The Counterattack of the Villains

When Li Mu returned to the medicine shop, Xiao Qing hurriedly came forward and asked, "Master, who are they? Are they okay?"

Li Mu smiled slightly at her and said, "It's okay. Don't worry about it. See a doctor first."

After saying that, he returned to his seat and signaled Xiaoqing to guide the patient to come to him for diagnosis.

Just after mid-afternoon, the last patient took the medicine prescribed by Li Mu and left with a lot of gratitude, because Li Mu did not charge for diagnosis and treatment.

Bai Suzhen stood up and walked out of the desk, smiled at Li Mu and said, "Master, it seems there are not many patients in the city anymore."

Li Mu nodded and said: "Well, these days, relief materials have arrived, and medicinal materials from various medical clinics and pharmacies have also arrived one after another. It's time to retire after success."

Xiao Qingliu swayed her waist lightly and came to Li Mu's side. She gently hugged one of his arms as if unintentionally, and her plump chest pressed against his upper arm. She asked enthusiastically: "Then Master, where are we going next?"

When Bai Suzhen saw this scene, her heart was in her throat. In her opinion, Xiaoqing's behavior was no different from playing with fire.

A soft touch came from his arm. In Xiaoqing's nervous mood, Li Mu turned to look at her with a half-smile and said: "Your heartbeat is so fast, and there seems to be a trace of fear in your soul. What are you afraid of?"

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"Ah? Uh, um, I..." Xiaoqing's face was full of embarrassment and embarrassment, but she didn't know how to answer this question.

Could it be that I am afraid that you will be angry and slap me to death with your backhand?

Li Mu smiled and said warmly: "Actually, you don't need to be so afraid, and you don't need to be tempted. What I cultivate has always been the path of sentient beings."

"You want to get close to me. I am only happy and relieved, so how can you be angry?"

Hearing this, Xiaoqing couldn't help but be overjoyed. She looked at Bai Suzhen with a smile and said, "Look, sister, let me just say that the Master is a sentimental person!"

Bai Suzhen said hesitantly: "But Master, Buddhism requires us to abandon the seven emotions, abandon the six desires, give up small loves and realize great love. Only in this way can we achieve boundless love and save the world. This..."

Li Mu shook his head and said: "Buddhism never asks us to give up our seven emotions and six desires, but teaches us to control our seven emotions and six desires and prevent them from blinding our hearts and being dominated by our desires."

"What is small love? What is big love? In fact, whether it is the love between men and women, the love of relatives, or the love of friends, they are all included in great love."

"If you don't even understand small love, how can you understand great love? If you can't even save yourself and the people you love, how can you save all sentient beings?"

"Only when you have passion can you learn to control it. Only when you have been obsessed can you learn to let go of it. Xiaobai, you are obsessed."

For Bai Suzhen, Li Mu's words were like enlightenment, which made her enlightened. She said with gleaming eyes: "So, great love is actually sublimated from small love?"

Li Mu smiled and nodded: "That's right. Someone once said this: For you, I can love the whole world."

“Isn’t this the best interpretation of small love sublimating into big love?”

Bai Suzhen recited with sincerity and sincerity: "Amitabha, good, good, good."

Li Mu's arms were held tightly by Xiao Qing, and she said with a smile: "Master, do you love us?"

Compared with Bai Suzhen, Xiaoqing's Taoism is too shallow. Now she can only see the superficial level of Li Mu's words and cannot truly understand them at all.

But Li Mu didn't care. To practice his Taoism, you don't need to understand the boundless love. As long as you reach the level of cultivation, you can become an immortal and an ancestor and enjoy eternal life.

Li Mu said without changing his expression: "Of course I love you."

Xiaoqing asked: "What kind of love is it?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "Whatever you think it is, that's what it is."

"Hehe, then I will treat it as love between a man and a woman!"

"If you want to be my imperial concubine, your Taoism is still far from perfect. Practice well!"

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Xiaoqing soon understood why Li Mu said that she was still far from good.

That night she encouraged Bai Suzhen and climbed into Li Mu's bed. As a result, she was exhausted, paralyzed as mud, and begged for mercy again and again.

Although Bai Suzhen persisted longer, she eventually fell asleep under Li Mu's joyful Zen method.

However, after this practice, Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing have made great progress in their cultivation.

The difference in cultivation level between the two sides is too big. Li Mu would have little benefit from practicing dual cultivation with them, but they would get great benefits.

Bai Suzhen's Taoist magic power was originally in the late stage of Mahayana, only a small level lower than Fahai. After this night, it broke through to the peak of Mahayana.

