If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 780 Extreme Trial
Gou Jiao is not only a man of great wisdom, but also has a solid foundation.

Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles over the past few years has enabled him to accumulate a wealth of wisdom, experience, and insights into life.

Once he had mastered the art of Righteousness, he quickly condensed three "Righteousness Talismans" in his mind.

It’s not that he has the efficiency of “three righteousness talismans a day”.

Today alone, he had consumed almost 10% of the energy he had accumulated over the past decade!
Once his foundation is exhausted, the speed at which he practices "The Art of Righteousness" will slow down suddenly.

As for the effects of the three righteousness talismans
Before, he had been led by Taoist Priest Luobo, and Gou Jiao did not find anything magical about the three righteousness talismans.

Now that Xiaoyu had let him go, he stumbled along the narrow and rugged mountain path, gradually beginning to have a different feeling.

It is now the end of February, the moon has lost its shadow, and there are only stars in the night sky.

He walked into the valley again. The view was not as broad as on the plain, and the space became increasingly dark.

Modern people walk on flat cement roads surrounded by muddy yellow street lights. However, if they do not turn on the light on their mobile phones to illuminate the ground, they may hit their thumbs on stones, causing them to cry in pain, or even lift off their fingernails and bleed profusely.

If you make friends with an ancient person, don't even mention street lights or cell phone lights.

He didn't even have a paper lantern and was walking on a rocky and weed-covered mountain path.

In the past, he couldn't even walk half a mile without getting hurt by a fall or a collision.

So he rarely walks at night.

If I really have to travel at night, I would choose the provincial highway where the moonlight is bright.

Now he was polishing three righteousness talismans in his soul. The righteousness talismans were like bright stars, shedding light and forming a bright area in the depths of his soul which was as dark as the night sky.

Bright, shiny, clear and clean.

Although his physical eyes did not emit light, he felt that the road ahead of him became brighter.

He walked with great difficulty, but he never fell or bumped into anything.

After walking two hundred steps, he saw the thatched cottage that Taoist Radish had mentioned.

It should be a temporary residence for villagers to guard the farmland. There is obviously cultivated land around it, and sloping fields can be seen in the distance (as he becomes more proficient in the use of the Zhengqi Talisman, he can see farther).

However, this beautiful valley is almost deserted at this time.

You can see ridges and ridges of the fields, but no crops like wheat are planted on them.

Gou Jiao, who had been away from home for three years, was not surprised at all: a large number of able-bodied men were conscripted as laborers, and there was no labor force to farm in the village.

Gou Jiao's eyes were fixed on the thatched cottage beside the ridge of the field, and he vaguely sensed an ominous aura brewing inside.

"Whoosh!"

He was still staring at the hut when a dark shadow jumped out from the broken roof as fast as lightning.

Gou Jiao's eyes blurred, and there was a ten-foot-tall demon standing in front of him: his purple-red hair was scattered on his shoulders, and he was wearing dirty warrior clothes. The exposed skin was covered with purple-black magic patterns, and his face was green. He looked like a strong orc.

"Oh my god, it's a monster~~" Gou Jiao screamed in pain.

All that bright state of mind and all that righteousness talisman seemed to have turned into soap bubbles in an instant, and disappeared immediately after being popped.

"Hehe~~~" The demon seemed to be laughing, his jagged mouth opened, and his apple-sized eyeballs suddenly lit up, like two lamps, but they were blue lights.

He grabbed the limp fellow and was about to stuff it into his mouth.

"Master, help~~~~~~~~"

I peed while having sex.

His lower body was filled with urine, his mouth was howling, tears were streaming from his eyes, and stringy snot was coming out of his nostrils.

Every place on my body that could spray water was like turning on a faucet.

The demon seemed to be quite intelligent. Upon hearing his call, he immediately looked around with vigilant eyes.

"Huff, huff, huff~~~" The night wind was cold, and it was quiet all around, with no one around.

"Fool, where is your bright state of mind? Quickly recite the 'Righteousness Song' in your mind."

But Xiaoyu's voice quietly floated into Gou Jiao's ears, making him calm down quickly.

