Volume 4: The Eventful Years Chapter 179: Fate
Baoyu also felt that the cultivation of the magic method might become a very special secret, but with his current cultivation of the four realms, it was far from being able to cultivate it to the fullest, and it was even more difficult to teach it to others. He knew it himself, but he didn't know how to teach it and couldn't teach others to practice and learn, it was just a unique chance encounter.
Xiao Tian jumped out from behind him again, wagging his tail and circling Baoyu several times, a pair of dog eyes looked at him curiously, still whining, as if to say: "What kind of kung fu is this, scare me! It's fun to watch, how did you learn it, can you teach me to play too?"
Baoyu said with a smile: "I am a human being, and I transform into the form of a horse with a divine aura, but I just changed my magic, and in the city I just walked through, haven't you seen someone doing a trick in the bazaar? And you are a dog, as long as you cultivate to break through the four realms in the future, you can turn into a human form and cast all kinds of magical spells cultivated by everyone, isn't it even more amazing? Why learn this!"
When Xiao Tian heard this, he also felt that it made sense, and he shook his head and thought about it while fighting pheasants in the mountains. I secretly thought in my heart that I should also cultivate well, I have been walking upright for so many years, and I should turn into a human form and raise my eyebrows as soon as possible.
After mastering the new magic method in this retreat, Baoyu's supernatural mana naturally broke through the original limit, and his cultivation had reached the consummation of the four realms and nine turns, which was an unintentional improvement. Xiao Tian was very envious of this, he grew up and cultivated with Baoyu, but he couldn't catch up with his cultivation. It must be because he has not yet broken through the four realms and turned into a human form!
Xiao Tian has now broken through the Three Realms, and his cultivation speed is already quite amazing, even surpassing many monks with good qualifications. But after all, demon cultivation is different from people, and besides, it meets people like Baoyu.
But Xiaotian has regarded himself as a human since he was a child, a member of the Lucun clan like Baoyu, so he thinks so. I can't speak, that's because I haven't "grown up" yet, and don't the children in Lu Village also can't speak when they are young? It's just that the process of growing up is a little longer. The appearance is also a little different. As for those other dogs that were met on the road...... Don't think about this kind of question for a while!
On the way to leave the wilderness, Baoyu has gone from the age of fourteen to the age of fifteen, and his cultivation has also reached the perfection of the four realms and nine turns. But he has a different opinion from Xiao Tian, and he doesn't think that his speed of improvement is amazing.
I heard that it took less than a year for Shan Ye to cultivate from the beginning of the Four Realms to the consummation of the Nine Realms of the Four Realms, but after the consummation of the Five Realms and the Nine Transformations, he failed to break through the Six Realms for decades. If it weren't for the cultivation of the Elite Jue and the youth and longevity that far surpassed ordinary people, I am afraid that there would be no chance to break through the Six Realms again.
The path of cultivation, the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes, not the faster you progress at the beginning, the higher your achievements will inevitably be in the end, and the latecomers may not be able to catch up with your predecessors, to a certain point. It doesn't make a difference in decades or even hundreds of years. When Hou Gang envied Baoyu for having such a cultivation at a young age, Cangjie told the heirs like this.
And Baoyu himself certainly understands this truth, so he does not have the slightest complacency, he has seen Xingsha and Cangsha before and after, he knows very well that his current ability is far from enough in front of real masters. If he wants to fulfill the entrustment of the mountain god and his own wish, he still has to go far, far on this road.
Baoyu took Xiaotian and continued to walk through the mountains and wilderness, and he found that the aura in this area was good. On the steep and difficult high cliffs, you can often see some rare medicinal herbs growing. But the so-called rarity is only relative to ordinary people, Baoyu did not go to pick, his package has already contained a lot of things, and he does not want to bring more after a long journey.
In some remote places, Baoyu also found traces left by the occasional passerby, and on those inaccessible cliffs, it is likely that those who come have good kung fu. They should have come to collect medicine.
As Xiao Tian continued to walk through the mountains, he found new fun. In this no-man's land, it could have comfortably walked upright on its hind legs, but it had been running on all fours for the past few days. And fiddling with that silver horn, it's almost a bit addictive. Baoyu's newly practiced supernatural "trick" is related to this horn, and it seems to want to break some mystery from it.
