Deep in the mountains, the branches and leaves were rustled by the strong wind.
There is a cave sealed by wooden shackles, and there are many small snakes with red eyes stationed at the door.
Many people can be seen in the cave, all dressed in different clothes, including men, women, old and young. Without exception, their faces are sallow and thin, and they have no energy. It looks like they have been hungry for a long time.
Feeding humans is a habit that demons have always maintained.
Just like humans raising chickens, ducks and fish, they also need a steady stream of food.
I saw a thin and petite figure curled up in the corner of the cave.
His face was dirty and unkempt.
It was getting late, and there was a strong wind in the mountains. She only had a gray rag on her body, which was weakly covering her body, and her body was shivering in the cold wind.
Not just her, most of the people around her were in this state.
Many people's faces were numb.
"call out!"
There was a sound of gravel splashing.
In the dark, they seemed to see a flash of light, and then all the little snakes left in front of the wooden shackles were chopped into two pieces.
"boom!"
Even the tall and strong wooden shackles collapsed.
The biting evening wind poured into the door of the cave, and a man stood at the entrance.
The man's tall and straight figure stood in the wind, wearing a white robe with a hunting sound. He looked indescribably elegant and unrestrained. His eyes were like stars, scanning the crowd.
The person coming was none other than Zhao Huai.
Since condensing the golden elixir, Zhao Huai has exuded an invisible aura, with a hint of majesty and coldness. In the eyes of mortals, he looks like an expert from outside the world.
Therefore, in the eyes of these mortals, Zhao Huai is a savior-like existence.
"It's okay. Come with me. I have killed the demon."
Zhao Huai looked at the tragedy in front of him and said with a heavy heart.
In his eyes, the destiny aura on these people's faces was all gray and lifeless, and they were obviously destroyed into a state of disgrace.
In the current world, where the demon sect and the immortal sect are facing each other, it is impossible for the sect to focus all its attention on the demons, causing some of the demons to slip through the net and attack ordinary people.
No matter what, mortals are always victims.
Even though Zhao Huai said this, not many people took action.
Most of the people were so hungry that they had no strength left and leaned weakly against the stone wall.
"Husband, let me do it."
Yu Qinghan stood up from the side. She activated her magic power, and the golden elixir energy flipped inside her body, and traces of magic power entered the bodies of everyone in front of her.
Give them some strength to stand up.
Everyone slowly stood up and walked outside.
Zhao Huai nodded and suddenly saw a little girl in the corner, sitting helplessly. After the adults left, he finally stood up slowly.
Different from everyone else, she came to Zhao Huai and raised her little head. Under the dirty rags, there was a pair of eyes as clear as snow. She asked directly:
"Are you a monk?"
His voice was dry and hoarse, and he was very young.
The moment their eyes met, even Zhao Huai was stunned.
He saw many things in the other person's eyes. In addition to a strong desire for life, there was also an extraordinary perseverance.
Eyes are the windows to the soul.
Different people have different things in their eyes.
Zhao Huai used his Qi-gazing technique to check the opponent's face.
As a result, wisps of bright yellow smoke emerged.
Among the many colors, the only one he didn't figure out was yellow.
Gray and white represent vitality, green represents health, gold represents luck, black represents bad luck, red represents death, and purple represents identity.
What does this yellow represent?
"Yes, I am a monk, do you have any questions?"
Zhao Huai leaned down, with a smile on his face and a soft voice.
"I also want to become a monk."
The little girl said with extremely serious eyes.
Zhao Huai was not surprised to receive this answer. He brushed the girl's hair aside without disdain and said with a smile:
"Why do you want to be a monk?"
The girl said without hesitation: "I don't want to be bullied anymore."
Zhao Huai's eyes revealed surprise.
He originally thought that the other party would say something like avenging his parents, or envying him for being able to save people, but he didn't expect such a simple answer.
He grabbed the girl's hand and used his magic power to check the other person's qualifications.
I found that the root bone is not bad, not as exaggerated as the heavenly spirit root, but still much better than ordinary people. It is a single spiritual root.
The only strange thing was that he found the child's body structure to be magical.
A normal person's spiritual roots and bone appearance are all in the same mold, either excellent or bad, and will not fall out of the frame. However, this girl is obviously outside the frame. At first glance, the number of bones is more than that of a normal person.
So this is the meaning of the yellow smoke, a special constitution?
Zhao Huai thought uncertainly, while smiling softly at the girl:
"If you want to be a monk, come with me."
Zhao Huai and Yu Qinghan moved the people rescued by Shepanshan to nearby villages and left.
In the end, only a little girl followed the two of them. She originally followed the caravan, but later her parents were eaten by monsters and she became an orphan.
When Yu Qinghan learned about the little girl's situation, his eyes could not hide his sympathy, and he sent a message to Zhao Huai:
"Are you going to teach her how to practice?"
"She has good qualifications and can teach."
"He is indeed a good young man who can practice martial arts." Yu Qinghan also nodded.