Xiaoqing is far behind. However, in the Nascent Soul Stage, Bai Suzhen only broke through a small realm, but she directly broke through a big realm and reached the Divine Transformation Stage.

As for the little monk Zhizhu, he is only in the golden elixir stage. He can only envy him because he is not a female spider.

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"Master, are we leaving Hangzhou?"

Li Mu pondered for a while and said: "No rush, let's stay here for some time. I have to wait for some people, but we are not suitable to live in the city, so it is better to live outside the city."

"We will go to the government office later, inform the prefect, and then leave the city."

What Li Mu wants to wait for is naturally someone from heaven.

According to what Ao Tingxin said, those in Heaven who can issue decrees include the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, the Three Pure Ones and Four Imperial Kings, and the Five Gods.

This kind of edict would probably not be issued by the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, nor should the Three Pure Ones and Four Imperial Kings.

To put it bluntly, Sanqing Tianzun was transformed by Taiqing Sage in one breath, and he pursued rule by inaction, so it was impossible for him to issue such a decree.

Taishang Laojun is the good corpse of Saint Taiqing. He is of the same line as Sanqing Tianzun. He is devoted to refining elixirs and refining weapons, and he never cares about his belief in incense.

The four emperors are also impossible. Emperor Ziwei controls the stars in the sky, determines the change of dynasties in the mortal world, has the luck of the human race and dynasty, and is enshrined by the royal family. How can he see the power of ordinary incense and wishes?

The Immortal Emperor controls the fortune, wealth and longevity that are the most important thing for mortals. He has no shortage of incense, so naturally he will not issue such a decree.

Emperor Gouchen presided over the civil war, commanded military campaigns, and was responsible for the external campaigns of heaven. He often led his troops to kill demons and demons in the mortal world and protect the people. He was also very popular.

Not to mention Hou Tu Huang Di, who dominates the tunnels, controls the six realms of reincarnation, and is not inferior to the Jade Emperor. Huang Tian Hou Tu is a deity that mortals must respect. Needless to say about incense.

Calculated in this way, only the gods in the five directions are left with the possibility of sending such natural disasters to punish mortals for disrespecting the law.

The Three Pure Ones and Four Imperial Guards are all quasi-sage bosses, and Li Mu can't afford to offend him at the moment, but the Gods of the Five Directions are not at Daluo level, so Li Mu really doesn't take them seriously.

Even if the gods of the five directions come in person, they will not be vain.

Li Mu's guess was correct. The person who issued the decree was none other than Dongfang Qingdi, one of the five gods.

The East China Sea and Jiangnan areas were under his jurisdiction. Because Tang Sanzang was born in Jinshan Temple, the Jiangnan area was also the first place to be influenced by the spread of Buddhism to the east, and its influence was profound.

After Tang Sanzang became a Buddha, he stayed in Lingshan and rarely set foot in the East. This is why the Qing Emperor dared to be cruel to the people in Jiangnan.

After the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea reported the news that Heaven's Punishment had been blocked by Fahai, a disciple of Sanzang of Tang Dynasty, to the Qing Emperor, the Qing Emperor was very angry at first.

But after calming down, he finally chose to call it quits.

After all, if this matter gets serious and Lingshan gets involved, he will not be justified at all.

In addition, Fahai has a profound background and is a direct disciple of Sanzang of the Tang Dynasty and a direct disciple of Tathagata. He is really untouchable.

Although the half-month punishment was not enough, it still lasted for nine days, which could be regarded as a lesson to the people of Jiangnan.

As long as we send people to spread the news later and let the people in Jiangnan know why they suffered this disaster, the power of the incense will be improved, and it will not be in vain.

In this way, he naturally no longer needs to provoke Tang Sanzang's lineage. The stick of defeating the Buddha in a fight is really difficult to withstand.

In this way, Li Mu and Bai Suzhen waited outside Hangzhou for half a year. Both Xiaoqing and Zhizhu began to have hibernation reactions, but they still did not wait for the censure from heaven.

Li Mu knew in his heart that the blame would probably never come.

This made Li Mu secretly feel proud. Having a strong backing really saved him trouble.

Since there is no need to consider the issue of heaven's censure, after the winter has passed, spring has returned to the earth, and Xiaoqing and Zhizhu have become lively again, Li Mu left Hangzhou with the three of them and began to travel around the world.

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On this day, Li Mu and his party arrived at the Hebei West Road area. They could see a large dark mountain in the distance in front of them, with a wide river at the foot of the mountain.

This strange combination of four people is quite eye-catching when walking on the official road.

After all, no one has ever seen the sight of two monks and two charming girls, acting very affectionately, walking on the official road in a dignified manner.

