Taiping Inn

When Qin Louyue arrived from the "Qiong Tower", a sword formation had been broken by Li Xuandu, but she did not rush to attack. Instead, she stood on the eaves of a two-story pavilion and watched the battle calmly.

After Li Xuandu noticed the arrival of a master, he stopped entangled with these ordinary Tianle Sect disciples. He waved his folding fan twice in a row, like a whistling wind, and directly dispersed the remaining Tianle Sect disciples around him with his majestic energy. Then he turned around and went straight to Qin Louyue.

Qin Louyue was a little surprised, but she was not afraid. She could become the chief steward of Tianle Sect, second only to the sect master Zui Chunfeng, the deputy sect master Bai Mei Niang and the chief steward Feng Louchun. She relied on her cultivation in the Return to the Realm. She slipped a short sword from her sleeve, and then pointed it directly at Li Xuandu, with sword energy lingering on the sword.

Li Xuandu closed his folding fan a little forward, and it touched the short sword. There was a sound of metal and stone, and the short sword could not move forward any further. Li Xuandu raised his sword again, causing the short sword to change direction.

Qin Louyue frowned slightly, no longer stretched out his hand to hold the sword, but wrapped the hilt of the sword with his long sleeves while retracting his hand. With a swing of his sleeves, the sleeves, which were originally only about two feet long, instantly extended to more than ten feet long. The short sword wrapped by the long sleeves was like a flying sword, breaking away from the restraint of his palm and arm, and began to fly freely.

Li Xuandu stepped back and left the range covered by the short sword.

The remaining crossbowmen who had been watching closely took this opportunity to splash the third wave of arrows today. After seeing Li Xuandu's skills, they no longer hoped to kill this mysterious master, but only wanted to contain him a little, so that he could be distracted a little and create some opportunities for their own chief steward.

Fighting in the rivers and lakes, fighting one-on-one, fighting with the few against the many, and fighting with the many against the many, all have great requirements. There is no need to say much about fighting one-on-one. It depends on the level of cultivation and how they deal with the situation. Fighting with many is nothing more than a formation, such as various sword formations. But in the final analysis, the two are still evenly matched. It just depends on the means of both sides. Only fighting with few against many is unequal from the beginning and the most difficult.

Unfortunately, since Li Xuandu set foot in the martial arts world, he has experienced countless battles. From Jiangbei Heshuo to the city of Dijing, he has experienced the most various battles of fighting with few against many. Now, such scenes are nothing to Li Xuandu.

At the beginning, the Jiangbei heroes once spent a lot of money to set up a formation to ambush him with the "Thunder Dragon Son" of the "Eight Divine Powers" of the Taiping Sect, but he still broke it, not to mention the mere fourth-class crossbow?

Li Xuandu, who was only one step away from returning to the true state, circulated his Qi for thirty-six times in an instant. He waved his crane cloak's fluttering sleeves, and the majestic Qi burst out with the force of a river pouring down, sweeping away all the crossbow arrows shot at him. At the same time, the "Green Dragon" and "Purple Phoenix" swords also flew out from his sleeves, sweeping towards the crossbowmen on the left and right.

As the saying goes, once, twice, but not three times, Li Xuandu was generous enough to let these crossbowmen splash three waves of arrows. After not holding back this time, these crossbowmen were like golden ears of wheat in the autumn wheat field, falling to the ground one after another after the sickle passed.

Countless blood flowers bloomed, blending into the black and red colors of the city.

But at this moment, Qin Louyue floated forward, pulled the long sleeves in his hand, and the short sword shot again.

Li Xuandu used the "Taiyi Wuyan Luo" to the extreme, resisted the sword, and then pinched the "36 Swords of the Big Dipper" with both hands at the same time, controlling the "Green Dragon" and "Purple Phoenix" to attack Qin Louyue.

The "36 Swords of the Big Dipper" is the secret of the Qingwei Sect, known as the master of all swords in the world. When Li Xuandu used it when he was still in the Xuanyuan realm, even the old man Zang could not dodge it, let alone the current Li Xuandu who is only one step away from the Guizhen realm?

After Qin Louyue barely dodged the "Green Dragon", the "Purple Phoenix" swept across her throat, a strand of broken green hair fluttered, and a thin red line appeared on her white throat.

Although this injury was not fatal to Qin Louyue's Return to the Realm physique, there was still a slight pause, and the internal Qi Qi circulation was stagnant. This gave Li Xuandu an opportunity to take advantage of it. He rushed forward in an instant, and the folding fan in his hand opened again, slashing down like a flash of flowing light.

This is the "Cold Moon Saw", one of the three signature killing methods of the Female Sect.

A cloud of blood mist suddenly exploded in front of Qin Louyue's chest.

