This time, Zhang Xiaolong secretly panicked again. Looking at this posture, he still doesn't know who will win and who will lose.
When he was anxious, he heard a voice in his ear: "The monster turtle is fierce, and it's hard to get rid of it under the water. Don't worry if you have a sword holding it back. You can go ashore first."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaolong knew it must be the supernatural power of the Taoist priest, so he didn't care about the sword or the beast, he just stretched his hands and feet and swam towards the surface of the water.
Not long after, when he reached the surface of the river, he exhaled a breath of foul air from his chest, and saw arms on the shore waving together, and people's voices were buzzing, during which someone shouted: "Xiaolong, come ashore quickly!"
Looking at those familiar figures on the shore, for a moment, he felt as if he had passed away. Excited, he spread his hands again and swam towards the shore quickly.
After his feet were firmly established, he let out a long sigh and fell to the ground as soft as mud.
The crowd saw Zhang Xiaolong limp from a distance, thought it was caused by injuries, several people rushed over, hurriedly helped him to Li Xuan, and after careful inspection, they let out a long sigh of relief.
At this time, the old man came over and asked, "Xiaolong, how is the situation at the bottom of the river? What about the water monster?"
Zhang Xiaolong was ashamed when he heard the words: "Father Zhang, I am useless, the water monster did not get rid of it, but lost the magic weapon given by the Taoist priest at the bottom of the water!"
After finishing speaking, his simple and honest head lowered deeply, and he stopped talking.
After Zhang Xiaolong finished speaking, everyone's faces turned pale; if the water monster is not dead, it will definitely come to the shore to take revenge, everyone understands this truth.
"Hey! What can we do now! Now that the Taoist priest has lost his treasure, he is like a tiger without teeth. If the water monster really comes ashore to take revenge, how can we resist?" People are about to lose their lives, and they can't help but feel sad, and two lines of old tears flowed out.
Li Xuan waited for everyone to finish speaking, then smiled and said: "Everyone, don't panic, that water monster is just a stubborn fool, how capable it can be, not to mention, since my sword is a treasure, how can it be lost so casually?" ?”
When everyone heard Li Xuan's words in sorrow, they immediately put away their sorrowful faces with some doubts, and looked at him one after another.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Li Xuan was secretly amused. In fact, from Zhang Xiaolong's entry into the water to his disembarkation, he knew all about the details during this period. Even this little thing can make him worry? Besides, how can his methods be understood by mortals? And asking Zhang Xiaolong to get rid of the demon is just to test his character and courage. If it is said that he is not sure about getting rid of the turtle, he will never let an ordinary person take the risk; but there is one thing that is beyond his expectation, he thought that a monster that is not good enough can't afford the purple electric sword The power, who would have thought that this thing actually inherits the advantages of the turtle, is inherently tyrannical, invulnerable, and can spit poisonous mist. Not only can it resist the Zidian Sword, but the sword body may also be polluted.
At the moment Li Xuan didn't speak, he just kept on stepping on his own feet, muttering words in his mouth, and made a few strokes towards the river with his hands, and saw the river surging, and in a short while, a ray of purple light rushed obliquely from the middle of the river After circling in the air, it flew into Li Xuan's hand.
Seeing this scene, everyone looked at Li Xuan's hand one after another, only to see that the sword he was holding in his hand was not the previous one, so what was it? But at this time, the sword seems to be less agile, and its brilliance has dimmed a lot. If you look closely, you will find that the two-finger-wide sword seems to be covered with a layer of faint green, which makes people look at it. A feeling of incongruity.
Li Xuan sighed slightly as he looked at the filthy sword he forged. According to his ability, if it is not because of the material, any sword can open up the world, not to mention that the kingdom of God is his own... The sword is now tainted, which is determined by the quality of the sword. If a little black iron essence can be added Crystal or fire material, how could it be so easily contaminated, I am afraid that breaking the hard shell of the water monster is also a piece of cake!
Thinking about it, Li Xuan felt a little upset, and saw him gently turn the blade upside down, and blew on it, the filth was gone immediately, and the majestic purple awns began to flow again.
