Chapter 5

After returning to the ancestral hall of the Zhen Gang Sect, Zhu Ganglie did not idle. He immediately began to refine the sword pill. With the cover of the Heavenly Cicada Spirit Leaf, he was not afraid of others discovering his cultivation, allowing him to focus on his practice.

Taking out the sword pill, Zhu Ganglie released a bead of spiritual energy he had painstakingly condensed, slowly approaching the core of the golden sword pill, where the sword formation talisman was inscribed.

His bead of spiritual energy was powerful and emitted a pure force. As soon as it entered the sword pill, it easily broke through the metal qi and drilled into the sword formation talisman, merging with it, becoming one.

As the spiritual energy and the sword formation talisman merged, Zhu Ganglie clearly felt the power of the sword pill.

"Rise!"

Zhu Ganglie lightly shouted, and the sword pill shot up like a rocket, flying several dozen feet high. Fortunately, Zhu Ganglie reacted quickly and stopped it in time; otherwise, the sword pill would have broken through the roof.

"Go!"

With another light shout, the entire sword pill, driven by Zhu Ganglie's spiritual energy, transformed into a golden light, circling a stone bench in the room. The granite bench was cut as easily as tofu.

"Amazing! Fast! Sharp!"

Seeing this effect, Zhu Ganglie was overjoyed, his eyes filled with excitement. The stone bench was made of granite, which ordinary swords could not cut. Even the talisman swords of the Zhen Gang Sect might not have been able to cut it so cleanly.

"Heavenly Way is strong, self-strengthening. From now on, I will call you the Heavenly Way Sword Pill. Hehe, I need to quickly refine a layer of restriction. The power will be even greater then."

Zhu Ganglie said happily, then incorporated the sword pill into his divine soul to familiarize himself with the Nine Heavens Talisman Restriction. After comprehending it, he understood the method of refining the restriction.

The Nine Heavens Talisman Restriction contains 108 talisman seeds. When refining a magical tool, one uses one's own spiritual energy to embed these talisman seeds into the tool, forming a restriction.

A magical tool has nine layers of restrictions. Refining the first layer requires nine talisman seeds, the second layer requires eighteen, the third layer requires twenty-seven, and so on, with the ninth layer requiring eighty-one talisman seeds.

Therefore, the more layers of restrictions a magical tool has, the more difficult it is to refine, and the more powerful the tool becomes.

Zhu Ganglie memorized the nine talisman seeds needed for the first layer of restriction and began to refine his Heavenly Way Sword Pill.

By the time dawn arrived, Zhu Ganglie slowly withdrew the refining technique, and the sword pill was now as obedient as a child, responding to his commands.

However, Zhu Ganglie also sighed, as refining the restriction was like building a house, with the talisman seeds being the bricks. The better the construction, the more talisman seeds used, the more solid the house, and the more skillful the control over the magical tool.

But the speed of refining the restriction was much slower and more difficult than building a house.

After refining for a day, he had only condensed one talisman seed for the first layer of restriction.

Zhu Ganglie roughly estimated that with his current magical power, it would take him three months to refine the first layer of restriction for the Heavenly Way Sword Pill.

Thinking about this, Zhu Ganglie could only sigh and stop the tedious refining process, as his most important task now was to condense more magical power. Only by condensing nine beads of magical power could he stabilize his Out-of-Body realm and reach the Great Perfection stage.

After retracting the sword pill into his divine soul to nurture it, Zhu Ganglie saw that it was already dawn and began to clean the ancestral hall, preparing for the day's activities.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Suddenly, a loud bell sound echoed from Zhen Gang Peak, resounding throughout the Zhen Gang Sect.

"Hmm? What happened? Why is the Heavenly Gang Bell ringing?"

Hearing the bell, Zhu Ganglie's heart tightened. The Heavenly Gang Bell was a magical tool used by the Zhen Gang Sect to suppress its fortune and was wielded by the sect leader. It was only rung for major events.

