Tao and Heaven

Chapter 153: Demons will bring disaster to mortals if they are not eliminated
Nanshui, the Yu Jianmen dojo.

A red light flew in from outside, and Xuanyuan's figure suddenly appeared. At this moment, his whole body was in tatters and not a single part was intact.

But dozens of Taoist masters attacked together, including some with semi-immortal strength, so it was a miracle that he could survive.

Even Xuan Yuan found it incredible and full of doubts.

Who killed his great-grandson, and who tipped off the murderer?

He entered the immortal land because he sensed Tu Shanxue's death, and wanted to kill her to silence her or retrieve the token. At worst, he could try his luck. If he could find the root of the immortal medicine, he could leave his human body intact and return to the demon clan.

Where is this?

When he looked up, a golden light pierced his eyes. After a long time, he slowly regained his sight and tried to find something that could cause even his Heavenly Venerate cultivation level to cause temporary blindness.

Located in a cave thousands of feet underground, the rock walls seem to be made of gold and shine brightly, and the stalactites on the dome are like colored glaze. Every part can be used as material for refining equipment.

Ahead is a golden avenue of ninety-nine steps. Each step is a hundred meters high and ten thousand meters wide, as if it were a path for a giant to walk on.

It was like the earth spirit from the end of heaven and earth, cast in one place to become an immortal.

This is a place to become an immortal! ?

Xuan Yuan looked stunned, with an expression of uncontrollable joy on his face, thinking that his chance had come.

The greatest opportunity in the Immortal Land is as its name suggests, that is, becoming an immortal. There are two opportunities to become an immortal, one is to build a Taoist temple, and the other is to build a nine-nine-layer Taoist foundation.

The latter is too difficult, and there may not be one person who can do it in tens of thousands of years. The former is the method adopted by most people, which is to use the special energy of the immortal land to build a dojo with the same avenue as their own, and nurture the path to enlightenment for countless years.

Tianquan Mountain is the place for becoming immortals, and the atmosphere here is also that of a place for becoming immortals.

If it is an ownerless temple, it is not impossible to abandon all your cultivation and make it compatible with the temple.

As the thought came to my mind, I suddenly saw a bright red color. I saw a red cardinal standing quietly at the end of the steps. Its body was as small as a grain of sand, but its boundless power made it look like a standing giant.

Xuanyuan is as small as an ant.

A demigod, and a demigod who has reached the pinnacle.

It was it that saved me, and this is its dojo?

"vomit!"

Xuan Yuan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, as if his internal organs were crushed in an instant, and a large amount of blood mixed with minced meat was spit out.

Looking inside his Qi sea, he saw a ray of clear light rushing around in his body, like a tiny real dragon gnawing at his internal organs.

A majestic voice came.

"Spit it all out. This way you can at least live for a while. The two young men from the Three Pure Ones Sect are very capable and they hold a grudge very well. They brought their magic weapons with them so they didn't intend to let you live."

After a long time, Xuanyuan tried his best to finally contain Qingguang, but he was only imprisoned.

Even among the same Heavenly Lords, there are different ranks. The head Heavenly Lord of the Three Pure Ones Dao Sect is not at the same level as that of the Yin Yang Sect. An ordinary Heavenly Lord can only be regarded as the head of a certain lineage in the Three Pure Ones, but cannot be the head Heavenly Lord.

Teachers in private schools in the countryside were called "Xiansheng", and teachers in the imperial city of Bianliang were also called "Xiansheng".

Xuanyuan, the demon king who took over a human body, may have had some abilities in the past. But it was not easy for him to return to the realm of Tao after all the efforts he made to take over a human body, not to mention facing the Three Pure Ones who were even more powerful than himself at his peak.

Xuan Yuan had no choice but to ask for help from the red bird above, and said with a bow, "Please save my life, senior. I am willing to do my best to help you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a ray of red light floated down and sank into the sea of ​​qi, where it fought with the Qingqi True Dragon. The outcome was decided in just an instant.

Xuan Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and bowed again to express his gratitude: "Thank you very much, Senior. I wonder what you need me to do?"

The person who rescued him must have some ulterior motive, and he has become a pawn in some game.

The half-immortal probably holds the child in order to become an immortal.

But now that he has no other options, this is not the worst-case scenario.

"I need you to kill someone, my sister, Akazako, the heir of Yujianmen. She is now following the goddess."

