Chapter 48 Red Robe Blood Robe

A small village in Yizhou that is far away from the hustle and bustle of the world was originally a paradise full of fishermen, woodcutters and farming, but now it is only the desolation of withered vines, old trees and crows...

"...The tomb of the villagers in the whole village." Bai Yong accompanied Dao Shao and stood in front of a huge cemetery.

On the way to Yaozhou, Dao Shao proposed to visit somewhere along the way. Bai Yong guessed what he meant, so he accompanied him here.

"I am an orphan, I don't have the memories of my childhood. I have forgotten anyone's own parents and I have never cared about them. Since I have memories, I have been adopted by Uncle Pei's family. I also regard myself as a member of the Pei family. For me, the world is too far away and dangerous. I never thought that I would go out and spending my life here is the greatest happiness."

Dao Shao wiped the dust from the tombstone with his hands and pulled out the weeds around him. He stood up and his eyes became confused, as if he was looking at somewhere in the past: "The time I proposed to Shui Lan's marriage was the most nervous time in my life. My palms were full of sweat and my heart was about to jump out. Then Uncle Pei agreed with a smile, saying that he wanted to accept me as his son. After waiting for ten years on this day, Shui Lan hid in the house and did not dare to come out to see me. In the next few days

It was as if I was dreaming, all the people in the village came to bless Shui Lan and I, wishing us to have a noble son early and live long until we grow old. I also promised Shui Lan that I would like to give her happiness. On the day of the wedding, I wore a groom dress woven by Aunt Pei, rode a horse borrowed from the village chief, and firecrackers all the way. With the cheers and shouts of many good friends, I came to my door with the word "四". At the moment when I knocked on the door, I thought I was the happiest person in the world..."

The Dao Shao's hand began to tremble. Although he tried his best to make his tone become plain and ordinary, he lowered his head and turned his back to Bai Yong, not allowing him to see the expression on his face, and he still felt the unconcealed sadness and pain.

"I don't know how I survived. I was stabbed in the chest, but I was still alive. This is what it means to be a bad person... I opened my eyes and thought it was just a nightmare. I told myself that it was actually drunk by the villagers and would definitely be ridiculed by them later. I finally stood up and found that the whole village was dyed red, the same color as the clothes on my body, and it was bright red. I told myself that this was a festive color, so everyone put on the same clothes. I opened the door, returned home, and looked at the cold bodies of my relatives, and finally I couldn't continue to deceive myself. No one would talk anymore, and no one would bless me anymore."

Bai Yong stood quietly behind him, listening to his sad recollections, neither stopping nor comforting. At this time, any comfort in words seemed pale and powerless. I can understand your feelings... Nine out of ten people who said this sentence were lying. The so-called lies with good intentions are still a kind of deception, which is a weakness of human nature and distrust of the victims.

"The memory of the next memory became blurred. I just kept digging, burying, filling, and repeating these three movements. I don't know how many days or nights it took. Anyway, time is no longer important to me, and my body has lost consciousness. When I finally buried Shui Lan, I thought, maybe it would be better for myself to follow me. I promised to be together forever, so I did not violate my oath. Because I could not make a grave for myself, I lay next to Shui Lan, holding her hand, and quietly waiting for death to come... Finally, an old man came over. He stood in front of Shui Lan and me, lowered his head and asked me if I wanted to take revenge."

Dao Shao's hand suddenly trembled, then he clenched his fists tightly, no longer shaking, and his tone gradually became louder.

"At that moment, I came alive, I didn't want to die, my heart was beating violently in my chest, telling me that it didn't want to stop. I apologized to Shui Lan and told her that she couldn't be together for the time being. I still have something that I had to do and had to do. The old man told me that I don't have the fairy bones and no talent for cultivation. Even if I work hard for a lifetime, I may not be able to take revenge, but he has a way to give me the power to take revenge. Looking at his expression, I knew that this is a demon's transaction, and the trader will definitely pay a huge price, but so what? As long as I can take revenge, I will be willing to sell my soul to the demon." Dao Shao stopped for a moment, and he looked at his hand, "Then I have the power I have now, and the body of this monster that is neither human nor demon. I hate this body, but I don't regret this transaction. Even if I do it again, it's the same choice."

After a while, Bai Yong said, "Let's go, there are still many things to do next, time has become tight, and there is no time left to waste here."

The seemingly ruthless words were the most effective comfort to the Dao Shao at this moment. He nodded, packed up the tributes placed in front of the grave, and turned around and left without hesitation. Now he is not qualified to face it directly.

