Sword of Coming

When the sky was slightly bright, Chen Pingan left the inn and said to check out with the waiter who was napping at the counter.

The young man didn't take it seriously and nodded, indicating that he understood.

Although the young ranger wearing a bamboo hat checked out two days in advance, but the money was not in his pocket, the young man was a little unmotivated and asked the inn's maid to clean the room. We will talk about it later. .

The young man turned his head and looked at the deserted street outside the inn. The young ranger was no longer there.

When he thought about the gossip coming from the Mural City, he felt a little unhappy. The opportunity for the three pictures of the heavenly court ladies and goddesses were all stolen by outsiders. Fortunately, he ran there when he had nothing to do, thinking about these three goddesses. The immortal energy didn't go anywhere, it must have gone because of the man's appearance and family background. When the young man thought this, he became more and more discouraged. It was like a rat giving birth to burrow in the ground, which made him very angry.

Chen Pingan left the market and went to the archway at the entrance of Guixi Valley. He paid five snow coins with the gatekeeper monk of Pima Sect and got a nine-fold seal jade token to pass the customs. If he left Guixi Valley alive, he could hold the jade token to Ask for two pieces of snow money back.

The toll is not expensive, just a dozen bowls of tea from the Swaying River.

Moreover, this fairy money can also be owed on credit with the Pima Sect. Therefore, many desperate desperadoes from the northern countries of Skeleton Beach entered the Skeleton Beach and did three things. They spent a few pennies at the Swaying River Temple and burned Three sticks of incense, pray with the river god, and then go to the Mural City Goddess Picture to try your luck, and then go to Naiheguan Market to buy a copy of "Xinxin Ji". After passing the archway, you can give your life to God. Disposed of.

After paying the money, I got the piece of seal with the inscription "Heavenly Might, Shock and Kill Ten Thousand Ghosts". Most of the powerful Yin spirits in the city close to the south of the Ghost Valley would not take the initiative to provoke the guy with the jade sign. After all, the leader of the Pima Sect, Guochi Immortal Master , stationed in the Ghost Valley all year round, often leading the monks from the two towns to hunt for ghosts, but the city lords, big and small, would not deliberately restrain the ghosts and ghosts under their command for this reason. In the early days, many city lords in the south did not believe in evil, but preferred to wait for opportunities to torture and kill those who displayed jade plaques. As a result, the immortal master Zhu Quan of Guochi led several earthly immortal monks who were direct descendants of the ancestral hall, regardless of the cost, and went deep into the hinterland alone several times. Even if she was damaged, several of the culprits would have to be beheaded in public. The reason why Immortal Master Guochi was so slow to advance to the Jade Pu Realm was closely related to her risk-taking killing of enemies, and she had stayed in the Nascent Soul Realm for too long.

The most dangerous situation was when only Immortal Master Guochi returned seriously injured, with the heads of three city lord Yin spirits hanging on her waist. After that, she was detained in the back mountain prison by the old sect leader and ordered not to enter the upper five realms for a day. You are not allowed to go down the mountain. When she was finally able to come out of the mountain, the first thing she did was to return to the Ghost Valley. If it hadn't been for the founder of the mountain, before his death, he had issued a strict decree, prohibiting the previous sect masters from arbitrarily activating the immortal weapon given by the Supreme Sect of Middle Earth and mobilizing the support. Among them, one hundred thousand Yin soldiers invaded the Ghost Valley. I am afraid that with the temper of Immortal Master Guochi, the sect would have been seriously injured again, and he would have led his army to the White Bone Jingguan City.

At this time, in addition to Chen Ping'an, who was alone, there were three groups of people waiting there, including friends who were traveling in the Ghost Valley, and followers who were closely following them, waiting for the time together.

Entering the Ghost Valley to experience, as long as you are not gambling on your life, you must have a good time.

Seniors from some families or sects each told the younger ones around them to be more careful when entering the Ghost Valley. Many of the reminders were actually common clichés and can be found in "Xinxin Collection".

Chen Ping'an hung the jade plaque around his waist and stood a little far away, stroking his hands to keep warm.

When Mao hour arrived, the old monk of the Pima Sect, standing in the center of the first two-color glazed archway, gave way to the road and said auspicious words, "I wish you all good luck and a safe journey."

