Chapter 177 News from the Sea Come whatever you want. Master Tianji Zhang Lanyu blocked the way with six cranes. "Little Sword Immortal, it's easy to encounter twists and turns when riding a boat. It's better to ride a crane than to walk with many stops and starts." Zhang Lanyu sincerely invites you. "No." Tao Tie waved his hand and refused without hesitation, "I am not good at being a hermit and having fun, I'd better walk my own path steadily." After saying that, he led four people and one ghost follower and passed by Zhang Lanyu. Zhang Lanyu was not annoyed. He waved his hand to let the six cranes disperse and followed them. But don't get too close, just follow from a distance.

This one lasted for a full month. Every step a person takes is the path of his life. As a bystander, Zhang Lanyu has been trying to figure out Tao Tie's every word and action in the past month, but she is always confused. Every time she came to a conclusion, it was overturned in an instant. This feeling is very uncomfortable. It was exactly the same feeling as her belief that the secrets she saw must be correct, and the fate she saw must happen, but it always turned out to be wrong and never happened due to some strange coincidences. In this feeling, the injuries on my body became more serious. Both sides of his face were completely swollen and his eyes were narrowed into slits. Zhang Lanyu had a hunch that if she didn't find a way to remove the sword energy from her face, not only would her face be disfigured, but her entire cultivation would also be destroyed! This intuition made Zhang Lanyu feel creepy and terrified. However, the more this happened, the calmer Zhang Lanyu became. At least that's how it looks on the surface. During this month, Tao Tie never focused on Zhang Lanyu, just as he never focused on what happened in the capital. He just listened attentively when something reached his ears. So Tao Tie knew that the palace examination was over, and the one hundred and seventy geniuses each had their own way out. The update of the three lists sparked a heated discussion. Discussion about why Tao Tie, who was once number one on the Hidden Dragon List and also number one among the first 108 geniuses, is not on the three lists. This time when the three lists were updated, quite a few people’s names were removed from the Hidden Dragon List. Dong Shou, Yang Tianci, Wei Fengge and many more, thirteen people whose names Tao Tie might be familiar with or unfamiliar with were removed from the Qianlong List and appeared on the Ruyi List. Only after Tao Tie's name was removed did it disappear from the three lists. If that were all, it wouldn't be enough to spark a discussion that's too large and too long.

The key point is that the news that Tao Tie’s teacher, the Southwestern Sword Immortal Huang Junshi, has ascended to heaven has somehow spread. Another thing is that after the 108 geniuses returned from the Beginningless Sea, Tao Tie only showed up in the capital a few times and then disappeared in an instant. Another reason is that many people and forces want to find Tao Tie, but they can't find him. "I'm right here." At a roadside herbal tea shop, Tao Tie stood up and waved to Senior Sister Dao, who had not been seen for a long time and suddenly came to see him without saying hello, "I'm here, Senior Sister." This place is not in Yangzhou, and it is even far away from Yangzhou. There are no famous cities or mountains or rivers around it. It is just an ordinary county. Like many other ordinary counties in the territory of Dayong Dynasty, People live peacefully in this area. Young people with the talent to practice Confucianism, martial arts, Taoism, Buddhism and witchcraft continue to walk out from here and venture out into the world. If you can make a name for yourself, stay out there. If you are tired, you will return to your roots. Those who have no qualifications or have poor qualifications should take root in their hometown and live a life that is peaceful most of the time with only occasional turbulence. This kind of life is plain and real. Just like the big bowl of herbal tea in the herbal tea shop, the ingredients are real and it tastes refreshing. "Why are you walking so slowly?" Dao Xiaofeng was dressed in a white dress of ordinary material, without any jewelry, and with her face bare. She walked slowly towards them and complained, "It's already April, and you haven't even reached Yangzhou yet. How long are you going to reach there?" However, Tao Tie walked for a month and only covered less than two-thirds of the distance from the capital to Yangzhou. Although we didn't travel much along the way, we did what we wanted. There was no planned route, we just went wherever we wanted. But no matter where you go, you have to have a meal. It can be wine and food, fish fillet porridge, big white steamed buns, donkey meat hot pot, or the big bowl of herbal tea you are drinking. As long as it is a local specialty, no matter whether it is expensive or cheap, no matter whether it is a snack or a full meal, just have a meal when you are in the mood. Of course, if he met those souls who were repatriated from Hua'e Tower but had no idea what happened to them, who did not enter the cycle of reincarnation and transformed into various identities such as young knights, scholars, fishermen, tea pickers, and laundry women, Tao Tie would not be stingy with his five-colored divine light and heavenly merits. If the five-colored divine light and the blessings of heaven and earth are not enough to send the other party into reincarnation, Tao Tie will bear the disaster instead. That's the amazing thing. No matter who can be sent into reincarnation directly or by suffering the calamity on behalf of others, for every soul sent away from Hua'e Tower, more than 200,000 souls of the people of Pingyuan County in the Taiyi Xuanzhu will be liberated. When the souls of the dead in Pingyuan County are liberated, the fortune of heaven and humanity will bestow merits. The more merits Tao Tie has, the stronger the five-colored divine light will be, and the more souls of the dead in Hua'e Tower can be sent into reincarnation. Not only does it create perpetual motion, it also accumulates a large amount of merit from heaven and man! Therefore, during this month, Zhuzhu, who had digested the meals she had eaten in the treasure house of Yuquan Mountain, no longer complained in front of Tao Tie about the fact that Tao Tie was a poor man.

