After returning to the sect, Sun Zikai first went to the tomb and nunnery of the Yanming sect. It was actually a group of temples. The first half was the ancestral hall, which worshiped the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth. On weekdays, few people came to burn incense and pay homage. The second half was the nunnery, which worshiped the sect. Those who died in the outer sect over the past century were those who died in official duties, or those who made outstanding contributions to the outer sect. On weekdays, even fewer people came.
But the work to save face was done well. Regardless of whether anyone came to pay their respects, the sect could guarantee that the place would be cleaned every day.
After searching for a long time among thousands of spiritual tablets in five or six houses, he finally found his parents.
After being stunned for a while, he softly called his father and mother, nodded, then paused for a moment, silent, and then walked out of the house quietly, then left the sect, went to the back of the mountain, and went to "Ansheng Pass". .
Flying in the sky all the way, they arrived at "Ansheng Pass" in half an hour. Lao Yang was standing on the wall looking out, and unexpectedly Sun Zikai suddenly appeared behind him.
Lao Yang was startled and asked suspiciously: "Where did you come from?"
Sun Zikai pointed to the sky and continued: "Are you okay?"
"Why are you back so soon?" Lao Yang scolded, "Practice must be wholeheartedly focused!"
"I got rich, but I was thinking of you." He patted the two large packages next to him. Inside were the gold and silver plundered from the basement of Han Lei's house.
As he opened the package, Lao Yang said, "Why are you the only one...my mother! Did you steal it? Where did so many come from..." When he looked up, Sun Zikai disappeared. Lao Yang was in a trance for a moment, thinking that he was hallucinating. But as soon as he lowered his head, the white and golden gold and silver were right in front of him.
Sun Zikai hurried back to the sect, fearing that those guys would find Jiang Yujin while he was away, but this was indeed the case. When he ran a few miles away from "Anshengju", he had already sensed several powerful energies.
Quickly walking to the door, he first stretched his body to a combat-ready state, and then walked in calmly.
There were not many people in the courtyard. There was a straw mat and a table, with two men and women sitting on both sides. Their energy levels were both above the Golden Core level. Behind the woman stood Feng Yueyi, and on the man's side stood Jiang Yujin.
Jiang Yujin was relieved when she saw Sun Zikai coming back. Sun Zikai walked quickly to her side and signaled her not to be afraid.
The little girl Feng Yueyi said angrily: "You are finally back. If you don't come back, master will cook me!"
Wu Lanmu's first impression of Sun Zikai was very disappointing. The thirteen-year-old boy was only at the level of Qi Condensation, so all her previous guesses were overturned. Logically speaking, she should have given up and left long ago, but she noticed It was only when Fu Zhe became very interested in this young man that he remained calm.
"Eh? It's you." Sun Zikai recognized the man at a glance.
Fu Zhe nodded, but Sun Zikai said: "We met many years ago."
Fu Zhe was stunned for a moment, and he quickly recalled and filtered in his mind, but he couldn't remember who this kid was. Besides, how old was this kid all those years ago? How could he possibly know such a mud kid?
Sun Zikai said: "Five years ago, we had a chance encounter. Outside the 'Ansheng Pass', I asked you if you could teach me how to practice. You said that I should go back to the city to live an peaceful life."
Fu Zhe thought for a moment, but still couldn't remember. Sun Zikai then explained in detail what happened that year. When he heard that he was trying to stop the cultivators who wanted to help the barbarian enter the pass, he finally remembered the past. That year His master Bai Zhu wanted to use the barbarians to gain benefits in the Fourteen Cities. He couldn't bear it, so he went to stop him. On the way, he did meet a group of gatekeepers pretending to be barbarians, among whom there was indeed an eight-year-old child.
"It's you?" Fu Zhe found it hard to believe that after five years, that child had really embarked on the path of spiritual practice.
"it's me."
"It's amazing." Fu Zhe agreed, "I heard that no barbarians have broken into the pass in recent years, and the gatekeepers must have contributed a lot."
"Yes."
"Kid!" Wu Lanmu was impatient. She couldn't help but said: "How did you get into Xianyuan and still survive? Why?"
Sun Zikai paused for a moment and replied: "I have been fighting with barbarians since I was a child, and I have developed a special sense of danger."
"Lie" Wu Lanmu pointed out: "I miss you when you are young, so I won't do anything to you, just tell me! Who brought you in, who did that thing in Xianyuan!"
"I did it, let me be punished."
Wu Lanmu said angrily: "Don't act with me, it's Ma Dairan or Ma Guanzheng, hum, if it's not these two brothers, it's Qu Hanrong!"
Sun Zikai's eyes changed slightly, and he immediately asked: "Who are Ma Dairan and Ma Guanzheng? Can I meet Ma Guanzheng?"