After hearing Hong Que's words, Xuan Yuan was suddenly filled with emotions and guessed the other party's true identity.

The half-immortal Chi Ling, the supreme golden elixir saint, holds the universe in his hands and moves the sun and the moon with his fist.

A being who clearly created the method to become an immortal, and a half-immortal who is only one step away from becoming an immortal.

He had also heard about Akabaneko's story, and now couldn't understand why she had to be killed. Even if Lu Ding wanted to escape, he couldn't just kill her.

Xuan Yuan bowed his head and said, "I am willing to serve you, but with the goddess here, it may be as difficult as ascending to heaven."

"You are not worthy of the goddess' attack, and she is reluctant to attack. The goddess nowadays is just a child dancing with a sword, and there is no telling when she will be cut."

Redbird spoke in a calm tone, not shying away from speaking his mind.

"You can only serve as Yunli's whetstone. Kill her with murderous intent, so that she can step through life and death step by step to this place and ascend to the Nine-Nine Heavens. As the Demon King, you should be able to summon those little demons who are like headless flies."

Xuan Yuan's eyes revealed a hint of anger, and he whispered, "What if I really kill her?"

"I will teach you the way to heaven and help you reach the level of a semi-immortal. You don't need to worry that I will attack you. If she can't even defeat you, she will stop here."

The redbird sounded comforting, but there was a hint of contempt in its tone.

"Little fox, I am looking forward to your performance."

After saying that, Xuan Yuan was swept up by a red light, flew out of the dojo, and landed in the pool outside.

He climbed out of the pool with difficulty, looking extremely embarrassed, but Xuan Yuan had no right to refuse.

He was helpless against a half-immortal, let alone a supreme god who was already half a step away from becoming an immortal.
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On a mountain road by Nanshui.

Gu Wen rode his old donkey slowly forward, stopping every hundred steps and resting every thousand steps. It seemed that he was leisurely and carefree, but in fact, the old donkey was able to shrink the distance by an inch and take a hundred meters at a time. Soon, he arrived at another town dozens of miles away.

He wanted to buy some wine for Akabaneko, but he probably wouldn't be able to find any.

The town was deserted, and there were many animals in the houses. Pheasants, rabbits, and even wild boars came down the mountain.

"There are no people here, just like back then. Ten thousand monsters have been rampant for eight hundred years, and there is no one living within a hundred miles a year. Eight hundred years means eighty thousand miles."

Ao Tang looked around and was reminded of some sentimental scenes.

"To this day, some of the human race's cities are left with only ruins, and in some places, resentment still lingers thousands of years later. I don't know how many people these monsters have eaten. I'm afraid there are no people south of the Nanshui River."

Gu Wen could hardly imagine what a racial war that lasted for eight hundred years was like. In his previous life, a dynasty only lasted two or three hundred years, and a war that lasted for more than ten years was enough to become a lifelong feud.

Eight hundred years of blood feud had probably ingrained the hostility between them into their bones.

Ao Tang glanced at Gu Wen and felt that as an elder, he should educate the younger generation about the concept of humans and demons, and continued, "Humans and demons cannot coexist. The way of survival of the human race is different from that of demons. Do you know the difference, Second Ancestor?"

They are all edible, there is no difference.

Gu Wen thought so, but he still humbly asked for advice: "Junior doesn't know."

"The demon said that living things eat everything. Humans eat chicken, duck, fish and meat, and demons eat humans. Is that wrong?"

"Wrong."

"Why?"

"No reason. It is wrong for monsters to eat humans. I live in this world as a human being, how can I look at things as an animal?"

Gu Wen nodded without hesitation. Ao Tang was a little confused. How could this be different from what he taught his disciples?

Logically speaking, with the moral education of the human race and the Buddhist concept of compassion as holiness, young human monks are generally kind. Even if some people are cold-blooded by nature, they can still distinguish right from wrong under subtle influence.

Humans can eat monsters, and monsters can eat humans.

The monsters have been using this theory over and over again for who knows how long, precisely because it really stumps humans.

Especially for Taoism and Buddhism, the former's practice concept of "Tao follows nature" and the latter's practice concept of "compassion" are both important theoretical bases.

Ao Tang wanted to say, "Monsters are creatures of different species. In terms of Tao, all things have their own way of survival, and monsters are no exception."

It is determined that humans and demons have the same spirit, and it is also said that "humans have intelligence, but animals do not. Even demons eat them, so humans will naturally eat them."

