The men Zhang Cunxiao brought from Wuyu Village were all experienced veterans, and they were particularly good at robbing property.
By the time Zhuang Wudao and the others came out of the cabin, the entire ship had been completely looted. All the harvest was moved to their own ship.
This building ship was actually quite sturdy and could be used as a battleship. However, Zhang Cunxiao felt that the ship was too slow and not as fast as his own speedboat and was too eye-catching, so he did not want to take it away with him.
The Yue City garrison eunuch was a close confidant of Emperor Wu. However, he was only in name only in Yue City. He was suppressed by Zhennan General Mansion and several major families, and did not have much power. However, no matter how weak this person was, he was still in the official circles of Yue City.
One of several giants,
Taking this building ship again would be a public slap in the face, causing trouble for both families. You can't even burn it to avoid irritating them.
Only Zhuang's family members were difficult to deal with. Zhuang Wudao wanted to simply leave these people in the boat and let them fend for themselves.
Ma Yuan was a little dissatisfied, and said with a glint in his eyes: "If you are willing to obey me, just kill them all and kill them all to avoid trouble in the future. To cut the weeds, we need to root them out, Brother Wudao let them go,
It’s a bit of a woman’s kindness.”
Zhuang Wudao shook his head when he heard this: "I heard that the barbarians on the northern grasslands fought, and only the men who crossed the wheel were beheaded. You and I don't have any deep hatred against their family. The only one who can support the family is Zhuang Xunzhuang.
It's just the same two people. There is no need to involve the young family, even those barbarians are worse."
While speaking, Zhuang Wudao looked at Zhang Cunxiao. He actually had no objection to killing all of them. Zhuang Wudao didn't take his previous promise to Zhuang Xun too seriously. It depends on whether he keeps his word or not.
Who would be caught by Zhuang Xun's few words?
However, today they all have the manpower of Wuyu Village. How to deal with it in the end depends on the intention of the owner of Wuyu Village.
Zhang Cunxiao frowned, but in the end he couldn't match Zhuang Wudao's face, and laughed loudly pretending not to care: "It's just a group of women and children, what kind of trouble can they cause? Without the money accumulated by the banker, I don't think they can.
You have to live on. Brothers have done a lot of bad things, so this time we should treat it as a way to accumulate some bad virtue."
Qin Feng, however, did not comment and only said quietly: "I have been to the places Zhuang Xun mentioned. If it is really a mine, it should be an open-pit mine within twenty feet underground, which is very easy to mine. As far as I know, the surrounding areas
They are also rich mines that produce a lot of minerals. This matter is quite strange. And the two bastards Zhuang Xun may not know the location of these mineral veins. Maybe they also know more——"
Zhang Cunxiao didn't hear the meaning of Qin Feng's words at first, but he didn't react until the end. His eyes suddenly opened angrily: "Is this Zhuang Xun ready to trick us before he dies?"
After Zhuang Wudao was stunned for a moment, he also sighed secretly. The veins are very shallow from the surface of the earth, and they are surrounded by rich ores. In these places, Zhuang Xun is probably not just worried about the big trees attracting wind, but there must be something else.
reason.
If they were really stupid enough to mine or leak their location to others, they might get into some trouble.
With Qin Feng's words, the lives of the Zhuang family are probably not saved. Zhuang Xun's calculation is probably because he did not take the lives of the entire family except Zhuang Tong into consideration.
One can imagine that with Zhang Cunxiao's temperament, once Qin Feng's words were confirmed, he would definitely kill everyone on the ship to vent his anger.
Zhuang Wudao was not disgusted, but he did not want to get involved, so he simply walked to the boat stop and waited quietly. This was not because he was pretending to be noble, nor was it a woman's kindness or soft-heartedness. It was just because she always remembered her mother's death. It was just a few words I held his hand and told him before.
'——Lie'er, I know that you have become increasingly angry in recent years, and you have often acted unscrupulously recently. The reason is all my fault. My mother cannot blame you, and I know that I will not be able to restrain you in the future. However, Lie'er needs to remember, Our Shenzhuang family has done good deeds and accumulated virtues from generation to generation, passing down the word "virtue and trust" to our family. I don't ask you to not disgrace the family tradition in the future. I only ask Lieer that you can be merciful and forgiving in the future, and don't act too extreme. Don’t be too cynical—”
His real name was Shen Lie, but after his mother died, he no longer wanted to use his father's surname. He took his mother's surname of Zhuang and took the word "Wudao" as his name.
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the bright moonlight shone through the clouds, as clear as water.
The sounds of weeping, howling, and screaming on the boat continued to reach his ears. Zhuang Wudao listened but ignored it. He remembered that when his mother was still alive, she was in a daze and her eyes were melancholy.
His original place of birth was not in Soochow, but in the Kingdom of Zhou, which was tens of thousands of miles away.
About twenty-five years ago, his mother Zhuang Xiaoxi married into the Shen family and was married to his father Shen Jue.
At that time, the Shen family was just a small family that relied on farming and education. However, her father, Shen Jue, was talented and intelligent. He was already rich in knowledge at a young age. His mother was also a talented woman. Her maternal family was originally from a noble family and had been married for generations. He was rich and powerful. However, by his mother's generation, he was no longer an heir. He married into the Shen family with almost all the wealth accumulated by the Zhuang family.
When they got married, they were in a state of beauty, which shocked the whole city. After the marriage, the two couples were in love with each other. They raised their eyebrows together and played the piano and the harp in harmony. However, although his father, Shen Jue, was full of poems and books, he did not want to be an official, preferring martial arts. Xiang Changsheng did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy all kinds of miraculous medicines, and invited famous teachers to teach him. He only started to get started after getting married at the age of sixteen, but he actually barely entered the realm of Qi training before he was twenty years old.
