My Immortal Brother-in-law

Chapter 79 Goodbye Deng Yuanjue

"When you are poor, you gain wisdom; when you are rich, you gain virtue; this is the way to long-term progress.

As for suffering, when I see people like you who have never suffered, I just feel happy for you.

I keep you by my side and teach you the principles of magic, but it is not for you to suffer.

Of course, I am not asking you to go out and bully others."

After he finished speaking, Zhong Su rubbed Xiaojiu's head again, and then continued to feed the three monsters with the big fish.

After feeding for two hours, the three monsters were finally full, and the old sheep's cry finally changed in tone.

Meow!!!
This time, the old sheep did not bleat continuously, but moved its slowly growing hooves every time it bleated.

Hearing the old sheep's cry, Hu Jiao's face turned red, and even her black and white hair turned pink.

On the side, Tingxin covered her mouth and giggled.

“Master, the sheep is not crying out for hunger, but is starting to cry out for pain.

How could it not hurt, tut tut, the hoof was bitten off and eaten, how cruel, Tiger Jiao, it's all your fault, hehe~~~~"

While laughing, Xiaolongnu moved closer to Hujiao and stuck out her tongue at the white tiger.

Seeing the real dragon's appearance, the old loach coiled around Zhong Su's finger and rolled his eyes to the sky.

"Is this a real dragon? Even its tongue sticking out is more silly and cute than that of a human girl...

For the past six hundred years, Old Loach has taken this as his life goal?

Old loach, I can see the end of my life at a glance...

Why……"

Accompanied by Lao Niu's usual emo voice, Hu Jiao turned to Zhong Su sadly and opened her mouth to speak.

"Master, Hu Jiao knows she was wrong. Next time there's a fight, Hu Jiao will subdue them first, and then decide whether to eat them or let them go after finding out the truth.

As for those hooves…"

Hu Jiao glanced at Lao Yang and shook her head regretfully.

"I have a very good digestion system, and those hooves disappear as soon as they enter my stomach.

Even if I want to spit it out, it’s… too late…”

After saying that, Hu Jiao prostrated herself at Zhong Su's feet in frustration, waiting for his criticism.

Looking at Hu Jiao who admitted her mistake, Zhong Su raised his hand and knocked on her head.

“Whether you know you are wrong is not the most important thing; the most important thing is to know and correct it.

Forget it this time, but be careful next time, and I hope there won’t be a next time.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Su raised his whisk and let the dust fly over the heads of the tiger, deer and sheep monsters.

Then, Zhong Su spoke softly to the three demons.

"I am the poor Taoist Zhongshan Jun. You three will now become my disciples. You will first be the slaves who sweep the ground, and then the servants who guard the mountain. If you can maintain your integrity and not be anxious or worried, you may be able to obtain my true Dharma.

As for the names of the three of you...

Tiger Power, Deer Power, Sheep Power, you can call them that for now."

"Ow!"

"Yo!"

"Bah!"

Hearing Zhong Su's words, the three demons immediately fell to the ground and kowtowed. After Zhong Su finished treating them, the group continued on their journey.

After traveling westward for three months, Zhong Suli slowly arrived outside Sanshan Pass.

The journey was not peaceful. Even though the road Zhong Suxing was on was considered an official road, he encountered wild monsters blocking the way more than once.

This is not the key point. The key point is that monsters only blocked the road two or three times, while humans blocked the road too many times. Zhong Su sent out more than 60 waves of robbers. The most in one day was even robbed seven times. One of them was a king of a small country who brought all his 30 soldiers and blocked the road, claiming to rob Hu Jiao.

This situation allowed Zhong Su to have a deeper understanding of the current environment of Da Shang.

Even the smallest vassal state of the Shang Dynasty had at least one or two counties and three or four villages, with a population of at least several thousand or tens of thousands.

With this structure, the vassal state actually only had thirty or so soldiers, and the way the soldiers and the lord made their fortunes was actually robbing and robbing...

As the feudal system lasted for so long and the number of vassal states increased, the quality of the people became very mixed.

