Yu Lu's thoughts gradually shifted from the royal techniques bestowed upon him to the various major paths of cultivation and the basic situation of the cultivation world today.
Since he was in no hurry to go back, he simply took out a pen and paper and listed out the common knowledge he knew about the world of immortal cultivation, clearly and concisely:
The center of this world was the Xia Qi Dynasty, which governed all the countries on the continents, the tribes on the grasslands, and the overseas archipelagos. The territory of the Dynasty was divided into 47 continents, and Yu Lu was located in the ancient Yongzhou among the thirteen northwestern continents.
Before that, there had been the Xuan Shang Dynasty, the Xian Qin Dynasty, the Huang Han Taoist Kingdom, and the Tian Tang Taoist Kingdom, leaving behind a large number of mysterious ancient relics and strange forbidden areas, and of course, there are also ancient Taoist traditions that have been passed down to this day.
Yu Lu suspected that the Lotus Ghost Temple was an ancient relic or even an even more terrifying and strange forbidden area.
The major forces in the world are mainly divided into Taoism, Buddhism and Demonism, as well as aristocratic families and many unorthodox sects.
Among them, Taoism has thirty-six caves in heaven and seventy-two blessed places; Buddhism has four hundred and eighty large temples spread all over the world. These two sects are nominally obedient to the Xia Qi royal family, but they only obey orders and not declarations. Under the constraints of the Human Emperor Covenant, they will not enter the world at will.
Most of the demon sects live in the void outside the domain and in many strange forbidden areas. They appear and disappear mysteriously, behave erratically, and are difficult to predict.
There are also three thousand side sects and eight hundred unorthodox ways. The inheritance of these sects is mostly incomplete, and it is very easy to transform into demons on the path of cultivation. Therefore, most of the descendants are on the edge of losing control. Most of the low-level cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation are in this category.
Finally, there is the Xia Qi royal family and its many affiliated families, a number of thousand-year-old families and hundred-year-old clans. They control the paths of advancement in martial arts, the way of the gods, and the way of blood. If mortals want to achieve something in these three paths, they must join the aristocratic family, marry into one, or marry into their daughter-in-law's family.
Yu Lu paused and continued:
The path of martial arts is different from other paths of cultivation. One is extremely weak in the early stages. Not only is one no match for cultivators of the same realm, one may even be defeated by people who have crossed several realms. This predicament will only undergo a qualitative change after one reaches the fifth realm. One's combat effectiveness will leap to become the best among cultivators of the same level.
After the martial arts enters the fifth realm of divine transformation, the soul will undergo a divine transformation and directly [become a saint], and will have great resistance to extraordinary powers at the mental level such as curses, charms, and mental pollution.
There will never again be the embarrassing situation where a sixth-level transcendental martial arts practitioner is R@p3d to death by a ninth-level enchantress or cursed to death by an inferior intelligent demon.
Most of those martial arts families have corresponding secret techniques and magical instruments to protect their souls, so they don't have to worry about their souls being attacked. In this respect, they are much stronger than independent cultivators.
For example, the county lieutenant Zhang Changnian had a magic weapon, the Lingshu Eight Scenery Lamp, to protect his mind.
However, even if [Transcendence into Sainthood] makes up for this fatal shortcoming of martial arts practitioners, it only puts the martial artists on the same starting line as other practitioners again. What really makes martial arts practitioners' combat power unmatched among their peers is their physical supernatural powers.
When the soul becomes a saint, the extremely strong body of the martial arts master will give birth to abnormally powerful physical supernatural powers, such as rebirth through a drop of blood, an incarnation, three heads and six arms, the power of heaven and earth, an immortal golden body, and so on.
The Demonic Prayer Wheel is an unparalleled magical power of the physical body. It transforms the physical body into the supreme divine prison, suppresses the demons, controls all ghosts, and is itself the endless hell!
Although it is a magical power of Buddhism, it is also an extremely evil method, stopping evil with evil.
If hell is not empty, and the evil nature of sentient beings is hard to change, then I will transform myself into the divine prison, command the demons in heaven, herd tens of thousands of ghosts, and force hundreds of millions of evil ghosts to recite the sutras to repent of their sins. Only in this way can hell be empty!
Therefore, I do not sit in meditation, do not practice Zen, do not recite sutras, do not receive precepts, do not practice Buddhism, and do not accumulate merits...
But I need others to meditate, practice Zen, recite scriptures, receive precepts, practice Buddhism, and accumulate merits on my behalf!
Judging from the true meaning of the practice alone, this [Demon Prayer Wheel] will never be accepted by the orthodox Buddhism.
No wonder the Dragon-Huan Immortal Monk asked Yu Lu to practice this technique to deal with the Bodhisattva with a beautiful corpse who had turned into a demon from a great Buddhist monk.
