Chapter 17: People can't even empathize with themselves from the day before!
The quiet forest was broken by the roar of the lizard beast.
Huali struck the Vajra pestle in her hand into empty air, and as she turned around, the tongue of the lizard beast with a human face quickly rolled towards her.
From below came Lian Zhuo's calm voice: "Three steps to the Kun position, turn around and slash."
"Kun position?" Huali turned to avoid the venom, grabbed a banyan tree root and swung it around. "Wood-type card, go!" The vines responded and wrapped around the lizard's hind legs. The lizard roared and turned its head, its putrid saliva splashing onto Huali's sleeve, revealing wisps of blue smoke.
"Leave the Fire Position, now!" Lian Zhuo's voice remained cold, but her words came out even faster. Without time to think, she leaned back sharply, using the vines to glide along the ground, the Demon-Subduing Pestle flying across the Xi Beast's belly, slicing open its flesh.
The foul-smelling demon blood gushed out, and Huali, suppressing her nausea, reached into his heart and found a demon core the size of a pearl inside.
"I've got it!" Hua Li's eyes lit up. She kicked the Xi Beast's body into the mud and got up, leaning on her vajra.
She was covered in mud and blood, but she didn't bother to wipe herself off and rushed to see the Buddhist monk.
Lian Zhuo stood behind the ancient tree, his snow-white cassock spotless, and nodded slightly to her.
Huali breathed a sigh of relief. "That's the seventh one. Now I can rest, right?" She turned to walk back, but after a few steps she realized that Lianzhuo hadn't followed.
Hua Li's face fell. "No way, this isn't even possible?" In the past, she would never have dared to imagine that she could kill six or seven level-five demonic beasts in a day.
“Just now, there were three fatal flaws in the Kun position.” Lian Zhuo, with his handsome face, spoke like a seventy-year-old old man. “Let’s try again.”
"Again?!" Karin, who had been fighting from morning till afternoon and had only rested for half an hour, stared wide-eyed.
People can't even empathize with themselves from the day before. If she had a choice, she definitely wouldn't have been so sarcastic yesterday!
This is not a normal training method for humans; even a donkey wouldn't be trained like this for so long.
Lian Zhuo glanced at her with a calm and unperturbed expression. An ordinary person would probably not be able to stand up after such a great exertion, but the girl in front of him was lively and energetic without any effect.
He stepped forward and took the earth-type card from Huali's palm.
Three stars are lit up above, and two others are gray.
"Hehe, how about that? Now you know how powerful my cards are, right?" Huali said smugly. "When I let you touch them, you thought I was trying to steal your spiritual power."
Lian Zhuo shook his head, "This humble monk has never seen a magical artifact that possesses such power without requiring spiritual energy. This object recognizes its master and can only be used by you."
“That’s natural.” Karin raised her chin. “I’m the only one in heaven and earth… no, only two people can use it.”
Seeing Lianzhuo looking over, Huali thought for a moment and took the opportunity to tattle, "I'm saying, if you ever meet someone who can use cards like me, remember, remember, you absolutely must stay far away from them, understand?"
Lian Zhuo: "Why?"
Karin said vaguely, "Because she is my nemesis. Since we are friends, then my enemy is naturally your enemy."
Lian Zhuo couldn't help but chuckle at such a domineering statement. He considerately stopped asking questions and nodded, "Okay. Let's continue."
"??? You haven't forgotten yet."
Before Huali could even try to play the victim, a second lizard suddenly burst out of the mud, its sinister fangs aimed straight for Huali's throat.
Huali was startled and spun around to avoid it, her back slamming heavily against the tree trunk, making her wince in pain. Lianzhuo's voice came from behind the tree, clear and swift: "Aim for Fengfu Xue (a point on the back of the tree) and kill him."
"Ksitigarbha Entanglement, emerge!"
The earth dragon burst from the ground, and rock spikes pierced through the belly of the lizard beast, precisely embedding themselves in its seven-inch mark. Having stored the demon core in her pouch, Hua Li, stepping on the lizard beast's body, turned and laughed wantonly, "How about it? Passed the test this time, right?"
