The Counterattack of the Villains

After dispersing the aura water dragon, Li Mu looked at the Dragon King of Qiantang River again, with killing intent in his eyes, and he decisively killed him.

"The mighty heavenly dragon, the diamond dharma flame, the prajna buddhas, the prajna bama coax."

As the handprints changed, the golden dragon wrapped around the Dragon King of Qiantang River began to stir up blue and purple Nanming Lihuo.

"Ah... I am the Dragon King of the Qiantang River, the God of the River appointed by Heaven. I am not a monster. You can't kill me... Ahhhh..."

In an instant, the body of the Qiantang River Dragon King became curled and charred black at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he let out a shrill scream.

Li Mu made a seal with his hand, glared at the Dragon King of Qiantang River without changing his expression, and shouted: "You are so bold, you evildoer, and you dare to pretend to be a god. Burn the Vajra Dharma Flame for me."

"boom"

"Ah ah ah... the Dragon Clan will not let you go... ah..."

The Nanming Lihuo boomed, and after a few breaths, the screams of the Qiantang River Dragon King suddenly stopped.

The dragon turned into flying ashes, and the soul of the soul disappeared into thin air. Only a ray of true spirit sank into the ground and went to the underworld.

There was only a blue dragon element the size of a volleyball left in the sky. Due to Li Mu's deliberate protection, it was not burned by Nanming Lihuo.

As a mere god of a river in the lower realm, his true spirit is naturally not qualified to be entrusted to the list of gods. His fall is his fall, and he has to fall into reincarnation without any chance of resurrection.

This true spirit can be regarded as the glimmer of hope left by Li Mu to the Dragon King of Qiantang River. The cause of erasing the true spirit is too great, which will lead to one's own evil obstacles and great loss of luck.

If it weren't for sworn hatred, no one in the ancient world would easily wipe out the true spirit of others, including saints.

Therefore, in the ancient world, even if it is a life-and-death enemy, the maximum limit is to disperse the soul of the soul and leave the true spirit. This is the bottom line of heaven.

Li Mu waved his hand and took the dragon essence into his palm and put it into the storage space.

This Dragon Essence was incomparable with the one he took, both in size and quality.

The dragon essence he took was contained in the five-clawed dragon, but this one was only a four-clawed dragon and was of no use to him.

On the contrary, it is of great use to Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing. In addition to directly cultivating snakes to achieve positive results and become immortals, they can also seek to evolve into dragons.

If the two women digest this dragon essence, they can directly transform into dragons.

Although it is only a four-clawed celestial dragon, it is still a dragon, and its legs are stronger than those of a python.

But there was only one and it was difficult to distribute, so I put it away first and waited until I killed a real dragon.

He had no idea about the five-clawed dragon, because the four-clawed dragon is considered a noble in the dragon clan, while the five-clawed dragon is the royal family in the dragon clan, and they are basically the Sea Dragon King and the Dragon Prince.

The Sea Dragon King already belongs to the middle level of the Heavenly Court. Let alone killing him, even beating him up would be a slap in the face of Heavenly Court, which is no different from declaring war with Heavenly Court.

The Dragon King in the rivers, lakes, and deep wells of the Great Pool belongs to the grassroots priesthood and can be appointed by the Dragon King of the Four Seas on his own initiative, and is not taken seriously by the Heavenly Court at all.

As long as he can withstand the pressure of the Dragon Clan, even if he is killed, he will not go to heaven.

Li Mu looked towards the West Lake intentionally or unintentionally. There should be a West Lake Dragon King there.

However, the Dragon King of West Lake had nothing to do with this flood, and he was not blamed, so he had no reason to attack him.

But if he wanted to stand up for the Dragon King of Qiantang River, then Li Mu would accept his Dragon Yuan without mercy.

Although the battle between Li Mu and the Dragon King of Qiantang River was loud, it didn't last long. He only made three moves to fully plan.

Although Bai Suzhen and others noticed the movement here, by the time they rushed over, the battle was over.

As soon as the Dragon King of the Qiantang River died, the continuous heavy rain stopped, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, and a brilliant rainbow appeared between the sky and the earth, reflecting Li Mu's face into a rainbow of colors.

