"... In this world, whether it's a monster or a human being, we all live together in the same life. If they kill you for no reason, that's wrong of them. But how can I trust you based on just a few words from you?"
This was Chen Yuan's first time being judged by others, and he was judged by a demon. When Master Chengyun Liu Changgong came over, he happened to hear a man and a demon talking, and he stood aside with interest and remained silent.
See how things continue.
There was a moment of silence in the forest. The toad seemed not to know how to answer. It stared blankly at its huge oily eyes with red dots, and its round and white belly was shrinking rapidly.
Every time he breathed in, the surrounding trees were swaying slightly.
Its voice sounded muffled: "I...can't prove that I am just a toad in the pool, but I also know that my cultivation is low and I will not provoke others, let alone eat people...I like people...I like to listen
They talk..."
The toad's eyes were cold, but in Chen Yuan's eyes, they were as clear as a baby coming into the world. Through the power of incense, he could see that this big toad was not burdened with any bad karma.
Seeing that Chen Yuan didn't speak, Taoist Yunlong thought that his words were not credible, so he put down his water bag and reached out to pull out the peach wood sword from behind. He had spoken before, letting the toad know clearly that if Chen Yuan concluded that he was guilty, then
Remove it with your own hands.
"I believe you." At this time, Chen Yuan spoke, "I was forced to leave my original place in this way. Sometimes people are not necessarily as kind as monsters, so I believe you."
Old Taoist Yunlong also nodded and looked at the big toad in the forest: "Since fellow Taoist has spoken, you can go."
"True Lord, do you really believe in me?" The big toad moved, and slowly climbed to the aisle with its limbs, revealing its full face. The dense knots were covered with traces of purple smoke, which made people shudder, but the words were honest and tight: "Then I really go.
Already?"
"Do you still want to stay and eat before leaving?" Yunlong inserted the peach wood sword back and smiled.
Chen Yuan also smiled and nodded, and walked down the stone steps step by step with his hands behind his back.
"You are willing to come all the way with Taoist Yunlong to seek my judgment. It shows that you are clear and magnanimous in your heart and know the truth. How can such a monster kill at will? So I believe you."
When the toad heard the words, its huge toad eyes flashed with water stains, and the voice that came from the toad was choked: "Thank you, Zhenjun, for your trust."
Since its practice, it has never felt trust. Such plain words made it feel extremely moved. As it spoke, it prostrated and bowed, as if imitating a human being and kowtow. After a moment, it changed its direction.
Climbing and jumping down the stone steps gradually disappeared.
"If it were anyone else, I wouldn't be able to say that this big toad has been refined."
Liu Changgong, who had been watching from the side, stroked his beard and came over. Chen Yuan bowed his hand to him and invited Master Yunlong to return to the Immortal Pavilion together. The two of them actually knew each other. After a few words of greetings, the headmaster Chengyun happened to talk about business.
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"...Things have become clear. Linghui and the Yuejie people have indeed collected women and transported them to the Yuejie Hu people in the past few years. Most of these women are helpless, or they are accompanied by their relatives or their husbands came from other places and were taken away.
They were deceived or stolen quietly, and the government has no way of tracing them, and the number of cases accumulated alone is as many as 1,376."
"I'm afraid it will be impossible to redeem these women through the government. It will take a few years..." Chen Yuan was reluctant to talk about the following words. After all, a few years would be enough time for those abducted women to be raped in Yuejie.
Many children were born and raised in people's tents. If they really wanted to bring them back, would they be able to let go of their own children?
"Then we have to ask them, and if they are willing to come back, we will bring them back." Liu Changgong has a tough temper, and he has been suppressing his anger about abducting women and going to the barbaric areas.
"If the government doesn't want anyone, then it's up to us cultivators to do it. I've long wanted to try out the heroic feeling of a fellow Taoist who goes into the desert."
"Count me in." Old Taoist Yunlong raised his hand.
Chen Yuan also wanted to go, but was rejected by Liu Changgong. He said: "You have just returned to your human body, so you can't take any more risks. Besides, this matter needs to be done quietly and not in a big way. A disciple of the Chengyun Sect is enough!"
The three of them were walking in the square and talking as they headed to Jingxian Pavilion. The forest below the mountain was shaking. The black shadow the size of a house looked at the hot sunshine outside and lay down in the shade to rest.
"True Lord, do you really believe in me... How should I retaliate to him... I heard that someone from the Cang family has a grudge against him... I will go to that mountain and put a handful of poisonous smoke..."
The sunlight filtered through the dappled gaps between the trees, and the huge toad chatted, muttered vaguely, and continued to enjoy the refreshing and comfortable wind blowing through the forest.
