At this time, outside the cabin where Du Ruo lived in Xiaoxing'anling, a group of people were observing the tiger outside the cabin through video from a distance.
“Is this the tiger?”
At this time, an old Taoist priest was looking at the tiger on the screen and asking questions to the soldiers around him. Captain Xing Anming, whom Du Ruo was familiar with, was also waiting beside the soldiers.
"Yes, and time is running out. Someone will come to take the tiger away soon. We need to subdue the tiger before that. I wonder if the Taoist priest is sure of that."
The soldier nodded and looked at the old Taoist priest beside him. After he finished speaking, he said something very worriedly:
"The most important thing is not to hurt the tiger, otherwise it will be difficult to explain."
"Haha, don't worry, it's just dealing with a tiger. If it were in the past, I would have had a hard time saying it, but now, it's a piece of cake."
The old Taoist priest laughed loudly and stroked his beard with one hand while speaking, his Taoist and immortal temperament was undoubtedly revealed.
"That's good. In that case, we won't delay any longer. It's almost time, so let's get started now."
The soldier nodded, and led the way towards the cabin. At this time, they were only remotely monitoring the tiger, and they were about one kilometer away from the tiger.
The old Taoist priest rushed over from nearby without any delay. As for his purpose, it was naturally to subdue the tiger.
As for the reason, the soldiers didn't know either. They just told the old Taoist priest to do it himself and they just needed to cooperate fully.
"Haha, let me take you all for a ride."
The old Taoist priest spoke with a smile and reached his hand into his sleeve while speaking. When he took his hand out, a piece of talisman paper was already pinched between his fingertips.
"The power of Taoism, unite with me, concentrate your energy, your body will be like wings, command!! Come on, wind!"
The old Taoist priest was seen holding the talisman paper between his fingers, making hand gestures, chanting a spell, and finally opening his eyes. The talisman paper in his hand flashed a faint light, and finally the talisman paper seemed to turn into a breeze.
"Haha, let's go~"
The old Taoist priest laughed loudly, then grabbed the soldier and Xing Anming's arms with his left and right hands. Without any other movement from the old Taoist priest, the three of them seemed to have clouds under their feet and wind behind them, and they began to slowly rise into the air.
The three people's bodies rose as they flew forward. At the highest point, they were three meters above the ground. They flew nearly one kilometer and landed about ten meters in front of the cabin.
Both the determined soldier and the knowledgeable Xing Anming were amazed by this flight experience.
Xing Anming originally thought that Du Ruo was the most powerful person he had ever seen, but he didn't expect that the old Taoist priest in front of him could actually fly and even take him flying.
Just this experience was enough for him to remember for a long time.
The same was true for the soldier next to him. Even though the army had started practicing martial arts and many of them had become famous, they were only able to fly over eaves and walls. The old Taoist's direct flying method gave him a great shock.
"Lieutenant Colonel Luo, Lieutenant Colonel Luo, the latest order is that you stop the action immediately. Stop the action immediately. The person who is here to pick up the tiger has arrived. Just let him take the tiger away."
Just when the soldier was still a little surprised, his walkie-talkie suddenly rang.
"Hmm? Got it."
The three were a little surprised when they heard the order, but Lieutenant Colonel Luo reacted quickly and replied immediately. He didn't even ask more questions because obeying orders was his duty.
"Master, here's the latest order. We just need to wait here. No need to do anything. The people are already here."
Although Lieutenant Colonel Luo already knew that the old Taoist priest had also heard the order, he still spoke.
"The tiger is right here, what are you waiting for?"
The old Taoist frowned. The tiger in front of him was lying under a tree not far from the three people, with a pile of pig and sheep bones next to its head. It seemed to be full. When it saw the three people, it just glanced at them lazily, then ignored them and continued to lie down to rest.
"This is an order!!"
Lieutenant Colonel Luo didn't say much, just repeated one sentence, then raised his head and looked around, somewhat curious about how the person who was said to be coming on the intercom came.