"Master, what was that just now?" Bai Suzhen asked Li Mu cautiously.

Li Muruo said nonchalantly: "It's just a demonic dragon making trouble. It has been destroyed by me, so there is no need to pay attention to it. How about the flood in the city?"

Although Bai Suzhen did not hear the conversation between Li Mu and the Dragon King of Qiantang River, she had some guesses in her mind.

Ordinary demon dragons would not dare to cause such a huge natural disaster in the mortal world.

But since the mage didn't care, she naturally had nothing to say.

"All the floods in the city have been released outside the city, and the people have begun to clean up the houses and streets. However, Master, there will be a plague after the flood, and we cannot ignore it."

What Bai Suzhen said is absolutely correct. The most terrifying thing about floods is not the flood itself, but the plague that follows after the flood has passed.

The backlog of human and animal corpses killed in floods will inevitably breed various bacteria and viruses. Once a plague occurs, more people will die than the flood itself.

After listening to Bai Suzhen's words, Li Mu happily said: "That's good, that's good. It's so-called sending Buddha to the West and saving people to the end. Naturally, we can't ignore it."

Bai Suzhen raised her palms happily and said, "Master is merciful."

Li Mudao: "The government office is responsible for organizing the cleanup of the burning corpses in the city. Let's go to other cities to purchase medicinal materials first."

"After the city has dealt with the aftermath, we will open a medicine shop in the city, prepare medicine to prevent and treat the plague, and distribute it to the people."

Everyone praised him for his kindness, so they followed Li Mu and flew to Jiaxing Mansion in the northeast.

Hangzhou is flooded within a hundred miles, so you have to go hundreds of miles away to buy enough medicinal materials.

When Li Mu and several of his men went to buy medicine, in the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the West Lake, the Dragon King of the West Lake walked back and forth in the hall with an angry face, muttering something in his mouth.

"How dare he...how dare he..."

After a long time, the Dragon King of West Lake stopped and looked at a general wearing armor and a carp head beside the hall, and asked: "Do you know the origin of Fahai?"

General Li said: "According to reports from the generals, Fahai calls himself the abbot of Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang."

The Dragon King of West Lake said angrily: "Nonsense, how can the abbot and abbot of a mere mortal temple have such great magic power? I am asking about his background."

"This..." General Li said with a troubled face: "Dragon King, Zhenjiang is six hundred miles away from Hangzhou, and I have never been to this place before. How can we know?"

"Fahai has so many magical powers that even the Qiantang River God was easily killed by him. This matter is beyond our control. We should report it to the East China Sea Dragon Palace!"

"With the power of the East China Sea Dragon Palace, I think we will be able to find out the origin of Fahai. If things are not harmonious, we can also ask the heaven for help."

The Dragon King of West Lake calmed down his emotions, and after thinking about it carefully, he said dejectedly: "That's the only way. One of our river gods was killed, but we can't even figure out the origin of the other party. I'm afraid he won't be able to escape after being blamed."

It’s no wonder that the Dragon King of West Lake is so helpless, it’s really that the appearance of Fahai is so inexplicable.

It stands to reason that monks in the mortal world, regardless of whether they are Taoists or Buddhas, have achieved Mahayana cultivation if they reach heaven.

Because once you become an immortal, you will either ascend to heaven or return to the Western Heaven. There should never be a powerful person who can easily kill the Dragon King.

If there is, it must be a sacred immortal Buddha with a head and face, but he has never heard of this sea of ​​​​dharma.

To be able to easily kill the True Immortal, the Dragon King of Qiantang River, one must be at least a Golden Immortal or above.

The Dragon King of West Lake knows the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Venerables, Arhats, Vajras, etc. in West Tianling Mountain very well, and basically knows everything about them.

He was certain that under the Tathagata of Lingshan Mountain in the West, there would never be a person like Fa Hai, which puzzled him.

General Li was about to take the order and leave when he suddenly remembered something and said to the Dragon King of West Lake: "Dragon King, I suddenly remembered that Zhenjiang Mansion is on the edge of the Yangtze River."

