The Counterattack of the Villains

Li Mu opened a temporary cave near Sun Wukong's dojo. In the following days, he stayed in Mount Emei to study with Sun Wukong.

But before that, he spent 7,749 days refining the same style of python divine whip for Sun Wukong.

As for the snake skins further ahead, they have already been given to the Mahulaka people under his command, and there is nothing left.

After Sun Wukong got the divine whip of the python and learned how to control it, he began to teach Li Mu the magical powers of three heads and six arms and the seventy-two transformations of the Earthly Evil.

One of the two devoted himself to teaching, and the other to learning. In addition, Li Mu combined the understanding of several martial arts wizards, and the learning progress was extremely fast.

In just two years, Sun Wukong acquired all his magical powers and mathematics.

Then the two of them had another spar. This time they both used their heads and six arms to fight, and they were evenly matched. No one could do anything to the other.

Afterwards, the two competed on the way of change, and Sun Wukong was slightly better than Li Mu with his many years of experience.

Li Mu did not give in to the way of change. After all, he was a new learner and was indeed not as good as Sun Wukong in terms of experience.

After studying the Fa, Li Mu was not in a hurry to leave Mount Emei, otherwise it would give people a very purposeful feeling.

He still stayed in Mount Emei, sparring with Sun Wukong from time to time, and discussing magical powers together.

Zhu Bajie would often secretly ask Li Mu for advice on joyful meditation, and then leave for a while, probably not knowing where to go, to try the joyful meditation.

Dingguang Huanxi Buddha, who created the Huanxi Zen method, was originally the Jiejiao Changer Dingguang Immortal, so his Huanxi Zen method combines the strengths of both Buddhism and Taoism.

In addition to the theory being the core of Buddhist "controlling desire with desire", it also has the function of Taoist yin and yang dual cultivation, jointly improving cultivation.

Li Mu stayed in Mount Emei for more than a year before he took his leave and returned to his Taoist temple in Tianmu Mountain.

Before leaving, Li Mu gave each of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie twenty bottles of nectar and jade liquid, which the two of them said was very interesting.

After making an appointment to have a drink and discuss Taoism together, Li Mu took Bai Suzhen and others, who had also benefited a lot in the past three years, and flew to the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Mu flew on the clouds, chatting with everyone while flying, and was not in a hurry. Even so, he arrived in Huizhou after more than an hour.

Suddenly, Li Mu's expression changed and he looked northeast.

Then I saw a rainbow of light streaking across the sky like a shooting star, flying from northwest to southeast.

Li Mu's eyes glowed with golden light, and he could see through the rainbow light immediately.

I saw that the thing emitting rainbow light was actually a lamp that was all emerald green and looked like a lotus flower.

And in the rainbow light, there is also a handsome man with his eyes closed and wearing a Confucian shirt.

In the man's arms, he held tightly a small baby wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Li Mu was shocked, this is... the lotus lantern?

At this time, Bai Suzhen and others also saw the rainbow light. Xiao Qing asked curiously: "Is that an escape light? It's so fast."

Li Mu's eyes flashed, and he said to Bai Suzhen and others: "You go back to the dojo first, and I will follow and take a look."

After saying this, without waiting for anyone to speak, he turned into a golden escaping light and chased in the direction where the rainbow light flew away. The speed was as fast as lightning, and it was impossible for Bai Suzhen and the others to keep up.

The core of the flying escape method used by Li Mu is still the lightning escape. He just used his Buddhist cultivation to cover it with a layer on the outside to hide it from others...

The Buddhist cultivation has tightly wrapped the power of the thunder spirit, without letting out the slightest breath, and others cannot tell at all.

After staying away from Bai Suzhen and his party, Li Mu decisively dispersed the outer layer of Buddhist cultivation, revealing the original color of Lei Guangdun.

And within the blue-white escaping light of the electric arc, Li Mu has transformed into the image of Jiang Ming. His white clothes are whiter than snow, his long hair is flowing, and he is extraordinary handsome.

Li Mu has felt the benefits of merit over the years. When he saw the rainbow light clearly, he already understood what he had encountered.

When the new Tiantiao comes into the world, the size is also a calamity. It also affects the three realms. The movement is not small, and the merits that can be obtained are not small.

If he can get the greatest merit among them, maybe he can use it to achieve Daluo Consummation in just a few decades.

The rest is to fully understand the laws. As long as the control of the laws becomes deeper and the cultivation level gradually catches up, it will be a matter of course to realize the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian.

Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian is on the same level as the saints, but unlike the saints, they are not subject to the constraints of heaven. Instead, they are truly free and at ease between heaven and earth.

Of course, without the shackles of a saint, there will naturally be no benefits of a saint.

The true spirit of a saint rests on the way of heaven and coexists with the way of heaven. It is immortal for thousands of kalpas and is indestructible for thousands of tribulations. Even if it is beaten to ashes, the way of heaven will resurrect it.

Just like the True Spirit of the Righteous God of Heaven rests on the list of gods, the list of gods itself is equivalent to a low-end version of the way of heaven, and the Righteous God of Heaven is also equivalent to a beggar's version of a saint.

Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian does not have this benefit, and there is still a possibility of being beaten to death.

It's just that those who could kill Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian had already been hacked to death by Pangu.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, who proved the Tao with his strength, could surpass the saints by several blocks.

Even if the saint is unable to fight because he possesses an innate treasure, he can at least run away and not be killed by life and death.

All in all, merit is a panacea and is very important to Li Mu. He is attracted by the great merit of the new Tiantiao being born.

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Although the Lotus Lantern was fast, no one was controlling it. It only relied on the magic power of the Three Holy Mothers to escape with Liu Yanchang and the infant Agarwood, and was quickly caught up by Li Mu.

Li Mu didn't do anything, he just followed the lotus lantern from a distance, and he didn't even think about possessing the lotus lantern.

That was the treasure of Saint Nuwa. Even if he was brave enough, he would not dare to make any plans.

After a while, the speed of the Lotus Lantern finally slowed down, and began to form a parabola, slowly lowering its height.

After the lotus lantern landed on the ground, Li Mu's spiritual consciousness swept away, and the situation within a hundred miles radius was all in Li Mu's mind.

The rainbow light dissipated, and the lotus lantern stood on the ground like a dead thing. Liu Yanchang and the agarwood in his arms appeared, lying down by a large lake.

This is by Yangcheng Lake, ten miles outside Suzhou City. Less than three miles away, there is a village. Coincidentally, this village is called Liujiacun.

This place is only more than three hundred miles away from the East China Sea, and there is also a waterway under Yangcheng Lake that leads directly to the East China Sea.

Obviously, the Third Holy Mother did not send the father and son away randomly, but had a clear purpose.

Li Mu thought for a while, then he started to think about it, and a smile appeared on his face.

He turned over his hands and took out the string of Buddhist beads given to him by Tang Sanzang. He chanted a mantra softly in his mouth, then threw the beads out and shouted "change"...

A burst of spiritual mist exploded, and the string of Buddhist beads turned into the appearance of Fa Hai.

This is exactly the application of the seventy-two transformations, which has the same effect as Sun Wukong pulling out monkey hair.

It's just that Li Mu's string of Buddhist beads itself contains great magic power. Li Mu uses it as an external incarnation. As long as he doesn't take it back, it will not disappear due to exhaustion of magic power.

Moreover, Li Mu also injected a large wave of mana, plus a spiritual consciousness.

In this way, the external incarnation transformed by the Buddha beads not only has the cultivation level of the Xuanxian realm, but is also connected to Li Mu's mind, which is enough to hide it from Bai Suzhen and others.

The biggest advantage is that no matter how far apart the two parties are, Li Mu can instantly merge with his external avatar, and will not reveal any flaws when he meets the powerful.

After transforming into his outer body, Li Mu took out the purple gold alms bowl and gave it to him, hiding it inside his body to simulate a storage space.

Finally, give all the objects that belong to the sea of ​​dharma, such as the double fork, the sacred python whip, the cassock, the five Buddha crowns, etc. to the incarnation outside the body.

At this point, Li Mu is temporarily separated from Fahai. As long as Fahai does not go out and meet with those masters in these years, there will be no problems.

The incarnation of his body went back to Tianmu Mountain, while Li Mu landed outside Liujia Village, transformed into a folding fan, and walked to Liujia Village in an honorable manner while swinging the folding fan.

As he walked, his spiritual consciousness covered the entire Liujia Village, and in the minds of all the villagers, there was an additional memory about Mr. Li Mu without any violation.

In the memories of the villagers, Li Mu was originally from Hangzhou. Twenty years ago, Hangzhou suffered a severe flood. Everything in his family was lost, and his father also died in the flood.

