Nothing happened all night.
At dawn when the rooster crows, Wang Xizhou gets up early, washes up, and prepares to go out and go downstairs for breakfast.
Just when he was about to reach out and push the door open, Wang Xizhou felt a murderous intention coming from outside the door and quickly turned his head to avoid it.
A spear broke open the wooden door, grazed Wang Xizhou's ear and temples, and then thrust it back out.
Wang Xizhou's expression suddenly became serious, and a white spiritual light glowed on his hand. He pointed out a point, and a white ripple spread outward, shaking away the people outside the door.
Wang Xizhou stretched out his hand to push open the door and looked down.
I saw several people lying in the corridor outside the door, all holding their stomachs and twisting and wailing.
Wang Xizhou barely used any force in that move, he just pushed back a few people so that he could open the door easily.
Wang Xizhou had just woken up not long ago, and his mind was not very clear. Besides, who would have thought that someone would set an ambush at his door so early in the morning?
So Wang Xizhou relaxed his vigilance a little and almost fell into a dirty trick.
The moment he reacted, he knew how many people were outside the door and their respective strengths.
A team of ten people, the leader of which is the strongest, is at the half-step spirit-casting realm, and the others are all in the Tanzhong realm.
The leader is the captain, the spear holder just now.
It's much better than yesterday's group of big-headed soldiers who had no strength and no cultivation.
Wang Xizhou just glanced at them and roughly knew the details and... IQs of several people.
If you wield a spear in the not-so-wide corridor of an inn, you will be subject to a lot of restrictions, and the spear has very few advantages. In this not-so-wide terrain, a reckless man with bare hands can easily defeat a spear-wielding martial arts master.
This kind of common-sense experience should be familiar to martial arts practitioners, let alone those in the military who lick blood from the edge of a knife?
I don’t even know this, they are just a group of vases that are slightly resistant to beating.
Wang Xizhou said calmly, "Who sent you here?"
The leader stared at Wang Xizhou fiercely. Just as he was about to get up and attack with a spear, Wang Xizhou's aura pointed him to the right place.
Wang Xizhou's light words came one after another.
"I think you have been cultivating for decades and finally managed to reach the Spiritual Realm. Xizhou will not embarrass you. As long as you answer Xizhou's questions, Xizhou will let you go safely."
"By the way, if you have a companion coming, you need to pray that your companion will be more thoughtful. After all, the two friends in Xizhou are not as easy to talk to as Xizhou."
Wang Xizhou looked at the room with the door wide open.
This is Hua Xie's room.
According to the past, Hua Xie is still snoring now. Moreover, Hua Xie hates people waking him up when he is sleeping and preventing him from sleeping in.
Hua Xie has a lot of trouble getting out of bed.
Less than five seconds after Wang Xizhou finished speaking, a black shadow flew out. Immediately, several more black shadows followed, slamming onto the wall of the corridor opposite the door, forming a soft Arhat tower at the foot of the wall.
"What are you, a bunch of sons of bitches, arguing next to my bed so early in the morning? Are you crying? I'm still alive, so I don't need you bastards to pretend to be filial sons! If you want to roll around and scream, just scream. Go back to your mother's belly. If your parents are dead, go home quickly and don't cry in front of my bed!"
A burst of angry words came out, and then Hua Xie, wearing only a thin shirt, stepped out of the door and kicked someone on the head. The latter's head hit the wall, making a dull sound.
The unlucky guy who had already fainted didn't know when he would wake up.
"Xiao Xie, that's about it. Don't kill anyone." Wang Xizhou stopped him.
Hua Xie looked at Wang Xizhou. The latter's handsome face and calm temperament slightly soothed Hua Xie's irritable heart, and then he gave up the idea of kicking him again.
Then Wang Xizhou looked up and back again.
Next to it is Bai Gu's room.
But at this moment, the ten-person team surrounding Bai Gu's gate looked at each other, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.
The wooden door in front of them seemed to be guarded by an extremely strong and insurmountable barrier, and they were not allowed to enter under any circumstances.
The captain, the strongest among the ten, has made several attempts, but has been blocked one by one. He is like mud being thrown on an iron plate, unable to injure him at all.
