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

Chapter 846 The Magical Book of Heaven

Xiaoyu also raises a dog demon herself, but her Xiaoqiang is completely different from the demon servant that Xijuan has taken in.

Xiaoqiang was lucky, he was enlightened by eating Buddha's head in his early years, and he never did anything harmful to others. Instead, he was loyal to his original owner Niu Er and had a loyal heart.

This kind of dog will go to the underworld after death, and will also receive good rewards in the next life.

Xi Juan's demon servant actually ate humans.

Back then, the Dog Meat Taoist asked her to go to Xinghua Village to hunt dogs. If she encountered a dog demon like Xi Juan's demon servant, she would definitely not spare its life and would stab it to death with a sword on the spot.

Now that she has reached a higher level, she has a deeper understanding of cause and effect and destiny.

After Xi Juan questioned her, she immediately had a feeling: Xi Juan's dogs, especially the evil servant, would harm their master.

"It's a demon that has harmed people in the past, but after it came to me, it has turned over a new leaf." Xi Juan was still arguing.

"Juan'er, that's a demon. It has eaten people and killed people. It's an evil creature. If you keep it around, it will definitely ruin your luck as the Taoist said."

The widow educated her son with a serious expression, then turned to the old Taoist priest behind her and said worriedly, "Master, my son is young and ignorant, and he doesn't know how high the heaven is and how deep the earth is. Has he ruined his good fortune now? How can we make up for it?"

Xiao Yu pondered and said, "I asked Xiao Juan about his aspirations before judging his fate.

If he had just been content to be a country fisherman, his immortal luck would have been enough to suppress the backlash of several monsters.

But if he wants to fight on the battlefield, he can be made a marquis or a prime minister based on his military achievements.
Old lady, think about it from another perspective. Don’t the enemies he faced on the battlefield also have the fate and destiny of kings, princes, and generals?

Being a fisherman in the countryside, you only have to deal with country people.

A countryman has limited fortune, but he is a human immortal and can suppress his own fortune with his strength.

Moreover, there are fewer chances of life-and-death conflicts breaking out in the countryside. After all, we are all fellow villagers. No matter how big the conflict is, does it have to be a life-and-death fight?

If you fight for the title of king or marquis on the battlefield, the enemies you face will all have a similar fate as kings or marquises.

Any small conflict or war is a life-and-death struggle.

This life-and-death fight is not only about martial arts, but also about blessing and luck.

Others cultivate their character, focus on doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, and are surrounded by people with great fortune and virtue.

Xiaojuan, however, raises a man-eating monster.

When the two are fighting for life and death, isn't it obvious who has stronger luck and who has weaker fate?
Even if Xiaojuan is very lucky and kills one powerful general after another, he will eventually use up all his luck. "

Although these words did not involve the profound principles of divination, they succinctly described the struggle and evolution of destiny.

The widow was actually quite intelligent, but she had little experience and had not read much. When she heard what the old Taoist said, her mind immediately became clear, as if she had cleared the fog and vaguely touched the bleak future.

——Those dogs would really harm Juan'er and might even cause his untimely death!
"Juan'er, the Taoist priest is your great benefactor!" She said with gratitude on her face.

Xiao Yu smiled gently and said, "Exterminating demons is our duty.

Juan'er is too young, and without a good teacher, she is prone to extremes and going astray. "

Xi Juan is indeed young, prone to extremes and impulsiveness.

Hearing the Taoist's words, he couldn't help himself and shouted impulsively: "Master, that dog demon gave me a top-level immortal martial arts book and helped me condense the Human Immortal Yuandan.

If it hadn't given me the secret manual, I might never have learned a complete martial art in my entire life.

This is a blessing, a great fortune, how can it harm me? "

Xiao Yu showed genuine doubts and said, "My child, you are simple-minded and intelligent, so why do you seem to be lost now?
Did someone say something to you, misleading you?"

Xi Juan stiffened his neck and said, "Isn't what I said the truth?"

Taoist Xiao Yu stroked his long beard and sighed, "You are like a piece of unpolished jade, but you are still young and have never seen the world, so no one has discovered you.

As long as you show others your talent of condensing the Human Immortal Yuan Dan at the age of eleven, there will be countless warriors and great scholars willing to accept you as their disciple.

In fact, with your talent of condensing the Human Immortal Pill at the age of eleven, you should practice the True Immortal Method.

You have the chance to become an immortal, kid. Practicing martial arts and condensing Yuandan early is not a blessing but a disaster!

Tell me yourself, among the five immortals, heaven, earth, man, ghosts and gods, which kind of immortal would you most like to be?
You can't give up immortality and just be a human immortal with a lifespan of 200 years, right?

Not to mention others, the old Taoist has been practicing Qi for 280 years and has mastered the power to subdue dragons and tigers. He knows how to ask the immortals to help him and to worship the saints.

