person could definitely not be considered weak, but he couldn't even block the three swords of his own young master...
"The gap between him and me is not as big as you think. I just took advantage of it. In that situation, for the sake of the reputation of Xijian Pool, he had no choice but to confront me head-on without dodging." Lu Qingshan explained softly without being arrogant.
"If it wasn't like this, but a life-and-death fight, even if I could defeat him, it certainly wouldn't be so easy."
The Secret Sword of Zhentian is his most powerful sword.
Qianliu is the culmination of the sword intent of water, and its famous sword style is also renowned for its long-lasting power.
The Bilang Sword excels at long-term combat.
The longer the battle lasts, the higher his chance of winning.
Lu Qingshan shortened the victory and defeat to within three swords.
This is equivalent to using one's own strengths to attack the other party's weaknesses.
It is understandable that the Bilang Sword collapsed with one strike.
What's more, even though he had reached the Nascent Soul stage, he was already able to bear the enormous burden of using the Zhentian technique, but the spiritual energy consumed by these three swords was still extremely huge.
Therefore, he was not as carefree and relaxed as he actually was.
However, when cultivators fight, isn't it always about using their own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses?
He can take advantage of the situation, use the most appropriate combat method, and eliminate the opponent as quickly as possible. In fact, this is also his ability.
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"Lu Qingshan, where are we going?" Gu Yiyi's muffled voice came.
Because she suddenly discovered that since Lu Qingshan left Fengling River, the surrounding scenery he passed by was gradually becoming more and more desolate.
Now, looking around, all you can see is endless yellow sand, which spreads to the end of your sight.
The yellow sand piled up into one brown mound after another, some high and some low, in varying degreess.
This is an endless desert, but it also has its own unique charm.
It's a pity that Gu Yiyi cannot appreciate this charm.
As someone who has always lived with the Wangchuan River, she loves the vast ocean the most. She is instinctively repelled by the sight of yellow earth everywhere.
"To avoid the wind and to seek opportunities," Lu Qingshan replied, "an opportunity to improve the true meaning of the origin."
The world of cultivation is not a peaceful place.
Fighting is always the main theme of monks.
In this environment, friction and gap between Xijianchi, as the second largest sword-cultivating sect in the world, and Jianzong were bound to exist.
On the surface, they would not do anything to Lu Qingshan, just like Lu Qingshan would not kill Qian Liu for no reason on the surface.
But he had just embarrassed Xijianchi in front of so many people, and now he was on someone else's territory. There was no guarantee that Xijianchi would not do something to trip him up in secret.
So we have to keep quiet for a while and stay out of the spotlight.
As for improving the true meaning of the origin...
Because only when the power of the artistic conception that one has comprehended has reached perfection, can the cultivator condense the seed of Tao and thus advance to the stage of refining the void.
Therefore, since entering the Nascent Soul stage, anyone who is determined to practice Void Refining must begin to use all possible methods to improve his or her artistic conception.
The reason is very simple. Just like the college entrance examination, you can't start reviewing in the last month before the college entrance examination, right?
And for Lu Qingshan, because he possesses the original true meaning of "immortality", this need for improvement has become more urgent and necessary.
The strength of the original true meaning is unquestionable, and the combat power bonus it brings to cultivators has reached an extremely exaggerated level.
But the way of heaven is always fair.
It is unimaginable how difficult it is to comprehend and improve upon such a heaven-defying true meaning of the origin.
He first borrowed the immortal truth bestowed by the Longevity Whale, and under the guidance of the Lord of Qingqiu Mountain, he was able to comprehend its rudiments.
Then, he gained some insights from the mark of spiritual light bestowed by the Lord of the Underworld, and finally achieved immortality.
This is the difficulty of understanding.
The brilliant Ji Chuan was unable to advance to the realm of refining emptiness because he was unable to cultivate the reincarnation of the true meaning of the origin to perfection.
This is the difficulty of improvement.
It is very necessary for Lu Qingshan to prepare for a rainy day.
The improvement of artistic conception is completely different from the practice of martial arts.
It does not rely on ascetic practice, but on the unexpected insights gained from traveling thousands of miles, or the enlightenment of wonders of heaven and earth, as well as some precious opportunities such as the enlightenment of the path and the comprehension of the source world.
This is also the reason why Lu Qingshan was not in a hurry to return to the Eastern Region after arriving in the Western Region.
In his memory, there was a great opportunity in the Mogao Desert near Baizhou in the Western Regions at this time, which was still in its infancy and no one had noticed.
This opportunity will help him improve his own true meaning.
Hearing Lu Qingshan say this, Gu Yiyi pursed her lips, had nothing to say, groaned, turned her head and fell silent.
She decided to sleep for a while.
After waking up, Lu Qingshan should have left here, right?
I'm good at sleeping.
Gu Yiyi nodded with satisfaction in her heart.
It's shameful to escape, but it works!
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The water town of Dongtu is picturesque, so it nurtured the most elegant sword sect.
