Too much fruit

Chapter 762: Ancient Killing Sword, Method of Contact
"If Sikong has any tricks up his sleeve, you'd better use them quickly. If it's too late, Wenshu will recover."

The True God Tianmei exhaled a breath of dark blue mist and chuckled.

After Manjusri condensed the Dharma image of Vairocana Tathagata, in addition to collecting and condensing more Dharma images, his biggest goal should be to obtain the ochre whip and Shennong Ding in Jiang Li's hands.

Who among the Jiang family would not desire these two treasures?

Wenshu may not care about the Jiang family regaining their past status, but he definitely cares about these two treasures.

Even when he reached the realm of Manjusri, the Ochre Whip and Shennong Ding were still of great significance to him, enough to increase his strength again and add chips to his ambition to replace the Awakened One.

Whether out of his own diligence or out of the Buddhist country's strategy to spread Buddhism to the East, Manjushri will launch another offensive as quickly as possible.

This time, Tan Wuwei was deliberately not brought along for the sake of Vairocana Tathagata’s Dharma image. Next time, the three great Bodhisattvas will come out together, and with them the Buddhist army, it will be a decisive battle.

"Sikong, time waits for no one."

The God Tianmei spoke in a deep voice, with a faint mist lingering around, evoking some thoughts.

She wanted to persuade him again, but she didn't expect a sword light to suddenly pass by and cut off the jade pipe that was about to be handed to her mouth.

“Don’t confuse the people with your lies,” Taoist Guangcheng said calmly, “Others may not know your methods as a demon god, but I do. Monster, if you continue to speak lies, I will kill you.”

A third-rank strongman, even if he was seriously injured, could still easily kill a fourth-rank one. Taoist Guangcheng was also famous for his ruthless behavior when he was young. It was said that one of the Fairy Queen's junior sisters had her skull shattered by a single blow from Taoist Guangcheng, turning her into a headless beauty.

"I didn't expect that the Taoist priest knows me so well."

Tian Mei was not afraid at all, still with a gentle smile on her face, and said, "I wonder which fellow believer in my sect betrayed me and let the Taoist know my methods?"

There were many undercover agents in the Demon God Cult, and all parties had people planted there. Although Yuxu Temple had few members, from what Taoist Guangcheng said, they also had people planted there.

Taoist Guangcheng certainly knew that he had revealed some information, but he didn't care. He just glanced at Tianmei and said nothing more.

However, Tianmei did not give up.

"Is it the Holy Infant?"

She said quietly, "Master Guangcheng may not know that those people in the sect have no secrets from the Great Venerable. Even if they are protected by a master like Master, the Great Venerable can see through the details of the members of the sect. As long as they are on the Great Venerable's list, no one can hide their identity."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Yin-Yang Sword reappeared, and the sharp sword force locked onto the True God Tianmei.

She was right.

"Are you threatening me?" Taoist Guangcheng's voice was calm, but murderous intent was evident in his voice.

"How dare I," Tian Mei cried out in injustice, "It is the Great Master who is threatening the Taoist priest, not me."

Although they were in the same position, tension was unavoidable at this moment.

With Taoist Guangcheng's sword power, if he were to attack, Tianmei would most likely die, provided that the Great Lord's clone was not nearby. The Great Lord's aura just now was really only activated by the True God Tianmei.

"Oh, brother, does your sister-in-law know that you are doing this?" Jiang Li sighed when he saw this.

It's a threat, right? Who doesn't do that?

When this sentence was uttered, I don’t know if Brother Hao heard it, but Tian Mei heard it.

And the smile on her face suddenly lost its warmth.

Even when she was locked by Taoist Guangcheng's sword, this woman had a faint smile on her face and had never lost her composure. But now, after hearing Jiang Li's words, she lost her composure.

'There is a story.'

Jiang Li's mouth curled up, and he continued, "If my sister-in-law knew what my brother was up to, she would be so sad. Of course, my brother might be punished by kneeling on the Fire Lotus for three days and three nights."

Taoist Guangcheng felt something was not right, and didn't know why he suddenly talked about Jiang Sikong's brother and sister-in-law. However, as a third-grade strong man, his spiritual perception told him that there was a big secret before his eyes.

But Tian Mei felt something was wrong.

Jiang Li's gaze seemed to penetrate her body and mind, leaving all the fluctuations in her heart exposed.

Compared to Jiang Li, Tian Mei's methods of alluring people seemed a little inferior.

"Sikong, please give it some thought."

After leaving these words in a hurry, Tian Mei disappeared in the dark blue mist in a somewhat embarrassed manner.

Faced with Jiang Li's insightful eyes, Tian Mei rationally chose to make a strategic move to avoid being breached.

Although escaping is shameful, not escaping is more than just shameful.

