Volume 1: The Thousand Years of Streams Volume 1, Chapter 24: The Choice of Life and Death

After returning to the sect, Sun Zikai first went to the tomb of Yan Mingzong, which is actually a temple group, the first half is the ancestral hall, worshiping the heavens and the earth and ghosts, few people come to burn incense and worship on weekdays, and the second half is the nunnery, respecting the people who have died in the outer gate in the past hundred years, or the people who have made outstanding contributions to the outer door, and fewer people come on weekdays.

But the face work is still in place, no matter whether anyone comes to mourn or not, the sect can ensure that someone will clean it every day.

After searching for a long time in five or six houses and thousands of spiritual seats, he finally found his father and mother.

After being stunned for a while, he called out to his father and mother softly, nodded, then stopped for a moment, was silent, and then quietly walked out of the house, and then went out of the sect, went to Linghou, and went to "Anshengguan".

Flying in the sky all the way, he arrived at "Ansheng Pass" in half an hour, Lao Yang was standing on the wall and looking out, who expected Sun Zikai to suddenly appear behind him.

Lao Yang was startled, and said suspiciously: "Where did you come from?" ”

Sun Zikai pointed to the sky, and then said, "You guys are okay. ”

"Why did you come back so soon?" Lao Yang blamed, "Practice, you have to be single-minded!" ”

"I've made a fortune, but I miss you." He patted the two large packages next to him, which contained gold and silver scavenged from the basement of Han Lei's house.

Lao Yang opened the package and said, "Why are you alone... I'm a drip mother! You stole it? Where did you come from so many ......" As soon as he raised his head, Sun Zikai disappeared, and Lao Yang was in a trance for a while, thinking that he was hallucinating, but as soon as he lowered his head, the white flowers and golden gold and silver were in front of him.

Sun Zikai hurried back to the sect, afraid that he would not be there, and those guys would find Jiang Yujin, but it was true, when he ran a few miles away from "Anshengju", he had already sensed several powerful energies.

Walking quickly to the door, he first stretched his body to a state of combat readiness, and then calmly walked in.

There are not many people in the courtyard, a straw mat, a table, and two men and women sitting on both sides, and the energy level is above the level of Jindan. Behind the woman stood Feng Yueyi, while on the side of the man stood Jiang Yujin.

Jiang Yujin was relieved when she saw Sun Zikai coming back, and Sun Zikai walked quickly to her side and signaled her not to be afraid.

The little girl Feng Yueyi said angrily: "You are finally back, if you don't come back, the master will cook me!" ”

Wu Lanmu was very disappointed with Sun Zikai's first impression, a thirteen-year-old boy only had the level of condensation, then all her previous conjectures were overturned, it stands to reason that she should have left a long time ago, but she noticed that Fu Zhe was very interested in this young man, so she remained silent.

"Huh? It's you. Sun Zikai recognized the man at a glance.

Fu Zhe nodded, but Sun Zikai said, "We met many years ago. ”

Fu Zhe was stunned for a moment, and quickly recalled the screening in his mind, but he couldn't remember who this kid was at all, besides, how old was this kid many years ago? How could he possibly know such a mud kid?

Sun Zikai said: "Five years ago, we had a relationship, outside the 'Ansheng Pass', I asked you, can you teach me to practice, you said, I should go back to the city to celebrate Ansheng. ”

Fu Zhe thought for a moment, but still didn't remember, Sun Zikai said in detail about that year, when he heard that he was trying to prevent the cultivators who were going to help the barbarians enter the pass, he finally remembered the past, that year his master Bai Zhu wanted to use the barbarians to reap benefits in the fourteen cities, he couldn't bear it, so he went to stop it, and did meet a group of gatekeepers pretending to be barbarians halfway, among them, there was indeed an eight-year-old child.

"It's you?" Fuzhe found it hard to believe that after five years, that kid had really embarked on the path of cultivation.

"It's me."

