Chapter 96
Chapter 96
Seeing that the two groups were on the verge of a fight, Ying Huai released his spiritual power and placed an isolating spiritual energy wall between the two groups, temporarily isolating the two groups that were about to start a war at the village entrance.
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A feeling of doubt appeared in Tang Rufeng's mind. Although he didn't say anything, Tang Rufeng knew that his godmother was asking him, not blaming him.
"The aura he exudes makes me very uncomfortable. I was just trying to send that aura to my godmother, but I was stopped."
There was no big emotional fluctuation when Tang Rufeng said this, but his expression showed that he had not yet calmed down, and it was clear that even if Ying Huai stopped him, this matter would only have a temporary pause, and it was far from over.
Now, after the great changes in heaven and earth, all life forms in the world have experienced varying degrees of mutation.
In such a dangerous environment, a person who has never been seen before, is not familiar to you, and exudes an uncomfortable aura, uses his ability to explore a strong person as soon as he meets him, and this strong person is considered an alien in the eyes of humans.
Any exploration is provocative.
After hearing Tang Rufeng's explanation, Ying Huai glanced at the Taoist's aura.
The aura of the other person looked somewhat familiar to Ying Huai, as if he had seen it in the Tianyuan Secret Realm in the world of cultivation, with only some details being slightly different.
Simply put, the aura of the Taoist is too positive and sunny.
It conflicts somewhat with the ghost energy in Tang Rufeng.
Under the premise that the abilities of the two people are in conflict, the discomfort that one party feels towards the other party is due to the fact that their own strength cannot compete with that of the other party.
After realizing this, Ying Huai understood why Tang Rufeng showed such inexplicable hostility towards the Taoist and his group.
In addition to the fact that the Taoist priest used his ability on Ying Huai for no reason, it was also because the aura around the other party was indeed incompatible with Tang Rufeng. After the Taoist priest appeared, Tang Rufeng was restrained by his ghost energy, so it was normal for him to be wary of the Taoist priest.
Knowing the reason, Ying Huai didn't say much, but just placed an aura shield around Tang Rufeng to prevent Tang Rufeng from being affected by the other party's unrestrained aura.
After all, the Taoist and his group had no ill will towards Daxi Village, nor did they intend to do anything to him. They had previously tried to investigate Ying Huai, but were stopped by Tang Rufeng. Generally speaking, it did not cause any impact, and Ying Huai was not in a position to use the spiritual energy shield to cover the other group.
However, after putting the spiritual energy shield on Tang Rufeng, he still felt a little unsafe, so he put a spiritual energy ring around the Taoist priest. Although it would not have any effect on the Taoist priest, it also restricted some of his actions in Daxi Village.
Simply put, although the Taoist and his group did not cause any harm to Daxi Village and Ying Huai, they frightened Tang Rufeng. To be on the safe side, it would be better to deal with both sides to avoid future conflicts.
Ying Huai did not hide it when he was putting the spiritual energy circle around the Taoist. Looking at the spiritual energy circle appearing around him, he raised his head to look at Tang Rufeng who was wrapped in the spiritual energy like a ball across from him. The Taoist was speechless and a little amused.
But Ying Huai's simple action was enough for the Taoist to understand Ying Huai's character a little.
Well, I met someone who doesn’t care about his relatives.
After realizing this, the Taoist heaved a sigh of relief.
Since it can get along so well with the humans in this village, it should be the kind of mutant plant that tends to live in peace with humans.
Moreover, after the conflict between the two sides, Huaishu's first thought was to create a protective shield to protect the humans under its shelter, and he did not vent his anger on him or attack him. It seems that he has an extremely good temper.
Otherwise, if the mutated locust tree plant had the intention to attack Tang Rufeng because of his recent mood, based on the strength it had demonstrated by drawing the aura circle for him, he and the students behind him would have no chance of leaving this area today.
Thinking of this, the Taoist's brows relaxed and he turned his gaze to Ying Huai again with a relaxed look.
This time, there was no desire to explore in the look he gave Ying Huai. It was just a simple gaze with a hint of gratitude in his eyes.
"Hello, I'm from the official base of the mountain. I came out here to take these people back for some actual combat. Also, the village chief of some of the villages upstream of your mountain invited me to go over there and take a look. Passing by Daxi Village was a coincidence. Of course, we were also curious. After all, we heard about Daxi Village from people in the town below before we went up the mountain."
When the Taoist said this, he had no intention of concealing anything, and almost revealed his entire purpose.
"Of course, there's one more thing. Before we came here, we received a mission from above, which was to escort a father and son up the mountain back to Daxi Village. However, after they arrived here, they had some procedures to go through with the town officials at the foot of the mountain, so they didn't come up the mountain with us. We had originally planned to go there first, and then go down the mountain to bring them back after confirming that everything was okay."
The Taoist said this without feeling guilty at all about abandoning the target of the mission that their team had taken on down the mountain.
When they went up the mountain, they originally wanted to bring the drunk father and son with them. Later, they thought that the Taoist and the team members behind him went up the mountain for actual combat. In the process, they would go around fighting mutant animals and plants and have no idea where they were going. It would be better to wait until they finished the actual combat before going down the mountain to pick them up.
Unfortunately, imagination is not as good as reality.
They met Hu Zi and his group. The Taoist suddenly had an idea and wanted to see what the mutant plant on the mountain looked like. The villagers, and even people from other villages, called it godmother after they knew about it, looked like. So he followed them all the way to the entrance of Daxi Village on the mountain.
In the end, I almost got into a fight with the villagers.
It is conceivable that if he had not stopped just now, he would have started a fight with the young man opposite. Judging from the biased attitude of the locust tree just now, it would definitely have taken sides.
Helplessly realizing this, the Taoist didn't want to take Tang Rufeng's behavior seriously.
In this world, the relationship between humans and nature has, to a certain extent, gradually tended towards the supremacy of strength.
After all, only strength can guarantee survival and allow you to live better in the world that is still changing.
