Chapter 689

"In the various paths of Jiangnan, there are few thunder magic tools. My family's elders have practiced for a hundred years, and have only seen a few. I have the 【Six Thunder Profound Punishment Order】, which is enough. This thing fits Zhou Luo, so it can be left to him."

Li Zhouwei had to put away the pair of 【White Shadow Golden Buckles】. The lights in the hall were dim. He said sternly: "Bring those Fuyun Cave cultivators up to see. My family's manpower is insufficient. After crossing the lake, we have to guard the north bank, so we can promote a few to use."

Wen Hu and Ping Wangzi brought a group of Fuyun Cave's backbone, who had long been escorted to the Qingdu Cave Prefecture. During this period, they were busy with the Dharma Assembly and had never been dealt with.

"I'll go right away."

Li Minggong nodded and went down. Li Zhouwei looked at Li Cheng and only said:

"The north bank is watched by the White Ape and An Siwei. Please take people to the Fuyun Cave territory, Uncle, and take over Fuyun Cave first, guarding against any accidents."

Li Cheng also retreated. Li Zhouwei waited in the main seat for a while. Li Ximing manifested his figure from mid-air and stood at the head of the hall. The entire main hall suddenly became a bit brighter.

"I have seen the True Person."

Li Zhouwei rose to avoid, and Li Minggong was bringing a group of Fuyun Cave people forward, one by one shrinking their heads, their eyes panicked.

This group of people was about eighteen or nineteen, mostly late-stage Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment cultivators, all very embarrassed, down and out, many of them injured, their faces like gold paper.

Li Minggong said respectfully:

"Reporting to the True Person, all the villains of Fuyun Cave are here, thirteen Qi Refining, five Foundation Establishment, three demon cultivators, two immortal cultivators."

Li Ximing raised his eyebrows and looked. The Qi Refining ones were better, just sealed with cultivation. Those few Foundation Establishment cultivators were even more miserable, both hands locked behind their waists, wearing gray heavy shackles, and their necks were locked with white iron full of formation patterns, unable to move their heads, only able to look straight ahead.

Li Zhouwei looked over. Nearly half of the five Foundation Establishment cultivators were dim and uncertain. Obviously, they had no good deeds on weekdays. A man in the middle was particularly tall, his face was still handsome, but his eyes were dug out, and his shoulder blades were pierced with iron nails, crawling on the ground, obviously unable to stand up.

"What kind of characters are they?"

Li Ximing sat down along the way. He had been in seclusion for many years, so naturally, he did not recognize this group of people. But Li Minggong had dealt with Fuyun Cave for many years, so naturally, she was clear, first lifting the magic ban on one person.

This person was a tall and thin old man, with crane hair and childlike face, but his chest was covered with a palm print, and most of his chest was sunken, revealing a thumping heart. He could not care about healing, only smiling flatteringly:

"This humble cultivator pays respects to the True Person! I am a cultivator from the East Sea, and I have been practicing in Fuyun Cave for the past few years. I did not expect this Fu Dou to be ungrateful, colliding with your noble family. The old man is truly wronged..."

His words were still fluent, but his heart was already scared out of his wits. Where had he experienced such a Zifu face-to-face in the East Sea? He only lowered his head and did not dare to look.

Li Minggong sneered and introduced: "This person is an East Sea cultivator, practicing the earth-virtue 'Hidden Palace', which is very poisonous. He is cunning, and in the past, one idea followed another, but he did not dare to fight with my family personally."

After Li Ximing heard this, the sky light between his brows moved slightly, noticing that this person was practicing demon arts, and was an East Sea cultivator, but the turbid energy on his body was the lightest among the five people, so he said: "The past affairs will not be counted much, but my family has always practiced the right path and cannot tolerate demon cultivators."