In the past few days, Baoyu has often watched Xiao Tian put the silver horn on the door of the dog's head with the method of imperial objects, sprinting back and forth with his head down, as if he was simulating the horse that had chased it away with his legs, and it looked as if he had become another little monster that he had never seen before.
On this day, Xiao Tian was sprinting back and forth in the bushes with the silver horn, and there was a low roar in his mouth, he felt that his speed seemed to have become faster, no longer much slower than the horse, and he was having fun, when he suddenly heard Baoyu hold his voice and whispered: "Don't run around, quickly put away the silver horn for me, there is someone in front." ”
In the depths of this impenetrable wilderness, how could they meet people, maybe other monks, but it was a bit too coincidental! They came out of the woods to a waterhole, and saw two men in the distance.
A large burly man with a bow on his back, a quiver and a machete at his waist, as if he had come to hunt, stood as straight as a pike spear beside a stone on a soft grass slope.
On the stone sat a young man, who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, with his hair tied back behind his head, a turban on his head, and a short hoe and a bamboo basket with a lid beside him, like a man who had gone into the mountains to collect medicine. But looking at his dress, his clothes are very plain, different from ordinary medicine pickers, as if he is going out for a leisurely trip, and he does not carry climbing ropes and thick clothes.
There was a melancholy look in the young man's eyes, and he was looking into the distance, when he heard the voice, he turned his head with some curiosity, and his expression eased a lot. And the middle-aged man had already turned to Baoyu's side, one hand subconsciously pressed the hilt of the knife on his waist, and shouted in a low voice, "Who is here?"
Someone suddenly appeared in the deep mountains and forests, of course, it would also surprise them, and when the big man saw Baoyu's appearance clearly, and saw the dog wagging its tail beside him, his expression was slightly relaxed, not as nervous as Fang Cai. Baoyu took the initiative to salute and said, "I am a monk passing by here, and I am traveling in the mountains to cultivate. ”
At this time, the young man jumped off the stone and asked in a crisp voice, "It turns out that you are also a monk, did you go into the mountains to collect medicine this time?"
Baoyu said with a smile: "I'm mainly for cultivation, if I see a special elixir in the mountains, I might as well pick a few and take them out." ”
The young man also smiled: "My name is Shao Miao, you can call me Xiao Miao; ...... What is your name and where is the monk?"
Baoyu replied, "My name is Yingdai, you can call me Baoyu." I'm not a local, I'm just a wandering monk. ”
The name Ying Dai was naturally said casually by Baoyu.
The boy gave his official name and a common nickname, and Baoyu felt that he should say the same. In fact, in many villages, names such as Baoyu and Da Zhuang will follow those villagers for the rest of their lives, and they never have any official names. But when the monks of all sects in the world deal with each other, they still need each other, otherwise it is not very polite.
Baoyu has traveled so many places and traveled so far, and of course she understands these things. And although this big man and this young man are dressed as hunters and herb pickers, they are obviously also monks, and Xiao Miao's words did not hide this.
At this time, Xiao Tian rubbed Baoyu's leg with his body, and raised a front paw to point at the young man, sniffing and barking twice, not when he was demonstrating to others, but whining like a puppy, as if reminding: "Boss, that young man is actually a girl dressed as a man, I can smell it with my nose!"
What else can it use without smelling it with its nose? In fact, Baoyu also noticed it, but did not break it, and gently kicked Xiao Tian, and shouted in a low voice: "Don't be rude!"
There is nothing rude or rude, anyway, the other party doesn't understand what Xiaotian means, but a dog stretches out his paws and points at people whining, which looks a little funny. When Baoyu kicked it, it twisted its waist very lightly and dodged away, which made it even more fun.
Xiao Miao's attention was immediately attracted by Xiao Tian, as if she had discovered something new that made her very happy, and she exclaimed excitedly, "What a cute dog!"
