Chapter 76, original intention
Chapter 76, original intention
Hua Changxi saw the leader of the Demon-Suppressing Army going to the roof to check the scene, and he didn't dare to stare at it blatantly anymore. He walked to a small stall on the street, looked at the items on the stall, and paid attention to how the government was resettling the injured people.
"Young lady, are you going to buy it or not?"
At a rouge and powder stall, the vendor saw Hua Changxi picking up this rouge to look at it, then picking up that powder to smell it, and almost looking at everything on his stall, but not saying whether to buy or not. Hua Changxi really couldn't help but speak out.
Hua Changxi smiled awkwardly. She didn't need rouge or powder, but she felt embarrassed for staying at the stall for so long. She was planning to buy a box of rouge as a token of her appreciation when she accidentally saw the Fuwa mask placed behind the stall.
"Boss, are you selling this Fuwa mask?"
The vendor looked at Hua Changxi with a puzzled look and said, "I bought this for my little grandson to play with."
Hua Changxi took out a dime and said, "Boss, I really like this mask. Can you give it up?"
The merchant looked at the silver, was silent for a moment, and decisively handed the Fuwa mask to Hua Changxi: "My dear, you have a good eye. This Fuwa mask has been blessed in a temple. After you put it on, I guarantee that your dreams will come true and you will marry a husband of your dreams."
"Thank you for your good words."
Hua Changxi gave the silver to the boss and took the Fuwa mask with a smile.
The mask is made in a very cute way, and looks very much like a mountain spirit and a small pine tree.
There happened to be a mirror on the stall, so Hua Changxi put on the mask, looked at himself in the mirror, and thought it looked very good.
The vendor was also a good talker: "Young lady, once you put on this mask, you will feel so blessed. This mask is tailor-made for you."
"I also think this mask suits me very well."
Hua Changxi looked at himself in the mirror with a smile on his face for a while. He felt that after putting on the mask, his sense of security improved a lot. No wonder the Demon-Suppressing Army had to wear masks. It turned out that everything existed for a reason.
"Boss, I wish you a prosperous business. I'm leaving now."
The vendor watched Hua Changxi walk away wearing the mask, smiled and shook his head: "This little girl is more playful than my little grandson."
Hua Changxi saw the government officials sending the injured people to a clinic, so he followed them to take a look and learned from the people around him that the government had promised that the injured would receive free medical treatment and those whose houses were damaged would receive a subsidy.
"The governor is a parent official who cares about the people."
"Yes, many people whose houses were destroyed felt like the sky was falling, but now things have turned around, and with the subsidies from the court, they can get back on their feet."
"Who says it isn't?"
Seeing that the Demon-Suppressing Army had come to do the job with the elixir, Hua Changxi felt relieved and prepared to leave Daicheng and return to Sancha Medicine Valley. When he left the clinic, he saw the Demon-Suppressing Army again.
The well-disciplined team, wearing black robes, unicorn masks on their heads and long swords on their waists, attracted everyone's attention as soon as they appeared.
Hua Changxi was also seeing it. When she passed by the Demon-Suppressing Army, she looked closely at the leader of the Demon-Suppressing Army who was walking in front. Although she couldn't see his face, the pair of eyes that were exposed were exceptionally sharp and determined.
Chu Junyi felt someone was looking at him, but he didn't pay much attention at first, thinking it was just the people around him looking at him. But the next moment, he smelled a faint scent of elixir and turned around suddenly to look.
The street was crowded with people and there was nothing suspicious to be seen, but Chu Junyi's gaze still penetrated the crowd and fell on a somewhat petite figure.
The man walked with a light pace, and even from a distance one could sense how relaxed and comfortable he was.
As if she knew someone was looking at her, the person turned around.
Then, Chu Junyi saw a cute Fuwa mask.
The Fuwa mask was smiling happily, and through its exposed eyes, Chu Junyi felt that the person behind the mask seemed to be smiling as well.
"Commander Yi, I have arranged for the injured civilians in this way. Do you think there is anything that needs to be improved?"
Seeing that Chu Junyi did not hear the question from the Qingzhou governor, Meng Ziyu hurriedly called out, "Commander~"
Chu Junyi came back to his senses and looked at Meng Ziyu.
Meng Ziyu quickly said, "The governor is asking if there is anything that needs to be improved?"
