Chu Shaoqiang left Sage Peak. The saint was still walking back and forth in the garden, and his disciples stood quietly aside.
The saint stopped and glanced at the disciples: "Wait, what do you have to say?"
This problem is difficult to deal with. If no one speaks, the saint will definitely get angry, or even kill someone.
But you must be careful when speaking and know what the saint wants to hear.
A disciple named Song Deke stepped forward and saluted: "Master, I suspect that there is fraud involved, and you should send someone to monitor Chu Shaoqiang."
Another disciple named Du Xiangwen felt that Song Deke's idea was wrong: "Junior Brother Song, if we do this, I'm afraid it will chill Master Chu. Among the people from Neizhou, Master Chu has never been disrespectful to Master."
"That is his duty as a minister!" the saint said angrily, "If he doesn't even understand etiquette, what qualifications does he have to stand here and talk to me?"
All the disciples bowed their heads in silence, and the saint gritted his teeth and said: "In order to ensure Chu Shaoqiang's safety, I have spent so much effort, used so many connections, and done so many things for him.
Now you tell me that the Tianxin Stone was lost in the middle of the road, and you dare to deal with me with just these few nonsense words!"
Song Deke said: "Chu Shaoqiang has betrayed his trust and betrayed his trust. We should take this thief's head to satisfy our master's hatred!"
"Absolutely not," Du Xiangwen advised, "This is a great opportunity for Master to regain the country, and we must not miss the important event due to a sudden change."
The saint sighed and said slowly: "Wait another three days and see what Chu Shaoqiang's explanation is!"
At the foot of the mountain, Li Banfeng repeatedly warned Lao Niu: "Tell the brothers to patrol at the foot of the mountain and not allow anyone to go up the mountain. The local god will reward you high, but if you make a mistake, the punishment will be severe!"
Lao Niu repeatedly promised: "Master Qi, don't worry, whether it's for you or the Earth God,
We will definitely try our best.”
Cui Tike packed his luggage and said to Li Banfeng: "It's almost time, let's go up the mountain."
"We?" Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "I don't want to go up this mountain again."
Cuitike looked at the dense forest and the mist in the mountains, and said sincerely: "I know nothing about Daogui Ridge, and I can't even find a suitable route up the mountain. If I die on this mountain, you know
What are the consequences?"
Li Banfeng said: "You will become a knife-laden ghost."
Tritic nodded: "Do you know the consequences of a sick cultivator turning into a sword-killing ghost?"
"The consequences are very serious, you will bring disaster." Li Banfeng weighed and compared, and thought of a better solution, "If I kill you now, you won't become a knife labor ghost.
"
Cuitik lamented: "You are hurting our friendship by saying this. I hope you go up the mountain as a kind reminder.
If I really turn into a Dao Lao Gui, even if you can't stop me, at least you will be prepared. When I go on a killing spree, you may still have a way to deal with it."
Li Banfeng thought carefully and said: "I think the best way to deal with this is to kill you before you turn into a sword-fighting ghost."
Cui Tik sighed: "Our friendship comes from Haichiling. At that time, we worked together.
Fighting the disaster together, from then on, I knew that you had different feelings for Puzhou,
Now we join forces again, also to prevent disaster. In a sense, Dao Laogui,
As a fellow disciple of mine, you should know how the sick cultivators treat fellow disciples."
Li Banfeng thought for a moment and nodded slightly. This was an idea for solving the problem.
After killing all the knife-working ghosts, most of the problem has indeed been solved.
The two of them went up the mountain together. To be honest, Li Banfeng would have gone up to Daogui Ridge himself even if Cui Tike hadn't begged him. Hong Ying was right, the temptation of cultivation was too great.
"The breath of dark energy," Tritic walked in the forest with some difficulty, "the dark energy here is too strong, I may not be able to resist it."
Hong Ying once said that there are thirty-three Taoist sects that can obviously benefit from Daogui Ridge, but she did not mention disease repair.
Because she doesn't know what disease repair is.
Cui Tik's inference should be correct. Daogui Ridge may be the origin of disease repair, which is why Cui Tik has such a strong reaction.
