From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 23 Black and White
This is the meaning of sharpening.

Without saying a word, Meng Yuan threw away his bow and arrow, ran forward a few steps, jumped off the roof, held the knife in both hands, and chopped at the white sheep.

The two sheep monsters also heard the noise and were about to turn around to escape, but they saw a steel knife falling from the sky. It was too late to escape, so the white sheep immediately raised the bone stick to block it.

Meng Yuan was already very strong, and this time he slashed from top to bottom, using all his strength. Sparks flew as the steel knife hit the bone stick, and the bone stick broke. However, the steel knife in Meng Yuan's hand continued to move, and he actually cut off a section of Bai Yang's strong forearm.

"Ouch——" Aries felt pain and let out a howl that echoed through the night.

The hot blood spurted out and splashed all over Meng Yuan's face.

Meng Yuan didn't care. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he immediately swung his sword diagonally upwards, leaving another huge wound on the chest of the White Sheep. At the same time, the sword's momentum did not decrease, and it immediately hit the bone stick dropped by the Black Sheep.

With a bang, a huge force came, and Meng Yuan's arm was numb from the shock, but he could see that although the black sheep was slightly stronger than himself, he was not agile enough and his moves were not organized.

Just like Tie Niu in a gang fight!
The white sheep was not dead yet, but it had lost its fighting power. The black sheep bleated twice and stepped forward waving its bone stick.

This black sheep monster is tall and strong. When he swings his bone stick, only an afterimage is left, causing bursts of breaking wind sounds.

Meng Yuan saw clearly that if he was hit by the bone stick, he would be in trouble.

Seeing that he couldn't take it immediately, Meng Yuan took two steps back and used his Wild Wind Sword Technique to block the water from dancing with the steel sword. Relying on his agile body, he only used 50% of his strength to dodge and move, occasionally dealing another blow to the already seriously injured Aries.

The advantage of this Kuangfeng sword technique is that it is swift and fast, as fast as wind and lightning. The disadvantage is that it is not as heavy and fierce as the horizontal slashing and chopping.

In other words, the goal of the Kuangfeng Sword Technique is to kill the enemy with one strike. If that fails, the knife will be blunted to cut the flesh, causing more wounds to the enemy little by little.

Sure enough, after a quarter of an hour, the blood of the Aries demon was all over the ground. The black sheep did not save its energy and was already exhausted.

Meng Yuan immediately used all his strength and circled around the black sheep.

Soon, Black Sheep had several knife wounds, which were not fatal but could hurt the enemy's morale. If this continued, Black Sheep would surely be defeated.

thump!
The black sheep suddenly dropped his stick, knelt down and kowtowed, "Please spare my life, sir!"

Meng Yuancai didn't believe it, and immediately took two steps back, holding his sword in front of him.

Sure enough, the black sheep was originally kneeling and kowtowing, but suddenly it exerted force with its legs, and instantly burst out with tremendous power, with its two huge horns, it rushed towards Meng Yuan as fast as a comet hitting the moon.

In a flash, Meng Yuan knew he couldn't dodge, so he simply dropped the steel knife and reached forward to grab the sheep's horns with both hands.

Feeling the huge force coming towards him, Meng Yuan pressed down on the goat's horns with all his strength while stepping back repeatedly. After he had released 50% to 60% of the force, he immediately pressed his body downwards, put his strength into his waist, gritted his teeth, and twisted the goat's horns, forcing the black sheep to fall over. Then he knelt down on his horse and pressed down on the black sheep's neck.

The black sheep's limbs moved erratically, but it was no longer able to resist. It could only bleat non-stop, "Good man, you really surrender this time!"

Meng Yuan ignored him and just increased his strength.

"As expected, you were born as a gelder, so you are good at dealing with animals." Nie Yannian jumped down from the roof with a smile and waved his hand to signal Meng Yuan to get up.

Meng Yuan stood up without saying a word, wiping the smell of blood and sweat off his face. Seeing that his clothes were dirty and torn, and the undershirt that Jiang Yatou had given him was also stained with blood, he kicked the sheep's head twice in anger.