When Jiang Li saw the demon god fleeing in panic, he couldn't help but sneer, "If I can't control the Great Lord, I can control you?"

But after sneering, Jiang Li also felt the pressure.

Manjusri, after all, is the most difficult hurdle at present. If I want to cross this hurdle, my current strength is not enough.

The simplest solution now is to return to the capital of gods and carry the fruit of the Son of Heaven, but this is inconsistent with Jiang Li's original plan. And if he inherits the fruit of the Son of Heaven, he also inherits the Great Zhou. If he wants to move forward, he needs to clean up the Great Zhou.

One of the divine powers of the Son of Heaven, [I am the State], is linked to the country. The more prosperous the Great Zhou is, the stronger the feedback it gets, and vice versa.

While thinking, Jiang Li also looked at Taoist Guangcheng.

The Taoist has now recovered from his injuries and his complexion has eased a lot, but blood is still oozing from his right hand, and he looks quite tragic.

Seeing Jiang Li's eyes fall on his arm, Taoist Guangcheng raised his hand and said, "This is caused by the forced transformation of the ancient killing sword by me. Although the killing sword is strong, the backlash is also severe. The injuries left behind are difficult to recover even for a third-grade cultivator."

"Killing sword?" Jiang Li's eyes moved, and he thought of a famous dangerous formation.

"There are four killing swords, named the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying. The original owner of the Dao Fruit that I have received was also a senior of the Yuqing Daoist lineage. He once obtained the Sword of Immortal Slaying among the four swords, and left the Sword of Immortal Slaying in the Dao Fruit."

Taoist Guangcheng said with both yearning and regret, "It's a pity that this sword intent has not been able to form a Dao Fruit supernatural power. I can only use our sect's Qi Bing method to recreate the killing sword. However, because of my insufficient realm, even if I can create the shape of the killing sword, it will not last long, and there will be backlash."

Jiang Li also practiced the Qibing method of Yuxu Temple. He was able to simulate the Chiyou flag, which was also due to this method. Naturally, he understood the mystery. The Qibing method of Yuxu Temple is to refine the real into the virtual, to refine the real weapon into Qibing, and to operate it by the heart. Every Qibing form chosen by the disciples of Yuxu Temple actually comes from the Dao fruit they have chosen.

They first refined the same magic weapon, then refined the real into the virtual, combining the magic weapon contained in the Qi weapon and the Dao fruit supernatural power. For example, if the Yuxu Temple did not pass down the real Fantian Seal, then the Guangcheng Taoist could only summon the phantom of the Fantian Seal when using supernatural powers.

And if one combines the magical power [Fantian Yin] in the Dao Fruit after refining the real into the virtual, he can transform it into a magical weapon that suits himself, and his power will increase along with his own cultivation level.

Even when his life ends in the future, he can turn the [Fantian Seal] into reality and refine the magical weapon Fantian Seal again.

Taoist Guangcheng's Yin-Yang Sword is actually a combination of the magical male and female swords in Guangchengzi's Taoist fruit. However, he did not stop at the male and female swords. Instead, he tried to combine the Yin-Yang Swords to form the Zhuxian Sword and carry the sword intent.

He did succeed, but due to various limitations, he was never able to fully realize it.

'Not all genuine Zhu Xian Swords have this power. If it were genuine...'

Jiang Li was amazed and asked, "Didn't your sect pass down the killing sword?"

"If it can be passed down, I'm afraid there will be a place for me among the strongest."

Taoist Guangcheng shook his head and laughed, then said: "It is said that the Four Swords of Zhuxian are the magic weapons of Lingbao Tianzun. If it is possible to be passed down, this sword should carry the Taoist fruit of Lingbao Tianzun. However, this second-grade Taoist weapon is still circulated in the world, and this grade... Even if it is circulated, it is hidden tightly and not known to outsiders."

"For most people, whether the first-grade Dao fruit exists is an unknown."

After all, each of the third-grade masters is at the sixth place. If a first-grade Taoist weapon is exposed, who knows whether the other six masters will join forces to snatch it.

If you have a first-grade Taoist weapon in your hand, your promotion to the second grade should be more secure, right?
As far as Jiang Li knew, the only thing that could be confirmed now was the first-grade Taoist weapon, the Demon Refining Pot, in the hands of the Great Venerable. He did not know the whereabouts of the other first-grade Taoist weapons.

The Luoshu and Hetu were supposed to be first-class Taoist tools, but they were no longer so after Fuxi's Dao Fruit was used to create the sky. Moreover, although the magical tools and treasures handed down from before the end of the law were still mysterious, their power was not as great as before. The Luoshu and Hetu could not be compared to first-class Taoist tools.

After all, even the masters of those magic weapons have perished. These magic weapons were able to survive the Dharma Ending Age because of their special existence forms. How could they be undamaged?
"That's right." Jiang Li nodded in agreement.

