In the Blade

"I'm really sorry. Monkeys are ignorant and just talking."

While pushing the powerful men into the study, Du Chengfeng turned over to the shore and protected the monkey behind him.

He had felt the attack by those powerful men who had joined forces to kill the attacker just now. He might have been able to resist such an attack with his steel and iron bones, but if it were this monkey, it would be a different story. ——After all, he and these monkeys have been in love for four thousand years, and there is no way at the moment to watch these monkeys be beaten to death on the spot.

But perhaps because he was not familiar with the terrain yet, Du Chengfeng's push back directly pushed the monkey into the pond.

So there was only a pop, and the humanoid monkey disappeared.

Even if Du Chengfeng looked back, he couldn't find the monkey there. The water in the pond was still pond water, not to mention monkeys, not even fish.

The monkey seemed to dissolve into the water so directly.

"It seems that this pool of water is the real treasure left by Diaosou."

The strong old man with red hair and red beard couldn't help stroking his long beard.

"When the fake is true, the false is also true, and when the true is false, the true is also false... No wonder our cultivation level was suppressed as soon as we came in. It turns out that this old guy's strength has reached this level."

"In other words, the monkey is still fake?"

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but ask more. He was still a little concerned about the monkey's whereabouts.

"But just now..."

"True or false, does it matter?"

The old man with red hair and red beard came over and patted his chest.

"What you think is true will also be true. What you think is false will also be true... Whether it is true or false lies in your heart. True or false is not important. What is important is that you What to believe."

"Been taught a lesson."

Du Chengfeng cupped his hands and smiled helplessly.

He understood what the old man said, but it was precisely because he understood that he couldn't laugh. What the old man said was nothing more than mental strength. The so-called mind conquers all things. As long as the will is strong enough, everything will be controlled by it. Change by will.

But that's the problem. Just like the old fisherman couldn't use the pond to extend his life, after he knew that the pond was just an illusion, he couldn't let those monkeys appear in reality.

As for just now, it was purely an accident. Maybe it was the water drops he scattered on the shore while fishing that transformed into the appearance of a monkey. But when the monkey fell into the water, it finally merged with the water and returned to its original state. A place to return to.

In other words, when he subjectively wants those monkeys to appear, the knowledge from Diaosou will conflict with this subjective will. Once this conflict occurs, it is impossible for those monkeys to appear.

"But...it's a good thing."

Du Chengfeng thought so.

After all, the outside world is too dangerous. Any powerful person in full power can easily kill all the monkeys, so instead of calling those monkeys to die, it is better to simply let them thrive in the illusory world.

As for the problem of living space...at worst, he might go back and expand the pond a little bit. This kind of thing is quite easy for him.

"Anyway, thanks for clarifying."

After thinking about it, Du Chengfeng once again cupped his fists and raised his hands to the old man with red hair and red beard as a sign of courtesy.

But the old man shook his head.

"There is nothing to explain or dispel. After all, you have helped me temper my will. Let me repay you in return."

Saying this, the old man with red hair and red beard approached Du Chengfeng and lowered his voice.

"When I was trapped by this fisherman, the body I transformed into was that of a tiger."

"Ah this."

Du Chengfeng choked on the spot.

But he still remembered what he had done to those tigers. Before the city was built, he was already chasing these tigers away. After the monkeys gradually began to expand their sphere of influence, he even simply chased the remaining tigers away. They were all sent to the zoo.

Of course, the same goes for other animals. In other words, there is no purpose of killing them all. In addition to breeding them so that the monkeys can have meat to eat, the other aspect is to unite as much as possible with these similarly trapped powerful beings.

But now it seems...

"How do you say, passed?"

Du Chengfeng picked up the fishing rod on the side.

If he were outside, he might not be able to defeat this powerful man with red hair and red beard, but now in Diaosou's cave... As the current actual controller of this cave, he might not lose.

"There may be a chance in the future."

Contrary to Du Chengfeng's expectation, the red-haired and red-bearded powerful man did not show any hostility, but instead hugged his shoulders.

"When I stabilize my insights and gains from this time, I will definitely have to fight you again if I have the opportunity in the future... I always feel that I will definitely gain skills if I fight with you."

"That's okay too."

Du Chengfeng accepted the invitation and looked at the old man with a little more respect.

Contrary to what he thought, the red-haired and red-bearded old man did not want to take revenge, but wanted to improve each other's abilities through public competition. This kind of behavior was worthy of respect, and he naturally did not refuse it. reason.

After this brief exchange, the red-haired and red-bearded old man went into the study together with the other powerful men.

However, the old man was still a little late, because there was no book on the small bookshelf at the moment - and when the old man's eyes swept over the other great powers, those who had entered the study room earlier had already looked directly at their noses, and began to meditate on the spot.

The old man with red hair and red beard was immediately furious, and his whole body was steaming with blazing flames.

"You really won't leave any books for me?"

The old man clenched his fists, and the angry flames jumped on his fists.

"We agreed to share the knowledge of the old man, and you come to do this?"

"This..."

Du Chengfeng, who followed in, looked at such a scene and didn't know what to say for a while.

"There is no need to hide this kind of thing, right? Anyway, those books can be made into two copies after copying one copy... How about this, how many people are there, I will copy one copy one by one, so that everyone can benefit, isn't it?"

After this, the faces of the great powers in the study room were a little embarrassed.

"Then let's do as you say."

Finally, a middle-aged scholar with white hair and beard stood up.

"We are petty."

"Not really."

