Two years later, Zhuang Wudao was in the quiet room of Banyue Tower, looking at a bloody shield in his hand, in a daze.
This is exactly the Blood Shield he discarded, but the talisman inside has been upgraded to the thirty-second level. It is the same as his Eight Scenery Kunlei Sword and Lichen Eternal Life Clothes, and is only one level away from the magic weapon level.
It's just forbidden by law.
This was something he got from a blood sacrifice not long ago. It was a blood sacrifice 'feedback' personally sent to him by King Abiping.
Originally, with the sacrifices Zhuang Wudao had offered in the past two years, nothing would happen if he didn't offer them to the demon lord for forty or fifty years, but his spiritual slave Zhuang Xiaohu couldn't do it.
In the past two years, several Yuanshen Daoists, including Hong Fa, had kept a close eye on him. However, Zhuang Xiaohu's character and will were far from being able to withstand the contamination of demonic consciousness during the blood sacrifice.
In the past few years, Zhuang Xiaohu had been unable to complete the formal sacrifice due to his involvement, and he almost suffered the backlash of the demonic blood several times.
It has been able to hold on until now and has not collapsed completely because Zhuang Wudao lent the Blood Demon knife to Zhuang Xiaohu for use.
Every few months, Zhuang Wudao would buy some second-level monsters from the Nine Collections of Lichen. In the front and back of the Banyue Tower, he would use the blood demon knife to devour the energy and blood of these monsters.
The Blood Demon Knife was originally a sacrificial weapon. Part of the energy and blood gained from the devouring was for personal use to strengthen the blade, but part of it was offered to King Abiping, which was about 20% of the total amount.
However, doing so is just drinking poison to quench thirst and delay death. After all, it is not as good as a formal blood sacrifice, which can bring happiness to King Abiping.
Generally, the demon blood essence that is inhaled into the body, even if it is completely refined, still has the mark of King Abiping. It will force the host to instinctively crave for more demon blood essence to be integrated into it.
This is the so-called 'demonic thirst'. After experiencing it once, there will be a second and third time.
According to Yun'er's words, unless one day Zhuang Wudao's cultivation level can match that of the demon lord and he can be completely refined and eliminated, otherwise he will have no choice but to be controlled by him.
Fortunately, as long as his spiritual thoughts are not infected and he tries not to become an enemy of King Abiping before becoming independent, there won't be much harm.
Facing the 'devil's thirst', Zhuang Xiaohu struggled for two years until he was about to be driven crazy. Only a few days ago he found an opportunity to go out with Zhuang Wudao.
She found a deserted place inside and outside to complete her second blood sacrifice.
The key is that Zhuang Xiaohu is not good enough to recite the Sutra of Infinite Equality independently, so this time Zhuang Wudao can lead the ceremony on her behalf and guide Zhuang Xiaohu to complete it.
And this blood shield was returned to his hands at that time. In addition, there were a full thirty drops of second-level demon blood essence, which shows how much he gained after absorbing the Wanzi Holy Embryo this time.
However, Zhuang Wudao was unwilling to integrate the demonic blood into his body no matter what, so he used all of it to strengthen the blood shield.
This spiritual shield made of the shell of the Blood Turtle King Beast has been strengthened to the extreme. Although the magic shield is only thirty-two layers, the material has reached the level of a sixth-order spiritual object.
Even if you use this object to compete with a medium-grade magic weapon, you won't be afraid. At most, the magic prohibition inside will be shaken away, but the material itself will not be damaged.
If there was such a thing in the shield that shrouded the sky that day, those poisonous needles would not have even thought of getting close.
What made Zhuang Wudao most helpless was the other two things that the Demon Lord gave back. One was the feather of the Iron Feathered Eagle, and the other was the shell of the Liuren Iron Blue Turtle. It was not the third level he needed.
But a fourth-order thing
Two materials that could not be found before were unexpectedly obtained. King Abiping seemed to have a pair of superior eyes, watching him and knowing what he needed. These two spiritual objects were used during the blood sacrifice.
