Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 158 The Real Person in the Past
an hour later,
Gong Tianwu has already embarked on his journey. This is his first time going out after being promoted to the foundation-building stage.

This time, because he had to travel a long distance and was in a hurry, Gong Tianwu specially borrowed a fairy bird from the sect and let it carry him for seven or eight thousand miles, so that he could recuperate on the road.

The fairy bird of the Great Snow Mountain is a snow sculpture. It is very cold and aggressive, and it can be said that it is not easy to tame. Normally, even if the elders want to use it, they need to report it in advance.

However, at this time, the benefits of the good relationship that Gong Tianwu had made in the sect came into play. He went directly to find his junior brother Song Jingyuan, and got one as quickly as possible.

When the snow sculpture assigned to Gong Tianwu spread its wings, its wingspan reached a terrifying twenty meters, just like a fighter plane.

There is also a carefully crafted saddle on the back of the snow sculpture, similar to a sedan chair, on which the passengers can lie safely and comfortably throughout the journey.

As the snow sculpture took off, Gong Tianwu began to check the latest information he had collected. It was quite clear that the people currently in power in Yuhua Sect were the descendants of the former Sixth Elder and Eighth Elder.

In order to seek rapid stability, they proposed to kill only the main culprit, while the rest of the disciples were free to come and go, and could either stay or choose to join other factions.

Those who stay will be treated equally and there will be no discrimination.

However, those who defect to another sect need to swear a great oath not to pass on the sect's secret techniques to outsiders, and must hand over their personal belongings. The sect will then give them ten spirit stones as severance pay.

Under such circumstances, the fighting spirit of the disciples was quickly crushed, and the only ones who escaped were Zi Chengzi, an acquaintance of Gong Tianwu, and a Taoist named Chen Xu.

Zi Chengzi was included in the list of "main culprits" because he was the sect leader's confidant.

Taoist Chenxu had a deep hatred with the Sixth Elder of the Yuhua Sect, which was similar to the hatred of killing his father and stealing his wife. Even his disciples were well aware of this, so they all ran away with him.

At this time, Gong Tianwu was playing with a paper crane in his hand, and heard the voice of the seventh sister coming from inside:
"The latest news we just received is that Zi Chengzi was being chased by many people and fled into the deep valley of Wuxi. My dear, please be careful."

Gong Tianwu smiled and nodded. Suddenly, he felt his body sink. It turned out that the snow sculpture began to glide downwards.

This is still 4,000 miles away from the destination. Gong Tianwu was surprised and said:

"What's going on, old eagle?"

The snow sculpture said in a hoarse voice:
"There is Longming Lake ahead. We need to go down and drink some water. If we miss this place, it will be difficult to find a suitable place to drink water within thousands of miles."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu felt somewhat dissatisfied, thinking that this snow sculpture was a little bit pretentious:
"You want to drink water? Why shouldn't I let you go? Why is it so hard to find a suitable place to drink water within thousands of miles?"

While he was thinking about this, the snow sculpture had already descended rapidly, landing quickly on a hill in front of it.

You can see a spring on the top of the hill. The water flowing out is quite good and looks very clear. It gathers into a small pool beside it.

At this moment, the pool of water looked almost completely transparent, just like the bottom of pure glass, extremely clear and bright.

After the snow sculpture landed, it immediately buried its head in drinking water, swallowing it in big gulps. It must have been very tired after the long flight, so it dived into the small pond to wash itself, flapping its wings, pecking at the water and swimming around.

At this time, Gong Tianwu also jumped off the eagle's back to exercise for a while, and found that the weather was indeed very hot, with a heat wave really blowing in his face. No wonder this snow sculpture looked so fond of water.

At the same time, Gong Tianwu saw that there were dozens of soldiers in red battle jackets standing more than a hundred meters away, looking around timidly. There was also a sign next to them that read "Anyone who takes water without permission will be put to death."