Wu Lanmu was aroused, Fu Zhe asked her to calm down, Feng Yueyi said: "You are really a layman, Ma Dairan is the leader of the medicine sect, and Ma Guan is the leader of the magic sect."
"Oh—" Sun Zikai's eyes were terrifyingly dead, "I understand, thank you."
"Is it Zhi Weici?" Wu Lanmu frowned and asked Fu Zhe.
Fu Zhe immediately dismissed this idea and said, "Sister Zhi is kind to others and has never been involved in disputes. It won't be her."
"Hey," Wu Lanmu said disdainfully, "That woman makes me feel uncomfortable all over. I don't believe she is a good person."
"Lan Mu, don't be rude. It was all because of her words that we were spared the punishment of being demoted. Sister Zhi was kind to us."
Wu Lanmu was very unhappy. Her slender legs were looming, and after crossing each other for a moment, she directed her anger towards Sun Zikai and scolded: "Boy, aunt, I don't care who you work for. If I find you stepping into the garden again, I will kill you alive."
Sun Zikai replied calmly: "I sneaked into Xianyuan at night without anyone's instructions."
“You can’t even go during the day!”
"I haven't been there during the day, so what happens in the garden has nothing to do with me."
"Don't act stupid, I'm talking about the rabbit!"
"Rabbit?" A trace of confusion flashed across Sun Zikai's face, "What...rabbit?"
Jiang Yujin reminded him in a low voice at this time: "They said we caught other people's rabbits, the rabbits outside the forest on the edge of the garden."
Before she could finish speaking, Sun Zikai said, "That was the test given to us by the outer elders before we entered the monastery."
"You mean you caught the rabbit yourself?"
"Yeah, Rabbit...what's the matter?"
Wu Lanmu sneered and gave Feng Yueyi a look. Feng Yueyi went to the side and took back a box. After opening it, a cute rabbit jumped out.
Wu Lanmu said: "Right now, I will give you a stick of incense time, seize it, it doesn't matter whether you live or die."
Sun Zikai didn't understand the significance of this test, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with just catching a rabbit. He bent down and picked up pebbles one by one. After standing up, he flicked the pebble out and hit the rabbit between the eyebrows. The rabbit turned over on its belly and lay on the ground kicking up its legs.
Sun Zikai walked over slowly, lifted it up by his ears, and brought it to Wu Lanmu.
But he finally noticed the expressions of everyone present. Jiang Yujin covered her face with one hand. She had just learned not long ago that the rabbits in the garden were not easy to catch. For the outer disciples, it was impossible. As for the mission, they misunderstood what they meant. It turned out that they really just needed to catch two rabbits at random.
Sun Zikai also figured this out at this time and quickly organized the reasons in his mind. Before they could speak, Sun himself said to Fu Zhe: "I told you in Manqianlou that you'd better find out about my origins. I started fighting with barbarians to the death when I was seven years old. I have a special sense of danger. , I can understand the rabbit’s movements, so it’s not difficult to catch it.”
Feng Yueyi was stunned and said, "It didn't move at all."
"So it's an early insight."
Wu Lanmu was also shocked. She reached out and grabbed the rabbit. After just a few clicks, the rabbit became lively again. Wu Lanmu said, "Catch it again. Don't use stones."
"I refuse. Catching rabbits is the entrance test given to us by the elders. We did not make any mistakes in this matter."
"Boy! Back and forth, in less than half an hour, you caught more than 800 rabbits?" Wu Lanmu stood up, forced himself in front of Sun Zikai, lifted up his collar, and said: "Come on, give me more Catch him once."
After that, she flew into the sky with Sun Zikai, while the others were waiting where they were.
Fu Zhe asked the two girls to sit down, but Fu Zhe had already noticed Jiang Yujin's good temperament, so he took the opportunity to ask: "Where is the girl from?"
Jiang Yujin had long since stopped hiding her life experience and said calmly: "Thousands of miles away, the Song Dynasty."
Fu Zhe was stunned. She looked at Jiang Yujin for a long time before saying, "Are you the daughter of the Emperor of Song Dynasty?"
"Do you know the country? Do you know the emperor?"
"Of course, I have been to your country." Fu Zhe replied.
Jiang Yujin was very surprised and asked: "When have you been there?"
Fu Zhe replied: "After I successfully formed the elixir, I gained the power to ascend to heaven. On a whim, I traveled around, flying nearly three thousand miles away. I also lived in a small town in your country for a while. This is probably This happened nine years ago, why are you here?"
Jiang Yujin looked lonely and informed him about the demise of the Song Dynasty. Fu Zhe sighed and said: "A huge country has declined in three years. You must have suffered a lot along the way."
Jiang Yujin and Sun Zikai have very similar coping styles in this regard. They calmly accept the misfortune of their fate without any complaints, because they know it is useless and they will only tell themselves what to do next.