Chu Junyi looked at the Qingzhou governor and said, "Lord Cheng's arrangements are very reasonable." After saying that, he looked at the passers-by again.
At this time, the person wearing the Fuwa mask was nowhere to be found.
Chu Junyi frowned. Was it an illusion? Judging from the figure of that young lady, she was probably only fourteen or fifteen years old. Could she be the one who gave them the elixir?
A teenage Jindan monk
I guess Sanqing Palace and Taisu Palace can’t cultivate many people like this.
Meng Ziyu noticed Chu Junyi's strangeness, and after the Qingzhou governor entered the pharmacy, he asked in a low voice: "Commander, what are you looking at?"
Chu Junyi looked at the pedestrians and said, "Among the two people who fought in the sky above Daicheng before, is it possible that one of them was a young lady?"
Meng Ziyu categorically denied: "Impossible."
Chu Junyi looked over and asked, "Why?"
Meng Ziyu: "How could such a powerful fighter be a young lady?"
Chu Junyi thought Meng Ziyu could come up with some convincing reasons, but after hearing what he said, he was a little disappointed: "Ziyu, you need to change some of your ideas."
"Women may not be able to compete with men in martial arts, but when it comes to cultivation, I always feel that women seem to have more advantages than men."
Among the outstanding and gifted disciples in Sanqing Palace and Taisu Palace, there are as many females as males.
Meng Ziyu usually believed in Chu Junyi, but he disagreed with this: "Yin and Yang are in order, how can a woman be stronger than a man? That would be against the will of heaven."
Chu Junyi looked at him and did not continue the topic. Instead, he said, "There is still the matter of repairing the house in the medicine shop. Send someone to keep an eye on it. We have taken so many pills from them, so we must do a good job."
Meng Ziyu thought of his subordinates whose injuries improved immediately after taking the elixir, and nodded quickly: "Don't worry, I will send someone to keep an eye on it. If we personally supervise this matter, the governor of Liangqing Prefecture will not dare to disobey insincerely."
Chu Junyi: "We will set off for Beijing tomorrow, you leave two people to keep an eye on them."
Meng Ziyu readily agreed: "Don't worry, Commander. That alchemist is so powerful. We may meet him again in the future. I will definitely get this done."
After leaving Daicheng, Hua Changxi rode away on a cloud without any lingering journey. More than an hour later, he returned to Sancha Medicine Valley before dark.
"Changxi, you finally came out."
Hua Changxi didn't expect that Guo Yu was actually waiting for her at the Yao Valley accommodation. Judging from his appearance, he must have been waiting for quite some time.
Guo Yu was relieved when he saw Hua Changxi appear: "Didn't you say before that you would only be in seclusion for half a month? Now the New Year is coming soon, and you have been in seclusion for more than three months."
Hua Changxi explained naturally, "A cultivator has no concept of time when in seclusion. I didn't expect that I would be in seclusion for so long. Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"
Guo Yu thought of his master's guesses and didn't quite believe this explanation, but he didn't say anything: "Someone from the errand hall came and told you to go back quickly."
Hua Changxi was a little surprised: "Someone from the errand hall came and asked me to go back?"
Guo Yu nodded: "The person who came is still a eunuch."
Hua Changxi frowned: "When did it happen?"
Guo Yu: "A few days ago, it was Master who personally sent the eunuch away, saying that you had gone into the mountains to collect herbs. When the eunuch left, he repeatedly told you to return to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall as soon as you came back, saying that this was an order from Eunuch Jia."
Hua Changxi was really surprised. After Eunuch Jia recruited her into the menial service hall, he never saw her again. She thought he had forgotten about her, so why did he suddenly remember her at this time?
"Okay, I understand this."
"By the way, during Laba Festival, your third and sixth brothers also came once. I was afraid that they would have been waiting for you in Medicine Valley, so I told them that Master had sent you to work in another medicine store."
"Thanks for covering for me."
Hua Changxi looked at Guo Yu and felt that his internal strength had increased again. He smiled and said, "Congratulations, your martial arts skills have improved again. If you need any elixir, you can tell me and I will help you make it."
Guo Yu was a little excited when he thought about his martial arts cultivation level rising rapidly in the past few months: "I can now release my inner energy freely, but I am still a long way from reaching the Grandmaster level."
Hua Changxi asked again: "How are your master and his disciples doing in their cultivation?"