When the bell sounded, all disciples had to immediately head to the Zhen Gang Hall.

As the bell stopped, the formal disciples activated their magical robes and quickly flew toward Zhen Gang Peak.

"What major event could it be? I should go and see, and also test if the Heavenly Cicada Spirit Leaf really has such great power."

Zhu Ganglie watched the disciples flying up the mountain, his curiosity growing. He then silently activated the Heavenly Cicada Spirit Leaf, and his body became invisible.

As his body disappeared, Zhu Ganglie spat out the Heavenly Way Sword Pill, which suddenly expanded, enveloping his body in metal qi, and flew toward Zhen Gang Peak.

Fortunately, the effect of the Heavenly Cicada Spirit Leaf also concealed the sword pill's glow, allowing Zhu Ganglie to safely reach the Zhen Gang Hall.

In the hall, eight elite disciples stood tense, whispering to each other, unsure of what had caused the Heavenly Gang Bell to ring. Behind them were over a hundred formal disciples.

Zhu Ganglie looked at the eight leading figures, his eyes filled with caution and vigilance.

The Zhen Gang Sect had hundreds of miscellaneous servants, and 113 formal disciples who practiced magical techniques. Among these, only the eight had completed the mental focus and Out-of-Body realms, condensing spiritual energy and magical power.

Especially the eldest disciple, Linghu Yilang, had reached the Manifestation realm, condensing the Gourd Sword Technique's magical power, making him the fourth most powerful in the Zhen Gang Sect.

Therefore, Zhu Ganglie did not dare to relax,收敛着气息，小心翼翼地隐匿身形，混入正式弟子中。

片刻后，掌教青云子、刑法长老剑罡子、传功长老长春子联袂而来，眉宇轻皱，带着一丝焦急之色。

看到三人，朱刚烈更是屏气凝神，生怕被三人发现。

“缥缈山后山数百里的莽荒古林中飘荡起桃花瘴气，迷人心神，慑人魂魄。已经有数百凡人被迷惑心神，走失了魂魄。

我真罡门和太阴门都有数名正式弟子受瘴气迷惑，失了神智。

据此，吾等怀疑有千年桃树修炼成型，为了解决这瘴气，我真罡门和太阴门将各派精英弟子进入这莽荒古林，找到这千年桃树妖。

如果能够降服这千年桃树妖，我真罡门便会再祭炼出一件法器，壮大门派实力。”

一身白色道袍，头戴紫色道冠，面色古朴威严的掌教青云子沉声喝道，说出了敲响天罡钟的原因。

听到掌教的话，众人顿时面露惊喜之色，竟然是千年桃树成型，一时间场中众多弟子都忍不住相互交流起来。

这千年桃树本就蕴含庞大的阳气，是炼制法器的天材地宝，甚至不需要过多的祭炼就能够将桃树的本体祭炼成为法器。

而桃树成型必定是度过了天地雷劫，这种桃树更是至刚至阳，被称之为雷击木，也有的将其称作降龙木，已经是祭炼法宝的材质了，是那些大门派都难得一见的天材地宝。

最让人欢喜雀跃的不是这千年桃树的材质，而是桃树中的即将成型的灵魄。

这种灵魄又被称之为桃神灵，乃是纯净无暇的灵体，能够被炼化进神魂中，提升修道者的神魂之力，壮大魂力，这可是堪比任何灵丹妙药，由不得所有人不动心。

尤其是这种刚刚成妖的树妖没有什么攻击力，对于修炼出法力，有法器的弟子来说，几乎没有太大的杀伤力。

“千年桃树？千年桃神灵？我修炼出了灵力，有剑丸护体，也可以去试试。如果得到这桃神，自己说不定能够凝练出全部的灵力，甚至有望晋升显形境界。”

朱刚烈眉头一松，显露出喜色，自己虽然修道不久，但是也知道千年桃树难得一见的天材地宝，自己也一定要争取一下，借助其中的阳刚之力，加快凝练出灵力。

“掌教师尊，吾等何时启程？”