"There's no need to go any further, let's start the first round of exploration here." Tritik sat under the tree, with a swelling on his face from time to time, moving back and forth near his cheekbones.
"The lesions of the Dao Lao Gui are a bit uncontrollable," Cui Tik rubbed his cheek, "This is still different from the taste of the ancestor. Most of the lesions of the ancestor exist in the form of germs and viruses. They are treated with the science of other states.
Explain, the lesions that the Patriarch can control are all based on DNA. Is what I said too professional?"
Li Banfeng smiled and said, "Aren't you talking about genes? How complicated is this?"
Cuitik continued: "What is really complicated is not the concept, but the principle. Nucleic acid codes to produce proteins, which is a principle of life that everyone can accept. But what if there is no nucleic acid? Can proteins replicate themselves?
Viruses have realized this process, which poses a challenge to the principle of life. Which came first, nucleic acid or protein? Which one is the leader of life?
Just like you and me, we are both dark energy users. Dark energy is changing the protein structure of our bodies.
It gives us abilities that are different from ordinary people, so is dark energy also changing the nature of our lives?"
Li Banfeng frowned and said, "You use science to study cultivation?"
Cuitike smiled and said: "All countries in other states are engaged in corresponding research, because science and cultivation are not contradictory in the first place.
Every Taoist cultivator has accepted the influence of dark energy, and Qi Xiu's perception is particularly strong. This is the orderly change caused by dark energy to their bodies. This is the meaning of Taoism.
As for the Dao Laogui, they also accepted the impactful, destructive and disorderly changes of dark energy. This change is not only in appearance, but also in perception.
What kind of impact will disorderly changes have on the perception of the Dao Lao Gui? I thought about it for a long time and did an experiment on myself yesterday.
Why do Dao Lao Gui always appear during thunderstorms? Everyone says this is their habit, but where does this habit come from?
I was struck by the disease of the Dao Lao Gui, and I had a true understanding. The virus destroyed part of my nerves and caused problems with my perception. I would feel very thirsty.
But my vision has also been affected by the virus. I can't tell which kettle is which, or even what water is.
With no water in sight, I have to endure extreme thirst, and the sound of thunder is very important to me at this time.
Thunder means rain. When it rains, I can drink water by opening my mouth. Therefore, when there is a thunderstorm, the Swordsman will definitely appear.
The sounds of thunder and rain are life-saving sounds in their ears, which makes them excited and makes them highly aggressive. This is the origin of the so-called habit.
As for where the Dao Lao Gui is when it doesn't rain, we still need to continue to study it."
Li Banfeng praised: "To be able to tell your research results in such a popular way, how much effort have you put into the origin of Taoism?"
Cuitik smiled bitterly: "All roads lead to Puluo, but some people are born in Puluo State. I must make up for the innate disadvantages through acquired efforts."
He took out two seeds and sprinkled them into the soil.
"This is a crop with pruning properties. I bought it from a friend nearby.'
These seeds were obviously made by Zhang Wanlong. Cui Tike is a good person and knows who to buy good things from.
After dripping the potion, the seeds grew rapidly, and two minutes later, a morning glory bloomed in front of them.
Cui Tike put his ear to the horn, listened for a moment, and said to Li Banfeng: "There is a swordsman down here. Judging from his breathing and heartbeat, he should be sleeping soundly."
Li Banfeng said: "Do you want to dig him out?"
"That's too barbaric. It's like digging someone up and digging him out. He will definitely be very irritable and it will be very detrimental to subsequent exchanges." Cuitik turned to the trumpet, his throat trembled, and made a very strange sound.
Hululu~
It was as if a lump of unknown liquid was pushed into his throat by the airflow, making Li Banfeng want to cough.
Tritik's explanation: "I'm imitating the sound of thunder."
Li Banfeng thought it didn't sound like thunder, and Cui Tike said: "To the Dao Lao Gui's hearing, this sound is exactly the same as thunder."
Li Banfeng frowned and said, "It sounds like you are a sword-laden ghost."
