camouflage salted fish

When Shen Budu met Xie Jianhuan, he was not very old, he was about 20 years old.

That year, Li Yong died of illness, and he took over the position of head of Tianya Canghai Sect without any preparation.A boy with a square and weak crown took over such a huge sect and gained such a hot position, one can imagine how much attention and shock it will cause in the cultivation world.Voices of questioning and ridicule swept across the sky, and the malicious eyes almost drowned him.Countless people stared at this young man covetously, and their greedy face and intention to take advantage of the fire could hardly be hidden.

In addition, Li Yong put his two biological sons, but passed the head of the sect to a foreigner, which also caused a storm in the Tianya Canghaimen-Li Hongjun broke with him overnight, and many elders in high positions The enshrinement was ready to move, and even many low-level rumors were rampant, saying that he was actually Li Yong's illegitimate son, that Li Yong's death might be related to him, and that he had actually been plotting to usurp the throne.

External threats and internal conflicts are like two hungry beasts with ferocious faces, eager to pounce on them and tear Shen Budu to pieces.Such a complicated and dangerous situation, even if Li Yong is still alive, I am afraid that he will find it difficult, let alone Shen Budu who was 20 years old at the time.

But no one can help him.

He can only rely on himself.

Just how difficult those days were, even if they were heartless and sinking, they were rarely willing to recall them afterwards.In short, it took him nearly a year to manage to stabilize the situation, temporarily securing the seat under him that he had never actually been interested in sitting in.

One day, he managed to steal half a day's leisure, so he wandered to the nearby Peach Blossom Town, and went to a tavern to drink two taels of peach blossom wine.

While drinking, I heard people at the next table say that the town has not been peaceful recently. A monster appeared on the street two days ago, with disheveled hair and a horrible howl from its throat. Maybe it came from somewhere and wanted to eat children.They invited monks to catch them, but they still let the monster escape. Now they are worried every day, afraid that the monster will come back for revenge.

Shen Budu paid attention after listening, walked around the town after coming out of the tavern, and noticed a strange aura outside an abandoned temple.

He stopped in his tracks, opened the door and went in, and saw a small black figure crouching at the feet of the idol—the other was holding a mouse in his hand, which had just been strangled, and was about to drink blood.

It was Xie Jianhuan, who was 12 years old at the time, full of evil spirits, chaotic mind, drinking blood like a fur, living like a beast.

There are records about "evil stars" in Yin-Yang studies. It is said that this is an ominous horoscope, when a fierce evil enters the fate, causing disasters and bringing disasters, wherever it goes, there will be bloody storms.This is nonsense in folklore, but it actually exists in the world of comprehension.Some people are born with physical problems, and the real energy in their bodies is much more violent and evil than others. They are called "the body of the evil spirit". If they cannot be controlled by correct cultivation methods, the evil spirit will leak out or even go berserk, bringing disaster to others .What's more, the monk will be swallowed by the evil spirit in his body and counter-control, lose his mind, take pleasure in bloodthirsty slaughter, and become a real "disaster".

Xie Jianhuan has this rare "heavenly evil" physique.The evil spirit in his body was already very serious at that time, but to Shen Budu's surprise, he didn't have any blood or murderous spirit in him, which meant that he hadn't lost his nature, even though he was repeatedly scolded and beaten as a monster, he never took the initiative to go Attacks have hurt anyone.

Shen Budu looked at the "little monster" who was on guard and howling ferociously trying to scare him away, thought for a moment, stepped forward to restrain the opponent, ignored the mad struggle of the opponent, and carried him back to Tianya Canghai Gate.

He shaved the little monster's head, took a bath, and bandaged the wound. In order to save the world from a "catastrophe" who caused troubles, he unilaterally accepted the little monster as his first apprentice.

But Xie Jianhuan didn't seem to appreciate it.

He is like a lone wolf cub who has been wandering for many years. He has suffered countless malicious abuse and beatings. Everyone's first reaction when seeing him is panic and disgust, and then they pick up the stick and whip at hand and start to expel him.He is covered in bruises and has nowhere to escape, full of despair and hatred for this world that is incompatible with him, any disturbance will make him terrified, he is unwilling and unable to get close to anyone.

He has even lost the ability to speak human beings, and only hoarse and rough roars can be heard from his throat, full of uneasiness, pain, anger and sorrow, which makes people feel heartbroken for no reason.

People in the sect didn't understand why Shen Budu picked up such a thing that was neither human nor ghost, and even accepted him as an apprentice to teach him himself.Shen Budu didn't care about other people's opinions, apart from cultivating and dealing with sect affairs, he tried to squeeze out as much time as possible to accompany his new apprentice.

Xie Jianhuan always tried to escape at the beginning, Shen Budu used spells to put him in a transparent circular barrier, sat on the rattan chair and drank tea leisurely, smiling and watching the other party flopping around like a hamster inside Spinning in circles; when Xie Jianhuan was finally too tired to run, he removed the barrier, and then brought food and soup to feed him.

Xie Jianhuan himself used to hunt wild animals and eat them alive when he was wandering outside. He didn't know that he hadn't eaten cooked food for many years. He was very repulsed by the food he provided and refused to open his mouth.Shen Budu was always coaxing patiently, and took the trouble to clean up the soup bowls broken by Xie Jianhuan, and then let the kitchen change tricks to prepare other meals.

On the fifth day, Xie Jianhuan stared at the steaming and fragrant porcelain bowl in his hand, and finally tried to swallow the first mouthful of millet soup.

After half a month, Xie Jianhuan stopped running away.Shen Budu then began to teach him how to practice.

