Father Gu's face was a little embarrassed, and he just said lightly:
"That's just going with the flow. When we businessmen do business, we have to assess the situation and then go with the flow."
"This city is isolated from the outside world, and the army is stuck in this city. If your father doesn't donate food, Li Changge will have to come to 'borrow' food in a few days."
"If he doesn't come to borrow it, other people in the city might come to rob it. Won't they tear your father and me to pieces by then?"
"Distribute the food earlier, at least we can earn some face."
When Father Gu said this, his anger gradually subsided.
"Send food if you want." Father Gu said unhappily:
"We have a big family and a lot of money, so it's okay to give some gifts."
For the sake of his eldest son, he finally nodded.
But after a while, when there was no one around, Father Gu secretly pulled Daozhen over and told him:
"Kid, don't listen to your brother. He's crazy. He keeps saying he wants to fight for Da Yan and for the people."
"How can there be any Great Yan in this desert? If the imperial court had the will, they would have sent reinforcements long ago. Why did it come to this?"
"With your brother's personality, he will suffer a great loss sooner or later if he gets seriously ill."
"Okay." Daozhen answered seriously and blinked.
"You have been very smart since you were young, but you don't like to talk... Well, just don't learn from your brother in the future." Father Gu sighed:
"Your brother is not suitable to inherit the family business, our Gu family still has to rely on you... In short, when it comes to doing business, it all comes down to following the trend."
...
The scene changed.
Daozhen was still playing with ants in the yard, but there was already a coffin in the inner room.
The ancient mother sat in front of the coffin, crying.
There were no tears on Gu's father's face, but his expression was wooden:
"You were allowed to be a hero, but now you know the price?"
Father Gu walked to the door of the granary in his home and looked at the food stuffed inside, but he felt empty in his heart.
Daozhen was still teasing the ants, his eyes were clear and without much emotion.
But at this moment he suddenly raised his head.
At this time, the shadows of the clouds in the sky changed, and an old Taoist with white eyebrows appeared above the clouds, riding a cloud and standing in the air.
"There are fifty great ways, and forty-nine are derived from heaven. There is always a glimmer of hope." The old Taoist with white eyebrows looked down at the city below his feet. He waved his sleeves, and dozens of glittering stones fell like raindrops and scattered all over the city.
"This thing is called the Spirit Testing Stone." The voice of the old Taoist with white eyebrows echoed:
"If there are any mortals in this city who can make the spirit stone show strange phenomena, they are people with spiritual roots and can cultivate the way of immortality."
"If there are mortals who truly possess spiritual roots, they can join the immortal sect and leave this place."
The old Taoist with white eyebrows came and went quickly. When the generals in the military camp in the city heard the news and gathered together, he had already disappeared into the clouds and disappeared without a trace. Only dozens of spirit-measuring stones were left scattered around the city.
One of the stones fell right at the doorstep of Daozhen's house.
The sound of horse hooves came from far away. The spirit-testing stone was picked up by a middle-aged general and held in his hand. He looked at it carefully for a few seconds and saw a faint light coming from the spirit-testing stone.
"Changshi, do you really have spiritual roots? Now our Li family will not be extinct." A voice came from the side, and a middle-aged general with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes walked over. The two looked three points similar.
When Qiao Mu heard the name, he looked up and had some guesses in his mind.
Li Changshi is the old man who guards the armory in the lonely city. However, when Qiao Mu saw him, Li Changshi was already very old, and only half of his face was left. It was hard to tell that he looked quite good in his middle age.
And the person next to him should be Li Changge.
Qiao Mu had heard the name Li Changge many times by the old soldiers in Lonely City. He was the deputy of the Martial Saint back then and the founder of "Lingxi Jue", but he died a little early.
After hearing this, Li Changshi frowned and threw the spirit stone in his hand away, frowning and saying:
"Brother, are you kidding me? Wanting me to join the immortal sect?"
