Chapter 40: Death and Determination
A few days passed in a flash.
In the past few days, Yue Zheng has rarely lived a clean life without hard training every day, eating a small stove in the medical department every day, in addition to recuperation is the cultivation of breathing methods, and occasionally chatting with Gu Lao's granddaughter Xin'er and apprentice Ah Hua to relieve boredom, and the life is very comfortable.
During this period of time, because of the experience of being kidnapped by the ghosts and gods and escaping from death, he was famous again in the entire Demon Eradication Hall, and during the period of time he was recuperating from his injuries, in addition to the familiar instructors Xing Yuan, Xu Liang, Ghost Tooth and others came to visit him, from time to time there were other demon slayers who inquired about him through the medical department.
In addition, according to Xu Liang, the wanted documents and portraits issued by the Demon Removal Hall have been passed on to all the large and small counties in Liangzhou, and the owner of Yizhuang and others who are wanted to 'escape' are everywhere.
The reason why it is not wanted in the whole country is because the owner of Yizhuang Zhuang and the others are obviously peripheral members of the ghosts and gods, and there are thousands of marginal members like this, and it is not worth making such a big deal at all, if it weren't for the alarm of their infiltration into the Demon Eradication Hall that angered the subordinate demon exterminating agency, they would not even be qualified to be wanted in a state.
At the same time as the wanted warrant was issued in the entire Liangzhou, an investigation and purge of the ghosts and gods was also set off in the entire Huaran County, but except for a few foolish people who privately worshipped wild gods and evil gods, no traces of other ghosts and gods were found.
Such a result also made Yue Zheng slightly relieved.
After all, the members of the ghosts and gods took the initiative to accept the pollution mutation, and most of the distorted minds were not good, and he didn't want such a group to be secretly staring at him.
The day came to evening.
In the quiet room where the lights flickered, Yue Zheng, who had eaten and drunk enough, and had changed the medicine again, was calm, stretched out his limbs, and was posing in difficult postures.
After reaching the strong state within the three stages of breathing, the cultivator's vitality and recovery power have been significantly improved, and in just a few days, Yue Zheng found that most of the wounds between his waist and ribs had healed, so he began to try to continue the practice of the "Iron Body Gong" secret book.
In the room, I saw Yue Zheng's body exuding steaming heat, his limbs twisted, his posture changed, sometimes like a python, sometimes like an arched bridge, sometimes prostrate like a beast, with the cooperation of breathing, the operation of internal breath, a unique heat sensation continued to emanate from all parts of his body, tempering the flesh of these parts little by little.
Half an hour, an hour, the sky outside the window is getting darker and darker, and it is necessary to control the operation of breathing and internal breath under the difficult posture, which is a great consumption of physical strength.
"Whew, Whew......"
When the twenty-eighth posture was completely completed, feeling the pull of the injury between the waist and ribs, Yue Zheng's movements suddenly retracted, and he gasped violently.
"Twenty-eighth, only eight positions remain......"
Clearly perceiving the changing feeling of the flesh and blood of the skin membrane in the pulling, Yue Zheng was happy in his heart:
"I'm not injured yet, if my state is fully recovered, there should be no problem doing more than thirty, sure enough, the higher the realm of the breathing method, the easier it will be to cultivate all kinds of secret books!
It was obvious that after being promoted to the advanced breathing method, the cultivation of the Iron Body Skill was more handy than before, and Yue Zheng was overjoyed.
An ordinary person, and a person who is proficient in breathing, obviously will not be the same as the efficiency of practicing the same secret book. The higher the breathing method and physical fitness, the stronger the physical strength, energy, and control over oneself, and the easier it is to practice various secret books under the commanding height.
Yue Zheng judged according to the current situation, after the injury recovered, it would not be long before he could officially get started with "Iron Body Gong", and then he could use the 4 Destiny Points he had just collected to upgrade with one click!
"4 points of destiny are enough for me to upgrade "Iron Body Gong" to the absolute top in one fell swoop, and if nothing else, "Iron Body Gong" will be the same as "Sky Splitting Knife" after being upgraded, and it will also have a significant increase effect on physical fitness. ”
Yue Zheng's eyes were burning and he squeezed his fists:
"According to the instructions on the secret book, Dacheng's iron body is like iron casting, and ordinary fists and feet can hardly break the defense, even in the face of sharp weapon slashes, it has a strong defensive effect. In this way, not only can I help suppress the abnormality of my eyebrows, but my ability to save my life has also been greatly improved, and if I meet the people of the owner of Yizhuang again, hehe......"
The cultivation realm and combat strength are not the same, and when the cultivation realm is not much different, the combat skill is undoubtedly an important weight of life and death for absolute victory, and a few days ago in the battle of Yizhuang, Yue Zheng has already deeply realized this truth.
At that time, if he only had the rank of the advanced breathing method, and did not have the cooperation of Dacheng's "Splitting Sky Knife" sharp knife technique, he would not be able to quickly solve He Xiong and Lu Sheng, let alone the stronger Yizhuang owner.
And in the one-on-one fight with the owner of Yizhuang, his cultivation realm and physical fitness may be weaker than that of the owner of the uprising village, but Dacheng's Splitting Hollow Knife is sharp and ruthless, not only erasing the opponent's advantages, but even suppressing the opponent from beginning to end.
