Because it was a fake move, without any force, it was actually faster. He was very sure that in this way, when the Master's Wife chopped his neck, he would be able to touch the Master's Wife. Then he would be knocked unconscious by the Master's Wife, but it didn't matter, as long as he could touch her, it would be fine.
"How cunning! You've shown some of my master's style!" The Fire Charm Girl stepped down, touching the ground with her toes, breaking the cyclone under her feet.
As if taking root, her swift movements paused for a moment, and the finger of the bully swept half an inch past her chest.
"But it's not enough!" The moment his toes touched the ground, he continued to fly up, and with a bang, he kicked the person who wanted to bully his teacher away.
Although he had restrained his strength, he had originally thought that this kick would surely force him to lie on the ground for a quarter of an hour. Unexpectedly, the young man jumped up, and then used his body skills, like a monkey spreading his arms, to attack quickly.
"He actually stacked the two kinds of power, magic and Taoism, together to protect his body. How interesting!" The Fire Charm Girl saw through it at a glance and laughed softly.
Next, the young man used all his means and various tricks emerged one after another.
Unfortunately, even if the master's wife kept her skills at the same level as him and gave him a chance, he was still far behind in martial arts attainments. No matter what tricks he tried, he could not succeed in deceiving his master.
He was kicked and stomped by the master's wife time and time again, and was covered in dirt. At the same time, he also learned a lot under the guidance of the master's wife.
When he went to the waterfall again, Shi Hao was exhausted.
At the end of the battle, he didn't win a single move, but the Fire Charm Girl looked satisfied.
When he arrived at the waterfall, he did not see Fairy Shengxuan, so he flew over the lake, passed through the waterfall, and re-entered the stone cave inside.
I met Ye Ziyin again under a peony flower as tall as a house.
He did not hide anything and told the Fire Charm Girl about the whole process of his "training".
Ye Ziyin pulled him to sit down, and among the beautiful flowers and auspicious grasses, she combined the techniques of vertical and horizontal movements and Yin Fu to help him analyze it from the very beginning, move by move.
Before this, Shi Hao began to understand from Ye Ziyin that the art of diplomacy was a rhetoric used in lobbying, while the art of Yin Fu was a military strategy used on the battlefield.
But now, under Ye Ziyin's further guidance, he finally understood that Taoism follows nature, and whether it is rhetoric or military tactics, in some aspects, it is the same as martial arts.
The rhetoric techniques of Bihe, Yingzao, Feiqian, and Niuhe in Guiguzi, as well as the five means of lobbying the princes, namely, Chuai, Mo, Quan, Mou, and Jue, can also be used to observe the enemy, lure and confuse the enemy.
There are all kinds of tricks for knowing when to show weakness to the enemy and when to lure the enemy out of his hole.
As for the "Seven Techniques of Yin Fu" including the Five Dragons' Sheng Shen Method, the Spirit Turtle's Yang Zhi Method, the Teng Snake's Shi Yi Method, the Fu Xiong's Dividing Power Method, etc., in fact, all teach different methods according to different enemies.
It can be applied to military strategy, lobbying, martial arts, etc.
Under Ye Ziyin's review, the one-sided "battle" between Shi Hao and the Fire Charm Girl was broken up one move at a time.
Since you are not as good as your opponent in martial arts, you should win by strategy. What should you do at a certain step? When you see the opponent's moves change, you should be careful of what kind of traps are hidden inside, how to judge the opponent's fake moves and real moves, how to disguise your own fake moves, etc., etc.
Looking at Ye Ziyin's breakdown and explanation of the entire process, combined with the art of war and political tactics, Shi Hao felt that the fog in his mind was suddenly clearing up.
At the same time, he also truly understood why the witch was so cunning, but the fairy was not at all inferior.
After the review, Ye Ziyin began to teach him the "Three Yuan Flowing Pearls Technique", which is an advanced version of the Jujing Flowing Pearls Technique, combining the Jujing Flowing Pearls Technique with the three basic techniques of Xianbing Technique, Zhenshui Technique and Xuanfeng Technique.
After teaching Shi Hao the formula of Sanyuan Liuzhu Jue, he also passed on to him Zhenshui Jue and Xuanfeng Jue.
True Water Art and Mysterious Wind Art, like Immortal Ice Art, are techniques that can be practiced by those at the eighth level. For Shi Hao at this moment, he mastered them very quickly.
