Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 6 Fishing
Gu Xiaoxing, who was on his way back to Chaiyuan at the moment, was extremely depressed. He had forgotten how long it had been since he had eaten meat, but the delicious delicacy was right in front of him, but he couldn't touch it.
"Why was I assigned to the Chaiyuan instead of the inner kitchen? Look at those cooks, they are all greasy, fat and strong, they must have cheated a lot on weekdays." Gu Xiaoxing was angry, but he was envious in his heart, thinking that if he could be assigned to the inner kitchen, he would be able to return to his former handsome and majestic appearance soon. Thinking of the obstacles he encountered in the Chaiyuan, he was even more distressed.
They are all outer disciples of the Soul-Devouring Sect, why is there such a big difference between them?
Gu Xiaoxing passed by the spiritual pond again and looked at the swaying green lotus in the pond from afar. Suddenly, a fish jumped out of the water. It was half a zhang long. Its eyes were different from those of ordinary fish. It revealed a sense of agility. It seemed to have discovered Gu Xiaoxing passing by. The fish eyes turned and sprayed out a mouthful of water, which spanned ten zhang and sprinkled at Gu Xiaoxing's feet. Then the fish swung its tail and fell back into the pond with a "plop".
Gu Xiaoxing's eyes widened, and he immediately became angry. It was just a fish, yet it dared to tease him. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to go forward to "argue". However, he was stopped by a senior brother beside the spirit pond , and he had to leave in dismay, but he still held a grudge in his heart.
"Stinky fish! Just wait, I'll let you enter my stomach sooner or later!"
When Gu Xiaoxing returned to Chaiyuan, it was already completely dark. After Du Siyu warned him again not to go out at night, he locked himself in the room.
After chopping wood for a whole day, although his cultivation was restored, he was mentally exhausted. Gu Xiaoxing wanted to fall asleep, but when he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with those delicious spiritual dishes. When he was in Fulai Village, five meals a day were the minimum he had, but when he came to the Soul-Devouring Sect, he was punished and not allowed to eat. For him, this was a complete torment!
The more he thought about it, the more indignant he became, and finally he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.
"No! Taking a step back will only make you angrier!"
"I accept being punished to chop wood, but how can I be punished to not eat? Taking someone's job is like taking away their talent, and taking away their talent is like killing their parents. How can I, Gu Xiaoxing, be such a sinner who allows others to slaughter my parents?"
Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoxing seemed to have gained courage. He slowly walked to the door and slowly opened it. A ray of moonlight fell on Gu Xiaoxing's face.
As far as the eye could see, the entire logging site was filled with a layer of strange pink mist. The mist was very light, but it was everywhere in the yard. The moment he opened the door, a wisp of mist followed his breathing and even penetrated into his body through his pores.
In an instant, Gu Xiaoxing felt that his body was out of control, his mind gradually became confused, his eyes became empty, and in a trance, something seemed to be attracting him. He felt an instinctive desire and stepped out of the door like a walking corpse and walked forward.
Soon, the source of the pink mist appeared in front of Gu Xiaoxing. Who else could it be but Du Siyu?
She was seen sitting cross-legged on the ground, making strange hand seals with her hands, closing her eyes and looking up to greet the moon. A little bit of moonlight poured down and sprinkled on Du Siyu's body, causing it to emit a pink enchanting light, which was slowly released outwards.
There was a pink light flashing in Gu Xiaoxing's hollow eyes. When he looked at Du Siyu, endless desire surged in his heart. He wanted to pounce on her and possess her!
However, just as he was about to move, his body trembled and stopped. A hint of hesitation and struggle flashed in his eyes. When the struggle became stronger, a strange feeling appeared in Gu Xiaoxing's heart, as if it was a tug of war.
On the one hand, there was a strong desire in his heart. He wanted to ignore everything and just pounce on her to satisfy the desire in his heart. But on the other hand, every time he wanted to pounce on her, he saw Du Siyu's slim figure, and an inexplicable feeling of rejection and disgust arose in his heart, which made the desire continue to diminish.
Just as the two sides were arguing and pulling each other, Gu Xiaoxing's head suddenly buzzed and he regained his clarity of mind.
He gasped for breath, then immediately covered his mouth with both hands, and backed away little by little, his eyes full of fear. He had obviously realized that this Senior Brother Du was practicing some kind of technique that could charm people.
"Luckily...Luckily she is too thin. I couldn't have done it if she was so ugly! Otherwise, I would have fallen for her."
While feeling surprised and puzzled, Gu Xiaoxing was also very relieved. He had only complained a few words yesterday and was punished to chop ten times more firewood within a month. If he were to knock him down, what would happen!
I'm afraid she will really use me as firewood!
The more Gu Xiaoxing thought about it, the more scared he felt. Fortunately, the other party seemed to be in a deep meditation while practicing and was unaware of what was happening around him. He finally escaped.
Far away from the place where Du Siyu was sitting and practicing, Gu Xiaoxing let out a long sigh. Looking at the faint pink mist floating around, he couldn't help but feel curious. This pink mist was almost omnipresent, so why was it not affected in the house? He reacted the next moment.