It is conceivable that when the "Iron Body Gong" is completely cultivated, even if the existing breathing realm is not upgraded, his means and strength will increase significantly.
It was already as dark as ink outside the window, and after thinking about it for a while, Yue Zheng stood up and prepared to wash and rest.
"Brother Yue, you have become famous these days!"
However, as soon as he passed through the front hall, Gu Lao's granddaughter, Gu Xin, who was sorting medicinal herbs, covered her mouth and laughed when she saw him:
"I just met Abel who was doing cleaning and I asked about you, you are more popular than grandpa now. ”
Gu Xin's age is similar to the age difference between the original owner's sister, that is, fifteen or sixteen years old, but because of the perennial help in the medical office, he looks more mature.
Yue Zheng stopped and said with a smile:
"Gu Lao, Ah Hua, and you are the most popular people in the entire Demon Elimination Hall, the life-saving Bodhisattva. ”
In the past few days of recuperation in the medical office, Yue Zheng has become familiar with Gu Xin and Ah Hua, he looked at Ah Hua who was writing something at the counter on the side:
"Ah Hua, is it still your vigil today?"
Doctor Ahua just nodded silently, and Gu Xin on the side sighed:
"Of the three apprentices taught by my grandfather, one ran out to run for the future, and the other went back to his hometown to visit relatives and hasn't come back, and now only Brother Ah Hua is doing the vigil, I'm worried that he has been going upside down like this, how should he marry a daughter-in-law in the future?"
Ah Hua glared at Gu Xin, who was a small ghost, and still didn't speak, but Yue Zheng found it interesting.
Gu Lao also had two apprentices besides Ah Hua, and he had heard Gu Xin talk about it two days ago. Doctors and pharmacists are very popular professions in this world no matter where they go, and their salaries will never be lower than those of demon slayers, but the fixed salaries are obviously not as much as what they earn outside, so Gu Lao's apprentice ran away and choked Gu Lao's anger enough.
After another apprentice returned to his hometown to visit relatives, although there are only two Gu Lao and Ah Hua who can see a doctor now, plus Gu Xin can barely cope with it, that is, Ah Hua usually doesn't like to talk, which makes Gu Xin, who has a lively personality, a little bored a lot of the time.
Thinking of this, Yue Zheng smiled and said:
"Ah Hua has a hand in medicine, and after he goes out, many girls have to line up to marry him, so why worry about this?"
Gu Xin was unconvinced: "I didn't say that Brother Ah Hua couldn't marry a daughter-in-law, I was worried that he would ...... in the future."
"Quick, quick!"
"They've been injured by the deviants, save them!"
With a bang, Gu Xin's words were not finished, and a rush of footsteps and shouts came from the night outside the gate, and as soon as Yue Zheng turned around, he saw four unknown demon slayers carrying two stretchers each, rushing in with an anxious face.
On the two stretchers, there were two young demon slayers covered in blood and pale as paper, one was broken at the elbow of his right arm, and the broken wound was as if it had been bitten alive by some fierce beast, while the other was even more tragic and terrifying, because a bloody wound of twenty centimeters had been cut between the chest and abdomen of this person, and it was almost disemboweled, and the wriggling internal organs under it could already be clearly seen!
The smell of blood filled the entire front hall, seeing such a tragic injury of the second demon slayer, Gu Xin's face turned pale, but Ah Hua stood up suddenly: "Carry the person to the treatment room! Xin'er, go and call the master down immediately!"
Gu Xin hurriedly got up and went upstairs to call Gu Jinping, and several demon slayers covered in blood and carrying stretchers didn't bother to say much, and immediately sent two seriously injured people to the treatment room.
"Xin'er, A-Yue, go get two basins of water!"
Before they could put the wounded in the two treatment rooms on the wooden bed, Gu Lao, who had gone downstairs after hearing the news, had already walked in, and together with Ah Hua, he quickly began to debride and stop the bleeding of the two seriously injured wounded respectively.
And when Yue Zheng's helper and Gu Xin had just fetched two large basins of water and came in, they saw Gu Lao, who was treating the wounds of the most seriously injured demon slayer, and his movements suddenly froze.
Under him, the bloodied young demon slayer, whose pupils dilated and stared straight at the ceiling, the remaining brilliance of his eyes was filled with fear, pain, and a deep nostalgia for the world.
Gu Lao, who was already accustomed to life and death, gently wiped his eyes for him.
"Flying Boy ......"
Seeing this scene, the four demon slayers standing in the doorway rolled their throats, their eyes red, as if they had expected such an outcome, but they couldn't say a complete word.
On the side, Yue Zheng didn't say a word, watching all this silently.
He didn't know which team this demon slayer belonged to, but they apparently paid the price of blood tonight when they encountered a terrifying monster that had fallen into a dream and seen a ghost and god that had lost control and mutated.
Life and death are fate, although he had been mentally prepared when he chose to join the Demon Slayer Hall, but when the death of blood and life really happened in front of him, he really deeply felt the danger and cruelty of the work of the Demon Slayers.
He also strengthened his determination to control all the power and not let such a tragedy happen to himself and the people around him!