He stopped howling miserably, but his face turned pale and wrinkled, his body was as stiff as a piece of firewood, and he silently recited the Song of Righteousness in his heart.

Then he was horrified to find that the three righteousness talismans he had just condensed today had disappeared.

——Gone? Disappeared? Where did my "Taoism" go?

His mind was full of mixed thoughts, including many negative emotions such as panic, doubt, fear, and disappointment.

The demon's attention was drawn to him again.

There was a fierce and cruel light flashing in his blue eyes, and his mouth was dripping with smelly saliva.

Just as it was pinching the dough stick like a dough stick and was about to open its mouth to chew it, "Guagua~~~"

Just at this moment, the sound of frogs croaking was heard in the distance.

"Swoosh!" The demon's speed was as fast as teleportation. He didn't even need to touch the ground with his feet. He flew forward vertically. In the blink of an eye, he flew to the place where the frogs were croaking. It was a puddle at the bottom of the valley with a radius of thirty or four meters.

"Splash~~" The demon fell into the puddle and walked back and forth several times, but didn't see a single frog.

A human-like look of doubt appeared on his indigo face.

At this time, Gou Jiao heard Xiao Yu's "voice in the wind": "What are you doing? Fear is just an 'illusion' imposed on you by the world. No matter how real the illusion is, it is not your true nature."

——But the three righteousness talismans that I just condensed today have disappeared!
Gou Jiao wanted to scream.

But he finally restrained the urge to shout wildly, and tried to calm himself down. He did not think about the "Zhengqi Talisman", but only silently recited the "Zhengqi Jue" in his heart.

While reciting the Zhengqi Jue, he unconsciously recalled the Tao and principles represented by the three Zhengqi talismans.

Precisely because he has a deep understanding of Tao and Principle, he can condense them into law-based runes within a day.

Although the righteousness talisman disappeared at this time, the deep insights in his heart did not disappear.

When he began to practice the Righteous Qi Jue in his mind again, the insights that were engraved in his heart naturally emerged.

Then Gou Jiao was surprised to find that there was a new Righteousness Talisman coming -

"Swish~~" His thick cotton coat was torn, and the cold wind licked his warm body madly.

Especially the crotch.

I just peed in a puddle, and after the cold wind of late winter took away the heat, it became cold and heavy.

He shuddered, and the righteousness talisman that was about to take shape scattered again.

"Hua La La~~" After tearing off his clothes, the demon pressed him into the icy cold water to wash.

Rub his body vigorously with his "magic hands" which were as rough as stone.

Back, chest, neck, hips.

It is difficult to rub out nail dirt by taking a cold bath.

But great force works miracles.

The devil's palms were like files, rubbing Gou Jiao's skin to pieces, leaving marks oozing with blood and lumps of thick black mud.

"Awoo~~~" Gou Jiao howled miserably and struggled desperately.

All the thoughts about the bright state of mind, the righteousness technique, and the righteousness talisman completely disappeared from his mind.

All that remains is fear and pain.

Xiaoyu almost couldn't help but end her practice tonight.

But she thought about it carefully: the dirt on Gou Jiao's body was so thick that it could be used as armor, and it was smelly, with a lot of lice and fleas. Asking the demon to help him take a bath seemed to have more benefits than disadvantages.

At least tomorrow when I lead him for a walk with the stick again, I won't have to use my Qi to guard against the lice jumping over the pole, and I won't have to worry about the stench coming from his body when he walks with the wind.

"Medalize, meditate! Meditation, you fool!"

"Know and do, know and do! Know and do, you idiot!"

She was like Tang Monk chanting a spell, constantly transmitting the sound into her friend's ears.

After the demon had washed Chan Jiao into a "red man" covered in blood, he finally regained his sanity, sobbing and groaning, while silently reciting "The Art of Righteousness" in his heart.

During this time, Xiaoyu acted like a ghost and interrupted the demon's eating several times.

Until Gou Jiao condensed a righteousness talisman in the deep sea of ​​his heart. A point of bright light fell from the talisman, casting a small piece of light on the soul that seemed to be shrouded in darkness.