And now Wang Xizhou and Hua Xie have woken up, and each of them has taken care of the team at the door, and the two of them are watching them eagerly.
But the superiors issued a death order, telling them to take Bai Gu and the others back, otherwise they would be severely punished.
The regulations in the military are not as strict as usual. If you go back empty-handed, you may be slapped with dozens of sticks and then be dragged away to receive some punishment.
If you just do it by force, let alone whether you can break in, even if you can, do you really think that these two people next to you are just decorations? Didn't you see those two teams? One team was pinned down and the other team was kicked to the ground?
Are you looking for death?
The team leader had a sad face at this time and was in a dilemma. If it weren't for the glare of his subordinates, he would have wanted to run directly to the door of Hua Xie's room and join the group of unlucky ones who fainted.
Being punished is a small matter, but being embarrassed is a big deal.
The punishment is at most a pain in the body for a while, a bad word on the record of merits and demerits, and you will not be able to get it back if you make a small contribution in the future.
But if someone under your command loses face and prestige, it cannot be saved by a small amount of merit. It took him a lot of hard work and hard work to achieve the official position, reputation and prestige he has today.
If this trip collapsed, then he really didn't know where to cry.
At this moment, the wooden door of Bai Gu's room opened, a few rays of sunlight came out from the room, and a figure walked out of it.
Bai Gu glanced around at the people in the corridor and knew roughly what happened.
Bai Gu looked at Wang Xizhou, "Brother Wang, how to deal with these people?"
"Detain it first and ask slowly..."
But before Wang Xizhou finished speaking, the captain of the team standing at Bai Gu's door suddenly stood up, took the spear in his hand, held only the front end of the spear shaft, and stabbed Bai Gu straight.
Wang Xizhou's thoughts were mostly on the people in front of him, while Hua Xie still looked like he was still awake. Moreover, the distance between Bai Gu and the sudden team leader was too close. Even if Wang Xizhou and Wang Xizhou were at the peak of the spirit swallowing realm, they would not be able to rescue them in time when they reacted.
But Bai Gu's face was calm, not panicking at all. There were a few invisible flashes of light in his hands. Then he raised his hand and slapped the team leader who was attacking with a spear hard.
The force was so strong that he beat the team leader until he vomited blood and flew backwards, spitting out two broken teeth.
Wang Xizhou's eyes flashed.
Xiaobai broke through again.
The captain of the team who was half-stepping into the spirit-casting realm still launched a sneak attack. If Bai Gu was still at the first-level spirit-casting realm, he would not have been able to do such a complete attack.
It is difficult to make up for it even with exercises.
The second level of Soul Casting, with the spiritual blessing of 365 acupuncture points, is completely different from the first level of Soul Casting, let alone the half-step spirit casting level of the team leader.
Bai Gu didn't even use any of the techniques. He almost beat the team leader's brains out with just his spiritual power.
Bai Gu told the truth, "I couldn't sleep in the morning, so I just walked around a few times and repaired the remaining spiritual accumulations."
Wang Xizhou smiled and said, "Congratulations, Xiaobai, your cultivation has improved further."
"Brother Wang is polite, but we should deal with important matters first." Bai Gu raised his chin, "These people?"
Wang Xizhou took out a silver rope from his Sumeru bead, "This is a spirit-binding rope, which can lock the spiritual power in the body and is specially used to control practitioners."
Wang Xizhou swung the silver rope like an arm, and the silver rope tumbled several times in the air, tying up all thirty people in the three teams, like strings of corn, one ear after another.
Wang Xizhou grabbed one end of the silver rope and weighed it. He felt that he should be able to support the strength of these thirty people by himself, so he said, "Let's go downstairs for breakfast first, and then we go to the City Lord's Mansion and ask questions." Ask what’s going on.”
Bai Gu nodded.
Hua Xie yawned, "No, I have to catch up on my sleep for a while. Just call me when you want to leave later, I'm so sleepy."
Then Hua Xie turned around and entered the house without even closing the door. Not long after, a burst of snoring came from the house.
Wang Xizhou smiled helplessly, "Xiao Xie has two bad things: he is impulsive and impatient, and he is lethargic. Without enough sleep, he becomes listless and loses his temper easily."