Du Chengfeng waved his hand. He actually understood this kind of thinking.

Although they were still in the same camp when facing the fisherman in this cave, they would become competitors again after leaving the cave - so no matter from which angle, deducting one or two books and preventing others from getting all the knowledge was also a necessary defensive measure.

But Du Chengfeng didn't care about this. He had decided to share the spoils from the beginning, so he was naturally willing to make all the knowledge left by the fisherman public.

It was just some fishing experience anyway, which was nothing to Du Chengfeng.

Of course, from the perspective of these powerful people, what Du Chengfeng wrote here might be private - this is why Du Chengfeng allowed these powerful people to go to the study room first. It doesn't matter how much they take. Anyway, if they want to confirm whether the knowledge is complete, they have to take out all the books again and proofread them collectively.

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng picked up the empty book that was originally placed aside.

Where the heart moves, the mind goes, under the effect of the heart, the originally blank paper was filled with handwriting in an instant - and after repeating the same method several times, Du Chengfeng gave those books to these powerful people for them to copy.

Of course, in the process, he also copied a copy for the coyote.

After all, this is the original reason why he came here.

"Why do you give these things to them?"

When seeing the manuscript handed over by Du Chengfeng, the coyote couldn't help it after all, and dragged Du Chengfeng all the way out.

"Don't you know how valuable these things are? As long as you have these things, you can embark on a real road, and even..."

"Even replace the position of the old fisherman?"

Du Chengfeng scratched his head.

"And then die by the pond like that old man?"

"This..."

The coyote choked on the spot.

It seems to be true.

No matter how glorious and powerful the fisherman's road looks, as the founder of this road, the fisherman himself died on this road.

Even the founder died because of this, then can a later comer like him... really do better than the fisherman?

"That's why they only hide one or two books."

Saying this, Du Chengfeng pointed to the powerful people in the house.

"They actually know very well that the fishing old man's skills can only be regarded as a reference and a source of inspiration for them, so getting one or two books is actually enough... After all, they all have their own paths to follow and their own hearts to cultivate."

Speaking of this, Du Chengfeng deliberately glanced at the old man with red hair and red beard.

"Just like the old man playing with fire just now, can you imagine him sitting by the pond and fishing for a whole day like the old man fishing?"

"What do you mean by an old man playing with fire! I am the Fire Deity Star Lord!"

It was at this time that the old man with red hair and red beard stretched his neck and shouted over.

"Why can't I fish? I will fish for a day later and show you!"

"Ah, this."

Du Chengfeng couldn't help scratching his head again.

Just based on this violent temper, it doesn't look like the kind of person who can fish for a day.

"Anyway, do you understand?"

"...I understand."

The coyote sighed and finally lowered his head.

Once upon a time, he was the one who taught the tin man, but who would have thought that now it was the tin man who was teaching him.

But now he might really need to be taught, after all, the old man fishing was too important in his heart, and it was not an exaggeration to say that the old man fishing was his mentor - although in fact, he already knew that the old man had never regarded him as a disciple, and even thought of taking his life to continue his own life.

But in any case, from his own point of view, this was his mentor.

He had always respected and feared this mentor. Respect was for the other party's profound knowledge and the grace of leading him to heaven. Fear was fear of the terrifying strength and the cold mind that regarded everything in the world as straw dogs.

But now, his mentor is dead after all.

Died in the Daoism he was best at.

"Then... we'll leave first."

While the coyote was still standing there, the great men in the study had already walked out.

"The manuscript has been copied completely. You are indeed generous and the content is exactly the same. You are truly noble and upright... If you have any difficulties in the future, we will definitely help you once to repay your kindness."

"What about the others?"

Du Chengfeng looked in the direction of the bedroom.

"Do you really not want the bed? If you really don't want it, I'll leave it."

"You are joking, benefactor. How can such a few ordinary things be worth this."

The middle-aged scholar with white hair and beard stood up again and bowed to Du Chengfeng.

"Since it was the benefactor who helped us out of the predicament, we will naturally not be ungrateful... For now, let alone the bed, we will not even take this cave or the body of the fisherman."

As they said this, as if they were worried that Du Chengfeng would still shirk responsibility, the powerful men instantly turned into streams of light and disappeared at the bottom of the pond.

At the bottom of the pond was a hole leading to the outside world. Obviously, these powerful men simply ran away.

"Ah, this."

Du Chengfeng was speechless for a long time, because he still had something to ask.

He could understand leaving the bed for him, after all, this was what he said he wanted. He could also understand leaving the cave for him, after all, although this huge cave was valuable, it was impossible to move it away out of thin air - but that was the problem. Compared with the first two things that were obviously more valuable, these powerful men put the body of the fisherman last.

What does this mean? Could it be that the body is more important than the bed, the books, and even the entire cave itself?

"Isn't this just a body?"

Du Chengfeng, puzzled, simply moved closer and kicked the body of the old man fishing.

He didn't feel anything wrong. A body is a body. Perhaps because the time of death was not too long, the body itself was still a little flexible - but in any case, a body is a body. What else can this thing say?

"Hey, that guy."

Du Chengfeng, who couldn't figure it out, simply turned around and looked at the coyote.

This coyote went to heaven earlier than him, and he must know more than him, so if there is any saying about this body, this coyote must also...

"Hey! What are you doing!"

At this time, Du Chengfeng suddenly saw that the coyote actually opened its bloody mouth and pounced in his direction!

Immediately afterwards, the body left by the old man fishing was swallowed by the coyote.