My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 66: Dressing Correctly
The sun rises and the moon sets, twice.

Master Bai has been on the run for three days.

After crossing the bottom line, the speed of a person's degeneration is often beyond imagination. Since the persistence and principles of more than ten years have been negated, pride and dignity become meaningless.

Master Bai has seen a hawk being trained, and he feels like he is that hawk now.

Under the siege of Lin County officials and soldiers, he used all his skills and squeezed his Yuan Qi to escape. He knew the government's intention. The key to capturing high-level warriors lies in the word "consume". Once the prey is exhausted, they can rush in and succeed. The officials have plenty of time.

And he had to keep running away.

And every time he escaped to a safe place and breathed a sigh of relief, the devil who came to tame him would appear like a sinister shadow, because the game of training the eagle continued.

When the man appeared, he first questioned him, asking him about his mission, what he should say after surrendering, and what he should insist on in prison.

He also asked how the master would rescue him after he had completed his mission and how he would give him great grace and reward.

There was a strange magic in the man's words. He must have practiced some kind of soul-stealing technique, which, combined with the instinctive desire of living beings, could create a very deep suggestion. These words and some ideas, along with the extreme hunger and obedience, were engraved in Master Bai's mind during this process.

After all the questions were answered correctly, the man sprinkled the food on the ground as if it was a gift, and let him gnaw on it greedily. He was not allowed to use his hands, only his mouth. The amount each time was just right, which allowed him to replenish the loss of Yuan Qi and keep him hungry. Hunger can keep dogs in working condition, and it also makes them respect and rely on their owners.

Self-esteem and pride were also repeatedly destroyed in this process.

The inner breath is a greedy beast obsessed with martial arts feasts. If this process is repeated several times, it will easily establish a terrible reflex of "I can get food when I see the master". Expectations gradually arise, and fear and flattery are born. People's spiritual wisdom is thus turned to dust, and the will to resist is covered by pure instinct.

The techniques used by the demon sect are cruel secrets that were discovered thousands of years ago - as long as the method is correct, warriors with extraordinary powers are actually easier to tame than ordinary people.

Therefore, no matter if it is the loss of a battlefield or an ambush in the martial arts world, the suicide rate of warriors remains high.

By the time Master Bai realized this, it was too late.

On the third night of the escape, it was dark and windy. The only sound in the silent night was the chirping of insects. In the distance, torches could be seen in the wilderness. That was because the encirclement and suppression team was divided into two shifts, searching and sweeping all night long, depriving the prey of as much opportunity to rest as possible.

Master Bai always felt that this encirclement and suppression was extremely terrifying. The other party seemed to have always been able to grasp his general location. Although the search and encirclement teams were not large, they were always able to trap him in an area.

If Master Bai had not been extremely hungry and his mind was not confused at this moment, he would even have been able to discover another phenomenon - the demons who came to tame him came and went in a hurry, and sometimes even showed inexplicable anxiety and uneasiness. This person's skills were outstanding and far superior to his, and his mind must be strong. That kind of uneasiness and irritability was the warrior's vigilance and foresight that his position was about to be exposed.

Unfortunately, Master Bai's mind is now full of hunger and desire. When he saw his "master" coming, although he did not move, he had already secreted a lot of saliva, his body was trembling with excitement, and the conditioned reflex of his internal breath had been established.

His mind was so taken over by raw emotion that there was no room for sadness.

But this time, the master did not give him even a bit of Yuanqi food.

Instead, he put down the bag in his hand, which was filled with hundreds of pounds of dried meat.

He could not wait to check, but his nose gave him a disappointing answer. They were all mortal food. Perhaps a hungry person would sacrifice all his children for these foods, and even trample on all the moral laws of the world, but this could not satisfy a fifth-rank warrior.

"Come."

The devil saw his disappointment and dissatisfaction, but instead of getting angry, he smiled strangely.

He said, "I'll help you take off this abominable leash."

