Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 175 Teaching by Example
Wanyan Kang looked at Qiu Chuji with a twinkling eye. He had just started a killing spree and murderous intent was boiling in his heart. Also, due to the sudden increase in strength, he had some unrealistic self-confidence.

But when he met Qiu Chuji's head and looked at his smiling eyes, his powerful spiritual perception made alarm bells ring in his heart. His murderous intent quickly cooled, and some outrageous thoughts also receded like the tide.

“Some things, you can think about them, but you must not do them.”

"If you do it...it's wrong! If you're wrong, you'll be beaten!"

"When your master hits you...it hurts a lot!" Qiu Chuji's tone seemed to be joking, but he was not.

With his understanding of the human body and control over strength, it is easy for him to hit someone without killing him but making him suffer excruciating pain.

"Master, you are joking! I dare not be disrespectful in any way." Wanyan Kang lowered his head and temporarily surrendered.

When he looked up again, Qiu Chuji had disappeared.

In the next two days, Wanyan Kang temporarily put aside his grief and began to practice martial arts diligently. He did this not for any other reason but to break free from Qiu Chuji's control.

The powerful intuition given to him by the demon fetus enabled him to keenly perceive the terrifying nature of Qiu Chuji. Therefore, Wanyan Kang, who felt that he was being "restricted", wanted to improve his strength and then escape from Qiu Chuji's control.

This is also the demon fetus's 'survival' instinct.

Qiu Chuji wanted Yang Kang to tame the demon fetus, refine the demon fetus's talent and spirituality for his own use, and transform the demon fetus into a Taoist body. But for the demon fetus itself, what it wanted was to completely possess Wanyan Kang, control Wanyan Kang with its demonic thoughts, and make Wanyan Kang a puppet of its own, releasing its nature at will.

This kind of going against the grain is actually a slow attempt to "kill" the demon fetus.

For half a month, Wanyan Kang indeed acted according to the agreement with Qiu Chuji. Every three days when his murderous intent became difficult to control, he used the power of the palace to find those people in Zhongdu who at least deserved to be killed on a moral level, and killed them to satisfy his craving.

As for the death row prisoners imprisoned in the government offices, in a sense, these people do not necessarily deserve to be killed.

There are even innocent people who were charged with the crime.

Wanyan Kang is a smart man, so he would not make such a low-level mistake.

Now, Wanyan Kang's reason and humanity are playing against the devil.

However, it is hard to say when the barrier in his heart will be broken down.

Simple killing did maintain Wanyan Kang's apparent emotional stability, but it could still only be considered a delay.

Killing with moderation and restraint is a way to put a rein on the devil, but it is not absolutely effective, let alone refining the devil fetus.

As time got closer to the end of the agreed month, Wanyan Kang's urge to break this "agreement" on his own initiative became more and more obvious.

He wanted to kill people... kill more people, kill many, many people, good or bad, old or young, he wanted to kill them all. He didn't even dare to go out on the streets, because in his eyes, every person he saw on the street was like a lamb to be slaughtered, and then they were bleating in the sheepfold without knowing what was good for them.

In order to avoid killing the servants in the mansion, Wanyan Kang even refused the service of maids and servants. He locked himself in the yard most of the time and ate a lot of tonic food every day. He even chewed a piece of wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain every day.

If it weren't for the fact that the royal family was wealthy and he was not the only son of Wanyan Honglie, he really couldn't afford such extravagant spending.

On the twenty-eighth day after the appointment, a man arrived at the gate of the courtyard where Wanyan Kang was in seclusion and knocked gently on the door.

"Kang'er! Can I come in?"

The knock on the door woke Wanyan Kang, who was tying his hands and feet with ropes and had red eyes.

The murderous intent in his eyes spread a little, and his clenched fists clenched even tighter.

The person who came was Wanyan Honglie.

No matter what kind of person he is, we don't care about his character. The Jin Kingdom was full of barbarians, and as the crown prince, he was a carnivore. In fact, he took a woman by force. Not to mention in the Jin Kingdom, even in the Song court, it was common for the powerful and wealthy to do so.

But he was also truly infatuated. After Bao Xiruo's death, he was depressed for more than half a month and ignored everything. It was not until yesterday that a rebuking letter from his father arrived from the capital, which barely woke up Wanyan Honglie, who was immersed in grief.

Wanyan Honglie was a lovesick man, but there was more to his life than just love. His desire for power and his ambition for the highest position were no less than his loyalty and yearning for love.

After adjusting his mood and figuring out his current situation, Wanyan Honglie quickly sorted out the current situation and what should be done as soon as possible.

The first thing he had to do was to try his best to reduce the slander caused by some "rumors" and thoroughly confirm the fact that Wanyan Kang was his biological son. He absolutely could not let this doubt and stain spread further.

Therefore, even though Bao Xiruo had passed away, his love and care for Wanyan Kang not only did not diminish, but instead increased.

Many people regard the fact that Wanyan Honglie still treated Yang Kang as his own son after Bao Xiruo's death as a sign of his loyalty in love.

However, at least that is not entirely true.

