Rewrite the myth and become the Taoist!

Chapter 167: Taoism, killing officials, and Dharma

[The young tiger suddenly dropped the prey on his shoulder and ran towards home anxiously. ]

[The room is dark and sparsely populated. The mother on the sickbed is breathing weakly, as if she will die at any moment. The brother and sister are silently waiting by her side.]

[My sister whispered that the most famous doctor in the county had come and said that there was nothing that could be done to save our mother. She would only last ten days or half a month at most, and asked us to prepare for her death.]

[In this place, people generally have a short lifespan of no more than 30 years. More than a decade of hard work, cold, and hunger are like a heavy burden, eroding the body bit by bit. Once these accumulate to the limit, they will burst like a flash flood.]

【This disease cannot be cured by ordinary doctors.】

[The tiger boy looked at his unconscious mother. He clenched his fists and a domineering aura surged through his body. He could already smash a small mountain with one punch, but so what?]

[It turns out that there are things in this world that his "power" cannot do. ]

[The boy went to Uncle Zhang for help.]

[There are Qigong practitioners in the world. Among them, those who have achieved great success can change their fate by sacrificing their "Taoism" and have the ability to bring back the dead and turn flesh into bones.]

[But "Taoism" is the foundation of cultivation. No Qigong practitioner would sacrifice the foundation of cultivation for a mere mortal. Moreover, Qigong practitioners live deep in the mountains and rivers, and are rarely seen by others.]

[It's too late to look for the Qigong practitioner now.]

[The boy sat on the roof and stared at the sky. ]

[If... someone can save my mother's life, I am willing to use this strength to climb mountains of swords and dive into seas of fire to save you...]

[“Brother, there is a group of soldiers coming from outside the city…” Just then, a young man came to report. ]

[The tiger boy was upset because of his mother's affairs. His face was gloomy. Without saying a word, he picked up the halberd and walked towards the city gate.]

[When the young man arrived, the city gate was already wide open. There were several corpses of old soldiers guarding the city on the ground. There were about three people leading them. An old man and a young man were both wearing Taoist robes, looking like immortals. The other one was dressed as a military general, holding a long-handled broadsword, looking very majestic.

Behind him followed about 300 soldiers, all of whom were of top quality, with distinctive armor and neat formations, not at all like the uneven formations of the foreign races. Even though the young man had no knowledge of military affairs, he could tell at a glance that they were well-trained elite soldiers.

[The young man was angry at first, then he turned his gaze to the two Taoists, one old and one young, with a strange look in his eyes.]

[Before the general could speak, the young man suddenly flashed, and the halberd in his hand swept out like a dragon emerging from the sea.]

[“Come on!” The general was not surprised but delighted that such a genius could be found in this frontier land. He leaped up, and a white aura swirled around him. “Let me learn from you…”]

[The moment his long sword came into contact with the halberd, a terrifying force rose along the blade, causing his face to turn as pale as paper in an instant.]

【Bang! 】

[With a loud bang, the general's body was split in half, and half of it fell heavily to the ground, with dust flying everywhere. The soldiers around were all stunned when they saw this scene, with expressions of fear spreading across their faces.]

[“Revenge for the general…” the soldier next to him shouted.]

【The voice stops abruptly.】

[A dark figure was violently moving through the crowd, and screams and pleas for mercy were heard. The young man holding the halberd had a cold face and turned a deaf ear to all the pleas and cries around him, until all the voices fell silent and no one was left standing.]

[The young man holding the halberd slaughtered three hundred soldiers and horses, and the corpses piled up layer by layer, forming a shocking mountain of blood. He stood on the top of the mountain of corpses, his eyes as sharp as torches, staring coldly at the two Taoists, one old and one young, who were standing there in a daze.]

[Faced with this god-like existence, the two men's throats were dry and they could only swallow their saliva with difficulty. They didn't even dare to breathe, fearing that the slightest movement would bring about a catastrophic disaster.]

[“Qigong practitioner?”]

[Hearing the childish voice, the old and the young nodded quickly. ]

[“Do you know any magic to save people?” the tiger boy asked softly. ]

[“No… I will, I will, I will.” As soon as the old man said this, he looked at the young man with a slightly cold gaze. He had to learn even if he didn’t know how.]

[Wait for the young man to wait for the two Taoists to leave in advance. ]

[At this time, Uncle Zhang led dozens of people and hurried over. Seeing the messy wreckage on the ground and the familiar armor on the general, he couldn't help but gasp.]

【“Officers and soldiers…” he murmured in a low voice.】

【At this point, he could only take remedial measures. 】

[“Clean up the scene quickly. Bury all the armor and weapons. Remember, don’t tell anyone about this.” Uncle Zhang said solemnly to the people behind him.]

【“Yes.” The people behind him quickly took action and began to clean up the battlefield. A woman from a nearby house walked out with her child and silently cleaned the ground stained with blood. 】

[In this borderland, the young tiger has such prestige. Even if he personally killed the "Emperor's Messenger", everyone would tacitly work together to conceal it.]