Fu Zhe couldn't feel any pain or sadness from this girl, and immediately realized her tenacity. He asked in a low voice: "How did you two enter the sect."
Jiang Yujin didn't want to answer, so she chose to remain silent until Sun Zikai came back. Fu Zhe didn't force her and sat quietly.
After only half a stick of incense, Wu Lanmu grabbed Sun Zikai and fell from the sky. As soon as he landed, Fu Zhe noticed a strong change in Wu Lanmu's expression. At this moment, Wu Lanmu was shocked, obsessed, panicked, and confused... He Then he guessed a possibility that was impossible to realize.
Wu Lanmu and Fu Zhe looked at each other. She might be uneasy or excited, pacing back and forth in the courtyard. She turned around several times and walked quickly towards Sun Zikai, then stopped and walked away.
Fu Zhe said to Sun Zikai: "You caught all 800 rabbits?"
Sun Zikai shrugged his shoulders and replied: "So you are here for this matter. Catching rabbits is not difficult."
Jiang Yujin tugged on Sun Zikai's sleeve. She didn't understand how Sun Zikai really went to catch the rabbit. In the past, Sun Zikai would have pretended that he couldn't catch the rabbit, but why was he like this now. What she didn't know was that when Sun Zikai, who was supposed to act like this, heard the name Ma Guanzheng, he immediately wanted to get to know or get closer to Ma Guanzheng through Wu Lanmu faster. He needed to understand which one to let next Man sinks into darkness and is slaughtered.
Wu Lanmu gave Fu Zhe another look, indicating that he would leave with him immediately. Fu Zhe understood, and after giving a few instructions, he stood up and left. Only Sun Zikai and Jiang Yujin were left in the courtyard.
Jiang Yujin said in confusion: "It would be fine if you don't admit it."
"I need to admit that something needs to be done with this."
After Fu Zhe and Wu Lanmu left, they sent Feng Yueyi away first, then the two of them whispered, and then Fu Zhe flew out of the sect.
At noon, Fu Zhe came to the residence of the master of the Beast Sect and saw Wu Lanmu in the house.
Fu Zhe's expression at this time was just like Wu Lanmu's before. He paced around the room uneasily. After a long time, he calmed down and said, "He didn't lie. He really has been fighting with the barbarians for many years." He flew away. After arriving at Ansheng Pass, he thoroughly inquired about Sun Zikai's origins from the gatekeeper.
"He first killed someone when he was five years old. He killed 23 people in a row, including adults."
"Absurd!" Wu Lanmu said, "This is impossible."
"Isn't it ridiculous that he caught over eight hundred rabbits in front of you?"
Wu Lanmu was speechless, and Fu Zhe continued: "When he first came out of the customs at the age of seven, he single-handedly slaughtered a tribe of old and weak women and children. He also commanded a dozen gatekeepers and killed more than two hundred people. The male barbarian left the seclusion alone at the age of eight and killed thousands of people within four years. He entered the sect by relying on his military exploits with a single blow."
Fu Zhe sighed: "I thought that the barbarians had lost interest in the pass over the years, which was why the fourteen cities had long-term peace. I didn't expect that it was this kid who killed all the barbarians who were close to Ansheng Pass. This guy has Covered in blood, he is an absolute devil."
Wu Lanmu asked: "What do you want?"
"Get rid of him! If this kind of guy is allowed to enter the path of cultivation, that's fine." Fu Zhe frowned, "Or drive him back to Ansheng Pass and let him be the gatekeeper for the rest of his life."
"I don't agree!" Wu Lanmu became extremely excited, "I want to accept him as my disciple."
"Nonsense!" Fu Zhe said, "He has too much murderous intent and a sea of sins. I have tested him, and now that I have just condensed my Qi for a while, I can easily defeat a child in the Qi training period. If I let him build a foundation, he can even form a pill." Now, can the world still be peaceful?"
"Who says he is guilty!" Wu Lanmu asked, "How can a gatekeeper be killed if he doesn't kill the barbarians? Let me tell you, this is the way of survival of the beasts. The weak and the strong eat the fittest. You have to find out whether he is really Indiscriminate killing, if there is a reason for everything..."
Fu Zhe interrupted her and said: "So what if there is a reason! He has killed thousands of people. Life is no longer important to him. Whether he will kill indiscriminately in the future can only be determined by his thoughts."
"I don't think he is evil." Wu Lanmu, who has been around animals all year round, often sees things that are different in nature from what others feel. "Your behavior and choices are just because you are afraid!"
"Am I afraid?" Fu Zhe said angrily, "Stop joking."