Yaozhou is located close to the East China Sea. Three hundred years ago, after the demon clan helped the righteous path, the sects in the world decided to divide the original Yaozhou into the demon clan as a place to live, and renamed it Yao. Although it is only a state, it is still too wide for the demon clan that has long since withered population. Therefore, they do not occupy all the land. Except for the Yaochi Tiandu, the rest of the towns are basically inhabited by humans. The demon clan only scatteredly occupied several Feng Shui treasure lands suitable for cultivation, and does not disturb them in normal times.

At the beginning, it caused panic among many people, worried that monsters would eat people. But after a while, the people of Yaozhou realized that this was not the case. Most monsters chose to suck the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice instead of eating creatures. This way of cultivation is no different from ordinary cultivators. Those monsters who practice Taoism will take the initiative to control those monsters who are still in the consciousness of wild beasts and do not let them hurt people. In this way, the relationship between the two parties is somewhat similar to ordinary cultivation sects and mortals.

There are two major benefits to living in Yaozhou. One is that you do not need to pay taxes. Obviously, the demon clan is not interested in human money. Even tributes are directly collected. Most of the things you like are based on buying rather than buying. Of course, this loss is not unacceptable compared to taxation. The poor do not have anything they can say, and the rich do not care about that. The only organization, the Demon God Valley, will only give orders to the same kind. As long as they are demons, they are cultivators, so they have no desire to rule humans. They do not need to spread Taoist traditions or open up Taoist temples.

The second advantage is that the security here is good, and there are almost no bandits. For most monsters who have not yet transformed, eating people does not feel guilty, and of course it is meaningless. Relying on eating creatures to practice is a bad practice method, that is, eating people is no different from eating pigs. Under the management of the Demon God Valley, most of them have such consciousness, which divides people into edible and uneating. What is managed is not eaten, and what is not managed is eaten. The robber bandits obviously belong to the latter. For these desperadoes, being killed is not terrible, but being treated as food is really difficult to accept. This is also the instinctive reaction of all intelligent creatures.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. Not paying taxes does not mean perfect happiness. Without a strong government, civil disputes will become difficult to deal with, and when encountering some natural disasters and dangers, they cannot regulate them. The demon clan does not care whether the people under his command can have a good harvest. They are completely willing to let freedom, which makes many places in the demon state a city of gambling and a city of black market trade.

Now the place where Bai Yong and Dao Shao are going to is naturally the Yaochi Tiandu, the base of the Demon God Valley. As the nest of the demon clan, Yaochi Tian is one of the major trading places that cultivators in the world often come and go. Here, they can exchange for many treasures of heaven and earth that only demon clans have. Some of these items that have no cultivation value have become luxury goods pursued by merchants. After all, rare things are the principle of measuring the value of items unchanged, so many caravans will go to the periphery of Yaochi Tiandu to trade. Even mortals can sometimes bring out treasures that will make the cultivators excited.

"If you cross the Shutu Mountain, you can see the Yaochi Tiandu. Shutu Mountain means to take the meaning of humans and demons. Of course, there are also sayings about ghosts and different paths. In the past, many great masters chose to fight in this place. It is one of the four ancient battlefields in the world. The other three are the way to return, the way of heaven and humanity and the pursuit of the peak."

Along the way, Bai Yong kept telling Dao Shao about the knowledge he saw in the book. However, unlike before, Dao Shao is now listening carefully. Although he still rarely speaks, Bai Yong can see his reaction from the subtle changes in his expression.

Since the last time he told his story in his hometown, the relationship between the two has improved greatly. Dao Shao no longer reveals the kind of unwillingness to get close to others and rejects others' approach. Although he still did not admit it verbally, he was actually a friend, and Bai Yong often joked about this.

"By the way, I have a question that I have wanted to ask, who is that old man? He can give such powerful power out of thin air, even if there are side effects, it is quite terrible. He can operate it better than thousands of troops. If there were such a person to help the evil path three hundred years ago, it would be hard to say who would win and lose. Even if he could not impose it on most people at the same time, if he had the heart, he could completely build up an army of warriors in the realm of Heaven and Man... It would be impossible. It would be strange if such a despicable means could be used easily. Why have you never heard of such a person?"

Dao Shao thought for a while and said slowly: "I have never seen that man claiming to be a revenge before, and at that time he was determined to take revenge and did not pay attention to his appearance. But there is one thing that may be worth caring about. I always feel that this power comes from the inside out, and it feels like it has been hidden in my body for a long time, similar to stimulating potential, rather than the external force that is given to me."
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