Simultaneously, they travel through time, starting from the God Ranking.

Chapter 112 Playful Fighting

Laozi's teaching of Qingning was not about directly lecturing her on grand principles, but rather about taking her through personal experiences so that she could think and reflect for herself.

Lao Jun took Xiao Qing Ning to broaden her horizons, while Fang Xiu pulled Xuan Li aside to cook for her. After they finished eating, Fang Xiu decided to have a spar with Xuan Li.

"Hey Dog, wanna fight?"

Xuan Li was warlike, so how could he refuse Fang Xiu's challenge?

"Let's go!"

Xuan Li is very strong, but not strong enough.

Xuanli's true form is a divine beast like Diting. Since being found by Laozi, Xuanli's strength has increased rapidly over the past sixty-odd years.

Even though Xuanli himself only had a superficial understanding of many basic knowledge, his innate talent and warlike nature made him more than capable of defeating most demons.

However, he still couldn't defeat Xuan Li. Xuan Li's personality was too restless, and he was unable to calm down and cultivate. If this continued, Xuan Li's strength would eventually reach a bottleneck, and it would take a long time before he could break through.

Laozi was also aware of this. In Laozi's view, either Xuanli needed to subdue his restless mind or he needed to have a goal that he had to achieve in order to break through.

However, given Xuan Li's talent, as long as nothing goes wrong, becoming an immortal is inevitable; it's just a matter of time.

Xuanli, a demon who has been around for decades, is already an adult, while Fang Xiu is less than three years old. Normally, he is still a child, even among demons, he is considered an infant.

Although the Taotie's spiritual power grows very quickly due to its special nature, Fang Xiu would normally be no match for Xuan Li. But Fang Xiu is anything but normal.

boom-!

Xiao Qingning and Lao Jun were treating the injured on the front mountain when a loud noise suddenly came from the back mountain, shaking the earth as if the mountain god was angry.

"Mountain God! The Mountain God is angry!!"

The villagers knelt down in terror, kowtowing towards the back mountain and begging the mountain god to appease their anger.

"Master, those are—Brother Gou and the others?"

Unlike the villagers, Qingning knew that Brother Gou and her senior brother had gone to the back mountain, and she strongly suspected that it was the two of them who had caused the commotion.

Lao Jun nodded in affirmation of Qing Ning's guess; he was all too familiar with the two auras emanating from the back mountain.

On the back mountain, Xuanli and Fangxiu stood facing each other.

Scorching flames erupted from Xuan Li's body; even before getting close, the intense heat was already overwhelming.

Under this terrifyingly high temperature, the surrounding space became somewhat distorted, and the grass on the ground began to curl up.

If Xuanli is a raging fire, a bright light, then Fangxiu is the exact opposite: a bottomless darkness, a black hole.

Centered on Fang Xiu, an invisible suction force collapsed towards him, distorting the space around him.

A raging inferno suddenly spewed from Xuan Li's mouth, transforming into a fire dragon that lunged at Fang Xiu.

The fire dragon flew halfway, then grew smaller and smaller until it disappeared completely.

"Brother Dog, have you forgotten? I am a glutton. Flames of this strength have no effect on me."

"Dark acupoints!"

A deep darkness spread out from Fang Xiu, a black tide surging, leaving nothing but barren land in its wake, and tall trees gradually sinking, as if a greedy glutton lurked in the darkness.

The flames on Xuan Li's body fluctuated the moment they came into contact with the darkness, and his spiritual power was being devoured by Fang Xiu.

Faced with this situation, Xuan Li was not nervous at all; on the contrary, he was overjoyed.

"Let's see how much you can eat!! Watch out!"

At this moment, Xuan Li no longer held back. He suddenly exerted force in his legs, and the flames on his body that had been calmed down suddenly ignited violently again.

With a deafening roar, a streak of firelight appeared before Fang Xiu in the blink of an eye.

"Good timing!"

One fist was engulfed in flames, the other shrouded in darkness; two fists of different sizes clashed violently together.

The moment the two materialized spiritual energies collided, the sky split in two, with crimson flames and deep darkness each occupying half, standing in stark contrast!

The sight of the sky splitting in two startled the villagers, who kowtowed even more earnestly. Qing Ning was also somewhat stunned.

She knew Dog Brother and his gang were strong, but she didn't expect them to be this strong!

"Those two idiots."

Lao Jun rubbed his forehead in annoyance. This was outside, not in the Battle Commander Palace. Xuan Li and the other two were fighting without any restraint.

Taking Qingning directly away from the village, Laozi's grand plan to teach disciples was temporarily interrupted, but fortunately, he had already said what needed to be said.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

He teleported to the battlefield and, without saying a word, Lao Jun swung his pipe so fast it was almost invisible, striking Fang Xiu and Xuan Li twice in quick succession on the head.

The two, who had just been having a great time fighting, simultaneously covered their heads and squatted down.

Damn it, they've gone too far! X2

The two, realizing something was terribly wrong, immediately tried to accuse the villain first.

"It's Brother Gou! Master, it was Brother Gou who challenged me to a sparring match. You know that, it must be Brother Gou!"

The innocent and kind-hearted demon, who had only lived for a few decades and was still a blank slate, had never seen anyone like Fang Xiu before, and was so anxious that she almost barked.

"Xuan Li! Fang Xiu!"

Lao Jun took a deep breath of smoke before announcing the punishment for the two.

"Xuan Li, go back and copy all the basic spiritual energy techniques I taught you five times!!"

"Fang Xiu, you are not allowed to eat for the next three days, no! Five days!!"

Upon hearing Laozi's words, Xuanli Fangxiu was struck dumb, and wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.

Looking at the two dejected people, a smile flashed in Lao Jun's eyes. Was he angry? A little, but only a little. Seeing the two looking so upset, the anger in his heart had long since vanished.

but----

As his gaze swept over the mess on the back mountain, a strange light appeared in Lao Jun's eyes.

Neither of them may have gone all out, but even from this glimpse, we can still glean some insights.

Laozi wasn't surprised by Xuan Li's strength, but he was more concerned about Fang Xiu, who had only been around for three years.

Three years may be enough for a human to go from babbling to walking briskly, but for a fairy, three years will pass in the blink of an eye.

Although the immense spiritual power that Fang Xiu gathered at the beginning of his life indicated his great potential, Xuan Li was no different. The fluctuations generated by Xuan Li's gathering of spiritual power were not much smaller than those of Fang Xiu, yet Xuan Li did not progress as quickly.

Although Fang Xiu was indeed much more serious than Xuan Li, and his learning in all aspects far surpassed Xuan Li's, this is not the reason why Fang Xiu's strength improved so quickly.

It takes time for talent to translate into strength. In any case, three years is a huge leap from birth to becoming a demon king.

Looking at Fang Xiu with a strange expression, Lao Jun had a thought that he once thought was impossible.

Could it be that Fang Xiu really inherited part of the soul of the previous Taotie?