Killing Demons: Upgrading from Calligraphy

"I don't quite understand what the fourth generation of Hun Yuan means."

Looking at the old man Gao in front of him, although Qi Xiu vaguely guessed the purpose of the old man's sudden visit, he still shook his head.

"Okay kid, stop pretending with me.

The only cultivators who can use the Hunyuan Palace are those from my Hunyuan lineage. No other cultivator has the ability to do so.

But logically speaking, there is generally only one [Hunyuan] in the world.

Although the old man is considered the worst among all the [Hunyuan]s.

But no matter what, I am still alive, and no other [Hunyuan] should appear."

His rough hands clasped together making a rustling sound, Old Man Gao looked at Qi Xiu thoughtfully.

“Someone who obviously shouldn’t be there, but appeared reasonably nonetheless.

If you look at it this way...

You are a person from the future generations."

In just a few words, Old Man Gao guessed Qi Xiu's identity. After all, the Hunyuan lineage was very special.

Just like the Phoenix clan.

There is only one person in a generation.

Only when the previous one dies, the successor will become the real [Hunyuan].

So before coming to find Qi Xiu, Old Man Gao had already suspected that this person with the Hunyuan aura might have come from the future across the long river of time.

It was just something he hadn't expected.

It turns out that Qi Xiu is not the True Lord Yuanshen, but the True Lord Daoshen.

After all, the ability to cross the long river of time is almost exclusive to the True Spirit, and it is impossible to do it without this level of realm.

Seeing that Qi Xiu neither admitted it nor denied it, Old Man Gao's eyes moved slightly, thinking that he had obviously guessed right.

"You are quite alert. Well, if you don't say anything, I won't ask any more questions.

Actually, I came to you this time just to discuss something with you."

With a roll of his eyes, Old Man Gao chuckled, his face full of wrinkles like orange peels:

"You should have seen Dugu Wuhui."

When Qi Xiu heard the words "Dugu Wuhui", his eyes suddenly focused. It seems that my guess was right. This fourth-generation Hunyuan really came for that thing.

"I've seen it before."

Since Old Man Gao could accurately say Dugu Wuhui's name, Qi Xiu knew that it would be pointless to continue like this, so he might as well open the door and have a good talk with this fourth-generation Hunyuan.

"Then the thing in his hand..."

His expression changed slightly. After knowing that Qi Xiu had indeed met Dugu Wuhui, Old Man Gao's face changed obviously.

"Here I am."

"Sure enough." After getting a definite answer, Old Man Gao had a complicated expression on his face and murmured in a low voice:

"He still doesn't trust me..."

After whispering a few words, Old Man Gao looked up at Qi Xiu with a serious look in his eyes:

"Boy, I came to you this time because I hope you can give me the thing that Dugu Wuhui gave you.

Don't refuse in a hurry.

I know that Dugu Wuhui said it was a rare treasure when he gave it to you.

But this thing is also a double-edged sword.

In your hands, it may not be a blessing.

It may even bring you death."

Gao Laohan spoke sincerely and seriously, as if the thing that Dugu Wuhui gave to Qi Xiu was a hot potato.

But Qi Xiu was, after all, a fledgling who had just entered the Tao. After going through more than a hundred years of wind and rain, he had already become a roc with wings spread to cover the sky.

I won't be so foolish as to believe what Old Man Gao said just because of a few words.

Looking at Old Man Gao calmly, Qi Xiu did not rush to agree or refuse, but slowly uttered two words.

"evidence."

"evidence?"

Looking at Qi Xiu's silent face, Old Man Gao suddenly chuckled:

“It’s true that we have the same temperament.

I don’t have any evidence, and this is all I have.”

As he spoke, Old Man Gao tore open the collar of his short jacket, revealing a horrific scar on his shriveled chest, which ran from his heart and almost cut him open.

Judging from the smoothness of the wound's edges, it must have been caused by a sword.

Looking at the scar on Old Man Gao's chest, Qi Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly, and faintly sensed a familiar breath from the wound.

"This injury..."

"With my talent and understanding, I am far from qualified to inherit the Hunyuan lineage.

But due to an accident, my nephew was seriously injured and on the verge of death. I was the only one by his side at the time.

That's why he had to temporarily pass on his legacy to me, an old man.

Baby, I am here this time not to take away your treasure.

But this thing is far from as simple as Dugu Wuhui thought.

It was a rare treasure that Wei Ruyi had spent half his life creating.

But it is not completely finished.

Just a half-finished product.

If you want to complete it completely, it will take at least 50% of your life.

I'm afraid Dugu Wuhui has never told you this."