Guo Yu immediately said excitedly: "Master and Senior Zhuo have already drawn the energy into their bodies, and are now practicing hard." As he spoke, he looked at Hua Changxi with an hesitant look.
Hua Changxi could see that Guo Yu wanted to become a cultivator, but what Guo Yu had done was not enough to exchange for the Good Fortune Pill, so he changed the subject: "It just so happens that I also want to go home and take a look. I will go back to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall tomorrow."
I thought she showed that she didn't want to continue the conversation, so Guo Yu would leave, but Guo Yu didn't mean to leave. Hua Changxi smiled and said, "Why, do you have something else to do?"
Guo Yu looked at her: "A friend of Master Zhuo came to Medicine Valley."
Hearing this, Hua Changxi immediately remembered that Zhuo Fan had revealed the matter of the Fire Spirit Mine to outsiders, and a hint of coldness flashed across his eyes: "So what?"
Guo Yu hesitated for a moment: "He is now in the cave where we live. Do you want to go up and see him?"
Hua Changxi smiled: "I go up to see him? You really don't treat me as an outsider. My friend is here, and you want me to go see him. Am I your slave?"
After saying this, the smile disappeared without a trace.
Guo Yu was stunned and clearly felt Hua Changxi's anger.
"Hahaha, I shouldn't have let you go to see me. I should have come to see you."
Unbridled laughter echoed throughout the Medicine Valley.
I haven't seen the person, I've only heard his voice.
Hua Changxi sneered. He had no good feelings towards this mysterious man. He waved the spiritual power in his hand and accurately knocked down the person hiding in the tree.
Seeing the man hit the ground hard, creating a huge human-shaped hole, the four people including You Lao who were hiding in the dark could not wait and hurried out.
Before they could say anything, several pieces of talisman paper suddenly flew out of the pit and quickly attacked Hua Changxi.
"Boom~"
As the talisman paper flew out, thunder was heard immediately, and then lightning flew out and struck Hua Changxi.
It was Hua Changxi’s first time to come into direct contact with the talisman. He was a little curious and reacted a beat too slowly, so he was hit by a bolt of lightning.
After a few thunders, Hua Changxi threw out a fire lotus, and the talisman was directly burned before the thunder and lightning struck.
At this time, Lu Zhiyuan had just climbed out of the pit. When he saw the fire lotus, he thought of the shocking battle at the Five Finger Mountain. He was so scared that his legs went weak and he fell to his knees on the ground.
In the eyes of the four old men You, it seemed that Lu Zhiyuan knelt directly in front of Hua Changxi.
This scene made them look at each other in bewilderment.
Lu Zhiyuan wanted to test Hua Changxi's strength, but they did not stop him because they also wanted to know Hua Changxi's strength. Now it seems that Hua Changxi's cultivation is higher than Lu Zhiyuan's.
Hua Changxi now felt the urge to kill someone again. The talisman was not very powerful and did not hurt her, but she was struck by lightning, her hair exploded, and her dress was torn.
Fortunately, it was winter, and in order not to expose her abnormality, she wore quite a lot of clothes. If she wore less, wouldn't she be running naked?
When Hua Changxi thought that he might run naked, he couldn't suppress his murderous urge.
Lu Zhiyuan felt the murderous aura and was sweating profusely. He was definitely not mistaken about the fire lotus just now. It was exactly the same as the one that Five Finger Mountain used to resist the giant monkey.
Oh my God, is his luck too good? The forces outside were all discussing the origin of the strong man who summoned Suzaku, but they didn't expect to run into him.
"Fairy, please spare my life. I offended you. This is the Complete Book of Talismans that I found by chance. I present it to you and ask you to forgive my disrespect."
Lu Zhiyuan was also flexible and immediately begged for mercy, and also presented the "Complete Book of Talismans" as an apology.
When the four You brothers saw Lu Zhiyuan kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, they were unusually silent.
Even Zhuo Fan, who dared to complain to Hua Changxi from time to time before, remained silent at this moment.
Why?
They also felt the murderous intent.
Although the girl was stronger than them before, they were not that afraid of her.
Because they knew that even if Hua Changxi was angry, he would not do anything to them. But at this moment, they were not sure.
The four You brothers looked at each other with serious expressions.
This girl has killed someone!
There is a complete difference between having killed someone and not having killed anyone. After you stop killing, you will not be so respectful of human life.