This is the case with him improving his strength and cultivating a new generation of capable people for the Flower-Growing Country, and the same is true for the locust tree opposite him improving its own strength.
After listening to the words of the Taoist priest opposite, Tang Rufeng turned around, picked up his mobile phone, and called Mayor Xiao's office at the foot of the mountain to inquire about the situation.
When these people went up the mountain before, Mayor Xiao at the foot of the mountain just called him hurriedly and said that the people from above had arrived here and went directly up the mountain without any contact with the people in the town. Although he didn't say much, just going up the mountain without any communication did not seem like a friendly sign.
But now after hearing what the Taoist said, it seems that they came here with a mission?
What kind of person is this? He came with a mission and then abandoned the mission object halfway and let it walk to the destination on its own?
Thinking of this, Tang Rufeng was speechless. He was just about to ask a few more questions to confirm whether the other party's identity was possibly an imposter.
I saw that the Taoist on the opposite side was very cunning. Tang Rufeng was on the phone and didn't communicate with them, but he could go up and communicate with them himself.
Seeing that Tang Rufeng had doubts about their identities and was asking the government officials in the town below the mountain, he went up to them and took out his own ID from his pocket.
"Look, although we haven't had any interactions with the officials in Shanxia Town, and haven't reported anything, it's because my rank is higher than theirs, so I can't publicize my plans to lead the team on actual combat. Here's my ID. The instructors of the Shanxia Town Defense Force were all trained by me. Take a look."
As he spoke, the Taoist pushed the ID card toward Tang Rufeng again so that the other party could see it more clearly.
In fact, there was no need for him to argue. With the enhanced five senses of the ability user, Tang Rufeng read the words clearly after the other party took out the ID card. He was sure that there was no possibility that the other party was lying, so he hung up the phone with peace of mind.
"I'm sorry, I have some emotional problems and I think too much."
Since he was the one who caused it and knew that he had misunderstood others, Tang Rufeng did not hesitate and expressed his apology immediately.
"It's because we didn't handle the situation properly that you have this misunderstanding."
Seeing Tang Rufeng like this, the Taoist waved his hand and let the matter go.
Although he had problems practicing before the mutation, he had read a lot of classics from his master's school. Apart from anything else, his knowledge alone was much greater than that of most people with special abilities today.
If he was confused at first about Tang Rufeng's inexplicable hostility towards him, he had realized it now.
In a blink of an eye, his eyes darted around.
This time he was not investigating the curious Ying Huai, but was looking around at the ghost energy that Tang Rufeng had released before, which showed no signs of dissipating.
Before this, he had never seen ghost energy. His understanding of ghost energy was limited to the mentions in classics, which he subconsciously remembered when he read them.
This is the first time I see it with my own eyes, wow, it's strange.
Out of curiosity, the Taoist couldn't help but release his aura. It was visible to the naked eye that after his spiritual energy was released, the ghost energy surrounding him began to slowly dissipate.
It was obvious that the ghost energy was offset by his spiritual energy. Before he could try any further, he felt that he was being stared at by something.
Turning around, he saw a translucent figure under the locust tree opposite looking at him, with two pairs of eyes filled with darkness, like the eyes of a dead fish.
"I can't afford to play..." he muttered softly.
He withdrew his spiritual power, and then he felt the ghost energy around him slowly fade away. Part of it returned to Tang Rufeng, who was protected by the locust tree spiritual energy shield on the opposite side, and the other part returned to Captain Qingzhi, Brother Fan and the others.
"Aren't you going to fight in the mountains? Go quickly."
Although he knew that the previous incident was his fault, Tang Rufeng still disliked the Taoist priest opposite him. It happened that their destination this time was not Daxi Village, so he wanted them to leave.
"The target of your mission is at the foot of the mountain. We can help you go down the mountain to check it out. We will then have someone with special abilities in the village go down the mountain to pick him up. This will help you complete your mission."
As Tang Rufeng spoke, he felt the ghost energy that had been released from all around him returning to his body.
The last trace of ghost energy was withdrawn, and the ghost group surrounding and protecting him, which had not yet fully formed, dissipated. The temperature that had dropped gradually increased as he withdrew the ghost energy.
As he spoke, Tang Rufeng's voice was a little muffled.
He was too reluctant to use the ghost energy this time. He was a living person, and it conflicted with his abilities. Before, when he used his abilities, the gray beans helped to alleviate the sharp part of the transformed ghost energy. This time, he used it too impulsively.
Even though Gray Bean stayed by his side all day and in the pocket on his front, it was not Tang Rufeng after all, and could not fully follow Tang Rufeng's thoughts. Just now, it was only after Tang Rufeng used his ability that it began to use its ability to relieve Tang Rufeng's discomfort with great effort.
"Your abilities are so strange."
Even this subtle detail was noticed by the Taoist.
After all, the Taoist priest often carries people with special abilities with him. After the mutation, he has come into contact with countless people with special abilities. Many of them don’t even know how to make the most of their abilities, and in the end, the Taoist priests help them find their abilities.
Having taught and watched over the growth of so many people with special abilities, the Taoist himself was very sensitive to any abnormalities that might appear in them. Even though Tang Rufeng had intentionally suppressed the aura in his words, he still heard it.
After hearing the Taoist's words, Tang Rufeng subconsciously wanted to fool him, so he changed the subject and asked the people opposite to leave while he went back to recuperate.
Before Tang Rufeng could say anything, the idea of his godmother came to his mind.
[To be honest, he has some abilities, so maybe he can find a way.]
Ying Huai knew from the beginning that Tang Rufeng's ability was in conflict with his own body and that using his ability would have an impact on his body.
Before, Ying Huai thought that Tang Rufeng’s physical strength could not keep up with the power of his ability, just like a fragile container that could not hold a powerful object. If he was not careful, it would crack. All he had to do was increase the hardness of the container.
However, over such a long period of time, Tang Rufeng's physical strength has improved due to his abilities, but his abilities have also increased as his physical strength has increased. With both sides improving, on the surface, there seems to be no difference from the beginning.
