Chapter 306 How is the relationship between faith and faith?
"Yes, yes..."
I thought Gao Tonghe would continue to ask questions, but he suddenly let out a long sigh, shrank down like a deflated rubber ball, and murmured:
"...My uncle often sighed alone, but I asked but didn't tell him the reason. It turned out to be...haha, it turned out to be because he felt that his branch was withering, and he was sorry for his ancestors!"
By the end of the story, Gao Tonghe had tears in his eyes, looking up to the sky, his eyes passing through the rocks, not knowing where he was going.
Looking at his lonely appearance of a withered corn stalk, Zhang Baoer couldn't help but be infected by his grief, but his eyes were more filled with confusion and curiosity - what happened to this man? What exactly happened?
What experience made him end up like this?
Xiao Sha looked at it for a long time, and when he saw that he still didn't look back, he felt a little impatient, so he simply sat on the ground and took out the spirit stone and ate it like peanuts.
Perhaps it was the clicking sound of biting the spirit stone that played a role. Not long after Xiaosha started eating it, Gao Tonghe shuddered, lowered his head, looked at Zhang Baoer and asked with a wary look:
"You didn't lie to me?!"
"ha?!"
Zhang Baoer smiled again and asked unceremoniously:
"Are you worth cheating on me?!"
"...it doesn't seem worth it!"
Gao Tonghe lowered his head, and then said with an extremely sad smile:
"I should be the only one in the clan who knows about the existence of 'Shadow Killing Technique' and 'Three Wu**'. It is impossible for those traitors to know..."
Having said this, the bitter taste on his face suddenly became more than twice as strong:
"It's so sad and hateful!!! The great clan has withered away like this. There are thousands of clan members, but no one knows the Taoist text!!!"
Hearing this, Zhang Baoer saw that the time was almost up. He originally wanted to comfort him, but he saw Gao Tonghe scolding him with a stern tone:
"Uncle! You are a sinner!!! For the sake of your own selfish desires, you hid your ancestral skills and didn't even teach Daowen to future generations! You really don't deserve to die! Idiot!"
This scolding made Zhang Baoer and Xiaosha dumbfounded. The development of the matter was completely beyond their expectations. This roar was really sudden and caught people off guard!
But... after thinking about Zhang Baoer for a moment, he understood: the former patriarch is like many great men in Chinese history. Before success, thousands of people praised him, and after success, thousands of people criticized him. There is no other reason than that he wants to be the supreme emperor.
you!
That's what the 'uncle' thought. After taking over the power, his ambitions expanded and he wanted to stand out. He completely forgot about his mission, morality, loyalty and filial piety. For his own selfish desires and fear of someone 'usurping the throne', he tried every means to prevent his tribe from learning.
Dao Yan knows his ancestral skills; although he probably knows that it is inappropriate to act like this, he is obsessed with power and prefers to go to the tiger mountain even though he knows that there are tigers in the mountain... Of course, this may not be his problem alone. The patriarch before him may have done this.
It’s impossible for the entire clan to be ignorant of Taoism. It’s not something that can be accomplished in just one generation if you want to ban these things. I have to sigh: The power is so evil!
Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth curled up and he smiled:
"Patriarch Gao, please don't disturb my business and listen to my translation carefully. After listening, you can do whatever you want. Even if you want to kill me, I won't interfere!"
"..."
Gao Tonghe was speechless and could not speak for a moment - he suddenly realized that Zhang Baoer was an outsider and had nothing to do with the Dark Night Human Race.
But...he is unwilling to accept it!
"Sir, do you really want to help the emperor do evil?!"
After a while, he mustered up the courage to say this.
Zhang Baoer was stunned at first, and then laughed again:
"The business I do is at fair prices and I am honest! It is not my fault whether I am right or wrong. Even if it is my fault, so what? I, Zhang, am not a philanthropist."
Hearing this, Gaotonghe shivered again and remained silent, unable to refute.
But just when Zhang Baoer sneered and planned to continue translating the scroll, he raised his head again, his eyes burning like a drowning man seeing a life-saving straw and asked:
"If...I can pay a higher price, your Majesty...can you help me?!"
Zhang Baoer shook his head and said seriously in a rather reserved tone:
"I, Mr. Zhang, value integrity above all else. As the saying goes, 'If you don't have faith, you won't stand.' Please don't mention this matter again, patriarch!"
This sounded like rejection no matter how you said it, but Gao Tonghe's eyes became brighter. He clenched his fists tightly and asked:
"If I lead the entire clan to join the envoy and become one of my own, will the envoy fight for his own life?! Will the envoy agree? How does loyalty compare with friendship?!"
"ah?!"
Zhang Baoer stood up with a startled sound, staring at Gao Tonghe with his pupils uncertainly zoomed in. Gao Tonghe's words were so unexpected to him, it was like thunder in the clear sky!
Gao Tonghe's eyes did not move away, shining brightly on Zhang Bao'er. Just as he was about to strike while the iron was hot, he saw Zhang Bao'er suddenly smiled bitterly, sat down, knocked on the stone table and said:
"It seems that you or your situation is very bad... Otherwise, how could you be reduced to a servant? Haha, I am very curious, what is the reason for you to say what you just said? Can you explain it to me?"
Gao Tonghe nodded, but was silent for a while, his eyes were sad and blurred, as if he was stuck in bad memories.
Zhang Baoer did not rush him and waited for his answer quietly. He knew that the other party would definitely tell him, because he felt that he was like a ray of light in the darkness in the other party's eyes, and he would pounce on him desperately like a moth.
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Sure enough, he guessed it right. After a while, Gaotong and Mianmian struggled and said hoarsely:
"Some time ago, Gao Liangying and others... secretly contacted the Night Demon servants..."
"Night Demon Servant?!"
Zhang Baoer couldn't help but interrupt him, with a look of surprise on his face, and asked with doubtful eyes:
"Is there anyone named Yang Zhan, Yang Lin, Yang Dan or Bai Mian?!"
Gao Tonghe shook his head and said that he didn't know. He had never met the servants of the Night Demon. All this was said by the 'traitor' when he persuaded him to surrender.
Seeing that Zhang Baoer was speechless, he continued:
"I don't know what kind of benefits they got, and she persuaded several clan elders to plan to capture us one by one. In order to prevent the clansmen from rescuing me, she even abolished my cultivation... In this way, even if I am lucky,
Even if he is saved, he will be a waste in a short period of time and will not pose a threat, haha..."
Hearing this, Zhang Baoer suddenly realized that no wonder this man looked so bad and had no spiritual power fluctuations on his body. It turned out that he was not imprisoned but was crippled... Then, here comes the question! Why is he still 'bargaining' with himself?
Confidence comes from?!
Perhaps understanding Zhang Baoer's doubts, Gao Tonghe, who was smiling bitterly, suddenly fixed his eyes, stared at the book in Zhang Baoer's hand and said:
"As long as I can understand the techniques described in the imperial edict, I can restore the holy realm in less than half a year?!"
"impossible!"
Zhang Baoer screamed strangely and said:
"Is cultivation a child's play?! Let alone half a year, even ten years is impossible!"