Mortal Bones

During the last full moon, although Xu Taiping said nothing, how could his weak state, like dying, escape Bai Yu's eyes?

"Yeah." Xu Taiping nodded.

"Is there no way for me and Ping An to enter the sword domain together?" Bai Yu asked with a worried look in his eyes.

"It seems that there is no way at the moment." Xu Taiping shook his head.

If possible, he actually wanted Bai Yu and Ping An to help him, but the sword domain was under the control of the sword ghost, and he couldn't let Bai Yu and them go in together.

"Don't worry, I have been preparing for nearly a month this time, and I will definitely not be as embarrassed as last time."

Seeing Bai Yu's eyes full of worries, Xu Taiping smiled and comforted him.

"Maybe this demon-slaying sword can give the sword ghost some surprises."

He then put his hand on the handle of the sword at his waist and shook it.

Seeing Xu Taiping's calm eyes, Bai Yu felt a little ashamed for some reason.

"Just be careful. I'll help you keep watch tonight."

Bai Yu said this, then flew out with his wings flapping, and shouted to Ping An outside the courtyard: "Little Ping An, let's go catch insects for Ling Yao together!"

"Okay, you're not allowed to steal!"

"You dead monkey, who stole it!"

Listening to the noise outside the courtyard, Xu Taiping inexplicably felt a sense of security.

"Even if I can't win, don't think of making me collapse. There are so many things waiting for me to do."

He stretched and walked towards Fanlou again.

It's time to practice Danxia Gong.

...

In fact, Xu Taiping has lived a relatively peaceful month.

The merit points and elixirs promised by Liufeng have all entered his name.

In addition to the merit points exchanged for the weapons picked up in the ruins, the total number of merit coins in his name has now exceeded 500,000.

But these merits come and go quickly.

After purchasing materials for several elixirs such as Bazhen Powder, Shouqi Pill, Kaiqiao Chongxue Decoction, and Juqi Pill for a month, he only had 100,000 merit coins left.

This ghost-sealing talisman is simply a bottomless pit.

However, with the help of Cao Huandan, his true essence increased more than twice in this month, and his Qi Palace expanded by a full double. At this rate, he will be able to reach the middle level of Wangyou in at most one month.

Because of this, the speed at which the ghost-sealing talisman consumes his blood and qi has also slowed down significantly.

This has reduced his pressure a lot, allowing him to concentrate on his cultivation.

In addition, he still goes to Laoyuetan to practice swordsmanship before dawn every day.

As before, Sansan Jushi still has no intention of showing up, and still only instructs him by leaving words on the wooden board.

However, during this period of time, because of his diligence, the mistakes that Sansan Jushi can find out have gradually decreased.

Of course, even so, Xu Taiping did not relax at all, and still carefully wrote every word with his sword.

However, because of the improvement in the speed of sword engraving, he had more time left.

So every time after practicing sword, he would go back to Qiyuexuan to take care of the medicine garden with Baiyu Pingan, have a meal together, and then spend one or two hours reading the newly acquired skills "The End of the World is Close" and "The Great Saint Fist of the Blue Ox", and then consolidate the "Red Crow Golden Flame Art" and the clone technique and other skills.

The Taixuan Sect's secret body skills "The End of the World is Close" and "The Great Saint Fist of the Blue Ox" are even more obscure than the Demon Slaying Sword, so Xu Taiping is not in a hurry to spend time practicing, and plans to read the two skills first.

Among these skills, his progress in the Red Crow Golden Flame Art is the fastest. He can already condense a ball of red crow gold flames within a cup of tea, and the quality of the flames has also improved a lot.

For him, the Red Crow Golden Flame Art can now be used as a real killer.

In addition to these, Xu Taiping naturally spent the most time practicing the Demon Slayer Sword.

Unlike the superficial reading before, he spent this month studying the first move of the Demon Slayer Sword, "Cicada".

His performance in the previous fight with Bai Yu in the yard was the result of his one-month work.

But Xu Taiping was not very satisfied with this.

In his opinion, his Cicada move was only in form but not in spirit, and it would take at least three months or even half a year to polish it before he could fight the Sword Ghost.

However, the full moon day had arrived, and he could only rush it.

"In fact, according to Sister Lingyue, fighting with the Sword Ghost in the Sword Domain is the best way to polish the sword skills, but every time you strike a sword, you have to endure the pain of being tortured to death, and the price and risk are too great."

Xu Taiping smiled bitterly.

Until today, his limbs and internal organs still produce phantom pain from time to time, which shows how terrible the torture of the Sword Ghost was that night.

"Don't think too much, just deal with the full moon night tonight."

Xu Taiping stood up from the futon, then stretched out his hand and patted his cheek, so that he could put aside his distracting thoughts and calm down.

At this time, he had already circulated Danxia Gong for several big cycles, and the true qi in his Qi Palace was full. The blood and qi in his body were no longer as weak as last time because of the improvement of the true essence in these days and the regular use of elixirs.

In general, his condition tonight was much better than a month ago.

"The time is almost up."

Xu Taiping first looked at the moonlight outside the window, and then looked at the ghost-sealing talisman that had automatically emerged in his palm, and then murmured.

Just like last time, murderous intent began to overflow from the ghost-sealing talisman in his palm, spreading little by little in this stone chamber.

But compared to last time, Xu Taiping was much calmer tonight.

He ignored the murderous intent spreading from the ghost-sealing talisman, but opened the iron gourd and took the Chunhu knife out of the gourd.

"Shua!"

But just as Xu Taiping picked up Chunhu and was about to hang it on his waist, a green light flew out of the gourd and hit his chest with a "bang".

Xu Taiping looked down and found that it was the Broken Water given by Senior Duan Tianya.

"Senior Broken Water, do you want to help me deal with the knife ghost?"

He asked the Broken Water tentatively.

But Broken Water did not respond, just lying quietly in his hand.

Xu Taiping stretched out his hand to pull out the knife, wanting to see if he could pull out the Broken Water, but the result was the same as before, he couldn't pull it out.

The reason why he didn't bring the Broken Water knife last time was because he couldn't pull it out.

"Forget it, take them in together."

Xu Taiping didn't think much about it and directly put the broken water on the other side.

"Boy, you and I finally meet again!"

As the familiar old voice sounded, the scene around Xu Taiping began to be replaced by a bloody scene little by little.

"Yes, we meet again."

Xu Taiping smiled and raised his head, looking straight at the red-haired sword ghost in front of him.

Tonight, he was much calmer than before.