Even now, Tang Rufeng still easily hurts himself when using his abilities.
It was clear that they were on the verge of a fight just a moment ago. Just now, Tang Rufeng was thinking of getting the other party out and not letting them get close to Daxi Village. Now, from what his godmother said, it seemed that he wanted the person opposite to help him see his ability?
Tang Rufeng turned around and asked Brother Fan to go back. He continued to sit on the stone bench with a look of embarrassment between his brows.
"Hey, can I help you take a look?"
Seeing him like this, the Taoist turned his head to look in the direction of Ying Huai. Although he didn't understand why the young man's attitude changed so much, he guessed it must be related to the locust tree next to him.
"Well, Godmother said you might have a solution."
Hearing the Taoist's words without any grudge, Tang Rufeng frowned and looked at the Taoist with some confusion.
He knew that officials were always very patient with the public. After all, that was how he had treated the public before. But now he was also an official, and the other party's patience should not be put on him.
Apart from anything else, he himself knew that his attitude just now was very bad. Before the other party did anything malicious, it was very hurtful to have such an attitude.
But he couldn't control it. It was as if the energy in his body began to surge because of the other party's appearance. Once he lost control, he put all his defense and vigilance on the other party.
It's a very strange feeling.
"I'm sorry for what happened just now." After struggling for a while, Tang Rufeng looked up at the thin layer of spiritual energy that enveloped him. The spiritual energy was so dense that it was visible to the naked eye. Feeling the peace returning to his heart, he apologized to the Taoist opposite him again with an apologetic tone.
Listening to Tang Rufeng's words, the Taoist on the opposite side waved his hand indifferently.
Ever since he started training people with special abilities for the country, he has encountered people with all kinds of personalities and all kinds of strange events. He is no longer surprised by shocks like the one just now.
"You are the first person with special abilities who, upon seeing me, uncontrollably stands against me."
This is why the Taoist said that Tang Rufeng’s ability is strange.
The Taoist's abilities were cultivated by himself, and were not abilities that emerged after the changes in heaven and earth. The systems themselves were different, so before today, he had never met anyone who could stand so purely against his power.
Of course, this kind of situation had occurred before among the students with special abilities he had taught.
That's why he has seen so much.
He has seen many people who want to fight each other because of their opposing abilities.
The strength of the beating varies depending on the strength of the ability.
"Because your abilities are related to ghosts?"
The Taoist was afraid of irritating Tang Rufeng again, so he sat down at a distance and spoke to Tang Rufeng while looking at him.
Everyone present saw the ghostly auras that appeared around Tang Rufeng just now, as well as the two translucent figures that appeared inexplicably.
Even now, there are still a few cowards among the students with special abilities he is leading who are still hiding in the back.
Even the Taoist priests were afraid of ghosts appearing in broad daylight.
"Regarding ghosts, part of my cultivation path is from the orthodox Maoshan lineage, which in itself has some restraint on your abilities, so it's normal for you to resist me uncontrollably.
My strength is slightly stronger than yours, and coupled with the restraint of the Taoist techniques, it is normal for you to feel pressure. Don't worry, I don't collect ghosts."
When he said the last sentence, the Taoist was in high spirits, without any awareness that he was a Taoist priest.
Before this, he was a Taoist priest, but he had never seen even the shadow of a ghost. Even the word "ghost energy" was only mentioned in his master's books and was remembered by him.
After listening to the Taoist's words, Tang Rufeng also understood why he had been so vigilant before.
"Well, my ability is indeed strange. Others don't feel uncomfortable when using their abilities." But it will hurt his body.
Tang Rufeng didn't finish his words, but the Taoist already understood.
Seeing Tang Rufeng's relaxed expression and the little mouse lying on his shoulder, the Taoist nodded.
"You're lucky. With this little guy here, your abilities won't be a problem. Find a way to develop a physical training technique. While you're training your body, let this little guy use his abilities to repair it. As your abilities improve, your physical strength will keep up, and there won't be any problems."
The Taoist said this and told everything he knew so far.
All he sees these days are people with special abilities. He deals with their abilities every day, and he even takes them to see those who are injured while improving their abilities.
Apart from anything else, although he still couldn't diagnose illnesses, he could still guess most of the strange injuries or strange things that happened to people with special abilities with his eyes closed.
"Body training technique?"
After hearing the solution proposed by the Taoist, not only Tang Rufeng was confused, but even the students with special abilities who followed behind the Taoist were confused.
In the past, for those who had abilities that conflicted with their own and whose bodies were too weak to bear them, the Taoist would throw them back to the training camp and let the soldiers in the army help train them. I have never heard the Taoist suggest such a suggestion.
Could it be that the Taoist priest specifically asked such a difficult question because of the young man’s attitude just now?
Feeling the gazes of those bastards he was leading behind him, the Taoist turned around and understood the meaning in their eyes.
"What are you thinking? His abilities conflict with the abilities cultivated through my traditional Taoist techniques. How can it be solved by simply increasing my physical strength?"
As the Taoist said this, he sneered at the bastards behind him.
"You should have exercised before, right?"
After retorting to the gazes of his students with special abilities on him, he turned to look at Tang Rufeng who was in deep thought and asked this question softly.
"Well, I usually exercise consciously. When I don't have time, I use my abilities to counter my body, just like you said before, to achieve the goal of strengthening my body's toughness.
But the result was that as my physical strength improved, my abilities also improved, and I couldn’t control it.”
"Of course, your abilities are more than that. It's your physical strength that's limited. Otherwise, your current strength wouldn't be suppressed by the aura I unconsciously emit, and you wouldn't feel such a strong sense of crisis because of being suppressed by me."
As he spoke, the Taoist restrained the aura he was emitting again.
He didn't pay much attention to the aura he unconsciously emitted before. Normally, if he emitted a little aura, it would make those troublemakers behave themselves.
After almost getting into a fight just now, the Taoist glanced at the locust tree next to him out of the corner of his eye. He felt that it would be better to restrain the aura he emitted.