Chen Pingan smiled knowingly.

I really have a good name.

Chen Ping'an walked at the end. The archways, different shapes, and different contents of the plaques were eye-opening.

Entering the Ghost Valley this time, Chen Ping'an wore a green robe named Qingcao given by the female dragon Wu Yi of Ziyang Mansion. He took out the walnut bracelet given by Liu Zhimao of Qingxia Island from among the square items, and mixed it with a pile of yellow robes he had painted last night. The paper talismans are hidden together in the left sleeve. The talismans are mostly entry-level lamp-raising talismans and barrier-breaker talismans from the "Authentic Book of Alchemy". Of course, there are also three square-inch talismans, one of which is drawn on rare talisman paper made of gold. , Chen Ping'an spent a lot of energy last night, which can be used to escape or fight for his life. This golden square-inch talisman has the best effect when combined with the god's drumming style.

On this road, everyone actually walked for a full stick of incense, passing through twelve archways. On the left and right sides stood an armored general more than two feet tall, representing the two sides who created the ancient battlefield site of Skeleton Beach. The two dynasties and the sixteen vassal states were mixed together. The two armies faced each other and fought for ten years in a brutal war. In the end, everyone was red-eyed and had no regard for the country. It is said that Zuo came from far north. There were more than 10,000 Qi practitioners on the mountain watching the battle.

Chen Ping'an looked back, and saw that the figure of the Pima Sect monk guarding the door was blurred. Everyone stopped one after another, and it suddenly became clear that the sky was vast and the sky was vast, but the clouds were gloomy. The rich Yin energy of this small world, and the sea water poured into the major cities in an instant. The Qi acupoints in the acupoints make people feel short of breath and solemn. The Xinglu chapter in "Xinxin Ji" explains in detail the corresponding methods. The three groups of Qi practitioners and pure martial artists in the previous three groups have followed the steps to resist the attack of Yin Qi. .

One of the young Qi practitioners wearing a mud-gold robe still underestimated the fierce Yin Qi in Guixi Valley and was caught off guard. In an instant, his face turned red, and a woman with a knife on her back and a bow hurriedly handed over a From the celadon bottle, the boy's face turned rosy after drinking the Sanlangmiao nectar brewed on his own hilltop. The young man was a little embarrassed, and smiled apologetically with the woman who looked like a follower. The woman smiled, started to look around, and met the eyes of an old man in black robe who was always standing behind the young man. The old man told her not to worry.

Ghost Valley is not only a good place for training, but also a good opportunity for enemies to send dead soldiers to assassinate them.

Women and old people are all followers.

A woman of about thirty years old, she is a pure martial artist who has just reached the sixth realm, which is extremely rare.

Although Beiju Luzhou has a great scene, there are not many female warriors who are known as little masters. It is even rarer to be able to reach the sixth realm at such a young age.

Often only the sect-headed immortal families and dynasty powerful families can cultivate such outstanding and loyal sons.

As for the old man in black robe, he is even more unfathomable, making it impossible to tell the difference between a pure martial artist and a Qi practitioner.

Another group of Qi practitioners, a sturdy man holding a pill in his hand, put on a pair of snow-white soldier's nectar armor. The shining light flowed, and the nearby Yin Qi was blocked.

An old monk took off the box behind him, and there was a slight sound of porcelain clinking. The old man finally took out a jade pot and spring vase that was as graceful as a woman's body. It was obviously a spiritual weapon of high quality, and he gave it to the old monk. Behind the palm of my hand, I saw strands of pure yin energy from all directions, starting to gather into the bottle. However, the yin energy from heaven and earth came and went quickly. In a moment, only a grain as small as a grain of corn condensed at the spout of the pot. The water beads floated gently in the air, never falling into the pot.

A middle-aged monk shook his sleeves, and a small emerald-green banana-leaf flag appeared in his palm. He twisted the handle of the rosewood flag with his two fingers. In a flash, it turned into a flag as long as an arm, with a wooden handle tied to it. A long golden spike was given to the middle-aged monk to hang this banana leaf flag on his wrist. The man recited the mantra silently, and the yin energy suddenly washed over the surface of the banana leaf streamer like a stream of water, like a person washing his face with water. This is the simplest tempering method. To put it simply, it is nothing more than taking out the spiritual weapon. It is just a continent. In this land, how many geomantic treasures are there where the Yin Qi can be strong and pure? Even if there is, it has already been taken over by the big sect, and it is strictly enclosed and no outsiders are allowed to get involved. It is not like the monks of the Pi Ma Sect who let outsiders absorb it at will.

