Chapter 24: The Oath
Dusk fell again, Xuan Chongzi recited the Tao Te Ching for a full day, even though his energy was far better than ordinary people because of his cultivation, he couldn't help but feel a little tired.
"The poor road is a little lacking, so let's stop here today!" Xuan Chongzi said in a light tone.
"Daoist has really worked hard today! Why don't you go back to your room and rest for the time being, and we'll remind you when it's time to eat! β
Xuan Chongzi nodded, and went back to the guest room directly, but as soon as he closed the door, his expression was no longer as indifferent as Fang Cai, and he muttered: "Why hasn't this little demon shown its original form, could it be that her true Taoism has been hidden by her?" No way, unless her deeds are far superior to mine, how can she hide from me? But if so, how could she have been caught so easily by me? β
His brows were tightly locked, and he looked puzzled, and finally paced back and forth in the room several times, and finally sighed softly: "That's it, let's try again tomorrow, if the Tao Te Ching is really useless to her, in order to eliminate the demon and defend the way, I can only create a killing!" β
In a blink of an eye, the time was approaching, and Zhou Hong was now sitting in the cage, and his spirit was surprisingly good.
Before, when she followed the white fox to cultivate, in order to improve her Taoism, in addition to absorbing the essence of the moon through the moon worship breath on the fifteenth day of every month, she also had to recite the Tao Te Ching ten times a day, and so on.
But today, she listened to the Tao Te Ching that Xuan Chongzi had read to her dozens of times, and found that her Taoism had improved a lot, and the effect was more than her own diligent practice for more than a month, and she couldn't help but be surprised in her heart.
"I can't imagine that I listen to others recite the Tao Te Ching, and it is so much faster than my own cultivation, is it because the Taoist priest's Taoism is higher than mine, so there is no effect and blessing? If I can survive the catastrophe and return to Tianchi Waterfall after that, can I ask the white fox to also recite a thought to me, it stands to reason that he has more than a thousand years of Taoism, and he should not be worse than this Taoist priest, right? β
At this time, two hundred miles away in the Tianchi Waterfall of Changbai Mountain, the white fox was lying quietly on the stone, it looked at the night sky with an anxious face, and its eyes were very uneasy.
"Aunt Hong, Aunt Hong, what's wrong with you, it's been two days and two nights, why haven't you come back?"
Then it became a little gnashing of teeth: "This damn confinement not only restricts my freedom, but also makes my spells impossible to get out of ten zhang, otherwise I can finally figure out what happened to her, hateful!" β
Zhou Hongxian thought about it for a while in his heart, and finally couldn't help but hang his head, and said in his heart What kind of person the white fox is knows better than anyone else, that is a person who is bent on enjoyment, and he usually needs to serve himself with all his heart, will he have that leisure to recite the Tao Te Ching to himself? It's really a bit of a fool's dream, not to mention whether you can survive or not, it's pointless to think too much!
Suddenly, a voice sounded outside the cage: "Lady? β
"Yang Shouxin!" Although it was dark and no one could be seen, Zhou Hongxian already remembered this voice deeply, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly took a step back to the center of the cage.
The oil lamp lit up, and a face with a expression was attached to the outside of the cage to reveal: "Don't be afraid, lady, I'm here to save you!" β
It's such nonsense again, the reason doesn't change, Zhou Hongxian couldn't help but scold: "You get out of me!" β
However, Yang Shouxin had already prepared, he hurriedly reached in and stuffed a ball of cloth into Zhou Hongxian's mouth, then grabbed her hands and glared at her angrily: "You fox demon, shut up for me!" β
Zhou Hongxian struggled, but her strength was so small that she couldn't break free, she couldn't help but think of those unpleasant pictures last night, and she was so anxious that tears squeezed out.
"Brother Qiu, this is the fox demon you mentioned!" Yang Shouxin turned back to the dark road behind him.
After a while, a man's figure appeared under the light, he was about forty years old, his face was slightly frosty, he was looking at Zhou Hongxian directly at this time, his eyes lit up and said: "The face changed by the spirit is really extraordinary, and the real country is fragrant!" β
Yang Shouxin smiled obscenely: "Hehe, Brother Qiu, don't be fascinated by her appearance, otherwise you won't be able to control it all the way back, and be careful that you can't get to Chang'an!" β
The desire in the man's eyes gradually retracted, and he smiled lightly: "I have lived for most of my life, and I still have this concentration!" With that, he raised his hand and made a gesture forward, pointing to the cage and saying, "Aji, open the cage!" β
"Yes, master!" A thick voice replied, and then a tall figure appeared behind him, and I saw that the human body was as strong as an ox, but the whole body was black without a trace of flaws, and its appearance could not be seen at all in the faint light, only the white teeth were a little dazzling.