The northern plateau is extremely cold, and the howling upstream wind on the snowfield has cultivated the most tenacious will of the human race. Therefore, the Dao Sect Jialou, which is famous for its single-minded study of the various arts of cultivation, was established.
The Southern Region was wealthy, powerful, and rich in resources. It was the region where the largest and most arrogant Dharma practitioners took root and sprouted, and the Taiqing Palace came into being.
The biggest feature of the Western Regions is its barrenness, with a large part of it being desert.
Because of the poverty, the scarcity of resources, the cruelty of the environment and the harshness of the world, in the Western Desert, those who can adapt best to the harsh environment, and even those who actively seek out harsh environments to practice, are able to become strong.
Longxiang Temple, a holy place for physical cultivation, originated in the Western Desert.
But Longxiang Temple is different from ordinary sects in one way.
The address of its sect is not limited to one place.
It has branches in various places in the Western Regions.
Four courtyards, thirty-six temples and seventy-two shrines.
Together, it is called Longxiang Temple, and it is the invincible Taoist sect.
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Lu Qingshan was flying in the sky on his sword.
It was very quiet in the Mogao Desert, with nothing else except the sound of the wind.
But this does not mean that there are no living creatures in the desert.
As far as he knew, beneath the yellow sand, there lived some unknown sand monster.
Lu Qingshan looked around and saw nothing but a vast expanse of space. In the end, he could only look up at the starry sky, find a guiding star, and then move forward, deeper into the desert.
In a desert with nothing but yellow sand and no reference points, the only thing you can believe in are the unchanging stars in the sky.
Lu Qingshan had no idea how big the Mogao Desert was.
He flew for a whole day at the speed of his sword, but the surrounding scenery remained unchanged.
Another day later, something different finally appeared in the desert full of yellow sand.
A hint of green comes into view, and the dry air becomes more moist.
Any place with water in the desert is an oasis, and where there is an oasis, there will be people gathering.
Lu Qingshan's heart moved slightly, and he flew his sword in the direction of the origin of the water.
Sure enough, not long after, a yellow city appeared at the end of Lu Qingshan's sight.
This loess city is not square, but leaf-shaped, falling in the desert.
And on top of the yellow city wall, there is a huge pattern of a ferocious beast branded on it.
It was a ferocious bird spreading its wings as if ready to fly, with flames lingering all over its body. The strange thing was that the feathers of this ferocious bird were a combination of five colors: white, blue, red, yellow, and green. It was truly magical.
Lu Qingshan's heart moved slightly, and he recognized this ferocious bird.
The five-colored bird is an ancient exotic bird.
The reason why it is branded and engraved on the city wall is because this five-colored bird is the totem of the human race in this city.
This is also a distinctive school of physical cultivation in the Western Regions.
Cultivate the power of totems, use the essence and blood of ferocious beasts and birds of prey, and use some special methods to engrave ferocious beast runes in your body, thereby possessing some of the power of ferocious beasts.
These ferocious beasts are called totems by these physical cultivators.
Lu Qingshan descended from the air and slowly walked towards the ancient loess city called "Dongque City".
There are two major forces in the Mogao Desert, one is the Nine Tribes Alliance, and the other is the sand bandits.
The Nine Tribes Alliance is an alliance composed of the nine largest totem tribes in the Mogao Desert. Each totem tribe has established and controlled an ancient city, and Dongque City is one of the nine cities.
The Sand Bandits are quite special, they are an evil organization.
The leading monk was an evil cultivator nicknamed "Old Vulture".
In his early years, he was wanted by Daxia because he practiced evil skills, used cruel methods, and killed countless people.
After escaping by chance and having no other options left, he simply dived into the Mogao Desert, which was not covered by the forces of Daxia.
The Mogao Desert is extremely vast and desolate, with few people going there. If a cultivator sneaks into it, how can Daxia find him?
The old vulture was able to fly freely in the sky and get away with it.
But that’s not all. The old vulture was a man with a quick mind. After living in seclusion in the Mogao Desert, he actually gathered together a few fellow evil practitioners, raised a big flag, and started to become “sand bandits”.
They specialize in killing lone monks in the Mogao Desert, extorting and intimidating those small totem tribes, collecting so-called protection fees, and doing all kinds of evil. Surprisingly, they make enough money, and because Daxia cannot reach here, they can practice evil skills without restraint.
After gradually gaining fame, more and more evil cultivators who were desperate or independent cultivators who longed for more power chose to join.
As a result, the second largest force in the Mogao Desert, the "Sand Bandits", emerged out of nowhere.
The sand bandits are all desperate monks and have no fixed roots.
As the saying goes, those with bare feet are not afraid of those with shoes. Therefore, even the indigenous Nine Tribes Alliance is particularly wary of it.
Fortunately, although this sand bandit acted unscrupulously, he still had some sense of propriety. At least he would not provoke the Nine Clans Alliance openly, so the Nine Clans Alliance could only hold their noses and let the sand bandit go.
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Lu Qingshan’s purpose of entering Dongque City was very clear.