The demon carried Gou Jiao back to the hut, tied up his hands and feet with rags, and threw him casually on the haystack.

It maintained its five-heart-upward posture for about an hour, then touched its stomach, as if it wanted to eat.

But after taking a look at Gou Jiao, it gave up the idea of ​​having a midnight snack and lay down on the haystack and fell asleep.

Gou Jiao wanted to shout "Master, please save me", but he just turned over, and the demon suddenly opened his cold green eyes again.

He didn't dare to shout or move, and just concentrated on reciting "The Art of Righteousness" silently.

At this moment, he actually condensed the three disappeared righteousness talismans again, and there was a bright light in his heart.

It’s just that light is extremely fragile.

Just now, I only woke up the demon and got a glare from it, but two more righteousness talismans disappeared silently.

It was as if they were even more timid than he was and were scared away.

Having experienced the destruction and disappearance of the Righteousness Talisman several times, Gou Jiao was still panicked at this time, but not as desperate and frightened as at the beginning.

He was even very clear in his mind: as long as he didn't panic, wasn't afraid, and didn't let evil thoughts into his heart, the righteousness talisman would not go out.

But knowing it in your heart doesn’t mean you can do it.

At this moment, he truly agreed with Xiaoyu's previous words: the most important and difficult thing about reading the books of sages is to integrate knowledge and action.

——Although Taoist Radish is young and has no profound knowledge, every word he speaks is valuable advice. Isn’t he a natural sage?
He felt quite emotional.

"Gousheng, wake up, Gousheng, wake up quickly~~"

In a daze, Gou Jiao heard the voice of "Radish Taoist" again.

He felt his body was hot, his head was like a pot of paste, he was confused and in great pain.

“I’m sick!”

After a while, he finally reacted.

I was stripped naked last night and given a cold bath.

Even though he tried to curl up and hide in the haystack, he still caught a cold.

He blinked a few times, but the hut was still dark inside and out.

"It's almost dawn, the demons are about to wake up, quickly recite the Righteous Qi Sutra to stay safe."

"Taoist Radish" reminded him and stopped talking.

Gou Jiao did not care about his feverish brain that was almost splitting with pain. He tried hard to concentrate the few remaining strands of clarity he had, silently reciting the teachings of the sages and loudly expounding in his mind the principles he had realized.

At this time, he already had five righteousness talismans in his mind.

I stayed up late to practice last night and condensed two more.

At this time, he was only awakened by Xiaoyu and was not corroded by evil spirits, and the righteousness talisman did not disappear. Just as he was feeling thankful, the two new righteousness talismans that were condensed last night flashed a few times and disappeared from his sea of ​​consciousness.

Gou Jiao was only annoyed, not shocked or angry.

He understood that it was because of the evil in his heart that the righteousness talisman, which was like a candle in the wind, was "blown out".

Soon he put aside all his regretful emotions and focused on reciting the "Righteous Qi Sutra" silently.

At about 2:30 a.m., the demon moved his body a few times and slowly sat up.

After getting up, he first glanced at the contact.

Seeing that his hands and feet were still tied and he was able to crawl into the damp haystack, the demon turned his five hearts toward the sky and began to meditate and practice Qi.

Time passed in silence.

The morning light shines through the holes in the roof, bringing light and warmth, as well as the fresh and clean air from the mountains and the hustle and bustle of nature.

"Gudong gudong." Even if you have a fever, you will still feel hungry.

Gou Jiao really wanted to make no sound from his body, but he really couldn't control it.

His stomach growled a few times, and the sixth righteousness talisman he had just condensed was "blown out" by panic.

The demon continued to meditate with his eyes closed, completely ignoring him.

Until another "gurgling" sound came from the demon's belly.

It did not endure like Gou Jiao. It opened its eyes, ended its Qi training, grabbed Gou Jiao's calf, and dragged him out of the haystack.

Then, like a child gnawing on a chicken thigh, he used both hands, grabbed Gou Jiao's neck, hugged Gou Jiao's thighs, opened his bloody mouth, and bit towards his head.

(End of this chapter)