"Remarkable." Fu Zhe agreed, "I heard that no barbarians have broken into the pass over the years, and the guards have made a lot of contributions. ”

"Yes."

"Imp!" Wu Lanmu was an anxious child, she couldn't help but say, "How did you enter the Xianyuan and survive?" Why. ”

Sun Zikai paused for a moment and replied, "I have been fighting with barbarians since I was a child, and I have developed a special sense of danger. ”

"Lying" Wu Lanmu poked and said: "I miss your young age, don't do anything to you, say!" Whoever brought you in, who did that in the Ancestral Garden! ”

"I did it, and I was punished."

Wu Lanmu said angrily: "Don't act with me, it's Ma Dairan, or Ma Guanzheng, hmph, if it's not these two brothers, it's Qu Hanrong!" ”

Sun Zikai's eyes changed slightly, and he immediately asked, "Who are Ma Dairan and Ma Guan?" Can I meet Ma Guanzheng? ”

Wu Lanmu was aroused, Fu Zhe asked her to calm down, Feng Yueyi said: "You are really a layman, Ma Dairan is the master of the Medicine Sect, and Ma Guan is the master of the Sect of Arts." ”

"Oh-" Sun Zikai's gaze was dead and terrifying, "I know, thank you." ”

"Could it be Zhi Weici?" Wu Lanmu frowned and said to Fu Zhe.

Fu Zhe immediately dispelled this idea and said: "Sister Zhi treats people kindly, she has never been involved in disputes, and it will not be her." ”

"Huh" Wu Lanmu said disdainfully, "That woman makes me feel uncomfortable, I don't believe that she is a good thing." ”

"Lan Mu, don't be rude, it was all because of her own words that we were exempted from the punishment of demotion, and Sister Zhi is kind to us."

Wu Lanmu was very angry, her slender legs loomed, and after a little staggering, she rushed at Sun Zikai again, and scolded: "Boy, aunt, I don't care who you do things for, if I find out that you step into the Xianyuan half a step again, I will kill you alive." ”

Sun Zikai replied indifferently: "I was not instructed by anyone, and I slipped into the Xianyuan at night. ”

"You can't go during the day!"

"I haven't been there during the day, and what happened in the garden has nothing to do with me."

"Don't play stupid, I'm talking about rabbits!"

"Rabbit?" A trace of confusion flashed on Sun Zikai's face, "What... Rabbit? ”

Jiang Yujin reminded him in a low voice at this time: "They said that we caught other people's rabbits, which are the rabbits on the edge of the first garden and outside the forest." ”

Before she could finish speaking, Sun Zikai sighed and said, "That was the test given to us by the elders of the outer gate before the two of us entered the cultivation office. ”

"You mean you caught the rabbit yourself?"

"yes, rabbit... Can I help you? ”

Wu Lanmu sneered and gave Feng Yueyi a look, Feng Yueyi went to the side to retrieve a box, and after opening it, a petite rabbit jumped out.

Wu Lanmu said: "Right now, I'll give you a pillar of incense time, catch it, it doesn't matter if it's dead or alive." ”

Sun Zikai didn't understand the meaning of this test, but it didn't seem wrong to catch a rabbit. He bent down and picked up a small pebble, and when he got up, he flicked the stone out, and hit the rabbit in the middle of the eyebrow, and the rabbit turned over in the belly, and lay on the ground and kicked his legs.

Sun Zikai walked over slowly, grabbed his ear and lifted it, and sent it to Wu Lanmu.

But he finally noticed the expressions of everyone present, Jiang Yujin covered her face with one hand, she also just knew not long ago, it turned out that the rabbits in the first garden were not easy to be caught, for the outer disciples, it was an impossible task, they understood the wrong people's meaning, it turned out that they really just needed to catch two rabbits casually.