He also did not ask whether there was any first-grade Taoist weapon in Yuxu Temple. After all, this matter concerned the foundation of the sect, so even if there was, they had to say no.

Moreover, with those powerful people who were dead but not stiff around, Jiang Li didn't want to have excessive contact with the first-grade Taoist weapons.

The topic ended here. Jiang Li's eye, which had turned into a vertical mark between his eyebrows, flashed with light, and a fragment flew out of it and was delivered to Taoist Guangcheng. He then said, "I can't stay for long, so I won't return to my ancestral land. Please give this item to my senior sister Gongsun Qingyue. Thank you for your trouble."

After saying this, Jiang Li’s figure faded and disappeared in the wind.

Wenshu's strength has greatly improved, and Jiang Li, the pirated monkey, has to continue to be. Moreover, Mo Xuankong has not returned yet, and no one knows how he is doing.

When Taoist Guangcheng saw Jiang Li leaving in a hurry, he didn't ask any questions. He just sent out a stream of clear air to wrap up the fragments and returned to the Jiang family's ancestral land.

At this time, outside the Jiang family's ancestral land, heavenly soldiers were lined up, and the sky was filled with divine power. Yin Tulong had already revealed a body with three heads and six arms, blessed by divine power, ready to go at any time. However, because of Manjusri's retreat, this preparation was in vain.

Taoist Guangcheng walked straight through the army formation and came to a floating island among the mountains of the ancestral land. He met Gongsun Qingyue and gave her the fragment.

Gongsun Qingyue recognized that this was a fragment of the Haotian Mirror and accepted it directly, then thanked Taoist Guangcheng, "Thank you for your help, Senior."

"No need," Taoist Guangcheng said, "I still need to heal my wounds, so I won't be polite. The war is imminent, so the better it is, the better."

He said this and left.

Gongsun Qingyue let the fragment of Haotian Mirror float in her palm. After closing her eyes and meditating, there was a flash of light, and several figures were released from it.

Among these people, there were both men and women, whose bodies were sealed with talismans and they stood straight like dead people.

As soon as Gongsun Qingyue released these people, she waved her hand, and the gorgeous sword swept across, cutting off heads one by one.

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The Divine Capital, the Imperial City, the Daming Palace.

The eldest princess, who was handling government affairs, suddenly had an idea and lowered her eyes to look at a black book on the table.

The book opened automatically, revealing lines of vermilion words.

【Wang Yunlan died outside Qishan County, Yongzhou, Great Zhou, on the day of Xinwei in the month of Gengchen in the year of Yisi.】

[Lin Feng, on the day of Xinwei in the month of Gengchen in the year of Yisi, died outside Qishan County, Yongzhou, Great Zhou]

【Jiang Ming...】

The death information appeared in the Book of Life and Death one by one. After reading them one by one, the princess picked up a book in the manual and opened it, "Wang Yunlan, Wen; Lin Feng, Shu..."

The dead were all death row prisoners who had been prepared long ago and were carried by Jiang Li personally. If necessary, these death row prisoners could be used to convey information.

Every name in this book corresponds to a character. If the characters corresponding to all the people who died outside Qishan County are found and arranged, it will form a brief message.

The transmission of information in this way is fast and secret, allowing the princess to quickly learn the situation. When the princess wants to transmit information, she can also directly kill the pre-arranged death row prisoners. The people on the other side can receive information in the same way according to the household registration of the Great Zhou.

However, the household register of the Great Zhou is not as convenient as the Book of Life and Death. Retrieving information requires a good knowledge of the Way of I Ching. Therefore, it is managed by Jiang Li and his disciple, who are more proficient in the Way of I Ching.

No one would have thought that Jiang Li and others in Yongzhou were closely connected with the Divine Capital, and any information could be received and responded to in real time. This was also a hidden trump card of Jiang Li.

"Manjusri has achieved the form of Vairocana Tathagata, and the situation is critical," the princess frowned slightly, her face cold, "those insects in the court will probably take action as well."

They had already deployed troops outside the imperial city, but had not taken any action because they were waiting for the right opportunity. Now that the situation has changed, the eldest princess can foresee their actions.

"And...Jiang Li got the method to decapitate the emperor?"

The eldest princess's eyes fell on the last piece of information and she smiled coldly.

"Instead of secretly fanning the flames and unsealing the Emperor, you want Jiang Li to unblock it on his own initiative, right? And this Tian Mei!"

If it weren't for the inappropriate timing, the eldest princess would have already called a son-in-law of the Dragon King to enforce the family rules.

Are you playing tricks on me?
You are also admired by the Heavenly Demon God, right?

Theoretically speaking, Feng Manlou did not actually go against what she said before, but women are sometimes unreasonable.

(End of this chapter)