"It's its blood, not my blood." said the black sheep aggrievedly.

Meng Yuan knew that he had kicked wrongly, but he refused to change, "I was kicking you!"

"What's your name?" Nie Yannian saw the black sheep kneeling on the ground and trying to argue, so he stepped on the sheep's head.

"Its name is Heimei." said the dying Aries.

"Then your name will be Bai Mee, right?" Nie Yannian looked at Bai Yang.

"How do you know?" The black sheep asked with his head pressed to the ground.

"What a ridiculous name! Where's your hometown?" Nie Yannian scolded with a smile.

"From Taohualing." Black Sheep said honestly.

"Who killed the man and woman in the farm last night?" Nie Yannian asked.

"It's Big Wolf." Heimei said.

"Why did Wolf kill people?" Meng Yuan asked.

"Lang Da said that those who rape other people's wives and daughters and commit adultery should die." Bai Mee said.

"Good fellow! Your character is ten thousand times better than mine!" Nie Yannian scolded with a smile, and then asked, "Then why did you come to steal medicine and dogs?"

Heimei was very docile at the moment and quickly said, "Once the eggs are distributed, fellow Taoists will not come to the class. The Venerable asked us to get some meat and medicine so that we can distribute them before the Peach Blossom Festival."

Well! Relying on giving out eggs to attract people to attend the class is just a scam no matter how you listen to it!

Meng Yuan took out a piece of linen to wipe the steel knife, thinking that these monsters were not all stupid, some of them did things in an orderly manner.

"Peach Blossom Society? What is that for?" Nie Yannian became interested and half squatted down to ask.

"Venerable Dawei said that the Peach Blossom Conference is a conference to spread Buddhism and save all living beings!" said Heimei.

Nie Yannian stood up and stopped talking. Meng Yuan also became more serious, and Ren Debiao's eyes widened.

The Kingdom of Qing has always respected Confucianism and Taoism and despised Buddhism. In the entire country, only Ping'an Prefecture has monks, and that was only possible because of the great efforts made by the people in the founding of the country.

In other places, it is strictly forbidden for Buddha to preach, walk, or build Buddhist temples.

At this moment, Heimei was talking about the Peach Blossom Buddhist Conference, the Great Tail Venerable, and the promotion of Buddhism. This was obviously a big deal.

"Why is Baldy involved again?" Nie Yannian frowned, as if recalling the past. Meng Yuan said nothing, and Ren Debiao also lowered his head and said nothing.

Nie Yannian gave a wink, and Ren Debiao was still confused, so Meng Yuan kicked Heimei.

"Follow me!" Meng Yuan grabbed the black sheep's horn.

Bring Heimei into the room and Baimei outside, and interrogate them separately.

After carefully asking about the details of the Peach Blossom Buddha Conference and comparing them, he found that what the two sheep demons said were almost the same.

It turned out that the Peach Blossom Buddhist Conference was held in Taohualing, the hometown of Heimei and Baimei, which is located in the mountains south of the medicine village, about ten miles deep.

As for the Great Tail Venerable, he was an old yellow-haired wolf, and under him were two attendants, also wolf demons, named Wolf Da and Wolf Er.

No one knew where the three wolves came from, but they occupied Taohualing, started preaching, spreading Buddhism, and even recruited Heimei and Baimei as their thugs.

The people who attended the lectures were all spirits from the nearby mountains and wilds. Most of them were intelligent and could understand what was said.

There were quite a few goblins, about fifty or sixty of them when the eggs were distributed, but only thirty or forty when the class was held. However, the goblins had little fighting power, about the same as my grandmother, and most of them were ignorant.

After gathering the information, Meng Yuan said nothing. Whether to report the matter to the authorities or take other measures would depend on Nie Yannian's decision.

Nie Yannian spat on the ground and said, "According to what Stupid Sheep said, if they don't come back in the morning, then the Great Tail Venerable will be alert."