"This is obviously a trick of the Immortal Sect. It is obviously intended to divide the soldiers and civilians in the city and disrupt our morale."
"In my opinion, we should collect all the stones scattered by the Qingyi Taoist and leave nothing behind."
Li Changshi still had a clear idea in his mind.
If the foreigners did not leave any chance for the soldiers and civilians in the city to survive, then the people in the city would naturally have only one choice: fight to the death until the city was broken.
If some gifted person with spiritual roots is really discovered, people's hearts might change.
Who knows, there might really be someone willing to send talented people into the Immortal Gate just to save their lives.
Li Changshi is a determined warrior, but others may not be able to resist the temptation to stay alive.
Chapter 254: Following the Immortal and Reversing the Ordinary (4k
"Long poem... You still don't understand." Li Changge shook his head slightly, and at this moment, a tired look appeared on his face again.
After the Martial Saint left, Li Changge became the strongest man in the city and also the top leader in the army.
He holds great power and is also strong, so he can see further than ordinary soldiers and generals.
He knew clearly that... their remnant army could not be a match for the Immortal Sect.
Although he didn't know why the Immortal Sect didn't attack forcefully, Li Changge knew that the city would eventually be broken and they would eventually die, with no possibility of survival.
This is also the reason why he persuaded the Martial Saint to leave.
"If we stay in this city, everyone will die, including me." Li Changge said calmly:
"If there are really talented people in this city who can attract even strangers, then it's not a bad idea to send them away. It's better to let one live than to die with the rest of us."
The words haven't finished yet.
Then he saw a half-grown child in the distance behind him picking up the spirit stone, and the stone emitted a dazzling light.
"This..." Li Changge and his brother looked at each other, both with shock on their faces.
"The person who can make the spirit stone show such a strong strange phenomenon... Is this the person that the Qingyi people are waiting for?"
Li Changge looked at the child who picked up the stone and said hesitantly:
"I heard that among the immortal cultivators, there is a kind of top spiritual root qualification, which is called Tian--"
"It's the Iron Spiritual Root. That's right. It's the Iron Spiritual Root." The child suddenly looked up and interrupted.
From the moment he opened his mouth, the expression on the child's face changed slightly. He was still the same person, but looked a little different.
In fact, Qiumu was a little overwhelmed.
If his spiritual roots weren't mentioned, he could still pretend to be in a dream, but when his spiritual roots were mentioned, he was immediately broken out of his previous state of immersion.
How could he not know what his spiritual roots were? Even in his dreams, he never thought that one day he would have spiritual roots.
The sense of immersion is too poor, so I give a bad review.
"What kind of spiritual root is Iron Spiritual Root? I've never heard of it. Could it be Heavenly Spiritual Root?" Li Changge was suspicious in his dream.
"You're too narrow-minded. If you practice the Iron Crotch Skill to the highest level of perfection, you can enter the Tao through martial arts, and enter the immortal way through martial arts. You can condense a supreme iron spiritual root. How can it be compared with a mere heavenly spiritual root?" said the half-grown child.
Now that he had freed himself from his immersive state, Qiumu stopped pretending.
He then tried to explore in the illusion... Now it seems that this dream-like illusion is not just a memory playback, Li Changge in the illusion will still respond to Qiao Mu's answer.
Outside the illusion, Daozhen was also slightly surprised, with a strange light in his eyes.
Actually, what he wanted to do was very simple, which was to send the warriors of the Qiao family into a fantasy dream, make them forget their own existence in the dream, and put themselves in the shoes of Dao Zhen to experience his own memories, in order to test the sincerity of the famous Qiao family.
But how could this Qiao family member wake up from his dream? This was an accident that Daozhen had never encountered before.
"Maybe this Qiao family member is too strong? I have never seen such a powerful warrior. Perhaps when martial arts are cultivated to a certain level, one can have a certain resistance to magic spells and illusions." Daozhen had no doubt about it.
He was also a casual person, and Qiumu's performance was beyond his expectations, but this made him feel even more amused.