The big man's expression seemed to be a little uneasy, and he wanted to stop it but didn't speak, and quickly followed behind Xiao Miao. Xiao Miao ran to Xiao Tian's side and hugged the dog with both hands. Xiao Tian twisted his limbs innocently, but he didn't struggle, because Baoyu was staring at it with his eyes - meaning to make it honest.
Hug it, hug it, even if she takes advantage of it, there is obviously no malice in looking at the girl who changes into men's clothes. Unexpectedly, Xiao Miao's next action was even more excessive, and he actually held it to his chest with one hand, and then stroked its head and neck with his other hand and said, "Baoyu, you dog is so good!"
Xiao Tian was so depressed that he almost didn't use his roaring supernatural powers, and tried his best to endure it so that he didn't have a seizure. But the hand was still groping around on it, and Xiao Tian simply closed his eyes and made a look of resignation.
Xiao Tian, a fierce beast in the Megatron Mountain in the hunting team of Lu Village, was inexplicably defeated by this men's girl at this moment. It also heard the girl laugh and say, "What a human dog, it seems to understand me." ...... Look, it closes its eyes and loves it when I touch it!"
Xiaotian had no choice but to close his eyes, thinking that when it was in Lu Village, the children would only touch their heads, pull their ears, and chase and fight together when they played with it, because the clansmen didn't treat it as a dog, and then ...... It is a wild mountain forest in the town.
But the girl was so good that she held it to her chest with one hand, her forearms supporting her chest and abdomen, her hands under her neck, and the other hand brushing the hair on her neck and back. Xiaotian felt that he was at a loss, so he suffered because he was a little smaller, not the kind of high-headed dog, so he was picked up by the girl with one hand, but he couldn't play with it as a pet!
Xiaotian's whole body is yellow and white, it looks a little silly when it is not powerful, it is really fun, at this moment the flower head and flower tail are drooping down, and it seems that there is no such lively wit. Xiao Miao had a faint body fragrance, but Xiao Tian was too close to her, and its nose was too smart, so she wanted to sneeze a little, and finally held back.
The sneeze was held back, and Xiao Tian felt that the breath on Xiao Miao's body was actually quite good, and he felt a little intoxicating, and then he was secretly vigilant - could it be that this girl had a misty fragrance and wanted to take the opportunity to charm it? It had seen the Soul Eater Smoke at the border gate! He closed his eyes and sniffed lightly, and felt that it was not like it, it was the breath of the girl's own family.
What's more, Xiaotian was held by her with one hand on her chest, and she could feel that the girl was wrapped in cloth inside her clothes, because she was pretending to be a man. And Xiaotian is too sensitive, and he can still have that soft, warm, and somewhat swollen feeling through his clothes—this is very wrong! But he can't describe what is wrong, anyway, it has never felt this way.
Xiao Tian had to secretly say in his heart: "I'm a dignified man, I won't worry about you as a girl! Hug it, touch it, wait for it, one day I will make you responsible!"
Baoyu held back on the side and didn't laugh out loud, secretly saying in her heart that this dog who likes to have fun was actually cleaned up by a girl in men's clothes today. And Xiao Tian was about to hold back his internal injuries, but fortunately, Uncle Dao opened his mouth in time to relieve it, only to hear the big man say: "Xiao Miao." Put people's dogs down quickly, and don't be rude. ”
Xiao Miao was a little reluctant to put Xiao Tian back on the ground, Xiao Tian twisted his body and shook the hair on his body, only then did he feel relieved, and he couldn't help but be grateful to the big man named Uncle Dao.
Uncle Dao saluted Baoyu again and said, "Mr. Yingdai, Xiao Miao is my nephew. We are here to go into the mountains to collect medicine. He is young and naïve, if there is any rudeness, please don't care. ”
Baoyu smiled: "You can call me Baoyu, this little Miao...... Brother, there's nothing rude about it. ”
Xiao Miao said again: "Since you are also going into the mountains to collect medicine, why don't we go together." The road here is not easy to walk. There are some sinister places that are isolated from the outside world, and there may be very powerful poisonous insects and beasts. ”
Baoyu nodded happily and said, "Okay, then let's go together." ”
I haven't seen anyone else for two months, and it's boring to walk through the mountains alone, but I feel happier when I travel with Cangjie and Hougang a while ago. Now that I have met Uncle Dao and Xiao Miao again, let's go together, listening to their tone should be local people. And Baoyu is not familiar with this area.