Otherwise, the next time such a situation occurs, he cannot guarantee whether he will encounter someone who takes sides or helps fight.
He shook his head, shaking off the thought.
"You should have known some of the ways to improve your condition before. Just continue using that method, but change the form of exercise to physical training."
The Taoist priest would give a statement and then add something if he thought of anything.
"As for the body-refining techniques, I don't have any. What I learned was quite diverse, and I don't have any orthodox body-refining techniques.
Although the technique I practice has the effect of strengthening the body, it conflicts with your abilities and you cannot use it. You have to find a way yourself.
If you really can't find it, you can contact the official at the foot of the mountain later, or you can contact me and I'll ask the people at the Ability Center to help find a solution."
Finally, the Taoist gave Tang Rufeng a helpless look.
"Okay, I understand."
After listening, Tang Rufeng nodded.
"Okay, now you know we don't mean any harm, right? Can you let me communicate with your godmother?"
Seeing that Tang Rufeng's brows were somewhat relaxed, the Taoist leaned forward slightly, tilted his body, looked at Tang Rufeng expectantly, and expressed his meaning.
Hearing this, Tang Rufeng looked up and frowned.
"Hey, why are you so stingy?"
Seeing him like this, the Taoist priest chuckled.
He shook his head and turned his gaze to the locust tree beside him.
Unlike before when he looked at the locust tree and released his spiritual energy to investigate, this time he just looked in the direction of the locust tree with pure doubts in his eyes.
Obviously, the previous conflict that almost happened made him cautious. He didn't want to cross other people's bottom line, so he had to be careful.
[Can. ]
Before Tang Rufeng could answer, Ying Huai's answer appeared in their minds.
"Wow, this is a novel way of communicating!"
Feeling the answer appear in his mind, the Taoist turned around and spoke to Tang Rufeng, with obvious happiness in his tone.
"Your condition doesn't look like a normal mutation. Instead, it looks a lot like the demonic plants I've seen in classics that have transformed into spirits through cultivation."
The Taoist was talking to Tang Rufeng without expecting him to continue talking to him. After turning around and talking to Tang Rufeng, he continued to communicate with Ying Huai.
Hearing his words, the students with special abilities who followed him all turned their eyes to the locust tree.
Tang Rufeng frowned tightly, looking confused. Is this Taoist priest leaking something?
Thinking of this, Tang Rufeng had the urge to go up and seal the Taoist's mouth.
What does this person know that he is not hiding anything and is speaking so openly?
[Well, you are very knowledgeable and have read a lot of books.]
After hearing the Taoist's words, Ying Huai did not react and admitted it very gently.
Although he was not a native demon plant of this world, he had never seen the demons of this world since he came to this world.
But it is undeniable that there is spiritual energy in this world. Before he appeared, there must have been an era when spiritual energy was abundant and demon cultivators appeared.
It’s just that later on the spiritual energy became thin, and those people and things couldn’t hold on.
"Before the revival of spiritual energy, I thought the techniques I practiced could only strengthen my body, and the classics I read were just legends."
Hearing Ying Huai's answer, the Taoist was very happy, as if he had found a survivor like him from the previous spiritual energy era in such a world where spiritual energy had revived and mutated.
That’s right, even now, despite having taught so many people with special abilities and allowing so many of them to stand on their own, the Taoist still places himself in the position of the inheritor of the previous spiritual era.
So when he saw the demonic plants that could only appear in the previous spiritual era, he felt a strange sense of familiarity and intimacy.
Unconsciously, I wanted to talk more with Ying Huai.
He had been in a high position for a long time, and he was also arrogant. He had strength and the capital to be willful. Faced with Tang Rufeng's previous vigilance and precautions, he did not think of turning around and leaving.
It was because the moment he saw Ying Huai, or even earlier, the moment he saw the formation appear around Daxi Village, he put Ying Huai in the position of his companions.
Perhaps he was a little hesitant at first. After all, in the classics he had read, monsters had always stood in opposition to the orthodox doctrine and brought disaster to the world.
But when he saw that the mutated locust tree opposite him, the real demon plant, chose to stop him and Tang Rufeng at the moment before they were about to fight, and even put a restrictive spiritual power ring on him to protect Tang Rufeng and the villagers of Daxi Village, but never thought of hurting him, he was in high spirits at that moment.
He thought he was really lucky.
In such a world where abilities are awakening and mutations are everywhere, he can still encounter practitioners like him from the previous "Aura Era".
No matter whether it is the Taoist or demonic tradition, it is all about cultivation.
[But now, you are strong and powerful.]
Ying Huai said this, and saw that the other party was indeed purely happy and in a good mood.
The Taoist in front of him was different from the cultivators Ying Huai had seen in the Tianyuan Secret Realm who were constantly fighting and thinking about seizing cultivation resources and fighting for their lives against heaven. Although his cultivation method contained a fighting spirit of not believing in fate, it was more of a peaceful and compliant one, which naturally made my heart gentle.
What he cultivates more is his true self and purity.
"Yes, I'm very powerful. Have you seen these children I'm teaching? I taught many before them. Unfortunately, their training methods are completely different from ours. Even the paths of their abilities appearing are different. It's very difficult to improve their abilities."
The Taoist accepted Ying Huai's praise without any modesty.
After all, he is very confident in himself, and the capable people he has brought out can testify that he is really that powerful.
Not only his own strength, but also his ability to teach students.
[You should have tried to improve your own skills so that they can be used by those people, right?]
Ying Huai thought of the official practice method that allowed people with special abilities to cultivate some time ago. According to what Ying Huai saw now, he saw the Taoist's cultivation status and the other party's extensive reading of classics.
The method that allows people with special abilities to cultivate should have been invented by this person.
"Well, what a pity! Our cultivation methods are very different from theirs. After all this time of deliberation, I can only offer the basics. At least it can help them improve their abilities, but the rest won't work. To improve further, I need to improve my abilities, thoroughly understand all the techniques passed down before, and then tailor them to their situations..."
