Standing in the village, Zhang Lu felt at a loss in his heart. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This village is in the west of Luhun County, there is a barberry in the east, there is a white horse with bear's ears in the west, the two mountains are sandwiched, a straight through, and the nearby area has a very ancient name, called "Yu Ludi" - it is said that this is the place where the country of Yu is located in the Spring and Autumn Period (Yu is divided into four families, east and west, north and south, which one is specific, Zhang Lu must not be clear), and "slightly" is the meaning of the boundary.

Zhang Lu passed through the county and didn't plan to enter the city, so he took a detour from the west of Lu Hun and followed a small road to this village. But when I entered the village, I saw that most of the houses had collapsed, and the earth walls were black in many places, and there were traces of being burned by fire......

He took a general look at the corpses, and most of them were men, some were old and weak, but few were adult women, and they fell to the ground, and the expression on their faces before they died was full of fear and despair. Those who were really killed by the collapse of the wall or the fire were very rare, and most of them had one or even several transparent holes in their bodies, and the plasma flowed all over the ground, and it had already coagulated, showing a strange dark red color that made people palpitate.

There is no doubt that this is not a natural disaster, but a war.

The corpses were scattered everywhere in the east and west, and he hurriedly swept them with his eyes, there were no less than 100 of them, corresponding to the size of this village, and it is estimated that most of the villagers have been killed, except for some adult women who have been taken away. I can't help but think of a Chinese character in my mind: Tu!

In the troubled times, looting and slaughtering are commonplace, Zhang Lu has seen this word many times in various books in his previous life and this life, and he was mentally prepared at the beginning of his descent from the mountain. However, there is still an almost essential difference between what you read through the text or what you hear from the mouths of others, and what you see and experience with your own eyes, and the strength of the impact on your soul!

If he were still the original Zhang Lu—referring to the original soul before the crossing—perhaps he would tremble at the sight of this scene, and he would either bend down and vomit, or run away with his head in his hands. You must know that although Zhang Lu also experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, after all, his hometown Mi County is not far from the capital Luoyang, and the officials and troops are strong, so they easily drove the rebellious people back, and there was no too fierce battle;

But now Zhang Lu's body contains a new soul, this soul has read through books about all the tragedies in the world, not to mention the former Zhang Lu, even the Confucianism who knows the Six Classics in these years can't catch up - the Five Hu Chaohua, the Anshi Rebellion, the disputes at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the southern invasion of Mongolia, and the three massacres in Jiading...... Even the two world wars and the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, how could they possibly know! Especially in the last three large-scale wars, through film materials and film and television works, this Zhang Lu has already suffered many relatively intuitive audio-visual impacts. So he didn't throw up and didn't run away.

In addition, Zhongding has been cultivating for three years, not only self-cultivation, but also self-cultivation. Taoism has the concept of "double cultivation of life", the so-called sex refers to the human mind, spirit, and consciousness, and the so-called life refers to the body, life, and material; according to the different sects, there are two ways to cultivate life first and then cultivate life and first cultivate life and then cultivate nature, but Pei Xuanren taught Zhang Lu that life cultivation is cultivation of nature, and cultivation is cultivation of life, and the two must go hand in hand, and they must not be in order or even abandoned. Therefore, Zhang Lu at this time, whether compared to the old soul or the "otaku" in the previous life, his tenacity has been greatly improved.

It's not that Zhang Lu will no longer be subjected to the strong impact of the external environment on the soul, just like except for a few people with nervous system defects, the vast majority of human beings feel the same sense of pain, but the ability to endure pain is very different. Some people are so traumatized that they don't want to die, while others are tortured and don't change their minds. For Zhang Lu, his soul was also strongly impacted by this massacre that seemed to have happened not long ago, maybe some people would have a nervous breakdown on the spot when they saw this scene, or even go crazy, but he could still stand there steadily, and he had no intention of retreating.

But he was still at a loss, not for this massacre—which had long been expected—but for the sake of more massacres that had already taken place and were about to happen in this world. In troubled times, human life is like grass mustard, dying in battle, dying of massacre, dying of hunger, dying of epidemics...... The list goes on. In the same way, as a person, and a person who has not yet erased his conscience, how can he not "hurt his kind"?