"I can be!" Tritik's forehead and cheeks swelled up, and his facial features became blurred.
He roared several more times at the morning glory's trumpet, and the soil on the ground moved.
Li Banfeng quickly walked away, and Cui Tike also kept a certain distance.
After a while, a Dao Lao ghost emerged from the soil, raised its face toward the sky, and opened its mouth.
She is catching rainwater to drink.
It's her, this Dao Lao ghost is a woman, her features are very obvious.
After waiting for a long time, she did not receive any rain. Thirst and disappointment made her look at Tritik.
Li Banfeng stood in the distance. He wanted to know how Cuitike used to fight the Dao Lao ghost.
If Cui Tike can really find a way to eliminate Daogui Ridge, the threat from Daogui Ridge will be reduced a lot, and Li Banfeng will have more choices in dealing with Daogui Ridge.
Tritik's swollen face had a certain effect. The knife-lao ghost opposite didn't rush to spray poison, and seemed to regard him as the same kind.
Tritik was not in a hurry to use his skills. He took out a painting from his arms.
To be precise, it should not be a painting, but a geometric figure formed by arcs of different lengths.
At first it looks like a still picture, but after looking at it for a while, you will feel that something is moving on the picture.
This is an illusion caused by line guidance. In school, Li Banfeng was exposed to corresponding knowledge.
He looked at Dao Lao Gui's reaction.
Dao Lao Gui walked up to the picture and kept rubbing it with his meat-like arms.
After rubbing for a while, Dao Lao Gui opened and closed his lips, wiped his mouth, and then returned to the soil.
Tritik let out a long breath, and the swelling on his face disappeared, returning to its original appearance.
Li Banfeng was surprised. How did Cui Tike subdue the Dao Lao ghost?
Tritik held the picture in his hand and said, "If I said now that I am a painting practitioner, would you believe it?"
Judging from the frequency of updates on his chest tattoo, this may indeed be true.
Cuitike put away the scroll and said with a smile: "I'm not a painter, I just painted some water for the Dao Lao Gui just now."
"Are those things you drew water?"
"It's definitely not the case in your eyes, but in the eyes of the Dao Lao ghost, it's just water. The Dao Lao ghost's visual system has been damaged by a dirty virus, and the things he sees are different from us."
Li Banfeng still didn't understand: "Those lines you just drew are the same as water in the eyes of Dao Lao Gui?
Haven’t they seen real water? How could they mistake lines like that for water?”
Tritik took out a piece of paper, took out a pen from his coat pocket, and drew a few gentle wavy lines on the white paper: "This is the simplest way to draw a river. Why do we draw such lines?"
As water?"
Li Banfeng couldn't answer.
Tritik collected the paper and said with a smile: "The vision of the Dao Lao ghost is different from ours. Just like we can regard lines as river water, other creatures cannot do this.
When these lines are transmitted to our minds through sight, our brains will generate corresponding amines and enzymes, and will generate corresponding proteins. These proteins are solidified in our cognition, allowing us to regard the lines as water.
But if I say that this is a disease, are you willing to believe it?'
"What disease?"
"Contagious diseases," Tritik said, pointing to the lines on the picture. "People from different places have different languages, cultures and customs, but they all regard these lines as water. Isn't this a plague?
What?
Protein has infected all humans in the world with the same plague, so I have always believed in one thing: protein is the master of life."
Li Banfeng thought hard for a long time, but he couldn't think of a reason to refute him.
At dusk, the two went down the mountain. Li Banfeng asked Cui Tike: "How sure are you?"
Cuitike smiled and said: "Faced with this special type of life, I dare not say that I am sure. I can only do my best. Killing all my fellow disciples is the tradition of the sick cultivator, and it is also my personal wish."
That night, Tritik spent the whole night preparing a pot of potion.
To be precise, this is not a medicine, but a lesion. Cuitike is very confident in the lesion he made.
After sleeping for two hours before setting off, he followed Li Banfeng to Daogui Ridge again.
In the same empty space as before, Tritik poured the potion into the washbasin and placed six pictures around the washbasin.