The Taoist didn't finish his words, but to sum it up, it can be summed up in one word: "difficult".
[It just so happens that I have a technique I came up with while I was bored. I've never tried it out, nor have I shown it to the children in the village. You happen to be playing with this, so take a look at it. If it works, tell the children in the village.]
Seeing the Taoist's expression, Ying Huai realized that he had obviously not given up on improving the martial arts books in his hands.
I remembered that I had started to ponder the technique at the beginning of the mutation, and then put it aside after I figured it out.
Ying Huai had put it aside after he figured it out. He didn't want the children of Daxi Village to try this technique that he himself was not sure whether it could be used, so he didn't mention it to the children in the village.
It just so happened that this Taoist was working on it, so instead of leaving it idle with Ying Huai, it could be said that this Taoist had found a home for it.
"Okay! Thank you!"
The message that Ying Huai wanted to express appeared in his mind, and the Taoist was so happy that he thanked him without any doubt or trembling.
Although he was not sure how powerful the locust tree demon plant in front of him was, one thing he could be sure of was that he himself could not use his ability to radiate and protect three villages, and at the same time have enough energy to deal with and restrict the entry and exit of animals, plants and humans who were malicious towards the village.
The things given by such a powerful demon plant, at the very least, are that the other party's understanding of cultivation is more detailed and much better than that of a Taoist priest who officially embarked on the path of cultivation after the revival of spiritual energy.
The skills the other party gave were obviously the result of a long period of thinking and pondering. If he wasn't afraid of negative impacts, people in the several villages he protected might have used them and wouldn't have waited for him to come and teach them.
Just because of the other party's cautious attitude, the Taoist believed that the possibility was very high.
The other party was afraid of problems, but he was not. He had learned a lot of different things, so he would take a look first, and then go back to apply to the higher-ups to allow those who wanted to practice to try. He couldn't lose his own abilities while practicing, right?
As long as the ability is not lost, everything is possible.
Thinking of this, the Taoist reached out to take it.
Then, the person next to him who was confused and watched the Taoist talking to himself for a long time saw a locust leaf that looked a bit like jade falling from the crown of the locust tree next to him. It fell straight down, and after landing on the Taoist's palm, it disappeared in the Taoist's palm like ice melting into water.
At the same time, a somewhat complicated technique appeared in the Taoist's mind.
[You can think about it slowly when you get back.]
When Ying Huai saw that the other party had accepted the martial arts, he closed his eyes to check it out, then opened his eyes excitedly and wanted to say something to him, but the other party shook the branches of the locust tree, stopping him from saying anything else.
This group of people have been disturbing him for a long time, and Ying Huai doesn't want to deal with them anymore.
Ying Huai also wanted to dig out the information about the skills he had obtained from those human cultivators in the Tianyuan Secret Realm.
After the Taoist said that Tang Rufeng's body could not keep up with the growth rate of his abilities through ordinary training and that only physical training could alleviate the problem, Ying Huai searched his mind for the knowledge of martial arts, but he still couldn't find it, so he became a little anxious.
Ying Huai stayed in the Tianyuan Secret Realm for more than 1,500 years. Except for the time before he transformed, he could only stay in one place and listen to what the monsters around him who were familiar with him talked about.
After transforming, Ying Huai basically visited the rest of the places whenever he had time, except for the territories of high-level monsters. He also liked to watch the excitement of human cultivators.
It has become commonplace to pick up bargains from those human cultivators who are fighting.
However, except for the Tianyun Fruit that followed him out of the Tianyuan Secret Realm, all the other things were gone. All that was left were the information on the jade slips that Ying Huai had read in his mind.
In the past, Ying Huai was a demon plant with his own inheritance and had no need for the jade slips of information from humans. The only things he could use were those related to human talismans and formations. The rest were thrown into the corner of his mind to gather dust.
If the Taoist hadn't mentioned it this time, Ying Huai would have never thought of looking through the jade slips that had already been classified as garbage in his mind.
In the past, Ying Huai had never paid attention to those jade slips that he had only briefly read. Now, if he wanted to find a usable technique from those materials, Ying Huai himself was not sure whether he could find it.
After all, he himself didn't know whether he had ever read any techniques or methods related to body training.
Thinking about digging up some information, Ying Huai was a little perfunctory in dealing with the Taoist priest. Fortunately, the Taoist priest and Ying Huai had only a short contact time, so he couldn't tell whether Ying Huai was being perfunctory from Ying Huai's brief communication of consciousness. In addition, he himself was a little anxious to study the skills Ying Huai gave him, so he didn't continue to bother with Ying Huai. After saying goodbye to Ying Huai, Tang Rufeng and others, he headed towards the mountain.
It was obvious that there was a Tang Rufeng in Daxi Village whose ability conflicted with his. It was impossible for him to stay with his students. It would be better for him to go up the mountain. It happened that he wanted to find Village Chief Dai and rest temporarily in Shangyou Village.
After the Taoist priest and his group of students with special abilities left, Hu Zi, who was left behind, finally relaxed.
"Good fellow, Brother Rufeng, you're really tough. Just now I almost thought you were going to fight. I was still thinking about how to summon all the people with special abilities in our village as quickly as possible."
As Hu Zi spoke, he exaggeratedly reached out to wipe the non-existent sweat from his forehead.
When he first saw Tang Rufeng wanting to fight the Taoist priest, he was indeed frightened and broke out in a sweat, but who could blame their brother Rufeng for being so powerful? The sweat he broke out in was blown away by his cold air for a while.
If the temperature hadn't risen later, he would have caught a cold in this sunny environment.
"I didn't think too much about it at first, but my emotions got the better of me and I couldn't control myself."
After hearing what Hu Zi said, Tang Rufeng thought about it and seriously told him about his condition at that time.
"Don't be as impulsive as I was just now. If you act like that outside and run into a tough guy, you won't be so lucky that your godmother can save you in time."
Tang Rufeng said.
It was obvious that after his negative emotions were alleviated by the spiritual energy shield given by Ying Huai, he also thought clearly about the situation just now.
