Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 413 The Unity of Knowledge and Action
Gu Xu glanced at the young man in surprise, he didn't expect that there was a cultivator hidden among the group of thin and yellow-faced villagers—but the young man's real vitality was relatively weak, and it seemed that he had just stepped into the first stage not long ago.

After catching the baby, the dark-skinned boy turned to the people around him for help and said, "Uncles and aunts, can I trouble you to help bring my mother home?"

His voice trembled slightly.Although he tried his best to keep calm, complex emotions such as sadness, anger, and unacceptability still inevitably appeared on his face, and tears flickered in his eyes.

"Let me help you," Gu Xu said, "show me the way."

At the same time, he activated his true essence and cast spells, and the unconscious middle-aged woman slowly floated into the air.

Gu Xu has read the secret books and notes left by Kongxuan Sanren. Although he has not yet mastered the profound and weird method of "retrospection", he already has a certain understanding of the Dao of Karma and its basic principles.

He faintly felt that there seemed to be some causal connection between himself and this dark boy—with some doubts, he considered taking this opportunity to learn more about the situation here.

The swarthy boy glanced at him, nodded, and hesitated to speak.

After that, Gu Xu followed the young man through the narrow alleyway between the houses, and came to the door of a low and simple house.

The house is made of tiles, grass, and stones. The roof is exposed to the sky, and the walls are also cracked. Although the biggest cracks have been plugged with thatch, rainwater will still seep in when it rains, making it dark and tidal. , the air is mixed with a musty smell.

The furnishings in the house are also extremely simple, only a dilapidated stove and a few creaking wooden beds, which can be called a barren house.

Gu Xu carefully put the unconscious middle-aged woman on the same bed, and the dark boy also put his newborn brother beside his mother.

After a while, the two skinny men also came into the house, randomly placed the young father's body on the ground, and left in a hurry, not daring to delay for a moment.

"You said, you are not from the Medicine King Sect." After a short silence, the dark-skinned boy looked up at Gu Xu and said, "What should I call you?"

Gu Xu thought for a while and replied, "My surname is Xiao, and my name is Changshou."

"Mr. Xiao." The dark boy bowed slightly and cupped his hands.With his well-mannered appearance, he didn't look like an ordinary boy who grew up wildly in a poor village.

"Then what's your name?"

"My name is Hong Tieniu," the boy replied with his head down, "but Elder Wu felt that my name was too rustic, so he named me 'Xiao Gong'."

"Elder Wu? Is he a practitioner of the Medicine King Sect?"

"Yes, Mr. Xiao. Two years ago, he saw that I had some talent for cultivation, so he took me into his sect as a registered disciple. I usually do farm work at home, and when he needs it, I go to the sect to assist him. He concocted alchemy, took the elixir he made with a new formula, and occasionally taught me a few exercises."

Hearing his narration, Gu Xu couldn't help complaining silently in his heart: How can this be a registered disciple?This is clearly the boy who tested the drug and the humanoid mouse.

"The elixir made from the new formula may have certain toxicity," Gu Xu asked seriously, "Are you aware of this?"

The boy replied: "I know. But Elder Wu is my master after all, and he is also a third-level cultivator. I can't refuse any request from him."

Gu Xu pondered for a moment, sighed, and asked again: "Is he the one who killed your father?"

The boy nodded.

"Do you hate him in your heart?"

The boy nodded again.

"I wanted him to die a long time ago," he clenched his fists, raised his tone slightly, and looked extremely angry, "Last year, he wanted to refine a potion of life-extending pills, which used the blood of virgin boys and girls and Bone marrow, Gouwa and Erniu in our village became his alchemy materials.

"A few months ago, he let me try to take an unknown elixir. After I swallowed it, I felt cramps all over my body, and I couldn't stop pulling it out. I felt so uncomfortable that I was dying, and I recovered after a few days. But He didn't care about me, he just took care of his own affairs, and didn't care whether I lived or died.

"..."

It seemed that Gu Xu's question aroused the young man's desire to talk. He talked for a long time, describing the crimes of Elder Wu of the Medicine King Zong and other monks in the sect one by one.

His words outlined a violent sect in Gu Xu's mind - it rides on the heads of the common people and treats all living beings as livestock to be slaughtered.

"What is the strongest cultivator in the Medicine King Sect?" After the young man finished speaking, Gu Xu continued to ask.

"It's the head, Peng Baohui," said the young man, "he just stepped into the fifth realm a month ago."

"Just stepped into the fifth realm..."

With such a cultivation base, looking at the entire Great Qi Dynasty, it might not even rank among the strong.But in the remote Nanzhao province, it is enough to be domineering and domineering.

"Where is the Medicine King Sect? I want to go and have a look."

"On the opposite mountain, you only need to walk seven or eight miles along the road you came from, and you can see it. If you need, I can show you the way," the boy said, "Just, Are you really planning to go there? The Medicine King Sect has always prohibited outsiders from entering - it has not only set up several large formations to protect the sect, but also has practitioners who take turns patrolling.

"Even every time I enter the sect, I must hold the token given to me by Elder Wu. If you—"

"—You don't need to worry about this, I have my own way."

While talking, Gu Xu cast "Meteor Walking Moon", and his figure disappeared in an instant, and then appeared on the other side of the house.

To Gu Xu, this is just a simple footwork, not a powerful technique.

But falling into the eyes of the dark young Hong Tieniu is enough to make him dumbfounded - after all, among the elders of the Medicine King Sect, few people can master this kind of incomprehensible movement like a ghost.

Then Gu Xu appeared behind the young man out of thin air, put a hand on the young man's shoulder, and smiled lightly: "Let's go! If everything you said is true, maybe I can seek justice for you."

After he finished speaking, he used the authority of "Qian Kun" to lead the young man through the cracks in space and disappear into this simple bungalow.

With the gradual growth of his cultivation base, his comprehension of the law of fire, and the ups and downs of his own destiny, although Gu Xu only has a cultivation base of the fourth level, he has gradually figured out the direction of the future road.

It lies in subversion, transformation and creation.

According to the description in the practice classics, if you want to open the "Fengdu Gate" and create your own Dharma, you not only need to comprehend the true meaning of the Dao in your heart, but also need to practice your own "Dao" in actual actions.

In the original world, Gu Xu, as a wanted criminal, was being pursued by the court, and his actions were restricted everywhere.In this situation where he was walking on thin ice, he had to be cautious and not dare to act too outrageously.

But now, he has become a future man who travels through time and space to go back to the past.

As long as the time is up, he will automatically leave this era, and no one can find his trace.

Therefore, he wanted to take this opportunity to try to do something that "integrates knowledge and action".

Since he is destined to break the cage built by "Taishang Haotian" himself, he will start with the medicine king who enslaves the common people and regards human life as nothing.

(End of this chapter)