Old Man Gao’s words made Qi Xiu frown slightly.

He is protected by his humanitarian merits. In this prosperous Tang Dynasty when the human race is thriving, the effect of his humanitarian merits is even more powerful.

Therefore, he keenly realized that what this fourth-generation Hunyuan said was true.

But if what he said was true, then what about Dugu Wuhui, the protector?

By handing over a half-finished rare treasure to himself, was he hoping that he would complete the legacy of the Third Generation Hunyuan?

Fifty percent of lifespan, this price is a bit too high.

"You are Hunyuan from the future. Since you have appeared, it means... we have all failed."

Looking at Qi Xiu, Old Man Gao's eyes were a little dazed and confused, but he quickly suppressed this emotion.

“I am old now. When I was young, I was scared and timid.

Dugu Wuhui said that I was too cowardly and not capable of any important task.

He even refused to admit that I was the fourth generation Hunyuan.

This bastard, he really thought I was willing to be this shitty Hun Yuan, if it wasn’t for Ruyi’s dying request, I, I, I…”

Old man Gao clenched his fists, his chin trembling, as if he was thinking of the past, his eyes full of grievance and discomfort.

“I couldn’t help with that incident back then, I could only watch from the sidelines.

Now, I, an old man, am about to die.

Before I die, I want to do one last thing, so that even if I fail, I can close my eyes."

Standing up on his knees, Old Man Gao bowed to Qi Xiuchang:

"Your Excellency, please help me."

Faced with Old Man Gao's request, Qi Xiu fell silent.

With a premonition of the merits of humanity, he understood that what this fourth-generation Hunyuan said was all true.

but……

Seeing Qi Xiu still hesitating, Old Man Gao had no choice but to throw out another bombshell:

"Don't hesitate any longer. If I hadn't helped you refine this rare treasure, you would not have been able to defeat that exiled immortal."

"Who?"

Almost at the moment when Old Man Gao opened his mouth, a figure flashed through Qi Xiu's mind. It seemed that there was a supreme being sitting high above the sky, looking over here with his eyes lowered.

The next moment!

The stone that Qi Xiu had taken into his soul suddenly shone brightly and manifested spontaneously. Colorful talismans slowly emerged on it. A mysterious aura instantly spread throughout the Hunyuan Palace, forming a protective tent like clouds and mist.

As the protective curtain rose, the feeling of being watched in Qi Xiu's mind suddenly disappeared.

"you do this delibrately!"

After being surprised, Qi Xiu turned to look at Old Man Gao and frowned.

Just now, the old man deliberately called out the existence of the banished immortal, causing the other party to sense something and pay attention to him.

This then triggered a reaction in the Hunyuan rare treasure, which manifested itself, emitting magical powers and covering up the Hunyuan Palace, thus avoiding being discovered by the banished immortal.

When Qi Xiu got angry, the entire Hunyuan Palace was in uproar. This was his little world.

Although he has not yet achieved the great way of the soul, he cannot truly use the power of this small world.

But it is a small world that he has mastered since he entered the realm of Tao.

Even without the assistance of spiritual power, he has mastered some earth-shaking power over the years.

Rumbling--

With a loud bang, the void in the entire Hunyuan Palace suddenly began to press down, and the geomagnetic force that was suddenly strengthened ten thousand times formed an extremely terrifying gravity.

Invisible waves of air kept rushing down from the void, and even the flames of the blazing red lotus fire became much smaller. The originally shining red lotus seed of the fire even hid deep in the sea of ​​fire, as if it had sensed the anger of the master of this world and chose to stay out of the spotlight for the time being.

Under the suppression of this extreme gravity.

Even a Taoist master would be crushed into a bloody mist in an instant. Facing such a tremendous force, Old Man Gao had no choice but to put his hands together and form a magic seal. Nine colorful halos suddenly lit up behind his head. In each of the halos, there were phantoms of mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, the sun, the moon, the stars and the city.

Nine-fold world law? !

Seeing the halo of the world in Old Man Gao's mind, even though Qi Xiu was knowledgeable, he was still shocked.

During this period, he had several long talks with Song Baiyi, and learned many secrets of the Yuanshen realm from the mouth of this Grand Protector of the Tang Dynasty.

The Small World Method is the innate means of the Yuanshen Zhenzun. Under normal circumstances, every Yuanshen Zhenzun will only create a small world.

After all, creating the world itself is a heaven-defying power.

Not only does it take a huge amount of effort and cultivation to maintain, but it is also a burden despite its powerful power.