After returning to its original state, the functions of Taiyi Mystic Pearl remain the same, but the most important functions have been simplified into three things: The water that is the origin of all things in the universe, the five-colored divine light, and the merits of heaven and man. Among these three things, the five-colored divine light and the merits of heaven and man can help the natural growth of water, the origin of all things in the universe. In Zhuzhu's words, there is already a big drop of water! If I encounter that hot meatball again, I can pour it into oblivion! Until now, little Zhuzhu still remembers the time when she was burned by the Dark Sun Crystal. Tao Tie does not have the habit of being stuck in memories of the past, but is more concerned with the present and the future. Hearing the question from his senior sister, Tao Tie smiled and said, "I just promised the princess that I would go to Yangzhou, but I didn't say when I would go. I could go this year, next year, or even a hundred years later, that's still a trip." Dao Xiaofeng snorted, "I won't tell you this. I just want to ask you, why are you bringing this woman with you?" As he spoke, Dao Xiaofeng pointed his finger at Zhang Lanyu, the Master of Tianji, who was sitting a few tables away. Tao Tie explained calmly: "I didn't bring her with me. She just followed me by herself." "That's it." Dao Xiaofeng muttered to himself, and was in no hurry to catch up with his junior brother whom he hadn't seen for almost three months. He went straight to Zhang Lanyu, the Master of Heavenly Secrets, and asked in a deep voice, "What exactly are you thinking about by following my junior brother?" Zhang Lanyu replied calmly, "Fairy Nihuang, I followed the Little Sword Fairy not to cause trouble. I just wanted to do what I could to see if I could help the Little Sword Fairy. This is to express my apologies to Fairy Nihuang and beg for forgiveness." "Ah……" Dao Xiaofeng sneered and raised his right hand to take a picture. The sword energy that had tormented Zhang Lanyu for nearly three months was instantly withdrawn. As a person with great magical powers, Zhang Lanyu's magic power only surged, and the wound on his face was healed and the swelling stopped. "Is it that simple?" Although his serious illness was completely cured, Zhang Lanyu was stunned, somewhat unable to believe it. "If it's not that simple, how complicated can it be?" Dao Xiaofeng replied as a matter of course, "I have told Her Majesty the Queen that I just wanted to make you feel embarrassed, and I have no other intentions." "Then I..." Zhang Lanyu thought that everything he had done in the past few months, especially this month, had been in vain. Or…… The divine secrets that she firmly believed in and the fate that she foresaw were all a joke? Apart from leading her into the gutter, almost completely disfiguring her, and even affecting her cultivation, what else did he give her? Dao Xiaofeng saw that Zhang Lanyu, the Master of Heavenly Secrets, could no longer keep his composure and looked distraught. He sneered and said, "A good swimmer drowns in water. Heavenly Secrets made you, but it can also destroy you." After saying that, Dao Xiaofeng waved her jade hand and said, "Okay, go away. I don't want to see you again, and I don't want you to appear in my junior brother's sight again. Do you understand?" Zhang Lanyu said nothing. He bowed to Dao Xiaofeng silently and turned to leave. He had only taken a few steps when he stumbled and almost fell to the ground. When she steadied herself, stood up and continued walking towards the capital, her aura began to fluctuate violently. In a short while, his realm and cultivation level had fallen below the level of a great master. It even gives people a feeling of being a hollow shell.