The two monks who were traveling together in the Ghost Valley looked at each other and smiled. The purity of the Yin spirit energy in the Ghost Valley was indeed unique, and it was most suitable for Qi practitioners like them who were proficient in ghost ways.

It is truly a treasure trove of gold and silver.

The next step is to see how much can be moved.

As for the military monk who has a Jiawan, they paid a lot of money to hire the guard together. The innate yin energy bred by Guixi Valley is compared to the area bordering Skeleton Beach and Guixi Valley, which has been destroyed by the Pi Ma Sect's landscape formation. The Yin Qi that has been screened by the method is not only more abundant, but the cold evil Qi is also heavier. The closer it is to the hinterland, the more valuable it is, and the danger will become greater and greater. It is impossible to say that you will have to fight with Yin spirits and ghosts along the way. If it is done, how many will you get? A pair of bones, another big profit, but if it fails, everything will end, and the end will be extremely miserable. Qi practitioners know better than ordinary people the pity of being reduced to a ghost in the valley.

Chen Pingan glanced at it for a few times and stopped looking.

Entering the valley to absorb Yin energy is a taboo. The Pima Sect clearly reminds you in the "Xinxin Ji" that this can easily arouse the hatred of the local Yin spirits in the Ghost Valley. After all, who wants to have a robber come to their home?

It's just that everyone has his or her own destiny. If they are capable enough and courageous enough, Pima Sect will not stop them.

The last two looked like a pair of young Taoist monks, each carrying an extremely large wooden box, as if they had come to Guixi Valley to pick up something missing. In addition to Yin Qi and white bones, which are the most precious things in Ghost Valley, there are actually many exotic flowers and plants and spiritual birds and beasts that grow in this small world. There are many records in "Xinxin Ji", but the Pima Sect has opened its doors. It has been thousands of years, and countless people have come here to try their luck. The Pima Sect monks themselves have dedicated personnel to search for all kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures all year round. Therefore, in the past hundred years, very few people have been blessed and successfully found any eye-catching spiritual objects. Earth treasure.

Chen Pingan squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil, held it in his hand and gently twisted it.

It was indeed very shady and cool, resembling the thousand-year-old soil of the cemetery.

Chen Pingan threw away the soil and picked up a nearby stone that could be seen everywhere. He pinched it lightly with his two fingers and frowned. The stone was almost mud and quite soft.

It is indeed a ghost valley, with such strange water and soil.

The Pima Sect built two towns in Guixi Valley, one named Lanshe and the other named Qinglu. The former is located in the far south and is as big as Nainaiguan Market, while the latter is located in the westernmost one near the middle of Guixi Valley. In the mountain col is half of the training ground of Zhu Quan, the female sect leader. This Immortal Master Guochi stays here all year round. In the past three hundred years, the lord of Jingguan City has "visited" Qinglu Town twice, both times alone. , fought against the Immortal monks of the Pima Sect headed by Zhu Quan, and were beaten to a great defeat. The Immortal Master Guochi, whose natal weapon was a magical sword, cut off countless nearby hills.

The two northbound roads in Ghost Valley were born because of this.

Going to Lanshe Town is the most peaceful and the distance is also short. It is almost a straight line. It is only 80 miles away. Although the distance is short, there are several places around Lanshe Town that you have to go. They have beautiful scenery for people to visit. Scenic spots, such as an ancient underground palace that has been abandoned for a long time, the rugged and white Baektu Peak, and a city that chose to attach itself to the Pima Sect. The owner of the city was Yin Ling, a national master who was good at Taoist talismans during his lifetime. He often met with Foreign monks bartered for goods.

