Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 250 VII Taoism

The whole world is so illusory and weird, the sky and the surrounding space are covered with endless black lines, making the distant scenery like pieces of canvas being roughly pieced together, and several iron locks that go straight into the sky It is the center of this world. One end of these iron locks goes into the sky, and the other end is connected to a platform floating in mid-air. On the platform is a man bound by iron chains, with his upper body naked, showing his pale skin. Se, half kneeling on the ground, lowered his head, his long black hair covered his face, as if he had been dead for a long time, silently.

Suddenly, the peace of the world was broken, a series of steps formed by energy rose out of thin air, connecting from the ground to the end of the platform, a boy with the same long black hair walked forward slowly, walked onto the platform In front of the bound man, his expression was leisurely and casual, as if a monarch was inspecting his own territory.

The young man condescendingly looked at the man kneeling on the platform, then suddenly squatted down, grabbed the man's long hair, and met a pair of eyes full of rebellion, full of madness just like the beginning of the seal And cruelty, any beauty and kindness in human nature cannot be found in it.

The young man didn't care about this, but his face was a little more dignified, and his free left hand suddenly came together like a knife, and ruthlessly inserted into the prisoner's chest, but at this time there was no scene of blood splattering, the pale-skinned man The man looked like a clay figurine, under the sunken chest, the boy's left hand was actually sucked in by his body.

Like a flame, following the boy's movements, clusters of ominous dark purple energy are spreading from the pale-skinned man's body along the boy's left hand to his whole body.

The prisoner's face was distorted, he kept struggling, and let out bursts of roars, but the young man remained unmoved, and even spun his left hand vigorously into the other's chest.

That layer of deep purple energy covering the surface gradually envelops the boy's whole body as time goes by. The faint light flickers and changes constantly. At the same time, the body of the man bound by iron chains is like a clay puppet. It usually dissolves and disappears until it disappears completely.

When there was no one at the end of the iron chain, the deep purple energy surrounding the boy finally stopped flickering and changing, but when this energy subsided from his body like a torrent, what was revealed was not the face of the boy, but the face of the boy. It was the man who was still bound by iron chains before.

After the man's initial doubts, he unconsciously stared at his hands and suddenly laughed wildly.

Snapped!

The man was laughing, and suddenly shivered. Under the shaking of his body, a figure jumped out of his body. After rolling on the platform, he stood still, but it was the boy from before.

The young man seemed to turn a blind eye to the strange events that happened before, with an unconcealable joy on his face, until the man who was still a prisoner cast his fierce eyes on him not long ago, the young man seemed to react and his face calmed down.

In Shikamaru's spiritual space, a fight was staged.

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Shikamaru sat cross-legged on a futon. There were no lights in the simple house, and the only light in the house came from the bright moonlight.

A faint light was projected from the window onto Shikamaru's outstretched palm, revealing a ball of energy that was as black as ink and was still wriggling. Its edges were constantly bulging, as if something inside wanted to break out of the cocoon.

Shikamaru stared intently at the energy in his hand, seemingly unaware that the gossip seal on the neck gradually began to emit faint light, and the seal technique began to loosen under the power of Chakra, forming cloud patterns like flames Since then, it has emerged, starting with the seal rune, and spreading to other parts of Shikamaru's body.

At the same time, the spiritual energy condensed in Shikamaru's hands also undergoes significant changes under the influence of the curse seal and Orochimaru's consciousness, a little undetectable deep purple energy suddenly appears in the pitch-black spiritual energy , and continued to expand his own influence. As time passed, the energy ball in Shikamaru's hand was finally completely filled, and the jet-black spiritual energy was repelled back into Shikamaru's body. This ball appeared from Shikamaru's body, but It has nothing to do with his spiritual heart, and is even full of hostile dark purple energy, which seems to be mutually exclusive with Shikamaru by nature, constantly twisting and changing, and seems to be out of his control at any time.

"Enough." Shikamaru, who had been expressionless all this time, suddenly said in a deep voice, as if he was reminding himself of something. As soon as his words fell, the curse-seal moiré that almost permeated his whole body seemed to be very unwilling to relax. Withdrawing into the gossip seal, the purple energy condensed in the right palm also gradually disappeared.

"You're done." After the curse seal and the deep purple energy completely disappeared, and Shikamaru's consciousness returned to clarity, he couldn't help but breathe a deep sigh of relief, and wiped the thin layer of sweat that oozed unconsciously from his forehead, feeling relieved I thought, "It's time to get out of here."

Shikamaru has been staying in this temple for a while, no matter what, it's time to leave, he is a traitor after all, if he waits a little longer, I'm afraid trouble will come to his door, he is naturally not afraid, just don't want to disturb It was nothing more than a monk in this temple. At this time, the new technique research was successful, so he wanted to leave here as soon as possible.

Shikamaru stood up from the futon, moved his hands and feet indoors, frowned and thought for a while, and decided to get up and leave now. Now that he had made up his mind, with his vigorous and resolute style, he naturally acted quickly, simply because he didn't have much luggage , It was sorted out in a while.

Shikamaru, who walked out of the room, did not go directly to the gate of the temple, and left from there. Instead, he came to the abbot's residence. Seeing that there was still a glowing light inside, he stepped forward and tapped on the door.

"Come in." The abbot's slightly tired and hoarse voice came from the room, and he let Shikamaru enter the room without asking who it was.

"Master." The abbot's residence is almost the same as Shikamaru's residence in terms of simplicity, and the space is not much larger. After Shikamaru entered the room and closed the door, he saw him sitting at the table, calculating the accounts by the big lamp lights , bento bowed first and said, "I'm here to say goodbye."

"Oh." The abbot put down the account book in his hand and looked at Shikamaru, but there was no surprise on his face. After all, Shikamaru obviously did not stay in the temple for a long time. It is not surprising to say goodbye at this time, but the abbot's performance seemed a bit cold.

Shikamaru didn't take it seriously, took out a stack of money from the ninja bag, stepped forward and put it on the abbot's table, and said in a deep voice: "I've been bothering you for so long, I can only use these vulgar things to do my best, Master forgive me."

The abbot didn't mean to refuse at all, after hearing Shikamaru's words, he nodded his head straightforwardly, saluted him, and said, "Thank you very much, benefactor."

"Master, if anyone comes to the temple to inquire about the news after I leave, tell them that I am going to the Land of Thunder. There is no need to hide it, so as not to cause trouble to the temple." Shikamaru said in a deep voice.

The abbot smiled and nodded silently.

Seeing this, Shikamaru saluted the abbot again, and was about to leave the room, but halfway through, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Speaking of which, I don't know the taboo of the master yet."

There are not many monks in the temple, and most of them are not qualified to call the abbot by the name of the abbot. Like Shikamaru, they just call him the abbot. There are only three old monks who are qualified to call the abbot by the name of the abbot. Maru seldom sees him, one insists on penance and is taciturn, and the last one likes to study Buddhist scriptures, and also likes to keep silent. As a result, until now, Shikamaru is a little embarrassed to find that he still doesn't know that this person has awakened himself. What is the name of the old monk who thinks.

"Taoism." The abbot responded crisply.

What an ugly dharma name, Shikamaru smiled, the dharma name of the old monk who practices closed mouth meditation is "Daozhen", the one who insists on penance is called "Daopu", and the one who likes to study Buddhist scriptures is called "Daohong". The "Taoist" abbot, the former residence's vision of seeing people can be regarded as superior.