"Negroes?" Zhou Hongxian saw the appearance of that person, even if he was coerced, his eyes were very surprised, and suddenly a noun flashed in her mind: "Kunlun slave!" β
The wooden plank on the cage was quickly dismantled by the Kunlun slave, and then he reached in and wanted to grab Zhou Hongxian, Zhou Hongxian naturally resisted again, but the Kunlun slave suddenly covered it with a sack, and then she couldn't see anything.
Seeing that the mouth of the sack was gradually tightened, and then the bag was carried to the shoulders by Kunlun Nu, the middle-aged man couldn't help but show a smile on his face.
"Brother Qiu, you have already got this fox demon, should you also give me the thousand taels of gold?" Yang Shouxin said with a smile.
However, the middle-aged man said with a hint of apology on his face: "Brother Yang, please forgive me, I may not be able to take out that gold for a while!" β
Yang Shouxin suddenly became angry: "What do you mean by this?" β
"There is a reason for this, Brother Yang should not be angry first, please speak further!"
Yang Shouxin leaned over with doubts, and the middle-aged man whispered: "I originally had a thousand taels of gold, but I encountered robbers on the way here, and I could only abandon it to save my life. Brother Yang, I'm really sorry! β
"You dare to lie to me, believe me or not-" Yang Shouxin's eyes widened, and he was about to have a seizure, but after a while, his eyes widened and widened, and they were big and round.
I saw that the middle-aged man was covering Yang Shouxin's mouth with one hand, and took out a dagger with the other, which was slamming into his heart.
"Brother Yang, I know that this matter is difficult to be good, so I really can't help it!" The middle-aged man smiled faintly, pushed Yang Shouxin away, and let him fall in a pool of blood, Yang Shouxin looked at the dark sky, and his pupils gradually dilated.
Early the next morning, Xuan Chongzi woke up to a faint cry in the distance, he wondered in his heart, so he hurriedly got out of bed, but as soon as he put on his robe, a guy knocked on his door: "It's not good, Dao Chief, it's not good!" β
Xuan Chongzi opened the door and said, "What's going on?" β
"Our shopkeeper was killed last night, and the fox demon is gone!"
Xuan Chongzi was taken aback, and then he followed his men to the backyard of the restaurant, where he saw Yang Shouxin lying on the ground and crying beside his corpse.
"Wake up, second uncle, you can't die! What should I do if you die? Yang Yin's little face was covered with unstoppable tears, crying a little heartbroken, although he Aya was alive, his relationship with Yang Shouxin was not very close, but Yang Shouxin was his only remaining relative after all, looking at the tragic death of this only relative, how could he be indifferent at a young age.
Yang Yin saw Xuan Chongzi come out, and for a moment he seemed to see a savior, he knelt all the way over, hugged Xuan Chongzi's leg and said: "Dao Chief, you have great powers, please save my second uncle!" β
Xuan Chongzi glanced at Yang Shouxin's already gray face, and knew what to do, he shook his head and sighed: "It's too late, and the poor road is powerless!" β
A few days later, Yang Shouxin was also buried, and his grave was placed next to his brother Yang Shoucheng. Yang Yin waited for the last piece of paper money to burn out, stretched out his hand to wipe the last trace of tears on his face, after a long time, he turned around, bowed heavily to Xuan Chongzi behind him, and said: "Dao Chief, please accept me as an apprentice, I want to avenge my Aya and my second uncle!" β
"I told you, I don't know about your Aya's death, but your second uncle's death was done by people, not by fox demons! Moreover, you must think clearly, if you worship me as a teacher, from now on you will have to give up everything mundane, and all kinds of rules and precepts are waiting for you, and that kind of pure suffering is definitely not what you can imagine today! β
Yang Yin's immature face was full of determination: "Dao Chief, I'm really not afraid, I'm willing to suffer that kind of suffering with you!" β
In fact, for the little boy in front of him who has been in contact with him for many days, Xuan Chongzi loves it very much, and he can't help but think in his heart: "I am now nearly sixty years old, but there is still no successor, and I am really a little unwilling that this body Dao technique is uninheritable, this child is not only related to me, but also talented and intelligent, is a good material for cultivation, not as good as meββ"
After another period of hesitation, Xuan Chongzi finally said: "Okay, Poor Dao will accept you as a disciple today, and in the future, if you follow me to travel all over the world, I will give you the Dao name 'Yunxiaozi'?" β
Yang Yin cried with joy, and bowed and said, "Master is above, please accept the worship of Yunxiaozi!" β
"Good apprentice, please get up quickly!"
After Yang Yin stood up, he secretly swore in his heart: "When I grow up, I will kill all the demons in the world, and I will find the evil fox demon and dismantle her to avenge my relatives!" β