So should we lend a helping hand and try to save those people who are hovering on the line of death, but who are still barely breathing and have not yet died? Go up the mountain to cultivate the Tao, just to ascend, and the person who is saved is only himself, and he can save the people? Tang Xuanzang was a saint, he went to India to seek the true scriptures, and after returning to the Central Plains, he translated them into Chinese and spread them widely, even if religion is just a narcotic, it can also anesthetize countless poor people all over the world. In contrast, saving one person at one time and one place is just a small merit.

However, I can't even start with this kind of small merit, first, I don't have the ability, and second, I don't have ...... Have you really worked hard? The original intention is to cultivate supreme supernatural powers, and you can go down the mountain to calm down the troubled times, but deep down, the original intention of this wish is not to save people, but to "succeed." However, the so-called "one will make ten thousand bones dry", wanting to succeed means killing more people, for the sake of the peaceful and prosperous world after the success that is still difficult to determine, is the killing in the process of struggle forgivable?

Maybe this is exactly the reason why Pei Xuanren wants to go down the mountain to experience by himself and understand from it. When there is always an end of manpower, but the chaos of the world is endless, and it is difficult to save the people with one body. Even if the heroes of this world in history, such as Cao, Liu, and Sun, were they killing people or saving people? Liu Bei fled from Xinye to Jiangling, and the people helped the old and the young to follow, but most of them were anointed with the sharp blades in Cao Bing's hands......

If you want to step on a smooth road for the development of mankind, and want to make **** and strife die forever, you can only seek and pursue the truth and avenue of the world - that is, the so-called "cultivating immortals". Although the future of cultivating immortals is more ethereal, after all, there is no need to cause more wars and more killings in the process of pursuit, and there is no need to kill another person in order to save one. What Pei Xuanren wants to make himself understand, maybe that's the truth.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lu couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly, he said in his heart that I am not so naïve, nor so kind and pure, my world view and outlook on life have already been formed, and I am willing to kill people for heroes and living people. What I saw in front of me was enough to shock and frighten me, but to abandon it all and escape into the mountains is to escape...... Flee from your original destiny.

But after thinking about it, it's hard to say, because what his original fate should have been, after a crossing, he was completely at a loss......

Although the mind will not collapse, it is inevitable that it will not waver, whether it should completely let go of this red world that does not belong to oneself and concentrate on cultivation, or uphold the original idea, the Tao can be re-entered after the completion of the law, it is indeed not something that can be figured out in a short period of time. Moreover, when people are shocked by the external environment, the thoughts that suddenly dominate are often not the most rational, or even the most in line with their own potential consciousness......

At this time, a strange voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and Zhang Lu, who was not in his mind, had to react for a whole second, and then he came to a preliminary judgment - is someone gasping for breath? Could it be that there are still people in this village who are not dead?!

Hurriedly followed the sound, and sure enough, a person was found under a rubble, who did not seem to be completely dead, and still had his last breath left. This person is about thirty years old, and he is dressed as an ordinary farmer, Zhang Lu hurriedly glanced at it, he didn't seem to have any blade wounds on his body, and there was no blood under his body, and his entire lower body was buried under the collapsed rammed earth wall.

Zhang Luxin said that you are really miserable, if you want to usher in death so slowly, it is better to be stabbed by the rebels. Stretch out your hand and press the man's pulse, and by the way, measure a true qi.

After three years of cultivation, Zhang Lu can now release his true qi to a certain extent. True qi is a thing that is formless and substantial, and in the world in which he originally lived, it only existed in the theories of qigong masters, and there was no scientific instrument that could prove it. However, this world is inherently strange, there are both immortals and true qi, so is it still strange? The true qi of human beings is born from the internal organs, should be conscious and grow, and exists in the body, which can condense thoughts and maintain the body, if it is released, according to Pei Xuanren, it can echo the aura of heaven and earth, and become all kinds of incredible works - to put it bluntly, that is mana, it is supernatural power.

The so-called true qi is the mutation of the aura of heaven and earth in the human body, and the cultivator can absorb the aura and transform it into a stronger one's own true qi. True Qi is like a black hole, through cultivation, you can continuously absorb all the substances in the outside world, and then also black hole and become a part of yourself. The more matter is absorbed, the larger the black hole is, and the stronger the attraction to outside matter.