Even in the Return to the Realm, there are differences in strength, otherwise there would not be nine floors. Moreover, the nine floors are not progressive. Some people may enter the nine floors as soon as they enter the Return to the Realm, such as Li Xuandu back then. Some people have only one floor after going through so much hardship to enter the Return to the Realm, such as Long Xiaoyun. It depends entirely on the person, or because of the previous accumulation and foundation.

If one has a solid foundation and rich accumulation in the Xiantian Realm, it is natural to step into the Nine-Story Tower of the Return to the Realm. If one has a loose foundation and shallow accumulation, the number of floors after stepping into the Return to the Realm will be very low, and it may even affect the possibility of being promoted to the Heavenly Man Realm in the future. If there are only one or two floors, the possibility of being promoted to the Heavenly Man Realm is basically cut off. Therefore, many junior masters in the Xiantian Realm will choose to stay in the Xiantian Realm for a period of time to consolidate their foundation and accumulate strength. Hu Liang is such a person. Otherwise, he could have stepped into the Return to the Realm during the battle in the Imperial Capital. It is not that he cannot, but that he does not want to. He does not want to be a mediocre Return to the Realm. He also wants to be like Li Xuandu, enter the Nine-Story Tower of the Return to the Realm, and be free and unrestrained in one step.

There is an old saying: "After swallowing a pill of magic, I know that my life is not determined by heaven. The golden pill is made in one day, and the words of the ancient immortals are really worth listening to. If you say nine or three years, it is all a delay. The difficulty of cultivating the great medicine is also due to me and heaven."

The so-called "golden elixir" means that gold is a hard and permanent thing; elixir means a perfect, bright and pure thing without any loss. Ancient immortals used the name of the golden elixir to describe the original round and bright true spirit nature. This nature is called Tai Chi in Confucianism, Yuanjue in Buddhism, and the golden elixir in Taoism. Although the names are divided into three, it is actually the same thing. If you practice it in Confucianism, you will become a saint, if you practice it in Buddhism, you will become a Buddha, and if you practice it in Taoism, you will become an immortal. The so-called golden elixir is by no means to cultivate a golden pill in the body, that is a side door and inferior. The real golden elixir is to use the body as a furnace, the essence and qi in the body as bait and medicine, and the spirit as fire. The three are unified, which is the gathering of the three flowers at the top of the head and the five qi to the origin, and you can achieve longevity.

If it is compared to alchemy, then the medicine, furnace, and fire used will also determine the grade of the final elixir.

This is why Li Xuandu was determined to give up his cultivation and rebuild his foundation. If his foundation is not stable, even if he barely steps into the Heavenly Man Realm, not only will his achievements in this life stop there, but he will also be lost in the crowd, and even worse than the peak Purple Mansion Sword Immortal who was at the ninth floor of the Return to the True Realm.

Although Qin Louyue is at the Return to the True Realm, he is only at the second floor. Judging from the amount of cultivation and energy, he may not be much stronger than Li Xuandu who is only at the peak of the Innate Realm now.

Qin Louyue put his hand on his chest, his eyes cold, "Where are the Tianle Sect disciples?!"

The Tianle Sect disciples who were defeated by Li Xuandu once again formed a huge circular formation, surrounding Li Xuandu in the middle, and then the circle suddenly shrank, countless swords and knives came from all directions to surround and kill Li Xuandu, Li Xuandu changed his two-handed sword tactics, from the "Tianquan Jue" in the "Beidou Thirty-six Sword Jue" to the "Yaoguang Jue", and saw that the two flying swords each turned into seven, and the two swords became a total of fourteen flying swords, like a streak of comets, flowing between heaven and earth, the sword energy was fierce and soaring into the air, and the ground was torn with sword marks, and finally intertwined into a huge sword net, so that no one could get within three feet of him.

"The Thirty-Six Swords of the Big Dipper" can be used as both a sword control technique and a sword control technique. At this time, Li Xuandu, with the support of his realm cultivation, was so skilled in controlling the flying sword that he was far superior to the Xuanyuan realm. He had already reached the level of sword control in the ordinary Guizhen realm, and was only one step away from controlling the sword. It was not that Li Xuandu did not know how to control the sword, but that Li Xuandu was not strong enough to support such a large-scale sword control.

But then again, just to deal with these Tianle Sect disciples in the Baodan realm and Rushen realm, the sword control technique was enough.

The next moment, Li Xuandu suddenly opened his hands outward.

With his movements, this magnificent sword net also suddenly expanded outward. The original area of ​​only three feet in radius instantly became a range of thirty feet in radius. The sword energy covered these Tianle Sect disciples who formed a formation.

The sword energy went back and forth, seemingly endless.

The Tianle Sect disciples who were in the middle of the battle had sword energy piercing their chests and abdomens, passing through their throats and piercing their foreheads, and they died beyond death.

Encirclement and killing?

What Li Xuandu feared the least was encirclement and killing.