Chapter 19: Soul-saving
The black soul power circulates slowly. At this moment, the soul power in Baihui's sea of consciousness is as dark as ink, spreading all over the sea of consciousness. After these years of practice, Xu Disheng's soul power has almost reached a qualitative change. The corners of Xu Disheng's lips curled up into a smile. This was another harvest brought by ten years of hard work. The second part of the "Soul Song" accompanying the soul in his mind, "The Soul-Saving Heart", was finally published two years ago. Got a clue.
It's called saving souls, but it doesn't mean what the name implies. This heart tactic is extremely vicious and cruel. Xu Disheng could only initially use this soul-saving heart technique, but its power shocked him. Saving souls is not about those Buddhists who save dead people in the afterlife, nor is it about sending lonely ghosts to the Pure Land with good intentions. Instead, it will destroy the soul in your body into nothingness. Your whole person will instantly turn into a walking corpse, and your soul will disappear. Even Xu Disheng, who used this soul-saving technique, didn't know where the souls "saved" by this soul-saving technique had gone.
His only experiment was two years ago, when he saved a live hare in the Taoist Tower. He asked the guard to bring it to him when he brought food. Moreover, this Heart Art consumes a lot of energy. Using the Soul Heart Art once will consume about half of the upper limit of soul power accumulated over more than ten years. In other words, with Xu Disheng's current soul power, he can only use it twice in a row. This time, the soul power was exhausted.
The upper limit of soul power is related to the sea of consciousness. The blue jade flute is slowly expanding Xu Disheng's sea of consciousness. The absorbed essence of the sun and moon is transformed into soul power, which can also slowly expand the sea of consciousness. And a larger sea of consciousness can accommodate more soul power. If the existing soul power is exhausted, it will only take one to two days to replenish it, and it will return to the previous upper limit of soul power. However, if you want to increase your soul power, The total limit is still the same as before, and it requires long and boring practice.
The young Taoist priest was wearing a complex dark black Taoist robe, with red lips and white teeth, handsome eyebrows and long dark hair tied behind his head with a jade hairpin. He looked very good-looking. Xu Disheng, who was already fifteen years old at this time, touched a strand of long hair on both sides of his forehead, thought of the letter from the Ruyang Xu family that Zhang Keyu had just mentioned, and said to himself: "It's time to go back. "
In the past few years, a lot of letters have come to the Xu family. In addition to Jin Yu, Xu Chaoyang, Xu Qinying, and occasionally Xu Xiao's letters. They were probably talking about whether it would be convenient for them to meet at home.
People came to the house several times, but they couldn't even enter the gate of Youyang Palace. After all, he has not been home for ten years. If he were an ordinary five-year-old child, how could he have such a character, let alone such a cold heart.
Walking among the palaces, walk a few miles further, bypass the Taihe Palace, and exit the Youyang Palace Gate, which is the Youyang City. The guards in the palace had received orders a few years ago, and they all knew that there was a little Taoist priest in the forbidden Taoist palace. They were not surprised when they saw him, and they just bowed silently.
When Xu Disheng saw the guard post saluting him, he nodded slightly and actually smiled in his heart. This place can be regarded as the place where I grew up. I came here when I was five years old and am now fifteen years old. I spent my childhood here.
Other children spent their childhood either acting coquettishly in their parents' arms or rolling around outside. In the past ten years, he has been sitting upright in a seven-story Taoist tower, alone, facing boring cultivation, a lonely palace, and the moonlight in the sky.
After leaving Youyang Palace, we arrived at the bustling main street of Youyang City. It was full of people and bustling, just like ten years ago. Xu Disheng walked into the crowd and seemed to blend in instantly without leaving any trace.
At this moment, we should be catching up with the market. There are all kinds of shouts and cries on both sides of the street. Xu Disheng walked to a stall and stopped. There are some simple small wooden signs on this stall, but they are divided into animals. The little mouse is cute and the calf is honest. Although the wooden signs are only the size of a palm, the carvings are bright and vivid, as if they are real things.
Picking up a wooden sign with a puppy carved on it, he held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. The puppy is very well-carved, sitting upright on the ground with its hind legs bent, its tail wrapped around its legs, its mouth tightly closed, and its eyes obediently looking forward. It is very cute.
"This little Taoist Priest, these zodiac wood carvings were hand-carved by me in my spare time. Each one is of high quality, so they are sold at a higher price." The owner of the stall is a woman with a beautiful appearance, about forty years old. At this moment, seeing Xu Disheng stop and pick up a wooden sign, he spoke.
Xu Disheng was looking down at the wooden sign. His long eyelashes fluttered when he heard this. He raised his eyes and said with a slight smile: "How much does it cost?"
The woman did not reply, and was stunned for a moment.
Xu Disheng had her head lowered, with black hair hanging down on both sides of her forehead. She didn't pay attention to her appearance. Now she raised her head, and her entire face was exposed in the woman's eyes. Her eyes were as bright as stars, and there was a faint black vortex in her eyes. , fair and handsome, with thin lips tightly closed, originally feeling cold. At this moment, a smile suddenly appeared, and his whole face suddenly became vivid. In an instant, his smile seemed to be the center of the world, as if the clouds suddenly bloomed and the flowers suddenly bloomed, firmly attracting his gaze.
"Ah... then... just one tael of silver." The woman came back to her senses and stuttered.
Xu Disheng nodded slightly, took the puppy wooden sign, took out a small piece of gold from his sleeve, placed it gently on the stall, turned and left.
"Ah... little Taoist Priest, you gave me too much!" The woman was a little anxious. Looking at the young man's back, she could only see his long black hair tied up with a jade hairpin and hanging down on his back. She did not look back. In an instant, he was submerged in the crowd.
"How can I sell this wooden sign?"
"Three taels of silver." The woman was dealing with the guests, but she was still thinking about the young man's beautiful smile, which lingered like a brand. My daughter has very high vision and has been clamoring all day long to marry a good-looking young man. It would be great if she were here right now.
Xu Disheng was born in Haifucheng, Xujia Town, Ruyang County. She vaguely remembered that she was born in the year of the dog. When she saw this small and exquisite wooden sign, she liked it for a while.
Youyang City, the capital of Youzhou, is the center of the entire Youzhou. There are countless stage carriages. From here to Ruyang County, passing through Wu'an County and Lin'an County, if it is a high-quality carriage with a good horse, it will take about a day. If you set out quickly and lightly, half a day will be enough.
Xu Disheng found a larger inn and walked in. Immediately, a smart man came up to him and said, "Little Daoist, do you want to transport goods or take a carriage?"
"To Ruyang County, set off now."
"Ruyang County? What a coincidence for the little Taoist priest. At this moment, there is a caravan from Ruyang County. They must have unloaded the goods and just changed their horses here. They are preparing to return to Ruyang County. The little one here Just ask the trail leader if there is a location for the carriage."