Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

In this world, there are endless legends about great monsters. Some monsters, when reaching a certain realm, can transform into human form and become indistinguishable from humans.

But if the news of a local dog cultivating to the fourth level of Qi training were to spread to the State of Yan, I wonder how many people would be envious to death.

In addition to being shocked, Qian Xiaoyi also took out a pill and threw it to the dog.

This time, the dog took a running start, jumped up, and swallowed the pill in mid-air.

After eating the pill, the dog immediately ran to the two of them, circling around them, and licking their hands from time to time with its saliva-covered tongue.

Qian Xiaoyi felt disgusted, but still touched the other's head and said, "Good boy, take us to see your master."

He said it several times, but the dog completely ignored him and just kept circling around the two of them.

Seeing this, Zhao Rui took out another pill and flashed it in front of Gou Zi's eyes. Then he pointed at the two of them and then pointed at the distance, saying, "Take us to find your master, and this pill will be yours."

This time, the dog seemed to understand, but it let out a mournful cry and hung its head dejectedly.

Zhao Rui was puzzled. He waved the pill in front of Gou Zi again, pointed at himself, then pointed at the distance, and said, "How about it? As long as you find the person, the pill will be yours."

The dog drooled with greed and barked twice.

Zhao Rui's expression remained unchanged, as if saying, "If you don't take me with you to find someone, I will never give you the elixir."

The dog growled for a while, and seeing that Zhao Rui was indifferent, it suddenly lay down on the ground, its limbs stiff, its tongue hanging out, and fell to the side.

Qian Zhaorui and the other two were shocked. They looked at each other and asked:

"What did you feed it?"

"What kind of medicine did you feed?"

The two questioned each other, but the dog suddenly shook, stood up, looked at them with a pair of eyes and said, "Woof! Woof!"

After barking twice, the dog lay down on the ground again as before, and then its limbs stiffened, its tongue stuck out, and it fell to the side.

Zhao Rui frowned slightly and tried to ask, "Are you saying that the person we are looking for is dead?"

"Woof!" the dog responded.

Zhao and Qian were both disappointed. If there really was someone there, perhaps they could provide some useful information and help them find a way out.

Now... there is no hope.

"I finally saw a glimmer of hope, but it turned out to be a false alarm," said Qian Xiaoyi.

Zhao Rui pondered for a moment, then stroked his chin and said, "A dog at the fourth level of Qi training, what realm do you think his master would have been in when he was alive?"

"Yes, if it is a high-level cultivator, they would just leave something behind..." Qian Xiaoyi was shocked and said, "Daoyou, what you said makes sense. A low-level cultivator can't even take care of himself, so how can he feed a dog to the fourth level of Qi training? We have to think of a way to let this dog lead us to find its dead owner."

Zhao Rui smiled and nodded, took out a red pill, and said, "Fellow Daoist Qian, how about this? You lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, and I pretend to save you with the pill. This dog is very smart, and I think he will understand it after reading it once."

Qian Xiaoyi was stunned, but seeing Zhao Rui's expression, she could only pout and lie down in grievance.

He imitated the dog's behavior. First his limbs suddenly stiffened, then he stuck out his tongue and fell to the side.

At this time, Zhao Rui held the red pill and said to Gouzi, "Take us to find your master. This elixir may be able to save him."

After he finished speaking, he bent down and put a red pill to Qian Xiaoyi's mouth.

When Qian Xiaoyi smelled the fragrance of the medicine, he coughed for a while, then slowly sat up straight, as if he was saved by the elixir.

"Woof! Woof! Woof!" The dog barked three times, then turned and ran away in one direction.

Zhao and Qian were overjoyed and hurried to follow.

On the way, the dog had to stop to rest every time it ran a certain distance. The two did not understand why at first, but gradually they realized that it was because the dog was old and weak and had no physical strength left.

This made the two of them secretly feel lucky. If they had come at a wrong time, the dog might have died of old age.

Half an hour later.

A wooden house suddenly appeared on the endless rocky ground.

Zhao and Qian looked at each other with excitement on their faces, and immediately jumped over the dog and rushed towards the wooden house.

The wooden house was very simple, with a small door ajar and it was pitch black inside.

Zhao and Qian looked at each other and then pushed the door open and walked in.

There was only a simple bed and two futons in the room, but no body they were looking for.

"Where is the body? Where is the treasure?" Zhao and Qian were full of questions.

"Woof woof woof, woof woof!" Outside the house, a dog's barking sounded.

Zhao and Qian looked in the direction of the sound and saw Gouzi sitting in front of the wooden house, looking at them with disdain, as if to say, "Over here, idiot!"

"Ahem...Fellow Daoist Zhao, it seems like he's not from here."