Seeing Uncle Dao's expression, he seemed to want to dissuade him again, but he opened his mouth and didn't say anything after all, because Xiao Miao had already sent out an invitation, and Baoyu also nodded and agreed. And Baoyu doesn't look like a bad guy, just a teenager with a hound through the mountains. Although the dog is not big, it should be quite fierce, but it is very humane and docile in front of Xiao Miao.
Several people walked together and went to the mountains to collect medicine. Baoyu was also very interested, and wanted to see what kind of elixir Xiao Miao was looking for? Because he sensed very clearly, the medicine basket on Xiao Miao's back was empty, and there were some medicinal herbs growing by the waterhole just now, and some of them were quite valuable when they were taken outside the mountain. But she didn't pick it at all, didn't she know it, or didn't look at it at all?
Baoyu can also see it. Xiao Miao's origin may be very noble. She brushed away the thorny thorns as she went, so that she wouldn't scratch her clothes, and she would inadvertently use the Imperial Technique, otherwise a little finger. It won't be the whole branch to get out of the way, obviously there are already three realms of cultivation.
Although her cultivation is not too advanced in Baoyu's eyes, she may not be able to catch up with Xiaotian, but at her age, she is already quite good. She claimed to be Uncle Dao's "nephew" and followed the elder into the mountains to collect medicine. But Uncle Dao's attitude towards her is very respectful, and he will try his best to follow her advice in everything, but he is like an accompanying guard.
As for Uncle Dao's cultivation, Baoyu didn't see how tall it was, because this big man didn't show any magical means, and he didn't need to travel in the mountains. Most of the time, Uncle Dao is holding a machete to cut through thorns and thorns in front of the road, and when climbing steep and steep places, he is always by Xiao Miao's side to prevent accidents, while he walks steadily and calmly.
Looking at his body shape and footwork, cutting every knife in the thorns, Baoyu knew that this person was a master who had been tempered for thousands of years, and he must have cultivated martial arts, and kung fu was by no means only. Even if he only cut off a weak twig, he wielded the right amount of force, and he would never use too much force, and the tough hardwood and miscellaneous trees in the mountains, which were difficult to cut with ordinary knives and axes, he also broke them with one swing, as easily and casually as cutting vegetables.
Before Baoyu left the wilderness, he had used a mountain axe to open a road from Lu Village to the bottom of the mountain, and he was quite experienced in the use of strength, but he still felt that he could not catch up with this sword uncle.
can have such a personal guard as Uncle Dao, and have three realms of cultivation at a young age, Xiao Miao's origin must be extraordinary. But Baoyu didn't care about that, and when he was in Rainbow City, the people he met also thought that his background was noble, and it wasn't a big deal.
Xiao Miao is indeed here to collect medicine, when they walk through the mountains, they are looking for a place where medicinal herbs grow, when they finally find a relatively rare medicinal herb, Xiao Miao always can't hide his disappointment. Those medicinal herbs were obviously not what she was looking for, and she was not interested in picking them specifically.
However, Uncle Dao occasionally picked a few medicinal herbs with his hands and collected them in the package he carried, which were basically some healing elixirs.
If Baoyu was just a medicine picker, even if it was a monk who came to collect medicine on purpose, he could take advantage of these two people by traveling together. Because Xiao Miao and Uncle Dao found a lot of medicinal materials one after another, but they didn't pick them, it was equivalent to giving them to Baoyu for nothing.
However, Baoyu also didn't pick it, and Xiao Miao didn't think it was too strange, as if he had known that he was not interested in those medicinal herbs.
Every time he found that the medicinal herbs were not what he was looking for, Xiao Miao always had a worried look on his face, and only occasionally stopped to rest and tease Xiao Tian, and a happy smile appeared on his face. Xiao Tian was secretly instructed by Baoyu not to easily reveal his supernatural cultivation, and he had to pretend to be a little good dog in front of strangers, so as not to be seen by others, so he always let Xiao Miao get his hands and was often hugged and rubbed.