As for the San Yuan Liu Zhu Jue, he would have to wait until he had mastered the sixth-grade immortal recipe and advanced to the sixth grade before he could begin practicing it.
Ye Ziyin did not teach him any new sword techniques, and in fact there was no need to do so.
In the mental image of the heavenly realm, the sword techniques that Shi Hao had learned were enough for him to slowly absorb and refine in the following time.
He could not digest too much at once. The updated sword technique was of little use to him for the time being.
Ye Ziyin said: "The external pill corresponding to the Three Yuan Flowing Pearls Technique requires three Dream Grasses, one Fantasy Sea God Ganoderma, and one Blue Sky Vermilion Fruit. There are also three ounces of Ghost Thorn, seven ounces of Su Mu, and one ounce and three ounces of Red Asparagus..."
She told Shi Hao the immortal materials needed to advance to the fifth level and the method of alchemy, and asked him to remember them. She added: "After entering the sixth level, the immortal materials you need will become more and more difficult to obtain. You need to be mentally prepared. The Fantasy Sea Ganoderma is grown by the Fantasy Sea Spirit Fruit falling and taking root in the jade."
"Since you can find the Fantasy Sea Spiritual Fruit, then the Fantasy Sea Ganoderma should not be too difficult to get. Huaimeng Grass was originally only found in the East China Sea Water Palace. I don't know if it can still be found now. As for the Azure Vermilion Fruit, if you really can't find it, take 100 kilograms of Vermilion Fruit and refine it. It can produce Vermilion Spiritual Water with the same medicinal effect. You might as well remember it as well, just in case."
At that moment, he explained the method of extracting scarlet spiritual water from the scarlet fruit and asked Shi Hao to write it down.
By the time Shi Hao has memorized all of this, there won't be much time left.
But Shi Hao was worried again. He whispered, "Sister Ziyin, is the hatred between you two really unresolvable?"
Ye Ziyin glanced at him and shook her head slowly: "In that martial arts catastrophe, countless people died on both sides. Until now, everyone else is dead, and only she and I are still alive. This dispute will eventually have a result. One of us, Su Xi and I, must die here.
"I have a grudge against Su Xi for killing my master. Many of my companions also died at her hands. This grudge is not something you can resolve, so don't think too much about it."
Her voice was light and gentle, yet unquestionable.
Shi Hao could only remain silent.
"Come to think of it!" Ye Ziyin smiled slightly, "Why was there only half of the poem you recited last time?"
Shi Hao whispered, "Because at that time, inspiration suddenly came to me, and I only finished half of it. During these days outside, I was able to finish the rest."
Chapter 121 If the love lasts forever
Ye Ziyin asked, "Why don't you read it to me?"
Shi Hao said slowly: "… Tenderness is like water, and the good time is like a dream. I can't help but look back at the Magpie Bridge on the way home; if the love between two people is long-lasting, why should we be together day and night?"
Ye Ziyin's eyes sparkled as she chanted softly, "The thin clouds are playing tricks, the flying stars are conveying hatred, the Milky Way is far away and dark; when the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless things in the world. Tenderness is like water, and the good time is like a dream. I can't help but look back at the Magpie Bridge on my way home; if the love between two people is long-lasting, why should we be together day and night."
He recited the first stanza he had left behind last time together with the second stanza he chanted this time.
She looked at Shi Hao with incredible eyes and said, "Such an excellent poem, with lofty ideas and endless aftertaste, can be passed down through the ages. I didn't expect that you, Hao, have such talent. Even if you don't follow the path of martial arts and focus on poetry, I'm afraid you will be able to leave your name through the ages."
Shi Hao secretly felt ashamed... This was copied!
He sighed: "The barbarians have not been eliminated, and China has not been settled. Poetry and lyrics cannot save the Chinese people. In such a chaotic world, a good man should give up literature and martial arts, join the army, and restore the land of China to a peaceful and prosperous world."
Ye Ziyin took his hand and said with a smile: "It is good to have the ambition to save the world and the people, but it does not hinder your talent for writing. You are gifted and talented in both literature and martial arts. Perhaps you can really turn the world around and stabilize the country."
His eyes turned, as if he was thinking about something. "
Shi Hao said: "Sister Ziyin, what are you thinking about?"
Ye Ziyin sighed softly: "Your poem reminds me of a past event. Alas, I didn't feel like I had been in Yuanshi Cave Heaven for very long. I never thought that three hundred years had passed in a flash outside. It felt like a lifetime ago."
