Chapter 306: Dragon Demon Heart Sutra, tenth level!
Two months later, Kuizhou, Lieyang Mountains.
A majestic city stands on the edge of the mountain. This city is called Yangji City, one of the county cities in the northern part of Kuizhou.
Because it is adjacent to the Lieyang Taoist Palace, one of the ten legendary immortal gates of the Xia Kingdom, the culture of cultivating immortals and practicing martial arts is prevalent in Yangji City.
Although the ten major immortal sects had tacitly closed themselves off from the outside world a long time ago, the influence of the Lieyang Taoist Palace was so great that there was still a constant stream of cultivators and warriors coming and going in Yangji City, making it extremely prosperous.
After Ning Daoran passed through a layer of clouds and mist, he saw Yangji City.
He frowned. He was not very interested in Yangji City. What he wanted was only the complete True Yang Furnace Art in the Lieyang Taoist Palace. It was said that the combination of the two parts of the True Yang Furnace Art would be a new top-level martial art, which was praised as the inherited unique martial art of the Lieyang Taoist Palace and was called the Nine Yang Furnace Art.
One has only one sun, and the other has nine suns. Anyone with a discerning eye knows which of these two techniques is more powerful.
"Old Deer, enter Lingpu Cave Heaven, and no one is allowed to come out without my order."
“Ahhh~~”
The big stupid deer turned into a ray of auspicious light and flew into the Lingpu Cave.
Ning Daoran tied the rattan ball, turned around and left Yangji City, heading straight for a world isolated from the rest of the world deep in the Lieyang Mountains.
After a moment.
Ning Daoran went in and out of the cloud and fog that covered hundreds of miles several times, but in the end he gained nothing. It was said that the Lieyang Taoist Palace was hidden from the human world by a fourth-order formation. It seemed that this was true. Ning Daoran encountered a mysterious wall several times when he entered the fog and finally had to turn back.
I think unless the Lieyang Taoist Palace opens its gates themselves, there will be no chance for others to take advantage.
“Strange…”
Ning Daoran stood on the clouds and frowned. This fourth-order formation was so magical that even he, a third-order top-grade formation master, could not see any clues. It was amazing!
However, the Lieyang Taoist Palace opens its gates once every ten years to accept fresh blood. At that time, a large number of immortal cultivators arranged by the Taoist Palace outside will bring the best immortal cultivators to join the Lieyang Taoist Palace after selection.
Therefore, Ning Daoran needs to wait for an opportunity.
Ten short years in the human world is just a blink of an eye for a Jindan cultivator like Ning Daoran.
Therefore, he decided to go to Yangji City, live there first, and then change his name to look for an opportunity to enter Lieyang Dao Palace.
…
In the evening, a man and a deer stepped into Yangji City.
There were cultivators in the city to guide them. A cultivator named Chen who was in the early stage of foundation building was extremely respectful to Ning Daoran, the Jindan, and led them all the way to the cave rental place in the city.
Yangji City is adjacent to the Lieyang Taoist Palace. There are high mountains in the south of the city and a third-grade medium-quality cave underground, so some caves have been opened up in the city for monks to rent.
"Senior Ning."
The cultivator surnamed Chen asked respectfully, "Senior, do you need a second-level spiritual cave or a third-level spiritual cave?"
"A second-level lower-grade spiritual vein will do."
Ning Daoran's practice actually does not require a high concentration of spiritual energy. After all, he spends most of his time practicing in the Lingpu Cave. The tens of thousands of spiritual stones buried underground in the Lingpu Cave are glowing and heating all the time. The spiritual energy they emit is absorbed by all kinds of rare and precious herbs, and then releases even more concentrated spiritual energy.
Therefore, the concentration of spiritual energy in Lingpu Cave is by no means lower than the fourth level, and it has long reached the level of self-sufficiency.
At this moment, Ning Daoran's cultivation level remained at the early stage of the Golden Core, and the big stupid deer's aura remained at the early stage of the second-level spirit beast. One man and one deer rented a second-level inferior cave, which gave people the impression of a "poor Golden Core".
It is always better to keep a low profile. After all, this place is too close to the Lieyang Taoist Palace, which is guarded by the Yuanying Zhenjun. Even if Ning Daoran is already in the middle stage of the Golden Core, he still has to be careful.
"That's good, it won't be too extravagant."
The cultivator named Chen seemed to be afraid of embarrassing the other party, so he said this, then quickly helped Ning Daoran complete the formalities and took them to the cave.
The cave is also on the street. There is a spirit gathering formation underground, which gathers all the spiritual energy underground around it to form a cave with second-level low-grade spiritual energy.
After some inquiries, I learned that the next opening of the Lieyang Taoist Palace would be in four years, which was not too long.
Ning Daoran settled down in the cave with peace of mind. He released a first-class paper man to guard the cave. He and Bai Lu hid in the Lingpu Cave with the first-class paper man hanging on his waist to practice.
At this moment, all other skills were put aside, and one's mind was focused on attacking the Dragon Demon Heart Sutra! ...
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
In Lingpu Cave, the sound of a dragon’s roar suddenly echoed continuously.
“Oh??”
The big stupid deer, the little black boy, and the green water turtle all turned their heads to look. Even the evil Tai Sui kept in the pen rolled his eyes and looked over.
In front of the cabin, a wisp of black dragon energy rose into the sky, and condensed into a ferocious and majestic black dragon image in the sky above Lingpu Cave Heaven, lifelike and amazing! This real dragon was condensed by powerful blood energy. Just under the black real dragon, there stood a burly figure. It was Ning Daoran, with long hair dancing in the wind, eyes like lightning, and muscle lines all over his body like knife carvings. He was extremely strong but not bloated. The whole person's aura had changed.