Each picture was composed of fine lines. Li Banfeng didn't look at the specific patterns. He didn't even want to take a second look at the pictures.
He was gradually able to understand Tritik's thinking mode. Some of the cognitions that came from vision were diseases in themselves.
After being prepared, Cui Tike gave Li Banfeng a simple explanation: "These six paintings constitute a layout with a three-dimensional perspective. For the sword-killing ghosts, this is equivalent to allowing them to see the surging spring water.
The pathogens I created will be drank by them as spring water."
"Will you die if you drink it?"
Tritic shook his head and said: "Pathogens that cause death quickly are not suitable to be carriers of plague.
If a Dao Lao Gui dies within an hour after taking the potion, it will be difficult for him to pass the pathogen to the next target.
Even if the transmission is successful, the chain of transmission can be easily interrupted. The infected Dao Laogui must be allowed to survive for a period of time to give him enough time to spread the plague."
Li Banfeng said: "If it doesn't rain, the Dao Lao ghosts will all sleep underground, and they will not be in contact with each other.
In other words, for your plan to succeed, the prerequisite is that it rains before the infected Dao Laogui dies."
Tritic shook his head: "I never gamble on luck. I have made more complete preparations."
He made a bubble sound at the morning glories on the ground.
"Hululuulu~"
The soil on the ground was loose, and the female sword ghost they woke up yesterday crawled out of the soil.
She came to the washbasin and crawled around the washbasin with her flesh-like limbs.
"Woo~"
. She made a cry that was different from the past, and Tritik lowered his voice and said: "Did you hear it? She was very happy. She discovered the source of water!
I have successfully changed her perception and made her understand that besides rainwater, she can find other sources of water."
Dao Lao Gui lay on the ground and took a big sip. Li Banfeng said: "You only have this little potion, be careful that she drinks it all by herself."
"No!" Tritik was very confident, "There are special ingredients in the potion that can quickly suppress her thirst and increase a strong feeling of fullness. Did you see that, she stopped drinking."
After just one sip, Dao Lao Gui was full.
Tritic smiled: "She now wants to contact her kind. She has the desire to communicate with her kind. This is the key to the potion."
"Ming Ming~" Dao Lao Gui squatted on the ground and howled repeatedly.
Not long after, there was a rustle in the surrounding trees.
There were many Swordsman ghosts approaching, Li Banfeng reminded: "Should we leave?"
Cuitik said: "Don't worry, it still takes some time to observe. I can't determine the infection efficiency yet.
The potion is limited, and there won’t be too many first-generation infected people who have taken the potion. Next, we have to rely on them to infect each other.”
More than a dozen Dao Laogui sprang out from the bushes and quickly drank up all the potion in the basin.
They squatted on the ground and howled together. Under their calls, hundreds of Dao Lao ghosts gathered together.
Li Banfeng advised again: "We should go."
With so many knife-wielding ghosts, one person could kill Li Banfeng if he sprayed out a puff of black mist.
Tritik remained calm: "Don't worry, let's wait a little longer. After taking the potion, they shouldn't notice us. They just want to communicate with each other and treat the same kind. They shouldn't use their own poisonous mist."
"Then what will they do?"
"Let me guess, they're going to be arguing with each other because they want to know where the water is.'
Tritik saw it accurately. The sword-laden ghosts were roaring and quarreling.
"They will also fight and fight. They are all eager for water. Those who don't drink water will probably be a little angry."
This is not wrong, some knife labor ghosts have already started fighting. This is the infection process planned by Cuitike in advance.
"They can also————." Tritik was stunned.
One female and one male, the two Dao Lao Gui hugged each other.
Tritik thought they were fighting, but found out that they were partially connected.
"I didn't expect that their life forms have undergone tremendous changes, but they still retain this instinct."
Next, a large number of Dao Lao ghosts hugged each other and roared happily one after another.
Cuitike pursed his lips and said, "Li Qi, it seems that some of the ingredients in the potion have been overdosed. They are too excited now. I think we should leave.