"Why don't we go to the Yangtze River Dragon Palace to inquire about it first? If they know its origin, we can also have an explanation for the East China Sea Dragon Palace."

The Dragon King of West Lake was also stunned, nodded and said: "That's right, you should go there as soon as possible... no, I will go there myself."

…

Five days later, Li Mu and his party returned to Hangzhou with a large amount of medicinal materials.

At this time, the city of Hangzhou had been almost cleaned up, and order had been initially restored in the city.

However, after five days in the hot summer, the corpses that had not been disposed of in time had begun to rot, and the city was filled with a putrid smell.

Fortunately, there are no signs of a large-scale plague yet, and it's still not too late.

When Li Mu and others appeared on the streets of Hangzhou, they were quickly recognized by the people. Wherever they passed, people knelt down and worshiped, saying, "Thank you to the Living Buddha for your grace of living."

After Li Mu and others appeased him for a while, they went straight to the Hangzhou magistrate's office.

The prefect was already worried about the epidemic after the disaster. He had already sent a letter to the two Zhejiang road transport envoys, requesting for the mobilization of supplies and herbal medicines for support.

The Liangzhe Road Administration Office is located in Suzhou, and it takes time to mobilize supplies. They did not arrive so quickly, and all the supplies in Hangzhou Prefecture were destroyed by floods.

Once a plague breaks out and is not dealt with in time, it will be all over.

So when Li Mu and his entourage arrived and explained that they were here to ask the magistrate to arrange a spacious mansion, and that they would distribute free medicines to prevent and treat the plague, the magistrate was so excited that tears filled his eyes, and he even knelt down on the spot to pay homage to Li Mu, the living Buddha.

The current Hangzhou magistrate, I dare not say that he is an upright official, but he can definitely be regarded as a good official.

When a flood broke out, he personally led the government officials and drove boats around to rescue people.

Therefore, he witnessed the scene where Li Mu and Bai Suzhen rescued people with his own eyes, and he had great respect for Li Mu and his party.

Things became simple after that. The prefect of Hangzhou made arrangements personally and mobilized a group of doctors to help. Li Mu and his party were able to brew a large amount of decoction and distribute it to the people of the city for free.

They even went to counties, villages and towns within a hundred miles of Hangzhou to distribute medicine, thus averting a plague.

In addition, Li Mu and Bai Suzhen also conducted free medical clinics for the people of Hangzhou, which can be said to be countless lives and Buddhas in thousands of families.

Li Mu's move was praised by Dao Dao. Although his merit was not enough to produce a golden light of merit, several people received real merit.

Merit is generated and distributed by the Great Dao, and even the Dao of Heaven cannot withhold or interfere with it.

The Heavenly Court manages the three realms on behalf of the Heavenly Dao. It brings disasters and catastrophes that kill countless mortals, but there is no karma attached to them. This is the authority of the Heavenly Court.

But Li Mu was doing good deeds to accumulate virtue by saving people, and this does not conflict with divine punishment.

It is worth mentioning that Bai Suzhen met Xu Xian when they were distributing anti-epidemic drugs.

Xu Xian fell in love with Bai Suzhen at first sight, but in Bai Suzhen's eyes, he was no different from other people.

Nowadays, Bai Suzhen is the protector of the living Buddha. He is just a poor scholar, so how can he dare to have blasphemous thoughts? This admiration can only be kept in the bottom of my heart.

…

In the medicine shop, Li Mu and Bai Suzhen were in charge of the consultation, while Zhizhu and Xiaoqing were responsible for receiving and guiding the patients.

Xiaoqing looked at Li Mu, who was approachable and explained things to the patients with a smile, and unknowingly he became fascinated.

"Right Protector, Right Protector?"

"Ah? What's the matter?" Xiaoqing, who was looking at Li Mu in a daze, was called back to attention by Zhizhu, and turned to look at him and asked.

Zhizhu took two steps aside, revealing the two people behind him, and said: "These two are not here to see a doctor. They have something to do with the mage."

Xiao Qing turned around and saw two young men, a man and a woman, standing side by side, but their eyes were not looking at her, but looking in the direction of Li Mu.