Delivered to.
Sure enough, as the sword spirit said, although this King Abiping is a bit stingy, he will not take advantage of others and is extremely fair.
It also makes Zhuang Wudao extremely entangled. He has been offering high-priced rewards for Liuren Iron Blue Turtle's turtle shell and Iron Feather Eagle's feathers in the ninth episode of Lichen for two years, but there is still no result.
Seeing that the second level of Demonic Destruction Art has been completed and has entered the third level. The Juechen Solid Mountain Art is still far away. No matter how good Zhuang Wudao's mentality is, he can't help but feel anxious at this moment.
Unexpectedly, it was through the blood sacrifice that he rejected that he got what he wanted most.
Moreover, the two materials sent by King Abiping were not only absolutely perfect, but also high-quality products that he could not find. The shell of the Liuren iron tortoise could only be used by grinding it into powder.
What Zhuang Wudao is hesitating about now is whether he really wants to use it. After hesitating for a long time, Zhuang Wudao still sighed slightly and put away all the things in front of him. Including the Blood Shield, he put them into his sleeves.
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Juechen Gushan can no longer be postponed. According to Yun'er, these two secret techniques can be practiced at any time and are not limited to levels.
As long as you have the ability, even if you are in the foundation-building realm, you can master these two secret techniques of "Leaving the World and Juechen" to the fifteenth or sixth level.
What should be avoided is that the gap between the two secret arts must not be too big. If you wait until you have cultivated the Death Art to the sixth level and then practice the Juechen Art, you will find that there are countless conflicts between the two secret arts.
, it is difficult to bridge. Even before the sixth level, the higher the level of a single secret technique, the harder it is to combine another secret technique.
At this time, do I have any other choice?
Seeing Zhuang Wudao's movements, Yun'er, who was waiting opposite, had a look of surprise in his eyes: "I thought the sword master would give up——"
The previous Zhuang Wudao was extremely resistant to the things offered by Wanzi Holy Fetus this time.
Even two years ago, Zhuang Wudao followed his master Jiefa Zhenren to Dongyang Mountain to purify the demons there and had the opportunity to retrieve the Blood Aegis, but he still ignored it.
Zhuang Wudao shook his head: "I have said before that as long as I achieve what I want in this life, I will be willing to degenerate into a demon."
Is this not just talk? Although he resists in his heart, he will do what he says when he has no other choice.
Yun'er raised her eyebrows slightly, paying close attention to Zhuang Wudao's eyebrows. She could faintly see that there was already a faint trace of blood. She couldn't help but sigh slightly, knowing that Zhuang Wudao's inner demon obsession was getting heavier and heavier.
Since two years ago, after experiencing the assassination of the four major demon-slaying sects' golden elixirs, the "Demon Mind Refining Technique" has been gradually in danger.
In Jiudu Mountain, he used the unparalleled first-level mystical art of 'Thunder Fire Qianyuan' to defeat the Tao of Peace. However, Zhuang Wudaoqing was not happy because of this, and the evil thoughts were relieved, but instead he felt depressed.
This made her unable to understand Zhuang Wudao, who had been with him every day, and wondered what kind of mentality Zhuang Wudao had towards her father.
Hidden beneath the surface hatred and unfamiliarity, is there still admiration and desire——
Yun'er stopped thinking deeply, knowing that only Zhuang Wudao could solve the emotional obsessions in Zhuang Wudao's heart.
"Those two materials are indeed rare. It seems that they have become extinct in this world. But the Blood Shield——"
"Now that I have used these two materials, if I still don't want to use this Blood Shield, wouldn't it be hypocritical? They are both obtained from the blood sacrifice of the Holy Fetus of Wanzi. What is the difference between the two? Actually, if you think about it, it doesn't matter.
, it’s just a few utensils.”
Zhuang Wudao smiled to himself, pretending to be relaxed. But his heart was extremely heavy. Thinking of the blood lake at the top of Dongyang Mountain two years ago and the dead baby in the lake, his chest suddenly turned and he almost wanted to vomit.