It was so funny that we arrived outside Sanshan Pass. The environment was actually much better than the dozen or so passes before.

Although Sanshan Pass is the farthest pass within the western control of the Shang Dynasty.

However, since there were too many troops stationed at Sanshan Pass recently, those soldiers and generals who had nowhere to vent their anger had nothing to do, so they cleared out the area within a radius of nearly 400 miles of Sanshan Pass.

Within 400 miles of Sanshan Pass, Zhong Su not only did not encounter any robbers, he didn't even see two large wild beasts. It was considered a rare sight to see two rabbits jumping across the mountains.

However, this is not a good thing, because the soldiers of this era will sweep away things that are much more terrifying than mountain goblins, wild monsters and bandit gangs.

Zhong Su passed by two villages. The villagers in those villages were almost poorer than the village that was robbed by the three monsters: tiger, deer and sheep.

Millions of soldiers gathered near Sanshan Pass, and the demand for food and fodder was too great. Even though the Shang Dynasty struggled to maintain itself, Emperor Yi, who had just come to power, tried his best to provide blood transfusions to Sanshan Pass, but the food and fodder at Sanshan Pass was never enough.

Even Deng Yuanjue, who had rushed over to meet Zhong Su and his party, had a pale face.

Although Old Deng didn't look well, he was in very good spirits.

Seeing Zhong Su from afar, he immediately rode over with his eight sons and spoke to Zhong Su impatiently.

"Thank you, Master, for taking care of my child these days. Haha, look at this little boy, he's actually plump and white. Master, you've taken a lot of care!"

After he finished speaking, Old Deng grabbed Zhong Su's arm and shook it up and down vigorously.

Deng Yuanjue certainly knew very well what Zhong Suli came to Xiqi for, and it was not a safe thing!

Feeling the strength with which Old Deng was gripping him, Zhong Su nodded in understanding, then gently patted the back of Deng Yuanjue's hand and said with a smile.

"Ajiu is too obedient, so I don't have the chance to scold him.

Thinking about it this way, I can’t show off my authority in front of Ah Jiu, and this may be what I am worried about.”

As he spoke, Zhong Su took Deng Jiugong out and put him into Old Deng's arms.

Old Deng hugged his son with emotion, rubbed his son's head heavily, and then was about to return his son to Zhong Suli.

Seeing Deng Jiugong handing the child over, Zhong Su waved his hand and did not take it, but spoke softly.

"This child has been with me for several years. This is the fate between me and this child. Now that he has met Master Yuanjue, he should return to serve Master Yuanjue and show his filial piety."

"How is this possible!"

Hearing Zhong Su's words, Deng Yuanjue's eyes widened and he quickly put Deng Jiugong on the ground.

Of course he understood what Zhong Suli meant. The safety of going to Xiqi was uncertain, and Zhong Suli didn't want him to worry about his little son!
but……

Facing Zhong Suli's smile, Deng Yuanjue shook his head heavily.

“Once a teacher, always a father. Although Jiu is not a disciple of Zhenjun, the boy is closer to a disciple. How can I let Jiu abandon Zhenjun and leave!

There is no need to say more, Master. My face is not very important, but with my son by your side, maybe Xiqi will be more wary of me.

The more fear you have, the better. Who knows which one will be the snowflake that breaks the branch?

In short, since Ah Jiu has the fate to serve the True Lord, he should not do such a thing as enjoying the blessings of the True Lord while avoiding the dangers of the True Lord. How can a son of the Deng family do this! "

As soon as he finished speaking, Deng Yuanjue rummaged through his bag, pulled out a handful of five-colored stones, and stuffed them all into Jiugong's arms.

While putting stones into Jiugong's robe, Deng Yuanjue continued speaking.

"Please come to my Sanshan Pass soon. I want to get drunk with you, and then stay with you for a few days before going to Xiqi.

It just so happens that I have a few secrets of stone-breaking techniques to teach Jiuer. If you like this set of techniques, I will let Jiuer present them to you one day!"

(End of this chapter)