Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 218 Quietly

"It's a pity that the immortal master passed by earlier and scared away a lot of big fish, otherwise we would have gotten more this time."

"Shut up, who the hell are you? How dare you say that the Immortal Master is wrong? Isn't it because we can have a stable life that we rely on the protection of the Immortal Master?"

"That's right, Xiao Liuzi, it's fine for you to say this here, but if outsiders hear it, you will definitely suffer."

Listening to the conversation of the people in the reeds, Chu Tai was secretly amazed. The ecology of this place seemed to be a combination of cultivators and mortals, or a partial combination.

"Also, the cultivation methods of these people are interesting. Although crude, their strength is obviously stronger than that of normal people, and their breath is much longer than that of ordinary people. They should be specialized in strength and diving. The stronger ones throw their own weapons, and the weaker ones use equipment..."

Chu Tai took a look and then followed the crowd towards a gathering place on an island.

Although it is a gathering place, the population is quite large.

On the whole, this gathering place is somewhat similar to the port city in Chu Tai's memory. Densely packed with large and small ships are scattered around the periphery of the gathering place, and countless fishermen are coming in and out with their own catches.

Chu Tai walked in, avoiding the fish market where the fishy smell was the strongest, and walked inside.

These creatures living in the water and on the islands feed on fish on a daily basis, and rice and other crops have become precious things here.

Chu Tai saw a burly man holding a precious fish. He entered a nicely decorated rice shop and exchanged it for three taels of fine rice.

If it was placed on the boat that Chu Tai was on before, the value of the precious fish could at least be exchanged for 300 kilograms of fine rice.

This price, which is different from that in the outside world, also makes Chu Tai feel quite novel.

But his curiosity only lasted for a moment. Chu Tai's greater purpose in coming here was to identify the people who were practicing here, and then find a suitable place among the mountains and rivers to understand the characteristics of the mountains and rivers here, and improve his knowledge of the laws of mountains and rivers.

But after looking around, Chu Tai did not see any cultivators. Instead, he saw many martial arts schools in the gathering place, teaching some cultivation methods.

Chu Tai only took a look from a distance and was sure that these methods were generally similar to the methods of practice of the fishermen outside, except that some of the methods of moving were more sophisticated, and the achievements in the future would be slightly higher. Compared with what he had performed in the bamboo sea, the methods that the people living at the foot of the mountain had comprehended were still inferior. In the end, they could only rely on some unorthodox methods to reach the eighth level.

Chu Tai was very disappointed when he saw this scene and planned to leave.

But just as he was about to move, he suddenly felt something was wrong. It turned out that a long, thin thread had been inserted into his sleeve.

"Who stole my head..."

Chu Tai sneered in his heart, and a wisp of true energy spread along the long thread.

Unexpectedly, there was a thin layer of energy on the surface of the long thread, which was very slippery. Even Chu Tai's true energy could not grasp it and was avoided.

But after being contaminated by a slight aura, the fate was established, and Chu Tai saw the other party's appearance. He was a short old man who looked like a naughty boy. His Taoist robe was very dirty, but his aura was not bad. He had entered the sixth rank, and a slight leakage of legal principles had reached the threshold of the fifth rank.

From Chu Tai's perspective, the old man didn't show any panic or shame at being discovered. Instead, he looked like a rogue, and bowed to Chu Tai with a smile, revealing his two yellow teeth.

"Daoyou, hello! I am an old man who cannot recognize the true Buddha. Please forgive me and let me go this time. If you want a reward, please wait a moment. I have found a fat sheep. I will repay you as soon as I finish this job." Chu Tai saw that the old man was lazy and felt annoyed and amused. However, he also saw that the way this man practiced was based on concepts such as stealing and plundering. There seemed to be some thoughts of eliminating evil and promoting good in the middle. Observing his aura, although it was a little mixed, it was clear as a whole and had a bit of merit. Obviously, he was not an evil heretic.

Chu Tai shook his head repeatedly: "Your cultivation is rare among thieves. You have almost condensed your Dharma. I think the person who went to steal this time is extraordinary. That's why you want to ask me for help. Just tell me directly. Why do you have to do this?"

The old man heard this and showed a bitter look on his face. He bowed to Chu Tai repeatedly and begged, "Fellow Daoist, you have a keen eye and saw through this little old man's little trick at a glance. But I am not here to ask you to protect me, but to protect the living beings here."

"What are you going to do?"

Chu Tai frowned slightly and said unhappily, "I haven't agreed yet, but you're trying to use words to control me. What do the living beings here have to do with me? If you don't explain clearly, I'm leaving now."

Upon hearing this, the old man hurriedly told Chu Tai what he knew.

It turned out that this lake was vast and the exchanges between the islands were not frequent, so a group of unorthodox monks built a temple nearby, enslaved the local people, and made them practice martial arts and sharpen their muscles and bones. Then they used subsequent methods to lure some successful practitioners to improve their cultivation through the method of collecting and replenishing.

“Although those people would give some pills to nourish others’ essence and teach them some inferior breathing techniques afterwards, the price they paid was the life span of those deceived people for more than ten years in the future, as well as their natural three treasures essence, which is not worth it at all.”

"A good friend of the old man was furious when he saw this scene, so he invited me to come and get rid of the evil miasma here. However, those two independent cultivators were quite capable and relied on the geographical advantage to overpower us."

"So, I thought about stealing the treasures in their sect tonight, destroying the ground veins of their Taoist temple, breaking their formation, and then taking them down with my friends to restore the world around us."

After listening to this, Chu Tai looked at the old man without responding. Seeing him looking at him, he slowly said, "By the way, can you also take this opportunity to further improve your own legal theory and enter the fifth level realm?"

Hearing this, the old man touched the back of his head and said a little embarrassedly: "Although it is for cultivation, isn't it also for the local creatures?"

Chu Tai just shook his head when he heard this and asked, "I'll go with you to take a look."

Hearing this, the old man immediately showed a look of joy, and made some hand gestures to escape.

On the way, he seemed to want to show off, and used various escape techniques such as water escape, wind escape, cloud escape, etc., but every time he changed his position, he would be discovered by Chu Tai, so he admired Chu Tai even more.

When he met his friend, he praised Chu Tai's ability and said that with his help, the two of them would be able to suppress that group of evil cultivators.

"Wait a minute, I didn't say I wanted to help."

Chu Tai bluntly denied the old man's words and said that he would first look at the backgrounds of those people before making a decision.

At the same time, Chu Tai looked the old man up and down and said, "Besides, you didn't even tell me your name, how can I trust you?"

Upon hearing this, the old man bowed again and again, saying, "I am wrong. I am a Taoist, Qiao Raner, nice to meet you, Taoist friend. I wonder if you have a name."

Finally I have sorted out my subsequent thoughts and will go to rest first. The afternoon update will be postponed as usual.

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(End of this chapter)