Qu Laotou was granted amnesty. He hurriedly knelt down and replied:

"Reporting to the True Person! This humble person's 'Hidden Palace' is a demon art, but on weekdays, it is supplemented by the bodies of those who died of old age and have been buried for a hundred years. Over these few hundred years, at most, I have done some wicked things like digging up people's ancestral graves... but I have not done anything harmful to heaven and reason..."

"This old man's Dao foundation is not good at fighting, and I don't like that kind of living thing. Although the yin virtue is not guaranteed... but the yang virtue is not lost!"

He howled this loudly, making Li Ximing frown. There are many types of demon arts, and there might really be such a method. Li Minggong glanced at Qu Laotou and asked:

"Why don't you recite the method?!"

Qu Laotou hurriedly took out a jade slip from his arms. Although he never carried the cultivation method with him, the spiritual sense of a Foundation Establishment cultivator recorded it extremely fast, and he presented the jade slip in a few strokes.

Li Ximing read it slightly. This method was called "Hidden Earth Hidden Palace Formula". He did not know which earth-virtue it was, and it was indeed a technique that consumed yin virtue. It could not be stained with too much blood energy. He secretly realized that something was wrong:

"If you look at it this way, is this still a demon art? It is too similar to the Zifu Golden Core path."

The demon art that the Li family first came into contact with was "Blood Mo Dharma Book", which was also one of the few high-grade demon arts that spread widely in Jiangnan, poisoning a wide range, and even traces of it could be found in the north bank, the Central Plains, and the Southern Frontier today.

Demon arts are also called 【Different Mansion Same Furnace Path】. "Blood Mo Dharma Book" is typical. In the Qi Refining stage, the three mansions of Shengyang, Juque, and Qihai are combined into a different mansion, and the flesh becomes the boat of the bitter sea from then on, and then practices in the different mansion later.

Li Ximing achieved divine abilities, and his vision of cultivation methods had long been completely different, having a miraculous feeling that all changes were inseparable from their origin.

He felt that the cultivation method was not big when he looked at it years ago, only knowing that "Blood Mo Dharma Book" said that he had to practice Suomo Ridge in the different mansion to achieve demon Foundation Establishment. But looking at it combined with this today, he also had some insights: "'Blood Mo Dharma Book' tries its best to clear the relationship, but when the cultivation reaches a certain level, it can naturally be seen. According to the Zifu Golden Core name, it is nothing more than practicing the Dao foundation called 'Suomo Ridge'."

"Hidden Earth Hidden Palace Formula" was ancient and even more obvious, simply not covering it up at all. Although it also had to combine the three mansions first, the subsequent path was no different. Li Ximing estimated himself that if a Zifu of earth-virtue came, he might be able to change this cultivation method into an Immortal formula.

"No wonder the north calls the Zifu Golden Core path the Zifu Demon Path, and the Different Mansion Same Furnace path the Heavenly Fetus Demon Path, classifying them as the same kind of thing... Sure enough, it's not much different!"

"If I am willing to study the three-mansion combination technique, I might even be able to change 'Minghua Huangyuan Scripture' into a demon cultivation method!"

He suddenly had some enlightenment, frowning:

"Then is the demon path breakthrough to Zifu pushing the different mansion into the void, and even because the Dao foundation is in the different mansion, it does not need to push the Dao foundation into Shengyang like the Immortal path... Is it possible that the breakthrough to Zifu is simpler?"

"If the demon path has no other obstacles, then now I have only Shengyang in the void, and everything else can be discarded... it is actually equivalent to the Zifu of the demon path... it is nothing more than one called Shengyang, and one called different mansion."

"That is to say... if it is not that the three-mansion combination method requires blood energy, after the change of heaven, the Different Mansion Same Furnace technique is actually a more advanced... more excellent cultivation method... greatly saving the resources consumed by pushing the Immortal foundation into Shengyang."

He flipped through "Hidden Earth Hidden Palace Formula" and could almost determine that this was a cultivation method at the time of the change of heaven, full of traces of the Heavenly Fetus Demon Path standing out from the Zifu Demon Path and parting ways.

