Dao Fruit

"Wonderful! It's really wonderful!"

The applause stopped, and a man slowly walked out of the forest. It was an old man with a stooped body and a cane. He staggered forward, panting every step, as if he was about to fall over if the wind blew. With a strange smile on his face, he raised his head Looking at Qiu Yan, he said in a hoarse voice: "Who is your Excellency? Why did you suddenly take action? With such a level of cultivation, why do you need to embarrass us?"

"Should I ask this question?" Qiu Yan put the person in his hand on the ground, turned to look at him, flicked his sleeves, and heard a series of small squeaking sounds from around him. Many of them were hard to see with the naked eye. The little bug was killed by him with all his strength.

Hearing this voice, the rickety old man's expression changed slightly.

I heard Qiu Yan continue: "You are lying in ambush in the forest, why are you here? You want to talk to me, but you secretly spread this insect poison. What is the reason? Are you willing to explain clearly?"

"It turns out that we really met a master." The old man suppressed the sinister smile on his face and said seriously, "To be honest, we are righteous men. We gathered in anger because we were dissatisfied with the harsh government of the court and couldn't stand the suffering of the people. , I want to do something good for heaven!”

Speaking of this, his slightly gloomy face actually glowed with brilliance: "To be honest, we are ambushing here to kill the spies! Kill the Meng family thieves who made deals with the Hu people and became enemies! Cut off their wings! When the country is in trouble, these people ignore the righteousness and send information and supplies to the enemy. Shouldn't they be killed? "

These words were righteous and awe-inspiring, but Qiu Yan narrowed his eyes and asked: "In this case, why do you need to use the art of witchcraft to control other people's minds? If you have troubles in your heart, you should use the right path! And! . It’s really hard to convince people that you have such a mentality, instead of going to rescue the people and defend the country on the battlefield, you would instead commit an ambush and assassination in this forest.”

After hearing this, the rickety old man sighed and was about to say more, but the words did not come out. He was interrupted by Qiu Yan.

"There's no need to trick me with other words. You should have guessed Qiu's identity. Besides, it's superfluous to say anything else. I won't hide it from you. One of the people you control is an old friend of mine. Yes. How can I let you go today?"

After hearing this, a cold light flashed in the old man's eyes, and he smiled: "Master Xiuzhan is really smart. There are rumors that you have extraordinary cultivation. I didn't believe it at the time, but now it seems. I'm afraid you are even more powerful than the rumors! But, You are too trusting and let me say these words, this is the beginning of your defeat!"

As he spoke, he made a trick. The other hand thrust the cane into the ground, and jet black water spurted out. It meandered rapidly on the surface, and in a blink of an eye, it reached the bodies of many men who lay down silently after being repelled by Qiu Yan, and penetrated deep into their bodies!

"Get up!" The rickety old man smiled again and shouted one word, but when his voice fell, the surroundings were silent. Only the breeze blew the grass and made a slight sound.

"Huh?" The old man was stunned for a moment, with a little panic in his eyes, and then shouted again——

"rise!"

But what I got was still silence.

"Get up! Get up! Get up!" This time, he was in a hurry, sweat was pouring from his forehead, and the words in his mouth came out like a barrage of words, but there was no change at all.

At the end, he finally knew that the situation was out of control. His arrangement was obviously broken by Qiu Yan in advance, but he still couldn't help but ask: "What's going on?"

Ding-ding-ding-ding.

At this time, Qiu Yan opened his palms and saw bent and deformed thin needles falling from his palms and landing on the ground, colliding with each other and making a crisp sound.

"Did you take out the bone-penetrating nails?" Seeing these thin needles, the rickety old man's face turned completely gloomy. "How much time, money, and treasures did I spend on refining these bone-penetrating nails? You actually used them Did they take it out? Besides, didn't you say that there was an old friend of yours inside? The bone-piercing nail penetrated the heart, and as soon as it was taken out, the blood poured out, and you were going to kill them within an hour or three! "

Qiu Yan shook his head and said: "Different realms have different views on things. This is also a blind spot caused by inconsistent information. In your opinion, these fine needles that can focus the soul and mind, and bless Taoism, can be taken from It would kill people if they came out, but in Qiu’s opinion, it’s just a little more complicated.”

In fact, when Qiu Yan fought and repelled these people, he took out the bone-penetrating nails from their bodies, and at the same time poured some vitality into them to maintain their lives. The purpose of talking to the old man was Then...

Snap!

Qiu Yan gently raised his feet and then landed on the ground.

The bodies of the people who fell to the ground suddenly tensed up and bounced up from the ground. There were bursts of smoke coming out of their eyes, ears, mouth and nose, which was also accompanied by a bit of a pungent stench.

Their bodies were constantly trembling and shaking!

Then, Qiu Yan reached out to touch his waist and threw out the colorful jade pendant. The jade pendant turned in the air and released slender streams of energy and blood essence, which fell on everyone. The bodies of those people stopped twitching, and the smoke in the seven orifices It no longer appeared, and the energy of the whole person was much sluggish, but the originally stiff expression relaxed, and the wisp of black energy on the forehead disappeared.