Every time Yuanshen Zhenzun passes through an end, the small world under his control will receive a share of the profits from Heaven and grow and transform, which is also a kind of progress for Yuanshen Zhenzun.

But there are always geniuses and freaks in this world who don't like to take the ordinary path.

As a result, the True Spirit of Yuanshen opened up more than one small world.

Multiple levels of small worlds will bring a greater burden to the Yuanshen Zhenzun.

It might even be dragged to death by the small world's constant drain.

But once you get through it, the power blessing of multiple small worlds on the True Spirit will be unparalleled.

Moreover, the multiple-level small worlds also have indescribable huge benefits when the Yuanshen Zhenzun transcends the tribulation and the improvement of his strength after transcending the tribulation.

The primordial qi can evolve into all kinds of qi and all kinds of laws.

If there is any Taoist school in this world that can perfectly practice the multi-world method.

Then my Hunyuan lineage will definitely be the first.

But this nine-level world law is a bit exaggerated!

Qi Xiu looked at the old man opposite him with a complicated expression and saw nine world halos appearing behind his head, and was shocked.

With the blessing of the Nine-Layer World Law, this fourth-generation Hunyuan will be able to bring about the overwhelming power of the nine worlds with every move he makes.

This is simply overwhelming power.

But even so, the protector Dugu Wuhui still looked down on him.

And this fourth-generation Hunyuan also expressed in his words that he was not as good as his nephew, the third-generation Hunyuan Wei Ruyi.

So how powerful is this third-generation Hunyuan?

Even though he was so powerful, he was beaten to the point of being seriously injured and dying, so he had no choice but to pass down his Taoist tradition.

A series of questions floated in Qi Xiu's mind.

During this trip to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, he seemed to have vaguely touched the core of the Hunyuan lineage, but without exception, these core members chose to keep it secret from him, the later Hunyuan, as if they did not want him to know too much or in too much detail.

This feeling of wanting to hide and concealing made him inexplicably think of someone.

A Taoist who always has a smile on his face, wears an oily Taoist robe, and is a little fat.

Old Man Gao used the Nine-Layer World Law to block the oppression from the Hunyuan Palace. He looked helpless and was about to explain when he saw Qi Xiu opposite him suddenly stretched out his hand and threw the rare treasure at him.

"Uh, this..."

Looking at the unremarkable stone in his hand in surprise, Old Man Gao raised his eyes to look at Qi Xiu, only to see this extraordinary young Taoist waving his hand to summon a wooden chair, then he rolled up his sleeves and sat down.

"Nine-fold world law, there are probably only a handful of people in the world who can defeat you.

If you want to rob me, I'm afraid you can crush me to death with just the thought.

But you didn't.

So, I choose to believe you."

Qi Xiu said this very frankly.

After witnessing the realm of the ninth level of the world law of Old Man Gao, let alone him, even if Song Baiyi came, he would probably not be a match for this fourth-generation Hunyuan.

This is an existence that completely transcends ordinary Yuanshen Zhenzun.

But such an existence never thought of using any force from beginning to end.

This is enough to prove his attitude.

But this is not the only reason why Qi Xiu believes in him.

The real reason why he was willing to believe this fourth-generation Hunyuan was what he had said before.

"Okay, okay, old man, I will do my best to help you refine this treasure."

Holding this extremely ordinary stone in his hand, Old Man Gao looked dazed, feeling both excited and a little sad.

The last time he saw this rare treasure was when his nephew came to him excitedly and told him that he had refined a supreme treasure that was invincible in the world.

When the treasure is completed, he will be the first to see it.

But who would have thought that before this rare treasure was refined, Wei Ruyi was seriously injured and died tragically.

He was appointed to become the so-called fourth-generation Hunyuan in a time of crisis, but he was far from fulfilling the duties of the Hunyuan lineage. Apart from hiding from place to place and struggling to survive, he could only practice.

Even his nephew's protector looked down on him. Until his death, he took his nephew's rare treasure to the grave and was unwilling to give it to him.

And today, it was the first time that he was trusted by someone.

The first time, perhaps.

It's also the last time.

Holding the stone tightly in his hand, Old Man Gao's eyes were shining brightly, and nine world halos behind his head were shining brightly. In the darkness, the sound of the Tao was roaring.

The entire Hunyuan Palace was suddenly emptied out, and the raging red lotus fire did not dare to move in the face of the Yuanshen Zhenzun of the Ninth Layer World Law, and all the flames retracted into the red lotus seeds of the fire.

And the red lotus seed, which had always been repelling Qi Xiu's approach, surprisingly hid behind Qi Xiu and did not dare to show its head.

……