Sun Zikai also figured this out at this time, and quickly organized the reason in his mind. Before they could speak, Sun himself said to Fu Zhe: "I told you in Manqian Building, you had better inquire about my origins, I began to fight with barbarians at the age of seven, and I have a special sense of danger, and I can understand the movements of the rabbit, so it is not difficult to catch them." ”

Feng Yueyi was dumbfounded and said, "It didn't move at all." ”

"So it's early insight."

Wu Lanmu was also shocked, she reached out and grabbed the rabbit, only a few clicks, the rabbit was alive again, Wu Lanmu said: "Catch me again, don't use stones." ”

"I refuse, catching rabbits was originally a test for us by the elders, and we didn't make a mistake in this matter."

"Boy! Before and after, in less than half an hour, you caught more than 800 rabbits? Wu Lanmu stood up, forced in front of Sun Zikai, lifted his collar, and said, "Come, catch me again." ”

After that, she took Sun Zikai and flew into the sky, while the rest of the people waited in place.

Fu Zhe beckoned the two girls to sit down, but Fu Zhe had already seen that Jiang Yujin had a good temperament, so he took the opportunity to ask, "Where is the girl from?" ”

Jiang Yujin had long stopped hiding his life experience, and said calmly: "Thousands of miles away, Song Kingdom." ”

Fu Zhe was stunned, she looked at Jiang Yujin for a long time before saying, "You are the daughter of the Emperor of the Song Kingdom?" ”

"Do you know the country? Do you know the emperor? ”

"Of course, I've been to your country." Fuzhe replied.

Jiang Yujin was very surprised and asked, "When have you been there?" ”

Fu Zhe replied: "After I succeeded in marrying the Dan, I gained the ability to ascend to the sky, and on a whim, I traveled everywhere, flew out nearly three thousand miles away, and lived in your small national city for a while, this was about nine years ago, how could you be here?" ”

Jiang Yujin looked lonely and told the Song State about the demise of the country, and Fu Zhe sighed: "The great country has declined in three years, and you have suffered a lot along the way." ”

Jiang Yujin and Sun Zikai are very similar in their ways of dealing with this, they calmly accept the misfortune of fate, without any complaints, because they know that it is useless, they will only tell themselves what to do next.

Fu Zhe didn't feel any pain or sadness from this girl's body, and immediately realized her tenacity, and he asked in a low voice, "How the hell did you two enter the sect. ”

Jiang Yujin didn't want to answer, she chose to be silent until Sun Zikai came back, and Fu Zhe didn't force it, and sat quietly.

And after only half a pillar of incense, Wu Lanmu grabbed Sun Zikai and fell from the sky, as soon as he landed, Fu Zhe noticed a strong change in Wu Lanmu's expression, Wu Lanmu at this moment, shocked, stupid, panicked, confused... He guessed an impossible possibility.

Wu Lanmu and Fu Zhe looked at each other, she was probably uneasy, Xu was excited, paced around the courtyard, turned around several times and walked quickly towards Sun Zikai, and then stopped and walked away.

Fu Zhe said to Sun Zikai: "You caught all the eight hundred rabbits? ”

Sun Zikai shrugged his shoulders and replied, "It turns out that you are here for this matter, and it is not difficult to catch rabbits." ”

Jiang Yujin pulled Sun Zikai's sleeve, she didn't understand Sun Zikai's practice of really catching rabbits, in the past, Sun Zikai would definitely pretend that he couldn't catch rabbits, but why is this now. What she didn't know was that when Sun Zikai, who was supposed to act like this, heard the name Ma Guanzheng, he immediately wanted to understand or get closer to Ma Guanzheng through Wu Lanmu, he needed to understand which person should be let sink into the darkness and accept the slaughter.

Wu Lanmu gave Fu Zhe another look, signaling him to leave with him immediately, Fu Zhe understood, and after a few words, he got up and left, leaving only Sun Zikai and Jiang Yujin in the courtyard.

Jiang Yujin was puzzled: "It's good if you don't admit it." ”

"I need to admit that there is something that needs to be done with this."

