Immortal Demonic Path

Chapter 98 The Blue Sky

The villagers of Fanren Village are just like ordinary people.

They worry about having three meals a day, curse and swear at the drop in food prices, and speak ill of the village chief in secret.

He completely lost his air of superiority and was just a regular villager.

They learned to be frugal and how to live a good life and improve their own well-being.

Li Changsheng worked until dark and finally managed to cultivate a vegetable garden.

He plans to use the money to grow fruits and vegetables. As for grain, there is enough to eat for the time being, and it is not the season to grow grain.

Li Changsheng carried a hoe and followed the villagers back to the village.

They would talk on the way, about who was stingy, what big things had happened outside, and so on.

Others are wondering when food prices will recover.

They really think they're just ordinary people!

Li Changsheng remained silent, listening quietly. He needed to think of a way to see what they had gained from their transformation into mortals and shamelessly provoke them.

Back in the village, the villagers started cooking, holding their bowls at the village entrance, eating and chatting as they went.

"Village chief, you old bastard, you beat us to it again and lent the grain to the newcomers," a villager cursed angrily.

The village chief chuckled and said, "You're all so busy. As the village chief, shouldn't I take extra care of the new villagers?"

  

"You think you can take care of us?" another villager protested. "Who among us hasn't been taken advantage of by you?"

"Hey, this grain loan is a voluntary transaction; how can it be a scam?" the village chief retorted, then looked at Li Changsheng: "Changjiu, aren't you right?"

"The village chief is right," Li Changsheng nodded, then asked, "By the way, village chief, what if we can't pay it back next year?"

"Then we'll pay it back the year after next. If we can't pay it back, we'll repay the debt with our labor," the village chief said.

Li Changsheng looked at the villagers around him and said, "If you are willing, I am also willing to lend you my money, but the repayment amount will not be double."

"You're still borrowing?" The villagers looked at him in astonishment.

"Borrow it, pay it back next year," Li Changsheng said.

"Really?" A burly man was tempted and said, "I'll lend it to you, but you can pay back 50% more."

"Okay," Li Changsheng agreed.

"I'll borrow too, I'll borrow too," the villagers chimed in.

"Wait a minute," the village chief hurriedly spoke up, his face grim. "How could you possibly pay back such a large sum?"

Li Changsheng swallowed a mouthful of rice and said, "I borrowed it through my own abilities, why should I pay it back?"

The villagers: "??"

village head:"……"

"You're utterly shameless!" the villagers shouted angrily.

The burly man, who was about to go home to move the grain, immediately stopped and glared at Li Changsheng.

"Didn't you say the village chief was shameless?" Li Changsheng said, "I'm just learning from the village chief."

The village elder's face turned green: "You bastard, I lent you grain!"

"But you came here for personal gain. Don't forget to repay the kindness you've shown, Village Chief," Li Changsheng said earnestly.

"We are just ordinary people. This grain is something we have worked hard to grow," the village chief said in a deep voice.

The others chimed in with discontent, "That's right, this is a terrible thing to do."

"In this world, there is good and there is evil. I have always thought that a clear sky is righteous and a turbid earth is evil. Since everyone is so upright, I should be the evil one."

Li Changsheng said.

"We'll beat you up," the burly man roared.

"That's right, good will prevail over evil, and you are no match for a group of us." The other villagers chimed in.

"Village chief, what do you say?" Li Changsheng looked at the village chief. "Is it that good triumphs over evil, or evil triumphs over good?"

"You little rascal," the village chief chuckled and scolded, "Trying to provoke us by seeking our opinions, deliberately trying to provoke us."

Li Changsheng curled his lip: "You all have been mortals for many years, I'd like to learn from you all."

Niu Wendao joined the Xuantian Sect, so he shouldn't become a demon in the future.

However, Liu Wuyou's actions are no different from those of a demon. Although he will not indiscriminately kill innocent people, he will still start wars.

If we follow the so-called division between good and evil, Liu Wuyou is definitely a demon.

He didn't want to make a clear distinction between good and evil.

Whether it's good or evil, as long as it's in his favor, it's good; he can't be bothered with anything that doesn't concern him.

"Whether evil cannot prevail over good, or good cannot triumph over evil, you should figure it out for yourself."

The village chief said calmly, "When I was young, I slew demons and monsters. I have heard that if the demons are one foot taller, the righteous path is ten feet taller. There are also people who say that if the righteous path is one foot taller, the demons are ten feet taller."

The villagers fell silent, their anger gradually subsiding.

"It will be a long time. Focus on farming and paying off your debts. You will understand right from wrong once you have transcended the mundane and entered the Dao."

"It's a strong man," the burly man said.

"Brother, how should I address you?" Li Changsheng asked, bowing respectfully.

"There's no need for formalities here," the burly man waved his hand and said, "Just call me Tieshan."