This is the theory of spiritual wisdom, and it is also an important ideological education for disciples in Taoism. Otherwise, if they are not taught, they will inevitably be bewitched by demons in the future.

There were many young disciples who were bewitched by fox demons and thought they were in a human-demon love relationship, but in fact they were being sold out for rape.

Ao Tang was naturally worried that Gu Wen would be deceived. If such a talented person with the potential to become an immortal was deceived, Dao Zong would be so angry that he would bleed from all seven orifices.

But Gu Wen's confident expression is even more extreme than the extremists.

"What do you mean by being so rude to the demons? We still need to distinguish right from wrong, otherwise it will be detrimental to our practice and we may easily go astray."

"The guardian is kind-hearted. I am a rough man and cannot think of so many theories."

Gu Wen got off the donkey and walked on the deserted road, looking at the signs along the street, some of which were messy, some collapsed, and some intact.

He soon found a tavern, walked in and looked out, seeing a severely rotten arm on the counter, and all the wine jars had been drunk.

With a quick scan of his mind, he found the cellar and went in to see another corpse. The man was no more than ten years old and had no scars on his body. It was obvious that he had starved to death because he hid in the cellar and did not dare to come out.

Gu Wen blocked his sense of smell, exhaled a wisp of true fire to burn the corpse, and used the firelight to put more than a dozen jars of wine into the Qiankun bag.

Finally, he took an empty jar, put the ashes in it, and walked out carrying the jar.

Ao Tang explored with his divine sense and naturally knew the scene inside. He said, "You are calm, without any anger at all?"

"Protector, mercy is for the rich. I've seen a lot of this as a beggar. It's good enough to have someone to pick up the ashes after death. There are too many mass graves these days."

Gu Wen lightly tapped the broken arm to turn it into ashes, and placed it into the urn. He sensed several unusual auras in his mind.

"I won't worry about it until I find a cure."

When he first escaped from the cage, Gu Wen thought about doing something, such as being a chivalrous knight who punishes evildoers and punishes evildoers. He already had the power to ignore the government, and he could kill corrupt officials and destroy aristocratic families if he wanted.

But after killing the bandits, he found out that it was done by the mountain people. After killing the officials several times, he found out that it was of no help. After eliminating the harm several times, he found out that it was the same as before.

In troubled times, all beings are evil, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil in order to survive.

What the world needs is not a chivalrous knight, but a powerful person who can save the collapsing country.

It only takes a broken knife to kill a person, what does it take to save the world?
"If we weren't in Nanshui, they wouldn't have died."

Ao Tang felt a chill when he was about to say this. Gu Wen paused, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. He said, "If the monster doesn't come to kill you today, the officials will come to kill you tomorrow, but I'm sure it's the inducement."

He could think of it, but Gu Wen deliberately didn't think about it.

The current situation does not allow him to be willful. How can he be the savior when he can't even protect himself?

Yu Hua can be willful to help Chi Yuzi, and Chi Yuzi can be willful for her own life, but someone has to be patient. Gu Wen can be patient, and it's not the first day he has been patient, he is already familiar with it.

He cannot be willful, cannot act on impulse, and cannot be swayed by emotions.

"It's not your fault, but I want you to know the difference between humans and demons."

Seeing that he had attracted Gu Wen's attention, Ao Tang didn't think much about it and continued to recite Dao Zong's theory.

"People take grains as food, and monks make elixirs and medicines. Those who earn their living are human. Those who take living creatures as blood and use humans as flesh and medicine are evildoers."

Ideological education is very important. As an elder of the Three Pure Ones Taoist sect, he feels that he must teach Gu Wen the essence of Taoism to prevent him from betraying the Tao in the future.

The moral high ground is important, and it is the only way to bring all human beings together as one.

They live by growing grains and practice spiritual cultivation by growing medicinal herbs. If they rely solely on meat, they cannot feed so many people.

Gu Wen could actually understand the huge role of this seemingly useless theory. On a larger scale, it was the shaping of thought. Only the three religions had the power to spread ideas to the human race. On a smaller scale, it could also stabilize the Taoist hearts of the monks and prevent the demons from bewitching them.

Good and evil are human concepts. When killing a demon, one must distinguish between good and evil. This is not what you are saying to the demon, but to the person who kills the demon.

Ao Tang was chanting scriptures on the side, and Gu Wen was listening while collecting the remains and ashes in the deserted town.