The old Taoist priest just pursed his lips and finally said nothing.
He was summoned to Kyoto three months ago. Originally he was a Taoist monk who practiced Taoism for most of his life. He was in a semi-secluded state, practicing Taoist Qigong and understanding the world.
After arriving in Kyoto, he was given a lot of information and pills, including some explanations about spiritual energy.
The pills were also expensive. Not only that, he was also taken around in a helicopter, reportedly to look for elixirs or something. Not only that, there were many people like him, but all of them were separated and flown across the country.
At first he thought it was nonsense. After all, he had been practicing breathing exercises for decades, and he had also studied Taoism to comprehend the nature of heaven and earth, but he had never comprehended the so-called spiritual energy.
But as time went by, he actually found the legendary elixir. Not only that, he also captured a trace of spiritual energy.
And as time went on, he made more and more such discoveries, and as he absorbed more spiritual energy, more surprising things happened to him.
First of all, what he had practiced before seemed to be useful. After practicing the breathing technique for decades, he could absorb spiritual energy as soon as he saw it. Not only that, as time went by, when he breathed, he could actually swallow some free spiritual energy that could not be condensed at all into his body.
Suddenly, the skills he had practiced for decades began to take effect, and his body absorbed the spiritual energy like a sponge. With the blessing of the spiritual energy, he had a faint feeling that the "qi" and "spirit" that had been nurtured in his body for decades seemed to be sublimating, but this feeling was very weak.
There were also some spells and talismans recorded in the past, which he was able to use with the passage of time, but they would drain his body at the beginning.
But as time went on, he became more and more adept at using it.
The reason why he got the task this time was because he happened to be near this mountain.
Originally, the order he received was to show himself in front of a person as much as possible, and it would be best if he could subdue the tiger beautifully, and then cooperate with someone to take the tiger away.
But I didn't expect that the order would be terminated before the action even started.
"How did the person get here? Should we go and greet him?"
Xing Anming on the side also heard this order. As a local person assigned to cooperate, he thought more, and he could speak up for some things that others were not easy to say.
"Captain Xing, long time no see."
Before Colonel Luo and the old Taoist priest could talk, a voice sounded from the sky, and it came closer and closer. When the last word came out, a person had appeared in front of the three people.
The person who spoke was Du Ruo, who was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, and a pair of slippers on his feet. If the three had not just seen Du Ruo flying from the distant sky, they would have suspected that Du Ruo was here for an outing.
"Ouch~~"
When Du Ruo appeared, the three were still opening their mouths, but the Tiger Vanguard who was lying on the side was the first to react. He rolled over and got up from the ground, then pounced at Du Ruo's feet with a howl, and while howling, he stretched out his tongue to lick Du Ruo's palm.
"Master Du... Master Du, it turns out it's you who is coming."
Xing Anming was the first to react when he saw Du Ruo.
As for Colonel Luo and the old Taoist priest, they kept looking at Du Ruo, trying to see what was extraordinary about Du Ruo.
It’s a pity that no matter how the two of them looked at it, Du Ruo just stood there like an ordinary person. If the tiger hadn’t been so well-behaved and Du Ruo’s appearance was a bit shocking, they wouldn’t even pay too much attention to Du Ruo.
"Well, is that so?"
Du Ruo nodded at Xing Anming, then looked at the old Taoist priest and Colonel Luo. Some information appeared in Du Ruo's mind, and Du Ruo knew the cause and effect of the matter.
Du Ruo guessed correctly, the higher-ups wanted his help with something.
But they are not stupid. Although they are not sure of Du Ruo's specific purpose in his obvious conspiracy, they do not want to be completely controlled by Du Ruo.
It just so happened that during these three months, they had discovered some extraordinary people, so before asking Du Ruo for help, they also wanted to show some of the results of these three months.
For example, they discovered talented people who could fly, hide underground, and even perform some other legendary tricks, all of which showed their magical powers.
