The Counterattack of the Villains

The so-called "looking at the mountain" is a dead horse. Although they could see the Black Mountain early, it was already evening when they got close to the Black Mountain.

There is a large river blocking the road in front of Heishan, called Huan River, which is more than fifty feet wide.

Originally, for Li Mu and the others, even if they didn't use flying skills, they could just jump over it.

However, when traveling around the world, it makes sense to go step by step and measure the earth with your steps.

Therefore, along the way, Li Mu and his party walked on foot and took boats to cross rivers. They would only use magic power unless they were in a place that was really impossible to cross.

Because the places they can't cross means that ordinary mortals will definitely not be able to cross them, and there is no point in insisting on walking.

When we arrived at the pier by the river, we saw a ferry docked at the pier, and the boatman was walking up holding the rope.

Young monk Zhizhu took the initiative and said to the boatman: "Boatman, if you can help me, please make another hard trip and take us across the river."

As he spoke, he took out a stack of copper coins from his sleeve and handed it to the boatman.

The boatman looked at Li Mu and the others, then at the pile of copper coins, and said helplessly to Zhizhu: "Little master, if you had come earlier, I would have no objection."

"But it's getting late now. Even if I have money, I don't dare to make it. You'd better come back tomorrow!"

Zhizhu asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

The boatman pointed to the flaming clouds in the west and said, "Young master, look, the sunset is still shining, and the demons and ghosts are beginning to laugh. Now I'm sending you across the river. I'm afraid you'll never come back!"

Hearing his words, Zhizhu suddenly laughed, "If it's because of this, then Boatman, you can rest assured that my mage and two guardians all possess magical power, and any demons or monsters that harm people can be eliminated.

"

Originally Zhizhu thought that after he said these words, the boatman would show a look of respect.

But in fact, the boatman didn't respond at all. Instead, he said: "There are many heroes, monks and Taoists who crossed the river. They all said so, but unfortunately they all became their last words."

"Even Feng Qingtian, the famous sword god in the Central Plains, failed to return home a few years ago. He still dares not set foot in the Black Mountains again, and he is the only expert who has left the Black Mountains alive."

"I see that you are not very old. Even if you are really a practitioner, how much power can you have? Let's wait until dawn tomorrow!"

Zhizhu said unconvinced: "No, we..."

"Zhizhu." Li Mu stopped Zhizhu's words and said, "The boatman is doing it for our own good. There is no need to force others to make things difficult for us. Let's cross the river on our own!"

"Yes, Master." Hearing this, Zhizhu had no choice but to put away the copper coins and walked back behind Li Mu.

The boatman was surprised when he heard this and said: "How are you going to cross the river? Are you going to swim across?"

Li Mu smiled slightly, didn't say much, and just walked forward, followed closely by Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing Zhizhu.

The boatman's eyes widened and he looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

After a group of four people reached the edge of the pier, they did not stop. Instead, they jumped up and jumped onto the water. They just stepped on the water and continued to move forward as if they were walking on flat ground.

The boatman looked confused and muttered to himself in astonishment: "Why do you need to take a boat if you have this ability?"

Ignoring the boatman's surprise, Li Mu and the four of them walked across the Huan River step by step, walking along the path along the river bank.

The sky quickly darkened, and the Black Mountain became even more pitch black and eerie, like a giant beast lying here.

Bai Suzhen looked at the towering mountains in the distance and saw clouds covering the mountains and forests, filled with mist and an ominous atmosphere.

Because of the filthy auras that lingered among the mountains and forests, they were all filthy auras such as death aura, evil aura, demonic aura, and a black and reddish aura that she couldn't even recognize.

She frowned slightly and said, "It's such a heavy stench, and there's that black and reddish smell, I don't know what it is."

Li Mu raised his eyelids and said, "That's demonic energy."

Bai Suzhen and others were shocked. Zhizhu said nervously: "The Master is saying that there is a demon here?"

