Chapter III: Hostages
Shenmu City.
The Li family.
Patriarch Li Haimo's study.
"Tianliang, come in." Li Haimo's voice came out of the study with an oppressive force.
Li Tianliang, the elder of the family cultivation hall, put away the book in his hand, walked into the room, stood respectfully in front of the patriarch, and looked at the white-haired old man with low eyebrows.
"Dare to ask the patriarch, what do you command?"
"Among the disciples you have brought this year, are there any geniuses?" Li Haimo asked in a deep voice.
Li Tianliang frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head: "All the disciples are just learning the art of poison debate, and they haven't started cultivating yet, so they really can't tell who is a genius and who is a mediocre talent. ”
"And who is more spiritual?"
"These kids are not bad, they are smart and smart."
"Then through the Five Poison Caves this time, will they be able to successfully obtain the same ginseng?" Li Haimo asked again.
"Both." Li Tianliang nodded affirmatively.
Li Haimo nodded, and then said in a deep voice: "This time, you can leave ten disciples in the family, and the family will continue to cultivate, and the rest of the disciples will be handed over to the Five Poison Sect for cultivation." You remember that those with good talent must stay, those with poor talent must be given to the sect for training, women with good looks must stay, and if there are brothers in the family, they should be divided, the younger ones will stay in the family, and the older ones will be handed over to the sect. ”
After Li Tianliang heard this, his face showed hesitation: "Patriarch! The Five Poison Sect is a demon sect, and the internal competition is extremely cruel, and many outstanding disciples of the family have died in the sect trials. ”
"The Five Poison Sect is the upper sect! In the future, don't be commensurate with the Demon Gate, not to mention the cruelty of the Five Poison Sect trials, won't the family task risk life and death? ”
"The disciple knows."
"Report the list to the old man before you go."
"Patriarch, the disciple is very embarrassed." Li Tianliang looked hesitant.
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, you report the list first, and in the end, who goes and who stays, it depends on their colleagues."
"Yes, Patriarch." Li Tianliang looked embarrassed, but finally nodded and said that he obeyed the patriarch's decision.
The Lee family.
Li Haoshan's house.
Father Li Haoshan, mother Jiang, Li Shuidao and his two five or six-year-old brothers and sisters, a family of five sat in a small courtyard, bathed in the glory of the sunset, and ate a warm family banquet together.
"Are you going to the Five Poison Caves tomorrow?" His father, Li Haoshan, looked a little worried.
Li Shuidao nodded, "Yes, father." ”
Her mother, Jiang, was a mortal, and she asked worriedly, "Isn't it dangerous?" ”
Li Shuidao laughed softly, "Mother, don't worry. We've been preparing for so long, and everything will be fine. ”
"That's not what worries about the Father." Li Haoshan shook his head and stopped talking.
"Father has something to say." In Li Shuidao's view, Li Haoshan is quite young, and now he has just turned thirty years old, which can be described as the prime of life.
The two sides are also fathers and friends, and there is never a gap.
"Over the years, at least half of the clansmen who have obtained the same ginseng will be sent to the Five Poison Gate."
"The doctor told us a long time ago that the family resources are not enough to cultivate everyone, and it is indeed necessary to send the clansmen into the Five Poisons Sect to cultivate on their behalf." Li Shuidao said.
"Be a ...... for the Father When the family first came to Montenegro to gain a foothold, there were more children of the family who were sent to the Five Poison Gate, and after obtaining the same participation for their father, they were left by the family in the Five Poison Gate and worshiped under the Black Light Dao people. Li Haoshan said with a frown.
"Father, I've never heard you talk about this?" Li Shuidao was quite surprised, he also thought that his father had never been to the Five Poisons Sect, and had always been cultivated by the family.
"Don't mention it, for my father to go to the Five Poisons Gate to raise a spirit animal for three years, during which he washed and cooked, brushed the toilet and did chores, and often chopped wood until late at night, fortunately, Tong Shen is a gecko that can hunt by himself, otherwise Tong Shen is afraid that he will starve to death."
"This ......," Li Shuidao frowned.
"Father, has he learned the Dao Fa in the past three years?"
"I haven't even seen the face of the master, how can I have the opportunity to learn the Tao, and be a celebrity by the side of the master, either I can speak the Tao, be good at sneaking around and shoot horses, or dare to fight and kill, and perform well in the trial, otherwise I can only do chores, I have no chance to practice the Tao, let alone have cultivation resources, so since you were six years old, your father told you to learn the way of etiquette, and in the future, you will enter the Five Poisons Gate to follow the master, and you can also slip around and pat the horse, and win favor, maybe he will pass on your mantle, but with you so stunned, Obviously, he couldn't get the favor of Shizun. Li Haoshan said with a frown.
Li Shuidao was obsessed with studying the essence of poison cultivation and had already written hundreds of thousands of words in Chinese characters.
When the research question reaches this level, it is naturally a little silly, and it naturally seems a little unpleasant.
"Uh...... And how did the father come back? Li Shuidao asked with great interest.
"That Black Light Dao man lost the battle with others and died outside, we, the disciples who followed him, were naturally sent back to the family, and only started to cultivate after returning to the family as a father, it was really not easy."
"What if the Black Light Dao man didn't die?"
"Then I'm afraid that my father is still doing chores in the Five Poisons Sect, do you know that Rong Ling Realm monks generally have a lifespan of two hundred years, and they can reach Rong Ling Realm at the age of fifty or sixty, and it is impossible to wait until they sit down naturally."
"Then if my father can't do it, can't he retire?" Li Shuidao continued to ask.
"It's impossible, if you can't do it for your father, you will be sent by your master to participate in all kinds of dangerous trials." Li Haoshan said.
Li Shuidao stared at his father's face for a long time, and Li Haoshan felt that his son was a little strange.
"Father, this can't be, right?"
"How could it not be? for the eyes of the Father. ”
"Since my father had foreseen this, why not find a chance to slip away?" Saying the word "open and slipping", Li Shuidao's voice was very low.
Li Haoshan stared at Li Shuidao, which also had a deep meaning, and only said after a long time: "If I slip away, it is equivalent to betraying the Five Poisons Sect, and the whole family will have to die if you betray the Five Poison Sect, and you will just be born at that time." ”
As soon as these words came out, Li Shuidao suddenly realized.
There is a strange rule in the clan rules, Li Shuidao has never thought about it, but now he has finally figured it out.
Whenever a clansman joins the sect, he will marry a wife and have children within a year, and as long as the child is conceived, the family will send the clansman to the sect again.
If you marry a wife and have children, the sect will definitely grant leave.
This Nimana gave birth to a son, and this is the creation of hostages.
"Child, you can go away and fly high to do a casual practice, and it doesn't matter if your father and mother are implicated, but your younger brothers and sisters are still young, and they shouldn't ...... Alas......" Li Haoshan sighed, not knowing how to continue.
Li Shuidao looked at his young parents, and then at his two younger siblings who didn't know anything, and the food in the bowl suddenly became unfragrant.
It's late at night......
Li Shuidao walked alone to the brazier at the door, with a thick thread-bound book in his hand.
Flip the pages of the book......
The book is full of Chinese characters.
Li Shuidao threw the thread-bound book into the brazier, the flames were blazing, and his gaze was as deep as water.
Prepare for the worst......
If you are sent to the Five Poison Gate, then you must first strive for a win-win situation.
If the master and apprentice can be harmonious, they will naturally be happy.
But if you have to squeeze yourself, then you have to exhaust what you have learned and break the situation with poison!