Nine, pay respects to one's master

  That day, Xun Daozi stopped comparing and stood with his hands tied, after a while, he walked to the edge of the pond, picked up a stone and sat down, quietly watching the smoke rising and falling in the pond. Gradually, his eyes moved to the snow-white lotus flower that had never withered, which was swaying gently with the ripples at this time.

  Watching the lotus flowers swaying in the ripples, Zhen Daozi's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and suddenly he stood up with a loud laugh, extremely delighted. Immediately, he turned his head into the pavilion, took down the long sword and slung it over his back, and walked out of the valley.

  Xun Daozi walked out of the maze and headed straight for the residence of the demon beast that had been fighting for several rounds.

  Xun Daozi rushed all the way without stopping, and ran to the entrance of the cave where the demon beast lived. He shouted loudly: "Come out, come out, you scourge! Come out quickly!"

  That monster was sleeping in the cave, awakened by the shouting outside, suddenly furious, got up and rushed out of the cave entrance, wanting to see who dared to wake himself.

  The monster rushed out of the cave with a gust of wind, looking around for that bold guy. At a glance, he saw Xun Daozi's arrogant and smelly face, his anger suddenly extinguished, replaced by a feeling of depression.

  This guy in front of me is a monster, a little strong that can't be killed. He ran back and forth with himself three times, the first time he was abused by himself all over, but somehow couldn't kill him, and then he was emptied and ran away. Didn't expect to come again after a few months, this time still suffered, only not as easy to abuse as the first time, also being punched by him several times, making himself hurt for several days. Later, he was still run away. After a few more months, this guy came again, but this time it wasn't being abused, although that guy was beaten all over by himself, but himself was also covered in scars, taking a month to recover from the injury. After these times, even if you're stupid, you know you've been used as a sparring partner for this awakened beast. This time seeing him, there's no passion left, only depression.

  Xun Daozi saw the monster come out, but didn't care if it was sulky or not. With a provocative expression, he made all sorts of taunts, making the monster unable to bear it. A burst of ignorant karma fire shot up to its brain, and with a loud roar, a string of fireballs flew towards Xun Daozi. However, he lowered his head, revealing cold, shining horns, and charged towards Xun Daozi behind the fireballs.

  Xun Daozi watched the fireball flying towards him, unhurried and calm. He raised his hands and clapped them together a few times, deflecting the fireball to one side. Then he saw the beast charging towards him, quickly sidestepped it with a swift movement, and as the beast passed by, he slapped its body with his hand, causing it to stumble.

  The monster rushed out several feet away, turned its head, stared at Xun Daozi, and felt a sharp pain in half of his body. Seeing that guy waving his hand, the anger grew stronger, his eyes were red, and he scratched the ground with his two front paws, curled up his thorny tail, and rushed towards Xun Daozi again.

  Xun Daozi saw the monster beast rushing over, so he repeated his old trick, flashing out with his palm, but unexpectedly the monster beast rushed to the front and suddenly stopped, turned sideways, and its coiled tail popped out, bringing a sharp thorn that swept horizontally.

  Xun Daozi didn't expect the demon beast to have this move, and with a slap of its palm, the demon beast's tail was already bringing a cold light towards him. Xun Daozi couldn't react in time and could only roll backwards and then sideways to get up, getting covered in dust. However, his eyes were shining with excited light as he looked at the demon beast.

  The monster on the other side also turned its head and stared at Xun Daozi.

  This time neither side had the upper hand, and it ended in a draw.

  The monster stared at Xun Daozi, he didn't think that his carefully planned attack would be dodged by the two-legged little creature - Compared to the high and long monster, Xun Daozi was indeed just a small point. The monster did not know how to attack for a while. Xun Daozi, although excited, did not launch an attack either.

  A man and a beast stared at each other with wide eyes from afar, creating an eerie atmosphere for a moment.

  However, it wasn't long before Xun Daozi started making provocative gestures towards the demonic beast again, and the demonic beast was once again infuriated. Regardless of the strangeness of the situation, even a clay man would have three parts fire, let alone a demonic beast. Being provoked by Xun Daozi time and time again, the demonic beast's anger could no longer be suppressed, and it only wanted to tear this despicable guy in front of him into shreds and trample him into pulp.

  The monster brought raging flames towards Xun Daozi.

