Chapter 85 How strong am I?
At this moment, footsteps were heard from the other end of the cave.
two……
Bai Jian and Hong Ling were stunned on the spot.
At the same time, I wondered if I had heard it too hard.
Listen again, still two footsteps.
…
Afterwards, Li Chu and Gongsun Rou were seen walking out from inside, and they ran into two ghosts head-on.
"ah."
Gongsun Rou was so scared that she quickly hid behind Li Chu.
But she suddenly remembered that their king had been killed by Li Chu just now, and she became a little bolder. She puffed out her chest and glared at the two ghosts - still clinging to Li Chu's back.
Before Li Chu could say anything, Bai Jian asked tremblingly, "Why...why did you guys come out?"
What really scares it is...
There were two people and one ghost in the cave. Now the two of them came out unharmed. So the question is...
Who was the ghost that I just killed?
Li Chu raised the unsheathed Pure Yang Sword and said in a cold voice: "The ghost in the cave has been killed, you... can also set off."
When the two ghosts saw that what he was holding was the Formation Eye Sword, they immediately guessed what had happened.
The king's fate can be imagined, and the two ghosts can't help but be terrified!
Hong Ling shouted, "Avenge the king, let's go together!"
Bai Jian echoed, "Okay!"
The two ghosts interacted with each other righteously, but Li Chu felt that this scene was somewhat familiar...
Sure enough, the next second.
The two ghosts retreated together tacitly, one on the left and one on the right, and fled in two different directions!
Bai Jian is an old hand after all. Compared with him, the loyal Qing Jia is as innocent as a blank sheet of paper.
Hong Ling was a little disappointed at this time. Bai Jian was indeed much smarter than the other ghost generals.
Bai Jian sneered in his heart, you want me to go to hell and stop the little Taoist priest so that you can buy time to escape? Haha, I will never be fooled!
but……
When Li Chu watched the two ghosts flee separately, he quickly chose one of their targets, and that target was Bai Jian.
The reason is simple, it is stronger than Hong Ling.
The stronger the ghost, the higher the experience value.
Li Chu, who had just been promoted to level 75, used the newly acquired artifact, the Pure Yang Sword, with the same spirit as when he had just killed the Ghost King.
A sword swung down.
roar--
A red dragon roared out, its rainbow light was like fireworks, and it looked like a streak of light in the sky, swallowing up Bai Jian's body in the blink of an eye.
"Well……"
The ghost commander, who had boasted a few hours ago that he could defeat Li Chu, was unable to catch even a single sword and shattered in mid-air.
But it's not shameful.
At least for Li Chu, Bai Jian and the Ghost King are opponents of the same level.
From this perspective, Bai Jian is proud enough.
Hong Ling took advantage of this opportunity to fly out of the cave and disappeared into the night, becoming impossible to catch up with.
Li Chu frowned.
Immediately, a snap was heard.
Something seemed to have landed at the place where Bai Jian died...
He walked over, and in the huge hole created by the sword energy, although Bai Jian's body was completely shattered, only a square piece of bone the size of a palm fell to the ground.
Exploding items?
Li Chu picked it up and held it in his hand. He felt cool and refreshing, and it felt very comfortable. It looked like white jade or fine porcelain, and it had nothing to do with scary things like skeletons.
I don't know what it is, but it looks very valuable.
Li Chu put the thing away and planned to go back and ask his master.
Gongsun Rou and I stepped out of the cave again, and heard a burst of shouting coming from outside the cave.
It seems that Hong Ling didn’t go far?
Li Chu hurried over.
On the bare black rocky mountain, there were two figures fighting fiercely.
On one side was a red-dressed phantom, with an erratic figure and a sinister aura. It was Hong Ling. On the other side was a light green dress, with a veil covering her face. The veil seemed to have magical powers, and even when she was turning and moving, it did not flutter at all.
Li Chu was a little surprised when he saw this figure, and murmured, "Miss Biluo?"
That’s right, the woman who kept Hong Ling was none other than the prostitute from Chunmanlou whom she had met once before, the Miss Biluo who refused to show up.
At that time, Li Chu felt that there was something strange about her.
I just found out today that she is a cultivator and her cultivation is quite strong.