Zhao Rui frowned, looking thoughtful, and said, "No wonder so many clues don't match up. That's what I said!"

"Hindsight is 20/20!" Qian Xiaoyi really wanted to ask what the inconsistent clues were, but he finally held back.

The two of them concealed their embarrassment, walked out of the wooden house one after the other, and continued to follow the dog.

After about a cup of tea.

In front of a rock two people high, the dog suddenly accelerated and disappeared behind the rock.

Zhao and Qian looked at each other and hurriedly chased after him.

After the two men caught up with the group and crossed the rock, they immediately saw a dried corpse half-sitting and leaning against the rock.

The mummy's skin was blue-black in color, and its right arm was broken at the elbow. The clothes on its body had long since rotted away, leaving only scattered scraps of cloth. The only thing that remained intact was a cloth bag around its waist.

The moment they saw the cloth bag, Zhao and Qian were extremely happy. They thought of something that only high-level cultivators had: a storage bag.

Qian Xianyi took the lead and was about to take the cloth bag, but was stopped by Zhao Rui.

"Fellow Daoist Qian, we can't let this dog down." Zhao Rui said seriously. He took out a red pill, pried open the lips of the mummy, and put the pill inside.

The mummy had been dead for at least a dozen years, so it was impossible for it to come back to life. However, Zhao Rui still waited for a while before saying, "Brother Gou, my elixir can't do anything. I'm sorry."

Gou Zi originally had a look of anticipation on his face, but after hearing what Zhao Rui said, tears suddenly welled up in his eyes and a low moan came from his throat.

Zhao Rui hurriedly took out the pills from before, handed them to Gou Zi, and comforted him: "The dead cannot be resurrected, so just follow us from now on!"

The dog rolled up the pill with his tongue while crying. After he finished eating it, he barked as a response.

At this time, Zhao Rui bowed, took off the cloth bag from the mummy, and poured his magic power into it.

"It really is a storage bag!" Zhao Rui was ecstatic.

Storage bag is a space-type magic weapon. Compared with other magic weapons, it is more difficult to refine and is therefore extremely expensive. Usually, only those who have reached the foundation-building stage can afford to buy it.

Zhao Rui smiled, took a deep breath, and sank his consciousness into the storage bag.

Inside, the five-foot square space was filled with all kinds of things.

The most dazzling thing among them was a pile of spirit stones shining with green light, at least a thousand of them. Next to the spirit stones, there was a brocade bag the size of a winter melon, filled with purple gold beads.

"Too much wealth! Too much wealth!" Zhao Rui shouted in his heart and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Fellow Daoist, what good stuff is this? Take it out and let us see it." Qian Xiaoyi was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks.

Zhao Rui flipped his hand and took out a handful of spirit stones, saying, "Fellow Daoist Qian, let's also use spirit stones to practice in the future and experience the treatment that only sect cultivators have."

He then took out a Tai Chi sword with a golden handle and a black tortoise pattern, handed it to Qian Xiaoyi and said, "I saw that you were using a sword before, this one will fit your hand perfectly."

The blade was as cold as frost, emitting an oppressive chill. In Qian Xiaoyi's eyes, it was as if he were a beautiful lady named Wan'er on that winter day.

He took the sword in his hand, poured his magic power into it, and felt it carefully.

After a moment, Qian Xiaoyi opened his eyes, performed a few beautiful knife moves, and slashed fiercely in the distance.

The fiery red blade light shot out, with the turtle and snake roaring on it, which was breathtaking. After flying for a distance, it cut a big hole on the beach.

"Good knife, good knife." Qian Xiaoyi praised repeatedly.

But at this time, no one responded to him. Zhao Rui had already sat cross-legged, holding a jade slip and starting to read it.

The upper part of the jade slip contains some random essays and insights into cultivation, while the lower part records an incomplete set of exercises.

The Secret of Returning the Five Elements to their Origin

Since he started practicing, Zhao Rui has come into contact with very few martial arts techniques. Apart from the Tianqing School martial arts technique taught to him by Lu Xuan, there is only the Fire Sutra in Li Tongzhen's possession.

However, these two sets of exercises only talked about how to build the foundation and there was no further progress. He had no idea how to practice after building the foundation.

Zhao Rui was immersed in the "Five Elements Return to Origin Secret". After just reading the beginning, he was deeply shocked by this technique. The idea behind it was really too shocking:

"The law is the foundation of cultivation. However, after the Taoist ancestor, although there are many methods in the world, no further achievements have been made."

'The Taoist master divided the Dao into five elements, and the martial arts in the world can no longer escape from gold, wood, water, fire and earth. The Taoist master said that there are differences in talent, and all the sects in the world only care about the quality of spiritual roots when recruiting disciples.'

'Then may I ask, how did people practice cultivation before the Taoist Ancestor?'