A blast of air blew out of his mouth, causing the forest and grass in front of him to rustle and sway. Suddenly, a pair of horns poked out. The toad felt the evil spirit and opened its eyelids, and saw a bull's head almost touching it.
It was startled, and its limbs tensed up on the ground with its bulging body.
"you……"
Before it could speak, the green bull turned its head and grinned in the distance: "Moo!" and then the demonic power spread the words.
"Master, this monster wants to harm the master's family, and it also releases poisonous smoke!"
The toad's eyes suddenly widened. It had never said these words before. It was clearly going to join that Cang or something sect. As it hurriedly stood up and spoke, an old voice suddenly spoke up: "Who wants to kill my apprentice!!"
A figure jumped onto a large rock, stepped on the rock, jumped across the side, and kicked out, and the ragged steps were firmly swept on the toad's head.
The toad's mouth tilted in an instant, dragging its long tongue and floating in the air. Its huge body flew out like a cannonball, smashing several big trees with a bang, and then landed on the ground and rolled around like a balloon.
The next moment, his whole body seemed to be deflated, purple smoke leaked out from the front and back, and his body shrunk visibly to the naked eye.
"His mother's..."
Picking up the curse words he learned from others, Toad paralyzed on the ground with his white belly and twitched a few times. Then, he saw a cow's head and a human head with gray buns covering the sun, grinning gloomily.
Got up.
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"I haven't eaten it before, maybe that Taoist Master Sun can make it."
"It doesn't have to be so troublesome. According to my understanding, just peel it off and throw it into the pot."
When the toad heard this, his heart tightened, his eyes rolled, and he fainted from fear.
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In the Chengyun Mountain Gate, the three of them stepped onto the stone steps of the attic and were entering while talking. Chen Yuan seemed to hear something and looked back. At this time, he heard very familiar words.
"Apprentice!"
I saw the master coming back in a hurry on an old ox, with something dancing and swinging in his hand.
"What did my master take that makes him so happy?"
"It seems to be a..." Liu Changgong squinted his eyes and looked at it. Old Taoist Yunlong on the side took over the conversation: "It seems to be a toad."
After saying that, Chen Yuan, Yun Long, and Liu Changgong looked at each other and shook their heads with laughter. Sure enough, the old cow ran to the attic and hurriedly kicked on the ground. The cow's hooves scratched the floor tiles for a long time before stopping.
The crazy old man above showed off an object hanging upside down in his hand in front of Chen Yuan.
"Look, the monster I just bumped into at the foot of the mountain."
After saying that, he called to Liu Changgong: "Borrow me a stove quickly, and I'll treat you to stewed toad later!"
The latter looked at Chen Yuan who was standing aside. Chen Yuan smiled and took the smaller toad spirit from his master's hand and spread it out in his palm, saying that it was the one he had just put down the mountain.
"Do you know me?" The crazy old man looked at the unconscious toad with his crooked tongue rather regretfully, "If you know me...that would be a pity. It's hard for me as a teacher to talk to you."
The old cow behind him sprayed a mouthful on the ground and muttered in his heart: You think about tasting my meat every day, so you just want to eat it?
Liu Changgong over there came over to smooth things over and coaxed the crazy old man to take him to the back kitchen. There was something better than toad meat over there. The crazy old man naturally believed it. After all, he was very satisfied with the food he had eaten during this time. He came here immediately.
He regained his energy and pulled the headmaster forward like a child.
Old Taoist Yunlong was quite casual. He followed Chen Yuan into the attic, found a random place, threw away the mahogany sword, lay down on the table and fell asleep with his legs crossed. He was tired from traveling for days. As soon as he closed his eyes, he quickly fell asleep.
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Here, Chen Yuan went up to the attic and brought the toad back to the room. The little white snake coiled on the bedside shelf seemed to have exploded hair. His eyes were coldly staring at the toad on the table that had just been awakened by magic. He looked crazy.
He spat out the letter, and Chen Yuan had the illusion that he would turn around and pounce on him to strangle him.
"My master injured you, and I will apologize to you on behalf of him." Chen Yuan took out the small porcelain bottle from his sleeve. It was given to him by Mingguang when he left the Tianshi Mansion. It contained some healing elixirs and shook it out.
Crush one into pieces and put it in the toad's mouth.
"You can leave after the injury heals."
The toad was lying on the table, feeling the elixir turn into a faint bitter taste and spreading into its mouth. It stared blankly at the back of the book in front of it, with emotions surging in its eyes. Just when it was about to speak, a white shadow suddenly appeared in the corner of its eye.
Comes flying.
Chen Yuan heard the movement and turned her head to look.
I saw the little white snake twisting the toad, its eyes were protruding, and its long tongue was wrapped around the white snake for seven inches. The two webs left outside slapped the snake's scales. One toad and one snake rolled around on the table, shaking the round table.