Dao Fruit

Light and fire collide together.

When struck by the beam of light, the flame exploded, causing many distracting thoughts to scatter. The front end that bore the brunt melted quickly like snow under the scorching sun.

Seeing this, Taoist Jinwu showed joy: "Okay, okay! You have such a formation, but you didn't expect that it is still the soul way. As long as it is the soul way, how can you resist the true essence of the sun?"

As the words were spoken, the beam of light continued to bombard, and the fire of thought was retreating step by step. However, the beam of light was also rapidly consuming and thinning rapidly. Taoist Jinwu could see blood dripping from his heart.

These Sun Essences are priceless, and each drop requires a great deal of effort. They are the treasure of the Jinwu Sect. It is said that they were passed down from ancient times and can be used in attacks, which can be said to be invincible.

This time, Taoist Jinwu was entrusted by King Yan to become an enemy of Qiu Yan. He was not careless. He collected information about Qiu Yan in advance. Although he did not gain much, he also knew that the opponent was not an ordinary person, so he used Qiu Yan at the beginning of the fight. After using the method of pressing the bottom of the box, he tried to trap Qiu Yan and captured it in one go. Unexpectedly, Qiu Yan saw through the ambush and was forced to such a point that he had to unleash the true essence of the sun without reservation. Even so, , it is still a stalemate, but they have a slight upper hand.

"Where did this scholar come from? With such a level of cultivation, it is impossible to be unknown in the world of cultivation. And what kind of method did he use? The condensed shadow of the giant ape can actually fight against the true essence of the sun! Fortunately, It's just a momentary stalemate. After all, we can't really resist the true essence. We just wasted so much true essence. We must let King Yan make up for it afterwards. "

Taoist Jinwu was thinking, when suddenly a light and shadow flashed in front of his eyes. He saw nine rays of consciousness flying out of Qiu Yan's body, releasing different moods. A simple figure looms in each passage, explaining different truths, but the logic is consistent.

Then, the nine souls plunged into the flame of thought. The fire suddenly swelled, then shrank, turning into a whirlpool of flames, bursting out with a strong educational conception!

This artistic conception expands. The spreading beam of light exudes the tendency of pulling and absorbing, as if treating this beam of light as a naughty boy who wants to teach etiquette, knowledge, and the mysteries of the world, transforming one's nature into falsehood!

Immediately afterwards, Taoist Jinwu's soul suddenly changed color. The blood in the soul was pulled towards the light pillar and flew towards it.

This time, his three souls and seven souls were shocked. You must know that these blood colors come from the physical body, which is the yang temperature bed cultivated. It is the foundation for the future unity of souls. If it is shaken a little. It's not as simple as damaging one's cultivation, it's very likely to break the road ahead and make no further progress!

"This man has actually condensed ten divine consciousnesses! And all of them are extremely evil and want to rob me of my Chengyang foundation! No! The sun is really good!"

Just when Taoist Jinwu was feeling anxious, a greater crisis emerged. His mind was in a trance, and he felt that his control over the true essence of the sun had loosened. The True Essence of the Sun, which is the lifeblood of the sect, has a tendency to break away and fly out!

How could this happen!

Seeing that the whirlpool formed by the flames of thought, under the control of Qiu Yan's spiritual consciousness, had got rid of the disadvantage and turned into an advantage, and there were many threats to himself, Taoist Jinwu had no intention of continuing to fight, and he immediately wanted to escape.

It's just that the stronger the intention to retreat, the looser the control of the true essence of the sun. The beam of light was shrinking and thinning rapidly. Now as Taoist Jinwu's mind wavered, it actually started to shake. Then a giant palm stretched out and pulled it away. hold!

Astonishingly, the giant shadow of the Heart Monkey stretched out its arms and grabbed the light beam!

Where the light beam meets the palm, bursts of explosion sounds erupt, and the fire light scatters. You can see that the giant ape's palm is constantly collapsing and reorganizing - these are the distracting thoughts that make up the flesh and blood of the giant ape. However, due to the huge power of the monkey mind, it is constantly being repaired, and it starts again and again.

Just like that, in the process of collapse and reorganization, the mind monkey screamed and bulged, as if it was tensing its muscles and bones to explode with strength. In fact, it mobilized the whole body's thoughts, poured into its arms, and suddenly pulled out the light beam. stand up!

The Golden Crow soul, which was originally connected to the light pillar, suddenly felt empty, as if the soul was empty, and a great panic arose in his heart. The Golden Crow Taoist realized that the situation was not good, and finally let go of all distracting thoughts, and sent a thought towards the light pillar with all his might -

"The True Essence of the Sun, the most precious treasure of the Golden Crow Dao, how can I let you take it away from me!"

The next moment, the light beam trembled, releasing a dazzling light that filled the surroundings, hot, hot, hot, and exploded!

Wherever the light reaches, the huge palm of the Heart Monkey directly turns into nothingness!

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Boom!

On the outskirts of Dongdu City, the ground shook violently. The two nearby villages and towns were affected, and the houses shook. In the pig pens and chicken coops at the beginning and end of the village, the poultry and livestock became panicked, walking around and jumping around.

"What's going on?"

"There's an earthquake!"