Gong Tianwu frowned, then quickly walked up to a soldier and said:
"What are you waiting for here?"

The sergeant was about to speak when he heard a loud cough next to him and immediately shut his mouth.

Gong Tianwu sneered and flicked his fingers. The guy who was coughing immediately covered his chest in pain, slowly knelt on the ground, and then began to twitch continuously.

Gong Tianwu would not kill anyone for such a small matter, but he would definitely have to suffer a little. He sneered:

"You like coughing, so why not cough for two more months?"

Then he looked around and saw another character who should be an officer. He pointed and said:

"You tell me."

The man hesitated for a moment, and Gong Tianwu immediately said:
"Do you also want to cough for half a year?"

This person immediately said obediently:
"It was Master Liu who asked us to guard here."

At this time, there were also civilians who saw such a huge snow sculpture falling and ran over to watch. When they saw Gong Tianwu casually deal with the officers and soldiers, they knew that they were not in the same group, so they immediately ran over to complain, and some even shed tears on the spot.

"My god, there is a severe drought here. Some people have sold their children because of it, but the officials won't allow us to drink the water here."

"Life is hard to begin with, and now it's a severe drought. If you come up to fetch some water, they will chase you away."

"That's right. Our ancestors have been able to drink the water here for generations. Why can't we drink it when the bastard officials come?"

"Our head of the family came here just to fetch some water, his legs were broken, and now he's lying at home crying!!"

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Hearing a large group of people start to cry, the officers and soldiers nearby began to sweat. A captain hurried over and wiped the sweat off his face and said:
"My Immortal, you can't just listen to their one-sided words."

Gong Tianwu glanced at him and said:

"Okay, tell me."

This is the general way:

"The one who sent us here is Lord Xie, the state's Gongcao. I won't comment on whether he was right or wrong in blocking the spring. As the superiors gave the order, we who receive the food and salary have no choice but to follow it, right?"

Gong Tianwu said:

"If you just want to talk nonsense, then you can shut up."

Bai Zong hurriedly said:
"This place was originally called Baibutan, a famous scenic spot in the state. At that time, there were no restrictions on anyone."

"Later, as the weather became drier, the people around here came to fetch water every day to sell for money, and they were greedy. The water output of the spring was limited, so a beautiful scenic spot was ruined into a quagmire."

"There were even several fights in the surrounding villages over the spring water, and at least seven or eight people lost their lives there."

"And Lord Xie, the Gongcao, has blocked the spring water, and he will come here regularly to fetch water and sell it. The money he earns is taken from the people and used for the people, to purchase food and porridge for relief. If there is even a single lie in what I said, the immortal can kill me immediately."

The people nearby were speechless after hearing this.

Gong Tianwu looked around and knew that what General Bai said was true.

Bai Zong then said indignantly:
"The key is that these people who suffered losses are unwilling to give up and filed a lawsuit, which has made us very anxious."

"I will say something disrespectful again. If I were not here to guard it, your mount would not even be able to drink a sip of water."

As the saying goes, every man has his own reasons, and every woman has her own reasons. After hearing what General Bai said, Gong Tianwu couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The Taoist scriptures say: The heaven and earth are like a huge furnace, and all things have the same path of life and death.

So-called immortals and common people are actually just little bugs struggling to survive in this corrupt world.

The difference between me and them is nothing more than a bigger and stronger bug.

At this time, the snow sculpture had finished drinking the water and jumped out of the pool by flapping its wings.

Gong Tian snapped his five fingers and shot several pills into the half remaining pool of water in front of him, and then he cast an ice-purification spell.

At this time, Gong Tianwu had already reached the foundation-building stage. After he cast the Ice Purification Technique into the pool of water, the remaining clear pool water actually sprayed directly into the sky and then exploded.

Then the clear pond water turned into drizzle and fell down, giving people an extremely cool and comfortable feeling.

