Since being promoted to Grand Master, Gu Dan's senses have become extremely sharp.
Movements that others could not detect were as loud as thunder to him.
The world of mortals is complicated and chaotic. When a great master looks at the world with the eyes of ordinary people, he can easily discover countless problems that would be subconsciously ignored by ordinary people. To put it simply, after his sharp eyesight, he used to be pretty good. Things will inevitably show flaws and flaws.
The improvement of strength is constantly forcibly raising a person's aesthetic standards.
This is just a great master, and he cannot even be called an immortal.
It can be seen from this that it is probably a lie that fairies fell in love with mortals after falling into the mortal world. Fairies probably look at mortals the same as they look at skeletons.
At first, in order to deal with this feeling of discomfort, Gu Dan even needed to use his true energy to block part of his own perception. Later, he gradually adapted to it and was able to calm down amidst the chaos, and then this perception truly turned into a help.
And this special feeling after promotion also made Gu Dan realize that if the promotion of martial arts can bring about such changes, what about the immortals?
When the true spiritual thoughts are swept away and the eyes can be seen from thousands of miles away, I am afraid that mortals are just a ball of moving meat on a frame of flesh and bones. There is no longer any beauty or ugliness, they are all the same.
No wonder the immortals in the legend have to stay away from the world, because no matter how similar they look on the outside, when you really look at them, the huge gap will always remind you that they are not the same kind of people at all.
At first, Nannan once envied a dog, but as her cultivation level increased, the gap between people may become larger than that between people and dogs.
Being in this world of mortals, practicing is everywhere.
Gu Dan has begun to realize this special feeling. Although he walked out of the Gu family courtyard, a feeling like a bigger barrier has begun to surround him unknowingly, reminding him all the time.
"Someone is coming on horseback."
After listening for a while, Gu Dan said firmly.
"Towards us?"
Xun Ke was not surprised that Gu Dan always found something in advance and was used to it.
"Yes, it's getting closer."
Gu Dan nodded slightly, and the two of them did not disturb Aunt Cheng for the time being, and waited together in front of the village.
Sure enough, Xun Ke could see a small black dot approaching from a distance. At a glance, the distance was still hundreds of meters away!
Can you detect it in advance and give a warning at such a long distance? !
Even though Xun Ke was somewhat used to it, he still couldn't help but be a little frightened. What kind of strength does Mr. Gu have now?
They were not kept waiting for too long. People on horses came quickly. When they noticed the two people standing at the entrance of the village, they subconsciously pulled out the knife on their backs.
This place is quite close to the place where the temple and the White Lotus Sect are fighting. Even the displaced refugees will stay far away. The people who can be encountered here are either brave and skilled people, or they are lackeys of the White Lotus Sect or the court.
"Who?! What the hell!"
The horse stood about twenty steps in front of the two of them. In the light rain, the man wearing a bamboo hat looked tall and strong, and the scimitar in his hand was still bleeding!
Xun Ke's face looked a little ugly, "When you come to our village, you should tell me whose village it belongs to, right?"
"Your village?"
The man on the horse held the scimitar in his hand slightly downward, and his voice seemed a little surprised. He opened his bamboo hat, revealing a thick and sinister face with a scar scratched by it. At this time, his eyes were wandering on Xun Ke's body. With.
After a while, the man on the horse asked in disbelief: "Idiot?!"
Xun Ke was startled.
This title seemed very far away from him, yet very familiar.
Distant because a group of friends once called him that, familiar because there was a silly and happy crazy girl in the Gu family courtyard who always called him that.
But in six years, for a child who was no more than ten years old at the time, the changes were too great. Even his voice was different from before, let alone his physique.
"Who are you?"
Xun Ke was a little unsure.
"Really you?!"
The man put away the scimitar in his hand, turned over and dismounted, "I am Erniu!"
He casually inserted the machete into the ground, "Don't you remember? When we went to fish in the Yuan River together, we were hung from the beam and beaten severely! By the way, the iron in Mr. Private School's hand was Do you remember the ruler? It was made by our family!"
The torrent of memories surged forward, and many memories from childhood surged into my mind at this moment.