Li Mu nodded and said: "Judging from the characteristics of the demonic energy, it should be a monster that sucks the essence and blood of living people and practices magic. He uses his demon body to practice magic. He is a pure monster."

"These monsters are much more powerful than ordinary monsters. If you, Xiaobai, have not practiced Buddhism, you may not be an opponent of this monster. Xiaoqing and Zhizhu are not even enemies with one move."

Xiao Qing exclaimed: "It's so powerful. If you say that, the disaster of those silk merchants will probably come true on this Black Mountain."

Li Mu said: "Nine times out of ten."

While they were talking, the group of people turned a corner, and Bai Suzhen and others all looked surprised.

On the river beach dozens of feet away in front, I saw two figures facing each other three feet apart. Both of them held long swords in their hands and were surrounded by bright yellow aura.

Bai Suzhen said: "It seems that they are from the Taoist sect. Are they here to conquer demons? Why are they confronting each other?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "You can find out if you go over and ask."

Before a few people walked in, the two people confronting each other shouted loudly and rushed towards each other.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang...chichichi..."

In an instant, weapons clashed, and sword aura overflowed. The two of them were not weak in cultivation, and both were Taoist monks who had condensed the golden elixir.

Several people stood ten feet away and watched quietly. They didn't understand the situation and it was difficult to intervene rashly.

Unexpectedly, while the two were moving around, they actually hit them.

Seemingly noticing the presence of several people, the two men restrained their magic power in their attacks, condensing it on the magic sword in their hands and no longer releasing it.

Li Mu and Bai Suzhen had no trouble because with their cultivation, they could easily suppress these two Taoist cultivators.

Xiaoqing and Zhizhu were secretly on guard to avoid being accidentally hurt.

When the two of them were about three to four feet away in front of Li Mu and his party, the two swords restrained each other. They raised their free hands and slapped each other, and they met each other.

After a muffled sound of "Peng", the two of them each slid back two feet and stood still. They displayed their sword skills and said in unison: "Monk, tell me, which one of us has better martial arts?"

After saying this, the two of them stared and said in unison: "Oh, I'm asking you too?"

After saying that, he picked up the magic sword again and rushed towards the opponent.

Li Mu was a little dumbfounded. It seemed that the two of them had no grudges and just wanted to compete.

Moreover, the two of them look almost exactly the same, the only difference is that one has a beard and the other has a goatee.

Li Mu basically understood that these were twin brothers who were not convinced of each other.

So he opened his mouth and said, "Can you two stop first?"

The two of them gave up, and the man on the left said: "If you give up, let it go. First, tell me, whose martial arts is better?"

The man on the right also said: "Monks don't lie and don't act against your conscience!"

Xiao Qing covered her mouth and chuckled, leaning away, she leaned into Li Mu's ear and whispered: "I don't think it's all that good?"

Li Mu's lips curved slightly, but he did not follow what Xiao Qing said, but said: "In the eyes of this poor monk, both of them have good martial arts skills, and they are evenly matched."

This is not a lie, but a matter of human nature.

In the eyes of the two of them, this evaluation is fair, because they themselves know it well.

But there was no winner, and they were obviously dissatisfied, so the man on the left asked again: "Then whose posture is better?"

"Pfft"

Xiao Qing couldn't help laughing, and Li Mu also said with a smile: "Both of you are good, each has his own merits."

It was a tie again, but there was still no winner.

The man on the right immediately asked: "Who is more handsome?"

"Uh..." Li Mu's head was filled with black lines. He turned his head to look at Bai Suzhen and asked, "What do you think?"

Bai Suzhen suppressed her laughter, looked at the two of them seriously, and commented: "In terms of handsomeness, the Taoist priest on the right is definitely the Taoist priest on the right, but the Taoist priest on the left is extraordinarily brave. Both of them have their own advantages and cannot be compared.

"

The two of them were immediately shocked. They both gave thumbs up and said in unison: "Master has such good taste."

The sound of "Master's wife" is not unexpected, because although Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing have not shaved their heads, they have shaved their hair and are considered to be fully ordained bhikkhunis.