Bai Gu said with a smile: "I envy Brother Hua, who can fall asleep as soon as he touches the pillow. I can eat and sleep, and I have enough pockets to eat and sleep. In fact, my life is very satisfying."
Wang Xizhou narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Everyone has his or her own ambitions, Xiaobai. It seems that you are easily satisfied."
"It's always good to be content with what you have. Otherwise, if I have a big appetite and no money in my pocket before, I would easily go hungry, which would be very uncomfortable."
Wang Xizhou was noncommittal.
Desire for food and drink, as well as fatigue and laziness in the body, are extremely taboo and harmful to spiritual practice and are not advisable.
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"Old Guan, what do you want me to do when you call this junior here today?" Yu Du came to the dam higher than the clouds and bowed to the thin old monk not far away.
The old monk raised his hand to support Yu Du, trying his best to make his old, grimace look kinder, "Ayu, you have been here for a few days, and you should have a general understanding of the situation here."
Yu Du nodded.
"The situation here is quite special. It's not like other places where you can just smash the Kung Fu and Taoist tools randomly. Depending on which side is more powerful, you just smash the other side to end the war. The battlefield here can be big or small, and the whole world can be used for it. A game, as small as a particle of mind, can be a battlefield. Attacking the mind has a profound impact, so that side will not act rashly."
Yu Du instantly understood what the old monk meant, "Does Mr. Guan want to drive this junior away?"
The old monk shook his head, "I just think that your achievements in the Dao will be very high. Time waits for no one right now, so you shouldn't waste your time here. Every day you just watch the sun rise and the moon set, listen to the waves crashing on the shore, and accompany me as an old man. It’s very inappropriate to waste time chatting.”
Yu Du was silent for a moment, "Junior feels that accompanying Mr. Guan is a meaningful thing in itself and is not a waste of time. Moreover, by staying with Mr. Guan, this junior does not make any progress."
The old monk stopped playing Tai Chi with Yu Du and said straight to the point: "There are two things you really need to do right now."
"Please also ask Mr. Guan to specify."
"On the coast of the East China Sea, the battlefield there will need your help even more." The old monk paused, "Secondly, the sun and the moon shine brightly on thousands of dust, and the years wash away a Taoist heart. How many times will it take for a certain vow of yours? A destined person has confirmed it, so now we should only find one, right?"
"Yes."
"Actually, you have met the second one a long time ago, but you just didn't notice it carefully." The old monk revealed some secrets to Yu Du, "If you don't rush there, I'm afraid you will have to wait for another hundred years."
Yu Du frowned slightly, expressing confusion.
The old monk did not continue talking, but just handed Yu Du a sachet, "This is the insect-repelling sachet made by Lao Monk using the peace talisman he asked for from his earthly mother. Please take it."
"This, this is too valuable, this junior cannot accept it."
"It's just a sachet, not expensive at all."
"But this is..."
"Monks have cut off all thoughts of the world, and there are not many living things here. Even bugs have not been seen for hundreds of years. It is useless to keep them. Just accept it as one of the few gifts that I can give. "
Yu Du hesitated for a moment, then took the sachet and tied it around his waist, "Thank you, Mr. Guan."
The old monk looked at the handsome man in a green shirt in front of him, with his big sleeves swaying in the wind. He looked very scholarly and said, "If we are destined, I hope we can meet again."
"After this junior has been to the East China Sea, I will help the people there breathe, and then I will take the time to come back and visit Mr. Guan."
"It doesn't matter if you can't come back. Just remember to send a letter when you get there to say you're safe."
"Definitely." Yu Du took a few steps back, then turned to face the old monk, bowed and said a deep farewell, "Old Guan, this junior will go first, please take care of yourself."
The old monk nodded and waved his hand towards Yu Du, "Let's go. You young people have a lot of time, but you also have very little time. You must do things you won't regret."
Yu Du responded, stopped talking nonsense, turned around and left.
A piece of green shirt turned from clear light to ink spots.
The old monk looked at Yu Du's leaving figure, his eyes full of reluctance and heartache, and sighed softly, "People have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. This has never been the case in ancient times."