Not to mention the people with special abilities following the Taoist, just talking about the Taoist himself, his chances of winning against the Taoist who is incompatible with him are very small.
So, he acted impulsively.
"It's okay. Your ability is weaker than his, but with Brother Fan and I, we can still tie with him."
Hearing Tang Rufeng's words, Captain Qingzhi, who had been silent all the time, stepped forward, patted Tang Rufeng on the shoulder and said something to comfort him.
"But it will come at a great cost. I won't pay such a high price for a victory. Captain, you have to keep an eye on me from now on."
Hearing this, Tang Rufeng turned around and spoke seriously, with fear in his tone.
Now that he has come back to his senses, Tang Rufeng has already thought clearly about the price of his possible victory, which is to make Captain Qingzhi and teammates such as Brother Fan, who are already able to live in the real world, disappear from the real world and return to reincarnation.
He didn't want to. He had already lost them once, and he would never let himself lose them again because of inexplicable emotions!
"Okay, I'll watch over you next time."
Seeing Tang Rufeng's serious look, Captain Qingzhi leaned forward slightly, reached out and rubbed Tang Rufeng's forehead, his tone soft and solemn.
Having witnessed himself lose his teammates once, he couldn't imagine what the final outcome would be if Tang Rufeng lost them again.
Would his depression worsen, or would he join them in the cycle of reincarnation? Either way, it was not what Qingzhi wanted to see.
"It's all right here, Brother Rufeng, I'm going back to rest."
When Hu Zi saw Qing Zhi, who had a cold face and a ghostly aura before, now look so gentle, he trembled uncontrollably and felt so disgusted.
"Well, you went up the mountain and took a detour with them before, you must be tired, go back and rest."
Hearing Hu Zi's words, Tang Rufeng turned to look at Hu Zi who was talking to him with a gentle tone.
"Okay, Brother Rufeng, you should also take care of yourself and get more rest."
Hu Zi turned around and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he thought of Tang Rufeng's previous condition and gave him some advice.
"good."
Tang Rufeng responded, nodded, and watched Hu Zi and the others leave.
[Go back and rest for a while. When you have time, go help check on that mutant fox. The mutant fox's abilities are quite interesting.]
Seeing Tang Rufeng recover, Ying Huai spoke.
Thinking of the mutant fox brought back by Ali and Hu Hu, Tang Rufeng couldn't help but show a hint of curiosity between his brows.
"What's up with that fox? I heard from the villagers that it doesn't seem to have much attack power."
[Its ability is in the area of mental confusion, a very rare direction.]
There are few people with psychic abilities, and even fewer mutant plants and animals with such abilities. Even if they are foxes like the mutant fox, it is rare to awaken such abilities.
The fox's aptitude was visibly good. Even though it had no inheritance and had not undergone systematic learning, it could still use that ability based on instinct.
Otherwise, with such a long journey, with Ahri's bad temper, it is impossible for her to let such a drag follow her back, let alone accommodate the other party's pace and wait for the other party's injuries to recover and walk even slower.
It was able to make Ahri, a mutant cat with a high degree of mutation, have a bit of a temper. Although it was not under control, it was almost the same.
"Okay, I'll go check it out."
When Tang Rufeng heard about the fox's abilities, he frowned, worried that the fox would change the villagers' minds without them realizing it.
[Don't worry, it won't dare.]
Seeing Tang Rufeng like this, Ying Huai thought for a moment and knew what he was worried about, so he comforted him.
With his godmother's words, Tang Rufeng finally felt at ease to say goodbye to her and leave.
The fox really lived up to the ability it had worked so hard to awaken. Even though it didn't use it on purpose, its unconscious cuteness was enough for it to live a good life in the village.
In just two days, the fox that was still recuperating at Doctor Fu's house became the focus of discussion among the village ladies.
To put it simply, the fox is so well-behaved and looks pretty and cute.
People always unconsciously take a second look at beautiful things and develop some preference for them. Given the fox's ability, it is impossible for it to be unpopular.
It was also during these two days that the Taoist and his group who had previously gone up the mountain settled down in the upstream village. The students with special abilities brought by the Taoist were fighting with mutated animals and plants everywhere in the surrounding mountains.
There was no peace on the mountain. Even Xiao Hei's mother was blocked by those people several times when she crossed the mountain. She fought with them several times. Finally, she was annoyed enough and took her little brothers down the mountain and hid in the village. She planned to hide in the village for some time. After those people on the mountain who were looking for mutant animals and plants to fight left, she would go back to the mountain to be the king of the mountain.
It's also strange that the tiger tiger didn't want to go up the mountain to be the tiger king, but the snake Guoshanfeng was keen on recruiting his younger brothers to be the king.
In order not to hinder his own steps to become the king of the mountain, the snake Guo Shanfeng even gave his own snake cubs to Shitou to raise.
Guoshanfeng, the snake, can be considered a career-oriented king in the mutant animal world.
Too curly.
It also knew about this when Ali took Hu Hu to the mine to look for spirit stones. Because it knew this, it followed the mutant crows and mutant wild ducks all day and night and took its little brothers to the direction of the spirit stone mine.
Once it finds something, it absorbs it and moves it home. Its current strength is that of the strongest in this mountain except for Ying Huai.
Ask Ying Huai why he knew this, is there any special way of investigation?
Of course not. Ying Huai had never explored Shanfeng's strength. Because of his action of going down the mountain to the village, Ahri was a little unhappy and had a fight with Shanfeng. It was okay in the early stage and both sides fought back and forth. Later, Shanfeng's endurance was revealed and Ahri could not last as long as him.
In the end, it was Hu Hu who went up and separated Ali from it.
Although it was very powerful, it could not deal with two big cats at once and had to give up.
But because of this incident, Ali changed his previous lazy way of practicing, and practiced with the spirit stone in his arms all day long. When he was not practicing, he would stay close to Ying Huai, waiting for Ying Huai to give him spiritual energy.