After Fu Zhe and Wu Lanmu left, they first sent Feng Yueyi away, and then the two whispered, and then, Fu Zhe flew out of the sect.

At noon, Fu Zhe came to the main residence of the Beast Sect and saw Wu Lanmu in the house.

Fu Zhe's expression at this time was also the same as Wu Lanmu's before, pacing around the room uneasily, and it took a long time to calm down, and he said: "He didn't lie, he really fought with the barbarians for many years." He flew to Ansheng Pass and thoroughly inquired about Sun Zikai's origin from the gatekeepers.

"His first murder was at the age of five, and he killed twenty-three people in a row, including adults."

"Ridiculous!" Wu Lanmu said, "It's impossible. ”

"Isn't it ridiculous that he caught more than eight hundred rabbits in front of you?"

Wu Lanmu was speechless, and Fu Zhe continued: "The first time he left the customs at the age of seven, he slaughtered the old and weak women and children of a tribe by himself, and also commanded more than a dozen guards, killed more than 200 male barbarians, and went out of the customs alone at the age of eight, and within four years, he killed thousands of people. ”

Fu Zhe sighed: "I thought that the barbarians had lost interest in the Guannai over the years, so that the Fourteen Cities had a long peace, but I didn't expect that it was this little ghost, it was he who killed all the barbarians close to Ansheng Pass, this guy was covered with blood, and he was an out-and-out devil." ”

Wu Lanmu asked, "What do you want?" ”

"Get rid of him! This kind of guy, if he is allowed to enter the path of cultivation, then it will be fine. Fu Zheyi frowned, "Or drive him back to Ansheng Pass and let him be a gatekeeper for the rest of his life." ”

"I disagree!" Wu Lanmu became extremely excited, "I'm going to take him as an apprentice." ”

"Nonsense!" Fu Zhe said, "He is too murderous, his sins are like the sea, I have tested him, and now he is only condensing his qi for a while, and he can easily defeat the child in the qi training period, if he builds a foundation, or even marries the Dan, can the world still be peaceful!" ”

"Who said he was guilty!" Wu Lanmu asked, "A gatekeeper, if he doesn't kill the barbarians, will he be killed?" I'll tell you, this is the way of survival of the herd, the survival of the fittest, you have to find out if he really kills indiscriminately, if there is a reason for what he does..."

Fuzhe interrupted her and said, "What if there is a reason! He has killed thousands of people, and his life is no longer of great importance to him, and whether he will kill indiscriminately in the future is only a matter of thoughts. ”

"I don't think he's evil." Wu Lanmu, who has been with beasts all year round, often has different feelings from others in the nature of what she sees, "Your performance and choice are just because you are afraid!" ”

"I'm afraid?" Fuzhe said angrily, "No kidding. ”

"You are afraid, the people you have killed in your life may not have killed as much as this child has so far, people are most like low-level weak beasts, like a dog, a hunting dog, no matter how fierce it is, when you encounter a little tiger cub, you will still be scared and tremble, this is the blood suppression of the beast itself, that guy is not a dog, let alone a person, he is a beast, the highest level of the beast, any of his actions, whether good or evil, will make you feel suffocated and afraid, I am different, I am so excited! I'm in the middle of it, and I seem to be witnessing the growth of a Beastmaster, and you're going to strangle him! ”

"Lan Mu! Don't go crazy, it's not child's play! Fu Zhe became more and more excited, he could even imagine that after that guy built the foundation, he defected to the sect and became a murderous big devil in front of and behind the mountain, and even thought of a worse situation.

didn't give Wu Lanmu a chance to speak again, Fu Zhe used a seal and sealed Wu Lanmu in place, Wu Lanmu couldn't even open his mouth, Fu Zhe said: "I'll deal with him now, there is a high probability that I will kill him, and after the matter is completed, I will come to rescue you." With that, he raised his feet and left, leaving Wu Lanmu whimpering anxiously.