At this time, there was a group of merchants traveling with Li Mu, who should be silk merchants going to the Western Regions to do business.

This is a big business, and naturally it will not be without armed guards. There are more than a dozen men wearing bamboo armor and single swords accompanying it.

Those men were always looking at Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing intentionally or unintentionally, muttering something in a low voice, and laughing from time to time.

You almost don't have to listen to know what they are talking about.

However, Li Mu ignored them and just went about his own way and said his own words.

Each of these guys has darkened halls, dark clouds over their heads, red eyes, and sinister brows. They are already facing death, so why should he bother with a bunch of dying people?

"Master, what kind of mountain is that? Why is it so dark?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "Since it is dark, it is naturally the Black Mountain."

When Li Mu was resting in a nearby town, he heard that there was a black mountain here and immediately decided to go there.

In a prehistoric mythical world, there must be an old demon on the Black Mountain. Isn’t that common sense?

Xiaoqing covered her mouth and smiled: "But Huangshan is not all yellow!"

As soon as Xiaoqing finished speaking, a handsome young man dressed as a scholar, who was following the silk merchant team, took a few steps towards this side and said, "Young lady, you don't know something. This Black Mountain is not an unknown place."

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"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the rebel army led by Zhang Niujiao, Zhang Yan and others used this mountain as their base, so they were called the Black Mountain Bandits. They were another major force after the Yellow Turban Bandits."

Li Mu smiled and said: "The benefactor is knowledgeable and well-remembered, and the poor monk admires him."

Although Li Mu was domineering, his domineering power was only directed at his enemies, and he was always very peaceful towards ordinary people.

Therefore, when talking to ordinary people, he rarely calls himself me, but is the most ordinary humble monk.

Although this scholar was suspected of flirting with someone, he had no ill intentions after all. If he wanted to flirt with Bai Suzhen or Xiaoqing, he was not qualified.

The scholar bowed his hand to Li Mu and said, "Young student Luo Zhiqiu has not asked the master for his name."

Li Mu also returned the gift and said, "The poor monk Fahai is polite."

After the ceremony, they were considered to have gotten to know each other. Luo Zhiqiu naturally walked beside the group of four people and asked casually: "I wonder who these two girls are?"

Li Mudao: "They are the guardians of the poor monks."

"Ah?" Luo Zhiqiu's face was filled with astonishment. How could this charming little girl, who was as charming as a weak willow in the wind, be able to protect her?

"The Protector? I think it's the Prime Minister, okay!" After hearing Li Mu's words, a guard from the group of merchants over there said with a hint of ridicule.

"Hahaha……"

There was a burst of laughter among the merchant team, and everyone was looking at Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing unscrupulously.

Luo Zhiqiu frowned, obviously disgusted with the behavior of those guards.

It's a pity that he is just a weak scholar. Even if he can't understand it, there is nothing he can do.

Xiao Qingqiao smiled brightly and said: "You guys, with all your experience in the world, it's a miracle that you are still alive today."

The laughter in the team stopped, and one person said: "What do you mean by this girl?"

Xiao Qing said: "I don't know if you have heard that there are three kinds of people you cannot mess with when traveling in the world."

A big man who seemed to be the leader raised his eyebrows and took the initiative to say: "Monk, woman, child."

Luo Zhiqiu looked at the combination of Li Mu and his party, and it seemed that all three types of people were present.

Although Zhizhu seems to be no longer young, she is still only half a grown-up and has not yet left the category of a child.

But Luo Zhiqiu didn't quite understand why these three types of people couldn't be offended.

Therefore, he carried forward the student spirit of not being ashamed to ask questions, and asked: "May I ask, girl, why can't you mess with these three types of people?"

Xiao Qing said with a smile: "It's very simple. Even if the monks are not martial monks, they have practiced martial arts since childhood, so they are definitely not easy to mess with."

"As for women and children, since they dare to venture out into the world, how can they not have the ability to protect themselves?"

Luo Zhiqiu suddenly realized that this was the case. He cupped his fists and bowed to Xiaoqing and said, "Thank you for your advice, young lady. I have learned something more."

Xiao Qing said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether you have learned something or not. You don't seem to be someone who likes to cause trouble. If you don't cause trouble, you won't offend others."

Luo Zhiqiu chuckled and said, "That's true."

The leading man over there said: "So, does the girl have some skills?"

Xiaoqing didn't answer his words, but her figure suddenly blurred for a while.

"Qiang"

There was a sound of a weapon being unsheathed, and there was a long knife in Xiao Qing's hand.

The leading big man felt a lightness on his waist. When he lowered his head to look, the scabbard was empty. When he raised his head again, cold sweat broke out.