Coupled with the way they dress, only those with knowledge can tell that they are actually the master's wife.

If someone from the Taoist sect takes a fancy to them, there may really be a situation like "a bald donkey dares to steal the master's wife from a poor Taoist".

And these two Taoists are obviously knowledgeable.

"Kukuku..."

Xiaoqing couldn't stop laughing, her face turned red and her shoulders couldn't help shaking.

The man on the left said in admiration: "We have known each other for thirty years and fought for twenty years. We have never seen such a principled notary."

The man on the right continued: "It seems that we have to fight for another twenty years. In the next twenty years, we will also have to trouble you and the master to be our notaries."

Li Mu said amusingly: "This poor monk is traveling around the world with his right and left guardians and accompanying novice monks. One is to increase his experience and understand the world of mortals, and the other is to subjugate demons and eliminate demons and help the world and save the people, so it is impossible to stay in one place."

"If you two want us to be your notaries, you have to go with us. As long as you two don't mind the difference in Taoism, it doesn't matter to me as a monk."

The man on the left smiled and said: "Hey, what a coincidence, our goals are the same as yours. Since we both conquer demons and save the world, why should we be divided into Taoism and Buddhism?"

Li Mu happily joined Shi and said: "Amitabha, you are so good. The two Taoist priests are truly righteous people. The poor monk admires them."

"The poor monk Fahai is the abbot and abbot of Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang, Liangzhe Road, and he did not ask the two Taoist priests for his name."

The Taoist on the right said in surprise: "Monk, you are so young that you are already the abbot?"

Li Mu smiled and said nothing, and the man on the left said: "No matter whether you are the abbot or an ordinary monk, monk, it is fate that we can meet here, and we make you our friend."

"The two of us are outer disciples of the Lingbao Sect in Zaoge Mountain. My name is Xiang Zuo, and he is known as Zuo Dao. He is my brother and senior brother. His name is..."

"Hey, I'll speak for myself." The Taoist on the right glared at Xiang Zuo, interrupted him, and then said to Li Mu, "My name is Xiang You, and I am known as You Dao."

This time, let alone Xiaoqing, even Bai Suzhen couldn't help laughing and laughed, but she quickly said: "The names of the two Taoist priests are really... unique."

Xiang Zuo said proudly: "Many people say so."

"Haha." Li Mu laughed awkwardly and said, "I wonder why you two are competing here?"

Squinting left and right, he said dissatisfiedly: "We are here to subjugate demons. Not long ago, we fought here with a monster that sprayed snow and sealed people. Unfortunately, some people did not have a tacit understanding and were run away by the monster."

Xiang You retorted and said: "Obviously someone was derelict in his duty and was run away by the monster, so we are here to compete and decide who is the general and who is the deputy general."

Hearing what Xiang Zui said, Xiang Zuo let out a "hum", turned his head proudly, crossed his arms across his chest, and looked up at the sky.

"The monster that sprays snow and seals people? Could it be a snow monster?"

Li Mu said thoughtfully: "This Black Mountain is not an environment that is frozen all year round like the Tianshan Mountains. So there must be an extremely cold place in the heart of the mountain."

"As long as we can find this place, we can catch all the monsters in one fell swoop."

Xiangzuo's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes, why didn't we think of it?"

Xiang You said contemptuously: "Even if you have thought of it, do you have the means to find that place?"

He glared to the left and said: "Nonsense, what method do you need? Just find a cold place?"

Xiang right said: "You are talking nonsense. You already said it is in the heart of the mountain. How can we find it outside the mountain? Even if there is an entrance and exit, the Black Mountain is so big, wouldn't it be like finding a needle in a haystack?"

Xiang Zuo said: "Finding a needle in a haystack is better than having no solution at all!"

Seeing that the two of them started bickering and never ending, Li Mu quickly interrupted: "You two, let's not talk about meaningless things. How about we go up the mountain first and then argue with each other?"

He snorted to the right and said, "Okay, I'll give the monk some face, let's go!"