Going to Qinglu Town, due to the twists and turns of the mountains and rivers, the road is more than 800 miles long. As for riding the wind and sword, or flying with magic weapons, it is said straightforwardly in "Xinxin Ji". You are a golden elixir earthly immortal, but you are still seeking death. As for the great monks in the realm of Yuanying, unless they are ghost cultivators, there is no point in their experience in the Ghost Valley where the gloomy air and evil spirits are overwhelming. Not only wasting time away from the blessed land of his family, but also for example, the Yuanying named Su of the Pi Ma Sect was in charge of a cross-continent ferry. It was really a helpless move with no hope of breaking through. I couldn't blame the old Yuanying for being a little depressed. .

Therefore, the Nascent Soul Realm and the Ascension Realm are jokingly called the thousand-year tortoise and the ten-thousand-year tortoise respectively.

Chen Pingan chose to go directly to Qinglu Town, and he might not take the "official road" that the Pima Sect had worked hard to open up.

The young man who was obviously a disciple of Dashantou, the three-man team accompanied by the ghost cultivator and the military casual cultivator chose to go to Lanshe Town. As for whether they would be in danger and go to Qinglu Town again, it was hard to guess.

What surprised Chen Ping'an was that the Taoist couple, seeing that their cultivation was not high, actually took the dangerous path of Qinglu Town.

The Taoist couple, who were most likely to be wild cultivators, spoke softly, joined hands and headed north, cheering each other up. Although they were somewhat admiring, there was a hint of determination in their expressions.

It’s really making money with your head tied to your belt.

Chen Ping'an quickened his pace, took the first step, and put a large distance away from them. It was better to walk in front than to follow the other party, so as not to be suspicious of the other party.

The opponent also slowed down intentionally or unintentionally, and often stopped to mash mud or pull weeds, or even dig dirt and rocks to pick and choose.

The distance between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger.

When the pair of wild monks looked up again, the young ranger had disappeared.

The sky in Ghost Valley is dark, like a rainy day, and the sight is somewhat blocked.

Chen Pingan walked faster and faster.

This winding path to Qinglu Town tries to avoid the large and small cities in the southern vassal town of Ghost Valley, but the living people walking in Ghost Valley where the resentment of the dead condenses are originally dots of fireflies in the night, very eye-catching, many The fierce ghosts who have completely lost their intelligence have an extremely keen sense of Yang Qi. If they are not careful, if the movement is a little louder, they will attract waves of fierce ghosts. For the powerful Yin spirits sitting on one side, these combat powers are The good ghosts are like chicken ribs. They recruit their subordinates and refuse to obey the rules or orders. They will fight each other even if they are not allowed to do so, thereby damaging their own strength. Therefore, if they are allowed to wander in the wilderness, they will also be used as targets for military training.

In the dense forest beside the road where a group of crows were perching peacefully on the branches, Chen Ping'an stopped and turned around to look. In the depths of the forest, shadowy figures, white clothes swaying, suddenly appeared and disappeared.

Chen Ping'an simply left the path and walked towards the dense forest. Crows fluttered their wings and the dead branches trembled, spreading their teeth and claws like ghosts.

But when Chen Ping'an walked into it, there was nothing unusual except for some decayed armor and rusty weapons protruding from the mud.

Chen Pingan pointed his toes and climbed up a high branch of a dead tree. After looking around, he still found no strange clues. However, when Chen Pingan suddenly shifted his gaze and looked intently, he finally saw half of his pale face and lips exposed behind a tree. Scarlet red, looking like a woman. In this lifeless dense forest, she looked at Chen Pingan alone. The movement of her eyes was very stiff and rigid, as if she was sizing up Chen Pingan.

Chen Pingan held up his bamboo hat and planned to ignore the sneaky thing. He was about to jump off a high branch, but found that the branch under his feet had broken without warning. Chen Pingan took a step away and looked down, and saw slowly seeping from the broken area. Blood dripped into the soil under the trees, and then the rusty armors buried deep in the soil seemed to be draped on them, and the weapons were "pulled out" from the ground, and finally stood up swayingly. More than a dozen empty "soldiers" surrounded the tall dead tree where Chen Ping'an stood.

Chen Pingan jumped down and happened to stand on the shoulders of a soldier. Unexpectedly, the armor immediately scattered to the ground like ashes. Chen Pingan waved his sleeves casually, and a bit of strong wind blew by. All the soldiers turned into ashes one after another. .