Because the orthodox Buddhist path is definitely well known by Yanshi, it is difficult to be effective.
Yu Lu is now only one level away from divine transformation, so he is naturally envious of these physical magical powers.
But he also understood that going from the Transcendent Realm to the Divine Transformation Realm was the biggest hurdle that martial arts practitioners needed to overcome, and it was no exaggeration to call it the Leap Over the Dragon Gate. It was an exaggeration to say that one out of ten Transcendent Realm warriors could successfully break through to the Divine Transformation Realm.
And once you cross it, it will be like you are transformed into a dragon when you encounter wind and clouds, as if you have entered a whole new world, capable of becoming a truly strong person in this world, and transformed into a mythical existence.
Yu Lu did not plan to go to the Lotus Temple, at least not in the next few months, because he did not want Huanlong to know about his cultivation speed.
After all, the speed at which he cultivated himself was truly astounding. He learned from the Immortal Monk Huanlong that it would take at least half a year for someone to learn the fundamental sutra, [The Celestial Phenomenon: Supporting the World].
It is hard not to doubt that I have mastered it in just a few months, as most of the time was spent on achieving the condition of punching ten thousand times.
In addition, Yu Lu wanted to spend more time getting in touch with and integrating into the local spiritual practice community. He currently knew very little about the basic common sense and many secrets of spiritual practice.
Moreover, the previous attempt by the Bodhisattva Yanshi to sow discord had some effect, and it still made him secretly more vigilant, causing Yu Lu to want to accumulate some power outside of the plan of the Dragon-Raising Immortal Monk and not wanting to rely entirely on the Lotus Temple.
In this way, even if the Dragon-Raising Immortal Monk has bad intentions, he would have some power to resist at that time, instead of practicing step by step according to the path he planned, which would only allow him to slaughter him.
After returning to Hexian Town, Yu Lu discovered that the streets, big and small, were filled with yamen runners carrying knives.
When they saw Yu Lu, a very sturdy and conspicuous man standing there like a bear, all the yamen runners surrounded him. But when they saw that it was Yu Lu, they looked disappointed.
"So it's Yu Erlang, why are you still going out of the city every day? The situation has been serious recently, even the abbot of Baoxiang Temple has moved to the city, what are you doing going out like this?"
Liu Shang called out in official uniform, and when he saw an acquaintance, he smiled and joked.
He was originally Yu Lu's neighbor and an ordinary yamen runner in Hexian Town. Later, by chance, he entered the ninth realm of martial arts, was noticed by a nobleman and became successful. Now he has moved away for more than three years.
"Brother Liu, isn't it true that the price of meat in the city has been rising rapidly recently? We can hardly afford pork. I was thinking of going to the mountains to see if I can hunt some game to supplement my diet."
Yu Lu smiled and spread out his empty hands.
"Tsk, demons have been invading the city lately, and even the toads outside the city have known to move away. You're still thinking about hunting game? You're dreaming." A tall and thin yamen runner sneered disdainfully.
"Don't you see that big black evil cloud above your head? Really..." The yamen runner wanted to say something, but his companion covered his mouth with his hand and warned him in a low voice.
"This gentleman is a cultivator in the Body Tempering Realm! One level higher than the boss. If you are familiar with him, you can continue to joke with him!"
The tall and thin yamen runner turned pale when he heard this and dared not say anything. He was a yamen runner who had escaped from Changfeng County and did not know Yu Lu's name. However, he had met Li Xiu'e by chance on the street a few days ago and could not forget her. He was quite jealous.
He just started to mock, but he didn't expect to hit a wall.
Yu Lu didn't care about it. He bowed to Liu Shang and said, "Brother Liu, I'll leave first if I have nothing else to do."
"Um."
After Yu Lu left, Liu Shang looked at Yu Lu's sturdy and strong back with a deep gaze, his expression full of solemnity.
He felt that Yu Erlang was more terrifying than before. After all, he was an extraordinary martial arts master, but in front of Yu Erlang, he felt that he could not last more than three moves.
"Boss, the women in this guy's family are some of the most beautiful women in Hexian Town. Not only are they pretty, but they also have curvaceous bodies that are so alluring. Isn't General Ji Hedao of the Demon-Slaying Army a fan of them? How about..."
The tall and thin yamen runner spoke viciously.
Unexpectedly, Liu Shang raised the scabbard high and brought it down hard on his face.
"Idiot, is it your turn to please General Ji? Those noble families are lining up."
"Use your pig brain more in the future, damn, except for those cultivators who can deal with Yu Erlang, who in Hexian Town can beat him? If he finds out, I will beat you into a puddle of mud with three punches or I will kill you!"
Yu Lu was walking briskly on the street when he suddenly saw that the busy entrance in front of him was surrounded by people, making it impossible to get in or out.