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In the chaos, every villager was either confused or panicked. Some people hurried out of the house, while others were staggering along the ground.

This shock came suddenly and went away even faster.

It didn't take long for the surroundings to calm down. If it weren't for the various objects that fell on the ground, many villagers would inevitably think that the shock just now was just their own hallucinations.

Suddenly, noisy sounds came from a distance, but it was a few boys running over barefoot, making a whoosh.

"Father! Mother! The sky at the end of the village is cracked!"

"Brother! Big brother! There is an extra sun on the ground!"

"Fire! Fire!"

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These boys are half-grown and very energetic. They usually run around in and out of the village, go up trees to dig out bird eggs, and go down to the river to catch fish and shrimps. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. They look like they are not afraid of the sky or the earth all day long. Now everyone is in a panic, speaking indiscriminately, and the words they say make the adults in the village confused.

Soon, the boys’ family members came forward to either scold or ask questions.

Not long after, the people who went to explore the area came back, all of them pale, and the news they brought back shocked the villagers.

"A few acres of land outside the village are all dead and there are still signs of scorch. Even the stream at the head of the village has dried up and stopped flowing for no apparent reason!"

"What?"

After hearing the news, the villagers couldn't sit still and rushed out of the village. When they arrived at the place the boys were talking about, what they saw was a mess, as if it was a drought.

But the strange thing is that this dry land is only limited to one area. In this area, crops die from drought, the ground cracks, and streams dry up. Even if you put your hand on the ground, you can feel a burning sensation.

"The ground! My ground!"

Immediately, someone began to howl heart-breakingly, and then bursts of sobbing could be heard. However, several farm men howled loudly, and several women raised their sleeves to wipe away tears.

They are farmers who cultivate this land. The land is not owned by them, but is the fertile land owned by people outside the town and outside the city. These farmers only rent it for farming and have to pay the land rent every year. It is difficult to leave any surplus food. day.

At present, the farmland is completely destroyed, not to mention the anger of those outside the party members. There is no harvest, but they still have to pay the land rent. Considering the financial resources of several people, they can only lose their homes.

After the founding of the country, Darui implemented the policy of "no land establishment" and "no suppression of annexation", allowing the free sale and purchase of land. Over the decades, the result of this policy was the rapid growth of the landlord class, especially those who have gained power. Bureaucratic landlords are more able to use various means to annex land.

During this period, the imperial court also issued several "land restriction orders", but they were only effective for a short period of time and could not last long. In the end, they became a piece of paper. This year, an official, Zhao Gui, said: "Although the legal prohibition is strict, there is no way to stop it." ".

Moreover, Dali relies on the land, and there are many taxes and duties, which can be mainly classified into five types, namely the tax on public land, the tax on civilian land, the tax on city walls, the tax on Dingkou, and the tax on miscellaneous changes. There are also taxes in each of them. Broken down, agricultural equipment, cattle, etc. also need to pay taxes. The burden on farmers is indeed not small. This will be an important issue in the future and cannot be mentioned.

But it was said that several families saw the ground withered and yellow, and knew that a disaster was coming. They howled and cried and became a mess.

When other people saw him, they inevitably felt sympathy, but most of them were small farmers and sharecroppers, so they just sighed and were unable to help.

The elders in the village also shook their heads and sighed. They were also at their wits' end. Moreover, after such a bizarre thing happened, the suffering of several families was secondary. The top priority was not even to find out the cause of the incident, but to prevent the impact from spreading.

The elder looked around and said slowly: "Perhaps a few families offended the landowner, which caused such a disaster. Please prepare sacrifices quickly and choose a day to offer sacrifices."

Such a thing was so bizarre and unpredictable that in everyone's eyes, it could only be the supernatural power of the gods. They immediately felt awe in their hearts and did not dare to say anything more. Even the voices of several crying farmers and women suddenly lowered their voices.

It can be seen from this that the gods have indescribable majesty in the hearts of the people.

"Ah Qi, hurry up to the town and city and inform the officials that such a big thing has happened and it is impossible to hide it. After all, this land belongs to others..."

This elder had a reputation for authority, so he managed to calm down, which was considered a good response.

After listening to his series of remarks, two or three people quickly followed his words and ran away.

"Well, if a few members still want to pursue the case, I wonder what trouble will happen." After the arrangement was completed, the elder glanced at the lost figures, shook his head, and sighed repeatedly.

We see broken families every year, but it is hard to let go of such a sudden disaster.

For a time, a sad and depressive atmosphere enveloped everyone.

At this moment, a sneer suddenly came from the side.

At this moment when everyone was sad, the laughter seemed particularly harsh. Someone looked at the sound, and when they saw that the person laughing was a slovenly Taoist in ragged clothes, they immediately glared at him.

"You are such a heartless Taoist. You see natural disasters but you take pleasure in them!"

Unexpectedly, the sloppy Taoist shook his head, stretched out his hand to pinch and scratch his arms, and said with a smile: "After all, the naked eye cannot distinguish between natural and man-made disasters. It's a pity, a pity, when gods fight, mortals suffer..."

As he spoke, the Taoist stood up unsteadily, and walked towards the dry land under the angry and puzzled gazes of everyone...

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