At this point, she looked at Shi Hao: "Brother Hao, after you go out, can you help me find a place?"
Shi Hao said: "Sister Ziyin, please speak."
Ye Ziyin said, "That place is called Tianying Immortal Mansion, located in Lingnan. Well, this place is actually quite mysterious. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be hidden all the time, like a paradise. You just need to help me keep an eye on it, and there is no need to ask specifically."
Shi Hao nodded and said, "Yes, I will!"
At that moment, they left that place and went outside to meet the Fire Charm Lady and the Emerald Beauty.
Fairy Shengxuan and Fire Charm Girl each grabbed one of his hands and worked together to help him suppress the chaotic Taoist and demonic energies in his body. They emphasized again that after he left, if he could not advance to the sixth level within three days, he would simply return here with the Jade Purity Stone.
Shi Hao thought about it and couldn't help asking, "If I didn't come in on a full moon night, but entered here a day or two earlier through the Jade Purity Stone, wouldn't I still be able to stay here for nearly three days, and then go out on a full moon night in the mortal world?"
The Fire Charm Girl couldn't help but laugh and said, "If it's that simple, why do we have to let you in on a full moon night? The Jade Purity Stone absorbs the essence of the moon, and only on a full moon night can it best connect the mortal world with here. The time here is distorted. If you come in at another time, due to the time distortion, you might arrive here decades later... I'm talking about the decades of Yuanshi Cave Heaven."
"By that time, if we haven't left here yet, we will already be gray-haired. So, this is a helpless move that can only be used when it is absolutely necessary. In the turbulent flow of time, it all depends on luck."
Fairy Shengxuan said softly: "But if you really can't complete the upgrade within three days, even though it's a gamble, it's the only way."
The Fire Charm Girl looked at the Emerald Beauty and said, "The Young Master is your master. You must obey him in everything and never neglect him."
The Emerald Beauty said, "Yes! Master!"
The Fire Charm Girl looked at Shi Hao again: "There is another matter that I need your help with. Little Feicui has survived until now thanks to the Jade Corpse Technique, but now she is gradually losing her soul and is close to death..." She told Shi Hao where she needed his help.
Shi Hao said: "I understand!"
At that moment, Fairy Shengxuan and Fire Charm Girl each stretched out a palm, and with a loud bang, a crack appeared in the high place.
Shi Hao was worried about the safety of Yue Jiao and Xiao Yan, so he did not dare to neglect them. He took the jade beauty with him and flew away, straight into the mortal world.
The crack shrank rapidly, and Fairy Shengxuan and the Fire Charm Girl looked at each other, then turned and left.
The Fire Charm Girl walked and walked, thinking: "He didn't recite poetry this time?"
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Shi Hao and the Jade Beauty flew out of Yuanshi Cave Heaven together.
Return to the deep underground of Longshou Mountain, to the Red Lotus Demon Palace.
The broken stone bridge spanned on both sides, and the golden fluid from above flowed in madly. Under the influence of the ritual, it turned into red lotus fire.
The devil fire was blazing, forming a fire lotus. A bud burst out from the center, and then "petals" bloomed outward. The blooming petals twisted upwards along the stone wall, covering their heads and forming a strange devil palace.
"Young Master, I'll go stop the ceremony!" The Emerald Beauty flew to the other side.
Shi Hao whooshed and landed next to Du Yuejiao and Xu Xiaoyan.
At this moment, the two girls were rolling in the devil fire. The raging devil fire kept burning. It did not hurt their bodies, but it rushed into their bodies madly.
Although before he came out, Fairy Shengxuan and Fire Charm Girl had helped him suppress the aura in his body and prevented him from being affected by it for a short period of time.
But being in it, it was as if there were countless demonic shadows swaying around him like flames, strange and inexplicable, making his scalp tingle.
Shi Hao held Du Yuejiao with one hand and Xu Xiaoyan with the other, and rushed to the other end of the underground cave, quickly leaving the area where the demonic fire was most concentrated.
The raging devil fire seemed to be pulled by them, rushing towards them one by one.
There is a platform at the end of the Demon Palace, with strange murals on both sides, and there is a large black chair on the platform.
Shi Hao put them both down beside the big chair. He tried to use the Butterfly Flower Finger on them at the same time, but they both twisted and turned like they were having a nightmare, and it was difficult for him to even slide his hands into their collars.