"What happened?" Yu Lu squeezed into the crowd and pricked up his ears while observing secretly:
"He's a lieutenant of the demon-killing army who is recruiting young men. Run! If we're spotted, you're doomed!" A passerby who knew something about the inside story quietly retreated, while quietly reminding others.
"Stop talking, and step back quickly, the boy is almost completely transformed!"
Yu Lu followed the crowd and retreated. When he turned a corner, he quietly watched. What he saw was a scene that made him burst with anger:
In the cowshed, a bloody and horrible muscle monster over ten feet tall actually spoke human language. Its flesh and blood turned inside out, revealing its taut tendons and veins, and it kept screaming in despair: "Kill! Kill me!"
In front of the monster was a middle-aged man wearing a general's armor and two ferocious armored giants. They were two demon-killing soldiers who were more than ten feet tall and looked like giant rhinos standing upright. They were covered in ferocious black armor and had sharp spikes on their knees and elbows. They were all killing machines built with secret methods. From a distance, they looked even more imposing than the terrifying muscle monster!
Then the young general of the demon-killing army waved his hand, and two giant men with knives stepped forward and chopped off the heads and stomachs of the two women kneeling on the ground, and then threw the bloody heads and internal organs in front of the muscle monster.
"Mother! Little sister! Ah! You bunch of demons! I will kill you!" The flesh and blood monster completely lost control, roaring angrily, and his words were somewhat difficult to recognize.
The monster rushed forward, but could not get within ten feet of the man.
"Puchi!" A shadow flashed by, and the demon-killing soldiers had arrived behind the muscular monster. Holding a giant blade, they slashed the monster's bear-like waist fiercely, almost cutting it in half!
"Ah!" The muscle monster roared in pain and stretched out his hands to desperately squeeze the two halves of his body, which were only connected by blood, together. Countless blood buds emerged from his body like madly dancing blood snakes, repairing his broken body in this weird way, and it was restored to its original state in the blink of an eye.
Two demon-killing soldiers rushed forward and stabbed the spikes into the flesh joints with a knee strike, throwing the muscular monster to the ground and nailing it to the spot.
"Very good." The young man in the general's armor nodded with satisfaction.
"It's rare to meet someone with extraordinary qualities related to flesh and blood. You can join my demon-killing army as a centurion!"
"Crack." The general, with a righteous face, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and poured some kind of white powder on the two still beating hearts and the head of the woman who died with her eyes open.
Soon a strange and exotic fragrance was emitted, and the monster's gaze was instantly attracted to it, with an extremely eager look, just like a person who had been hungry for three days suddenly smelling the scent of a banquet.
"Tick-tock. Tick-tock."
The monster's smelly, sticky saliva dripped onto the ground, quickly forming a puddle. Its eyes were fixed on the flesh and blood. There was no deep-rooted hatred or rage in its eyes, only endless hunger and appetite.
"Haha, that's wonderful!" The general clapped his hands and laughed, feeling happy that he was about to gain a powerful blood demon.
"After my Blood Demon Centurion has had his meal, I will personally put on the Spiritual Armor for him!"
"Xiu'e, I'm back!"
When Yu Lu returned home, he suddenly felt very tired. He heard passers-by say that it was a young boy, but Yu Lu didn't know what he looked like. Even though he felt pity and wanted to mourn him, he could only recall the image of the bloody monster.
"Harming the people, forcing their relatives to eat them, and creating blood-producing animals."
"Is this the demon-killing army that is now controlled by Yongzhou Shepherd Ji Wushen and symbolizes the Xia Qi Dynasty?" Yu Lu thought for a while, then showed a mocking look on his face. A group of demons in human skin were grinding their teeth and sucking blood, killing people like crazy at the bottom under the banner of killing demons and conquering monsters.
"Did they also transform the flesh fetus into a flesh monster, which is now hidden under the thick black armor?"
"No wonder the world is in chaos!"
"When the emperor loses his deer, the whole world chases him."
Yu Lu's mind suddenly became clear, and the originally incomplete picture was filled in with the last piece of the puzzle.
"No wonder the demons are causing chaos in the local area, and the demonic atmosphere is spreading to all provinces and prefectures in the world, with a terrifying momentum that is sweeping across the universe and encompassing the four seas. However, the response of the Xia Qi royal family is so slow and dull!"
"I'm afraid that the noble families and the governors of the various states are deliberately concealing the truth, confusing the public, secretly accumulating their own strength, and even fanning the flames, using the name of the Xia Qi Dynasty to do evil things, causing the Xia Qi Dynasty to become disunited. They want to compete for the world!"
"And this demonic disaster is probably just accumulating resentment from the people for them. They may even personally kill the people like the generals of the demon-killing army, just to direct the resentment towards the Xia Qi Dynasty. This is to wear down the accumulated luck of the Xia Qi Dynasty, and it is a precursor to slaying the dragon."
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