Li Qi, Li Qi————.”
Tritik looked to his side.
There is no Li Qi beside him.
Li Qi has already left, for a long time.
The Dao Laogui, who was awakened by the morning glory, came to Cuitik's side, crawled on his knees, and circled around Cuitik.
Tritik saw hostility in her body, and the sword-laoding ghost saw traces of alienation in Tritik.
She opened her mouth, maybe to spray poison, or maybe to roar. If she just sprayed poison, Cuitik might be able to barely parry it. If she summoned other companions to spray poison together, this would be fatal to Cuitik.
, it is impossible for him to control such a large number of pathogens in a short period of time.
At the critical moment, Tritik relaxed his suppression of the pathogens in his body. His face quickly swelled, his facial features became blurred, and his body was covered with sticky juice.
Seeing Tritik in this state, the hostility of Dao Lao Gui gradually disappeared.
But she didn't leave.
She walked around behind Cuitik and slowly moved towards Cuitik.
Tritik had a lot to say, but at this moment, he didn't know what language to express it in.
After one night, Cui Tike arrived at the foot of the mountain and looked at Li Banfeng angrily: "You left me alone on the mountain. This behavior seriously hurt our friendship."
Li Banfeng asked a serious question: "How did you escape?"
Tritik did not answer directly: "I saved your life, and this is how you repay me?"
"Repaying a favor and accompanying you to death are two different things."
"How can this be called death? We are resolving a disaster together!"
"Has the disaster been averted?"
Cuitik was silent for a moment and said: "The process was a bit tortuous. I didn't expect the vitality of the Dao Lao ghosts to be so tenacious. The lesions I created could not kill them, but we have achieved certain results."
"What result?"
Tritik said: "In the past, every time there was a thunderstorm, the Swordsman would appear because they wanted to drink water.
Now, under the influence of the lesions, their physical characteristics have changed to a certain extent. They can actively search for water sources through visual induction.
This means that when thunderstorms occur in the future, we don’t have to worry about being attacked by Dao Laogui.
There is no necessary connection between thunder and lightning and the behavior of Dao Laogui."
Li Bianfeng's head was racing and he asked in a low voice: "Can you be more direct?"
Tritik pondered for a moment and said, "Even without thunder, they can come out now."
As the cold wind blew, Li Banfeng raised his head and looked at Cui Tike and said, "I should have beaten you to death before I went up the mountain."
Tritik sighed and said: "Don't be so pessimistic, I will make some improvements to the lesions, and I promise to have better results next time."
"When is the next time?"
Cuitike thought for a long time, looked at Dao Guiling and said: "It doesn't depend on me, it depends on them. The lesions make them a little excited.
After all, being able to find water on their own is an exciting thing for them. As far as the current situation is concerned, I don’t know when they will calm down. Maybe they will never calm down.”
Li Banfeng looked at Daogui Ridge and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Cui Tike returned to his camp, and Li Banfeng was about to go home. Halfway through, a man in a gray windbreaker blocked the way.
Chu Shaoqiang walked up to Li Banfeng and said with a smile: "I don't like to think bad things about people, but there is one thing I really can't figure out. Why is you included in every bad thing I encounter recently?
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Li Banfeng said: "Are you here for Daogui Ridge?"
"Yes!" Chu Shaoqiang did not deny it.
"Did you send Daogui Ridge here?"
"That's not accurate," Chu Shaoqiang shook his head. "On the way to Daogui Ridge, the Tianxin Stone used to guide the way disappeared. There are five pieces in total. You may know their whereabouts."
Li Banfeng did not answer and continued to ask: "Where do you want to send Daogui Ridge?"
"I cannot reveal this to you."
"If you want me to help you, you have to tell me the truth."
Chu Shaoqiang hesitated for a moment and said: "This is the order of the salesman, asking me to move Daogui Ridge to another place. I don't know the specific purpose-"
Halfway through his words, Chu Shaoqiang couldn't speak any more.
He was blowing soap bubbles, which smelled like roses.