You Lao's situation was the most complicated. He still remembered that when he went to Nanshan Rift Valley, he almost died at the hands of the Red Eagle. The girl rescued him because she valued human life.
Now, she has started a killing spree.
Will this girl be able to control her murderous intent in the future?
Hua Changxi took a deep breath, suppressed the murderous intent in his heart, and cast his eyes on the "Complete Book of Talismans" in Lu Zhiyuan's hand. Looking at the trembling Lu Zhiyuan, he narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you afraid of me?"
Lu Zhiyuan: Nonsense, you can even kill the demon king suppressed by the Five Finger Mountain, how can I, a mere Qigong cultivator, not be afraid?
Hua Changxi looked at Lu Zhiyuan's pale face, then looked at the four silent You Lao. She could feel that they were all afraid of her, but the degree of their fear was very different, and she had some guesses in her mind.
“Have you been to Wuzhi Mountain?”
Lu Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat, but he finally nodded: "I just passed by."
Hua Changxi: "If I kill you, everything on you will be mine."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhiyuan's body softened and he could hardly support himself: "Fairy, spare my life."
You Lao hesitated for a long time, but finally stood up and said: "Chang Xi, I remember you said when you saved me from the Red Eagle, 'You can't just turn a blind eye to a life.'"
"At that time, you valued human life so much."
"These words touched me deeply. Before I embarked on the path of martial arts, I was unwilling to kill. Although I had to do so later, I always restrained my desire to kill. It was not because I was kind, but because I always remembered my original intention."
"Changxi, what about your original intention? Have you forgotten it?"
Hua Changxi was silent for a while: "I don't want to kill anyone either. You were the ones who broke the rules first. I have repeatedly stated that I don't want my identity as a cultivator to be exposed. It was you who brought outsiders in."
"I killed people for my own safety, but I had no choice."
Hearing this, Lu Zhiyuan knew Hua Changxi's concerns and hurried to save himself: "Fairy, I can swear to my heart demon that I will never reveal your situation."
Seeing that Hua Changxi didn't say anything, Lu Zhiyuan immediately broke his fingers, forced out the essence and blood, and wrote and drew on the essence and blood in the air.
"I, Lu Zhiyuan, swear to heaven that I will never reveal any information about the fairy. If I break my oath, my soul will be destroyed."
As soon as he finished speaking, his essence and blood began to twist, quickly transforming into a curse seal and sinking into Lu Zhiyuan's brow.
After swearing the oath to his inner demon, Lu Zhiyuan immediately looked at Hua Changxi eagerly. Seeing that she did not say anything but looked curious, he paused for a moment, then took out a beast skin scroll from the storage ring.
"Fairy, this is the Heart Magic Spell I got by chance, I would like to give it to you."
Hua Changxi took a deep look at Lu Zhiyuan and felt that this man was much more perceptive than the four old men of You. With a wave of his hand, the animal skin scroll fell into his hand.
Heart curse.
These three big words were clearly written on the animal skin.
Hua Changxi opened the animal skin, took a look at it, and then gave the skin roll to the four people including You Lao.
The four You brothers understood what Hua Changxi meant, but said nothing. They followed the instructions on the animal skin scroll and, like Lu Zhiyuan, swore an oath to their inner demons.
Finally, Hua Changxi looked at Guo Yu and the four servants who were guarding the medicine valley.
You Lao stood up again: "I will guarantee the five of them."
Hua Changxi looked at him and said, "Mr. You, you no longer have any credibility in my eyes." After saying that, he waved his spiritual power and broke the fingers of Guo Yu and the other four.
Five drops of blood essence are suspended in the air.
Hua Changxi looked at them and said, "Swear."
Although Guo Yu and the other four people have no spiritual power and cannot cast the curse, she can help them draw it. In the end, as long as the blood curse is absorbed into their bodies, the inner demon oath will be fulfilled.
Guo Yu originally thought that he was not a cultivator and could not swear the oath, but seeing that Hua Changxi looked like he would kill them if they did not swear, he and the four servants also swore an oath like the previous ones.
After the oath was over, Hua Changxi exerted his spiritual power and directly struck the curse seal into the forehead of Guo Yu and the other four.
As soon as the curse seal entered his forehead, Guo Yu felt a palpitation and had a strong premonition that if he revealed Hua Changxi's affairs, he would die without a burial place.