The man wore a blue and white gown, a bright jade hair crown on his head, a dragon's beard and hair hanging down from his cheek, and his face was like a crown of jade, somewhat like a jade tree facing the wind.

The woman is wearing a bright red dress, she has a beautiful appearance, and there is a bit of heroism between her eyebrows. The most peculiar thing is that her long hair is actually a pale golden color.

Xiaoqing felt a strong threat from these two people, and she couldn't help but feel secretly afraid.

However, with Li Mu here, she did not show any weakness at all. She took the initiative to come forward and said with a sweet smile: "You two are looking for my mage, what are you doing for me?"

The two of them turned to look at her. A flash of disdain flashed in the man's eyes, and he looked away as if he was too lazy to respond.

The woman said calmly: "We have something to do with Zen Master Fahai, and it has nothing to do with anyone else. You are just busy."

Xiaoqing was secretly angry, but she didn't have an attack. The smile on her face remained unchanged and she said: "The Master is very busy now. I'm afraid he won't have time to receive you."

The woman still said calmly: "It doesn't matter, we can wait."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a gentle voice: "Xiao Bai, I'll leave this to you. I'll go and receive the distinguished guests."

Xiao Qing turned around and saw that Li Mu had stood up, told Bai Suzhen, and walked towards the door.

"Mage..."

Xiao Qing greeted Li Mu and was about to say something when Li Mu raised his hand to stop her and said warmly: "Do your best and I'll come as soon as I go."

After saying that, he walked past the man and said, "You two, please come with me!"

A man and a woman looked at each other, nodded to each other, then turned around and followed Li Mu out of the drug store and walked to a nearby alley.

When he reached a deserted place, Li Mu suddenly transformed into an escape light and soared into the sky.

Seeing this, the two people following him also disappeared and flew up to follow Li Mu.

On Nanping Mountain, Li Mu landed in a clearing in the forest, and the two people behind him also landed.

"Amitabha, I wonder why the prince and the princess have come to see me?"

Hearing Li Mu's words, the two of them were slightly startled. The man frowned and said, "Do you know us?"

Li Mudao: "I don't know, but they are five-clawed divine dragons, and they are in the realm of true immortals and mysterious immortals respectively. This place is also under the jurisdiction of the East China Sea. No accident, they must be the Dragon Prince and Princess of the East China Sea Dragon Palace."

The two of them were shocked when they heard this. Until now, they had not been able to see through Li Mu's cultivation level, but the other party could see through his true identity at a glance.

For this to happen, the other party must be at least two realms higher than you.

That being said, the other party is conservatively estimated to be a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

The woman said calmly: "Zen Master has good eyesight."

Li Mu stared at the woman and said: "It seems that only the fourth princess Ao Tingxin has such a blond princess in the East China Sea Dragon Palace."

Ao Tingxin's expression moved slightly, as if he didn't expect Li Mu to be so familiar with Donghai.

Li Mu looked at the man again and said, "I haven't asked the prince for his name."

The man said: "My name is Ao Chun."

Li Mu suddenly said: "It turns out to be His Highness the Eighth Prince."

Ao Ting thought to himself: "Zen Master knows the situation of our Dragon Clan in the East China Sea very well. He is worthy of being a close disciple of Zhantan Merit Buddha."

Li Mu smiled and said: "It seems that you have already investigated me. I wonder what the princess and the prince want when they come to me?"

Ao Ting thought: "Why does Zen Master ask questions knowingly? The Dragon King of Qiantang River is a member of our dragon clan, and he is the God of the River appointed by Heaven. Zen Master kills people indiscriminately, doesn't he intend to give us an explanation?"

Li Mu said with a calm expression: "I just killed a demon dragon that caused trouble and killed countless people in my human race. Have you ever killed any Qiantang River God?"

Hearing this, Ao Tingxin frowned immediately, and Ao Chun even said angrily: "What kind of demon dragon? He is just executing the decree of heaven. If you are dissatisfied, go directly to heaven. Why are you angry with me, the dragon clan?"