It was a sunny day, but it was blackened by three thick dark clouds, and the wind blew, sweeping the seedlings in the vegetable field.

Fu Zhe pushed the door in, the straw mat was not removed, and the table was not moved, but there were more teapots and teacups on it, and Sun Zikai sat quietly at the table.

Fu Zhe walked over and stood behind Sun Zikai.

Sun Zikai said indifferently: "Are you here to kill me?" Sun Zikai naturally knew that Fu Zhe would go to Anshengguan to find out his origin.

Fu Zhe was a little surprised, and said: "Your origin is indeed not ordinary, you kill people..."

"I'm constantly faced with countless choices, but fortunately, every time, I choose the right path."

After hearing this, Fu Zhe walked to the table, sat down facing Sun Zikai, and asked sharply, "Why did you kill people when you were five years old?" ”

Sun Zikai did not hide it, and described the events of the year in detail, and Fu Zhe asked again: "Why did you kill the barbarians, the old and weak, women and children." ”

"Because our old and weak women and children have also not received any mercy from the barbarians, do you really know what survival is and what fighting is?"

"That's the old and weak, the women and the children! They are not guilty! ”

"Innocent? When they slaughter our old and weak women and children..."

"That is their iniquity, and if you do the same, what is the difference between you and the barbarians?"

"No, there is a difference," Sun Zikai said indifferently, "I need to be more ruthless than them, I need to kill more, I want all the barbarians in that land to usher in great fear when they see that pass, so that our old and weak women and children can live." ”

Fu Zhe still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Sun Zikai's ridicule, Sun Zikai smiled: "My lord, do you really know what survival is?" What is Fighting? The knife that cuts at your neck will not ask you if you are afraid of pain, the weapon in the hand of a baby is as deadly as the one in the hand of a man, killing people is evil, you kill a man and leave women and children, are you righteous? If we who have been cut by the butcher's knife do not resist and do not become more ruthless, will we wait for generation after generation of barbarians to slaughter us cleanly, and then you will step on our corpses, step on the backbone of our descendants, drive the barbarians away pretendedly, and then suck away the bone marrow of the living? I still remember that my home, that small city, was captured by the barbarians brought by you who could fly to the sky, and there were many people in the city who survived in the end, because you scraped up all their remaining money and food, and starved to death that winter. We accept the slaughter, but what is the result? The barbarians are comfortable, you are comfortable, we and our juniors, dead. ”

Hearing this, Fu Zhe thought of what his master Bai Zhu had done, and couldn't help clenching his fists, lowering his head, Sun Zikai continued: "If you want to judge me by this, then you are not qualified at all, you have never cared about the life and death of the people of the Fourteen Cities, it is the peace that we have exchanged for the lives of the guards from generation to generation, if the time comes again, I will still do that, no... I will cherish this opportunity to kill more barbarians and make them lose their offspring. ”

Fu Zhe felt the contempt in Sun Zikai's gaze, he was speechless for a while, and only said after a long time: "You, you are not suitable for cultivation, go back to Anshengguan." ”

"You've said that years ago."

"It seems useless." Fu Zhe looked up at Sun Zikai, this young man is not like a teenager.

"So you're going to kill me?"

Fu Zhe's killing intent that should have appeared did not appear, but he saw the banter in Sun Zikai's expression, what he didn't know was that when he leaked out the killing intent and decided to make a move, it was his death, his vitality and energy, and he had been firmly grasped as soon as he stepped into this courtyard.

Fu Zhe sighed, he still let go of this child, just like the gatekeepers who went from incomprehensible to admitted, he thought of every moment of choice that this child experienced, but he didn't have the courage and ability to make the next decision like that child, Wu Lanmu was right, this child was a beast, a beast king... However, he still could not accept that this devil had stepped into the path of cultivation.

Leave a message, "I'll keep an eye on you at all times." Fuzhe walked out the door.