Demons, ghosts, and difficult diseases, seeing me is like seeing the King of Hell.

I am the enemy of the King of Hell, and I am also a half-immortal.

The old Taoist also knows astronomy and geography, and is proficient in military tactics, chess, calligraphy, painting, Legalism, and Confucianism.

If you don't mind, I will be happy to accept you as my disciple, teach you magic that is better than magic martial arts, and teach you the art of war to control an army of 100,000.

More importantly, I want you to understand the fundamental principles of life. Are you willing?"

The widow was full of surprise and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I am willing. Please accept my Juan'er as your disciple!"

As she spoke, she bent down to kowtow to the old Taoist priest.

Not to mention that the old Taoist priest in front of him was indeed magical.

Even to Mr. Zhou, who ran a private school at the entrance of the village, she sold all her dowry and gave it to him as a gift in order to get him to accept Jun'er as his disciple and teach him to read and write.

Mr. Zhou thought it was too little, and only allowed Juaner to attend the class as an auditor for half a year, and he refused to accept him as his disciple.

Xiao Yu stopped her with his whisk again, and said to Xi Juan in front of him, "I will not lie. This child is a young dragon in shallow water, with extraordinary talent and extraordinary bones. It is too high for me to accept him as my disciple."

The widow winked at her son desperately.

Xi Juan turned around to look at her mother, but was full of suspicion and vigilance towards the old Taoist priest. She said in a muffled voice: "Now I just want to hurry on with peace of mind and send my mother to Xue County as soon as possible."

The widow's kind face was now distorted, and she looked a bit like a demon who wanted to eat her son alive.

Whenever there were no outsiders around, she would raise her voice, grab her son's ears, and roar loudly: Do you have a cerebral hemorrhage? The old immortal is so merciful that he wants to take you as his disciple, and you don't want to?
Xiao Yu looked calm, nodded slightly and said: "My child, you must have understood what I meant.

There are many good horses in this world, but few good horse trainers. But even if a needle is in the bag, it will still show its brilliance.

You might get a high-level martial arts secret book from the dog demon, but this is by no means a rare blessing.

Having condensed the Human Immortal Elixir, the future of this life has been determined, and it is impossible to change the method of cultivating immortality.

If someone tells you that being a dog demon is your destiny, then he is definitely lying to you and most likely has evil intentions.

Anyone who advises you or encourages you to associate with evil people is not a good person.

Anyone who encourages you to associate with demons and monsters is worse than the last person. "

"What the Taoist said is absolutely right!" The widow agreed.

Although Xi Juan still had great doubts about the old Taoist priest, he was unable to refute these words.

But he remained silent.

Xiaoyu immediately took out the "Tao Te Ching" from his arms and began to read silently while shaking his head.

The widow sighed in disappointment and said nothing more.

When passing through Cao County, Xi Juan and his mother did not enter the city gate, but went south directly. After all, they were going south to Xue County, not to go out to the market.

At about 11:30 in the morning, the widow stopped her son and asked him to park the cart under a big willow tree on the side of the road to rest.

In fact, Xi Juan can still hold on.

A dignified human immortal warrior shouldn't be unable to withstand the summer sun.

But the widow loved her son.

Seeing him, a small person, exposed to the scorching sun in the dog days of summer, with steam coming out of his head, she felt heartbroken.

Not to mention that the person pulling the cart was her own son, even if it was a big ox pulling the cart in such weather, she would feel pity for it.

Xi Juan didn't want to make her mother worry, but she was also worried that she would get burned by the sun.

Although there is a roof on the cart, it is made of a thin bamboo strip. What is the use of it?

There were also streams of hot air pouring in from both ends.

The old lady was so hot that she was seeing stars and kept wiping her sweat. Even the old Taoist priest felt sorry for her and took out a "heat-relief pill" from his bosom and asked her to swallow it with water.

"Mom, are you hungry? I'll make you some rice tea."

Although Xi Juan parked the car under the shade of a tree, he did not rest immediately.

He took a copper basin from the cart, sprinkled two handfuls of roasted rice into it, and poured all the hot water in the leather bag into it.

After making a fire, he ran to a nearby house with his leather bag and got a large bag of cool well water.

"Master, please have some rice tea!"

When the rice tea was ready, the widow served the old Taoist a bowl of it.

"Oh, thank you!"

Xiaoyu was so absorbed in reading that he only reacted when the widow came to him and called him again.

Even when she was drinking rice tea, she kept reading the book with great concentration.

Xi Juan, who was standing beside him, took a few bites and finished the salted fish, side dishes, rice, tea and rice.

Seeing her behavior, he felt suspicious and curious.

He walked up and took a glance, feeling embarrassed because he didn't recognize any of the words on it.

But somehow, after taking one glance, he wanted to take a second and third glance, and gradually, he became fascinated by it.