Then, this person passed on to him a set of difficult mantras and mental methods, teaching him to guide the meridians, regulate the internal organs, impact the acupuncture points with internal strength, and open the orifices and shackles of the human body.

Master Bai was accustomed to obeying orders, so he moved the Qi around and guided its circulation according to various methods.

Then, an even stronger desire to eat filled my mind——

When he came to his senses, he was already devouring the jerky in the bag.

Warriors can only eat martial food because, although mortal food contains Yuan Qi, the quantity is extremely small and difficult to extract. Although warriors have amazing physiques, they are mortal after all and it is difficult for them to break the boundaries of living beings. Even if they can continue to eat, their stomach capacity is limited and their digestion rate is also restricted.

However, there is a secret method passed down from an unknown time and place that can remove this restriction.

It uses internal energy to assist digestion, at the potential cost of physical damage. It can eat and digest large amounts of food in a short period of time, and more thoroughly extract and transform the vital energy in it.

Therefore, warriors who practiced this strange method were able to get rid of the restrictions of martial arts feasts to a certain extent, and live on ordinary grains grown in the fields and wild game raised by nature, without being controlled by the imperial court.

Later, they were uniformly classified as members of the Demonic Sect and were feared and hostile by warriors all over the world.

Basically, it's human nature that is greedy and likes to take shortcuts. Warriors who practice this method have huge appetites and strong digestive abilities, so they quickly began to expand their diets. Then, some of them discovered more suitable foods - they called it high efficiency.

Although Master Bai had heard rumors about the Demon Sect before, the legends had been exaggerated and processed, and were often specious, mixed with great prejudice and terror.

Now he realized the whole situation, but he was already in the game.

The dried meat that would have made his stomach burst many times in the past was devoured in no time. His internal energy was stirring and squeezing violently, squeezing out the nutrients in it with astonishing efficiency. His mind, which had been dulled by hunger, became slightly clearer. Master Bai had mixed feelings. This was not just about removing a disgusting dog chain.

Instead, a second dog leash was put on.

The "master's" plan was to make him surrender to the people of Lin County, confess and identify according to the plan. In order to prevent him from changing his confession in prison, he was put in another layer of shackles.

The identity of a member of the Demonic Sect.

Anyone who practices this skill is a member of the Demon Sect, and the attitudes of the imperial court and the martial arts world towards the Demon Sect are rarely consistent - they would rather kill the innocent than let them go.

By practicing this method, Master Bai has been branded as a member of the Demon Sect. As a result, no matter what kind of punishment or temptation he uses, he cannot betray the sect, because all the promises and arrangements will be shattered the moment his identity as a "member of the Demon Sect" is exposed.

What a careful plan.

After Master Bai finished eating the dried meat, he felt the long-lost feeling of fullness in his stomach. The master had already left, leaving behind the instruction "Surrender when you are at your wit's end."

He could be said to have been reborn, or to have fallen into depravity, but at the moment his heart was filled with confusion. He stared blankly at the starry sky, and felt that life was as long as the night, and all the starlight was like shadows, beautiful but out of reach. Darkness and silence were his eternal fate, and it was the melody of his life since he woke up from a beautiful dream more than ten years ago.

Bai Xingxiang was stupid and silly, and finally burst into laughter.

He was found early in the morning on the fourth day.

Due to the huge consumption of energy in recent days, the hundreds of kilograms of dried meat only lasted for half a night. When the search team arrived in the second half of the night, Master Bai had to continue to flee. Until the early morning, the feeling of hunger came again.

The Yuan Qi provided by squeezing out ordinary food is ultimately not as pure as that provided by martial arts food.

The transformed internal force also has a vague and illusory feeling.

When this part of internal energy was consumed, the hunger in his internal energy became even stronger, driving Master Bai to hunt and devour. Even when he saw the figures of people in the distance and the farmers leaving their homes in the early morning, he felt a creepy impulse... This impulse made him afraid and crazy.