  Xun Daozi saw the fierce beast rushing towards him, but he didn't dodge or yield. His eyes shone brightly as he stared at the approaching beast, his hands raised to his chest and his legs spread apart, his body leaning forward. Just when the beast was about to collide with his body, Xun Daozi stretched out his hands and grasped the beast's two horns, his feet pushing against the ground, as if he wanted to engage in a test of strength with the beast.

  The monster's impact was so powerful that Xun Daozi was pushed back like a bulldozer, his two feet plowing the ground and creating two deep furrows.

  Finally, the monster's strength was exhausted and it stopped in its tracks. It felt its two horns being grasped and wanted to raise its head to flip Xun Daozi over. Xun Daozi saw that the monster had stopped moving and also used his strength to firmly press down on the monster's two horns. He then used force to violently twist to the side, also wanting to knock the monster over.

  Neither side achieved their intended goal, the monster did not knock Xun Daozi over, and Xun Daozi did not knock the monster down. However, Xun Daozi was ultimately smaller in stature, and the monster suddenly lifted its head, lifting his feet off the ground. The monster felt that Xun Daozi had left the ground and shook its head violently, causing Xun Daozi to lose his grip on the horns and be flung into mid-air.

  Xun Daozi's body was in mid-air, but he didn't panic. He twisted his body and did a flip, landing steadily on the ground.

  The monster saw Xun Daozi fall down, turned around and rushed towards Xun Daozi again. When it reached in front of Xun Daozi, the monster suddenly stood up on its hind legs, revealing two huge forepaws with sharp claws, which fiercely slapped towards Xun Daozi.

  Xun Daozi took a step forward, not retreating but advancing, and deceived himself into the embrace of the demon beast. He shifted his body to one side, sank his shoulders, and leaned against the demon beast's abdomen. A massive force surged towards the demon beast's belly. The demon beast could not withstand this enormous power, its body flew into the air, and it heavily crashed onto the ground several feet away, stirring up countless dust particles.

  Xun Daozi sent the demonic beast flying out with a proud smile, struck a pose that he thought was very cool, and was completely absorbed in his own awesomeness.

  The monster was thrown by this throw, and it hurt all over its body. It also threw out a true fire. The monster had never suffered such a loss without being able to fight back before. It turned over and jumped up, then pounced on Xun Daozi.

  Xun Daozi was in high spirits, and when he saw the monster pounce on him, he didn't panic. When the monster pounced in front of him, he sidestepped to one side, letting it pass by his face. He stretched out both hands, with one hand tapping and guiding the monster's body, while the other hand pushed and sent it flying forward. The monster's massive body flew over Xun Daozi and crashed to the ground once again.

  The monster didn't care about the pain and turned over to pounce on Xun Daozi again.

  At this time, Xun Daozi was like a willow catkin blown by the wind, and also like an old man who never falls over. He could always dodge the incoming monsters at the right moment, and then either lead or push them, either support or send them off, and always manage to throw the monsters out several feet away.

  Xun Daozi, however, recalled a phrase from the martial arts novels he read in his past life amidst the beast's repeated attacks: "He is strong as he pleases, clear wind blows over the mountain pass; He is arrogant as he wishes, bright moon shines on the great river." At this moment, he seemed to have gained some insight. His movements became increasingly effortless under the beast's deadly assault, just like a leisurely stroll in the courtyard. The beast would be thrown back whenever it approached him within three feet, regardless of its attack method.

  It was as if the beast had given up, no longer attacking. Countless times it had been knocked to the ground, without harming its opponent in the slightest, and even the anger in its heart had been shaken away. How could it possibly attack now, when it was so battered that it couldn't muster any strength? All it could do now was lie on the ground, panting for breath.

  Xun Daozi still maintained that self-righteous pose, waiting for the demon beast to attack. Half a day passed without any movement, and upon closer inspection, he saw that the demon beast was panting on the ground, refusing to budge.

  Xun Daozi walked over, patted the monster's head, and beckoned to it. The monster tilted its head and ignored him. Xun Daozi leaned over again, staring at it with his eyes wide open, but the monster simply closed its eyes, thinking that if it couldn't see him, then he didn't exist.

  Xun Daozi was helpless and stood up to scratch his head. He looked around and saw a cave of a monster not far away, feeling curious, he walked towards the cave.