Chen Ping'an turned his head and looked behind him. The woman in white, with only half of her face exposed, was hiding behind a tree, covering her mouth and smiling coquettishly, but making no sound.

Chen Pingan asked with a smile: "Where are the ghosts in the mountains and rivers around here?"

The woman acted stiffly, slowly raised an arm, and pointed at herself.

Chen Pingan smiled and shook his head, "I mean the kind that can't be killed with one punch."

The woman in white clothes was stunned for a moment, and her face suddenly turned ferocious. Under her pale skin, it was like earthworms were rolling away. She made a palm knife with one hand, cutting tofu like a knife, cutting down a big tree as thick as the mouth of a well, and then slapped it again with one palm, Blast towards Chen Ping'an.

Chen Ping'an extended his hand forward, and the Gang Qi was arrayed in front of him like a wall. After the broken wood hit, it turned into powder, and the debris covered the sky and the sun for a while.

There was a chill under his feet. Two snow-white sleeves wrapped around Chen Pingan's feet, and then a woman's head emerged from the mud.

No wonder she had to show half of her face. It turned out that although half of her face was pale, she still had the appearance of a woman. The remaining half of her face was only white bones wrapped in a thin layer of skin. At first glance, she looked like she had only half a face. Ugly woman.

Half of her face looked like a poor woman about to cry, and she said in a trembling voice: "The general hates my betrayal, so just kill me. Don't cut your face with a knife, I can't bear the pain."

Chen Pingan let her sleeves wrap around her feet and looked down, "You are one of the four confidant ghost generals of the nearby city lord of Skinny City, right? Why are you so close to the road? I have the Pima Sect jade medal with me. You shouldn’t come here looking for food, aren’t you afraid that the Pima Sect monks will cause trouble for you?”

The female ghost in white just refused to listen and stretched out two fingers to tear off half of the faceless face. The bones inside were dense and still covered with cuts from sharp weapons, which clearly showed that she suffered unusual skin-cutting pain before she died. She cried and cried. Silently, he pointed at the exposed bones on half of his face, "General, it hurts, it hurts."

Chen Pingan actually squatted down, put his hands in his sleeves, and looked at her, "Okay, your tricks are of no use to me. I heard that Skin City and the Pi Ma Sect have always had a good relationship, but you have a group of sworn enemies, headed by He is an earthly immortal Yin spirit who is good at close combat. He has few soldiers and horses under his command, only a dozen fierce ghosts, but he often wanders around to commit crimes. For example, there are elite scouts over there who come and go erratically. The Golden Pill Yin spirit likes to eat raw food the most. People, especially qigong practitioners, would be worse off if they fell into their hands, just like people tending pigs and dogs. Cut off a leg today and take away a piece of meat tomorrow without harming their lives. They are sensible and dare not offend. The ghosts in the big city specialize in picking the weakest persimmons, targeting your skinny city, and secretly snatch away one or two female fetuses every now and then, and the situation is even more tragic."

The female ghost in white turned a deaf ear and just murmured: "It really hurts, it really hurts... I know I was wrong. General, please be gentler with your sword."

At this moment, Chen Pingan was surrounded by white mist, as if he was wrapped in an invisible cocoon.

Chen Ping'an's shoulders moved slightly, the Gang Qi shook violently, and the white mist shattered.

The female ghost knew something was wrong, and was about to dig into the soil to escape. She was hit in the forehead with a swift punch by Chen Pingan, causing the yin energy all over her body to stagnate and block. Then, Chen Pingan reached out to grab her neck and forcefully pulled her out of the soil. With a flick of his wrist, he threw it heavily to the ground. The female ghost in white curled up, like a snow-white mountain snake whose muscles and bones had been beaten to pieces, and she lay limp on the ground.

Chen Ping'an sighed, "If you keep dragging your feet like this, I will really hit you hard."

The female ghost in white giggled, floated up, and turned into a three-foot-tall creature. Her snow-white clothes also grew in size.

There are a few concise sentences in "Xinxin Ji" to introduce this greasy-skinned city femininity.