This is certainly not a demonstration or to intimidate Du Ruo. After all, Du Ruo has already demonstrated his means before, which can compete with modern technological weapons.
And for some unknown reason, those extraordinary people they dug out could not be compared with Du Ruo at all.
This was also a good opportunity to find out Du Ruo's true thoughts on promoting martial arts. After all, Du Ruo was a lone star in the past, just like everyone else was practicing martial arts, while Du Ruo was cultivating immortals, which was simply not in the same league.
But now it’s different. It seems that other seeds of immortal cultivation have appeared one by one. They want to know Du Ruo’s tolerance for these things. This is very important.
That’s why this incident happened.
Who knows... Du Ruo doesn't play by the rules at all. The last time Du Ruo went to the United States, although he had demonstrated the ability to fly with a sword and could fly back and forth for more than 2,000 kilometers, it seemed that his limit was only 3,000 kilometers.
So they even prepared a transport plane, but... Du Ruo actually flew over out of thin air over a distance of more than 3,000 kilometers.
This speed was already more than three times faster than before. Du Ruo even said before he left that he would be back on the same day. This caused the limit of Du Ruo that they had originally predicted to be broken again, and everything was developing in a direction that they could not control.
That's why they terminated the order before the satellite discovered that Du Ruo was approaching.
Everything they did seemed to be meaningless, and Du Ruo had gone further than they had imagined.
"You, come back here again, do you want to follow me?"
Du Ruo stroked the tiger's big head with the back of his hand, and wiped the saliva that the tiger had just licked on his hand onto the tiger's head.
"Woo~~"
When the tiger heard Du Ruo talking, it let out a loud whimpering sound from the tip of its nose and rubbed its head against Du Ruo, as if it was acting coquettishly. However, the sound of its coquettishness turned into a huge roar after passing through its chest.
"In that case, then come back with me, but you have to be obedient. If you don't, you will be used to make medicinal wine."
When Du Ruo saw the tiger's appearance, he also smiled.
"Roar~~"
The tiger seemed to understand what Du Ruo said. It opened its mouth and roared, but this roar was just a response without much emotion in it.
"You're too dirty. And you've made such a mess here. You should wash it thoroughly."
Du Ruo said something as he looked at the tiger, which was covered in mud and smelled of some leftover bones.
Du Ruo and Lao Hu ignored the three people beside them and continued their conversation among themselves.
As for the other three people on the side, Xing Anming had some contact with Du Ruo, but the current Du Ruo made Xing Anming feel unfamiliar, and Colonel Luo and the old Taoist priest didn't know Du Ruo's background clearly, especially Du Ruo's appearance just now was really shocking, so the two of them were just watching and didn't say much.
Du Ruo couldn't help but smile when he recalled the old Taoist priest's flying in the sky just now. Then he didn't say anything, just looked up at the sky. Then Du Ruo slowly raised his right hand and pointed his fingers into a sword.
As Du Ruo raised his hand, at this moment, Du Ruo's aura was no longer hidden. In Xing Anming's eyes, Du Ruo seemed to become brighter and taller.
However, Lieutenant Colonel Luo could not help but take two steps back, because in his eyes, Du Ruo's aura became more and more powerful. Let alone confrontation, Lieutenant Colonel Luo could not even muster the slightest thought of resistance.
Among the three, only the old Taoist priest reacted the most. When Du Ruo's aura dissipated, he saw three real flowers on Du Ruo's head. The Du Ruo in front of him seemed like a god, and he dared not look directly at him.
With a "thump", the old Taoist priest who had been practicing Taoism in secret for a lifetime felt his legs go limp and fell to his knees. He was unable to utter a word, but just opened his mouth and made meaningless "he he" sounds from his throat.
When the three men saw Du Ruo, Xing Anming, who was still an ordinary man, only felt that Du Ruo was unusually tall at this moment. Colonel Luo, who practiced martial arts, only felt that Du Ruo was like a mountain. The old Taoist priest who had achieved some success in practicing Taoism for a lifetime felt that Du Ruo was like a god.