I saw Xiaoqing holding the tip of the knife between his two fingers and gently breaking it.

"Pong"

The two-inch long section on the tip of the knife was broken off easily, just like breaking noodles, and it wasn't over yet.

"Pong...pong...pong..."

While Xiaoqing broke the blade off section by section, she smiled charmingly at the leader of the big man and said, "Look, sir, how much does this little girl's skills count?"

The guards were silent, not to mention the silk merchants. How could they dare to interrupt the intersection of people in the world?

They had paid a lot of money to hire this group of guards. They were all uncles and they couldn't afford to offend either party.

Hearing Xiao Qing's words and looking at the ever-shortening sword, the big man swallowed, quickly clasped his fists and bowed, "I've offended Meng Lang so much, please forgive me, girl."

Seeing this, Xiao Qing threw away the broken knife in his hand, and his face turned cold, "You should be glad that I am no longer the same person as before, otherwise none of you would survive."

The big man bowed even lower and said, "Girl, I'm merciful. Thank you for not killing me."

After speaking, he turned around and whispered softly: "Speed ​​up."

No one in the team said anything nonsense, they all quickened their pace and moved forward, and soon disappeared in front of a few people.

Li Mu watched the whole process with a smile on his face and let Xiao Qing handle it. After seeing how she handled it, he couldn't help but nodded lightly with satisfaction.

It has been several months since he left Hangzhou. In the past few months, thanks to his careful teachings, Xiaoqing's animal nature has finally completely subsided and he has become more like a human being.

As she said, if it were her before, how could she have endured until now? I'm afraid she would have gone on a killing spree.

As for those experiences in the martial arts world, Li Mu casually told them to the three of them when he was bored on the road.

Xiaoqing looked at the group of merchants who were leaving in a panic, curled her lips in disdain, and snorted: "Humph, I don't know whether to live or die."

Li Mu smiled and said, "Xiao Qing doesn't need to get angry with them. They've been in trouble all the way anyway."

"Oh?" Xiao Qing looked at Li Mu curiously and asked, "Why did the Master say this?"

Luo Zhiqiu also pricked up his ears. He was going to follow that group of people to the Western Regions. If they were in trouble, wouldn't it mean that he himself would be the same?

Li Mu looked at Bai Suzhen with a smile and said, "Xiao Bai should have noticed it too, right?"

Bai Suzhen nodded and said: "That group of people have red eyes, sinister brows, superficial expressions and weak flesh, and there is a strange qi. Their qi is dark and black, which is filthy qi. If they are surrounded by filthy qi, there will be a big disaster."

Xiaoqing and Zhizhu suddenly realized that they could see through the technique of looking at the qi.

Luo Zhiqiu said nervously: "Master, Protector Bai, I wonder if there is any foul smell in Xiaosheng's body?"

Li Mu said: "If you stay with them, you will naturally be contaminated with filth. If you keep walking with them, you will definitely be implicated by them."

Luo Zhiqiu said with a troubled face: "But Xiaosheng still wants to follow them to the Western Regions to learn how to do business!"

Li Mu shook his head and said: "If you follow them, all you can learn is the ways of profiteers. In fact, doing business is nothing more than 'buy low, sell high, and speculate'."

"If you want to learn Yi Jing, you might as well go to Liangzhe Road or Jinzhong area. The people in these two places are all very talented in doing business. Isn't it better than traveling thousands of miles to the Western Regions?"

"What's more, if you follow them, you may not be able to reach the Western Region smoothly, and you may lose your life halfway."

After listening to Li Mu's words, Luo Zhiqiu suddenly retreated in his heart. It seemed to be the truth.

He asked hesitantly: "Master, can a young student really learn good business skills if he goes to the southeast coast or Jinzhong?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "Monks don't lie. Merchants from Zhejiang and Shanxi are the top businessmen in the world. The most rare thing is that there are very few businessmen in these two places who are rich and unkind."

"When you go to these two places, you will not only learn excellent business skills, but you will also not darken your conscience and retain your benevolence and righteousness."

Hearing this, Luo Zhiqiu paused, clasped his fists at Li Mu and gave Li Mu a deep bow, saying: "Thank you, Master, for your guidance. I know the way forward. I will say goodbye now. I hope that one day we are destined to meet again."

Meet the master."

"It's good, it's good."

Luo Zhiqiu turned back, and Li Mu found that when he bid farewell to him and headed east, the faint odor on his body dissipated instantly.

On the contrary, there was a faint red light above the head.

The red light is not the scarlet that represents evil, but the bright red that represents good luck.

Not surprisingly, this kid will definitely become a wealthy businessman in the future.