I felt that my whole body was extremely dirty. What was flowing inside my body no longer seemed to be blood, but stinky sludge, not much better than a ditch.
Zhuang Wudao's character always does what he says.
After calculating that there was nothing important that required him to go out in the recent days, Zhuang Wudao began to prepare for another retreat.
In fact, although he is an idle person in the sect now, he is not really idle enough to ignore everything. For example, he was originally required to attend the celebration after the destruction of Dongquan Palace.
The mountain gate of Dongquan Palace was breached a year and a half ago, but the remaining tribesmen resisted Li Chen for more than a full year. Recently, they finally failed, and in the past few dozen days, they have gradually come from the southeast.
Escape to the north.
After solving this serious problem, there must be a big celebration in Lichen Sect.
In addition to this, there was also an impromptu Jindan Conference, which originally required Zhuang Wudao's participation to decide on the candidates for the directors of the Taoist palaces of various countries that were newly under Li Chen's jurisdiction.
As for the viewing ceremony for Master Ji Fa to be promoted to the Yuanshen Realm, it had been completed a few months ago. It took more than four years for the leader of Cuiyun Mountain to finally cross the Yuanshen Realm through self-mutilation and truly
Become the fifth real person of Yuanshen within the sect.
Although this Jifa Zhenren could not go any further in his life, the significance was extremely important, which meant that the rise of the Lichen Sect could no longer be reversed. It also made Dongquan Palace, which had lost its important place in the mountain gate a year and a half ago,
Completely desperate, he gave up all his possessions and moved north.
At the Golden Elixir Conference, Zhuang Wudao felt that it didn't matter whether he was there or not. As for the celebration, it was a bit unjustifiable that Zhuang Wudao didn't make the first contribution.
But it doesn't matter. After all, for monks, practice is more important. Retreat is a common thing. There is no need to pay too much attention to some complicated customs.
Zhuang Wudao originally thought that since he had experience in the art of destroying demons after leaving the world, it would not be too difficult to practice the art of Jue Chen and Solid Mountain.
However, when he actually started practicing, Zhuang Wudao realized that he had underestimated the difficulty of this secret technique.
Maybe if he only practices one type separately, the difficulty is only about the same as when he practices the Demon-Destroying Art of Death. However, when the two practices are combined, the difficulty is increased by more than ten times.
The Juechen Gushan Art is not as painful as the Death Art to transform the body, but it is very difficult. Every step forward requires countless hours of study and understanding.
What's even more frustrating is that the Deathly Demonic Art, which was making rapid progress, has also been dragged down and can no longer make any progress.
This transcendent art is extremely unique. It seems that they conflict with each other. However, when he searches carefully and continuously adjusts them, he can often find the compatibility between the two secret arts.
Zhuang Wudao finally understood why Yun'er said that it is best to practice these two secret arts at the same time. He also said that in the Lichen Sect, there were very few people who practiced these two secret arts at the same time.
Once the foundation of his Demon-Destroying Technique is solid, there will be no room for the Juechen-Securing Mountain Technique in the future, and vice versa.
After struggling for half a year, Zhuang Wudao only managed to integrate all seven materials of the Juechen Solid Mountain Technique into his body, but failed to truly complete the Juechen Solid Mountain Technique.
In the first level, six layers of 'Gushan Jin' can be stacked, and each layer of 'Gushan Jin' can compress and thicken one's own Gang Qi by 10%. However, Zhuang Wudao only completed half of it, and three layers of 'Gushan Jin' were superimposed.
Once you have established your strength, you will no longer be able to make any further progress.
There was little progress in these two secret techniques, but Zhuang Wudao had an unexpected surprise. After fusing the seven materials of Juechen Gushan Jue into his body, his Yunjian Jue could easily gather eighty pieces of it after three months.
A sword energy advanced rapidly after entering the third heaven realm, and the number of sword energy jumped to one hundred and eight. And the second battle of the Yin and Yang Great Compassion of Heaven and Earth was finally completed.