The female ghost claims to be half-faced. She was the concubine of a meritorious military commander during her lifetime. After her death, she turned into a wraith. Because she possesses a robe of unknown origin, she is good at transforming into a beautiful woman. She uses a fog barrier to blind the monks' minds and allow them to slaughter them, break their bones and suck their marrow. Inhaling spiritual energy is like drinking alcohol. Extremely difficult to kill, he was once hit by the sword of the Earthly Immortal Swordsman who traveled to the Ghost Valley, and still managed to survive.

The sleeves of the huge white-clothed ghost were swaying like ripples in the river. She stretched out a palm as big as a futon and wiped it on her face.

She stared at Chen Ping'an, and only one of her eyes glowed with colorful glass.

Then in an instant, a face appeared out of thin air.

Chen Ping'an narrowed his eyes, "You are seeking death yourself."

The female ghost began to wander around Chen Pingan, her lips did not move, but there was a bird's voice, lingering around Chen Pingan, extremely annoying and confusing, "Are you willing to kill me? You can kill me? Why don't you talk to Chen Pingan?" If I linger a little bit, it will only consume some yang energy and spiritual energy, and then I can get what I want with the woman I like. I will make a profit and you will not lose, so why not do it?"

In the past, whether he was traveling to Aquarius Continent or Tongye Continent, or when he accidentally entered the Lotus Root Land, Chen Pingan would carefully hide his skills at the bottom of the box. The opponent would use as much strength and means as the opponent had. Be cautious and careful, step by step. If we had met this white-clothed female creature elsewhere in the past, we would have fought with fists first, then some talisman techniques, then the flying sword fifteen in the sword gourd, and finally the sword fairy behind him came out. sheath.

But this time today, Chen Pingan directly drew his sword out of its sheath, held the sword fairy in his hand, and chopped off the head of the evil creature with one sword. After the corpse was separated, the head that returned to its original appearance hung in the air for a moment, and then fell straight to the ground. , suddenly a huge wail erupted from the half-face of the woman's head. Just as he was about to make a move, Chen Ping'an had already nailed him to the spot with a sword. He grabbed the snow-white robe in his hand and turned it into a It is the size of a silk scarf, as light as a feather, full of aura, slightly cool to the touch but without any sinister smell. It is a good robe, maybe not inferior to the green grass robe I am wearing.

This female ghost has no fighting power. As Chen Pingan said, it is not difficult to beat her half to death with one punch. However, the opponent's true body is not here. No matter how hard she kills, she cannot be hurt. Fundamentally, it is extremely difficult to deal with. Moreover, in this place with strong Yin Qi, the female ghost who has no physical body may still be able to rely on secret techniques to fight countless times in front of Chen Ping'an until the "skin bag" is similar to the Yin God's journey. "Only when the nurturing yin energy is exhausted and the connection with the true body is severed will it cease.

The same goes for the flying swords on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. They cannot be like the legendary land swordsman's natal flying sword. invisible.

Only the sword behind him is different.

The ghost of a woman from the Skinny City came and disappeared inexplicably. Not only did this skin completely disappear in the blink of an eye, but it must have injured its true body somewhere. The sword fairy snatched the sword back to its scabbard on its own, and there was no sound.

As soon as Chen Pingan put the exquisite robe into his sleeves, he saw a rickety old woman not far away. She seemed to be walking slowly, but in fact she shrunk to an inch. She stood a dozen steps in front of Chen Pingan. The old woman's face was gloomy. , "It's just a painless temptation, why do you kill me so hard? Do you really think that I am a soft persimmon in Skinny City? The city lord has already arrived, you just wait to die."

Chen Ping'an looked up and saw a huge chariot swimming in the sky, surrounded by huge pillars, and female officials like clouds. Some were holding treasure canopies to block the sun, some were holding jade tablets to clear the way, and there were also huge feather fans to block wind and dust, and the stars were shining over the moon. , making this chariot look like an imperial parade.

It seems that the city lord of Skinny City has arrived in person.

In the Ghost Ghost Valley, the heroic spirits who claim territory as kings and the powerful ghost spirits who occupy a landscape are more lawless than the island owners of Shujian Lake. This group of female ghosts from the Skinny City are just not powerful enough. The bad things he did were nothing serious. Compared with other cities, the reputation seemed slightly better.

Chen Ping'an held up his bamboo hat, looked away, and looked at the old woman with a gloomy expression, "I'm not scared."