He has never been able to figure out this matter. On the Sage Peak, he told many lies to the saint. Neizhou sent people to question him, and he also told many lies. On these occasions, he did not appear abnormal.
Only when meeting the salesman and Li Qi, he would spit out soap bubbles whenever he told a lie.
He also didn't know when the piece of pancreas that the salesman gave him would be fully digested.
When Li Qi saw the soap bubbles, he would naturally not believe his lies. Chu Shaoqiang thought of a relatively tactful explanation:
"This matter actually has nothing to do with the salesman, but what I did was Pululu Luozhou——·
When he said the word "Pu", he spit out a series of soap bubbles and choked himself until he coughed.
Li Banfeng was very disappointed with Chu Shaoqiang: "You can make up a more decent excuse.
Chu Shaoqiang wiped his mouth with a handkerchief: "Forget it, let me tell you the truth, I want to send Daogui Ridge to Sage Peak. The saint on Sage Peak wants Daogui Ridge."
"What do you want Daogeiling for?"
"He wanted an army to restore his old identity."
"What is his identity?"
"He was the last emperor of the previous dynasty. Because he lost the war and his country, his country was divided into two parts. One part was controlled by the royal family and became today's Neizhou, and the other part is now Puozhou."
This time Chu Shaoqiang didn't spit out soap bubbles, he was telling the truth.
But Li Banfeng couldn't understand: "Neizhou is controlled by the royal family, why doesn't the saint return to Neizhou? Isn't he the emperor?"
Chu Shaoqiang said: "I don't know much about his past. He did live in Neizhou for a period of time. Because he couldn't stand the oppression of the royal family, he left Neizhou and occupied Sage Peak and even the entire Bitch Hill."
"The royal family oppresses the emperor?" Li Banfeng couldn't understand even more.
"Because the royal family has been completely controlled by the Neizhou people. As for the origin of the Neizhou people, I can't tell.
All I know is that I didn’t belong to this world originally.”
Li Banfeng roughly explained the logic: "The saint wants to turn the Dao Lao ghosts on Daogui Ridge into his own army to conquer Puozhou?"
Chu Shaoqiang nodded.
"You were sent from Neizhou, why should you obey the orders of the saint?"
Chu Shaoqiang said: "Actually, this is also Neizhou's destiny——"
The soap spurted out again, and Chu Shaoqiang lied again.
Li Banfeng shook his head and said: "This is not an order from Neizhou, this is a deal between you and the saint."
Chu Shaoqiang nodded and said: "Yes, Ge Jun is dead. He is from Neizhou. This is not a consequence I can bear.
If I want to survive, I need someone to help me take care of things.
The saint took care of the matter for me, and in return, I must send Daogui Ridge to the Sage Peak."
"The minds of Dao Lao ghosts are completely different from those of humans. How can the saint control them?"
"The saint has mastered the means of controlling thunderstorms within a certain range, which is equivalent to mastering the basis of the advancement and retreat of the Sword Demon."
Li Banfeng frowned and said, "That's all? You want to control Dao Lao Gui just by relying on thunder and rain?"
Chu Shaoqiang said: "I told the saint that this is still far from a real army.
But the sage believed that as long as he mastered the thunderstorm, he had mastered the foundation of taming the Sword Demon, and he believed that this was the beginning of his grand hegemony."
Li Banfeng held his mouth and his nose kept twitching.
Chu Shaoqiang said: "I know that the saint's idea is a bit unrealistic, and the chance that he can control Daogui is not too high, so I agreed to hand over Daogui Ridge to him.
And today I lost my heart stone here, and you also happened to appear here. If you say that you have nothing to do with this matter, I will definitely not believe it.
But if you are willing to provide some help and help me find the Tianxin Stone, I will also give you a generous reward."
Li Banfeng thought for a long time and said, "It's not impossible to help you, but you lost five Tianxin Stones and it's too difficult to find them back."
Chu Shaoqiang said: "At least two pieces must be found, otherwise Daogui Ridge will not be able to move."
Li Banfeng said: "Two yuan is a bit promising, but it depends on how high the price you can pay."
Chapter completed!