In desperation, Shi Hao could only take off their clothes first and then try hard.
At this moment, the entire ceremony finally stopped, and the golden airflow from high above no longer flowed in here.
The devil fire did not stop completely and was still burning.
"Young Master!" The emerald beauty flew over.
Shi Hao found that he could not help both of them at the same time, so he had to let the Jade Beauty take care of Yue Jiao first. He held Xiao Yan first and, according to Su Xi's instructions, used the Butterfly Flower Finger to continuously stimulate Xiao Yan's own physical desire.
“What are you doing…” Xu Xiaoyan opened her eyes weakly and struggled a few times.
"Relax, I'll help you again!" Shi Hao whispered, "This is the devil in your body. You are now going through the devil's test. If you continue like this, you will die."
His fingers did not stop at all on her skin. With his efforts, Xiaoyan twisted and turned in his arms, seeming to cry and laugh.
During the test, due to the effect of the ritual, her mind will eliminate all interference and enter "absolute rationality". The devilish energy will generate various illusions, creating difficulties deep in her heart, but these difficulties are biased and inductive.
As a time traveler, Shi Hao has long known that when a person adopts a "rational" attitude, he has already chosen his position.
There has never been a true "rationalist". A "theorem" has its own premise for adaptation and the possibility of being overturned in the next step of scientific research, let alone other things
Just like a country, facing the invasion of foreign enemies and the rising patriotic enthusiasm against aggression, there are always some people who put on a "rationalist" attitude and discuss the "helplessness" of the invaders in carrying out aggression and massacres. In essence, they have already chosen a standpoint.
However, it is undeniable that if a person is not mentally mature and stays in this kind of "rational" environment for a long time, it is difficult not to be affected. And some people with ulterior motives can use this method to reverse right and wrong and turn black into white.
The devil's test is actually also such a method. On the one hand, it eliminates external interference, and on the other hand, it creates a biased "dilemma" for the trial-taker, and ultimately, plants this so-called "rationality" deep in the trial-taker's soul.
If Xiaoyan fails to pass the test, she will die here. If she passes the test, her mind will be twisted, and she will inevitably become heartless and ruthless... But this is definitely not her nature.
Shi Hao knew her as a lively, carefree female thief who valued friendship. She couldn't bear to see others suffer, and she was worried about affecting her childhood friend's life after not seeing her for more than three years, but she couldn't help but come to see her.
After discovering that he was entangled by the "strange puppet", she could obviously leave by herself and get rid of this weird situation, but she was still very unhappy and angry with herself, and turned back without hesitation to stay by his side to face it together.
This was the Xu Xiaoyan he knew, not some evil woman who was heartless and ruthless!
He absolutely could not let the girl in his arms become like that, so he tried his best to use the Butterfly Flower Finger to stimulate her desire for pleasure and then enter into her mental dilemma, allowing her rationality to be affected by her desire for pleasure and continuously overflow from her mental dilemma.
After all, Xu Xiaoyan is just a virgin girl, how can she withstand such a treatment
After a while, she hugged him and shouted "No, no" in a longing voice.
As she completely lost control, Shi Hao began to help her reconcile the inner elixir and the magic source in her body.
As the test progressed, the external magic source was devouring her inner elixir step by step. The test was forced to be interrupted, and the process of the magic source devouring the inner elixir slowly stagnated, but because of the imbalance between the two, it was on the verge of collapse at any time.
Fortunately, on the one hand, Shi Hao already had enough experience in practicing Taoism and magic together. On the other hand, the Emerald Beauty did not inject too much "demon fire" into her body.
Although she was planting demons in the three of them at the same time, Emerald Beauty still wanted to kill him. As for the two girls, Emerald Beauty wanted one of them to pass the demon test and live to receive the true teachings.
Thanks to Shi Hao's efforts, the Dao and Demonic Qi in Xiaoyan's body gradually became balanced. The Demonic Source injected into her body could not devour the inner elixir and occupy the lower dantian. So, under the pressure of the true Qi he injected into her body, it turned to the middle dantian...
Chapter 122 "You only know how to bully me!"
Shi Hao lowered his head to look at Xiaoyan. At this moment, Xiaoyan arched her seductive body, leaned sideways in his arms, and fell asleep.
Her figure was slender, well-proportioned, and well-shaped.
Shi Hao silently observed her breath and found that the Taoist and demonic energies in her body had generally reached a balance.