At this time, Zhao Huai asked curiously:
"Madam, you didn't doubt me?"
Yu Qinghan rolled his eyes and said, "What are you doubting? I'm just a child. I'm not the kind of woman who is sensitive to every little thing."
"By the way, don't you want to go to Wangxian Sect again? Are you still going?"
"Well, I want to go. I want to see my old friends."
Yu Qinghan turned around and pulled the little girl and said: "You go ahead, I will take her back to Jinzhou Mansion. If you come back to me then, I will not go to Black Wind Mountain."
"OK."
Zhao Huai nodded in agreement.
Then, he drove his natal flying sword and headed towards Wangxian Sect.
Heifeng Mountain is really close to Wangxian Sect. Zhao Huai was very fast and arrived in no time.
Wangxian Sect is located on a mountain. The incense is not bad, and there are still people offering incense at night.
Zhao Huai came to the gate of the mountain, where a disciple of Wangxian Sect was stationed.
"I want to look for you, Lu Wanqiu."
He directly announced the other person's name.
"Are you looking for Senior Sister Lu?"
The garrison disciple looked at the man strangely, seeming to be thinking about the connection between the two.
"I am Miss Lu's good friend."
Zhao Huai added another sentence.
"I'm sorry, Senior Sister Lu has been in seclusion since last year. You want to find her, but I don't know when."
"Retreat?"
Zhao Huai repeated in great surprise.
As far as he knew, monks' retreats were divided into small retreats, major retreats, and the final retreat.
A small retreat only lasts a few years, while a major retreat often costs a fifth of a monk's lifespan.
A hundred years takes twenty years, a thousand years takes two hundred years.
But this kind of retreat can be stopped, and you can leave it at any time when encountering special circumstances.
But retreat is different. It is the most special and is often set up by monks to achieve a certain purpose.
It cannot be stopped, cannot be interrupted, and it cannot get out of the gate unless it achieves its goal. This is related to the Taoist heart and basis, is linked to the way of heaven, and is a force majeure factor.
There is no limit to time, it may be a hundred years, it may be a thousand years, it may come out in two or three years, or it may not come out in a lifetime.
Everything depends on whether the monk's purpose is difficult or not.
Why did Lu Wanqiu go into seclusion?
After all, the other party is one of the few friends in this world, just like Yan Jing.
Since the separation, we have never seen each other again.
However, this situation is completely normal in the world of monks.
There is an incident recorded in ancient books.
There was a young disciple of the sect who had the chance to enter a secret realm. During the process of seclusion, his cultivation level increased greatly and he practiced like crazy.
When he came out, he found that all his relatives and friends were dead.
Even the sect had declined and perished, and then I realized that thousands of years had passed outside.
But he remains as young as ever.
Zhao Huai retracted his thoughts and smiled at the garrisoned disciple: "I understand, thank you."
After thanking him, Zhao Huai turned around and left Wangxian Sect.
Since Lu Wanqiu is in seclusion, there is no need for her to stay for a long time.
He stepped on the flying sword and galloped towards the Black Wind Mountain.
Back in the Batu Cave, Zhao Huai happened to see such a scene.
A brown wild boar was lying in a pool of blood, motionless, but its rising and falling chest showed that it was still breathing.
"How did you get in?"
Zhao Huai spoke directly.
The brown-haired wild boar was immediately frightened, stood up, and quickly jumped out of the blood pool.
Seeing Zhao Huai's figure, he looked very excited, but at the same time he was scared and said: "I fell into this pool accidentally."
"Besides, didn't you ask me to come to the cave in the middle of the night?"
Zhao Huai smiled secretly in his heart when he heard the answer.
Of course he knew why the other person fell into the pool.
I just didn't expect that this short brown wild boar had such understanding and actually came.
Originally, he didn't have any hope.
"Can you come in without King Pig's permission?"
Zhao Huai continued with a straight face.
The brown-haired boar scratched his head guiltily and said: "Sir, I accidentally discovered that other entrances can also lead to the cave, so I didn't dare to tell the king."
Zhao Huai was stunned when he heard this.
This wild boar is really lucky.
Actually this is okay.
If such a demon is not developed, then what kind of demon can be developed?
"Forget it, I won't hold you accountable anymore. Since you can come here, it means it's your chance."
Zhao Huai smiled.
He didn't understand what opportunity was before, but now it seems that opportunity is not something that everyone can encounter.
"So, sir, what are you going to teach me?" the brown boar asked cautiously.
"What do you want to learn?"
Zhao Huai asked with a smile.
The brown-haired wild boar had a simple and honest face and said very honestly: "I can do anything. I will learn whatever Mr. Zhu Ganghei teaches me."
"Children can be taught."
Hearing this, Zhao Huai couldn't help but smile.
After that, he took out a Green Firefly demon pill from the Xuan Ring.
"This is."
"This is the demon elixir of the great demon. No matter what you teach, it is not as practical as a demon elixir. Whatever you want to learn, whether it is demon power or magic, it is all in this demon elixir."