I saw Biluo's hand seals changing like flowers, and every time they changed, an ice wall appeared out of nowhere.
Whether up or down, left or right, they always blocked Hong Ling's way.
Hong Ling was eager to escape, and after being annoyed by her for several times, she finally shouted: "If you dare to stop me again, I will kill you!"
The Red Painted Skin was furious, and the nails on his five fingers grew wildly, flashing cold light, like a pair of long scissors waving. Every time he swung, several shadow blades that were almost invisible in the night flew out.
Biluo was not afraid of this at all. She just gently raised her right sleeve, and a tall ice wall appeared in front of her again. The sharp shadow blade hit it, but only made a thumping sound, but could not penetrate it.
Hong Ling rushed forward like a gust of wind, crossed her hands, and broke the ice wall with a crackling sound.
But behind the ice wall, there was nothing.
"Huh?" Hong Ling let out a surprised sound.
Above its head, a bright cold light suddenly flashed in the dim moonlight.
Hong Ling didn't even look up. Almost relying on the instinct accumulated over hundreds of years, she flipped her body in the air and avoided the sword light that was slashing at her chest.
If it reacted a little slower, it would have been cut in half. Even if its chest protruded an inch more, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Biluo actually hid in the broken ice, concealing her figure perfectly, and suddenly summoned a flying sword to launch a fierce attack.
Hong Ling had no intention of fighting any longer. She had already realized that Li Chu was looking at her, because every hair on her body was standing on end!
This is the terror that only the little Taoist priest can bring to it.
Immediately, it pulled the collar and made a rustling sound.
In a flash, Biluo's sword light had fallen again, piercing through its body, making a crisp sound of tearing silk, hiss -
But Biluo's sword did not continue to stab, because she knew it was fake.
Escape.
Hong Ling has already taken off her skin, and taking advantage of the moment when everyone's attention was drawn, her real body escaped into the distance!
If Biluo raised her eyes, it would be too late, but she determined Hong Ling's position with just a glance of her spiritual sense, and then she made a sword gesture and raised the tip of the sword.
In the moonlight, the long sword in her hand looked beautiful and slender, as thin as a cicada's wing, as transparent as ice, and flashing with a dangerous aura.
call out--
A silver-white sword energy was shot out and hit Hong Ling's real body.
Kala--
Hong Ling's real body was frozen in an instant, and the layers of ice became thicker and thicker, leaving her no chance to escape.
Through the transparent ice, several people saw the true appearance of the painted skin for the first time.
Its entire face was covered with hideous scars and broken wounds, and its facial features and outlines were almost indistinguishable.
In short, it's ugly.
Unspeakably ugly.
No wonder it is so obsessed with plundering other people's skins.
It was frozen but did not die immediately. It seemed extremely terrified, with its eyes rolling wildly.
Without saying a word, Li Chu raised his sword, and a column of sword energy like a divine punishment fell from the sky.
boom!
Seeing this thick column of sword energy, Biluo's pupils shrank involuntarily.
She looked at Li Chu with some surprise.
Li Chu looked back at her embarrassedly, and a sense of experience quietly entered his body.
This behavior is a blatant head grabbing, I'm sorry, but...
I need to grow.
Biluo moved her toes lightly, and her whole body flew over on the wind and came close in the blink of an eye.
Li Chu decided that if Biluo pursued the matter of stealing the head, he would apologize.
But apparently, he is the only one in the world who cares about this...
Biluo said softly, "I didn't expect Taoist Xiao Li's cultivation to be so amazing. It's really eye-opening."
Seeing her being so polite, Li Chu also politely replied: "I didn't expect Miss Biluo to be a cultivator, and her cultivation is equally exquisite."
"Haha, it's nothing." Biluo shook her head slightly.
Li Chu asked again: "Why did Miss Biluo..."
"This ghost once secretly spied on me. She thought I didn't know it, but I had already sensed it. So I was curious and followed her for a few days."
Biluo said directly: "I witnessed the whole process of this girl being robbed and them entering this cave, but there is a powerful ghost in this cave that I dare not enter..."
"I stayed here, hoping to see if I could find a chance to rescue her. Unexpectedly, Taoist Xiao Li went straight into the cave and rescued her so easily."
