The hole in the roof scared the diners in the restaurant. Many of them subconsciously scattered and dodged, while Ji Yuan directly grabbed the chopsticks in the chopstick holder on the table and threw them at the falling woman.
“Ding…Ding…Dang…Dang…”
…
The short knife in the woman's hand flashed with a flash of light, knocking away the chopsticks and hidden weapons that were thrown at her, and then she slashed directly at Ji Yuan with a clean and neat move.
"boom… "
After Ji Yuan dodged this powerful blow, the table in front of him was split into two. The bowls and dishes on the table fell to the ground and broke, and the soup spilled all over the floor.
"Oh my god, someone is killing me!" "Run, run!"
"Let's go, let's go..."
Everyone in the tavern was frightened and fled in all directions. The tavern owner hugged his child and huddled behind the counter. The three scholars also fled here and huddled together with the father and son.
The place where the woman fell was close to the gate. At this moment, the two swords were waving wildly. No one dared to escape from the restaurant. Everyone found a corner to hide.
Ji Yuan directly fought with the woman who was transformed from a real devil.
The True Demon's momentum at this moment was very different from when he met Ji Yuan before. He seemed extremely ferocious, with two swords in his hands and every move was deadly. He attacked Ji Yuan from top to bottom. The two fought very quickly, but it was basically the True Demon who was wielding the swords and attacking wildly, while Ji Yuan kept retreating while parrying. From the perspective of others, Ji Yuan was in a weak position.
"Aren't you very capable? Aren't you a true immortal? Aren't you chasing me? Today it's either you or me!"
The True Demon has been afraid of Ji Yuan for a long time, and today he took this opportunity to attack with his hands and feet, and kept cursing at him. However, the True Demon also vaguely discovered that although he kept forcing Ji Yuan to retreat, the opponent's steps were not chaotic at all, and these steps were very methodical, and looked like a kind of martial arts.
A vague feeling of something bad arose in his heart. The True Demon had already noticed the person hiding behind the counter out of the corner of his eye, so he simply slashed at Ji Yuan fiercely several times, preparing to capture the scholar and the child.
However, these few moves that should have forced back Ji Yuan's sword skills suddenly stopped the movement of the True Demon's swords. Ji Yuan held the two swords in his left and right hands respectively, causing the True Demon's constantly dancing hands to stop at once.
"I happen to be familiar with this sword technique. It seems to be called Bamboo Cutting?"
Ji Yuan asked, and without waiting for the other party to react, he twisted his hands and grabbed the back of the knife, pulling and grabbing. In the huge force of the rotation at an angle, the real demon could hardly hold the handle of the knife. After he loosened his hands, he found that the two knives slipped out of his hands and were directly caught by Ji Yuan.
"This move is called surrender and capture. Almost every captain of Dazhen needs to practice it hard. It can sometimes be very effective when you have no weapons."
As he spoke, Ji Yuan had already moved. He did not use a knife, but discarded his two swords and directly used his eagle claws to attack the woman who was transformed from a true demon. His moves were extremely fierce. The claws tore through the air, making bursts of whistling. His power was stronger than the woman's previous sword dance, and the rhythm was also faster.
Now it was the woman's turn to be defeated. It was not because she could not fight against Ji Yuan without her weapon, but because she was somewhat surprised by the fact that Ji Yuan actually knew martial arts.
It is not surprising that immortals would use some martial arts, and some curious people would occasionally be curious about the so-called "small tricks of the mortal world", but they are not pure, and are mostly simulated by magic power. They seem similar but are actually specious. However, Ji Yuan's skills are real hard work, and there is even a sense of fierce and fierce martial arts in them. He is just like a martial arts master who is good at fierce martial arts.
The sound of the two men's fight was so loud that it hurt the eardrums of others, and the sound of the wind was whistling in the tavern. During this time, the real demon tried several times to turn directly towards Li Shusheng and the little boy, but was blocked by Ji Yuan.
However, Ji Yuan had no way to win with one strike at this moment. Xiezhi was also restricted in the painting because of the environment of the mind and world. The martial arts displayed by Zhenmo was also that of a top master. Although he was at a disadvantage against Ji Yuan, he did not suffer a crushing defeat.
After fighting for more than a hundred moves, the real demon knew that he could not defeat Ji Yuan in martial arts, let alone capture the scholar and the child under Ji Yuan's care. He could only find an opportunity to fight with Ji Yuan, use the force to retreat out of the tavern, then jump onto the opposite roof and flee into the distance.
There were already many people outside watching the fun, all of them were watching from afar and didn't dare to get close. When they saw the woman retreat, they were frightened and scattered like birds and beasts. They didn't gather around until they saw the woman jump onto the roof and escape.
"Ji Yuan, you let him go again?"
The voice of Xiezhi was heard, Ji Yuan shook his head slightly and murmured in reply.
"I didn't do it on purpose. I just can't hold him right now."
As he spoke, Ji Yuan turned his head and looked inside the tavern. The people who had been hiding in the corners came out one after another, and the five heads that were huddled behind the counter also slowly stretched their heads out.
"Sir, is that fierce woman gone?"
"Well, let's go."
The person who was questioning was the owner and manager of the tavern. As he spoke, he looked at the broken utensils on the floor inside with a look of distress. Many of the tables and chairs in the tavern were broken, some of the columns also showed signs of damage, and there was a big hole in the roof.
Ji Yuan followed the other party's line of sight and glanced around, pointing at two short swords on the ground with wide handles and thin but tough blades.
"Boss, these two knives are not simple. If you pawn them, it should be enough to repair the store, and maybe even pay for the operating income during the period."