The widow was so happy to see them being so close and reading a book that she didn't bother them. She just leaned against the tree trunk and dozed off.

It was around four in the afternoon when the widow, who had long since woken up, became anxious. She gently touched her son and reminded him, "Let's walk a little further while the sun goes down and the weather is cooler."

Xiaoyu seemed to wake up from a dream. She moved her eyes away from the pages of the book and was surprised to find that Xi Juan beside her was also fascinated by the book.

"Child, can you understand this book?"

There were dragon and phoenix characters on it, and she couldn't recognize them all.

"Master, what kind of book is this? I don't understand it, but I feel very..." Xi Juan's expression was tangled and yearning, "I seem to have some sudden realization."

"This book was given to me by an old immortal. It's called Tao Te Ching, but its content is profound and contains the ultimate truth of heaven and earth. It's not an exaggeration to call it the 'Book of Heaven'." Xiao Yu stroked the cover of the book, feeling deeply moved.

When she first received this Tao Te Ching yesterday, she was very lost and disappointed.

When she took out the book in the morning, she was just pretending in front of Xi Juan and her son.

Her mind was mainly focused on two things: deducing the killing methods of Water Deity and Marshal Tianpeng, and studying the Five Thunder Method.

She calculated that her three disasters had been triggered, and the thunder tribulation would come in a few days. This thunder tribulation was quite dangerous for her.

She needed time to prepare, to prepare the method and things to overcome the tribulation.

But she doesn't have time, what should she do?

During the "Daze Banquet" held in the Dragon Palace Water Palace, she only saw Xi Juan and his mother, and did not show up to talk to them at that time. The inexplicable anxiety in her heart quickly subsided.

The reason for her inexplicable anxiety was that the three disasters of thunder were about to come.

In other words, staying close to Xi Juan and her son could delay her thunder tribulation.

So she created this encounter today.

If Xi Juan did not leave Xiaoxi Village, she would find an excuse to stay in Xiaoxi Village and become their neighbor.

Xi Juan and her son wanted to run away - she felt that it was a bit abnormal for them to travel so far away from home at this time, and there were signs of human manipulation - so she met them halfway.

As she expected, after traveling with Xi Juan and her son, the depression and anxiety in her heart suddenly disappeared.

In fact, she had also thought about relying on her existing strength to get through the catastrophe in a "normal" manner.

After leaving Gou's house yesterday, she immediately tried to learn the method of avoiding disasters that Patriarch Bodhi taught Wukong in Journey to the West - using the transformation of the Earthly Evils to avoid the three disasters - unfortunately, she turned into stone and was still anxious.

Studying the Five Thunder Method at this time is to prepare for overcoming the thunder tribulation.

Zifu devoted all his efforts to deduce the methods of killing Shuide Xingjun and Tianpeng Yuanshuai in order to improve his Taoism and increase the success rate of overcoming the tribulation.

The realms of Shuide Xingjun and Tianpeng are too high, and she cannot kill them by force at the moment, but as long as Zifu is functioning, she can always deduce useful information that can help her improve herself.

She took out the "Tao Te Ching" and read it, just because she didn't want to lose her demeanor as a master in front of Xi Juan and her son.

An old Taoist priest sitting at the rear of a car with a dull look on his face is definitely not as impressive as an old Taoist priest who is shaking his head while reading Taoist scriptures.

But as she read on, Xiaoyu found that once her mind was immersed in it, it was as if she heard an old Taoist priest preaching in her ear, telling her the meaning of the sentences she was reading.

The first time I read it, I had a new understanding; the second time I read it, I had another new understanding. The more I read, the more I want to read, and the more I read, the more fascinated I become.

Xiaoyu clearly felt that his "Tao Qi" was growing vigorously.

The growth of Tao Qi helped Zi Fu speed up her deduction process and also helped her analyze the Five Thunder Method, allowing her to gain a deeper and more essential understanding of the Thunder Method.

——This is not an ordinary "Tao Te Ching", it is definitely an "immortal book"!
She had an epiphany.

"Master, can you lend me the book?" Xi Juan hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't help but speak.

He also had an epiphany in his mind: this Tao Te Ching is extraordinary. Regardless of whether it is a "heavenly book" or not, it is certain to be of great benefit to him.

"What did you realize about not knowing how to read?" Xiaoyu asked curiously.

Xi Juan thought for a moment and said, "I have two top-notch Xianwu secret manuals, but the contents are obscure and difficult to understand, and there are many things I don't understand.

After reading your "Heavenly Book", I felt as if I heard a divine man preaching, and the doubts in my heart were naturally resolved. "

Xiaoyu was a little surprised. The effect of this guy reading the "Heavenly Book" was exactly the same as hers!

But what realm is he at, and what realm is she at?
Why should he be like her?
"What books have you read in the past?" Xiaoyu asked.

(End of this chapter)