"I was outside and wanted to leave, but I happened to see this ghost escaping. It had no helpers around, so I dared to take action against it."
"That's how it is."
"If you want to ask anything else, Taoist Xiao Li, I'm sorry I can't tell you..."
She chuckled and said the last sentence.
Li Chu understood what she meant. Why she had such powerful abilities, why she was hiding in Chunmanlou, and what her purpose was in Yuhang Town were all secrets that could not be known to outsiders.
In fact, he was not curious.
So he nodded and said, "Anyway, thank you Miss Biluo for your help."
"It's okay. Eliminating demons and defending the Way is just part of my job." Miss Biluo nodded calmly, "Master Xiao Li, see you later."
After saying this, she flew up lightly again, like a stunning beauty under the moon, floating in the air.
Gongsun Rou looked at her from behind with some admiration and asked, "Master Xiao Li, do you know this girl?"
"I met her once." Li Chu replied, "She is a popular prostitute in Chun Man Lou."
"Ah?" Gongsun Rou was a little surprised.
Now...is the threshold for entering a brothel so high?
…
The next day.
Yu Qian'an got up early as usual, sat under the locust tree and beside the well, and sipped the freshly brewed tea.
Now he no longer has to do small things like making tea himself, the fox girl will take care of everything.
Compared to the cute little koi, the fox girl is much more clever.
She can please people, read people's expressions, remember everyone's preferences and cater to them.
I even went out of my way to learn the art of making tea.
Li Chu got up early and went out. Seeing his master sitting here as usual, he suddenly felt a little relieved.
He walked over and sat opposite Yu Qian'an.
"Master, I have a few more questions to ask." He said directly.
"Haha, go ahead." Yu Qian'an put down the teacup and smiled.
"Master, do you recognize this thing?"
Li Chu took out the bone jade that exploded from Bai Jian's body from his sleeve and placed it on the table.
"Oh?" Yu Qian'an showed an interested look: "This is the incorruptible bone."
"Not dissolving bones?"
"That's right, I guess you got it from the skeleton of a successful cultivator?" Yu Qian'an asked.
"Yes." Li Chu nodded.
Yu Qian'an nodded and said, "That's it. The more you cultivate your skeleton, the harder it becomes. When you cultivate it to the highest level, it will become incorruptible. But these incorruptible bones can only be refined piece by piece. Although this is only a palm-sized piece, it will probably take hundreds or even thousands of years. If you can cultivate a whole body of incorruptible bones, then it will be invincible, even gods and immortals can't beat it. It's extremely powerful!"
After hearing him talk about how powerful this thing was, Li Chu leaned forward slightly and asked, "Then what about this thing..."
After a pause, Yu Qian'an seemed to have seen through his apprentice's thoughts and asked for him with a smile: "Is it worth money?"
"Heh." Li Chu laughed awkwardly.
"The incorruptible bone... is not very useful, but if you meet a customer, it is also a priceless treasure. For example, if a warrior wants to change his bones, or a puppeteer wants to refine a puppet, melting such a piece of bone into it will definitely be the finishing touch. Well... you should keep it for now, and you can sell it later if you have the chance." Yu Qian'an instructed: "If you take it to those immortal sects' pawn shops now, I'm afraid you will be forced to pay a high price."
"Okay." Li Chu nodded and put away the Undissolved Bone.
After saying this, the air was silent for a moment.
Yu Qian'an took another sip of tea and said, "Don't you have any more questions?"
"Indeed." Li Chu hesitated, and asked with a hint of anticipation: "Master, I want to ask...how strong am I?"
"Oh?" Yu Qian'an seemed to smile, but his left eyelid twitched slightly, "Why do you suddenly want to ask this?"
"Because I always thought I was weak, but since I started exorcising evil spirits these days, it seems... I have never been able to defeat an enemy with my sword."
Li Chu said slowly, there was no need to be humble in front of the master.
"If we only fight against evil spirits, it seems that we cannot see our cultivation level. However, if the disciples of Chaotianque and the outstanding disciples of Shenxu Temple cannot deal with evil spirits, it is often easier for me to deal with them."
"That's why I'm curious and want to ask Master, what realm am I at now?"
Li Chu asked seriously.
In fact, he had been thinking about this question for some time.