Yellow talisman paper!
It was the yellow talisman paper posted on the gate that blocked the aura!
Out of curiosity, Gu Xiaoxing took down the yellow talisman on the door of the house where he lived and stuck it on himself. As he expected, the pink mist around him was immediately isolated by an invisible force.
At the same time, Gu Xiaoxing also found that his own energy suddenly converged, as if it had turned into grass on the ground and rocks in the mountains, making it difficult to detect.
"This talisman paper looks ordinary, but I didn't expect it to have the effect of restraining and isolating auras."
At this moment, Gu Xiaoxing's eyes rolled around, as if he had thought of something, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, so much so that his breathing became rapid. However, in the end, his reason forced him to suppress this impulsive thought.
After sticking the talisman paper on the gate again, Gu Xiaoxing went down the mountain. There was an inner kitchen on the top of the mountain, and there was naturally an outer kitchen in the service office at the foot of the mountain.
The outer kitchen is where the inner and outer disciples of Shiling Peak eat. Gu Xiaoxing went down the mountain excitedly, and the rare and exotic dishes in the inner kitchen flashed through his mind. He thought that the outer kitchen could not be much worse!
However, just as Gu Xiaoxing was fantasizing about delicious food, when he arrived at the outer kitchen and looked at the two dry steamed buns in his hands, he felt that life had lost its color and became dull.
We are all disciples of the Soul-Devouring Sect, so why is there such a big gap between the inside and outside?
There was anger in Gu Xiaoxing's eyes. He took a big bite of the steamed bun and made a decision in his heart.
"Fight!"
Returning to Chaiyuan, Du Siyu was still practicing. She clasped her hands together and raised her head to greet the moon. The moonlight sprinkled on her body. She was oblivious to the surroundings. Gu Xiaoxing moved quietly and silently. She took down the yellow talisman on the door, stuck it on her body, and then quietly went up the mountain.
As the night deepened, Gu Xiaoxing walked through the darkness of the bushes. He couldn't help but recall the time when he left the village to look for immortals and traveled through various terrifying places in the mountains. However, at this moment, he did not feel that kind of heart-pounding feeling. Instead, he felt an inexplicable excitement and... excitement!
He crawled on the ground, taking cover from the weeds all around him, and moved forward bit by bit. After a moment, he saw a halo in front of him. When he pushed aside the weeds, he saw a spiritual pond in front of him. Green lotuses were swaying in the pond. Although the sky was extremely dim, the lotus pods were shining brightly, especially the lotus seeds, which seemed to be wrapped in fairy clothes and dotted with stars. He had no idea what they tasted like.
There was also a spiritual aura in the pond water. Huge fish were swimming freely in it, blowing bubbles happily, looking very comfortable. However, they were unaware that a pair of cunning eyes were staring at them.
Gu Xiaoxing licked his lips, then looked alert and looked around.
The spirit pond is twenty feet in radius, which is not small. There is a sect disciple sitting cross-legged at the mouth of the pond, guarding the place. Gu Xiaoxing is at the other end of the pond. He is blocked by the green lotuses in the spirit pond and cannot be seen. In addition, there is a yellow talisman to restrain the Qi. As long as he does not make any noise to arouse people's vigilance, it is basically impossible to be discovered without the seventh level of Qi Condensation cultivation and careful investigation.
The sect disciple sitting cross-legged at the mouth of the pond had obviously not yet reached such a state.
After waiting for a long moment and seeing nothing unusual, Gu Xiaoxing was overjoyed and became even more excited. He took out the storage bag and placed it in front of him. Then he slowly stretched out an arm towards the spirit pool. One finger was immersed in the water, twisting and shaking continuously, just like a bug struggling and swaying in the water. Layers of faint ripples also floated out.
"Fish, fish! Come into my stomach soon!" Gu Xiaoxing was looking forward to it.
Under the nourishment of the spiritual pond, these fish seemed to become somewhat extraordinary, and even their eyesight became better. They soon attracted the attention of a fish, which swam towards the "struggling" thing at the edge of the pond.
These fish have lived in the spiritual pond since they were young and have been well taken care of. They have never felt any sense of crisis and naturally have no vigilance. With curiosity in their eyes, they watched the "struggling" thing that looked like an earthworm and swallowed it directly in one gulp.
"Bait!"
Gu Xiaoxing's eyes lit up, and he hooked the fish's mouth with his fingers and pulled. The big fish immediately fell out of the water, splashing water everywhere. The fish's eyes showed panic. For a moment, it didn't understand what was happening until it saw a pair of eyes full of greed. All that was left was deep fear, and then it fell into endless darkness.
Without thinking, Gu Xiaoxing immediately controlled the storage bag to put the big fish out of water into it. Then he sank his body and crawled back into the weeds on the ground, covering his figure and lying motionless.
Although the noise was not loud, and was twenty feet away and blocked by the green lotus, the disciple at the mouth of the pond frowned, slowly opened his eyes, looked around before closing them again, thinking it was just fish frolicking in the water and was not surprised.
After a while, a fish in the pond swung its tail, splashing water, and the weeds beside the pond trembled slightly. An invisible figure slowly left...