Li Mu and the others looked at each other and smiled. Their journey would no longer be boring.

…

Xiang Zuo: "There are dilemmas in the world. It is difficult to reach heaven and even more difficult to ask for help."

To the right: "There are two dangers in the world, Huashan Mountain is dangerous, and the human heart is even more dangerous."

Xiang Zuo: "There are two thin rivers and lakes, spring ice is thin, and human feelings are even thinner."

Xiang right: "There are two evils in the Taoist altar, the right way is bad, and the left way is even worse."

To the left: "There are two roads in the world, Yangguan Road and single-plank bridge."

Xiang Right: "You are uneducated and ignorant."

Xiang Zuo: "You have no knowledge and are just making nonsense."

They all said in unison: "Master Monk, please judge, who is talking nonsense?"

Along the way, the two people on the left and right said something to each other, saying things that seemed to make no sense, but actually made a lot of sense.

The two of them competed with each other. If you say something, I will definitely follow it, making Bai Suzhen and others listen sometimes thoughtfully, sometimes dumbfounded.

There is no way to comment on this, but Xiaoqing pointed to the two forked roads ahead and asked: "There are two roads ahead, the road on the left and the road on the right. Which one do you think we should take?"

"Xiaoqing, you..." Bai Suzhen gave Xiaoqing a dumbfounded look. You knew clearly what kind of character these two guys were, but you were still so provocative.

Sure enough, the two walked to the fork in the road side by side and pointed to the right road: "I said take the right road."

To the left is: "I said take the left road."

He glared to the right, turned to the left, and shouted: "Right way."

Staring back to the left, he shouted: "Left road."

Bai Suzhen warmly advised: "Two Taoist priests, there is no road in the world. When more people walk, it becomes a road. The road is made by people."

"Since there are people taking both roads, then no matter which way we take, it will be the same!"

Xiang Zuo said unconvinced: "But there are good people and bad people who leave."

He continued to the right: "So there are good roads and bad roads. The right road is a good road, and the left road is a dead end."

Turn to the left and say: "The left road is the big road, and the right road is the small road."

Xiang right said angrily: "Go to your mother's way, if you keep nagging me I'll send you on your way."

How could Xiang Zuo be used to him? He stretched out his hand and grasped the hilt of the sword.

Li Mu, Xiaoqing and Zhizhu watched the show with great joy. Anyway, they knew that they couldn't fight with Bai Suzhen around.

Unexpectedly, this time before Bai Suzhen opened her mouth to persuade, a loud shout suddenly came from two roads: "Don't make any noise."

In fact, Li Mu had already discovered the situation ahead, he just didn't say it out loud.

We are just a group of mortals, so what threat can they pose?

He just wanted to see what these mortals wanted.

After the loud shouting, a group of people rushed out of the two roads.

This group of people held a variety of weapons in their hands. The first three held swords, axes, and maces respectively. They were all wearing bamboo armor, and they looked quite professional.

Xiaoqing smiled and said to the two on the left and right: "Taoist Master, it seems that neither of the two roads is a good road!"

The two looked at each other, turned around, and stared at the group of people who rushed out.

The one holding the ax among the first three shouted: "I told you not to make any noise."

Holding a single sword, he said: "If it's not enough to stop making noise, I also need to stop moving."

The man carrying the mace continued: "We are bandits, here to rob."

Xiang Xiang put his hands on his hips and said, "What are you talking about? You want to rob us?"

Xiang Zuo said: "What kind of thieves do you think you are?"

The big man with the mace said dissatisfied: "What kind of thieves? Where are you now?"

The man holding the sword said: "If you were at sea, we would be pirates."

The man holding an ax said: "But you are on the mountain now, so we are bandits."

Listening to each of them talking like a cross talk, Xiaoqing added in a joking manner: "Anyway, no matter where we are, we are just robbing."

The three big men quarreled and looked at Xiao Qing and Bai Suzhen with lewd smiles. The big man holding the ax said: "The young lady is right, it is robbery, not only for wealth, but also for sex."

