Yefutidaolu

Chapter 47 Chaos in the Outer City
The idea of the Five Elements Generation and Restraint Fu is quite clever.

The human body has its own five elements. For example, the five internal organs are lung metal, heart fire, liver wood, kidney water, and spleen earth. They can be used as the basic law to explain the connection between heaven, earth and all things. They are also one of the evidences for the saying that "the small world in the human body corresponds to the big world in the outside world."

The Sun Fire hates trees as enemies, but seeks axes and saws as friends for pillars of wood.

Fire cannot melt gold because it is separated from water; gold sinks in water and cannot overcome wood.

Living wood hates the iron burying its roots, and dead metal hates the mud covering its roof.

If A and B want to become one, they need to add some work of drilling and chiseling.

Ren and Gui can reach the five lakes, because they have the nature of flowing parallel.

The oak wood cannot withstand a sharp axe, and pearls are most afraid of an open stove.

The weak willow and the tall pine, their times of decline and prosperity, an inch of gold and a foot of iron, their temperaments are used with hardness and softness.

The soil at the top of the ridge is so sparsely wooded that it is difficult to clear it; the gold in the furnace is covered by wet mud.

Like dead wood, it prefers to be moistened by running water; like stubborn gold, it prefers to be refined in a red furnace.

Swords and spears are well made, but they will be destroyed when they encounter fire; city walls are built, but they will be damaged when they reach wood.

Gui and Bing are born in spring, and the weather will be neither rainy nor sunny; Yi and Ding are born in winter, and the weather will be neither cold nor warm.

Yi wood is born in autumn, and it can easily overthrow rottenness and destroy withered trees.

Geng Jin died in winter, so how difficult was it to sink into the sand and fall into the sea?

All things are not yet formed when they are born, and will perish after a long time of formation. This is the opportunity for them to transcend the ordinary and become a saint, and to escape death and come back to life. They are formed without image, and transformed without shape. It is just like that.

By understanding the uses of the Five Elements' generation and restraint, you can activate the Five Elements' Qi hidden in your own body, and then observe the weak points in the opponent's Five Elements.

For example, if the opponent likes to drink, has strong liver fire and damaged wood, then you can use your heart power to gather the fire in your body, bombard his liver, interrupt the circulation of the five elements in his body, destroy the balance of the five elements, and directly make the opponent lose combat effectiveness, or even die directly.

The idea is clever, but it requires experience to use. This is a very difficult tactic to get started with, and sufficient experience is a prerequisite.

And all these experiences are now "reflected" in Gao Jian's heart.

He seemed to be able to feel the understanding that the author poured into writing these words, and he poured out in the book all his understanding of this practice and what he wanted to tell readers.

A quarter of an hour later, Gao Jian opened his eyes.

it is good.

How exquisite.

He stretched out his hand and grasped the rusty knife. His mental strength was forced out in a specific way and mixed into his essence. The fire in his heart came out from there. He saw that the blade of the rusty knife was slightly red and felt a little warm to the touch.

It is not hot to the touch, and there is no burning effect. The external manifestation of the fire is not intense.

However, if the arrow hits the opponent's body, that person will immediately have tachycardia, or even become excessively angry and start to have a fever. If the arrow hits the wood element, its liver may be damaged and the person will have to wait to die.

As for why the sword couldn't catch fire, it should be Gao Jian's own fault. If his willpower was strong and his blood was surging like a dragon, then there should be no problem in making the sword catch fire.

Gao Jian persisted for a while, probably two or three minutes.

He felt a palpitation.

The heart fire goes out, causing the five elements in the body to be out of balance!
He immediately stopped practicing, and the leaked fire energy in his heart immediately flowed back, reconstructing the five elements, and the inner world gradually stabilized.

Although it's still a little unfamiliar, I have indeed learned it.

After mastering this technique, Gao Jian went out with a long sword in hand.

This time, Gao Jian planned to take a look at the outer city of Cangzhou to see what the situation was like.

The first time, I didn’t see it too clearly.

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At this moment, inside the outer city of Cangzhou.

In the capital of Cangzhou, 90% of the population is in the outer city, and such a place naturally needs gods and officials to manage it.

Especially the gods.

All the righteous gods, the City God, and the various shamans and priests in charge of the City God cannot be ignored.

The reason is simple, they are responsible for thunder, rain and wind.

Without them, I don’t know what the outer city of Cangzhou would become.

Even now, it’s already very painful.

On Sancha Street, the land temple.