Dao Xiaofeng then walked back to Tao Tie's table, sat opposite him, and waved to the tea shop owner to bring a bowl of herbal tea. Wait until the herbal tea is put down, then pick it up and drink it. Gulp, gurgle, a big bowl of herbal tea went down in a flash. Dao Xiaofeng didn't hesitate, wiped his mouth with the back of his right hand, and shouted: "Refreshing! This herbal tea is powerful!" Tao Tie smiled and said, "Senior Sister, isn't the word 'powerful' always used to describe strong liquor?" Dao Xiaofeng glared at him: "I am happy with it, what's it to you?" Tao Tie smiled and didn't respond. After glaring at Tao Tie again, Dao Xiaofeng got down to business: "I originally wanted to wait for you in Yangzhou, but then I saw that you were slower than a turtle. I didn't know how long I would have to wait for you in Yangzhou, so I just came to find you." "Sister, is there something that makes you so anxious to find me?" "There's nothing urgent, I just want to tell you two pieces of news." "Please speak, Senior Sister." "The first news is that I have killed the body of Urulichi, but his remaining soul has escaped into the Sea of ​​No Heaven and No Earth. He should have a chance to revive. Although I can rush in and cause a commotion, the Sea of ​​No Heaven and No Earth is still not suppressed by the Celestial Empire. So I just thought, let him revive if he wants, and I will leave it to you to kill him." "Okay, senior sister." "The second news is that a large number of marine life has begun to emerge in the Beginningless Sea." "Is that so?" The previous message was very long and involved Urulichi, but Tao Tie didn’t really care about it. But after hearing the last brief message, Tao Tie fell silent. The ecology of the Beginningless Sea was once as twisted and evil as its rules. Therefore, apart from the sea monsters, only the waters near the islands can have sporadic corals and fish. This is a species that the demon cultivators need to raise a large number of common people as reserve food in order to preserve. The Celestial Empire achieved its occupation and claim over the Beginningless Sea, depriving it of the twisted and evil rules represented by the Dark Sun and the Dark Moon. It was only natural for a large number of marine creatures to multiply. It's just too early! Too soon! Biological derivation requires nourishment from the original power of life. To put it simply and roughly, the reason why the Wu Shi Sea began to breed marine life so early and so quickly and improve the marine ecology was actually based on the deaths of a large number of ordinary people! The Celestial Empire defeated the overseas demon sects led by the Wu Shi Demon Sect, and prevented the Wu Shi Sea from becoming a Jedi close to the outside world. For those common people who died, naturally, dust returns to dust, and the source of their vitality returns to the Eternal Sea. How vast is the source of vitality returned by the deaths of tens of millions of people! It is not surprising that this phenomenon can occur. Tao Tie just felt his heart was heavy. After a long silence, Tao Tie calmed down and said with a grin, "Thank you, Senior Sister, for coming to tell me these two pieces of news. I also have some good news to share with you." "No! No! I refuse!"

Upon hearing this, Dao Xiaofeng stood up suddenly and was about to fly away. But it's too late. A small bead the size of a thumb flew out from the Yin-Yang Tai Chi mark between Tao Tie's eyebrows, flew in front of Dao Xiaofeng, stared at him curiously with a pair of black eyes, and flew around again. Then he flew in front of Tao Tie, put his hands on his hips and asked, "Sir, you asked Xiao Xiao Zhuzhu to come out. Do you want to introduce this adult who is as good as Xiao Xiao Zhuzhu to Xiao Xiao Zhuzhu?" Tao Tie nodded softly: "Yes." Zhuzhu immediately flew back to Dao Xiaofeng, level with her eyes, and said happily: "My powerful master, my name is Xiaoxiao Zhuzhu, and I am as powerful as you. What's your name? Are you glad to meet me? I am glad to meet you." Dao Xiaofeng turned her head and glanced at Tao Tie, then she smiled brightly at Zhu Zhu: "Little Zhu Zhu, my name is Dao Xiaofeng, and I am your aunt-in-law. You should call me aunt-in-law." "What is a Shigu?" "Master is your father's senior sister." "Ah? What is dad?" "Forget it, just call me Master Awesome." "Okay, great sir." After a few words between the adult and the child, they returned to the original address. Gulu. Suddenly a voice was heard. Zhuzhu touched her belly and muttered in annoyance, "Why am I hungry again? I want to eat! My Lord, do you want to eat?" As she spoke, Zhuzhu reached into her pocket that had appeared out of nowhere and pulled out a big white steamed bun that was still steaming. "Here you go, my great master. Zhuzhu will treat you to a meal." Dao Xiaofeng took the big white steamed bun and turned to glare at Tao Tie: "You're just giving this to Zhuzhu?" Tao Tie replied naturally, "Yes. I'm poor, so I can only give this to Zhuzhu." "Humph!" Dao Xiaofeng glared at Tao Tie fiercely and shouted angrily, "You are even worse than that blockhead Huang Junshi!" After scolding, Dao Xiaofeng was too lazy to look at Tao Tie’s rogue face anymore and started stuffing snacks into Zhuzhu’s pocket. What about turtle shells as big as a hill, what about ganoderma lucidum as big as a hill, what about top-grade spiritual stones and jade, what about essential hardware: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, and the essence of hardware... Dao Xiaofeng spent almost all the pocket money he had with him. Xiao Xiaozhuzhu was also equipped with a complete set of top-grade defensive equipment, from head to toe, from clothes to shoes to accessories. Everything you need is available. Tao Tie clasped his hands on his chest and leaned back tactically. He was just short of putting his hands on his hips like Zhu Zhu and laughing wildly towards the sky. Even the stingy senior sister has a day when she bleeds a lot.

It's not easy! (End of this chapter)