"It would be even better if there was a Zifu cultivation method of the Heavenly Fetus Demon Path..."

This harvest could not be said to be small. Li Ximing was almost enlightened, and his heart gradually became clear: "So looking for a companion cultivation method does not need to be confined to Immortal or Demon. As long as it is a Mingyang demon art... I can also practice it and practice another divine ability."

The other Zifu cultivation methods were far away, and Li Ximing only had a little expectation in his heart, only opening his mouth to say:

"Although 'Hidden Earth Hidden Palace Formula' is ancient, it cannot be completely counted as a demon art. You don't see it clearly... Minggong, untie him first."

Qu Laotou was stunned first. This was a cultivation method he obtained in the East Sea. The different mansion is a demon art, and he had never heard of anything that was not completely counted as a demon art. But the True Person's words were heavier than heaven, and he knelt down with ecstasy, shouting:

"Many thanks to the True Person. It turns out that I have been wronged by others for more than a hundred years. If it were not for the True Person's guidance, this humble person would have been wronged to death!"

This was purely scene talk. Li Ximing was too lazy to pay attention to him. Looking carefully, the other two who practiced demon arts were indeed "Blood Mo Dharma Book", with turbid energy rushing to the sky. I am afraid that the blood energy had never been interrupted, only kneeling on the ground and trembling.

Li Ximing's gaze just fell over, and he had not yet opened his mouth to ask. This person's face was still honest, and he was already crying, saying sadly:

"True Person, please listen to me."

He kowtowed and said:

"This humble person is Wen Yi, and this is my younger brother Wenshan. We two brothers were born in the East Sea. Our parents practiced demon arts, eating rice and meat, and blood energy was full of basins... Until we grew up a bit, achieved Qi Refining, and knew what these things were. But we were in the demon land, taught by our parents, and never felt that there was anything different."

"Until I entered the sea, I knew that the people in the world did not all practice like this."

Wen Yi was about to die, sweating profusely, his thick eyebrows wet, tears streaming down: "It is not that this humble person does not want to do good, but I never knew there was a right path, and it is not that my heart is poisonous, this humble person supports my parents, respects my brothers, and never felt that I was a bad person, but... in the demon soil, no one taught me, how could I know there was a sin? I hope the Master will investigate and give this humble person a chance to turn over a new leaf."

These words made Li Minggong frown first. The other demon cultivator Wenshan was also stunned, not expecting his brother to say such words. Thinking carefully, it was indeed the case, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Just hope the True Person will give us a way to live!"

Li Minggong paused and hesitated:

"Knowing or not knowing sin is one thing... but having sin is another..."

Li Ximing listened carefully, and it seemed that he suddenly had some heavy memories. He pondered for a few breaths, then looked at the two people's cultivation, both of which were barely Foundation Establishment, and could not be used. He put two fingers together and floated a little golden divine ability phantom color.

"Go."

He extracted two strands of Mingyang divine ability power, flew into the two people's different mansions like swimming snakes, and locked their Immortal foundations. Li Ximing only said:

"The Jiumen Mountain on the west bank often lacks cultivators. I will spare your two lives and go to the mountain to sort out the fire veins and supply magic power first."

Both strands of divine ability magic power had the power to wear down and suppress the 'Yetian Gate', which could not only disperse the two people's magic spells, but also crush the two people's different mansions at any time, causing the two people to die suddenly.

It just happened to be able to output magic power and use spiritual sense, which was just right for supplying the refining magic power flame. The fire veins of Jiumen Mountain were prosperous, and Qi Refining cultivators were difficult to deal with. On weekdays, the two could also sort out the fire veins, saving a lot of effort.

"Many thanks to the True Person!"

The two stood up sweating profusely. Although they lost their freedom from now on, after all, living was better than dying, and they knelt to the side obediently.