After bathing in the drizzle, the soldiers and civilians present felt that the heat had completely disappeared. They felt that their whole bodies became relaxed and comfortable, and some of their accumulated injuries also disappeared.

Then Gong Tianwu sighed, rode away on the eagle, and said, "Mortals are insects between heaven and earth.

Immortals are also ants between heaven and earth.
We all have to go with the flow, and struggle to survive.

Officials have their own difficulties, and the people have their own karma.
Faced with the deadlock here, this was the only thing he could do for these people in a hurry.

***
During the following journey, Gong Tianwu began to let the snow sculpture fly lower, and then paid attention to the situation in the mortal world below. He found that the more he looked, the more frightened he became, because the drought seemed to extend to a very wide area, even causing thousands of miles of barren land.

In some places close to rivers, lakes and seas, the drought situation is better. You can see the common people below like ants, crawling around to carry water to fight the drought.

But at that time water was an extremely precious resource, and people began to build dams to store water. Extremely brutal fights broke out, resulting in many casualties.

Some fields were left uncultivated, and the residents there became refugees, fleeing from the famine and drought.

Some people who really couldn't survive simply rebelled and attacked the city.

The refugees, each the size of a sesame seed, gradually gathered into clusters of black spots, and then gathered together again, like the sea tide or lake water, enveloping and attacking the city below.

Seeing this scene, Gong Tianwu couldn't help but think of the saying "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it."

If tiny amounts of ants gather together, they can indeed become a lake or sea, and have the power to change the world's dynasty and overthrow the imperial court.

But that is limited to the power and strength in the secular world.

No matter how powerful a mortal is, he cannot shake the status of the monastic community.
Not to mention God's will!!

Just after Gong Tianwu expressed this emotion, he suddenly felt the snow sculpture begin to descend rapidly, and then it flapped its wings and landed, and then it spoke in human language:

"Master, we have arrived at Mengjiagou, your designated destination."

Gong Tianwu jumped off the eagle's back and threw a pill to it:
"In this case, I'll trouble you, Old Eagle. You should go back first."

What Gong Tianwu threw out was the demon pill from Mujiang City. After eating it, the old eagle could increase its Taoism by two years.

Don't underestimate just two years of practice. At this moment, Lao Diao's mood is almost the same as his brothers receiving 24 months' salary in one go:
That's the kind of person who walks with the wind and makes vibrato when talking on the phone, who doesn't even look up to the 688 package and insists on asking two teachers to give lessons together.

***
Gong Tianwu looked around. According to the latest information he had received, Zi Chengzi was last seen at Fengyun Villa, two hundred miles away from here.

According to the intelligence, Zi Chengzi had saved the life of Cheng Lie, the deputy owner of Fengyun Villa, so he ran to him for help when he had no other choice.

Then the deputy owner showed his righteousness and immediately took him in, kept the secret and entertained him with delicious food and drinks.
Until the deputy owner saw the latest reward.

"Hey, brother, it's not that I'm disloyal, it's just that they gave too much!"

Fortunately, Zi Chengzi, who had been betrayed many times, already had rich experience in dealing with things, and the deputy owner Cheng Lie, out of greed, took action without informing too many people.

So Zi Chengzi escaped again after successfully counterattacking, but the pursuers who came after hearing the news could confirm that it would be difficult for him to escape any further, and they would definitely find him or his corpse within three days.

Because at this time Zi Chengzi was not only poisoned, but also injured.

The poison he was infected with was called Yanluochou, and its lethality was even effective against Jindan Zhenren.

His injuries were even more severe. His entire liver was shattered, and there were several holes in his right lung. His Taoist robes were stained with blood.

But this is not the point, because for a Foundation Establishment Master like him, although these injuries are serious, they can be stabilized by two or three pills.

Zi Chengzi’s biggest trouble now is that his sea of ​​consciousness is damaged!

