Chapter 52: Mandrills
"You're going to Lu's family to celebrate your birthday?"
In the hall, Zuo Ruotong heard his disciple's words, and his face showed a little joy.
In the past few years, Li Muxuan has been cultivating hard in the mountains, and his life cultivation is not only far beyond his peers, but even some cultivators of the older generation may not be able to compare with him.
In the entire Trinity Gate, the only one who dares to say that he is the only one who can stabilize this child.
Of course, none of this is a problem.
After all, this kid has a good heart.
Even if he beat the senior brother of the same sect all over again, he did not show half of his arrogance.
But there is only one thing that makes Zuo Ruotong a little worried.
That is, this kid is too focused on his own way, he just copes with other people around him, and he usually doesn't take the initiative to deal with him, and I'm afraid only Lu Jin is the one who is really close to him.
This is still the case in this sect, let alone other sects?
However, the rivers and lakes are not about fighting and killing.
It's about human feelings.
Suppose you pass the seat to this child in the future.
He doesn't have many cronies inside, and he doesn't have many friends outside, although he doesn't care about this kid himself, but now it's a troubled time, and a person's power is limited after all.
Even if it's just to maintain a superficial relationship, don't be too arrogant and unsociable.
As for being powerful, you can ignore everything.
That sounds right.
But you are strong, but you are not born strong, you always need to grow, and you are not immortal.
Others can't do you alone, a group of people can do it, but you can't do it head-on, and you can't be drugged behind your back to make a trip, right? How much energy can you have to cope with this?
What's more, times have changed.
Firearms are becoming more prevalent.
It is difficult to gather a large number of cultivators, but it is too simple to assemble an army.
In this case.
Even he had to stay away for a while.
Of course, Zuo Ruotong didn't mean that he hoped that Li Muxuan would become too sophisticated and sleek.
It's just that in troubled times, it's not easy to save your life, and it's not suitable to put all your mind on cultivation, so you always have to spare some energy to do a good job around you and understand the people around you.
It is precisely because of this that when he hears that the child wants to go down the mountain, Zuo Ruotong will be happy.
"Well, let's see the various methods."
At this time, Li Muxuan nodded, and continued: "In addition, the disciple wants to take this opportunity to go down the mountain to practice, and walk all the way to the Lu family, which can be regarded as broadening his horizons. ”
"But the disciple doesn't have much experience in the rivers and lakes, so I want to ask the master to go with me."
"Okay."
Zuo Ruotong nodded directly in agreement.
Let's be honest.
In terms of life cultivation, he is very relieved of Li Muxuan, but in terms of experience in the rivers and lakes, this child is a blank slate, and he doesn't know what it means to be sinister.
In many cases, even those ghosts are much better than people's hearts.
And this child as the future of Trinity Door.
I am the master.
You have to protect him for a while, and when he has experience, it's not too late to let him walk on his own.
But in order not to make the disciples dependent on themselves.
There are some things that still have to be said first.
"You have this experience, the teacher can go with you, but you have to go on your own, unless it is a matter of life and death, the teacher will not make a move, and it will not interfere with your decision."
"Disciple understands." Li Muxuan nodded, Master's approach was exactly what he wanted.
The road was meant to be walked on its own.
The elders can protect for a while, but they can't protect a lifetime, and they have to face the world by themselves after all.
Subsequently, the master and apprentice did not delay, and after Zuo Ruotong explained some simple precautions, the two packed their bags and began to set off towards the Lu family in Jiangnan.
The means of transport are also primitive.
It's all on two legs.
That's it.
They traveled all the way north, under the stars.
Travel from Fujian to Zhejiang.
In the middle, sometimes they take the smooth official road, and sometimes they go over the mountains and take the rugged path.
Li Muxuan didn't deliberately plan a certain route, basically just walked in a general direction, anyway, every place he passed by could be adjusted back at any time.
And this day.
The master and apprentice walked along the mountain road to a village.
The village does not look very large, but it is densely populated, with about thirty or forty households.
However, just as they wanted to move on, they were stopped by the local mountain people.
"The two Dao Masters don't want to go any further!"
"Oh, why?"
Looking at the mountain people who were blocking in front of him, Li Muxuan directly asked the reason.
"The Taoist chief doesn't know." At this time, a simple Orion dressed in animal skin stood up, "There are monsters in front of you, and many past merchants have died there." ”
"I see that the two Taoist leaders are quite young, don't take this life in order to take a shortcut."
"Please hurry up and take a detour,
"Monsters?"
A little curiosity suddenly flashed in Li Muxuan's eyes.
He had seen it in books.
The so-called monsters, in fact, are creatures other than humans who have gained Qi and opened up a certain level of spiritual intelligence, and at this stage, their physical fitness will be greatly enhanced, or they will gain a certain ability.
Among them, the most typical is the Northeast Horse Immortal.
And Li Muxuan has come all the way.
People have seen quite a few.
But this is the first time I've seen a monster.
Come to think of this.
He was immediately interested.
"It doesn't matter."
"Since I met, it's fate, I'm just going to meet the monster you talked about for a while."
Li Muxuan thinks to himself that he is not a nosy person, but as a human being, when he encounters a monster to kill someone, he has the ability, of course, it is impossible to sit idly by.
However, hearing his words.
The villagers present suddenly fell into silence and looked at each other.
Only then did Orion speak again.
"Dao Chief, are you serious?"
"I can tell you, this monster is very strong, ten feet tall, with a face like an old melon, a black body with hair, sharp fangs, and can break through the earth and crack stones with a wave of his hand, just like the legendary mandrill that eats people."
"How do you know so well?"
Hearing this, Li Muxuan asked with some curiosity.
"Well, this... This..."
Orion obviously didn't expect the other party to ask a question suddenly, and he was speechless for a while, and a few drops of sweat flowed from his forehead.
But he quickly regained his composure, explaining: "When I went up to the mountains to hunt, I glanced at it from afar, and it was so powerful that it could kill a tiger with one punch. ”
"Oh~, I see."
Li Muxuan nodded in understanding, and then said, "No, I have the means to deal with the mandrills." ”
As he spoke, he raised his hand to push away the person in front of him.
And see that he has such a tough attitude.
Orion sighed.
"Okay then."
"Since the Dao Chief has this means, let's let the Dao Chief go up the mountain, maybe we can really subdue that monster."
"This is a great thing for the benefit of the township."
Speaking of this, he suddenly pleaded, "But please also ask the Taoist to bring us with you, many of our family members died at the hands of the monster when they went up the mountain to collect medicine, and this time they just followed the Taoist to kill the demon to take revenge!" ”
"Revenge! Avenge! ”
Several men muttered.
"You are unarmed, just rely on a few broken bows and arrows, I'm afraid you won't be able to help."
After glancing at a few people, Li Muxuan waved his hand and refused.
And to hear this.
The honest Orion is confident.
"Don't underestimate us, although the village is small, there are also a few earthen guns."
"Don't worry, I won't hold you back."
The voice rang out.
Li Muxuan lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then said, "Since this is the case, let's go together." ”
"By the way, most monsters are afraid of fire, you remember to bring kerosene and torches, when the time comes, you really want to fight, I'm afraid you will be too busy to take care of yourself, you should be careful yourself."
"Thank you for the reminder."
Hearing this, the smile on Orion's honest face became even stronger.
And Zuo Ruotong, who has been beside him without moving.
After seeing this scene.
He glanced at the group of mountain people with complicated eyes, and finally his gaze fell on his disciple Li Muxuan.
I didn't find out before.
This baby is a little thick and black, isn't it?
However, Zuo Ruotong didn't say anything, but continued to watch from the perspective of a bystander.