Xun Ke seemed particularly surprised and rushed over and gave him a big hug, "Why have you become so strong!!!"
He punched Er Niu's chest several times with his fist, and the rainwater on the bamboo hat flew away, like tears falling into the muddy ground, gathering into shallow ditches.
"You kid, after so many years, why do you still look so thin? You still look dull! When you left with Mozi, everyone was so envious of you! By the way, wasn't Mozi in Yangzhou? Why did you come back? Is this you?" Erniu looked at Gu Dan and asked hesitantly.
Meeting again after so many years, the two had so much to say.
"This is Mr. Gu, Master Mo's best friend! He has decided to go out and save the world with Master Mo! Let's discuss the details first when we go back to the house."
"Mozi's best friend?! Wow, that must be an unparalleled hero. You are so lucky!"
Xun Ke took Er Niu's hand and returned to the old house where the family had literally bare walls.
Er Niu first took off his bamboo hat, and then carefully took out an oil paper bag from his arms, which contained a whole roast chicken and some large pieces of fat.
Carrying these things into the house, Erniu saw the burning fire at a glance.
And that big ball of vomit next to the fire.
"Guanyin soil?!"
Er Niu was stunned there, looking back as if he was looking for something, "Have you met Aunt Cheng?"
The joy of meeting faded a lot. Xun Ke nodded and asked again: "What is happening to Aunt Cheng? Why is she the only one left in the village? Where is her family?"
Spreading the oil paper bag on the ground, Erniu came to the fire, took a breath, and said in a low mood: "The star fell at night, and the place it hit was not too far from us. Later, many martial arts You know that masters come here and cause chaos everywhere."
Xun Ke nodded affirmatively.
The initial period was also the most chaotic. The news that the star was an immortal had not yet spread. In order to prevent the news from spreading, some warriors with sinister intentions began to purposefully massacre the surrounding villagers. Their behavior was heinous. .
But later, the news inevitably got out, and it was spread to ten, and then to hundreds of people, and this area really turned into a mess.
When Mo Qiu came over with more than a hundred Mo practitioners, the initial and craziest chaos was almost over, and what was left was a series of melees and snatching between the warriors.
As long as you take a second look and feel that someone else has a fairy stone hidden in their body, there is no reason at all. The most direct killings are happening all the time.
Later, Mo Qiu led a group of Mo practitioners and killed many warriors who had been carried away. He also had a few fights with the White Lotus Cult Master and Huang Chao to prove his strength. In this way, it took a full three It took months for this storm to pass.
But the loss was already doomed. Mo Qiu shortened the time and scope of the disaster, but he was not a god after all, and the damage that had been caused could not be undone.
Xun Ke's parents died because they wanted to stop the evil deeds of the warriors. How could he not remember it?
"After Mozi took you away, this matter did not just go away. People from the White Lotus Sect came to our village to give lectures. They said that after joining the White Lotus Sect, you no longer have to pay taxes and food to the court. We are all brothers and sisters. They say it nicely, but isn’t this a rebellion? Of course everyone is unwilling, but fortunately the people from the White Lotus Sect didn’t say that if you don’t join, you will die.”
Er Niu's face darkened, and his voice was terrifyingly cold, "But later on, people from other villages joined the White Lotus Sect. When the people from the court came over, they either said that we were complicit with them, or they handed over the leader of the White Lotus Sect. Either the envoys will be regarded as traitors together."
"this"
Xun Ke took a deep breath and tried not to curse.
"Then another official came. Anyway, he said that since the White Lotus Sect's informant had been to our village, he would never be able to escape the involvement. If you want to prove your innocence, you can also owe it to other villages. Our village must Make it up, otherwise don’t blame them for being rude.”
Er Niu's face looked a little uncertain in front of the rising fire. Every time he said something, the scar on his face seemed to come alive, twisting and turning, looking ferocious and terrifying.
"In the first year, everyone gritted their teeth and barely managed to fill the holes in other villages. But in the second year, not only did it not return to its original state, but it intensified and asked us to provide more food. Oh, last time everyone I had to fill up all my family resources to get enough. I almost couldn't survive. How could I get more food?