"Has today's blood meal arrived?" A half-human, half-rat creature, sitting in the land temple on the street, said in a pretentious tone.

This half-human, half-rat land god is fat and huge, more than two meters tall. He is so fat and big that it seems he eats a lot.

"Here we are, God of Land. Everything is fresh." said a shaman priest.

Then he waved his hand, and a group of yamen runners came in, dragging a large cart with seven or eight corpses on it.

The half-rat god looked at the people in the car and sighed, "Alas, this bunch of people, why are you suing the government for no reason? This government office is not a place for reason. But without you, I will be hungry. Good, good."

Then, it took out some red envelopes and handed them to the runners: "Hey, you have worked hard, and you have to help me bring so much blood food every day. These are some gifts. Please accept them."

"Thank you, God of Land!"

"The God of Land is so generous!"

Several yamen runners smiled happily, took the red envelopes, and left.

The land god was still sitting on the throne and grabbed a corpse.

The body was covered in scars, and it looked like it had been tortured. Even the nails and hair had been pulled out, leaving the scalp bruised and swollen.

"Hey, you even plucked my hair and removed my claws. So particular, so particular!" The land god smiled and said to the witch priest next to him, "By the way, what did you two say before? Someone was making trouble for the priest in public?"

The witches and priests immediately said, "Yes, the God of Land, he is the ancestor of our Zuo family. You know that he has been very kind to us and the other gods. We can't just stand by and watch him get angry, right? So the head of the family told us to tell you to keep a close eye on the God of Land."

The land god was very generous: "Okay, leave it to me. I will report anything. What's the man's name?"

"He's a man who uses a sword. He has a well-proportioned body and is about seven feet tall. His name is Gao Jian. He caused quite a stir before and was seen by people in the inner city, but still somewhat invisible in the outer city. Now he has been transferred to the Demon Suppression Division. He looks like this." The witch priest gestured Gao Jian's features, and another person beside him handed over a portrait.

The painting contains profound insights and is very lifelike.

"Go away. I think you are disgusting too. Don't serve me anymore." The land god waved his claws, splashing blood and leaving a smelly splash mark on the ground.

"Yes." The priests bowed slightly, then stepped back and left the land temple.

By the time they walked out of the land temple, the only sounds left inside were creaking and clacking.

Looking closely, I saw that this land temple was built in a dark alley.

The alley is hidden in a pile of chaotic buildings, and the sunlight is blocked by the spiraling buildings next to it, making it gloomy and cold. The land temple is the most imposing building here, but it is just a temple in a snail shell.

This is the outer city of Cangzhou.

The land temple is about a few hundred meters away, next to a small building, and it is very noisy.

Dozens of men gathered at the door of the employer, shouting indignantly: "Release them! Release them! If you don't pay us, we won't work for you. This is only natural! Why are you arresting them?"

"Let him go! Let him go! Let him go! Let him go!"

"Let them go quickly!"

In the slightly more spacious building, a sturdy man yawned and told the housekeeper next to him, "Don't worry about it. Don't report it to the police. These people don't have any skills. They are just brave. They will shout to the sky a few times, and when the blood and energy are gone, they will go back to their homes. If I report it to the police, won't these guys eat half of my life?"

Right next to this group of laborers making trouble, a few turtles passed by.

Several prostitutes in the brothel died today and were carried out by their pimps.

A young turtle man asked curiously, "Sir, other families send their dead to the temple? Why don't we do that?"

The older pimp said, "The prostitutes are sick and smelly. No god would want to eat them. If they want to eat them, they would eat the girls from high-end places. But they live a life of luxury and it's not that easy for them to die."

While the male turtles were talking, a midwife pushing a cart squeezed past them.

"Come, come, everyone, make way, everyone, make way!" Next to the midwife, there was a broken cart with many babies piled in it. It was obvious that they all died during childbirth.

"Oh, there are so many people, how many families are exempted from taxes?" a passerby exclaimed when seeing this.

"There aren't many medicines available lately, so we have to rely on hard work. These babies haven't been named yet, so they need to be sent to the City God Temple. Lord City God is a good man. Babies born during difficult labor can be used to reduce taxes, giving many more people a chance to survive." The midwife said with a smile.

Right next to the midwife, a young man from a wealthy family rode past on horseback, scaring the pedestrians around him so much that they all dodged and the noisy street became much quieter.

At this moment, it rains again.

People from all walks of life, whether they run shops or live in houses, all take out buckets to collect water. A closer look reveals that many houses here have facilities for collecting water.