Before everyone cheered, an earth-shattering roar was heard from the distant river. Amidst the turbulent waves, the river boiled, and in an instant, a huge monster with a turtle body and a snake head emerged from the water, with eight short and thick legs, stirring the water. There was a monstrous wave, the huge head roared to the sky, with sharp teeth, and a pair of giant eyes flashed a frightening fierce light and looked towards the crowd. After a moment of hesitation.
It is said that under the fury of the monster turtle, such a commotion in the river suddenly revealed the power of the dragon tortoise. Looking around at this time, I saw the torrent on the river, and the water was surging. The vast space filled the sky and overflowed the ground, and the water was like a sea of water. The diffuse space is comparable to that of the Longmen torrent, but the faint and swaying area is like that of Qutang in Wu Gorge. The roar of the Pentium is like the waves of Poyang Lake, and the turbulence is more than the vastness of the Qiantang River. No matter how dangerous he is, the ditches are only so dangerous; even the entrance of the sea gate is only so vast. Fortunately, the terrain where Li Xuan and others are located is very high, and they are not spread by the water.
In the vast expanse of smoke and waves, the monster turtle was tens of feet in size, but its claws were sharp, its scales were shiny, and its fluffy green hair was swaying left and right in the waves, which looked strange.
"Run! The water monster's revenge is coming..." Someone shouted, and the crowd scattered away like headless flies. Jiang An was surprisingly quiet.
Glancing at the ferocious appearance of the monster turtle, Li Xuan didn't panic, and asked behind him: "Why don't you leave?"
As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, a voice sounded: "The Daoist priest is here to eliminate harm for us people. If I leave the Taoist priest and walk away, it will not be my character, Zhang Xiaolong!" , Zhang Xiaolong slowly came out from behind a rock next to Li Xuan, although he looked tired, but there was a fortitude and sturdyness in his eyes that looked death at home.
Looking at the tall man who walked beside him, Li Xuan showed admiration in his eyes.
"That's right, that's right! With your temperament and my heart, since you dare to stay with me, you probably have the determination to die, but how can I let that fool do what he wants?"
As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, before he pointed his sword and flew away, the monster turtle had already blown a mouthful of green air towards him. In the slight river breeze, it was like clouds and fog, condensed and not scattered, before it arrived, it was already The stench was tangy and disgusting.
Seeing this, Li Xuan didn't panic. He swung his long sleeves, and a ray of purple light emerged from the bottom of his feet, protecting his body.
However, the monster turtle was originally a yin surname under the water. At first, he felt the pure yang aura on Li Xuan's body and the special power of the deceased. Is it the generation who flees on the lookout? Seeing that his poisonous gas was ineffective, another purple sword light flew towards him. This sword light had been taught before, so he didn't panic at the moment, so he raised his body in midair, roared, and immediately the green hairs all over his body stood on end. The green light was bright, and when he opened his mouth to spray, a poisonous mist that was much thicker than before spewed out, but it was as thick as ink and as black as lacquer, spreading out and permeating its surroundings, as if it was used for body protection. He opened his mouth and sprayed again, and saw hail all over the sky, the hailstones were the size of that football, densely packed, whizzing and hitting the place where Li Xuan was, the momentum was ferocious and spectacular.
Seeing this posture, Zhang Xiaolong quickly shrank behind the boulder, and was about to call out to Li Xuan, when he saw that the hailstorm filled the sky mixed with blue mist, had arrived in front of Li Xuan, and he was not close enough to get close to him, so that he could be covered by the layer of purple light. The outside melted away, and when the river wind blew, it turned into waves of water mist and drifted away.
Seeing that his attack didn't work, the turtle seemed to be furious, opened its mouth to absorb the poisonous mist, twisted its huge body in mid-air, bared its teeth and claws, and wanted to pounce down. Unexpectedly, the body just moved, and the purple light in front of his eyes was dazzling, and he quickly tilted the giant. Before it figured out what was going on, there were bursts of severe pain in the right foot. His feet had already fallen into the middle of the river, and the river under his body was dyed red, and his animal heart suddenly came to his senses. He knew that he had bumped into a tough opponent today, and immediately, regardless of his own pain and the Taoist, he just plunged his body into the river. Going away, it seemed that he wanted to run away, and there was a purple light following closely behind him, trembling, the light was scattered, as if there was a possibility of falling into the river at any time.