大师兄令狐也浪，率先上前问道，有些迫不及待的意思。

“今日便启程，尔等八人皆去，这一次各凭机缘，不能让太阴门的弟子得到了桃神。

其余正式弟子则继续存想，争取早日出窍，修炼出法力，为斗法。”

执掌刑法的剑罡长老点拨众人道，让八个精英弟子目光一喜，摩拳擦掌，准备立刻动身前往后山的莽荒古林。

听到这消息的朱刚烈也悄悄离开了真罡大殿，他并没有急着进入莽荒古林，而是准备先修炼出第三颗法力，然后尾随在八个精英弟子身后。

自己可以隐身，跟在众人身后，也安全的多。

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After the three appeared, Zhu Ganglie held his breath, afraid of being discovered.

"Several hundred miles of the ancient forest behind Piaomiao Mountain are shrouded in peach blossom miasma, which confuses the mind and seizes the soul. Hundreds of ordinary people have been confused and lost their souls.

Both our Zhen Gang Sect and the Tai Yin Sect have several formal disciples who have been confused by the miasma and lost their minds.

Based on this, we suspect that a thousand-year-old peach tree has formed. To resolve this miasma, our Zhen Gang Sect and the Tai Yin Sect will each send elite disciples into the ancient forest to find this thousand-year-old peach tree demon.

If we can subdue this thousand-year-old peach tree demon, our Zhen Gang Sect will refine another magical tool to strengthen the sect's power."

The sect leader Qingyunzi, dressed in a white Daoist robe and wearing a purple Daoist crown, with a solemn and dignified expression, solemnly announced the reason for the Heavenly Gang Bell.

Hearing the sect leader's words, everyone's faces showed surprise and joy. It was a thousand-year-old peach tree that had formed, and the disciples couldn't help but exchange excitedly.

This thousand-year-old peach tree contains vast yang energy, making it a rare treasure for refining magical tools. It can even be refined into a magical tool without much effort.

Moreover, a formed peach tree must have survived the heavenly thunder, making it extremely yang and known as lightning-struck wood or dragon-subduing wood, a material for refining magical treasures, which is a rare treasure even for major sects.

What excited everyone the most was not the material of the thousand-year-old peach tree but the spirit within it, about to form.

This spirit, known as the peach spirit, is a pure and flawless spirit that can be refined into one's divine soul, enhancing the cultivator's soul power and strength, comparable to any elixir or magical medicine, leaving no one unmoved.

Especially, this newly formed tree demon has no significant offensive power, posing little threat to disciples who have refined magical power and possess magical tools.

"Thousand-year-old peach tree? Thousand-year-old peach spirit? I have refined my spiritual energy and have the sword pill to protect me. I can also try. If I get the peach spirit, I might be able to refine all my spiritual energy and even hope to advance to the Manifestation realm."

Zhu Ganglie's frown eased, and he showed a joyful expression. Although he had been cultivating for a short time, he knew that a thousand-year-old peach tree was a rare treasure, and he must strive to use its yang energy to accelerate the refinement of his spiritual energy.

"Master, when will we set out?"

The eldest disciple, Linghu Yilang, stepped forward, somewhat impatient.

"We will set out today. All eight of you will go. This time, each will rely on their own luck, and we cannot let the Tai Yin Sect's disciples obtain the peach spirit.

The other formal disciples will continue to meditate, striving to achieve the Out-of-Body realm and refine their magical power for the battle."

The elder in charge of the criminal law, Jian Gangzi, instructed, making the eight elite disciples excited and ready to set out immediately for the ancient forest behind the mountain.

Hearing this news, Zhu Ganglie quietly left the Zhen Gang Hall. He did not rush to enter the ancient forest but planned to first refine his third bead of magical power and then follow the eight elite disciples.

He could remain invisible and follow them, ensuring his safety.

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