Not only Ahri was stimulated by the fight, but also Guo Shanfeng. Guo Shanfeng seemed to know that the big cat Ahri had the cheat of Ying Huai, so he practiced even more enthusiastically.
Because of their boss's mistake, Guo Shanfeng's subordinates didn't think of bothering A Li's subordinates. They just followed their boss with their tails tucked in.
The village was unusually quiet.
In this peaceful moment, the drunkard and the child who had stayed at the foot of the mountain for a few days had completed the procedures with the town government and were ready to go up the mountain.
Before going up the mountain, Mayor Xiao made a special phone call to Tang Rufeng and asked whether the people from Daxi Village on the mountain wanted to bring people down the mountain to follow him.
Tang Rufeng had heard about the drunkard on the day the Taoist priest and his companions went up the mountain.
Knowing that the other party had found the child, he was happy for a while. He did not hide it from the villagers. The villagers basically knew that the drunkard had found the child and would return to the village in the next few days.
The younger generation of capable people are ready to go down the mountain to meet them.
The child had been lost for so many years, and the drunkard had been looking for him for so many years. The brothers from the same village were unable to help before, but now that the child has been found, they can still do it with the warmth and kindness of an elder.
Today, after hearing the notice from the mayor of the town at the foot of the mountain, a team of capable villagers went down the mountain to pick them up early in the morning. The rest of the villagers were busy preparing food, and the rest of the people who had nothing to do wandered around the drunkard's house, checking if there was anything else that needed cleaning and repair in the house that had been cleaned up in the past two days.
It was not until noon that we saw from afar the team of villagers with special abilities who had come down the mountain in the morning, beating drums and gongs as they walked up the mountain.
Although it is not clear where they got those gongs and drums from, it is so lively!
Hearing the sound, the village chief thought of something and hurriedly took out the firecrackers left over from the New Year's Day at home. When the sound of gongs and drums approached the village entrance, he started setting them off.
The other villagers who saw the village chief's actions turned around and followed him.
The villagers' action made the already lively mountain climbing team even more lively.
The child who had followed the drunkard back was also filled with curiosity and the smile on his face never faded.
Over the years, the villagers have all seen the drunkard looking for the child. When they saw the child was found, the old people thought of the old couple who were buried in the ground behind the mountain, and the drunkard's wife and eldest son, and they couldn't help but cover their faces, with a mixture of sadness and joy on their faces.
"Finally I'm back!"
Zuzu stood under the locust tree, and like the other villagers standing at the village entrance, he leaned forward slightly and looked at the group of people walking towards him.
When he saw the drunkard leading the group and holding a child in his arms, he sighed softly, his voice filled with emotion.
"Well, you're finally back. We all thought..."
After hearing what the grandma said, an aunt next to her added a sentence. Before she finished speaking, she realized that something was wrong. Why was she saying such things on such a happy day? She quickly stopped talking.
"Go, didn't you say you made some delicious food for the kids? After you send them home, go get it."
After Zuzu finished speaking, he thought of something.
"By the way, have you prepared the food for Godmother? It won't be enough time to prepare it after the drunk comes back. Once the child gets familiar with the family, he will definitely come to see Godmother and solemnly wish her well."
As the grandfather spoke, he hurriedly recalled whether the younger generations in the family had prepared the offerings.
"Don't worry, Zuzu, we are all ready."
A young person nearby heard the grandfather's anxious question and answered.
They haven't been just waiting on the mountain these two days.
The drunkard had brought the child to the foot of the mountain to go through the formalities, so it was not convenient for them to go down the mountain so early to wait.
But they didn't just sit there waiting, they helped the drunkard to renovate the house, the drunkard's grave, prepare food, offer sacrifices to the godmother, etc. They were the ones who took care of all of this.
They are almost ready to go up the mountain today, so there is no need for a drunk to go and make arrangements slowly.
"That's good, that's good, as long as nothing is missed."
Zuzu nodded, a smile on his face, and his loving gaze fell on the drunkard and the child who were holding the child and walking into Daxi Village, and he nodded at them.
"Let's go, let's take the child home to get familiar with the house first."
Surrounded by villagers, the drunkard and the child didn't waste any time and walked towards home. When they saw the altars placed in the house and at the door, tears welled up in the drunkard's eyes, but his face was full of smiles.
"Come, let's get to know the door, go inside, and wait for the Kitchen God to come and have some sweets."
The drunkard followed the village chief and, under his guidance, he took his child to worship the door god at the gate of his house, then went into the main hall and worshipped the altar, and finally ate the sweet candy of the Kitchen God on the kitchen stove.
The village chief stood by and saw the happy faces of the people around him, and he felt equally happy.
The child was finally found.
In the future, the children will be able to find a home and will have enough food and drink. The hard days will be over, and life will be sweet in the future.
The villagers followed the father and son, watching them take their belongings to their family’s graves to burn incense and paper money to comfort their relatives, and finally return to the village entrance.
Looking at the lush locust tree at the entrance of the village, the drunkard held the child and moved forward excitedly. Before he took two steps, he knelt on the ground without even having time to put on the kneeling pad. He just held the child and burst into tears.
"Godmother, I found it! Son! I found it..."
The drunkard sobbed and spoke to Ying Huai in a trembling voice.
The child in his arms was infected by his emotions and his eyes became red unconsciously.
Although she didn't understand why her father was kneeling in front of a tree, she still turned her tearful eyes to Ying Huai.
Looking at the two people, one big and one small, who were crying like tear bags, Ying Huai smiled and shook the branches of the locust tree.
A locust tree branch fell from the top of the tree. What was rare was that the locust tree leaves, flowers, and seeds were all hanging on the same branch.
The branches fell halfway, and it seemed that it knew that it would be difficult for children to hold the branches directly. In the air, the branches turned over, mated and intertwined, forming a circle formed by locust tree branches.
Finally, it was put around the child's neck without any mistake.
Looking at the collar made of locust tree branches around his neck, the child touched it curiously with tears in his eyes.
It feels cool and comfortable to touch, and it also makes you feel comfortable when you put it on.