Li Mu, who was only seven or eight years old at the time, fled to Suzhou with his mother and settled in Liujiacun.

When Li Mu was thirteen years old, his mother died of illness, and Li Mu was spotted by a traveling knight-errant and became his disciple.

Li Mu left Liujiacun with his master and did not return to Liujiacun until ten years later, that is, five years ago.

Li Mu, who had been away from home for ten years, not only grew into a handsome and handsome young man, but was also accomplished in both civil and military affairs. As soon as he came back, he managed to keep the village tyrants in check.

Later, he opened a private school in the village, specializing in teaching the children in the village to learn literature and martial arts, and won the love and respect of the villagers.

This is the identity Li Mu assigned to himself.

He walked into the village waving his folding fan and walked slowly along the main road of the village. The villagers greeted him warmly along the way.

The older ones call him Mr. Li, his peers call him Brother Li, and those younger than him call him Brother Mu.

The eldest girls and young wives in the village looked at him with undisguised admiration.

In the first few years after he came back, marriage proposals almost broke down the threshold of the family.

It's a pity that Li Mu didn't know what he had gone through, so he declined all proposals for marriage, which hurt the hearts of countless girls.

Asked him why, he didn't say the reason, but there was infinite sadness in his eyes.

When the person proposing marriage saw his look, he couldn't say anything anymore and had to leave sadly.

Since then, no one has come to propose marriage. The villagers secretly rumored that Li Mu must have suffered some emotional trauma and his heart has died.

The villagers firmly believe in this statement, because with Li Mu's ability, as long as he has the slightest ambition to be enterprising, he will not become a private tutor in this small mountain village...

Li Mu walked through the street and came to a large courtyard at the east end of the village.

There is a plaque hanging on the door of the courtyard with the four characters "Haoran Bookstore" written on it, which is where Li Mu's residence and private school are located.

Naturally, this was also conjured by Li Mu, and it was not an illusion, but a real manor built here.

With the Law of Creation derived from the Law of Five Spirits, it is not easy for him to transform into spiritual objects, but as long as he adapts to mortal objects, he can basically get whatever he wants.

That is to say, he has not yet reached Daluo Consummation, and his magic power cannot support it. Otherwise, he would have opened up the storage space in his body into a small world.

It has been a busy farming season recently, and the students have to help with the work at home, so there are no classes in the private schools these days, and there are only a few handymen and cooks in the farmyard.

The cook was a middle-aged woman, and the handymen were ruffian village tyrants that Li Mu had conquered before.

When Li Mu returned to his residence, his consciousness was still focused on Liu Yanchang.

After Liu Yanchang fell asleep for more than half an hour, a familiar figure from Li Mu appeared next to him.

It was none other than Ao Tingxin, the fourth princess of the East China Sea, whom Li Mu once had a relationship with.

She was one of the few people who knew what happened to San Sheng Sheng, so after San Sheng Sheng was suppressed by Erlang Shen and sent to the foot of Huashan Mountain, she immediately rushed to the vicinity of the East China Sea to search for the whereabouts of Liu Yanchang and his son.

The Third Holy Mother herself also knew that if she acted recklessly, she would not end well if something happened.

So after she gave birth to Chenxiang, she made an agreement with her best friend Ao Tingxin that if something happened, she would send the father and son near the East China Sea and ask Ao Tingxin to take care of them.

With the lotus lantern as a location, Ao Tingxin found the father and son easily.

After Ao Tingxin revived Liu Yanchang, he comforted him for a while and asked him to live a good life with agarwood in mind.

Then she took out some gold and silver and gave it to Liu Yanchang, asking him to settle down in Liujiacun, and she would help find out about the Three Holy Mothers.

Just like that, there was another family in Liujia Village.

With the money given by Ao Tingxin, Liu Yanchang bought a piece of land in the village, hired craftsmen to build a house, and hired a wet nurse for Chenxiang.

During the few months of building the house, Ao Tingxin came once and brought the news that the Three Holy Mothers had been suppressed, which made Liu Yanchang very depressed for a while.

However, when he saw Chenxiang waiting for food, he cheered up again and decided to raise Chenxiang well.

After the completion of the new residence, Liu Yanchang held a banquet, not only to celebrate the move according to local customs, but also to take the opportunity to become familiar with the residents of the village and ask for their care in the future.

Liu Yanchang's theory of settling in Liujiacun was the same as Li Mu's. He came here after his family suffered a disaster and fled here.