Then things got out of hand, and his cultivation improved by leaps and bounds. However, three years later, Shen Jue suddenly went out with hundreds of thousands of taels of money, and then disappeared without any reason, and there was no news at all.
Her mother, Zhuang Xiaoxi, spent six years searching for Shen Jue's whereabouts and spent all her wealth, but there was still no news. Just when the family was on the verge of despair, Shen Jue suddenly returned.
After that, he stayed at home and never left the house except for running his family's farm business.
At that time, her mother's dowry had been almost exhausted, but Shen Jue had extraordinary means and good cultivation, and it seemed that there was someone helping her secretly. In just a few years, Shen Jue had accumulated a fortune that was ten times that of Zhuang's. However, just a year after the death of his grandparents, Shen Jue suddenly went out on business. In just a few days, news came back that he was robbed and killed by thieves and died violently in the wilderness.
However, her mother had a deep affection for Shen Jue, because she did not see her body after her death and refused to trust him. Afterwards, she did many investigations and found some clues. A few years later, Shen Jue was finally found in the north of Tianyi.
At that time, Shen Jue was already a direct disciple of Taiping Dao, the largest sect in the north, with the name "Chongyangzi", a fourth-level building with a bright future. He was also the beloved son-in-law of "Huang Longzi", a real person in the Yuanshen Realm of Taiping Dao. , the Taoist couple 'Xiao Lingshu'. As early as ten years ago when Shen Jue disappeared, they had already formed a good relationship and gave birth to a son. It was also 'Xiao Lingshu' who was introduced to the Taiping Taoist sect. Because of his unmatched talent in the world, Became the direct disciple of Taiping Dao.
Returning to the Shen family was just to break off the 'immortal bond'.
The mother was filled with grief and anger, and she was a fierce person. From then on, she never wanted to see Shen Jue again, nor did she want to eat a meter or a chestnut from the Shen family or accept charity from the Xiao family. After leaving the north, she took him away to Soochow and stayed in Yuecheng. He settled down and made a living by needlework from then on.
It is an unusual thing in the world to fall in love with another person. It is also extremely ordinary to abandon one's family and children for the sake of cultivating immortality. That Shen Jue is not a truly heartless and unjust person. After joining Taiping Dao, at least he still knows what to do. Provide for your parents and leave enough money for your wife to rely on.
However, during those few years, Zhuang Wudao watched his mother turn over and over every day, her pillow filled with tears. She was distressed, coughing blood, and becoming weaker day by day. How could he not feel resentful or annoyed in his heart?
Suddenly there was a cold current behind him, which instantly surged through his body, causing Zong Shou's mood to suddenly calm down.
"Yun'er?"
You don’t need to guess where this cold wave is coming from, it’s the ‘Qingyun Sword’ behind you.
"Your state of mind fluctuates too much, which is not good for your practice. In the way of practice, be careful not to be overjoyed or sad."
Na Yun'er said in a deep voice: "You are too obsessed with your inner demons. If you cannot overcome this inner demon, your achievements will be limited in the future. It will be difficult for you to survive the catastrophe of becoming an immortal, and it will be difficult for you to become a soul."
Zhuang Wudao frowned and said nothing, clenching his fists tightly. Again, he couldn't let go of this knot, and he was unwilling to let it go. Isn't it just for this wish that he has risked everything for the past ten years?
Could it be that if you don’t understand this inner demon, you won’t be able to practice?
Yun'er was silent for a while, and then said softly: "But if you really can't let go, then just go to more extremes. Use this obsession and inner demon for your own use, and integrate it into your own Tao foundation. If you use it well, it will be the opposite. It can be a boost to help.”
"Help?"
"Exactly! The Taoist sect has the 'Nurture the Spirit with Thoughts' technique, and the Demonic Sect also has the 'Demon Mind Refining Technique'. They are both techniques that use obsession to practice. However, they are also extremely dangerous. You must not go against the grain in your future actions. The original mind. And if you can't have smooth thoughts and your obsessions get heavier, you will one day become a demon and die."
Zhuang Wudao asked directly without thinking: "Which of these two methods is better?"
He didn't take this danger to heart at all. Legend has it that Chongyang's cultivation talent was above the third level, ranking among the best, and there were only four people in the world.
Ten years ago, Chongyangzi was only building a four-story foundation building. Ten years later, it is possible to hit the later stage of foundation building.
As for Zhuang Wudao, he was only a fifth-grade immortal bone, and had just started practicing Qi at this time. The hope of catching up was almost slim.
Even if there is a slight possibility of improving his cultivation, he is not willing to let it go. This is also the reason why he pursues diligently and does not hesitate to follow the path of karma and heaven, but also wants to enter the Lichen Sect.
"Naturally, it is the great method of refining the spirit with demonic thoughts, which turns the obsessive inner demons into demon seeds and spiritual embryos, and raises them in the soul. It can continuously stimulate the potential in the body, allowing people to practice with half the effort. However, there are many hidden dangers, if the foundation is shallow , if the body is not rooted, it may damage the origin. Most of the magic monks use magic to extract other people's essence and blood for nourishment. It is also very easy to become a demon and be infected by Nian Nian. However, there are many benefits. Once It can relieve your obsession and refine the demon seed. Just the power accumulated by the demon seed's spiritual fetus over the years can make your cultivation progress greatly. The stronger the obsession and the longer it lasts, the more benefits it will have."
Zhuang Wudao was already moved, but he also had scruples: "Ke Lichen Sect——"
After all, the Lichen Sect is a famous and upright sect in the southeast of Tianyi, and is incompatible with the devil.