"Ah? But if that woman knew that I was her weapon..."
Ji Yuan thought in his heart: She has already set her sights on your son, even if she hadn’t used these two swords she would have gone after the kid, and she doesn’t care about weapons.
But he couldn't say that, so Ji Yuan nodded.
"Then I will pawn it and compensate you, the shopkeeper, for your losses."
After saying this, Ji Yuan walked to the door and spoke loudly to the crowd and the late-arriving constables from the yamen.
"It was that shameless female thief who attacked just now. Not only did she want to kill me, she was also angry and wanted to kill the scholar who had failed to kill me before, as well as the innocent people nearby. Such people, regardless of gender, are all lustful and vicious. They can have a secret affair with someone one moment, but may chop off someone's head the next. They regard human life as worthless, and everyone despises them..."
Many people in the crowd gasped. Such a vicious thief was a woman. Some men who were originally interested in this felt cold in their hearts and no longer wanted to have this affair.
Amid the discussions of the onlookers, Ji Yuan looked at a few constables who were conducting routine questioning of the store owner.
"My fellow officers, this woman has extraordinary martial arts skills and is lustful and murderous. I hope the government can post a notice to warn the people to be careful."
"Uh, is that the slut Zhen Mo?"
A captain of the police asked this question, and the scholar who had already come back to his senses behind Ji Yuan spoke first.
"Yes, it's her!"
"Do you remember what it looks like? I'll ask the government painter to come and paint it for you."
"No need. I remember her appearance and I also know a little about painting."
As Ji Yuan said this, he returned to the restaurant, borrowed a pen and paper, and started drawing directly on the white paper. He quickly drew a lifelike portrait. This portrait was different from ordinary notice portraits and looked much more vivid.
Ji Yuan wrote very quickly, seemingly stroke by stroke, but in fact it did not take him long. In a short period of time, he painted more than 20 portraits like magic. All of them were of the woman transformed by the real devil, but with a hint of his charm.
"Sir, this is what the woman looks like. Please post a notice to let the public know and remind the public to be careful. It should be posted on all main streets and several city gates. People should also be sent to all districts to announce the situation..."
"Uh, well..."
Ji Yuan spoke in a clear and loud voice with clear logic, and he had arranged many details. Although he was not a government official, the magnanimity he displayed was so great that the several constables dared not say a word. They just praised him repeatedly. Then, after understanding the situation of the restaurant, they hurried away with the portrait given by Ji Yuan.
After doing all this, Ji Yuan looked at the boy sitting at the counter. The other party also looked at him curiously. The fight he just experienced did not seem to bring much fear to the child.
"Ji Yuan, no matter how much you publicize, you are only informing the people of this city. How can you really make the True Demon rejected by this world? Do you have to accompany the True Demon in this world forever? I think it is better to take Mo Yun away now, save his true spirit, and then directly deal with the True Demon with ruthless hands. At worst, you can find a way to help Mo Yun rebuild his foundation."
Ji Yuan was too lazy to even refute Xiezhi's proposal. This guy really thought that he, Ji, could do everything. Even if he could ask the old beggar to do this, it would take a lot of effort.
"We'll know the result soon, just wait and see."
With a whisper, Ji Yuan nodded to the restaurant owner and several scholars, walked past them to the child, half squatted down and looked at the books he was holding in his hands.
"Can you show me what book it is?"
The child looked at his father and unfolded the books in his arms. There were two books that were obviously enlightenment reading materials, and a stack of white papers that were not bound into a book. The top sheet had "Awakening to Zen Sutra" written on it.
"Did the old abbot give you this Buddhist scripture?"
The child thought about it and shook his head.
"The old abbot only taught us to read and write. I wrote this Buddhist scripture myself."
"You wrote it yourself?"
Ji Yuan was also stunned. Such a young child could write it by himself
"Well, today, while I was sitting in the classroom near the old temple, I suddenly felt like writing, so I wrote it down."
"Can I take a look at it?"
After Ji Yuan asked this, the child directly handed a stack of papers to Ji Yuan, who took it and flipped through it one by one. The content on the pages was definitely not something that a child could write, and even ordinary monks would find it difficult to write. It was more like Monk Mo Yun's own understanding of Buddhism. Some of it was simple and some was profound. His Zen thoughts were profound and full of unique Buddhist principles. It was almost a classic that could be passed down from generation to generation in Buddhism. It also showed that Monk Mo Yun's understanding of Buddhism was actually deeper than Ji Yuan had imagined.
However, Ji Yuan felt that something was still missing when he saw this. Yes, although Buddhist principles are profound and complex, he has understood the Buddhist teachings but not the Buddha's heart. He has the desire to save the world but not the determination to do so. Thinking back to the old monk's changes before and after he learned that he would have to face the real devil, Ji Yuan suddenly smiled.
Ji Yuan looked at the child in front of him, put the stack of papers on the counter, picked up the pen again, and wrote a sentence at the end - If I don’t go to hell, who will
Putting down the pen, Ji Yuan blew away the ink and returned the stack of papers to the child, who flipped through it curiously before putting it back.
The sky outside the house was already covered with layers of dark clouds, and thunder was rumbling in the sky. Seeing this, Ji Yuan just smiled slightly. The speed was even faster than he had imagined.
The Xiezhi divine beast does not understand human feelings and may not comprehend the situation, but Ji Yuan is clear. When Mo Yun was very young, this city where he lived was his entire world, and all his childhood memories were concentrated here.
When the real devil is not tolerated by the people and laws inside and outside this city, and is rejected by this child, it is equivalent to being rejected by the world.