I can't live forever, so I have to reincarnate infinitely

Chapter 14 A soldier's murderous weapon, a sage cannot use it

"Progressive Sect?" Du Youqian is no stranger, "The sect behind Wu Guo?"

"That's right!" Tao Laodao smiled with his beard. "It can be regarded as a vassal sect of our Chongzhen Sect. Although there is no clear contract signed, they pay tribute to the Chongzhen Sect every year, and they will send the outstanding seedlings they unearth to the Chongzhen Sect for further training. If they encounter affairs that cannot be handled or enemies that are difficult to resist, they will also ask our Chongzhen Sect for protection. The person you met is probably an abandoned disciple of the Shengxuan Sect.

"Why didn't Chongzhenzong take the initiative to manage the Wu Kingdom directly, but through the Shengxuan Sect?"

Tao Laodao laughed and said, "What's the benefit of directly managing the Wu Kingdom? Being entangled with a country's fortune is definitely not a good thing for us famous schools. On the contrary, a small sect like the Shengxuan Sect needs the country's fortune to maintain their sect's fortune."

Du Youqian nodded in thought, as if realizing something.

As for the half piece of jade slip, Tao Laodao inspected it with his spiritual sense that was much stronger than Du Youqian, and he was surprised, and blurted out: "Golden Core Cave Mansion?"

He pondered for a long time, as if he was getting more information. After a while, he handed the jade slip back to Du Youqian. He shook his head and said, "This half of the jade slip was left by a great monk. Unfortunately, the information is missing, so I don't know his name. He should be in the Golden Core Realm, or at least the False Core Realm. There are not many such great monks in Wu Kingdom for thousands of years. In the jade slip, there are some information about his cave. Put it all together and find clues to the location of the cave. It's a pity."

Saying that, he shook his head again and again.

Du Youqian quickly said: "Master, this jade slip is given to you by my apprentice as a filial piety."

Tao Laodao laughed and said: "As a teacher, I am already a dead bone in the tomb. Why do you want this thing? Even if there is a chance, it is not my chance. Go, so I can do my homework. If you have a destiny with this Jindan Palace, you will get the other half of the jade slip sooner or later. If you don't have a destiny, don't bother yourself."

"The disciple understands."

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Although Du Youqian's practice progressed very slowly, he always practiced diligently, and his heart to the Tao was unshakable.

So Tao Laodao was not dissatisfied.

And his progress in the two immortal cultivation skills of alchemy and formation is not bad.

His aptitude could not be said to be top notch, but it's not bad, at least much better than his aptitude for cultivation.

After just a few years, it has already broken through to the first-order middle-grade.

It is expected to reach the first-order limit within 20 years.

As for the inheritance of second-order immortal cultivation skills, even in the Chongzhen sect, they cannot be exchanged for free, and a large amount of contribution points will be consumed.

Du Youqian was also embarrassed to gnaw at the old man, and asked Tao Laodao to make contributions for the Zongmen's birth and death, in order to exchange for the inheritance for himself.

I can only think of another way in the future.

A year later, thousands of armored soldiers marched into Dangpo Mountain.

The leader of the army, the banner is the new owner of Green Bamboo Fort.

Judging from his appearance, he looks a bit like the one whose head was taken off by Du Youqian. He should be the son of the previous castle owner.

The formation that Tao Laodao arranged is a small formation of the second-rank low-grade "small five-element upside-down confusion formation".

You can tell from the name that the main function of this formation is to confuse and trap people.

Not good at killing.

Of course, with Du Youqian's attainments in the formation, if he were to control the formation, it would be more than enough to kill all the thousand elite soldiers with the phantom formation.

But Tao Laodao just kept silent, he didn't hand over the array to Du Youqian, nor did he make a move himself.

These soldiers set up camp on Dangpo Mountain and searched the mountain all day long.

As soon as they moved out, it was a mess, making the chickens and dogs on the Dangpo mountain restless, and the wild animals couldn't avoid it.

More than a thousand people eat horse chews, which is not a small number.

After a while, these soldiers began to resupply on the spot and search around.

The fugitives, hunters, and herb collectors who lived in seclusion in the mountains also suffered greatly.

Du Youqian went to ask Tao Laodao for instructions: "Master, it's not a problem if things go on like this. The cause and effect of those people who died will also fall on us. You should think of a way!"

Tao Laodao smiled slightly: "Then if we kill and expel these soldiers, the cause and effect will not fall on us?"

Du Youqian said: "A soldier's weapon is a weapon that a sage cannot use."

Tao Laodao nodded slowly, "Sometimes you casually say something, but it contains profound truths and is thought-provoking."

Du Youqian bowed again: "Master, let's put aside whether there is any reason for it. People are making trouble at our door, so you can't ignore it?"

Tao Laodao waved him to go out: "Just watch."

The days passed by.

Frost crept up the blades of grass.

Those soldiers were short of food and fodder, and they were wearing summer single clothes, and they were miserable.

One night, the herd of beasts in Dangpo Mountain started a riot without warning, attacking the soldiers' tents in Green Bamboo Fort.

At the front of the herd was a tiger that was far beyond normal size. On the back of the tiger sat a monkey that looked like a monkey, babbling and baring its teeth.

The soldiers had long been disinterested in fighting. When encountering a beast horde, the first thing they thought of was not to fight back, but to howl and start fleeing.

In fact, the beast did not kill a few people.

Instead, the soldiers trampled on each other, and because of the rugged mountain roads, many fell to their deaths and were injured, resulting in heavy casualties.

In the early morning, there were more than [-] dead soldiers left on Dangpo Mountain.

The wounded were countless.

Green Bamboo Castle had no choice but to retreat.

The new castellan also disappeared that night.

The officers had to organize a large force to retreat while leaving an elite unit to search around.

After searching for three days and three nights, I finally found the castle owner's body dangling in the wind under a tree.

There was still a piece of bark hanging around the neck of the corpse.

The officers discussed for a long time and came to the conclusion that the owner of the castle committed suicide because of his defeat and shame.

As for the piece of bark hanging on the castle owner's body that says "If there is anyone who is good at using weapons, he will be like this"...

What bark?Where did the bark come from?No bark at all, don't talk nonsense.

A storm passed like this.

Afterwards, Du Youqian asked Tao Laodao: "What's the mystery in this?"

Tao Laodao smiled with his beard: "There is nothing mysterious about it. It's just that these wild beasts were hunted and expelled by the soldiers, and fled from their homes. There is a cause and effect between each other. Now, they broke through the camp and caused heavy casualties to the soldiers.

"Then... this has nothing to do with us?"

"Of course it doesn't matter. We practiced our way, and someone ran outside our dojo and fought with a group of wild beasts. What does that have to do with us? We didn't design them to fight. It is the way of heaven for soldiers to hunt and kill wild animals for food, and it is also the way of heaven for wild beasts to take revenge on soldiers, understand."

Du Youqian admired his master so much.

Sure enough, he is an old treacherous... Oh, that's wrong, he is old but strong, old and strong, and scheming.

Although Du Youqian was the most powerful official in the Wu Kingdom in his previous life, but now that he thinks about it carefully, his methods cannot be said to be incompetent.

But sometimes, it's a little too straightforward.

The handling of some things is not flexible enough.

Offended too many people, but also left a lot of future troubles.

In this regard, I really have to learn more from the old Taoist.

(End of this chapter)