Many people in the village were so scared that they simply took their families and hid in the mountains, preferring to live as refugees and maybe have some way of survival. "
There are many plains in Yuzhou, but there are also mountains.
In this era, the mountains and forests were always extremely dense and inaccessible, and even the government was too lazy to take care of them—spending thousands of troops to search the mountains, just to catch some muddy legs?
So much effort was wasted, and the harvest is not enough to pay the army for a trip!
As long as there is still some money left, who is willing to run to the mountains?
Therefore, hiding in the mountains is actually a very useful trick most of the time for poor people who are about to be driven to death.
But everything has a price.
It is true that hiding in the mountains can avoid the government, but the difficulty of surviving in the mountains is far more difficult than cultivating good farmland.
The difference between the two is that one is really difficult to live, and the other is not allowed to live.
"Everyone just wanted to avoid the limelight at first, but who knows what will happen next? It's better to live than to die. It's a day that can survive. Aunt Cheng and her family also hid in the mountains. Of course, there was not much food. One day it fell. After the rain, Aunt Cheng diligently picked a lot of mushrooms on the mountain and cooked a pot of wild mushroom soup."
At this point, Erniu squeezed his palms together tightly, "Five of the six members of the family were poisoned to death. Uncle Cheng died, Brother Sheng died, Brother Sheng's daughter-in-law also died, and even Aunt Cheng died. Our little grandson, who was four or five years old, is dead.”
Xun Ke's mouth opened slightly, "Then Aunt Cheng"
"Aunt Cheng didn't drink that mushroom soup."
Er Niu actually laughed, and the smile was full of helplessness and sadness, "I'm so poor! Aunt Cheng couldn't bear to eat a bite of that pot of mushroom soup, so she was the only one left in the family."
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No one said anything in the room for a long time.
The flames burned cracklingly, occasionally spitting out tongues of fire, spitting out dots of black embers, which fell on people's clothes. With just a slight sip, there were a series of black traces.
The flames that had been burning for a long time became weaker and weaker, and not long after, the last inch-high fireworks disappeared, revealing the burned remains with almost nothing left, and a few gray embers.
The sound of the flames finally erupting alerted several people, and Erniu said as if waking up from a dream: "Later, Aunt Cheng went crazy. She always thought that she had been robbed, and the family always went out to avoid the limelight. Sooner or later, they would come back. No one could defeat her at all. Fortunately, people from the White Lotus Sect came again. This time, everyone did not hesitate and voted for the White Lotus Sect. They killed those officials and raised the flag of rebellion. At the beginning, our side Was it taken over by the White Lotus Sect, or after two good years, at least I no longer had to pick mushrooms to eat.
Later, the people from the imperial court arrived and the battle began. Just fight, the court won't let us live. At least the White Lotus Sect can still have enough to eat. For that food, we have to take out a knife, right? But later on, more and more people were sent by the imperial court."
He touched the scar on his face and said, "We fought for about two and a half more years. We can no longer defend this place. The rest of the people in the village have moved away. Only Aunt Cheng refuses to leave no matter what. Waiting for someone in your own family. Forcibly taking her back with her, she would cry and make a fuss, roll on the ground, and bang her head against the pillar. Everyone had no choice but to send her back again."
After a pause, Erniu continued: "Although Aunt Cheng is crazy, she still remembers everything about her work. Even if she is alone, she can take care of a small piece of land and vegetable garden, and the harvest is still there, even if she can barely do it. We can get by. Occasionally, people from the village come to take a look and bring something to Aunt Cheng. Of course, they don’t bring much. After the war started, everyone’s life became difficult again. Later, the people of the imperial court More and more, instead of fighting the Four-Nation Alliance, they will fight us first. Life became even more difficult. Even this place was occupied by people from the imperial court for a long time, and no one could come back. Later, the people from the imperial court left, and I secretly I came here to see it. The little grain that Aunt Cheng grew was taken away. When I came, she was chewing tree bark."
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Gu Dan and Xun Ke listened silently, their eyes moving towards the ball of Guanyin soil not far away.
The bark has also been eaten!
(End of chapter)