For a rough example, although Zhang Lu is not theoretical, he also knows that black holes should be transformed into huge celestial bodies, and their own mass is infinite, and the matter absorbed by the outside world is compared to it...... There is really no suitable vocabulary in Chinese, or the word "nine cows and one hair" can be modified and called "nine stars and one hair".

The true qi in the human body was originally very tiny, that was a hair, and the external substance was the Nine Stars, but after cultivation, a hair could greatly absorb the external substance and gradually grow into a ...... Five cents?

All in all, the true qi contains, can cultivate one's own body, and the true qi is released, which can affect external substances, with Zhang Lu's current ability, he can save people's true qi and treat minor illnesses - for example, common cold and flu. The other party is just hanging on to his last breath, Zhang Lu is really angry, but when he feels that the mud cow enters the sea, it is not only useless, but it melts in an instant......

Zhang Luxin said that since he can't be saved, why don't I give him a simple one. However, his right hand had already put on the hilt of the sword, but he could not get it down...... After pondering again, this person's eyes were closed, his breathing was weak, he should have been delirious and fell into a deep coma, anyway, the most painful time period had passed, and he could not feel that he was stepping towards death step by step, so why should I bother?

I couldn't help but sigh and stood up. But he had just walked out a short distance, but he stopped abruptly - relying on a small blood vial doesn't work, so let's fill him with a big blood vial, don't I just have a tube on me!

Reaching out in his arms, he touched the three talismans given by Pei Xuanren, and took out the "Su Xi Talisman" in the middle. He hesitated, after all, this thing was for life, and he was reluctant to give it to anyone else—and a stranger who was about to die. However, I am also a life, and he is also a life, but if I can save my life, who will I not save? If I am never in danger, then won't this charm be wasted? Won't this person die in vain?

Zhang Lu didn't have any great discipline of sacrificing himself for others in his mind, let alone having absurd ideas such as "saving people's lives and winning the seventh-level floating slaughter", he just instinctively felt that props should not be wasted. In the previous life, when playing games, this often happened, and I was reluctant to use a whole bag of blood bottles, and I always felt that there would be more dangerous hurdles to rely on these supplies to get through, and the result was that I saved more and more, until my level exceeded the prop level too much, and I had to sell the old props...... It's just not worth it.

The psychological struggle is complicated to describe, but in fact it is only a flash of effort, and finally Zhang Lu stomped his foot: The more I think about it, the more boundless I become, after all, it is a life! So he turned around and returned to the dying man, and a flash of fire rose on the "Su Xi Talisman", which immediately turned into flying ashes, and the divine power and true meaning contained in it had penetrated into the man's limbs and bones.

The talisman is a one-time prop of the supernatural power, in short, only with some kind of supernatural power, can it be turned into a talisman, and the supernatural power must be used by himself, but the talisman can be faked by others. When casting supernatural powers, the effect of supernatural powers may be uncertain depending on the health of the body and the concentration of the spirit, and the effect of the supernatural powers may be "critted" or weakened - the possibility of complete failure is very low, but you can choose the most suitable time and environment, and concentrate your mind to make talismans, so the effect of the talismans is relatively stable.

In addition, there are two points that need to be explained: one is that the talisman is a one-time consumable, and it is impossible to use it repeatedly - the magic power can be cast repeatedly if the conditions permit; the second is that the talisman maker and the talisman user, the level cannot be too far apart, if Zhang Lu has never cultivated the Dao method, he will definitely not use the talisman, and if it is not Pei Xuanren but the talisman made by Zhang Jian, it is estimated that he will not be able to use it.

Pei Xuanren wrote three talismans to teach Zhang Lu, of course, Zhang Lu can be used, and the usage is also very simple, that is, his own true temperament into the talisman, and the natural effect is presented. And this appearance was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, the guy on the ground who was about to become a corpse let out a sigh of relief, and then suddenly sat up.

Zhang Luxin said that it really deserves to be a big blood vial, so I don't know if it is not used on himself, but on a complete mortal, will there be overflow? If there is overflow, it will be wasted...... It would be perfect if it could be torn in two.