  Entered the monster's cave, saw that the cave was about 100 square meters in size, extremely dry and clean. There was a platform in the middle of the cave with some weeds on it, obviously where the monster slept. On the edge of the platform, leaning against the wall, stood a dark red wooden stick. It was clearly the same one that had fallen off during the first battle with the monster. It was unknown whether the monster kept it as a trophy or thought it was a treasure and collected it. Apart from this, the cave was extremely clean, with no other objects inside.

  Xun Daozi secretly despised the poverty of this demon beast and did not search for treasures. He also didn't think that those treasures were so easy to find, who was as lucky as him, obtaining a land of blessings and owning a large pile of treasures yet being unaware of it.

  Xun Daozi had taken that wooden stick in the past, and it had been with him for a long time. Whether or not it was a treasure, he didn't want to throw it away when he saw it again.

  Xun Daozi took the wooden stick and turned around to exit the cave, coming out to see that the beast was still lying there motionless. He couldn't help but think: I've basically explored the entire Xun Dao Mountain, and there aren't any particularly fierce beasts left. Now, the only one that can exchange blows with me is this beast. If I want to find an even more powerful opponent, I'll have to leave Xun Dao Mountain, but I don't have the confidence to do so yet. Usually, I need to find a sparring partner to practice my moves. This beast should be a suitable training partner. If I go back now, will it run away? Who will I find to spar with then? I need to think of a solution.

  That monster was panting over there, and hadn't thought that Xunzi was planning to hit it, a difficult life was about to begin.

  Xun Daozi had already made up his mind, and that was to get the demon beast back into the valley no matter what method he used. The demon beast would not be able to escape, and he could use it to practice his moves at any time.

  Xun Daozi thought and did, running to the front of the demon beast, lowering his head, patting the face of the demon beast, and not caring whether the demon beast understood or not, saying: "Buddy, are you still lying down? Come with me, there's nothing good in this broken place, my place has a unique scenery, many treasures. Follow me and you will definitely not regret it. Let's go, follow me!"

  The monster opened its eyes to look at him, then closed them again, too lazy to care about him. Moreover, with the current full-body soreness and numbness, it didn't have any energy left to bother with him.

  Xun Daozi saw the monster and didn't care at all. In his heart, he made a ruthless decision: Fine, you don't care about me? I'll drag you back, beat you up every day, and see if you still ignore me.

  The poor demon beast didn't know it had offended a powerful demon and was still thinking about how to recover from its injuries.

  Xun Daozi didn't care about the demon beast's thoughts, turned to its back, grabbed its thorny tail and dragged it away. The huge demon beast was dragged effortlessly.

  The monster turned its head to protest, but was powerless to resist, and could only be dragged away by Xun Daozi with shame. Tears flowed into his heart, humiliation, grief and indignation, what else could he do? His skills were not as good as others, his strength was not as good as others!

  Like this, Xun Daozi carried a long sword on his back, shouldered a wooden stick, and dragged a huge demon beast back and forth, colliding with countless rocks along the way, and the poor demon beast was injured again.

  A colorful cloud flew over from the horizon, and on the cloud stood three Daoist priests with mysterious and unfathomable auras, heading towards XunDao Mountain.

  Colorful clouds flew to the top of Xun Dao Mountain, a sword-browed and star-eyed person looked down and said: "The little guy below is interesting." The middle-aged Taoist with a stern expression was moved in his heart and said: "Go down and take a look." The other two Taoists exchanged a glance, had an idea, and nodded.

  Three people pressed down on the cloud head and appeared in front of Xun Daozi.

  Xun Daozi suddenly saw three people appear in front of him, and for a moment he was shocked. He saw that one of them had white hair and a beard, with a face like an infant; one had a deep and stern air, with a dignified face, looking middle-aged; and one had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, with a face as beautiful as jade, and an aura that soared to the heavens.

  Three figures from the legend of his past life flashed through Xun Daozi's mind, and for a moment, good fortune arrived at his heart and wisdom. He threw away the demon beast's tail and tossed aside the wooden staff in his hand, and with one bow, he bowed before the three people, calling out: "I hope that seniors will accept me as their apprentice!" Then he kowtowed without getting up.

  Today, I saw that the collection increased by 5, and unexpectedly saw a few recommended ones. I was surprised and delighted, and will update another chapter on Sunday. Thinking of appreciating it even more.