During his hasty escape and aimless search, he encountered a white-browed tiger.

His inner breath was empty, his mind was shaken, and he almost couldn't even beat the tiger. After struggling to shatter the beast's brain, the huge tiger body fell down with a bang. The fight just now was short, but it also consumed his Yuan Qi. Master Bai looked at the corpse of the over a thousand-pound insect, and the roar in his stomach was like a yellow bell, shaking his heart and soul.

Hungry, hungry, hungry.

After a few days of domestication, the instincts of animals are already able to override human intelligence.

The hungry hyena had lost the human nature in its body and will to resist. It pounced on the tiger and flipped over its heavy body. Its hand skills, which it had cultivated for decades, were like eagle hooks, tearing open the soft skin of the tiger's belly. The roiling and smelly blood gushed out, but he was just excited and thrust his hands in suddenly.

The juicy and very tempting liver was taken out.

The warm touch still vibrates in my palm.

His eyes widened, his teeth bared, he bit hard, tore, and swallowed.

His body was almost half lying on the tiger's corpse, tearing and biting it.

—Then he heard a cry of surprise.

"Ah...Grandpa! Over here!" There is someone.

Was discovered.

As the dog's voice yelled in my head - run, escape.

Because the master has ordered us to surrender when we are at our wits' end, and now is not the time yet. We must try our best to escape and act realistically.

In addition, there is a suppressed, almost inaudible voice in my mind.

The voice said - Stop, stop!
However, the feeling of hunger surged and suppressed all rational and irrational voices. He now only wanted to eat, bite, swallow, and fill his stomach. No one could stop me!
He heard footsteps, heard the sound of arrows shooting into the sky, heard the sound of the wind, and heard many people rushing towards this side, but these sounds were meaningless. The warmth in his palms, the fresh flesh and blood, the sweet Yuan Qi, the life that was fragile enough to be eaten... these were the only bright colors in this gray world.

Until your stomach is full and the feeling of hunger subsides slightly.

Master Bai then slowly raised his head.

He saw a young man, who must be from a certain sect. He was the first to shout out. At this moment, he was standing next to an old man, guarded by a dozen fellow disciples...

The look he gave him showed surprise, fear, and contempt.

Bai Xingxiang suddenly remembered that decades ago, in his distant memory, his hometown had also captured fugitives. He was taken by his master to "see the world" and saw a wanted warrior who was starving to death and begging desperately. At that time, he stood in the crowd and met their eyes. What was his mood at that time?

He turned his eyes away woodenly.

On the other side, beautiful young girls with fluttering dresses stood in another corner. They each held a weapon and looked heroic. Their beautiful figures attracted the attention of people around them... He suddenly remembered the girl in his memory when he was a boy. He once told her that he would become a hero, a very powerful hero.

The warriors of Lin County, the chivalrous women of Baihua Valley, and the constables of Lin County.

The pursuers kept coming to surround them, dozens, hundreds of people, and many glances were cast from all directions, with contempt, surprise, reluctance, confusion, mockery, and ridicule.

Their heads were held high, their bellies were full, and their eyes were bright.

Looking down at the poor prey from a high position.

This is reasonable, after all, I am...

——Wait a moment.

The suppressed voice in my heart broke through the fog of confusion.
--Wait a moment!
me……

——I am a warrior.

I am the most talented child in my hometown. I am a genius who entered Juntian Sect to learn martial arts at the age of fourteen. I am a young talent who was promoted to the fourth rank at the age of thirty-three. After my realm fell, I was able to grit my teeth and cultivate back to the fifth rank. I have never bowed my head. I have always done things with pride. I...you...

——You are just a bunch of rats and ants! You are people of low cultivation! I can crush you to death with just one finger!
Why are you looking at me like that!
His gaze changed from dull to bewildered, and then to anger and unwillingness, but as his eyes moved, he subconsciously looked at his hands. The sticky blood reflected the sunlight, blurring out the image of a person.