He listened to it all, using history as a mirror and scenery as a reflection of reality.

Gu Wen originally intended to kill the monster, so he didn't need these theories and history as motivation, but he could feel the necessity.

The Great Sage once said, "If the evil ones are not eliminated, they will bring disaster to the good ones."

Walking to the center of the town, I heard noises coming from the messy houses around me. I could vaguely see more than a dozen figures half a body taller than an average person. They had yellow faces and fangs, and held bloody swords in their hands.

The skin and fur of the animal are bulging, and the tendons and veins are visibly throbbing.

Wolf? Or dog?
The Zhanxia Sword was slowly pulled out of its scabbard, the cold blade cut through the scabbard, and the clanging sword intent resounded through the sky.

The monsters and evil animals were spiritual. When they realized something was wrong, the murderous look in their eyes disappeared and fear appeared on their faces.

The demon farthest away had already turned around and fled.

Zheng!
Until the Zhanxia Sword was completely unsheathed, the sword's light was like the light of the sky, piercing through the shadows and sweeping away the evil spirits.

Gu Wen raised his sword and slowly lowered it from high up. Blood flowers bloomed around him and the blood of demons splattered on the walls of the empty house.

Gu Wen carried two swords on his back, slashing clouds and slaughtering enemies with his immortal sword.
He used his divine sense to gather all the demon pills and stuffed them into his mouth. The bloody demon pills were chewed and smelly blood dripped from the corners of his mouth.

【Tian Sui 70 Years】

"Guardian, I need a horse that can run a thousand miles a minute."

"What are you going to do?"

Ao Tang suddenly felt something was wrong, but saw Gu Wen had already climbed up and said calmly: "Of course we will slay the demons. My soul will cover an area of ​​fifty miles, and you can cover an area of ​​fifty miles in an instant. The two of us will wipe out this area of ​​five hundred miles."

"If the demons are not eliminated, they will bring disaster to mortals. Killing one is virtue, killing ten thousand is Buddhahood."

The donkey turned into a black horse with its mane fluttering in the wind. It galloped a thousand meters in less than half a breath. Its hooves landed on the ground like a giant elephant, and it crushed the only demon that escaped the town with one kick.

Gu Wen got a magic pill and put it in his mouth to chew.

[Tian Sui 73 Years]

A little demon at the third level of Taoism is worth three years of heavenly marrow.
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A hundred miles away, south of the ferry, the sounds of shouting and killing shook the sky.

A wolf demon was trapped in the army formation. The soldiers of the rebel army were not in uniform. The big knife swept through and cut three people in half.
It was full of ferocious aura and had already shown its intention to retreat. With its triple-Daoist body, it was simply unable to withstand thousands of mortal soldiers.

He exhausted his last bit of magic power and spit out real fire from his mouth. In an instant, most of the mortals around him retreated.

It raised its knife to its head and roared, "I am the great demon under the command of Saint Yu Ni. Who dares to kill me? Pull out my tendons and bones, and refine my soul into a pot!"

The mortals were afraid, but suddenly a figure came forward with a gun and stabbed the gun with great force into the wolf monster's abdomen.

Half of Jiang Jucai's hair was on fire, the flames burned his skin and flesh, but he still moved forward.

The Xuanming Spear's powerful piercing force was so strong that the wolf demon's fur and bones, which were as heavy as heavy armor, were no longer able to withstand it.

From all directions, Jiang family disciples came with weapons to attack, using their mortal bodies to attack the demon's true fire, and stabbed out together.

Attacked from both sides, with iron spears piercing its body, the wolf demon fell powerlessly.

Jiang Jucai raised his silver spear high, his face covered in blood as he said, "The court is unkind and we should rebel. The demons that harm people should be killed. Today I will eat the demon's flesh and drink its blood!"

The Nanchun righteous army used the ferry as the boundary, resisting the evil in the south and attacking the imperial court in the north.

Although they were only fighting some small demons that were out looking for food and the local soldiers of Nanshui, the real big demons and the imperial guards had not yet attacked them. But after their momentum and reputation were established, local tyrants responded one after another, and refugees from all over the country rushed to join the army.

At this moment, the Nanchun Army can be said to be a million-strong army, with a momentum that can swallow up half of the country.

On the mountain top far away from the ferry, a demon shadow is coveting the millions of people at the ferry.

(End of this chapter)