Li Mu looked at Ao Chun and asked in a solemn voice: "Who gave the order to carry out the laws of heaven? The Great Heavenly Lord? I think he is not that free yet!"

That's right, Li Mu didn't believe from the beginning that the decree to bring about the half-month flood was issued by the Jade Emperor.

As the Supreme Being of the Three Realms and the Lord of All Spirits, he does not only have such a pattern.

Don't take Fengxian County as an example. The journey to the west was designed and cannot be counted.

Ao Chun really couldn't answer this question, because the only people who knew about it were his father, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and the Dragon King of the Qiantang River, who were responsible for executing the decree.

They were just ordered by the Dragon King of the East China Sea to test Fahai's attitude and try to calm down the matter.

Because if things get serious and a conflict breaks out between Heavenly Court and Lingshan, the life of the Dragon Clan will definitely be difficult.

The Heavenly Court is indeed in charge of the operation of the three realms in name, but everyone knows that Buddhism is so powerful now that the Heavenly Court cannot afford to offend it.

Ao Tingxin frowned and said slowly: "Zen Master, the people in heaven who can issue decrees include, in addition to the Great Heavenly Lord, the Three Pure Ones, Four Imperial Guards and the Five Directions Heavenly Emperors."

"You also know the status of our dragon clan. After receiving the decree from heaven, we only need to implement it. We have no right to ask so many questions. Why do you care about those of us who are acting under orders?"

Li Mu's expression softened slightly when he heard this, and he said softly: "Since the fourth princess has brought her words to this point, I might as well speak frankly."

"I didn't plan to take action at the beginning. I just asked the Dragon King of Qiantang River not to look at the monk's face but to look at the Buddha's face, and to turn a blind eye. That's pretty much it."

"But he didn't give me Buddha Tathagata any face. He insisted on causing floods for half a month, leaving corpses everywhere in the city of Hangzhou and making it difficult for the people to live."

"I won't say much to you about the dispute over beliefs. It's not something you can control. Anyway, the people along the coast have never forgotten to offer sacrifices to the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and you have never lacked the incense in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea."

"But the Dragon King of Qiantang River has no mercy and treats ordinary people like ants. How is he different from monsters? What is the use of these river gods?"

"I also ask you to tell Mr. Long when you go back that when you appoint the gods of rivers and lakes in the future, try to choose benevolent people."

"After all, I am from the human race. It is impossible for me to just sit back and watch the human race suffer such an unreasonable disaster. If I encounter such an incident again in the future, I will kill him without mercy."

Ao Tingxin said with a helpless face: "It's not because I, the dragon clan, are unkind. If we receive the decree from heaven, if we can't act according to the decree, how will we deal with ourselves if the gods hold us accountable?"

It's really difficult for the Dragon Clan. If you can't do the job well, you'll have to be held accountable by the superiors. If you can do the job well, you'll be attacked by powerful humans like Fahai.

They are caught in a dilemma, what should they do?

Li Mulue pondered for a while, then decisively said: "I am not an unreasonable person. If you are like this, if there is a similar decree in the future, you can inform me secretly."

"I am going to stop the person who is executing the spell from casting the spell. You can report back to me as much as possible. I am the one who is obstructing it, including this time."

"No matter who made the decree, even if you let him come to me, I can't hold it back, and there are my senior brothers and masters. They can't hold it back, and there are Bodhisattvas and Buddhas."

"My Buddha is so compassionate that I don't want to see mortals suffer the most. If you want incense and faith in heaven, you will fight for it based on your own ability and anger mortals. I am not used to this stinky habit."

"..."

Ao Tingxin and Ao Chun looked at each other, both stunned and speechless.

However, they admired Li Mu wholeheartedly because he was a truly compassionate person.

Ao Tingxin bowed slightly and said: "Since the Zen Master said this, then we, the Dragon Clan, will naturally know what to do from now on."

"Zen Master is very kind and compassionate. My siblings admire him. However, he is humble and humble and cannot change all this. I hope Zen Master can forgive me."

Li Mu waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. I know that you are all good people. This is the first time we have met, but it will definitely not be the last. You go ahead!"

"Farewell."