"Then when the time comes to plant vegetables and fish, I hope Brother Tieshan will give me some pointers," Li Changjiu said.

"No problem," Tieshan replied, patting his chest.

The remaining villagers dispersed one after another, clearly not wanting to discuss the Dao or the issue of good versus evil.

Li Changsheng also went back to his room to rest. When it was just getting light, he went out to work in the fields.

Plant the seeds, fetch water from the river, irrigate the land, and continue to cultivate the wasteland.

I chatted with the villagers, and at first, the villagers did the talking, with me occasionally chiming in.

Li Changsheng calmed down, settled down to become an ordinary person, and spent time with the villagers planting vegetables and fishing.

Li Changsheng was just unlucky and failed to catch anything each time.

I finally caught a fish, only the size of a finger, and released it back into the wild.

Begin crafting wooden spears, setting traps, and following them on hunts.

Although he has become a mortal, he still retains some basic skills and can hunt small wild animals without any problem.

The mountains are rich in resources, making it easy to hunt prey and exchange it for food.

Li Changsheng completely integrated into the mortal village and became a meticulous villager.

Like the other villagers, they would secretly curse the village chief, calling him shameless and heartless for profiting off their grain.

The village would also send out information about the outside world, such as what the Demon Exorcism Hall had done and which monsters it had killed.

Some monsters are killed for no reason, even if they have never harmed anyone.

Lin Wuyao, the deputy hall master of the Demon Extermination Hall in Fengtian City, is a man who hates evil and cannot tolerate any wrongdoing, and is respected by all.

I heard that this deputy hall master once single-handedly wiped out a demon king's lair, making great contributions.

When Li Changsheng heard this news, he was stunned. Lin Wuyao, wasn't that the green snake Lin Erdan that he had instructed in Fengtian City?

Now, he's already become the deputy hall master?

That's outrageous!

This guy has done just that; when he's human, he's free of demons!

Once he returns to the demon realm, he will be Lin Wanyao!

"This Lin Wuyao is truly formidable. It's said that he was born for the Demon Extermination Hall, a natural-born demon slayer," Tieshan said.

"Yes, it says here that Lin Wuyao's name is so powerful that it shakes the world, and wherever he goes, all demons retreat in fear."

This is a female villager, the Taoist of Cutting Off Fate.

"And this too, Daoist Qingyang left Fengtian City to return to Taixuan for secluded cultivation. Why did he go back all of a sudden?"

"That Qingyang guy, is he almost at the peak of the Primordial Pearl now?"

"Qingyang has great talent and will definitely become a powerful Yang God in the future. He may even be able to achieve the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and the Five Qi Converging at the Origin."

"By the way, I heard from the village chief today that a new villager is coming, a very beautiful female villager, with extremely high talent."

"real?"

"real!"

"What's the point of chatting then? I'm going back to borrow some grain."

"Wait for me, let's go together."

A group of villagers ran towards the village, carrying hoes.

New villagers have arrived; they're there to borrow grain, hoping for a chance to double their profits.

Last time, the village chief beat them to it, so this time, with a newcomer, they certainly didn't want to miss out.

Li Changsheng didn't go back; instead, he watered his melon seedlings.

As for borrowing grain, I'll never get a chance. That shameless village chief probably already got it first.

He looked at his field, where the weeds were growing too thickly and were already affecting the growth of the melon seedlings.

He sat by the field and began to ponder.

He had been here for five years and hadn't gained any insights. On the contrary, Tieshan and the others, although still in mortal form, were changing in their aura.

Sometimes, Daoist Zhanyuan would go into seclusion for a period of time, and when he came out, his aura was different.

The other villagers have all made progress, to varying degrees.

Only I myself haven't changed at all.

Did I take the wrong path? A mortal village, a place for mortal cultivation.

But I am a tree!

Is it useful to learn farming, fishing, and hunting from others?

"Is this your land?"

A clear, crisp voice rang out, and a young girl dressed in coarse linen clothes appeared at the edge of the field.

"Yes." Li Changsheng looked up.

She had bright eyes and white teeth, skin as smooth as cream, a blue spot between her eyebrows, and black hair that reached her waist.

Although dressed in coarse linen, her stunning beauty could not be concealed; instead, she exuded a sense of simplicity and ethereal grace.

"New villagers?" Li Changsheng asked.

"Yes, the grain has already been lent to the village chief," the girl said.

Li Changsheng nodded and did not speak again.

The girl replied, "Your field is overgrown with weeds, aren't you going to remove them?"

"I don't want to get rid of him," Li Changsheng said, shaking his head.

"Then I'll help you," the girl said.

"No need," Li Changsheng refused. This new villager was very enthusiastic.

"No, we must get rid of them. These weeds will affect the growth of crops," the girl said seriously. "Besides, they look awkward to me."

Li Changsheng: "..."