When the drunk saw the collar around his child's neck, he was already choking with sobs and now he burst into tears.
Although I don't know what the collar given by my godmother is used for, but over the years, my godmother has never given me locust tree branches, leaves, flowers, and seeds together. It is conceivable that this must be very useful.
At the very least, children don’t have to worry about their safety anymore.
Thinking of this, the drunkard's eyes were like a faucet that couldn't be stopped, tears were streaming down his face, his lips were trembling, and he couldn't utter a word.
"Okay, stop crying. I've already accepted the gift from godmother. Let the child call her godmother!"
The village chief who was following saw that the child had a gift. Although he understood that it was the godmother's preference for this child with a difficult life, he still felt a little jealous.
He has never received so much at once...
He patted the drunkard's shoulder who was still crying and urged him on.
"Hey, hey, hey, good!"
After hearing the village chief's reminder, the drunkard nodded hurriedly.
"Good boy, call me godmother!"
The child, whose head was being rubbed and urged to call him godmother, gave up looking down at his collar and looked up at the locust tree in front of him. Following his father's instructions, he crisply called out, "Godmother!"
[Um. ]
A consciousness appeared in the child's mind, responding to the child's cry.
The child felt the response and turned to look at his father in surprise. There were tears in his eyes, but he no longer felt like crying.
"Dad, my godmother has replied to me!"
Seeing the child's surprised look, everyone around him started laughing.
"Yes, godmother likes you!"
The drunkard also laughed along with the child's words. The people around him were not surprised at all by his crying and laughing appearance, and they also laughed along.
Since the incident, there have been few happy events in the village. The child’s return today is the best happy event.
Although children like Shitou did not understand the complicated emotions of the adults around them, they were very happy to see the younger brother they had never seen before in the village coming back today, so they had an extra playmate.
At this time, Shi Tou and the others didn't understand that although they were all children, they were different.
They were under the supervision of adults and were not allowed to go down the mountain and participate in the work, but Guaibao had been officially recognized from the very beginning. Even though Guaibao's father was worried and did not want his child to go to the front line, his educational environment definitely needed to be taught by the best people, and he could not stay in the village.
Ying Huai knew this, so he gave the child a locust tree branch, which turned into a collar and put it around the child's neck.
That necklace is a little different. On the surface, it looks like a necklace made of locust branches with a jade-like feel, but every locust leaf, flower, and seed on it has its own function.
Apart from anything else, in the future when life is in danger, it will be no problem to save the baby's life a few times.
At this time, the child, who still didn't know how effective the collar was, was in his father's arms, gently holding the collar around his neck with one hand, smiling shyly at the children of the same age who were talking to him.
His living environment was not good before, and he had no friends of the same age. Even after he was taken back by the team to live with them, the captain's uncle also had children at home, but because he often had to go on missions with the team, he had no time to play with his children.
This was the first time a child came up to him and wanted to play with him.
"Guaibao, do you want to play with Brother Shitou and the others?"
Seeing that his son was a little shy but did not show any resistance, the good father lowered his head and asked gently.
"……think."
The good boy rubbed his father's neck and nodded at first, but then he thought that nodding alone could not fully express his meaning, so he whispered another word.
"Okay, go play with Brother Shitou and the others."
Seeing his son like this, the good father felt distressed, but happily put the child down, looked at Shi Tou and went over to take the child to play.
"Come on, brother, I'll take you to see our Ali. Ali's body is so soft..."
Seeing that the adults around agreed, Shitou pulled Guaibao and ran away.
Ali, who had just finished practicing at home and was lying down to bask in the sun, didn't know that his little brother Pi was running towards him with a group of children.
As the children approached, they could hear their chirping laughter from afar. Ali tilted his ears and, following the wind, heard his master's child introducing the interesting parts of Ali to his friends...
A fun...place?
Ali, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly looked up and looked towards the door. Just as he was about to get up and run over the wall to run outside, he saw Shi Tou, who had just entered the door, pounce towards him.
"Ali!!! There's a little kid back in our village. Let's play together!"
Shitou said, wrapping his arms around the big cat's neck and hanging on it, rubbing his face against the cat's neck fur.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Ali turned around to look at the good boy who came in with a group of children. He saw that the good boy had a locust branch collar around his neck. Helplessly, he squatted down, lay forward, and waited for the children to climb onto him with a hopeless look.
Tsk, there’s another kid in the village, and he’s a kid recognized by Huai Huai. I’m convinced. Could he be another naughty kid?
Thinking of this, Ali simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
But before it could calm down and ignore the children playing, it felt a somewhat unfamiliar presence squatting next to it.
Guaibao reached out and gently touched Ali's head.
"Hello, Ali, I'm daddy's sweet baby."
When I opened my eyes, the little guy in front of me was smiling adorably with two dimples on his face. He had a clean aura and clear eyes.
I give up, another one that’s just cute.
Thinking of the mutant fox who was eating well in the village and rubbing against the village aunties all day long to act cute, Ali was speechless. He raised his head and rubbed the child's hand gently to show his affection.
Then, Ali lowered his head and placed his chin on two plump mangosteens, waiting for the child to come over and touch them.
Seeing Ali rubbing against him, the good boy looked down at his palm, the smile on his face deepened, and he happily lowered his head and kissed Ali on the forehead.
Ali from Brother Shitou's family is really well-behaved and will even take the initiative to rub against him.
The mutant animals controlled by Guaibao will not come to rub against him on their own initiative.
Thinking of this, Guaibao looked at the big cat in front of him with eyes full of love.
"My dear, come here. Ali's belly is the softest. It's so comfortable if you lie down here."
Shitou turned around and saw Guaibao squatting there for a long time. He then touched Ali's head twice, rubbed against Ali, reached out to pull Guaibao over, and motioned him to bury himself in Ali's belly.
Before they came, Ali was basking in the sun, and his fur was soft and warm from the sun.
The good boy buried himself in the big cat's belly and was wrapped in warmth. For some reason, he wanted to cry.
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