The villagers of the Liu family are simple and honest, and the villagers are very sympathetic to the orphan and widower.

In addition, when he was building a house, he hired laborers to help him generously. The villagers had a very good impression of Liu Yanchang, and the old village chief even helped him with many things.

On the day when Liu Yanchang held a banquet, Li Mu also prepared a gift and went to congratulate him on his move.

When we arrived at Liu Yanchang's house, many villagers were already there. When they saw Li Mu coming, they all greeted him.

Some teenagers even saluted him one after another and said, "I have met you, sir."

When Liu Yanchang saw this, he also knew that Li Mutang was a very famous person in the village...

He looked at the old village chief next to him and was about to ask. The village chief had already taken the lead and said with a smile: "Yan Chang, this is the Mr. Li Muli I told you about."

"When Chen Xiang grows up, he will also study with him. You go and welcome him!"

Liu Yanchang came forward to greet him politely, clasping his fists and saying, "Young master Li is here. Liu Yanchang is too far away to greet you. Please sit inside."

Li Mu was dressed in a pure white gown, with an elegant and handsome demeanor. With a gentle smile on his face, he said: "Brother Yanchang, you're welcome. We are all scholars, and we will be fellow countrymen in the future. Just call me Brother Li."

Liu Yanchang said happily: "Then I'd rather be respectful than obey my orders. Brother Li, please."

Most of the villagers in Liujia Village have the surname Liu. It would be inappropriate to call him Brother Liu because there are Brother Liu everywhere. Therefore, when Li Mu calls people of the same age, he always adds "brother" after his name.

At this time, Li Mu was holding a wooden box in his hand. He handed it to Liu Yanchang and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Yanchang on his move. Please accept your small kindness."

Liu Yanchang took it carefully and said, "Thank you very much, Brother Li. I would be disrespectful to refuse."

Li Mu didn't give anything valuable as a gift. The wooden box contained a set of exquisite cups and bowls of porcelain, which was a perfect gift to congratulate on the housewarming.

After the banquet, Liu Yanchang had completely integrated into Liujia Village and became good friends with Li Mu. It is always easier for scholars to make friends.

When Chenxiang turned one year old, Ao Tingxin also came. When she saw Li Mu, she didn't see any problem.

Ao Tingxin originally wanted to give Liu Yanchang more money, but he was a man after all, so how could he always accept help from others.

So he went to work as an apprentice with a bamboo craftsman in the village, learned the craftsmanship, and then used his last money to start a lantern business.

On the day he first started setting up his stall, the villagers were very enthusiastic and it was quickly sold out.

However, lanterns are not consumables. One can be used for a long time, so the business was good for the first few days, but then it slowly faded away.

On this day, after school in the bookstore, Li Mu shook his folding fan and came to Liu Yanchang's stall.

"Brother Yanchang."

When Liu Yanchang saw it was Li Mu, he greeted him familiarly: "Brother Li, school is out!"

Li Mu nodded, looked at the lanterns on the stall, and said, "Are they not sold?"

Liu Yanchang smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone has already bought them. They won't be needed in a short time. I plan to go to the town to sell them after a while while going to the market."

Li Mu sighed and shook his head, saying: "Send these lanterns to me, I bought them."

Liu Yanchang glanced at Li Mu gratefully and said, "Thank you, Brother Li, for your kindness, but it's really not necessary."

Li Mu thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, the number of children in the village has gradually increased in recent years, and children from neighboring villages have also come to study here. I will inevitably be unable to take care of them by myself."

"I plan to divide the children into two classes. One class will be responsible for the children who have just started to learn, and the other class will be responsible for the older children who already have a basic foundation."

"You are also a scholar, why don't you come to my academy to help me and help me teach the Mongolian class. I will give you half of the training. What do you think?"

"This..." Liu Yanchang was quite moved, but he had neglected his studies for a long time and didn't know if he could be a good teacher.

Li Mu smiled and said: "The people who have studied in Liujia Village are from wealthy families. The only helper I can find is you, my friend. You won't even be willing to help with this little help, right?"

Liu Yanchang was not a fool. Li Mu said he was asking him for help, but in fact he was helping him in a different way. How could he not see it?

Seeing that Li Mu was talking about this, if he hesitated any longer, he would be a little out of touch.

So he said weakly: "Then... let me try?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "Try it, I believe you can do it."

Liu Yanchang also smiled and said with gratitude in his voice: "Brother Li, thank you."