Then do as you please.

The girl wielded a hoe and began working in the field.

Li Changsheng watched quietly as she carefully tended to the weeds, but was very cautious with the melon seedlings, afraid of damaging them.

Moreover, the girl seemed to have done farm work before, and she handled it very quickly.

In just half a day, the weeds in Li Changsheng's field were cleared away, leaving not a single blade of grass.

The girl wiped her sweat and looked at Tian with satisfaction: "This looks much better."

Do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Li Changsheng's lips twitched, and he said, "Your land hasn't been cultivated yet."

"It's alright, I've borrowed some grain, I have time to cultivate it," the girl said. "My name is Qingtian, what's yours?"

"Li Changjiu," Li Changsheng said, "your name is rather unusual, as it actually includes the character for 'blue sky'."

"My path of cultivation is unique. Qingtian is my mark, and every successor is called Qingtian," Qingtian said.

Li Changsheng nodded, a thought suddenly occurring to him: "By the way, it seems there are weeds in the other villagers' fields too?"

"Is that so?" Qing Tian frowned slightly, picked up his hoe, and went off.

Li Changsheng: "..."

You really have OCD!

And so, a young girl began to work in the field.

Li Changsheng sat by the field, watching her weed. What a hardworking girl.

It wasn't until evening, when the girl was too tired to work anymore, that she shouldered her hoe and left the field, saying, "I'll come back tomorrow."

"Go back and rest first. I'll come tomorrow too," Li Changsheng said.

"Will you help me?"

"No, I'm here to watch you weed."

Qingtian: "..."

The two men, carrying their hoes, went home to rest.

Before dawn the next day, Li Changsheng was woken up.

Qingtian asked him to go to the field to weed, and they agreed to go together.

Li Changsheng was certain that Qingtian's obsessive-compulsive disorder was severe.

Arriving at the field, Qingtian shouldered his hoe and rushed in.

Li Changsheng sat by the field, watching her work.

She threw the weeds out of the field one by one, and then beat them down hard with a hoe.

Do you have a blood feud with these weeds?

Li Changsheng rubbed his temples; this obsessive-compulsive disorder was too severe.

Time passed quickly, and dawn broke. Tieshan and the other villagers arrived, and were momentarily taken aback when they saw the busy girl.

"Did she wander into the wrong field?" Tieshan asked.

"No," Li Changsheng shook his head. "She loves weeding, and she's kept my fields spotless."

"Is this girl crazy? I'm not giving her any money!" Tieshan said in a deep voice.

Zhan Yuan spoke up, "Qing Tian, ​​you're helping us so much, we'll at most provide meals, but we won't pay you!"

"No need," Qing Tian said, waving his hand.

"Well, it seems she really does love weeding." Tieshan scratched his head. "How about we help her cultivate a plot of land?"

"It feels good," Zhan Yuan nodded.

The other villagers who benefited also picked up hoes and went to help clear the land.

Li Changsheng went along too, and the place they cultivated was right next to Li Changsheng's fields.

In the future, will not a single blade of grass be able to survive in my fields?

Li Changsheng sighed softly, and could only mourn for the weeds.

Considering Qingtian's diligence, Li Changsheng and the villagers cleared out a large field for her.

If it weren't already dark, this field could be even larger.

"Thank you," Qing Tian said to them.

Tieshan said, "No need to be so polite. You help us weed, and we'll help you clear the land. It's only right that we do it."

"Let's go back to the village," Zhan Yuan said.

"Let's go back and eat some meat. I still have quite a few of the wolves I hunted a while ago. Let's cook them when we get back," Tieshan said with a smile.

Back in the village, Tieshan brought out his wolf meat, and Li Changsheng brought out his venison.

The other villagers also brought food and wine, which was homemade grain liquor.

Qingtian didn't stand on ceremony, drinking and eating meat, a stark contrast to her beautiful appearance.

Amidst the clinking of glasses and the exchange of toasts, everyone became somewhat tipsy.

Li Changsheng couldn't help but ask, "Qingtian, why do you like weeding so much?"

The other villagers were also very curious.

Qing Tian frowned slightly and said, "Fields are like heaven and earth, and weeds are like the evils of heaven and earth; they cannot be allowed to remain!"

Li Changsheng's gaze sharpened; the weeds were like the evils of heaven and earth.

"Between heaven and earth, there is good and evil," Li Changsheng said. "Evil cannot be completely eradicated."

"That's because you're not paying enough attention. Aren't there no weeds in the fields?" Qing Tian retorted.

"It will grow again next year."

"Then let's remove it again!"

"Good and evil are interdependent in the universe. There is no absolute good or evil. Perhaps it is a mistake to distinguish them too clearly," Li Changsheng said quietly.

Qingtian glared at him, clearly displeased: "The world is so murky because of people like you!"

(End of this chapter)