To cultivate immortals, one must first be able to hold one's temper and hold one's breath. This is undoubtedly difficult for people who are haunted by evil spirits. Therefore, almost all the "heavenly evil bodies" recorded in history did not end well, either died young when they were young, or became The scourge that everyone gets it and punishes it.Shen Budu also knew that Xie Jianhuan's current state could not cultivate, so he thought of a way to temper Xie Jianhuan's temper.

He had someone make a pile of wood with a smooth surface and various shapes, including round, square, and flat.Then he put hundreds of pieces of wood in front of Xie Jianhuan and asked him to stack up the scattered pieces of wood to train his patience and concentration.

Xie Jianhuan glanced at the pile of broken wood, turned around and left.

Shen Budu pulled him back: "Try it," he said, rolling up his sleeves and squatting on the ground, building a small house in twos and threes, and said enthusiastically, "It's very fun."

Xie Jianhuan stared at him expressionlessly, and there were two distinct characters engraved on his cold face: Wu and Chat.

Shen Budu pretended not to see, and made a puppy without a tail, and waved at him: "Come on."

Xie Jianhuan stood there for a long time, and finally walked over slowly.

This game looks simple, but it is not easy for Xie Jianhuan.For so many years, he has never done something so quietly and focusedly. Coupled with the influence of evil spirits in his body, he couldn't calm down at all. He was in pain and irritable when he barely stacked a few pieces. Once he was out of breath and couldn't control it. He directly crushed the block of wood in his hand!

Although Shen Budu had carefully made the surface smooth enough when he asked people to make the wood, there were inevitably countless tiny spikes hidden in the shattered wood, which instantly pricked the boy's palm with blood.

Shen Budu's expression sank, and he immediately threw away the wood residue in his hand, then took his hand and rinsed it with clean water, and picked out the wood thorns embedded in the meat bit by bit.

"Does it hurt?"

Xie Jianhuan didn't speak at first, then nodded in a muffled voice, and then burst out a few vague words from his throat: "I'm sorry."

Shen Budu bandaged his hands with medicine: "What are you apologizing for?"

"Your... head," Xie Jianhuan struggled to organize his words, "it's broken."

"Speak well, it's called wood, not my head." Shen Budu had a toothache on his face, "Besides, is the wood more important than your hands? Let's discuss it. If you get angry in the future, use your feet instead of your hands." hand, is it done?"

Xie Jianhuan looked at his slightly frowned eyebrows, and nodded silently.

But miraculously, since then, Xie Jianhuan has made rapid progress.

He is obviously still restless and restless, but every time he wants to vent, there seems to be a force that restrains him.He even threw the wood on the ground several times and raised his foot to step on it, but at the last moment he retracted his foot, picked up the wood to wipe off the ash on it, and forced himself to put it on again with a look of bitterness and hatred.

After repeating this, two months later, Xie Jianhuan finally put all the hundreds of pieces of wood together in a decent manner.

He looked at the fortress made of wooden blocks, and a trace of bewilderment and surprise gradually appeared in his eyes, as if he couldn't believe that he could do this step.

Shen Budu praised him without hesitation, then raised his hand with a smile, and knocked down all the wooden blocks he had built.

Xie Jianhuan: "..."

He stared at the mess for a long time, turned his neck to look at Shen Budu bit by bit, suddenly howled like crazy, rushed straight at Shen Budu, and opened his mouth to bite his neck fiercely.

A certain person who did something immoral couldn't get out of laughter. While restraining his anger, he wished to kill his little apprentice, while coaxing him repeatedly, and finally persuaded the other party, he rolled up his sleeves and squatted Together with Xie Jianhuan, he picked up the wooden blocks on the ground and started building again one by one.

Later, when Xie Jianhuan was able to erect all the hundreds of wooden blocks without changing his face, Shen Budu began to formally teach him how to practice.

This was his first apprentice, and he taught with extra care, even more attentively than the Li brothers.He taught Xie Jianhuan almost hand in hand how to draw qi into the body, how to meditate in meditation, taught the other party the soul clearing formula, and helped remove the evil spirit that suppressed the body.He knew that Xie Jianhuan was suitable for using a sword, but in the end he decided to teach him swordsmanship, because a sword is a gentleman in a weapon, with integrity and self-cultivation.

And Xie Jianhuan did not disappoint his teachings - he was unexpectedly extremely talented in the journey of cultivating immortals, and his learning speed was surprisingly fast. It took only one year to successfully build a foundation, which was faster than those disciples who had been in the qi refining stage for several years after getting started I don't know how many times, it made Tianya Canghaimen amazed.The evil spirit in his body was gradually restrained, and his tempered personality was even more silent and stable than ordinary people.He once assisted Shen Budu in refining the heart protection pill, holding burning stones and guarding the fire for seven days and seven nights, during which there was no mistake.

He became tall and straight, handsome, calm and tenacious.Even though he was always taciturn in front of others, and stood quietly behind Shen Budu without saying a word, the aura and radiance contained in his body had gradually become impossible to ignore, and even made people start to look up.

The youth's sharpness cannot be hidden.Fighting against the Sky Gate alone, fighting against the Red Valley at night, capturing Zhu Huan thousands of miles away, shaking Kunwu with a sword... In the next seven years, Xie Jianhuan's dazzling achievements became famous all over the world, and gradually became like his master back then, becoming a young man of the new generation. myth.

-

The dancing flames gradually overlapped the two profiles, Shen Budu suddenly came back to his senses, and the doubts and strangeness in his heart gradually magnified.

The same surname, similar demeanor, and even the timing of appearance...

Is it too coincidental?

He looked at Xie Yun calmly for a while, then stepped forward and patted the boy's wrist: "Don't be too nervous, or you will get tired easily."

Immediately, his fingertips slid down, touching the opponent's pulse without leaving a trace.