This is to hold the Peach Blossom Buddha Festival!

According to what Heimei and Baimei said, the Great Tail Venerable had shown his Buddhist supernatural powers, so he must have followed the path of Buddhism. As for the two attendants, Wolf Da and Wolf Er, they followed the path of warriors.

"Master Nie, do you want me to ride back to the city quickly and gather some people?" Ren Debiao asked.

Meng Yuan didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Venerable anymore. This trip was considered a meritorious service. Bringing back the grandfather and grandson of the Jiang family was a foregone conclusion, and he would also receive money.

"The city gate will not be opened until daybreak. It will be too late if we go back and forth." Nie Yannian smiled and said confidently, "It's just a seventh-grade Buddha demon and two ninth-grade wolf demons. As for the other monsters, there is no need to worry!"

This is the decision.

Since this was the case, Meng Yuan didn't think about it anymore. After all, attending the Buddhist meeting would be a way to broaden his horizons.

After tying up the black and white sheep and handing them over to the village head for care, the three of them quickly ate some hot soup and set off with some bread.

At this moment, the sky was dim. I walked out of the medicine shop and headed south. After walking two miles, I entered the mountain.

The mountain road was winding, with dead leaves all over the ground. Although the trees were green, a feeling of loneliness and gloom arose when one went several hundred feet deep.

Those who can frequently go in and out of such places are either experienced herbal farmers or old hunters. Ordinary people will definitely get lost if they come in.

The three of them followed the path pointed by the black and white sheep, and everything went smoothly.

After an hour, they explored forward about ten miles in twists and turns.

After crossing another mountain, it no longer felt so cool and there was a slight warmth.

Looking ahead, I saw a gentle slope under the mountain range, on which grew many peach trees, which had sprouted but had not yet bloomed.

There is a smell of fireworks among the peach trees, but it is impossible to see what is going on inside.

"This is Taohua Ridge. There is something mysterious inside." Nie Yannian sneered, "Some people in Qing country have never seen a bald monk in their entire lives. Today you two will see him!"

Lurking forward, he entered the peach grove, and saw shadowy figures in front of him, and vaguely heard voices.

Meng Yuan was very cautious. He was afraid that there might be monsters following him, but he didn't encounter any as he moved forward.

It can be seen that the people who set up this Buddhist association are also a makeshift team.

After walking slowly and carefully for more than a hundred steps, I saw a mountain stream beside a peach forest in front of me.

There were many monsters surrounding on the other side of the mountain stream.

There were spotted deer, grizzly bears, roe deer, pheasants, wild donkeys, foxes, etc., a total of forty or fifty. These spirits were obviously not advanced enough and had not yet transformed, but they had already awakened their intelligence.

About ten feet in front of the monsters was a high bluestone platform, on which a wolf monster was sitting cross-legged.

The wolf demon was wearing a black Buddhist robe inside and a worn red cassock outside. He had Buddhist beads around his neck, a bodhi string in his hand, and a tall Zen staff beside him.

The wolf demon was huge, six or seven feet tall when sitting cross-legged. Although the cassock concealed its size, its muscular body could still be seen.

However, the exposed wolf hair was not shiny and oily, but dry and hairless, like a bald head.

This Big Tail Venerable had a wolf's head, his clothes were dirty and torn, and there was a hint of compassion in his eyes. He actually had the temperament of an ascetic monk.

On both sides of the Venerable stood two tall wolf monsters with smooth and shiny fur. They must be Wolf One and Wolf Two.

"Shut up! The Venerable is about to give a lecture!" The wolf beside the Venerable Big Tail shouted loudly.

The noisy monsters quieted down, but an old cow asked in a hoarse voice: "Big Wolf, what kind of elixir are you giving out today? My son has flatulence and is spitting fire. He is just waiting for medicine!"

"Listen to the class first, I guarantee your son's illness can be cured!" said Wolf Avenue.

When these words were spoken, the monsters started to complain again, but only became quiet when they saw the wolf glaring at them.

(End of this chapter)