The remaining two who practiced the Zifu Golden Core path, Li Ximing's gaze first fell to the front, but saw that it was an old woman, her appearance was quite ugly, her clothes were wrapped tightly, and she was surrounded by golden energy, saying in a hoarse voice: "This old woman is Jiang Huzi, pays respects to the True Person..."

Li Minggong hesitated slightly and opened her mouth:

"Reporting to the True Person, this person is also a Fuyun Cave cultivator, but she is in the sect all day, and she is not seen coming out of the sect, and there is no news."

Jiang Huzi's voice was old, saying in a low voice:

"This old woman is just a talisman drawer in the Zhao State, settling down on the north bank, and has been more than two hundred years old, and is about to die..."

She smiled, her eyes looking very gentle, even with a sense of ease, revealing yellow teeth: "The two sects will not leave any good things for your noble family. Those young ones with some talent were all killed, leaving me a few... with some status, all are old, weak, sick, and disabled..."

This old man was a bit special, not to mention the clear energy on her body, she was actually a Zhao State person, and she looked quite imposing. Li Ximing paused slightly, and did not want to hurt the innocent, saying softly: "Since the Daoist nun is a righteous cultivator from the north, please feel free. You can draw talismans in my family, stroll around the lake... or you can leave on your own."

Jiang Huzi responded. Li Ximing's gaze naturally fell on the tiger-backed and bear-waisted, handsome-looking, eyes dug out, shoulder blades pierced strong man. Li Minggong immediately understood and explained: "This is Ding Weijian of Fuyun Cave, who achieved Foundation Establishment years ago. His strength is not weak, and his Immortal foundation is the rare 'Dianyang Tiger', which is the 'Hengzhu' orthodoxy."

"'Hengzhu' orthodoxy?"

Li Ximing frowned immediately. The Hengzhu orthodoxy in the world can be said to be very few. The north is easy to say, and the south is completely concentrated in the Hengzhu Dao... This Immortal Dao even has five complete cultivation methods, so it dares to be named after Hengzhu.

Now that a 'Hengzhu' orthodoxy has emerged, and its strength is not weak, it is impossible not to have doubts. Li Ximing looked up and down, asking:

"Why is it like this?"

Qu Laotou immediately took the conversation and said respectfully:

"Reporting to the True Person, this person practices 'Dianyang Tiger'. This Immortal foundation is good at fighting, can walk away from imprisonment, break cages, rush through yin and cross karma, and look at people with eyes... Earlier, he was also locked up like us, but he was stubborn, did not submit, and tried to escape repeatedly..."

"He also had a grudge with Wen Hu, so his eyes were dug out, his shoulder blades were locked, and his Qihai was almost pierced... he was about to become a cripple."

Li Ximing listened to him in detail, and his heart moved slightly. With a flick of his divine ability, the iron nails on Ding Weijian's shoulder blades fell to the ground with a clatter, and many restraints were also untied.

This man had lost half his life, and vaguely spat out the words paying respects to the True Person. Li Zhouwei stood by for a long time and finally spoke: "True Person, this is a brave man."

Li Zhouwei had fought with Ding Weijian, and being able to let Li Zhouwei say such an evaluation, this man naturally would not be bad. Li Ximing looked at him with some love, but Ding Weijian mobilized his magic power, making a sound somewhat stiffly:

"This humble person's Qihai is exhausted, and his death is near. I only hope the True Person will let me return to the mountain and die in my hometown on the north bank."

Li Ximing stroked his beard and did not respond to him. In his hand, the Mingyang divine ability flowed, flying into his body, using divine ability to regenerate his flesh and blood, and sealing his Qihai so that his cultivation would not be lost.

Ding Weijian was still a bit stunned. Li Minggong had already taken out the elixir from her sleeve and fed it to him. This man stood in place a bit puzzled. Qu Laotou saw the wind and steered the rudder. This old man smiled:

"Weijian, why don't you thank the Master!"