The man sat on the ground, looking a little dazed, his lower body still pressed under the wall. Zhang Lu didn't say a word, saved people to the end, sent the Buddha to the west, and stretched out his hand to pull the remnant wall. After three years of cultivation, his strength at this time is very comparable, and he pondered that even if he can't reach the level of Zhang Fei and Xu Chu, the general generals whose strength is above 90 may not be their own strength. In these years, there are very few brick walls, most of them are rammed earth walls, which can press an ordinary farmer and can't move, and it is really difficult for him to count Zhang, and it didn't take much effort to completely pull it open.

Of course, in the process of pulling the wall, it is inevitable to cause secondary damage to the farmer...... In fact, it can't be counted, the first injury has been cured - the other party can't help but scream like a pig. This man's mind was also clear, and he quickly understood his situation, and quickly turned over on his crutches and fell to the ground: "Sir, save me? ”

Zhang Lu half-squatted in front of him, and said with a serious expression: "You are about to die, I saved him with Taoism, how will I repay me?"

The man was stunned for a moment, and then kowtowed: "The villain is poor and has no money to spare, so he has to be the only one who is willing to serve the gentleman...... Zhang Lu hurriedly waved his hand and said that I don't want your money, and I don't want your people - just you with thin arms and legs, what is the use of collecting it?—— "If you want to hear the situation here, you can be prepared to tell me." ”

When the man heard this, he straightened up and looked left and right, and tears began to fall. According to him, it was not long ago—for how long, he had been unconscious for a long time, and it is not clear—that a group of soldiers suddenly came and burned and looted in the village, while he himself was hiding under the low wall, and could have escaped the great disaster, but before the soldiers left, they set a fire, which burned the earthen wall to a pulp, and it collapsed in an instant......

Zhang Lu asked him: "Where is the soldier, can you recognize it?" The man replied that it was the Xiliang soldier, which could be distinguished from the clothing and accent - after all, the Dong Jiajun and the Kwantung princes and Zhu Jun had been fighting all over Henan for many years, and the local people were familiar with it. Zhang Lu asked again, "Where did they come from and where do they want to go?" The man replied, "I don't know where these soldiers came from, but where are they going?"

"The villain heard that there was a soldier saying: 'If the court does not pardon us and others, all the kings want to die.'" Then death is death, and death is death, and when you die, the country will die!"

Zhang Luxin said Oh, this is still a soldier who has read books, and he can copy Chen She's famous sayings...... In this way, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others have indeed been instigated by Jia Xu, and are rushing to Chang'an City one after another. Well, I took advantage of this time to go to Mi County, and it seems that the danger factor is greatly reduced.

So he got up and departed. The farmer grabbed Zhang Lu's clothes: "Where is the gentleman, what should I do now?" Zhang Luxin said that I take care of you, you are not a charming Meijing Niang, I saved your life and had to be responsible for escorting-" Henan has been burned by soldiers, and there is no end, you can flee to other counties. Shake off the man, strode out of the village—he still has a mission, and if he can't get rid of it by a farmer, it will be troublesome.

The farmer was still on his knees, but he did not chase him, but stroked his wounded legs, and froze on the spot. But when Zhang Lu walked away, all of a sudden, the man's black hair fell without wind, and fluttering, and before he could hit the ground, it suddenly disappeared into nothing—as if it had melted into the air.

Not only that, but even the clothes on his body changed in an instant. He was dressed in a dirty, shabby shirt with narrow sleeves, only knee-length, no trousers, bare-legged, and barefoot in a pair of rotten straw sandals, just like the poor peasants everywhere. But in an instant the shirt became neat, and the sleeves widened, the placket lengthened to the ankles, and the lower body was covered with trousers, and shoes and socks were complete—no longer straw sandals, but a pair of bast shoes.

The man stood up, only to see that his head was bare, there was no hair, he was wearing a gray straight dress, he turned around and glanced in the direction where Zhang Lu left, and his hands were He Shi: "Amitabha, this son has a benevolent heart...... and then pouted: "It's a pity that the cultivation is still shallow, but I came early." ”

After sighing to himself, he parted his hands in front of his chest, and saw a talisman written on the bark of a tree with yellow mud water appear in his palm. The man picked up the talisman with two fingers, got closer, glanced at it, couldn't help but crook his mouth, and threw it in the ruins with disdain......