Zhao Huai explained with a chuckle.
"Can you transform?"
The brown boar asked cautiously.
Zhao Huai shook his head: "After digesting this demon pill, it is very possible to enter the realm of the demon king, let alone transform."
"Monster King!"
The brown boar was shocked.
He didn't expect Master Zhu Gangxi to come up with such an important thing.
And still to yourself!
"How could I accept such an important thing!"
The brown boar immediately waved his hand.
"If the Pig King finds out, he will definitely beat me up. The other little monsters will probably also take a liking to it. I will definitely not be able to steal it from them."
Zhao Huai couldn't help but said with a smile: "When you become stronger, will anyone dare to steal your things?"
The brown-haired wild boar suddenly froze, touched his head, and thought.
That seems to be the truth.
"Can I really accept it?"
The brown boar asked very cautiously, confirming again and again.
"Well, here you go."
Zhao Huai nodded and threw the demon pill directly to the other party without feeling any distress at all.
"It's useless for me to keep holding this thing."
The brown-haired wild boar took the demon pill as if it were holding a fragile jade. It looked at it carefully with its small eyes and opened its mouth in amazement.
How could there be such a beautiful thing.
"Swallow it."
Zhao Huai reminded.
The brown-haired wild boar nodded heavily, with a serious look on his face, and drank the demon pill.
The green light could be seen clearly from his neck to his stomach.
The brown-haired wild boar shook its head and blinked, not noticing any changes.
"Master Zhugangxi, what's wrong with these meatballs?"
Before he could finish speaking, a majestic demonic power soared into the sky and melted in his stomach.
"Plop!"
The brown wild boar held its stomach in pain and rolled on the ground.
"Sir, my stomach is so bloated, I feel like it's going to explode!"
Zhao Huai knew that this was a normal phenomenon.
This is the spider emperor's demon elixir.
How could an ordinary little demon bear it? It must be digested with external assistance.
He no longer hesitated, took a step forward, poured his magic power into the body of the brown boar.
Help him balance the mighty demon power in his body.
When those demonic powers met his magic power, they melted away like fire meeting water.
"Sit cross-legged and circulate the heavens."
Zhao Huai raised the brown-haired wild boar and reminded him loudly.
The brown boar also moved very quickly, endured the pain, and sat down.
The demonic power in the whole body is rushing around in the bones and blood vessels, and moving around is a process of consumption.
In an instant, he felt that his Taoism was constantly improving!
The demon power was extremely solid and slowly stabilized.
What showed was that the fur on his body began to gradually fade away, exposing the skin, becoming more like human arms and body.
The body has also become much taller, becoming the height of a normal person.
Time passed quickly.
The brown-haired wild boar slowly took control of the demon elixir, and at the same time, he was able to operate the demon power on his own without Zhao Huai's help.
Zhao Huai wiped his sweat.
"From now on, you can use this demon pill to practice, and the speed will be several times that of ordinary monsters."
"Thank you, sir!!"
The brown-haired wild boar burst into tears and cried bitterly. He knelt down in front of Zhao Huai and thanked him.
"Why are you helping me like this?"
At the same time, the brown boar is also very curious.
It would be too good for the adults to just give it the demon pill like this.
Zhao Huai said calmly: "Everyone has selfish motives, and demons are no exception. I hope that after you accept this demon pill, you will make good use of it and follow my instructions. Can you do it?"
"able!"
The brown boar nodded solemnly.
"My expectations for you are still very high. There are many rules under my command. I hope you can remember them well. The most important ones are the nine commandments."
"Article 1, no human race, including monks, can be harmed without my permission."
"The next eight are murderous intention, greedy intention, lustful intention, lying intention, drunken intention, extravagant intention, evil intention and lawful intention."
"You don't have a name, so I'll give you a name, Nine Rings, to correspond to these nine."
The brown boar listened very seriously. After getting the name, he said with surprise on his face:
"I understand, sir, from now on I will be called Jiujie."
Then, Zhao Huai hesitated for a moment and took out the sealed heart.
Put it back into the blood pool.
A moment.
The rich blood light danced on the heart, and wisps of mist surrounded it. With every beat, pure energy was transported out and flowed into the blood pool.
The blood pool once again returned to its former glory.
"boom!"
An extremely strong aura emanated from the heart, causing the entire cave to shake.
The brown-haired wild boar just took a sip of the red mist emanating from its heart, and its demonic power surged.
He has almost transformed, only the details and brains are missing, and he is not far away from completely transforming.
Now that he has been blessed by the energy of the blood pool, his body is more solid and his eyes are brighter.
"What happened!"
The Pig King quickly ran out from the other side of the cave entrance, as if he had just woken up.
Seeing the recovered blood pool, he was also stunned.
Zhao Huai walked up to the Pig King, pointed at the brown wild boar and said:
"Take good care of him, he will look like a demon king."
ps: It’s coming to an end. Next, a more magnificent world of cultivating immortals will usher in. The great battle of the world will really come, and the holes dug will have to be filled.