The man at Qiu Yan's feet let out a muffled groan and opened his eyes, with confusion on his face. He turned his eyes and looked around slightly. When his eyes fell on Qiu Yan's face, he suddenly woke up with a look of surprise.

"You, you, you... you broke my voodoo so easily? This is impossible! Without ten years and eight years of cultivation, how can you turn the voodoo into smoke!? Could it be that you just... "Across from him, the rickety old man showed a horrified expression and raised his finger to point at Qiu Yan, as if he was stunned.

But Qiu Yan was unmoved at all. He stretched out his hand and compressed the air into a wisp. He quickly pierced the old man's forehead and made a hollow sound. It was an empty shell!

"You still want to escape in front of Qiu? I'm a little interested in knowing about the organization behind you. I had to let it go temporarily because of my fate and strength. Now that I've met again, I can't let it go easily. ”

While he was speaking, he didn't see any gestures. He just tapped the scepter on the ground, and the entire ground suddenly solidified, and all the magical elements and even spiritual energy in it were dispersed!

Snap!

There was a sound like a branch being broken, and a rickety old man mixed with "chiluo" popped out from the dirt dozens of feet away. He turned around and fell to the ground, using his skinny, dark body to break the sound. Squirming, and at the same time tremblingly, he looked back at Qiu Yan, with a look of fear finally appearing on his face.

"Put it on, I still have something to ask you." Qiu Yan raised his hand and waved, and the empty shell of the old man he pierced was completely shattered. The clothes separated and flew over, landing on the old man "chiluo".

The other party took it tremblingly and put it on tremblingly. During this process, the rickety old man was always carefully observing Qiu Yan.

However, Qiu Yan did not look at him. Instead, he turned his eyes and focused on the man beside him.

"Qiu...Brother Qiu?" The man regained some energy at this time and stood up with difficulty. His movements were a little stiff. This was not because of lack of strength, but because there was still a gap in the connection between thoughts, consciousness and the physical body.

"What's wrong with me?" He looked at Qiu Yan and fell into memories. When he finally saw the rickety old man, his expression suddenly changed.

"Brother Yan, we said goodbye back then and haven't seen you for a long time." Qiu Yan nodded at him, "But, why were you controlled by this person?"

The man had already remembered something and murmured: "I remember, there was a severe drought in my hometown. After I received the letter, I returned to my hometown. Unexpectedly, I met this man six months ago. He said that he was a righteous man who upheld justice for heaven. He encouraged me to kill an official. One of my brothers saw that he wanted to force me to join the gang, so he refused. Unexpectedly, this man actually drugged our food, and what happened next..."

Speaking of this, he slowly recalled, his face getting uglier. He thought that when he was manipulated, his memory was not interrupted, but he lost his self-awareness.

After thinking about it, he became furious, stood up suddenly, and was about to walk over, shouting: "What a monster! You did such a thing! I, Yan Yongjie, a seven-foot tall man, was actually raped by you. You used despicable means to control, committed so many evil things, and harmed so many people!"

But mid-sentence, he stumbled and fell forward. Fortunately, Qiu Yan caught him in time and avoided falling.

"Brother Yan, don't rush to take action. You haven't fully recovered mentally and physically yet, so you should rest for a while first." Qiu Yan grabbed Yan Yongjie and told him, "As for this murderer, I have already subdued him. What's wrong? If so, you might as well argue with him later.”

The man he supported was none other than Yan Yongjie. He had traveled across half of Dalu in search of immortality. He met Qiu Yan on the Jiannan Road. Finally, he obtained the Life Cultivation Technique from Qiu Yan and achieved a breakthrough in one fell swoop. After reaching the peak of foundation building and becoming a life cultivator, the two became more and more friendly and helped each other for mutual benefit. However, not long after, Yan Yongjie bid farewell to Qiu Yan because of a letter from home, and returned to the land of Yanzhao, and there was no news from that time.

It is worth mentioning that "Xinshi Jiwen", which was of great help to Qiu Yan, was a gift from Yan Yongjie, which helped Qiu Yan avoid danger many times. Therefore, Qiu Yan said that this person was kind to him.

This time, Yan Yongjie was restrained by the rickety old man. Qiu Yan happened to notice the change of luck outside the forest, and he understood it, so he entered the forest alone.

On the other side, after being persuaded by Qiu Yan, Yan Yongjie gradually calmed down. He crossed his legs and breathed out to collect some scattered energy and blood. However, his mind had been suppressed for too long, and his sense of the body was no longer very flexible. Therefore, after the breath adjustment, there was only a general improvement, but no real recovery.

"I have been separated from my body and mind for a long time, and I am suddenly relieved. However, I still cannot control the power in my body as I wish. It will take a while to recover." With a sigh, Yan Yongjie looked up at Qiu Yan and smiled. , "Thanks to my virtuous brother's intervention, my brother was saved. Otherwise, I don't know how far he would have sunk. It seems that your kung fu has improved greatly. By the way, you said you wanted to take the imperial examination back then, but have you made any progress now?"

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