His face was covered in blood, his beard and hair were stained with blood, his clothes were torn, and there was flesh stuck between his teeth.

Like a starving dog.

It turned out to be the case.

Master Bai suddenly felt a sense of absurdity and ridiculousness that penetrated into his bones.

It turned out to be the case.

It turns out that what Bai Zixuan gave birth to, what Zhu Siwu taught, what Juntianmen started...

It's actually a dog!
I am also a warrior? I am also a warrior!
He laughed wildly, his crazy laughter sounded like the howling of crows and rats.

The memories of this life came flooding back. I once had a promising future, but one day I refused to kneel and my life fell abruptly. The horrible fate has come to a close today. If the resistance and pride of more than a decade ago only resulted in today's outcome, then what is the meaning of the so-called dignity and pride!

Torrential tears rolled down and flowed onto the bloodstained face. It was impossible to tell whether it was tears or blood that rolled out of the eye sockets. Only the mad dog was howling crazily: "—Why a warrior? Hahahahahahaha! Why a warrior!"

The dog bit Bai Xingxiang, dragged him into the endless abyss, and tore him apart and devoured him.

In this world where one gets into trouble, it's really better to kneel than to stand. In that case...then change the way you live.

The crowd was stirred, someone was rushing over, Master Bai felt something in his heart and looked up suddenly. He remembered the feeling brought by this gaze. He recognized this person's identity when he met Li Bailong for the first time in the county lieutenant's office a few days ago. His gaze shot at him from behind, making him resist the urge to look back.

This is his mission objective.

It was then and it is now.

He won, he came.

"……I surrender."

This is the first goal his master gave him after he became a dog.

Master Bai's voice was hoarse, like a demon. His body was shaking, and he couldn't describe his feelings at the moment. He just stared at Li Bailong and said loudly in a distorted voice: "I confess--"

Before he could finish his words, he saw Li Bailong raise his hand and a gray object flew into the air.

Using some clever strength, he crossed the long distance and slowly landed in front of him.

It was a bag, the opening of which opened automatically, revealing an aroma that made warriors obsessed.

In the bag was a set of clothes, two towels, some bread, dried meat, and hot drink.

There is also a bronze mirror.

The next thing thrown over was a large bag of clear water.

Bai Xingxiang was stunned for a moment, the words on his lips stuck in his throat. He looked up blankly, and saw Li Bailong's voice echoing in the wild: "Today's matter is over. I would like to trouble you all for your help. Huaxinlou will have a small gift to thank you. I will take over the suspect. Please go back now. I will come to thank you one day..."

The crowd was in a commotion for a while, but then, at the call of the elders and leaders of each faction, they withdrew their gazes that were like piercing needles and began to turn around and leave.

Bai Xingxiang froze in place, just staring at Li Bailong blankly.

Seeing his gaze, it was as calm as a lake.

When he suddenly attacked the other party, the other party had this expression and look, and said calmly, remember to surrender when you are chased to a corner, and if you have any difficulties, he can think of a solution for you.

When he was intercepted at the city gate, he said, "I see that you are not a bad person, so don't resist. Why don't you sit down and talk? Don't be afraid of my revenge. The fact that you came to fight me is not important at all. Who sent you to fight me is important to me."

He originally thought that this was the hypocrisy of the noble and upright people, and that they were just pretending to be tolerant.

Now that the hunt is closed in, the attackers have become starving dogs, with nowhere else to go, and their personalities stuck in the mud. For this young hero from a famous family, this battle is a complete victory, and it is time to take revenge and laugh at the enemy.

And his gaze was still as calm as a lake as it had been a few days ago.

There is even a kind of compassion that is difficult for me to understand.

"It's all over, Senior, you have to come with me, but before that..."

The young man's voice was soft and calm.

"Let's have our meal."

"And straighten your clothes."

Very tangled


(End of this chapter)