……

[The two Taoists captured by the young man were busy in the house all night, but the old woman, who looked like a withered woman, did not see any improvement in her condition. However, they did not dare to slow down their actions.]

[Behind them, the young man holding the halberd was like a cold sculpture, remaining silent the entire time. However, he was like an invisible death warrant that chilled people's hearts.]

[They have only been practicing Taoism for ten years and have just started their cultivation journey. What they have practiced are only some "minor techniques" that are difficult to work on warriors with strong blood and qi, so how can they have the ability to bring back the dead and turn flesh into bones?]

[“Is it really impossible to save him?” The young man holding the halberd suddenly spoke, his voice as cold as the wind.]

[The younger Taoist had already fallen to his knees out of fear, and replied with a trembling voice: "Sir, it's not that I'm incompetent. It's just that the old woman's life is over, and no medicine can help. Saving her life is against heaven. We Qigong practitioners emphasize following the laws of nature. How dare we go against heaven so easily?"] [As soon as he finished speaking, the Taoist's body stiffened, and a halberd had already stopped at his neck, feeling cold.

"Can this make you go against the will of heaven?"

The young Taoist priest was almost scared to death by the God of Death. "Sir, I admit that I lied. I am just a rookie who has practiced for a few hundred years. Even if I want to go against the will of heaven, I don't have the ability to do so."

The young man holding the spear turned his gaze to the old Taoist priest. This man had white hair and a youthful face, and it was obvious that his cultivation was more advanced than that of the young Taoist priest.

The old Taoist immediately knelt on the ground and cried, "Master has practiced for decades longer than me. If he can't do it, then I can't do it with my level of cultivation."

The young man holding the halberd was slightly stunned, and his eyes swept over the two of them. It turned out that the young Taoist was even more advanced.
"Forget it, come out with me."

The young Taoist heard this and exchanged a delighted look with the old Taoist. Just as he took half a step out of the courtyard, his "spiritual sense" suddenly exploded. Looking up, he saw a huge halberd coming into view, gradually getting bigger.

There was a "bang" sound.

The bodies of the two were torn into bloody mist by the huge force in an instant.

"not dead?"

The young man retracted his halberd and was about to turn around and leave, but his steps paused inexplicably. The power that had not dissipated in his body reminded him that the person he regarded as an "enemy" was still alive in the world.

"fake?"

He raised his halberd again, and scanned the surroundings with his sharp eyes. The surroundings were so quiet that there was not even a sound of wind.

When he realized this, his body "evolved" instantly!!

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and a flash of golden light flashed in them in an instant.

Accompanied by a crisp "click", it seemed as if the whole world shattered at this moment and turned into thousands of pieces.

The young Taoist priest, who was more than a hundred feet away, suffered a severe backlash from his magic power. He suddenly vomited blood and his face turned as pale as paper in an instant.

monster? !
Even for a warrior at the level of a god general, once he falls into this illusion, his five senses become blurred. Even if he knows in his heart that this is an illusion and uses the power of "Dharma" to break free, it is not easy and takes at least a moment.

This warrior broke free from the shackles of the "illusion" in the blink of an eye!

Immediately afterwards, a fierce gust of wind whistled from behind, and the young Taoist had no time to look back because of this oppressive feeling.

"Sir, please stop it! I still have another way!!!" He blurted out without even having time to think.

The halberd hummed and hovered above the young Taoist's head.

The young Taoist collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

"Three breaths of time." The young man's tone was calm, but with unquestionable majesty.

"I was originally cultivating in the mountains, but the governor invited me to come down to help General Li and capture the core rebel of the Taiping Dao together."

"This person is no small matter. He is a Taoist master with more than 500 years of profound Taoist practice. He is also good at saving people with Taiping Taoist magic!"

The young Taoist took a deep breath and quickly explained the method.

"...Where is that person now?"

"He was injured by the Divine General Dharma Image and is hiding in the city right now!"

"understood."

Before he could finish his words, the young man had already stabbed his halberd into the young Taoist's chest.

The young Taoist's eyes opened wide, and he pointed his finger at the young boy with trembling hands. His lips moved slightly, "You...you...", then his fingers dropped heavily, his head tilted to one side, and he was dead.

"Really dead?"

The young man clenched his fists, feeling the extra strength in his body quickly dissipating. He had originally just wanted to test the ability of the "Qigong practitioner", but he had never expected that the other party would fall so easily under his halberd.

If you die, you die.

[The young man immediately gave orders for all the people in the city to help search for the suspicious outsiders.]

[In less than half an hour, a woman found a Taoist priest in a yellow robe lying in a pool of blood in a remote alley.]

[The yellow-robed Taoist was badly wounded, blood oozing out like a fountain, staining the ground around him red. Seeing this, the young man bandaged every bleeding wound on the Taoist.]

[As for life or death? ]

【Do your best and leave the rest to fate. 】

[The next day, the Taoist's condition miraculously improved, and he slowly opened his heavy eyelids.]

[At this moment, the icy halberd silently pressed against the throat of the Taoist in yellow robe.]

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(End of this chapter)