Lian Zhuo gazed at her blood-stained smile. The twilight filtered through the leaves, casting a golden edge on the girl's hair. Her hair was studded with fallen leaves, and her skirt was dirty and torn, but her lighthearted smile was like the crabapple blossoms that bloomed all over the mountains in April.
The poison spread rapidly through her meridians, but Lian Zhuo remained calm. "It's alright."
*
The mountains and forests were silent. The surrounding demons had been frightened away by Hua Li's bold and decisive actions during the day. The great demons lived deep in the mountains and would not appear here unless there was something to do.
Lian Zhuo watched curiously as Hua Li took out rice, goji berries, and white fungus from her Qiankun bag.
While others' storage bags contained gold, silver, treasures, magical artifacts, and secret scrolls, this was the first time he had ever seen someone treat these mundane necessities like firewood, rice, oil, and salt as treasures.
Huali deftly washed the rice and put it into the pot, then added goji berries and white fungus. She had already covered the pot when she suddenly remembered something, got up and went to Lianzhuo's side.
Lian Zhuo watched quietly as she skillfully pulled open the robe on his shoulder, and smiled with satisfaction, "Your constitution is simply amazing. Your wound has healed more than halfway in just two days. But I'll still give you some red dates to replenish your blood."
Everything before her eyes seemed like a distant memory to Lianzhuo, who had lived in a Buddhist monastery since childhood.
The aroma of rice filled the cave, and he suddenly remembered something from long ago.
He was just a three or four-year-old child when the old monk who was in charge of looking after him took him to the mortal world to preach. He couldn't understand the long scriptures and Sanskrit at all. While sitting there bored, he was attracted by a bird, and by the time he came to his senses, he was already far away from the crowd.
There was another boy with him.
The bird was actually a demonic beast that preyed on children. Fortunately, the old monk noticed it in time and prevented them from being devoured by the beast.
As soon as the monster was subdued, the boy's parents ran over crying.
Xiao Lianzhuo stood quietly not far away, watching the boy being lifted high by his father, while his mother held a handkerchief to wipe away his tears and coaxed him softly: "Baby, be good, Mom will cook your favorite porridge for you, okay?"
Is it red date porridge?
Yes, you love to drink it, so Mom cooks it for you every day.
"Is it red date porridge?" Lian Zhuo asked softly.
Huali nodded, "Yes, don't you like it?"
Lian Zhuo: "......"
Huali smiled with her eyes narrowed: "You don't say anything, so you like it. You should have said so earlier. I'll cook for you every day from now on."
Lian Zhuo paused slightly in her grip on the cliff cypress wood, then tilted her head to look over.
After fighting all day, Huali was so sleepy that she was practically swaying back and forth, so she naturally didn't hear Lianzhuo's "good".
The scriptures used to suppress the flowering trees inside the altar spontaneously combusted, their ashes falling on the budding flowers, causing the branches to quietly bloom.
Lian Zhuo stood under the tree, looking at the pear blossoms covering the branches, and slowly closed her eyes.
*
To get to Chenliu City, you have to cross the mountains ahead.
"Once you enter Spirit Mist Mountain, you must not use the cards at will. Half of the demonic beasts inside are Golden Core cultivators. If you encounter danger, you can use the Spirit Binding Spell I taught you," Lian Zhuo instructed worriedly.
The girl in front of me seems well-behaved, but she is actually quite bold. If she is not restrained, who knows how many troubles she will cause.
Karin nodded, somewhat troubled, "But I'm not skilled enough yet, so it's not very lethal."
The Spirit Binding Spell was the talisman Lian Zhuo used to imprison Ting Nu, and she can now control it using gold-type cards. Since she lacks spiritual power, she can only inscribe the talisman on the cards as a medium, which is still somewhat unstable.
She wanted to practice, but cards that hadn't been upgraded could only be used once a day.
Cultivation is not easy, and her life is so bitter.
Ao Bai leaned on Lian Zhuo's uninjured shoulder and comforted her, "Host, you're already very powerful. A level 5 demon beast is equivalent to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage for a cultivator, and you're already half a step into the Golden Core stage."
Huali found these words very helpful.
She hummed an off-key tune and skipped along behind Lian Zhuo.
This trip lasted for two days.
Just as they were about to reach Chenliu City, an unexpected incident occurred.
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