"Wind blows!!!"
Du Ruo ignored the reactions of the three people. There was no hand seal, no decree, no talisman paper. The sound was not loud, but it shook all around.
Saying that he wanted to clean up the tiger and this place was just an excuse. His real attitude was that the higher-ups wanted to know Du Ruo's true thoughts on the comprehensive promotion of martial arts.
Du Ruo was too lazy to explain and decided to show the method he had just learned. He did it not for anything else but just wanted to let the people above know that you can chase me, but I lose if you can see my back.
As Du Ruo finished speaking, the surroundings shook and the leaves in the woods began to sway. Slowly, not only the leaves shook, but the branches also began to shake.
Immediately afterwards, a whistling sound of wind was heard. The wind... really came, and it was getting stronger and stronger, and the leaves and branches on the ground began to be blown away.
“Clouds surge!!!!”
Du Ruo did not retract his hand and continued to speak.
In the sky, clouds were rolling. The originally small amount of clouds gathered more and more, becoming thicker and thicker. The clear sky suddenly became gloomy.
"Lightning!!!!!!!!!"
Du Ruo's voice has not stopped yet.
"Boom!!!"
As if in response to Du Ruo's call, a loud noise was heard from the clouds, and then a flash of lightning, like a spirit snake, struck down from the dark clouds.
The lightning did not strike the tall trees nearby, nor did it strike Du Ruo who raised his hands, but struck directly on the pile of smelly bones on the ground.
The bones were scattered and charred by the lightning, but both the lightning and the flying bones avoided Du Ruo.
Not to mention the tiger beside Du Ruo, even the three people in the distance who were covering their eyes and trying to see everything clearly were not affected at all.
“Rain is falling!!!”
No matter whether it was the whistling wind, the rustling branches and leaves, or the rumbling sound in the clouds, nothing could cover up Du Ruo's voice.
"boom!!"
As Du Ruo's voice echoed in the air, the thunder in the clouds seemed to be responding to Du Ruo, and several thunders were heard in succession.
Immediately afterwards, a bean-sized raindrop fell on the tiger's forehead.
"Ouch!!!!"
Tiger Vanguard was not afraid of the lightning and thunder at all. After a roar, he looked up at the sky.
"Whoosh whoosh!!!"
It’s dark!!!
The raindrops formed into one, more and more, falling from the sky.
The clouds and rain were not only around Du Ruo, but also covered an area of dozens of miles in radius.
The sky seemed to have a hole in it, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier.
Heavy rain enveloped the entire village. The ground was wet in an instant, and all the original dust and leaves were washed away. The trees and grass in the forest, which had been dried by the sun, were covered by this sudden heavy rain.
The faint stench that had been lingering around the cabin in front of Du Ruo was completely washed away, leaving only the heavy rain falling on the dried land, bringing with it the fragrance of the earth.
Tiger Vanguard was a little excited. He kept shaking his big head and body, and kept circling around Du Ruo.
The three people not far from Du Ruo stared blankly at Du Ruo and the sky, with their mouths wide open, letting the rain hit their bodies and fall into their mouths.
Du Ruo was not wet at first, but Tiger Vanguard kept circling around Du Ruo and shaking his body, causing Du Ruo's body to be covered with a lot of water.
"Let's go!!!"
Du Ruo shouted again, and then slowly retracted the sword.
The originally drifting heavy rain gradually became smaller, and a crack appeared in the dark clouds that originally covered the sky, and a beam of golden light shone down.
Then, the dark clouds dispersed, the wind stopped and the rain ceased, the sun shone again, the sky and the earth turned from dark to bright, and a rainbow hung in the sky.
From the time Du Ruo raised his sword until the heavy rain stopped, it seemed like the wind and clouds were turbulent and changing a lot, but in fact it only took two or three minutes in total.
(End of this chapter)