"You are just afraid that the people you have killed in your life may not be as many as this child has killed so far. Humans are most like low-level weak beasts, like a dog or a hound. No matter how ferocious it is, if it encounters a tiger cub, You will still tremble with fear. This is the suppression of the blood of the beast itself. That guy is not a dog, let alone a human. He is a beast, the highest level beast. Any of his actions, whether good or evil, will make you feel suffocated and frightened. , I am different, I am so excited! I am deeply involved, I seem to be witnessing the growth of a beast king, but you are going to strangle him!"
"Lan Mu! Don't go crazy, this is not a child's play!" Fu Zhe became more and more excited. He could even imagine that after the guy built the foundation, he defected from the sect and became a murderous demon in front of and behind the ridge. Worse case scenarios were imagined.
Without giving Wu Lanmu a chance to speak again, Fu Zhe used a seal to seal Wu Lanmu in place. Wu Lanmu couldn't even open his mouth. Fu Zhe said, "I'm going to deal with him now. I'll most likely kill him." He, after everything is done, I will come to rescue you." After that, he raised his feet and walked away, leaving Wu Lanmu alone and whimpering anxiously.
It was a sunny day, but it was obscured by three thick dark clouds. The wind picked up and swept away the seedlings in the vegetable field.
Fu Zhe pushed the door open and walked in. The straw mat was not removed and the table was not moved, but there were more teapots and teacups on it. Sun Zikai sat quietly at the table.
Fu Zhe walked over and stood behind Sun Zikai.
Sun Zikai said calmly: "Are you here to kill me?" Sun Zikai naturally knew that Fu Zhe would go to Anshengguan to inquire about his origins.
Fu Zhe was a little surprised and said: "Your origin is indeed unusual. You kill people..."
"I keep facing countless choices, but fortunately, every time, I choose the right path."
After hearing this, Fu Zhe walked to the table, sat down facing Sun Zikai, and asked sternly: "Why did you kill people when you were five years old?"
Sun Zikai did not hide anything and described the events of that year in detail. Fu Zhe asked again: "Why did you kill the old, weak, women and children of the barbarians?"
"Because our old, weak, women and children have also not received any mercy from the barbarians. Do you really understand what survival is and what fighting is?"
"Those are old, weak, women and children! They are not guilty!"
"Not guilty? When they slaughtered our old, weak, women and children..."
"That's their sin. If you do the same thing, what's the difference between you and the barbarians?"
"No, there is a difference," Sun Zikai said indifferently, "I need to be more ruthless than them and kill more. I want all the barbarians on that land to be greeted by a huge blow when they see that pass. of fear, so that our old, weak, women and children can survive."
Fu Zhe still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Sun Zikai's sarcastic laughter. Sun Zikai smiled and said: "Sir, do you really understand what survival is? What is fighting? The knife that cuts at your neck will not ask you if you are afraid. It hurts. The weapon in the hand of a baby is as deadly as the weapon in the hand of a man. Killing is inherently evil. If you kill a man and leave a woman and a child, are you just? We who are struck by the butcher's knife, if not If you don't resist more ruthlessly, do you have to wait for generations of barbarians to slaughter us completely, and then you will step on our corpses and the backbones of our descendants, pretending to drive away the barbarians, and then take away the living people? bone marrow? I still remember that my home, that small town, was captured by the barbarians brought by you people who could fly into the sky. In the end, a lot of the people in the city survived because you scraped After using up their remaining money and food, they starved to death that winter. We accepted the massacre, but what was the result? The barbarians are comfortable, you are comfortable, and we and our descendants are dead."
When Fu Zhe heard this, he thought of what his master Bai Zhu had done. He couldn't help but clenched his fists and lowered his head. Sun Zikai continued: "If you want to judge me with this, then you are not qualified at all. You have never cared about Shi The life and death of the people of the Four Cities is the peace that our gatekeepers have sacrificed their lives for generations. If time comes again, I will still do that, no... I will cherish this opportunity, kill more barbarians, and let them have no descendants. "
Fu Zhe could feel the contempt in Sun Zikai's eyes. He was speechless for a moment, and after a long time he said: "You are not suitable for practice. Go back to Ansheng Pass."
"You already said this many years ago."
"It seems useless." Fu Zhe raised his head and looked at Sun Zikai. This young man did not look like a young man.
"So you're going to kill me?"
The murderous intention that Fu Zhe should have shown did not appear, but he saw the joking in Sun Zikai's expression. What he didn't know was that the moment he leaked the murderous intention and decided to take action, it was his death and his chance to live. And energy, he had been firmly grasped the first time he stepped into this courtyard.
Fu Zhe sighed, he still let the child go, just like the gatekeepers who never understood to admit it. He associated himself with every moment of decision-making that the child had experienced, but he did not have the courage and ability to be like that child. Making the next decision, Wu Lanmu was right, this child was a beast, the king of beasts... However, he still could not accept this devil stepping into the path of spiritual practice.
Leaving behind a sentence, "I will keep an eye on you." Fu Zhe walked out of the door.