Xiangzuo looked at this group of bandits with disdain and said, "You are really stupid if you come to rob us. I think you are not bandits, but stupid bandits."

"Stupid thief? Hahahaha..." The three leading men laughed wildly, then stopped suddenly, glared at several people and shouted: "Fuck me, kill all the men, capture the women and enjoy them."

"Kill!"

Seeing this, the two people on the left and right said in unison: "Count them."

Li Mu understood as soon as he heard this. These two guys must first count the number of each other, and then see who kills more to determine the winner.

However, Li Mu did not intend to let them decide who was the general and who was the lieutenant, because he wanted both of them to be lieutenants.

So he immediately shouted: "You are so bold and evil, how dare you bring harm to the world, the mighty dragon."

To beat up a group of mortals, even using magic power is superfluous. Naturally, there is no need to recite a mantra. Reciting a "Mighty Heavenly Dragon" is just to create a character and increase the power.

After Li Mu drank this, he immediately jumped up and then clapped his hands.

"hold head high"

"Peng Pengpeng..."

A golden dragon roared out and circled among the crowd. All the bandits vomited blood and were thrown away, and fell silent again.

"hold head high"

The golden dragon turned back and glanced at the two people on the left and right who were frozen on the spot, opened his mouth and let out another dragon roar, then soared into the sky, flew to the top of Li Mu's head, then turned down and disappeared into his body.

Li Mu slowly floated to the ground, clasped his palms together, and preached: "Amitabha, sin is sin."

The two people on the left and right turned their heads with stiff necks and looked at Li Mu absentmindedly. It was obvious that his move had frightened the two of them.

He swallowed his saliva and said in a loud voice: "Master He..., don't Buddhist disciples abstain from killing?"

Xiangzuo said: "They are humans, not monsters."

Li Mu said solemnly: "Buddhism also has the Angry-Eye King Kong, a means of subduing demons. In the eyes of the poor monks, as long as it harms people's lives and has karmic obstacles, they are all evildoers."

"The poor monk kills to protect lives, kills karma instead of killing people, punishes evil to promote good, Amitabha."

As soon as the Buddha's name fell, the golden light on his body shone brightly, and a halo of light behind his head was like a big sun, illuminating the mountain forest as bright as day.

Bai Suzhen, Xiaoqing, and Zhizhu all had faces full of fanatical admiration. They either raised their hands or clasped their hands together and declared the Buddha's name in unison: "Amitabha."

The two people on the left and right widened their eyes with disbelief. They naturally knew what the circle of light behind Li Mu's head was.

When they heard the sentence "Killing lives is to protect lives, killing karma is not killing people", both of them were shocked, and a hint of understanding appeared in their eyes.

It turns out that he killed evil people to protect good people. What he wanted to kill was the karma, not the people themselves, so he did not commit the killing prohibition.

The left and right people, who had always been a bit rough-and-tumble, now became unusually solemn.

The two of them faced Li Mu, cupped their fists and bowed deeply, and said in unison: "Master has mercy."

The golden light on Li Mu's body converged, and the halo behind his head, which represented the realm of immortals and Buddhas, also slowly disappeared.

He stepped forward to help the two of them up and said: "Both of you, please stand up. You are willing to risk your own lives to conquer demons. Isn't that a sign of mercy?"

After the two stood up, they looked at Li Mu with emotion and said to the right: "I can't believe that my two brothers can actually make friends with a living Buddha. I am so lucky."

Xiang Zuo sighed in admiration: "Before, I spoke like a monk. I was disrespectful a lot, but the master was not angry at all. He is indeed a living Buddha with a big heart."

Li Mu laughed and said: "The poor monk is actually a monk. The Taoist priest didn't call me wrong. Why are you so angry?"

Hearing what Li Mu said, the two of them admired them even more and made up their minds to go on the same journey with Li Mu and others.

They don't care whether they have different paths or don't work together. What they can learn from walking with a living Buddha is simply immeasurable.