While he was killing the deputy owner Cheng Lie, he was also severely injured by Cheng Lie's counterattack "Guanshen Ci" before his death. This magic weapon did not hurt the body but the soul, and directly destroyed most of Zi Chengzi's sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, Zi Chengzi was completely like a patient with severe schizophrenia. What he heard in his ears was a terrifying and sharp whistle, and his mind was occupied by a lot of crazy and messy mumbling. Even the scenery he saw with his eyes was all double.

The reason why Zi Chengzi could hold on until now was entirely based on the resentment and unyielding spirit in his heart, and the precious treasure he brought out from the sect: the Tianhai Pearl.

Suddenly, Zi Chengzi felt a pain in his heart as he was hit by a conical hidden weapon flying from afar.

But he did not fall down. Instead, he raised his bloodshot eyes and looked fiercely into the distance, even though Zi Chengzi could only see less than ten meters away and everything in front of him was blurry.

However, the Tianhai Pearl hanging around his neck was still rotating steadily and slowly, constantly emitting light and heat, and continuously inputting power into Zi Chengzi.

So, seizing this opportunity, Zi Chengzi suddenly pinched his fingers and summoned his own magic weapon: Yunsong Needle.

A dazzling white light flew out, piercing through the enemy's eyebrows a hundred meters ahead, and also illuminating the opponent's ecstatic expression.

Then the enemy fell to the ground with his whole body relaxed, twitched twice, and died tragically, while white liquid began to flow out of the small hole between his eyebrows.

Seeing this scene, Zi Chengzi relaxed his whole body and collapsed completely to the ground. That blow also drained his last bit of strength.

At this time, Zi Chengzi no longer felt the pain all over his body. He let go of everything and began to notice a small yellow flower beside his face. Zi Chengzi greedily breathed in its fragrance and his eyes began to stare at the white clouds in the sky that kept changing and flying away.

“So beautiful”

Zi Chengzi murmured.

Within a hundred meters around him, three cultivators had already appeared. They looked at each other with greedy eyes like hyenas, and at the same time began to approach this side vigilantly.

Once these three people get within fifty meters, they will see Zi Chengzi and then attack with the most powerful means.

Because Zi Chengzi proved a minute ago that although he seemed seriously injured, he was still extremely dangerous!

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The aura that descended at this moment was filled with endless solemnity and a sense of decay—
The sounds of birds and insects in the mountains disappeared quietly.
The sound of the wind blowing through the mountains suddenly disappeared,

Even the gurgling sound of the running water gradually faded away.
White frost appeared on the ground and was spreading quietly.

In such an atmosphere, the three of them began to shiver all over. After all, they were still in the Qi Refining Stage, and they even felt that they could not resist the cold that came quietly.

But greed still drove them to move forward, but the white frost on the ground became thicker and thicker. Two of them could not withstand the tremendous pressure, and they let out a strange cry and turned around to flee.

But the other person rushed forward driven by greed, activating his protective magic weapon, and roared in his heart:

"Give me five breaths of time. Five breaths is all I need."

However, in the next second, the white frost next to him suddenly gathered together quickly, forming an extremely ferocious ice snake, and then pounced on this guy fiercely.

This guy was caught off guard and was hit by the ice snake. He let out a scream and began to resist in a panic.

It was a pity that the ice snake that was entangled with him looked extremely ferocious. He rolled over with it and quickly fell into the depths of the cliff. His screams were endless, and the lingering sound even lasted for five or six seconds.

Then, a man appeared in Zi Chengzi's sight, and the vaguely familiar face made Zi Chengzi completely give up the idea of ​​resistance.

Because he knew very well that even in his prime, he might not be his opponent, let alone at this desperate moment.

"I never thought that you would be the one to see me off for the last time."

Zi Chengzi muttered, and blood began to flow from the corner of his mouth.

The person who came was none other than Gong Tianwu.

Gong Tianwu smiled and said:
"Long time no see, Masato."

(End of this chapter)