Think about the story of the cat replacing the prince, and then think about the true origin of Emperor Qianlong in the Jin world, and it is not difficult to understand Wanyan Honglie's thoughts at this moment.

For powerful creatures, blood ties are not the only bond that maintains the relationship between father and son, or mother and son.

For the sake of power, even the closest relatives can be killed. Similarly, for the sake of power, even the son of a love rival can be treated as one's own and loved as a treasure.

Wanyan Honglie... he only has this one son!

If he doesn't even have this son, what competitiveness does he have?

Zhangzong had been in power for many years and had already centralized power very tightly. It was no longer possible for him to directly control the military power and enter the court as in the early days of the Jin Dynasty. The political model of the Jin Dynasty today was almost identical to that of the Southern Song Dynasty next door.

The powerful penetration and infectiousness of Han culture did not fail in Jinting.

In a sense, this country has already been "taken over".

"You... go!" Wanyan Kang suppressed the murderous intent that was about to explode.

He had killed someone yesterday, and according to the agreement, he cannot kill anyone again today or tomorrow.

As long as he can get through this, Qiu Chuji should give him a solution to the problem as agreed.

Today, Wanyan Kang is only supported by this hope.

He is not against killing, nor does he mind becoming a butcher with bloody hands. In order to help Mei Chaofeng practice martial arts, he had long ago taken away a large number of death row prisoners from Zhongdu Prison and gave them to Mei Chaofeng as materials for practicing martial arts. He regards human life as worthless.

But he still didn't want to become a madman who only knew how to kill.

If that happened, he thought... his mother in heaven would definitely be very sad if she saw it.

"Kang'er! Father knows you are sad, and I...I feel the same way!"

"But Kang'er, everything has already happened, we have to move forward!"

"We, father and son, will overcome this difficulty together." Wanyan Honglie said affectionately at the door.

These words came from his heart.

Some performances are too sincere, and in fact the person involved tends to take them seriously. In the end, how can you tell how much is real and how much is fake?
"Get out!" Wanyan Kang gritted his teeth, and his mind kept recalling the happy times he had with Wanyan Honglie.

Relying on this little memory, he struggled to suppress the murderous intent in his heart and did not rush out to break Wanyan Honglie's neck.

"Kang'er..."

"Are you angry with your father?"

"Yes! Father did not protect you well, nor did he protect your mother well. This is all Father's fault."

"Father promises you that something like this will never happen again!"

"We are father and son, and nothing can stop us. You are my son, my only son!" Wanyan Honglie was still talking, his eyes were red, and his whole body was shaking slightly, as if he was really afraid of losing his only son.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Wanyan Kang broke the ropes that bound him, rushed to the door and opened it.

He was about to reach out and dig into Wanyan Honglie's heart, to let the Sixth Prince of the Jin Dynasty know what "father says goodbye to son with smiles" meant.

But when he saw Wanyan Honglie at this moment, the boiling murderous intent and the uncontrollable impulse all paused for a moment.

Wanyan Honglie, who originally had a heroic appearance, now not only had a scruffy beard, but also many white hairs on his head. His cheeks were thin, his eyes were red, and he was leaning on the porch, his body shaking slightly.

He didn't look like a prince, but more like a prisoner standing in the court, awaiting trial.

The father who seemed almost omnipotent in Wanyan Kang's memory was now so short, thin, and helpless.

But it was this fragility that broke through Wanyan Kang.

For a moment, he forgot that he was not Wanyan Honglie's biological son, and could even be considered his enemy.

"Kang'er!" A tight hug firmly restrained Wanyan Kang's emotions that were about to go out of control.

The scarlet in his eyes gradually subsided.

The dam of rationality that was about to collapse was reinforced at this moment.

On this day, Wanyan Honglie held Wanyan Kang's hand and said a lot of things, but he didn't hear them. He only remembered that Wanyan Honglie's hand was very warm, so warm that he almost forgot... this was no longer his home.

Relying on the warmth given by Wanyan Honglie, Wanyan Kang managed to hold on for another two days.

When he saw Qiu Chuji again, he couldn't control himself and took action.

The fact is, of course, that although Wanyan Kang had made great progress in martial arts, he was knocked down by a palm strike from his master Qiu Chuji, breaking several ribs and suffering serious internal injuries. He temporarily lost the ability to kill people.

"Not bad, you actually lasted a month. I thought you would have to fail a few times before you succeed." Qiu Chuji, who was monitored throughout the process, spoke in a tone that he seemed to have no idea why.

"Since you have met the requirements, I will teach you the 'Ice Heart Technique'. It can effectively restrain the boiling evil thoughts in your body. At least before your evil thoughts reach their peak, it can allow you to maintain most of your sanity." Qiu Chuji said to Wanyan Kang.

The reason why Wanyan Kang was not taught the Bingxin Jue at the beginning was to let him suffer a little first so that he would know the importance of the Bingxin Jue.

At the same time, it is also to temper its toughness. Tempered steel is not made in one or two times, so Qiu Chuji will not stop forging Wanyan Kang's will.

(End of this chapter)