The opportunity he was looking for was called Thunder Fruit.
The Thunder Fruit is a rare creature born from the thunder of heaven and earth.
Thunder is a symbol of destruction and death. Wherever it strikes, there is destruction. Even for cultivators who have reached a high level, heaven will send down thunder tribulations to test and stop them from continuing to absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth.
But everything has its limits. Even under such a terrifying thunder, a rare wonder of heaven and earth containing infinite vitality can be born.
What's more, thunder has such strong destructive power, it naturally contains infinite energy.
The Thunder Fruit is the gift of thunder.
In the thunder, a magical medicine containing thunder energy and vitality will grow, and it will continuously absorb the power of thunder, and eventually produce thunder fruit.
After taking the Shenglei Fruit and refining the power within it, not only can one's cultivation be greatly advanced, but the infinite vitality it contains can also prolong the cultivator's lifespan. In addition, it can also help the cultivator comprehend and enhance the true meaning of immortality.
In the Nine Days plot of the previous life, a large regional mission appeared in the Mogao Desert, attracting countless players from the Western Regions to flock there.
The momentum was so great, and the information flowed quickly among players, so even Lu Qingshan, who was not in the Western Region at the time, heard about it.
In the twenty years of Xianwu, in the deepest part of the Mogao Desert, there was a surge of auspicious air and lightning shooting into the sky, as if a supreme treasure of chaos was born.
Afterwards, the entire Mogao Desert was in turmoil, and several terrifying monsters fought a life-and-death battle for the unknown treasure.
It was a shocking battle. The terrifying aura of the great demon shook the entire desert, and the aftermath was extremely terrifying.
The sand monsters that were hiding and sleeping under the yellow sand were awakened by this breath and fled out in fear, forming a terrifying monster tide that completely submerged and devoured the nine totem cities and thousands of small human tribes standing in the Mogao Desert.
This was a great catastrophe and tragedy. In the blink of an eye, a city's residents were submerged by the demonic tide and razed to the ground. No one survived. It was like the end of the world.
The task issued to players at that time was just to delay time as much as possible so as to save more humans.
Stop the demon tide? Even the authorities don’t have the hope of doing so.
This is the general trend. For thousands of years, there have been countless sand monsters hiding and living in the Mogao Desert. Once they erupt, it will be beyond human control.
Later, after everything was settled, the players learned the truth.
The origin of everything is because of this thunder fruit.
In a great thunder, the Thunder Fruit fully matured, causing it to burst out with infinite spiritual power and lightning, attracting the great monster in the Mogao Desert.
The bloody disaster occurred because the four great demons were fighting for the Thunder Fruit .
Ever since Lu Qingshan came to Baizhou, his memory of this mission has been evoked.
If a tide of demons rises, he will have no ability to stop it.
But at this moment, he had the ability to nip this bloody disaster in the bud.
Because the fuse of the bloody disaster was the thunder fruit.
And now, it is only the fourth year of Tianyuan, and the Thunder Fruit has not yet matured, and is still growing somewhere in the Mogao Desert.
If he could find the thunder fruit earlier and pick it, then the demon tide would not have occurred, right?
Given a chance to save the world from disaster and avoid the suffering of all living beings, with his character, how could he turn a blind eye?
Not to mention, this Thunder Fruit is of great use to him.
Why not do something that kills two birds with one stone?
The current problem is that he only knows that the Thunder Fruit grows deep in the Mogao Desert, but he is not sure where exactly it is.
The Mogao Desert is so vast that the probability of finding a thunder fruit with a blind eye is too low.
So, since he had encountered a large human city, he thought about entering the city to see if he could get some relevant information from the local native monks.
As soon as he entered Dongque City, Lu Qingshan's eyes lit up slightly.
The distinctive loess building complex with unique desert characteristics appeared in the field of vision.
People walking on the street were all wrapped in long robes and had turbans on their heads.
This is a dress designed to protect against sand and sun .
"Huh, that's interesting." Lu Qingshan suddenly exclaimed.
Because among a group of pedestrians wrapped in long robes, Lu Qingshan saw a little monk wearing a light red robe, who was particularly conspicuous.
There is a saying that is widely circulated among players :
In the Western Regions, the type of people you should never mess with are the bald ones.
One reason is that among the physical cultivation, the most ferocious school is that of ascetic monks.
It is very likely that any monk you meet is a monk who follows the ascetic school and has achieved extraordinary physical body.
The second reason is the Dao Zong Longxiang Temple.
Although it cannot be said that all the disciples in Longxiang Temple are monks, at least 70 to 80 percent of them are bald bosses.
However, the reason why Lu Qingshan found it interesting was not because he saw a monk, but because this little novice monk looked young, only about thirteen or fourteen years old, but he was wearing a cassock that only monks could wear.
At this age, can you explain the meaning of the scriptures?
What’s even more interesting is that there is a tiny yellow bird hidden between the sleeves of the little monk. It looks extremely spiritual and is obviously a psychic monster.
This is a peculiar combination of a little monk and a little bird demon.