Originally, he had been carefully killing lantern monsters in Shilipu, and he lived a peaceful life.
But after those seemingly terrifying evil spirits jumped out one by one and were chopped off by me with my sword...
He felt...
This seems to be similar to killing lantern monsters...?
If they are not weak, then the only possibility is... that I am strong.
Yu Qian'an was silent for a moment, looking at Li Chu meaningfully. After a while, he asked, "Let me ask you first, if you follow your previous plan, what are you going to do?"
Li Chu thought for a while and said, "Go to Hangzhou Prefecture and buy two properties, and wait for them to appreciate in value. Then... buy two more, and wait for them to appreciate in value... then buy again, and wait again..."
Yu Qian'an smiled slightly, "Then...if you are invincible, what are you going to do?"
"Invincible?" Li Chu was stunned: "How invincible?"
"It's very exaggerated." Yu Qian'an said.
After asking this, his eyelids dropped slightly, and his sight was blocked by his eyelids, making it completely invisible.
It's obscure and hard to predict.
His face seemed to be smiling, but his right hand quietly went into his sleeve, as if he was holding something...
nervous.
Li Chu pondered this question for a long time.
After a long while, he slowly said, "There was once a wise man named Lu who said this."
“With great power comes great responsibility.”
"If a disciple has great power, he would naturally want to eliminate the evil spirits that harm people in the world and eradicate the visible evil in the world... and save some money by the way."
"But...if you reach the point where you are invincible, some things cannot be solved by violence. In other words, violence at this level will not only fail to solve some problems, but will also give rise to many more."
"There is an absolutely violent existence. Even if I am righteous in my heart and even if I can live forever... I may not necessarily make the world a better place."
"Because as long as this force exists, an uncontrollable vortex of power will inevitably form around it."
"It might be better to let the world run according to its original rules. At least... this trajectory is predictable, and the world will form better and better rules."
"The rules of continuous evolution are far more reliable than the absolute violence dominated by human nature."
"So... as long as this world doesn't encounter a devastating disaster, I probably won't show up. Living in obscurity in the market, or finding a secluded place to spend the rest of my life, may be the best choice."
Li Chu answered while thinking.
The smile on Yu Qian'an's face gradually became brighter.
"You said it well, I am very pleased," he said.
Li Chu was also somewhat happy to receive praise from his master, but...
"What about the disciple's question?"
"What's the problem?"
"How strong am I..." Li Chu repeated.
Yu Qian'an shook his head: "I don't know."
"Ah?" Li Chu was surprised.
"It's like... do you know how strong I am?" Yu Qian'an asked back.
Li Chu shook his head as a matter of course.
"That's clear. Your way of cultivation is very different from everyone else in the world. In fact, I couldn't see through you earlier." Yu Qian'an smiled and said, "But as long as you maintain your integrity and stick to the right path, you will always be right, right?"
"Adhere to the right path..." Li Chu murmured, seeming to be thinking about something.
"I really like what you said just now, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Your ability may be very strong now, but it is still unclear. So... what responsibility are you prepared to take?" Yu Qian'an asked.
"Well... if that's the case, the next step is for me to spread the name of Deyun Temple throughout Hangzhou Prefecture." Li Chu raised his eyebrows and said loudly.
"Oh? That's not easy."
"Indeed, but I have heard Li Xinyi say several times that Chaotianque is short of staff in Hangzhou Prefecture, and the fees charged by the various sects in the prefecture are expensive. Many villages and towns around... need help. I thought that after Yuhang Town is settled, if there is enough energy to help the people of the entire Hangzhou Prefecture, they should be very happy."
Yu Qian'an nodded slowly, smiled and said a word.
"good."
…
It was a long time after Li Chu left the front hall before Yu Qian'an moved.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his left hand, and when he took his right hand out from his sleeve tremblingly, he was holding something tightly in his hand.
turn out to be……
It's a picture book.
"I almost got caught by this kid. I have to be more careful next time."
He murmured as he turned the cover of the album, his eyes gradually lighting up.
There were only four big characters vaguely seen on the cover of the album: Fly, Flower, Gorgeous, and Think.
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I updated once yesterday, and today I have a 5,000-word chapter, which is good enough. I wrote until 6am after returning from the hospital, hoping that I can cry when I wake up.
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