He did not interfere with the dream, but continued to watch quietly.
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"Supreme Iron Spiritual Root?" Li Changge seemed to be thinking about something. He seemed to really believe it and said seriously:
"There is such a genius in the immortal way in this city... You shouldn't stay in this city."
"Why can't I stay?" Qiao Mu looked up and asked with the body of a half-grown child:
"Then why did Li Changshi want to stay? He can die, but I can't?"
Qiao Mu raised his head, but did not look at Li Changge. Instead, he looked up at the sky and asked loudly:
"Since you already know that staying in this city will ultimately lead to your death, then why don't you leave? Why don't you let Li Changshi first pretend to surrender and then join the Immortal Sect?"
"Since you already know the future outcome, why do you choose a dead end?"
"Whose child is this disrespectful kid?" Li Changshi was a little unhappy:
"If any of my soldiers dared to ask that question, I would give him a beating anyway."
Li Changshi muttered a few words and frowned at the child in front of him:
"I don't want to surrender. I know that staying in this city is a dead end. Naturally, it's because... it's because---------"
Li Changshi stopped talking halfway through his words. He just stared at Qiao Mu, his face turning wooden. He seemed to be saying something, but no sound came out.
Not only him, but also Li Changge next to him.
At this time, the two middle-aged generals became expressionless wooden men, staring straight at Qiao Mu.
"It's really something like a dream..." Qiao Mu finally figured it out this time.
The abnormality of Brother Li Changshi is like a virgin's erotic dream, which always comes to an abrupt end at the critical moment... The relevant DLL file is missing and cannot be loaded at all.
If this illusion is regarded as a dream created by Daozhen, then even if Li Changge and his brother appeared in his dream, it would be difficult for these two people in the dream to personally explain the reason why they voluntarily died.
Because Daozhen can't create such a dream.
Distorted, unreal.
If you force it to continue, it will crash due to the lack of DLL files.
When Qiao Mu thought of this, he realized that the scene around him had changed again. He had clearly walked out of the yard, but now he was back in Daozhen's house. Li Changge and his brother had disappeared, and in front of him were only Gu's father and mother, and a coffin.
At the same time, Qiao Mu once again felt a little confused, and it was obvious that his mind was affected... Apparently someone couldn't pretend anymore and simply overturned the table outside the court and skipped this scene.
Qiao Mu smiled slightly, but did not resist. He continued to let his mind be confused and continued to watch the show.
This time, Mr. and Mrs. Gu were still arguing.
Only the subject of the quarrel had changed.
"Do you regret it?" Father Gu glared at Mother Gu, his eyes unable to hide his anger:
"When my eldest son joined the army, you followed his lead and talked about righteousness. Now he has become a hero and got what he wanted. Are you satisfied?"
Gu Mu's face was expressionless and she remained silent. She just sat there without saying a word.
It was obvious that she also regretted and was shaken, so she did not refute her husband's words.
But when Gu Mu was silent, her eyes caught sight of Dao Zhen standing at the door of the room, and the shining spirit stone in his hand, and she was stunned for a moment.
She glanced at Daozhen for a few seconds, then looked at the coffin outside the house.
"It's better to be alive. If I can give birth to a child, that would also be good." She looked at the coffin and said blankly.
... .
"Congratulations, Senior Brother Qingyi, you have found such a talented disciple in this mortal city."
Taoist Qingzhuo had a bit of envy in his expression:
"I never thought that there would be such a talented person among mortals. One day I will go to this mortal dynasty to look for one."
"Brother, you are joking." Taoist Qingyi stroked his long beard and smiled faintly:
"Those with natural spiritual roots are naturally geniuses in the path of immortality, but there are also many geniuses who die young."
“Spiritual root aptitude is of course extremely important, but the road to immortality is long, and one’s character cannot be bad either. Otherwise, even a genius in the immortal way will find it difficult to last long.”
Taoist Qingyi looked at the half-grown child in front of him with a smile.