At the foot of the rolling mountains, the clear river gurgled. The small fish shook its tail slightly and spit out bubbles. Then, with a bang, the water exploded. The fainting herring flew into the air and was grabbed by the outstretched hand. The crazy old man turned around and
I ran to the edge of the forest ahead, where smoke was rising under the trees.
"Disciple, here you go! Fish! Master wants to eat fish, the grilled kind!"
"If you want to eat it, then you must eat it." Chen Yuan took it in his hand with a smile, his fingertips lit up with Dharma light, and gently pushed the fish body, and the scales fell off on their own.
Along the way, he scooped up a nest of harmful civet cats and met Hu Yong. Even if he knew that there might be someone seeking revenge behind him, it would not affect his good mood for visiting the mountains and rivers and going to Liangya Mountain.
He simply processed the herring, sprinkled it with fine salt, stuffed ginger and green onion into the fish belly, skewered it on a branch, and put it next to the fire to bake. After looking at it, he ran away and transformed into nine shadows, commanding the shadow to throw him.
After throwing the master away, Chen Yuan picked up the fire and looked at the big toad coiled up beside him. The latter had its belly close to the ground and moved its four webs to turn in one direction.
"What's the matter with you following me all the way?"
The toad looked over at the bullock cart, where the little white snake slid out of the cart and meandered merrily among the grass. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something but seemed afraid of being rejected.
After a while, when Chen Yuan asked again, Toad Spirit stood up like a human, stretched his legs, walked to Chen Yuan, and suddenly knelt down.
He folded his fins on his chest and kowtowed: "I want to learn from the True Lord, and I would like to ask the True Lord to accept me as his disciple!"
Chen Yuan thought about many ways that the other party might beg him, but she didn't expect that he would be asked to become his teacher. This was the first time for a big girl to get on the sedan chair. Of course, it was not because the other party was a demon and was influenced by future generations.
This kind of thing is more open-minded than the monks in this world.
But I am not a Taoist at the Golden elixir level. I need guidance from others along the way, so I am not qualified enough.
Without even the slightest preparation, he looked at Toad and twisted his eyebrows, then smiled and said, "I don't accept disciples."
"Why? True Lord thinks I'm a monster?"
"That's not true. I just feel that as a person who only started practicing spiritual practice by chance, I am not qualified to teach others."
"In my eyes, the True Lord is better than me, so he is qualified."
"But I can't teach you anything." Chen Yuan looked at the toad's two big eyes showing stubbornness, and couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "But the method I learned... is too harmful to Tianhe, and you still have a temper.
, Professor, I’m afraid you won’t be able to restrain yourself.”
Speaking of his own method, Chen Yuan also knew that his master learned it from an underground monster. If he taught it to a monster, if the monster's nature has not been eradicated and it goes crazy, it would be difficult to stop it, and the common people would probably suffer as well.
The toad opened its mouth and wanted to say something, but the little white snake that swam over stretched out its tail and tapped it on the head, signaling it to stop talking.
"If True Lord says no, then don't mess around..."
While the little white snake was speaking, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the forest not far away with some confusion.
The rustling rain fell on the branches and leaves, and the old man who was still playing crazy stopped. His smiling face gradually became cold. He looked into the depths of the forest. The old cow also stopped chewing. The grass that was broken around his mouth fell to the ground.
In an instant, a strong wind blew.
"who!"
Chen Yuan stood up and raised his hand. There was a clang from the oxcart, and a cold light shot out into the dark forest, and there was no sound immediately.
A drop of rain hits the branches and leaves, and the next moment it splashes.
At the same time that Yue Hao's sword flew back, two big trees flew out, dragging their lush tree cages. The thick tree body trembled, and Chen Yuan stamped his hand on it, sending the branches and leaves flying.
On one side of the river bank, another big tree was swept away by the tail of a huge white snake.
"Apprentice, I'm going!"
Finally, they caught a fight. The crazy old man held the bell and said hello excitedly. He rushed in with nine figures like a gust of wind. The figures jumped up and down, and disappeared into the forest. After a moment, there was a sound of "Ouch"
Shouting, followed by a burst of fighting, and the vibrating sound of magic power.
"Master!"
Chen Yuan was worried that his master would be injured, so he used his fingers to move to the carriage. Nine figures, plus the crazy old man, flew out at the same time. They all fell to the ground and slid to Chen Yuan's side, shouting: "It hurts, it hurts."
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"Master!" He helped the old man up. If he could beat the master like this, even Taoist priests like Qingxu and Yuchen might not be able to do it. This shows the depth of his cultivation.
The little white snake swam forward, surrounded Chen Yuan and the crazy old man, and looked into the forest with a message, "Zhenjun, he is a human, he has come out."
The wind blows through the forest.
Among the crooked trees, a tall figure slowly walked out, wearing a wide red robe, thin cheeks, and a long gray beard. Under the pair of white eyebrows, his eyes were like dark abyss.
"I didn't expect to meet you here...Chen Yuan."
Chen Yuan frowned and helped his master up. He walked forward and saw the strange old man in front of him. He had never seen him before. The other party actually called his name and seemed to be hostile. He thought through the memories in his mind.
There is only one person left.
"Are you the one who fed the demon?"
"It seems that you know quite a lot." The old man in red robe came over step by step, and when he was seven or eight feet away, he stopped: "You know it from Chang Wei's book, right? He is much worse than his father.
He actually took his mission of saving thousands of people from the devil seriously..."
"What?"
Chen Yuan has always believed in the things recorded in Chang Wei's booklet. After all, the words in the letter were obviously what he said in his heart, but he didn't expect that Chang Wei was also deceived.
The old man in red robe had a smile on his face and seemed to enjoy Chen Yuan's surprise.
"That's just a lie. Chang Wei and his son are so innocent. The underground demon is a good thing that can increase the cultivation level very quickly. Why not feed it some ordinary people and babies who are not yet smart? Mortals.
, there are many people in the world, most of them are mediocre and inactive. They are just a temporary thing in this world. They are short-lived, so they might as well be used as nourishment, which can still be of some use."
These words would be outrageous even in later generations, and Chen Yuan was no exception. After all, before practicing Taoism, he was just one of all living beings.
"Don't you feel disgusted by what you said? A good person should be treated like a beast!"
Facing Chen Yuan's sarcasm, the old man was not at ease. He just smiled and looked at the crazy old man beside Chen Yuan. "Those words were actually not what I said."
The smile on the old man's face became even brighter.
"It's the person next to you... I'm right, Master."
The atmosphere suddenly solidified in this place, whether it was the old cow or the little white snake, there was an unbelievable look in the eyes.
Chen Yuan also had a surprised look on his face. Ever since he knew that the method his master taught him was obtained from underground demons, he had made conjectures about this, but he never thought that this old man in red robe with advanced cultivation would actually be called the crazy old man master.
, the two of them are actually brothers.
"What did you call me?" The crazy old man looked blankly at the old man opposite, and quickly pointed to Chen Yuan beside him: "My apprentice is here. You are so old and ugly, you are not my apprentice!"
"Master..."
The old man in red robe put his hands behind his back, looked here and smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter who your disciple is. I didn't expect that after so many years, you are still so crazy and immortal, you are really hateful... This time, as a disciple,
I will free you with my own hands."
"It's you who want to die."
Chen Yuan took a step forward and blocked the master behind him without leaving a trace. He calmed down from the shock just now and stared at the opposite side with stern eyes. At the same time as he pinched out the secret with his middle finger, the old man in red robe over there burst into laughter.
"It's useless, I know your abilities... before you come, set up a formation around you!"
The old man slowly raised his hands and said word by word: "You can't invite your god!"