Seeing Li Xuan, he hurriedly moved his hand, and the sword light still flew back to his hand. But seeing that the Zidian sword has lost all its radiance at this time, and its whole body is covered with blood, holding it in his hand, Youzi groaned softly. It seems that Yaoyuan's body blood is much more powerful than the poisonous mist it spits out. Even though one foot of the monster turtle was cut off, it was also polluted by the monster blood to the point of almost losing its spirituality.
After receiving Zidian, Li Xuan frowned slightly, feeling a little emotional, not because he couldn't kill this monster, but because he separated his will and entered the Kingdom of God in order to realize Taoism, so his current strength is indeed not special. He is strong, and he can't be too fierce in his performance, otherwise he will be kicked out of the Kingdom of God.
Looking at Li Xuan's expression, Zhang Xiaolong was a little surprised, obviously the monster had already had its leg cut off, and its ruined image had been revealed, yet why did it still have such an expression! Confused, just as he was about to ask a question, he saw Li Xuan made a handprint, patted his waist lightly, and called out "Go", just as he finished speaking, before Zhang Xiaolong could see clearly, something fell from Li Xuan's waist. It flew up in a blink of an eye, hundreds of feet away from the ground, surrounded by purple and blue, and looked closely, it turned out to be a gourd the size of a palm.
At the moment when the gourd flew up, the turtle just landed on the surface of the river. When it saw the thing in the air, it seemed to sense the danger. It turned around suddenly, and moved all its legs, intending to disappear.
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But how could Li Xuan do what he wanted, he pointed at the river and shouted: "When will I wait if I don't take this thing?" A yellow light shot out from the mouth of the gourd, covering the water monster that had submerged into the river with only a small half of its shell left. Pulling and pulling, the water monster struggled fiercely, but seeing the waves surging, it had a tendency to break free from the restraint of the yellow light. Ferocity is not so easy to subdue.
Naturally, this gourd was also randomly refined by Li Xuan, but there is half a crystal of belief power fused in this gourd, which is still very extraordinary in terms of ability.
Seeing the water monster You Zi desperately resisting, Li Xuan flew a purple talisman towards the gourd calmly, but seeing the multicolored light flowing on the gourd's surface, the pulling force suddenly intensified, and with a shrill and unwilling roar, the huge monster turned into a A jet of black air was thrown into the gourd, and the gourd turned left and right in the air a few times, the wind and fire came together inside, and within a short while, a living turtle was ground into a pile of powder.
Once the monster turtles were removed, the wind and waves on the river suddenly calmed down, as if the sky had changed.
Li Xuan moved back to the gourd, hung it on his waist again, then smiled at Zhang Xiaolong who was stunned in place: "Okay, okay, I have eliminated the water monster, why don't you report it quickly?" After Zi Gu finished speaking, he nodded. Don't turn around and leave.
After walking not far, I heard someone shouting from behind: "Master Immortal, please wait a moment..." As soon as the voice finished speaking, Zhang Xiaolong had already run up to him. more than.
Li Xuan stopped in his tracks, and asked with a smile: "Little brother! The disaster has been eliminated, why are you doing this?"
"Please accept me as an apprentice, please accept me as an apprentice..." Zhang Xiaolong said, and knocked down again, sincerely.
"Get up first! Tell me, why do you want to worship me?"
Hearing Li Xuan asked him the reason for his apprenticeship, Zhang Xiaolong couldn't help showing a sad face and said: "I have no parents since I was a child, and I have been raised by my neighbors, so I grew up to be what I am today, but I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life. I have to learn skills, and I can do something in the future, so that I can repay the kindness of my fathers and fellow villagers!" After speaking, I couldn't help crying.
Facing the burly man on the ground, Li Xuan smiled and said: "Get up! For someone as ambitious as you, what can I, a wandering Taoist priest, do for you? Tricks, how can you help you achieve this great cause? I think you should find someone else, maybe you will have a bright future." After finishing speaking, he wanted to leave again.
"Immortal Master! I know you have immortal skills, and I'm not greedy. I just ask the immortal master to be merciful and give me some advice. Immortal master, please accept me. If the immortal master doesn't accept me, I will be so useless." It's meaningless to live as long as you want, it's better to throw yourself into the river!" After Zhang Xiaolong finished speaking, he actually ran towards the river, and it looked like it was not fake.
