Black Journey to the West: The Imposter Star Lord

Chapter 28: Entering the Mountain Gate

Tang Xiu asked himself, he had seen quite a few geniuses in the Upper Temple, but behind each of these geniuses was an immense amount of money and power.

He'd seen plenty of tough guys who didn't spend money, but this was the first time he'd ever seen someone so poor yet so arrogant.

At this moment, Cao Xing was unaware that his actions had greatly shocked Tang Xiu and the others.

In fact, Cao Xing was initially unable to defend himself against the Rakshasa woman who charged at him, but his body unconsciously used the Crimson Serpent Battle Technique from the Crimson Blood Scripture.

With the support of the Crimson Serpent Battle Technique, Cao Xing gradually became more excited. Even more miraculously, he discovered that after he mastered the "Sunflower Water Spiritual Talisman" and activated the Battle Technique, it was as if he had been stimulated, greatly strengthening his kidney energy. As a result, he became more and more courageous in the Battle Technique, and even replenished the sunflower water energy he had consumed, causing his sunflower water energy to increase rapidly.

Sunflower water nourishes Jia wood.

While Cao Xing continuously replenished his Kui Shui Qi by using the Ao Zhan Fa, he also circulated the Five Internal Organs and Six Ming Meridians, gradually transferring the surging Kui Shui Qi to his liver. In a short while, his liver Qi became stronger, and a moment later, Cao Xing's mind stirred, and wisps of blue light appeared on his liver.

Following a flash of azure light, as Cao Xing quickened his pace, a continuous stream of Kui Water Qi surged in, instantly emitting a brilliant azure light, and a divine talisman appeared in Cao Xing's perception.

The second divine talisman is the "Jiamu Qingling Talisman".

With the blessing of the Jiamu Qingling Talisman, Cao Xing's eyes became clear, enabling him to see through illusions.

This ordination ceremony may be a test or a life-or-death ordeal for others, but for me it is an opportunity.

only……

Why is there no spiritual energy?

According to the Crimson Blood Scripture, the method of fierce battle can be to absorb Yin to replenish Yang, or absorb Yang to replenish Yin, by using the power of Yin-Yang interaction, and to plunder the opponent's spiritual essence for one's own use.

So far, apart from the increase in my sunflower water energy, I haven't seen any spiritual essence.

In a flash, Cao Xing understood. He opened his eyes and looked at these Rakshasa women. Clearly, these Rakshasa women were not illusions, but they were not living beings either. Strictly speaking, they were not even ghosts, so naturally they had no spiritual energy for him to collect.

However, even without spiritual essence, it's good to enhance one's own Kui Shui Qi, which can be used to cultivate the Five Internal Organs and Six Brightness Scriptures.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing looked at these Rakshasa women again, his eyes gleaming. In his eyes, these were all resources for cultivation.

"Demon, don't run away! Come and help me cultivate!"

Cao Xing roared, grabbed the Rakshasa woman who was trying to escape, tackled her to the ground, and executed her on the spot.

"Amitabha! He actually took the initiative to attack?"

Seeing this scene, Tang Xiu was deeply shocked, though he did not know the reason behind it.

In that short time, two more Rakshasa women were unable to withstand the attack and vanished into thin air.

Tang Xiu looked on and exclaimed that he had seen a ghost.

Fortunately, the number of people in the room has now been reduced from over a hundred to less than thirty.

Seeing this, Tang Xiu dared not delay any longer. If this vicious scoundrel continued, Jin Yuan Shishu's magic artifact would not only fail to advance to the level of a magic treasure, but might even be destroyed by this kid.

Tang Xiu then waved his hand and recalled all the Rakshasa women into the Thousand Women Painting.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes lit up as they awoke from the encirclement of the Rakshasa woman.

As soon as everyone woke up, the air was filled with the scent of heather. However, looking around, the square that was originally packed with people now had less than thirty people left standing.

The rest either lay on the ground like rotten mud, or were still breathing, but their breathing seemed insufficient to allow them to make it down the mountain alive.

As for these losers, Tang Xiu didn't even bother to give them a second glance.

Despite the high number of deaths at each conversion ceremony, this did not affect the number of people attending the ceremony each year. After all, in the vast Xiniu Hezhou, their Shangfang Temple was considered one of the top sects.

Once you enter the mountain gate, you are no longer an ordinary person; cultivating immortality is a matter of life and death.

Tang Xiu smiled and said, "Congratulations to all my fellow disciples on taking refuge in the Three Jewels. May the Heavenly Venerable grant you boundless blessings."

"Amitabha Buddha." Gu Dongrong, Zhuang Duyou and other Taoists stepped forward and bowed with one hand.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in confusion, until finally someone came to their senses.