Although there are many rivers in Cangzhou City, most of the rivers in the outer city are dirty and smelly and difficult to use. Therefore, clean water has to rely on external sources such as rainwater, and there are special water trucks to bring water from other places to sell.

"Hey, it's raining, it's raining! It's the fourth rain this month! It must be the ninth concubine of the Sancha Water God who is whispering in our ears. Alas, Miss Ping'er is a good person. She didn't forget us even after marrying the Water God!" someone shouted.

The people nearby also agreed.

The Water God was a wealthy man from Sancha Street in the past. Because of his good deeds, he was chosen to be enshrined in the City God Temple after his death. He was worshipped as the water god of a small stream here, enjoying incense and being responsible for bringing rain to this small area.

The rich master did not like bloody food and liked to take concubines. In the ten years since he took office as the river god, this was his ninth concubine. She was a well-known good girl in Sancha Street. She was beautiful, kind-hearted, and deft. She was an expert at needlework and supported her elderly parents by embroidery. Later, she married the river god, which was also a good thing.

In this outer city, ninety-nine of the various aspects of life are displayed.

What is the other state?
It is a sign of wealth and luxury, which can only be seen in the inner city.

"Make way, make way, please make way." A porter carrying a load looked at a man in front of him wearing ordinary black cloth clothes and habitually shouted "Make way".

The man walked to the side of the road and made way.

He watched the porter walk away and sighed.

This person is exactly Gao Jian.

Gao Jian was actually walking in the outer city of Cangzhou, instead of rushing as before.

He walked around the city, taking in what was happening there.

Separation of life and death is just the most basic thing here, and even the two people who are separated by life and death don’t even feel like it’s separation.

Gao Jian had just seen a father and son with his own eyes. The father owed a debt and the son was only in his teens.

The debt collectors came and couldn't pay the money, so they took him to dredge the river. He was shouting very loudly outside, and Gao Jian also saw it at that time.

The river was extremely filthy and there was no way of knowing what was underneath. It was blocked, so one could only dive down and explore. One trip would clear one's debt.

The father packed up his things, told his son where everything in the house was, and left, never to return.

The debt will naturally be forgiven.

Two people died while dredging the river, and it took the third person to finally succeed.

Neither the father nor the son showed much sadness on their faces.

indifferent.

However, this kind of indifference may be a necessity of life in the outer city of Cangzhou.

How could people bear it without this kind of indifference?

But even so, there is still a steady stream of people rushing to Cangzhou City, constantly adding bricks and tiles to the outer city.

Moreover, the birth rate here is not low. A family usually has three or four children, and even more children die in infancy.

As Gao Jian walked here, his steps became heavier.

Gao Jian has always asked himself if he is a good-natured person like Bai Ping, but these things still make him feel heavy-hearted.

At the beginning, when he was being sacrificed in the blood sacrifice, he felt that the world was rotten.

Then, he came to Ningtai County, and he felt that the world was very wonderful and full of vitality.

But after meeting Gui Liu, he discovered that the world seemed to be full of dangers.

After dealing with Gui Liu and witnessing Shangshu's power, the world became grand again.

After that, the two began their trek towards the mountain gate of Baiping. Gao Jian only looked at the surface of every place and seldom stayed in a city for more than two hours. He slept in the open air along the way and felt that this world was so crowded and prosperous. Many things were quite amazing, such as the power to control the weather and the spirit horse that could travel a thousand miles a day.

And after he saw all of this, he re-examined the world in the outer city of Cangzhou, but found out... this is what the world is like.

Gao Jian looked at these and felt as if there was a fire in his heart that he couldn't vent.

Lao Niu’s death and Bai Ping’s broken hand seem to be closely related to these things?

So what do these relate to?

Just as I was thinking about this, suddenly, a person flew over from the side. He was hit and flew over.

Gao Jian reached out and took the other person.

Then he heard someone say, "Where did you come from? You're the one who's in charge of my apprentice? Do you know the rules?"

But then I saw a burly man with tattoos walking over, with a sign hanging behind him that read "Zhanchi Martial Arts School".

There was a dying young man in the martial arts hall, and the strong man was blocking the door.

The person who just flew out came out from the door.

But he seemed to be fine. He looked at Gao Jian with gratitude, then stood up, dusted himself off, and shouted angrily, "You learned Zhang Family Fist! You must abide by the rules of Zhang Family Fist! How can you teach others like this?!"

(End of this chapter)