In fact, the reason why Zhang Xiaolong is so enthusiastic about cultivating Taoism also has some historical background in it, that is, in the past few decades when the aura of the world suddenly became full, many warriors broke through the limitations of the human body and returned to the innate martial arts. Realm, thus peeping into the existence of that Tao, similarly, some animals with extraordinary talents also took advantage of this heaven-sent opportunity to break away from their own shackles in one fell swoop, to open their spiritual wisdom, attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into their bodies, and walk on the path of their predecessors. The pioneers used to be the way of animals to cultivate immortality, and naturally some of the lovers of this way have brought real visual and spiritual impact to this society. Since then, countless longing people have devoted themselves to it.
Looking at the stubborn figure, Li Xuan said indifferently: "You treat life like a child's play, how can you achieve great things! If you want to go, go, why bother to beg me?"
Zhang Xiaolong hadn't gone far, when he heard the voice behind him, he was taken aback for a moment, then his face showed joy, he hurriedly turned around and ran to Li Xuan, he bowed to Li Xuan, calling him "Master".
"Hehe! Well, get up! I didn't say I would take you in, why are you so happy?" Li Xuan looked at Zhang Xiaolong with a half-smile.
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaolong replied: "I know Master is a merciful person, he must have pitied me for being lonely since I was a child, so... please accept me, Master!"
Li Xuan looked at the man in front of him and said: "It's said that people are too old to have tendons, but I don't think so, haha..." After speaking, he laughed.
In fact, he has long been fond of Zhang Xiaolong, and it was a test to ask him to go into the water before, but it is not the time for him to accept disciples, so he said: "I think you also have a pious heart, you should be like you Yes, but I have something to do now, and it seems that the matter of recruiting apprentices will have to wait until later, if you want, I will give you a name first."
Zhang Xiaolong seemed a little disappointed when he heard Li Xuan's words, and replied: "As long as I can enter the door wall of the master, I am willing to wait for a hundred years, but how can my body stand the wear and tear of time, I ask the master to make it happen." !” Said with a look of hope.
Seeing Zhang Xiaolong's expression, Li Xuan smiled and said: "You idiot! I just said you are smart, why did you become confused again? Since I promised to accept you, how can I let you look at the empty mountain alone? Of course I I will first teach you some methods of nourishing Qi, as long as you practice diligently, you will be able to strengthen your foundation, cultivate your source, wash your marrow and cut your hair, and you will be able to gain some small supernatural powers after a long time, not to mention prolonging your life."
When Zhang Xiaolong heard this, the gloom on his face immediately disappeared, and he said happily: "Thank you, master, thank you, my disciple kowtowed to the master." After speaking, he wept with joy, bowed heavily, and a few drops of tears flashed in his tiger eyes.
Li Xuandao: "Okay, since you and I have the same status, you don't have to be so restrained. I still have important things to do, and I can't personally supervise you. Before passing it on to you, you have to understand one thing. People must first calm their minds and minds, and cultivate a Dao heart as firm as a rock. Otherwise, a little restlessness may bring you disaster. You must keep this in mind. If you are not calm, you must not Try to be brave; even if you are entangled in human affairs, a little setback is always a fate, so don't be discouraged and give up on your previous achievements. You must know that the torment when practicing the Tao is not the real suffering, but the calamity that the Taoist should go through. There must be stages. The more difficult the scriptures are, the greater the success in the future. In short, it is all futile. Remember my words, don’t forget, don’t forget!”
"The disciples must keep in mind the teachings of the master in the future, and will never disappoint the cultivation of the master."
"Okay, so I can rest assured!"
As far as Zhang Xiaolong is concerned, it can be regarded as a good relationship. Speaking of the two words of karma is so mysterious that even many people who have attained the Tao may not be able to explain it clearly.
Taking Zhang Xiaolong as an example, both his parents died when he was a child, which seems to be a great misfortune in life for anyone, but if there is no bitter experience in childhood, there will be no strong yearning for a better future, and there will be no The kindness of the folks, even to the courage to go down the river alone to repay the debt and the determination to stay with Li Xuan regardless of life or death.
(to be continued)