More importantly, about 20% of Ning Daoran's neck, face, chest, arms, etc., have been covered by blood-colored scales, and wisps of dragon energy are lingering in them. This is a sign of obtaining the Dragon Demon Power! Dragon Demon Heart Sutra, the tenth level!
With the consumption of a large number of True Blood Pills and time spent on intensive cultivation, Ning Daoran finally pushed this unique skill to the tenth level. After such a degree of body tempering, his physical strength has increased by at least 60% compared to before! "Huh..."
He breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the blood in his body was boiling, and when Ning Daoran looked inward, he saw the five golden elixirs in his Dantian Qi Sea shining brightly, and around the golden elixirs, there were wisps of blood-colored domineering aura lingering, which transformed into ink-colored dragon shapes that embraced the golden elixirs and protected the five golden elixirs tightly.
Baodan realm? !
Ning Daoran was pleasantly surprised. He originally thought that his dual cultivation of Dharma and body would not be manifested in detail, but he did not expect that he would actually surpass the Condensation Stage and directly enter the Embrace the Pill Stage! Moreover, it seems that the martial arts cultivation and the golden pill cultivation complement each other and there is no conflict at all.
The dragon-shaped blood and energy in his dantian was evolved from the Dragon Demon Heart Sutra and is extremely vigorous, reflecting the five golden elixirs. With these blood and energy, his cultivation in the golden elixir stage will be further consolidated, and it will be extremely difficult for others to hurt his golden elixir.
The most important thing is that the blood and energy of the warrior in the Baodan realm will feed back to the Jindan realm, which should also be beneficial to Ning Daoran's future breakthrough.
In short, Lin Man was right.
It is indeed correct for a cultivator to practice both Dharma and body and follow the path of the Dragon Demon Heart Sutra!
…
After cultivating the Dragon Demon Power, Ning Daoran did not continue to retreat, but took Bai Lu out often, and often drank tea and enjoyed the breeze in the small courtyard outside the cave, feeling the atmosphere of worldly life.
At this time, it was the spring famine.
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The people in the city had a poor harvest, and many of them had to live frugally in order to survive this period of spring famine.
Not long ago, there were several riots outside Yangji City. Because it was a county city, the people in the county who suffered from the spring famine had nowhere to go and all came to Yangji City.
It is said that the county magistrate in Yangji City is a corrupt official who has embezzled all the relief food and silver allocated by the state government and the court. He turned a blind eye to the countless starving refugees outside the city.
Not long ago, the imperial court sent officials from the capital to inspect the people's conditions. When the county magistrate heard about it, he became anxious and sent out the cavalry in the city to drive out the victims. He even ordered them to kill chickens to scare monkeys, and many people were killed.
This incident caused a big uproar, and the imperial court sent a martial immortal to slap the county governor to death on the spot.
However, the famine had not changed, and there were still many victims in the city. Almost every day, some ragged children passed by Ning Daoran's courtyard, their eyes full of longing.
There wasn't much Ning Daoran could do. If there were steamed buns, he would give a few. If there weren't any, then forget it. As for exchanging spirit stones for silver and opening porridge in the city, as an immortal cultivator, he naturally didn't do that.
…
In the afternoon, there was a lot of noise across the street.
Ning Daoran's cave faces the street, and opposite is a Wansheng weapons shop, which is similar to the sword-making shop in Fanshu City back then. It makes a living by forging iron and weapons for warriors. If there is demand, it can also make farm tools. In short, as long as the business can make money, it will basically not refuse.
Wansheng Weapons Shop does a big business, so they recruit new apprentices every year.
Some apprentices have a talent for blacksmithing and weapon making, so they are accepted as apprentices and kept, while some apprentices have no talent and will inevitably be kicked out in the end.
At this time, a group of hungry teenagers were driven out of the weapons shop, each of them with unwillingness and hunger in their eyes.
"I have said all the good things to you."
A sturdy man frowned and said, "You are not cut out for this job. You can't even pass the first round of assessment. How can the weapon shop keep you any longer? We have already kept you for half a month. You should quit while you are ahead. Go, go, don't stay here, so as not to affect the business of the shop!"
Suddenly, a group of young boys and girls scattered and became beggars on the streets, living a life of hunger and fullness.
Ning Daoran closed his eyes and rested in the courtyard every day. When he released his spiritual sense, he noticed that there were three siblings among this group of beggar boys. The two brothers were named Zhuo Yang and Zhuo Yu, and the sister was named Zhuo Ting.
Zhuo Ting was still young and very thin. She begged on the streets every day in a dirty state and was often bullied.
Zhuo Yang and Zhuo Yu were older and looked strong. When their sister was bullied, the two brothers would fight back together. When they won, they would get some steamed buns, but when they lost, they would have to go hungry. They would take their sister and hide in an abandoned brick kiln in the city, eating soup made from tree bark to recover.
…
Late that night, the drizzle had been falling for several days.
Zhuo Yang and Zhuo Yu's injuries had not yet healed. They lay on the grass next to the brick kiln, groaning. Their wounds had become inflamed and festered, and it looked as if one of their hands and one of their feet would be lost.
"Big brother, second brother..."
Zhuo Ting scooped up a bowl of porridge and handed it to her two brothers. There were only a few wild vegetable leaves and a few grains of rice that could be clearly counted in it. This was all the food for the three siblings.
"Zhuoting, eat something first."
Zhuo Yang raised his head and frowned.
"I'm not hungry..."
The little girl swallowed her saliva and said, "You guys eat first. I've eaten outside."
The two elder brothers knew it very well and both looked painful.
At this moment, a breeze blew past, and a figure in a green shirt floated down from the sky above the brick kiln. He looked like an immortal, and said calmly, "I'll give you a bite to eat. Are you willing to learn martial arts from me?"
(End of this chapter)