Some people rejoiced and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, I've entered the immortal sect! Hahaha, I'm going to be an immortal!"

Some people, on the other hand, wore long faces, pondering how long it would take to pay off the large amount of high-interest loans they had borrowed.

"We finally made it through!"

Some people collapsed to the ground, looking at the corpses that hadn't survived, feeling a chill run down their spines and growing increasingly fearful.

It's truly a matter of one step into the abyss and one step into paradise.

Of course, compared to these people, Chen Xiang, the young master of the Chen family, seemed calm and composed, standing aside with an indifferent expression, as if entering the sect was a predetermined outcome.

Cao Xing, however, seemed unsatisfied and pulled up his pants.

It's a pity, I don't know if I'll have such a good opportunity next time.

Cao Xing sensed it and could clearly feel that the Jia Wood Purifying Talisman had stabilized and that strands of wood-elemental spiritual energy were slowly nourishing his heart.

Jia wood corresponds to Ding fire, and Ding fire belongs to the heart, so the next talisman should be placed on one's own heart.

"Junior Brother Zhuang, the Dharma assembly has been successfully completed. I need to report back to Uncle Jin Yuan. I'll leave the rest to you," Tang Xiu said to Zhuang Duyou, who was standing to the side.

"Don't worry, senior brother, leave the rest to me." Zhuang Duyou nodded.

"Um!"

Tang Xiu put away the Rakshasa Thousand Maidens Painting in his hand, then made a hand seal and chanted an incantation. Amidst the envious gazes of the crowd, he quickly rose into the sky in a gust of wind and disappeared from their sight.

This scene undoubtedly strengthened everyone's resolve to seek the Dao.

Cao Xing, who was hiding behind the crowd, looked meaningfully in the direction Tang Xiu had left. With the blessing of the Jiamu Qingling Talisman, he was able to see many things that ordinary people could not see.

Although his eyes were far inferior to Bixia's naturally discerning ones, he could still see through some illusions. For example, Cao Xing saw the Taoist's seemingly cloud-riding technique as nothing more than an illusion created by two talismans.

"Fellow disciples."

At this moment, Zhuang Duyou stepped forward, bowed slightly to the crowd, and said, "Follow me into the mountain gate."

As Zhuang Duyou's voice fell, the tightly closed mountain gate behind him slowly opened with a piercing buzzing sound.

After passing through the mountain gate, the group followed Zhuang Duyou inside.

Look at that tree, it's so beautiful.

Look at those flowers, they smell so good.

This is the Immortal Gate; even the air smells sweet.

The group even felt that the stones on the ground had become extraordinary.

Zhuang Duyou walked ahead, saying to the crowd, "Although my Shangfang Temple comes from the Quanzhen lineage of Zhongnan Mountain, we mainly cultivate the Pure Yang Dao. If Pure Yang is not broken, all laws will not be harmed."

However, the path of cultivation is boundless, and there are four essential skills: weapon crafting, alchemy, talisman making, and magic array formation. These are all methods we need on our path to immortality.

Zhuang Duyou led everyone into a side hall and guided them to register.

In addition to registering their names, those who come with prior skills also need to register.

Cao Xing was still debating whether he should hide his Qi Refining Level 6 cultivation, but the young man ahead of him had already revealed his cultivation level without hesitation.

"Shao Mingzhang, a rogue cultivator, at the eighth level of Qi Refining."

When everyone heard that the other party was actually at the eighth level of Qi Refining, the way they looked at him changed.

They've only just begun, while others have already won at the starting line.

"No wonder this person only bought two bottles of pills and two talismans at the conversion ceremony; it turns out he has already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining."

Shao Mingzhang seemed to sense the gazes directed at him and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Seeing this, the elder in charge of registration comforted him, saying, "Don't be nervous. Those who practiced asceticism are things of the past. As long as you take refuge in the Three Jewels, you are a disciple of our Shangfang Temple. What's rare is that you don't hide it, which is the greatest sincerity."

After saying that, he registered Shao Mingzhang.

Cao Xing, who was hiding behind, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. It seemed that the Upper Temple did not reject rogue cultivators.

Then another person introduced themselves while registering.

"Jiao Zhengqing, a wild cultivator, at the fifth level of Qi Refining."

Unexpectedly, quite a few rogue cultivators had infiltrated this Dharma assembly. When it was Cao Xing's turn, although everyone was surprised, they were no longer astonished after the previous two.

After registration and cataloging.

In addition to receiving a brown Taoist robe, each person also received a manual called the "Shaoyang Scripture".

Cao Xing glanced through it; the contents only contained the first twelve levels of Qi Refining, with no further information.

After glancing at the contents again, Cao Xing had only two words in his mind: "Garbage."